First Encounter (Part 1)

Jason alerted with a cough. "So what's the plan?"

They again continued to discuss a plan which they finally finished by lunchtime. For the remainder of the afternoon, they prepared the traps and also confirmed areas of combat. Jason and Sasha will take the first floor while Karen and Lia will take the second. On the third floor would be Celine and Emily.

Celine also prepared a lot of traps particularly on the stairs and the corridors.Jason felt a shiver when thinking about the traps. He was reminded by the scientists on his timeline, particularly a certain mad scientist. He noted to himself never to underestimate this girl ever again Even Athena shared concern for Celine's mental state.

Day turned to evening and they finished dinner. Everyone went their respective places. Before it though Jason asked for a few moments with Celine.

"I have a question?" Jason asked in a serious tone.

"Uhm. Sure? What is it?" Celine replied nervously.

"Can I kill, not if I can but if I must. Remember you're the target here and in the worst case possibility that you get captured or if they prove to be too dangerous if kept alive, I might have to deal with them... Permanently." Jason said.

Celine looked at Jason seriously and after a pause nodded. Jason stared at Celine and smiled,"Stay safe, don't do unnecessary things. Just trust me on this one. Okay? After all I'm your bodyguard." Jason patted Celine's head once before leaving towards his position without looking back.

"Waaaah, What a manipulation! You always do this to almost every woman you get interested in. And the weird thing is it always works. I wonder how did you manage it." Athena said through the earpiece. A certain amount of disgust could be heard from her voice alongside a tinge of amusement.

"It's timing Athena, timing. After all no matter how hard her character is, she will still need someone to lean on when it comes." Jason said as he arrived at his position and standing by.

[At the top floor]

"I saw what happened at the first floor, might want to explain to me?" Emily said with a playful voice.

"Oh that... That creep of bodyguard of mine spouted some nonsense about some shit he probably heard somewhere to hit on girls." A clear mix of frustration, anger and disgust can be seen in Celine's face. "After all of this, I might have to punch him in the face to wake him up of his dream."

Night came... Every hour made every each one in the house tenser. Midnight struck...

"Jason, people are approaching the whole vicinity. Fourteen people in the front, Nine moving towards the left area of the house. Seven towards the right of the house and Eleven at the back. Jason reported the information to Emily as she confirmed the information. Everyone got ready.

Jason hid on the darker side of the corridor. Ten minutes later, the door opened with a bang. A group of soldiers holding guns entered the front door.

"Celine now!" Jason whispered. As soon as Jason said that gas appeared through a ventilation above and on the sides of the wall near the door. It made a cloud that took eleven people inside. Jason waited for a few moments. The soldiers started acting weird, then started scratching endlessly. They let their guns off their hands and as soon as most of them did that Jason attacked getting them by surprise.

Jason knocked one out with the pommel area and kicked another one out of the front door. It only took Jason seconds to deal with them. Jason looked at the three who were left...

[Second floor]

Karen and Sasha heard glass shattering. Probably from the grapples of those coming from the left and right side. They knew they were gonna grapple up to the second floor. Both of them hid. Waiting for them at the corridors...

[Third Floor]

"Take that you sons of bitches don't think we'll fall that easily! I really knew that the effect of a combination of a hallucinogen and a natural skin irritant along with a light acid will make a good of them. After all no soldier is prepared for a chemicals that can penetrate clothing. Also it's hard not to want to scratch something really itchy..." She was laughing hard that it resounded throughout the third floor. Celine continued to speak curses and explaining the traps as they activated.

Of the team from the back that arrived on the third floor only three of the eleven people managed to do so. They were in bad condition...

[A few minutes ago]

Riggs was part of a mercenary team, they said this mission was only to secure an asset and it would be finished easily. But the group of men for this mission made him think otherwise. Riggs had a bad feeling about this mission. They wore their night goggles.

They entered through the backdoor at which a trap activated electrocuting two people who were suppose to hold the door. This either fried them or just knocked them out cold but either way they had second degree burns all over them as the fell. They had no choice not to check the body for vital signs in fear they might get electrocuted.

They continued, leaving one of them to guard the entrance. As reached the top of the front most soldier noticed a grenade strapped on a tripping wire. Another one went to disable the tripping wire while another one took point to guard. He managed to remove the wire.

A hail of spike nails suddenly fell from above, as soon as he removed the wire, at high speeds piercing the head, neck and back of the soldier who was disabled the trip wire killing him. The hail also hit soldier who took point getting him at the calf making him incapable of movement.

It took them at shock and they immediately checked the vicinity for any traps. When they confirmed there was no other visible traps, they went to the soldier pierced and applied first aid after removing the spike nail.

After bringing him back down to where the first guard was they continued further reaching a room that led to the center stairs for the third floor. The room looked like a lounge or computer shop of some sort. They moved cautiously until they were at the center when the light suddenly opened to a really bright spectrum temporarily blinding the soldiers who were wearing night goggles.

They removed their night googles only for something to hit some of them in the neck. Four of them got hit and they went berserk out of their minds. They attacked the nearest one like a beast. After what seemed like an hour but only took fifteen minutes three bloodied men went out of the room with four corpses left behind.

They tried to contact the guys for a report from the first floor but all they heard was static. They presumed the worst. Someone cursed loudly while the team captain sighed as clear frustration was can be seen on his face. On the other hand, Riggs was just plainly happy or somewhat thankful he wasn't the one electrocuted, pierced by nails or became crazy.

They forced themselves to continue the mission and arrived at the third floor. They were close to completing the mission.

[First floor]

Jason smirked, he knew that he will have a good fight looking at the three people in front of him. Not until Athena suddenly said something...