15Inside one of the rooms of an abandoned building, a man carrying a firearm walked around the corridors, checking the rooms for signs of life that shouldn't be there.
So far he's just found bugs and rodents, nothing to him make a alert. Thinking this would be just another tedious night of patrol, he goes into one of the rooms and takes a packet of cigarettes out of his pocket.
Just as he was about to start smoking, he heard a noise but it was the only thing he heard. The vent above falls on his head, knocking him out and shortly after that, Onigiri leaves the vent.
Having knocked out the guard, he goes to the window to unlock it, making way for the rest of his team to enter the hideout.
-Who's the man? -Onigiri zombie zombie.
- A monkey would have done the same thing. -Gyros said.
-Then why didn't you? -Onigiri's question made Gyros frown, but before he could taunt the zombie back, the leader's voice stopped him.
-Boys, stop now. -Chocolat said, calling the attention of her team. -We're in the middle of a mission.
-And what are we doing here? -Traveler.
-Here is the hideout of thieves suspected of stealing a load of illegal material last week. We're here to neutralize them and recover the stolen cargo before they can sell it on the black market.
-Well, I've already taken care of one so we've already started well. - Said Onigiri.
-And from now on we must remain sneak, completely silent. -Chocolat declared. -That means keeping your mouth shut and avoiding stupid fights, am I clear?
Both Gyros and Onigiri grunted, but it was their way of saying they understood.
Following the leader's order, the group walked slowly through the corridors of the abandoned building.
Ahead they noticed a man standing guard, armed with a rifle. Chocolat motions for Onigiri to take care of him. The zombie takes a small knife from its back and throws it at the man, making a small cut in his cheek.
At first he gives a grunt of pain and puts his hand where he was cut and suddenly he starts to feel dizzy, the room started to spin in his vision and he fell to the floor at the same time as he lost the grip of his weapon.
Another man was watching and Onigiri sneaks up behind him, giving him a rear naked choke and making it impossible for him to breathe. Onigiri holds him long enough to knock him out from lack of air and then lays the man on the ground.
Inside the building it was very dark, so when another bandit walked towards the group, Onigiri simply leaned against the wall and waited for the man approaching. Hidden by the shadows, the watchman notices too late the presence of the zombie who first hits him in the neck to silence him, then grabs him by the head to throw him against the wall, knocking him out.
-I LOVE being a ninja. - Said the zombie.
Clearing the way without attracting attention, the group finds a locked door. Onigiri insisted on using pick locks but Chocolat said to let Traveler take care of it.
Pointing his finger at the first lock, he releases an electrical current and opens the lock. Moving his hand downwards, he does the same with the rest of the padlocks, which open after receiving a small electrical discharge.
Traveler carefully removes the locks, not wanting to make any noise and not draw unnecessary attention as Onigir muttered how he wanted to break down the door.
Except that upon opening the door, the group is surprised by a small group of thugs holding rifles. They open fire and the team immediately jumps aside, except for Traveler who raises an electrical barrier to stop the bullets.
One of them picks up a grenade and throws against Traveler, only for Gyros to appear and kick the grenade back into the room. The bandits scream in panic and run in all directions before the grenade explodes.
Dust and smoke cover everyone's view, Gyros keeps an eye out for anyone who tries to ambush him. Then he kicks above his right shoulder, hitting a bandit who tried to hit him in the head with a club. He then circles around without moving, kicking another crook who tried to sneak around the side right in the jaw.
Charlotte blocked a blow from a club with one of her wrenches and with a twisting motion, she hits her opponent below the nose, where one of the vital points of the body is. She then notices one of the thugs on the ground pointing a pistol at her, but she is not taken by surprise and uses one of her wrenches to block the shot, she then throws the wrench she used to block the bullet at the shooter's head. The wrench hits the shooter in the forehead, knocking him out and bouncing the key back into her hand.
Chocolat pulled both of her pistols and fired at the armed criminals, taking the weapons out of their hands and keeping them at gunpoint.
-Hands up, all of you! -She ordered and they obeyed.
One of the criminals noticed that despite being in greater numbers, they were being dominated by the group of five, so he decided to make a drastic decision, it was that or prison and seeing as the lifespan was at least three hundred years, they could spend a lot of time behind bars for a while.
He runs to the back, leaving his colleagues behind as he goes to the contraband stockpile. Onigiri, who has cut one of them's belt with a machete, notices this and goes after him, leaving behind the criminal holding his own pants, that is until Traveler knocks him out with a punch to the back of the head.
Onigiri catches up with the one who tried to run away and finds the stolen goods, the crook with his back to him as he opens a box of the illegal stuff.
-How about you make it easy and fall to your knees? I have better things to do than deal with weaklings. - Said Onigiri.
The criminal gives an awkward laugh and sticks a needle in his neck, injecting the body with what Onigiri theorized is a drug. The criminal's veins began to pulse and became visible and his muscles swelled, the whites of his eyes reddened and he breathed out steam.
Onigiri didn't have time to be confused after seeing the criminal's fist inches from his face. He barely dodges and notices that the criminal's feet left a very noticeable footprint on the fragile ground. The criminal takes the box closest to him and with one arm, easily throws it at the zombie ninja.
Onigiri pulls the machete from his back and cuts the box in two, causing everything inside, lozenges and pills, to fall around the floor. He ignored that and focused on the criminal in front of him, now much stronger and faster than before.
-Did he took a Mega-Vitamin? -Onigiri asked in thought. -No wonder they banned the sale of these things.
Seeing that he couldn't take it easy now with the enemy in front of him, he firmly grips the machete and prepares for combat.
The criminal follows his example and takes his own machete.
-I'll cut you into pieces. -The criminal said.
-Try it, useless worm.
They moved instantly, disappearing from view for a second before blades clashed and sparks flew. More sparks flew around the room as both blades continued to swing and clash as they both tried to land a precise cut against each other.
At one point, the criminal used the machete to force Onigiri aside and taking a heavy box with his free hand, he crushes Onigiri with it. He smiles in satisfaction after crushing the zombie, but a pain in his back makes him grit his teeth. He quickly turns around and sees Onigiri unharmed.
The criminal growls in frustration and goes to Onigiri with the machete raised. The weapon goes down and collides with Onigiri's machete and he finds himself struggling to fend off the enemy. He was able to repel the criminal and cause him to stumble behind him. Growling, the criminal tries once again to use the machete against Onigiri, who throws his machete into the air and also goes towards his opponent.
The machete goes in a horizontal direction, but it doesn't hit anything. Suddenly, the criminal feels a stabbing pain in his neck, Onigiri got on his knees and stuck his two index fingers, pressed together, into the criminal's neck. He thought this would be enough to neutralize the criminal, but Onigiri is now caught off guard with the enemy not only not being knocked out, but receiving a hard blow from both of the criminal's massive hands that knocks him to the ground.
Like a nervous primate, he slams his fists into the zombie again and again and again, growling like a mindless animal, but a second stabbing pain in his neck makes him stop for a moment. He tried to sum up his attacks but Onigiri hit the sides of the criminal's neck with the crook of his thumbs.
That was enough for the criminal to stagger back for a moment and start growling again.
Onigiri was once again caught off guard when the criminal rushed forward and tackled the zombie by the waist. The wall broke to the outside with Onigiri hurtling across the road. He recovers and throws a bunch of knives doused in the same sleep aid he used on the man standing guard.
The blades were thrust into the criminal's muscles who ran towards Onigiri, but he didn't suffer anything from the drug. Onigiri was forced to dodge to the side and hit the criminal in the back of the knees, knocking him to his knees. He tried to hit the zombie by turning his body but Onigiri ducks and hits the criminal in the spine with an elbow. The criminal grits his teeth with the hand and puts his arms on the ground to support himself.
With the criminal on all fours, Onigiri jumps up and slams both the soles of his feet against the back of the criminal's head, slamming his face hard into the asphalt. The movement threw the criminal's feet up and Onigiri grabs his legs by the ankles and with a little jump, he pulls the criminal's face out of the asphalt along with his body and hurls him back to the ground.
The criminal struggled to get off the ground and the moment he managed to get his face off the asphalt, he found himself staring at a grenade. It exploded in his face, covering the street with smoke from the explosion and once the smoke cleared, the criminal appeared standing and covered in soot.
For a moment, Onigiri considered pulling out his weapons but the criminal coughed up smoke before falling to the ground on his back.
- Yeah, it was fun. -Onigiri said. - Better check my colleagues.
Returning to the building, he finds his group, victorious against the bandits while the criminals were all tidy and with few injuries.
-Where have you been? -Chocolat asked.
-I had to take care of the colleague here. -Onigiri said pointing to the criminal he just faced, tied up and with his body stature back to normal. -Hey, just take a look at this. -Onigiri then said, throwing the empty syringe to Chocolat.
-What is it? -Traveler asked.
-I think it's a Mega-Vitamin. -Chocolat replied.
-What is a Mega-Vitamin?
-Mega-Vitamins are supplements that give a strength boost in a person's body. -Gyros said, answering the question. -But the manufacture and use of them was considered illegal because of the consequences they bring. The sudden increase in muscles can tear the muscle tendons and cause organ failure by putting the entire body under so much pressure.
-So I think my colleague here will need a doctor before going to jail. -Onigiri said, noticing that the skin of the criminal he fought against showed signs that something was wrong.
The muscles were back to normal size but the veins were still visible, blood was running from the corner of his mouth, the whites of his eyes reddened and he seemed to be having trouble breathing.
-Let's just call a team to arrest them and interrogate them. If more Mega-Vitamins are being released then a lot of people will need new organs. -Chocolat said and pulled a radio out of her pocket.
As she calls for backup, Onigiri looks at the contraband boxes and wonders what they wanted all of that for, besides the obvious reason.
Maybe he'll find out later.