Person change
When he first got accepted to that school, his parents were proud of him, but when he got there, he found out there were only five guys, in a school full of women.
It was every guy's dream, then they did something stupid, and they ended up in that school's prison. As time went on, he and his friend found out that they weren't getting out. So he escaped for a couple of hours, in order to meet this girl he liked.
His friends covered for him, and they got expelled. The last thing he heard, from the Dark Student Council president, was ''Good you garbage, didn't deserve to come this School'' she had planned everything from the binning.
The only thing he wants now is to snap, that bitch's neck.
''Alright everybody you heard the boss category red, shoot to kill.''
''Alright guys, just like we practiced. Don't deploy your armors, until the last minute, that way we can catch them off guard.'' Tacaro said.
''Hey Tacaro.'' Michael said, thru their communicator.
''Yeah'' Tacaro he answered
''I know we should keep our mouths shut, but listen. Last night I had a dream.''
'' We were back at that damn private school, for some reason you were Asian, Mark still was fat, David wasn't missing his left eye. For some damn reason I was using a hood all the time, and Sack was blond.''
''What I'm trying to say is that I saw us, living the life we had in that hell, it was all the same until you escaped to see that girl you liked, for the second time.'' ''Not only did you make it the first time, but the second time too.'' Michael said
''I saw those bitches get caught, in the way they treated us, and get thrown in the prison. We made friends, and we all even got girlfriends at the end. But when the dream ended, we stood in front of each other our counterparts and us. '' I don't know who said it, one of them, or one of us, but a voice said I'm what you could have been. Michael said.
''I know I'm interrupting, but don't worry about it, we're not those guys anymore now get ready here they come.'' Sack said.
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News report
A man reporting the evening news; ''That does it for today's weather, hold on a second this just in something has just happened, near the Costliness Freeway. We go with Martha, who is in the traffic copter, Martha.'' He said.
Machine guns firing in the background. ''Pull up ! pull up! Can anybody hear me. What you are seeing is a full blown out war, between members of the Fifth Column, and the Infinite Stratos. [ a bright light ] All my god they just destroyed three buildings!'' she screams before the video is cut off.
Ten minutes earlier.
''Alright guys, go! Tacaro said
''I'm on it.'' David said. While running straight towards the edge, of the office building he was on. He jumps, as soon as he gets near it. One of the Stratos sees him, and heads toward his direction.
As soon as she's near him, a dark bubble surrounds him. An armored giant takes his place. He fires three shots at the girl, taking her off balance, two chains are launched from his sides, quickly attaching themselves to the Stratos. He uses his jetpack, as support and swings the girl into a building.
While she's incapacitated, he lands on top of her, quickly switching to rapid fire mode. Using up not one, but two, clips of ammo. Yet the bitches shields were still there.
Both of the remaining I.S move in to help their friend, but are quickly intercepted by Mark, using his four barrel shotgun, he severely depletes one of the girl's shields. Sack uses ten plasma grenades, they stick to the last girl's armor, somehow bypassing her shields. The explosion shatters, all of the nearby windows.
Michael uses his chains to wrap around one of the Stratos' feet, pulling her to the ground, while Mark continues to unload on her. Tacaro, seeing Sack had immobilized, his target moves in for the kill. Only to feel a sudden tick from his side, another I.S descends from the sky.
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Back with the Impala, currently speeding down the freeway.
''Are they going to be alright? you just left them''. The girl said.
''A low me sir''. James said.''
''Those guys are wearing Starcraft Marine armor, those things are as thick as Tanks, underneath they are wearing a lightweight power armor think of it like a lever, so they can move around. Add to that, the upgrades they got, and those guys are strong as well as fast.'' James said.
''The upgrade creates, you know what think about it this way, it creates the effect of the eye of a hurricane, meaning the surrounding area may receive all the damage and weight, while those guys don't feel a thing''. James said.
''Oh.'' she said, looking like she didn't understand.
''Forget about it. Listen, girl, what's your name, I didn't catch it earlier.'' James said
''Its Cecilia.'' she answered
''CC hu nice, Boss doesn't look back but we got company.'' At the distance Police lights can be seen]
''Hurry it up then.'' I answered
Stratos
How did this happen? It was supposed to be just another routine scouting, fly around, make sure nothing was off, and go back. Instead, everything went to hell.
One of the girls reported that someone had jumped off a building, she moved in to try to save him when that person was enveloped in a dark bubble. What came out was a giant in blue armor, it had no neck, it's shoulders were like boulders, the abdomen, down to the center were dark it easily towered over her.
Using a giant gun it had, it immediately attached catching her friend off guard. Everyone else moved in to help, while she reported in. Only that thing wasn't alone. Four more, of those things, attacked immediately as soon as her friends were close.
This isn't how things were supposed to go, Infinite Stratos, were the ultimate weapon. No one could match them, but her friends were getting killed right in front of her.
So she did the one thing she could do, she fired.
Certainly, her gun was a prototype, but it still was the most advanced sniper weapon. That thing shouldn't have stood a chance, and yet it simply shrugged it off like an irritative qanat. Lowered herself slowly down, trying to avoid drawing attention, she took a careful look at their attackers. Their designs were identical, set apart simply their colors, blue, red, black, gray, and green- the weapons they wielded: a massive shotgun, a giant combat knife, and what appeared to be a pair of blue balls in its hands, and the final pair appeared to be oversized machine guns.
revels
She was beautiful; watching her slowly gliding down, Tacaro could only stare. The most striking feature was a pair of long green wings, glittered when they were hit by the sun.
His only thoughts were, Too bad we're on different sides.
She was obviously buying time, anyone could see that, but that gun she had worried him. Shaped like a lance fully twice the length of the Stratos carrying it, a single shot depleted half his shields. Another hit would finish him. Carefully he stowed his combat knife away and equipped his machine gun
This was going to be a long day.
Perhaps it was fate, but they somehow ended up catching each others eye, even despite their helmets. Thoe neither could see the others face time seemed to stop for an infinite moment. The battle falling silent and bullets hanging in the air then they opened fire.
Bullets and energy beams flew furiously, each of the pair desperately jinking to avoid the other. Thoe both of them avoided most of the damage the area around them wasn't so lucky, great creators being rapidly opened in the ground surrounding the buildings. A momentary glance at his hud revealed that even with relatively little damage he couldn't sleep past, his shields were dropping far too quickly for his comfort, especially since he wasn't all too confident his armor could withstand the enemy's weapon.
As he frantically searches for some cover, luck finally swung his way for once, and she disengaged soaring attempting to get some distance She had taken quite the beating.
Out of the corner of his eye, he sees two blue balls attach themselves to her Sack had come to back him up.
A miniature helicopter with a machine gun on the bottom follows the Infinite Stratos into the air, accompanying it is a miniature F/A-18C fighter jet plane. Both are designed to record everything that goes on-however for a situation like this they carry EMP pulse generators, nothing that will do any harm to the Stratos but they seem to make them have some problems.
Suddenly a voice comes thru the communicator ''Fall back they reached the rondevu point.''
''Sack what the hell? Why are those drones out in the open?'' Tecaro asks
''Haven't you noticed it's getting worse, our surprise attack is all gone and we barely caused any damage, were running out of ammunition, I'm down to my last grenades we have to fall back, just look around.'' Sack says thru the communicator
He was right the area around us was in ruins, the buildings were somehow barely standing they could come down on us at any moment, more importantly, his team no his friends were starting to lose their edge.
David was still on the girl but you could tell that he was getting tired, even with the armor there's a huge recoil for the gun he uses, and the Stratos is starting to move more and more like if she sensed he would soon be out of ammo.
Mark, Mark was almost completely out of it, somewhere along the way it seemed his gun overheated, all he had left was the standard and that thing could never cause enough damage.
Greening his teeth he had to make the call whether he liked it or not. This wasn't a suicide mission after all ''Damn it. All units I repeat all units, fall back were leaving, Leave behind some distractions and get over here now.'' he ordered
All of them instantly dropped grenades on the girls, and ran. When they all were together again Sack the only one that seemed unaffected by all this slammed the crystals together.
As the dark bubble surrounded them Tacaro saw when the drones managed to slip thru before it closed, he'd soon find out that he was the only one that saw what would later mark them as the Demolition team. The Stratos aimed her Lance and fired, however, it didn't get thru, instead her attack was reflected back at her. Before the bubble closed he saw her slam into one of the nearby buildings.
He just smiled.
That day three things happened, a Lawyer won a nearly impossible case on behalf of the men of the world, many would comment on how similar it was to the argument for women's rights. How right they were.
The second was seen by the entire world the Infinite Stratos were pinned and nearly defeated. However, the defeated part would be up for debate.
The last would only be known to the government, a chain of warehouses were raided but not a single soul was found within them. Clothes, books, and bandages were found but not a single clue as to where the people went.
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Stratos
How did this happen? It was supposed to be just another routine scouting mission - fly around, make sure nothing was off, and head back. Instead, everything went to hell. One of the girls reported that someone had jumped off a building, but when she moved in to save him, he was engulfed in a dark bubble. What came out... a giant in azure armor, neckless, with arms like sacks of boulders. Leveling a gigantic gun, it opened fire without warning or ceremony, catching her friend off-guard. Everyone else moved in to help hold it off while she reported in - but it wasn't alone. There were four more, and each one attacked immediately.
That wasn't how things were supposed to go. The Infinite Stratos were the ultimate weapons. None could match them, and yet, before her very eyes, her friends were being scythed down by unrelenting, implacable giants in chromatic paints. So she did the only thing she could.
She fired.
Certainly, she was wielding a prototype, but it was still the world's most advanced sniper weapon. That thing shouldn't have stood a chance, and yet it simply shrugged it off like an irritating gnat. Lowering herself slowly down, trying to avoid drawing attention, she took a careful look at their attackers. The designs were identical, set apart simply by their colors - blue, red, black, grey and green - and the weapons they wielded: a massive shotgun, a giant combat knife, what looked like a pair of blue balls and a final pair with what appeared to be oversized machine guns.
Whatever these things were, they were deadly, and she wasn't sure they'd survive to see their reinforcements.
Well.
At least her sisters might.
Rebels
She was beautiful; watching her slowly gliding down, Tacaro could only stare. The most striking feature was the pair of long, translucent green wings that glittered in the sun. He huffed, and chuckled wryly to himself.
Too bad we're on different sides.
She was obviously buying time, anyone could see that, but that gun still worried him. Shaped like a lance, and fully twice the length of the Stratos that carried it, a single shot had depleted over half his shields. Another hit from that would finish him. Carefully, he stowed his combat knife away and retrieved his machine gun.
This was going to be a long day.
Perhaps it was fate, but somehow they ended up catching each others' eyes, even despite their helmets. Though neither of them could see the other's face, time seemed to stop for an infinite moment, the battle falling silent and bullets hanging in the air. Then they opened fire.
Bullets and energy beams flew furiously, each of the pair desperately jinking to avoid the worst of the fire. Though they both evaded the majority of the damage, the area around them was not so lucky, great craters being rapidly torn open in the ground and surrounding buildings. A momentary glance to his HUD warned him that, even with what relatively little damage he couldn't slip past, his shields were dropping far too quickly for his comfort, especially since he wasn't at all confident that his armor could withstand his enemy's weapon.
As he frantically searched for cover, luck finally swung his way for once, and she disengaged, soaring up and backwards to get some distance. She'd taken quite the beating.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of two blue orbs rapidly approaching, and grinned.
Backup.
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Three years later
Six years ago a new exoskeleton called the Infinite Stratos (IS) was developed in Japan and quickly demonstrated just how easy it could take out a variety of conventional military weapons. The weapon was soon adopted by several nations... save for one flaw — only women could pilot it.
That all changed three years ago, when a war started in the city of Houston, in a joint assault between various nations in an attempt to stomp out an insurrectionist group from forming. However it was a disaster, and a World war started it was called: The Three Days of Terror.
In a classroom on an isolated island, a single young man sits nervously in a classroom full of women. Being the first and only man to ever be able to operate the Infinite Stratos, he was immediately brought into the IS academy in hopes of repairing some of the broken relations between Men and Woman.
As word of this spread hitting the world by storm, it was her old as a the beginning of a new age. Finally, both genders were to be at equal levels once again.
As a woman with long black hair, wearing a suit enters the classroom, all of the murmurs and chitchat typical to a classroom dies down. Accompanying her is a young woman with short green hair, wearing a gold-colored suit.
They are both the homeroom teacher and the assistant teacher for the class.
''Congratulations in getting into this school, from now on let's do our best to get along with each other. By the way my name is Maya Yamada, and I'll be the assistant teacher for this class.'' Says the woman in the gold suit, cheerfully.
''Ladies I hope you're proud of yourselves for getting into this school, you should be. Being an IS pilot is a rare thing and now that you're here you're all entitled to the truth.''
''First of all my name is Chifuyu Orimura, and I will be your Homeroom teacher. As to what I was saying the group that started the Three Days of Terror, are still out there, and the few members that were caught only revealed that the technology and information they had access to was stored in their computers.''
''Computers they destroyed beyond repair…. another piece of information they gave us was that we brought this on ourselves, as the armors were created just so they could keep up with our Infinite Stratos.''
''If you haven't understood yet, we started the war. We overreacted. Ladies your job as representatives is to show the world that we can get along once again.''
Far from this location in the city of Yokohama, a man wearing a long black trench coat, short spiky hair and blue sunglasses is staring at the sky. ''So after all this time it finally starts, Fifth Column today we finally know where you are.''
His name is unknown to the public, but the world knows him as the pilot of the Heavy Knight armor that lead the assault in Houston. The very same armor that fought on par with his sisters Valkyrie unit.
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''Yokohama the city of the night, in all honesty, I thought you would be livelier.'' He thinks to himself, as a group of children run past him. Only giving a slight glance he notes that the group of children is made of both boys and girls.
''Would you look at that, that's how it should be. Three years ago those boys would have been yelled at for chasing those girls. Regardless of whether it was a game or not.'' He thinks to himself, as he returns to staring at the sky.
''How long has it been seventeen, eighteen years since I first came to this world?'' He says to no one in particular, when all of a sudden a young woman's voice catches his attention.
''Have you been waiting long?'' She asks, while he still has his back turned to her.
Turning around so he can greet her, he immediately notes; her long blond hair, smooth creamy skin but what strikes him most of all is her expression, for the first time she seems to be smiling.
''Nop. I've just got here, so I decided to look at the sky while I waited." He says to her, now noting the bright yellow spring dress she's wearing, that somehow seems to generate happiness.
''So what did your dad say?'' He asks tho already knowing the answer.
''He's dead set on having me go to the Academy. For some reason he believes the man that piloted the IS can be convinced to join us.'' She says rather bluntly, showing her distaste at the thought.
''I see.'' He says, as he turns around and starts walking down the street, noting that she hadn't followed him he turns around and says. ''So you coming, it's my treat.''
Closing her eyes and letting out a breath, she didn't know she was holding in. She immediately smiles and begins to walk with him.
As they walk down the city streets she begins to note the odd feeling he's giving of.…..''Ismael did something happen? you seem to be really tense.'' She asks him worriedly.
Not even bothering to turn and look at her, to answer he says. ''Something happen? mmm Well, this weird girl, wearing a cute yellow dress started talking to me, but other than that nothing else.'' He says with a smile on his face.
''I'm not weird, and my dress isn't yellow it's sunny.'' She answers while pouting.
Now completely grinning. ''Number one yes your weird, second yellow is sunny, and three let's get some ice cream.''
''Alright bud but you have to pay for everything this time. Don't think I forgot how you cheated me.'' she says while pointing her right-hand finger at him.
As they arrive at a nearby ice cream store, Ismael notices their reflection in the black window the one used to display the prices to the clients coming in.
''Charlotte Dunois the IS representative of France, ….I don't know what I'm going to do with you. Even now looking at our reflection you're nothing more than sheer joy. I'm poison somehow I'll keep you safe.'' He silently thought to himself.
Unbeknownst to him Charlotte immediately noted how they looked and thought to herself. ''Ismael, a real knight, a Heavy Knight.
Why do you look like you're always crying? since the day I met you-you haven't stopped crying. Somehow I'll make sure you smile.'' After all that's what a wife does and you aren't getting rid of me.'' With these thoughts and others, Charlotte failed to notice when it was their turn to order and when they even arrive at the table. She stayed like this for a few seconds until a voice snapped her out of it.
''Charlotte listen, bad things are going to happen pretty soon, I want you to promise me that no matter what happens you won't get involved.'' He tells her.
''Why? what's? She begins to ask, but is immediately cut off.
''Don't ask any questions, just promise me that anything dealing with armors that aren't IS you'll stay away from.'' ''Please.''
Seeing his serious expression, somehow begging her she only nods.
''Thank you.'' he says, had she not had such good hearing Charlotte would have missed it. ''Now, seeing as we won't be seeing each other for a while, how about we go and have our first one of a kind date.'' He says to her, and just like that they spent their last peaceful day together.
Meanwhile back at the IS academy, the two teachers are finally done explaining how most of the training exercises will be done and have started having the students introduce themselves. However when the time came for the one male in the class to introduce himself.
''Hello, hello Earth to Ichika.'' A woman's voice called.
''Wa what?'' The young man says, suddenly noticing that she was talking to him.
''Sorry to put you in this spot but I started at the A's and now I'm at the O's'' Said the woman now revealed to be Maya Yamada
''Sorry my name is Ichika Orimura….and that's it.'' For some reason this statement made the entire class fall.. Immediately after a loud slam could be heard as Ms. Chifuyu slams her fist on Ichika's head.
''What was that wrong sis?'' Ichika asked
''Of course it was wrong you idiot.'' Chifuyu chastises him.
''Now now, class we're going to show you footage of yours truly going up against a member of the criminal group the Demolition team. Oh in case you don't know I'm the one wearing the green IS.'' miss Yamada says
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A student raises her hand, not bothering to wait and be acknowledged by the teacher she begins to talk. ''Ms,Yamada you fought a member of the Demolition team, they've only been seen twice. When did you encounter them?'' she asked
Smiling ''Good question you see, well why don't I show you'' Ms. Yamada says, as she presses play on a remote she took out of her pocket. ''You see, I was leading a routine scan of the city of Houston, you girls know that when the three days occurred we started making our routine flights a lot more frequent.''
''We were attacked, however, please look at the armors the Demolition team is wearing, notice something. They all look the same meaning the Fifth Column has begun to mass produce.''
While Ms. Yamado continued to explain no one noticed that the classes the main instructor had left, no one except Ichika. He began to wonder where his sister was going, after all it was the first day of class and he never saw her except maybe once every month.
sean chang
Chifuyu Orimura, one of the first Infinite Stratos pilots, and the pilot of the legendary White Knight the world's first Infinite Stratos. As she walked down the IS academic hallway, passing down several young women trying to gain her attention, he began to wonder What had changed?
The first time she ever piloted an IS she knew the consequences of her actions, governments and mercenaries would be after her and her armor. What she hadn't expected was how society would change.
Even she didn't agree with how men were treated back then. All that really occurred was that the position men and woman had were switched and the men ended up with even fewer privileges than the woman before them.
As she arrived at a simple white door her eyes hardened, steeling herself for what had to be done and entered. There sitting on a single bead, surrounded by bulletproof glass was a member of the Fifth Column.
At each corner was either a guard or an IS, not a single moment would he be left alone. He had short black hair, a small gut for the lack of exercise, and peach skin. Overall not much to look at.
However, there was no denying that look in his eyes, the way he looked at her. Like he was staring into her deepest parts, how he smiled, that smile so full of confidence. At barely eighteen years old this boy no this man was dangerous and he knew it.
While he looked at her, and she looked at him as if they were daring each other to make the first move, she felt her heart pound. All of a sudden the world around them disappeared, for a moment that lasted an eternity it was just the two of them.
She was about to say something, when a voice caught her attention. ''Ms, Orimura please close the door.'' Said one of the guards.
She did as asked only that the moment she turned her back did he begin to talk ''Orimura hu, talk about a weird name. Perhaps it's a last name, yeah that has to be it.''
''So tell me Ms. titi sensey what's for the agenda today?'' Are you going to brain fuck me again or perhaps you're planning on letting me have a go at you.''He asks however his statements seem rather hollow.
''Ricardo member of the Fifth Column, captured in Equador when the teleporter cylinders were destroyed. However for some reason, you didn't put up a fight when you were captured in fact you even gave up a lot of information, the question is why. She asks
''Here I thought that the time you drugged me, or when you put me in that damn machine you would have gotten everything you wanted'' He says with disgust in his eyes.
Not even bothering to show, an ounce of remorse she asks ''What is Old Earth?''
He simply smiles ''So you did get something. Tell Ms. double D's why should I tell you? What's in it for me?''
''You already gave us so much information, why would you give us demand now.'' She asks suspiciously
''No I gave the Government information, you received it from them. So what's in it for me?'' he states
''How are members of the Fifth Column so skilled? we have reports of you using machinery that would take years of training, even tho in the area they grew up that machinery does not exist.'' She asks again, not bothering to listen to his earlier statement.
''...Hmmm maybe magic powers.''he answers
''This is your last chance, or else we will have to start again. How are you communicating with each other?''
''I don't know maybe we're psykick.'' he says with a smile
''Damn it we've been at this for six months!, do you like being tortured? This could all stop if you cooperate.'' she screams out of frustration.
He stares at her. ''Let me ask you something. Why haven't we shown up these last three years? It's because we did what we set out to do, were free.''
''You were always free. She answers
''No, we weren't.''
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Chifuyu Orimura, only nodded her head as two of the guards walked into the cell holding the young man, as he attempted in vain, to resist the combined grip of both an Infinite Stratos and a guard from putting on the brain scanner. She could see he was only using half his strength, he was beginning to break but not in the way they wanted him, he would soon die from all the proving they've done to him.
As she began to turn around and walk away he suddenly decided to stop resisting and began to talk.
''A long time ago, a man once said give me freedom or give me death. A woman once said You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.''
''Tell me is this freedom? have you marked me and my friends down as monsters when all we did was try to even out the playing field? We didn't attack you did, and then you blamed us. So who's worse?'' He said
As she walked away, she heard him screaming as the door closed behind her, somehow she knew this would be his last moments alive.
''Why would he quote Maya Angelou? Weren't they a terrorist group created to put the world into a male-dominated society'' These thoughts made themselves into her mind
However, one thought about all kept repeating itself ''What did those words mean?'' He was obviously pointing out something but what
Finally making it back to her assigned class, she noticed her brother had gotten into trouble again. Ichika really had a knack for woman, she couldn't help but worry about him, something deep down told her he would soon be involved in all of this mess.
Not because someone wanted the Stratos, but because people were saying that he represented the change of the world. Like it or not the Prisoner was right before woman would openly joke that if a war broke out between men and woman it wouldn't even last two days now those words were never uttered. Not after the Three days.
Suddenly someone began to talk behind her. ''It's amazing don't you think? a boy in the IS academy makes you wonder where we're going nowadays'' She said
Melissa the older sister of the leader of the Fifth column, the only reason she still has an Infinite Stratos is because the Government wouldn't let her retire. The incident with her brother started a hole investigation, child abuse and several forms of neglect were found on her brother's computer.
It looked like he was trying to get emancipated, even the time she begged him for forgiveness was there, but no signs of the armors whereabouts or as to where he may have gone.
It looked like another case where the father leaves because he can't stand the fact that his daughter was an IS pilot, and both she and her mother took it out on her brother. Seeing him as a reflection of her absent father.
''Is there anything you have to say Melissa?'' she said
''Nothing really, I saw you looking in your own class and decide to see what was so interesting.'' Melissa begins to walk away, briefly stopping to say something as her back is still turned ''A word of advice take good care of your brother, you and him are like mirrors to me and my brother. She says, as she starts to walk again
As she opens the door she catches the last of the argument between Ichika and Cecilia Alcott the representative for Great Britain.
''So it's agreed we will have a duel to decide who will be the class representative, if you lose you will be my slave.'' Says Cecilia rather arrogantly
''Sure, but if you lose you have to be my slave'' Ichika says countering
''Then it's decided tomorrow the duel will occur the winner will be named Class Representative'' Chifuyu Orimura, says catching everyone by surprise.
Far away from this cheerful Ismael receives a telephone call, halfway thru his date with Charlotte. ''Hello'' he says
On the other side of the line Tia says ''target marked ready when you give the word, there's only a handful of people around.'' yet competitive place
He only says one word ''Do it.'' then immediately hangs up, Smiling at Charlotte he begins to ask her what movie she wants to see.
Far from his location Tia wearing black hot pants, a spaghetti string shirt, while holding on to a high powered modified sniper rifle, pulls the trigger. Her but hits a man's head while he carried his six year old daughter in his arms. She only says ''One down, fifty to go.''