Tracers whizzed by overhead, their numbers were dented but these golden masks were on the warpath. Whatever warranted shooting some Five Rings dead in police controlled territory, they were also applying to the police it seemed. "You, sniper." Yua said quietly between gaps in the gunfire. "Reposition on them, I'm going in." She finished, taking a stun grenade from her waist. "Won't be too hard." The sniper called back. "Be quick then." Her squadmates looked over to her, unsure of what to make of the situation. Curtly she responded to their silence. "Cover your ears." Flicking the safety pin free, Yua waited a moment before tossing it over her piece of concrete. Realizing just too late, Enforcer Ohmura tried to physically stop her only to feel the effects of the stun grenade, slumping back down into cover. "Ambush this, you pricks." Yua growled to herself, shouldering a UMP45.
The glint of gold veiled by black hoods, these guys had crawled up real close to the police. Seeing them stunned and stumbling into each other, Yua put a pair of bullets into the one's neck and a single round to the other's head as he fell to the ground. The pained gurgle of a man choking to death on his own blood barely registered in her ears as she passed. "I see you now, let's drop these bastards." Promptly, a bullet whizzed by her and slammed into a nearby car. A man screamed out in pain, a second shot rang out to silence it. "That's one." The sniper reported. As she advanced, a man's head poking out from behind another car. "I see two." The sniper called. "Left."
Tucking her UMP in under her arm, Yua pointed it at the head. "Now." She called. In unison Yua shot her target dead and a second kill was made apparent by an explosion of blood and gore. Without stopping, she rushed past the parked cars further down a dark road full of neon lights and murderous gunmen. "More up ahead." "Keep them down." Beyond another set of parked cars, a golden mask peeked his head out for just a moment, which was promptly removed with a bullet. Whoever this sniper was, he was on the exact same page as Yua. "Sweeping these guys up." She reported, sprinting towards the set of parked cars, her UMP dangling from the front of her vest.
Hearing her get close, another mask popped out of cover to take a shot. You could see the exact moment the sniper's bullet hit him, removing everything above the nose and causing him to collapse into the ground in a heap. "Street cleaners are in for one hell of a morning." The sniper said, chuckling. At the back line, the rest of Yua's squad advanced slowly behind her; away from the gunfire. "Doubt some of these cops are sleeping tonight."
"You're right on top of them." The sniper announced as Yua neared a pair of cars. Without hesitation she hopped onto one and launched herself off, unholstering her pistol just as she got airborne. Too afraid to peek out, the four golden masks watched as Yua flew above their heads with a gun pointed at them. Bang bang. Before she hit the ground, two of the masks dropped dead with holes between their eyes. A third one slammed his head back against the car door, having been shot in the neck. Before the last one could point his FAL at the enforcer, one more high-powered bullet came down. Screaming in pain, the mask clutched his shoulder.
"Think that's all of them. See if you can't get some answers from that guy, I'll keep watch. Out." "Hey, can I get some backup over here?" Yua called into her earpiece, then promptly removing it. Slowly she approached the mask clutching his shoulder in pain. "Give me answers." She growled. Desperately the golden mask tried to clamber away, in response Yua pointed her handgun at the other dying mask and shot him dead. "Now!" Breathing fast and ragged, the man continued to crawl away. Now looming right over him, Yua crouched down and prepared to strike him.
Boom.
Like so many others, the Golden Mask now lay with a small pool of blood on the pavement where his head once was. Instinctively Yua dove for cover and put her earpiece back on. "The he-" "It wasn't me." The sniper interrupted. "Someone else shot 'em." Groaning in frustration, Yua turned back to meet the rest of her squad. "These are the same guys who clapped those Five Rings?" Enforcer Ohmura inquired, looking at a nearby body. "They definitely are; this is some seriously quality gear, too. These guys look more like paramilitary than gangbangers."
"Body armor, rifles and smoke grenades. These guys didn't come to party." Yua noted. Nobody they've dealt with in Haruna had this kind of equipment. Who the hell were these guys?