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[Mission] Markus's Sword
Topic Started: Jun 19 2009, 06:53 PM (50 Views)
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Mr. Markus Sword was known to have created a number of weapons. He had created Jackie’s Sniper rifle, and yet she had not the slightest clue who this person was. It wasn’t like she could look him up; the guy didn’t exist. She had been issued this rifle from the armory one day, and quite frankly, that’s about all she had ever really thought about it. Then again…she had always pondered who hand carved these engravings into the side of this gun. This gun had belonged to Markus Sword at one point in time, and judging by the markings…it was very special to him, as it was to Jackie.

There had been few new orders since Daze’s attack on Jenova. She had seen the newspapers claiming that the real package had gotten through, but for some reason…Jackie highly doubted such a thing to be true. She figured that someone like Daze…who could…detect people who had Jenova cells in them would be able to determine such a thing.

Regardless of the amount of orders that Jackie had gotten, SOLDIER’s HQ was as busy as ever. SOLDIERS were rushing here…rushing there…everyone had somewhere to be, and the rec. room was pretty much empty. Except for Jackie. This room was one of her favorite places to be when people were here, but now it was utterly lonely. She sighed and started to clean her gun. She found that she cleaned her gun so much that it never actually needed cleaning.

”DAMN!” came a voice, Jackie looked up at the person just entering the room. He walked over to the mini cooler and pulled out a drink and hopped casually onto a couch adjacent to the one Jackie was occupying. ”Don’t that just beat all? Nobodies here!” the man complained as he lifted the tab on his can and opened it with a familiar click and pop. Jackie watched him take a slurp before putting her gun cleaning tools away.

”Everyone’s been busy since that mission a few weeks ago.” Jackie replied, letting her gun lean against the arm of the couch. She examined this man for a moment…trying to remember his name. In SOLDIER you always met new people. When someone died, another person came to take their place. Same went with being promoted. That’s right, she recalled now; it was Daniel. Some people had considered him rowdy; Jackie had heard rumors that there wasn’t a single girl on the planet he couldn’t make swoon.

Jackie was determined not to be one of those girls. Besides…she didn’t really think being “swooned” is possible. Not in her mind at least. She didn’t understand how someone could be swept of their feet like that…well there was one way: If they were completely gaga over the person doing the swooning. That was the most probable answer in her opinion.

”Since we’re both here…I guess they’re gonna find something for us to do.” He continued, taking another slurp and throwing his arm across the back of the couch. Daniel looked over to her and scooted a bit closer…’Gawd…I hope he doesn’t make a move…’ Her eyes must have said as much because the man immediately backed down. ’Thank goodness.’

”You’re the gal everyone calls ‘Head shot’ right?” Jackie nodded. She honestly wanted a new nickname. It wasn’t like she was that good or anything, she had just gotten that name from being a sniper. ”Though…I’ve never shot anyone in the head before.” she admitted cautiously. Daniel lifted his head in surprise. ”Never! Well…Why the hell are they calling you head shot then? You need a new name! Humm…”

Daniel went into deep thought his chin rested in the palm of his hand as he sipped carefully. ”R.O.C. ~ Eh too mysterious and cool. How about Copter~Bait?” Jackie slapped her face with her own hand, and let it drag across. ”Gawd, you guys are still going on about that?” Daniel chuckled and shook his head, and then pointed at her saying, ”Hey, I wonder who’s the one who trusted Reno’s piloting?” Jackie gave him a look, ”You’re never gonna score any points that way.” She told him, in a soft gentle and overly disgusting girly voice. A lot of the women back at the bordello had used this kind of voice to charm their customers. It wasn’t a business practice, for the women there it had been a matter of survival.

He seemed to fumble for words, but obviously failed at it because he couldn’t come up with a witty come back for that one, well except for, ”Heh…Copter Bait…I may not be winning any points here, but neither are you.” Jackie gave him a skeptical look, ”Really? And what exactly would win me points? Why do I even need them?” The man pushed the side of his cheek with his tongue, then made a clicking sound as he ran his hand back in forth in front of his mouth. He then smiled widely, ”Ever lick a lollipop before girly? We could keep certain things about you…secret.” Jackie couldn’t help but roll her eyes at this man. ”Ha. Ha. Ha. So who told you?” He raised an eyebrow. ”That I grew up in a whore house?” He grinned and shrugged, she sighed, ”I may have grown up there, but I’m not a whore. So Keep your dick in your pants and start thinking with your head. Not that one, your other head.”

The man frowned and leaned back in his seat, sipping his drink. Well there went getting along well with Daniel. ”Well, just so you know, the offer stills stands. I’m good for collecting any~” She slugged him, ”Just shut up Daniels.” She pointed a finger at him angrily, ”Don’t you dare screw with me. I can take a dirty joke, my ass getting slapped, or even a little groping ~ but by gawd, you mention my past at all and I promise you, you’ll never be able to walk upright again: I’ll kick your nuts so hard they’ll go up your throat and THEN we’ll see how much YOU like a dick in YOUR mouth.”

There was dead silence in the rec. room now. It was supposed to be a place of relaxation, where SOLDIERs could relieve stress from battles and get ready for the next ones to come. Jackie sighed and pulled out her gun cleaning kit again. She couldn’t sit still, and the sound of the clinking and the smell of the oil would be good for her soul right now. ’How dare he put me in league with a whore. My mother was a whore. All of my friends I grew up with were whores. I left that life a long time ago. To seal the deal I even shot my own father…I’d kill my own family for Shinra. That’s just how it was back at Casa del Sol. If you didn’t have a cock in your mouth or your pussie you were thrown out onto the streets. That went for me as well. My mom gave him a good tit job one day and he decided to let me go, help me even. I should shoot that pricks head off for bringing this up. Pfft, why do they call me head shot? Here’s why ~ BANG!’ She run an oily cloth along the length of the barrel again.

Another man entered the room, ”3rd Class SOLDIER Jackie, please report to the Commander at once!” She sighed and nodded, putting her gun kit away once more, she slung her overly clean weapon over her shoulder. Jackie stood up and started making her way out of the rec. room; she completely ignored Daniel’s last comment. She walked down the halls to the SOLDIER office where her new commanding officer was stationed.

3rd Class SOLDIER reporting as Ordered Sir! She told the commander, saluting him. He just waved her off. This new guy was black and had firey red hair with solid white teeth. He pushed a file towards her. ”You’ve been assigned a hit.” Jackie was cautious when it came to taking the document, looking at the commander to see if it was okay to do see. No response. It must be okay. She picked it up and opened the file. Target…MARKUS SWORD. You must imagine the shock that went down her spine. Why has it been like this lately? Killing everyone she knew? Take out this guy…take out that guy...’Will they have me committing seppuku before long?’ she wondered. ’It used to be random targets…people without faces. People I didn’t know. Just shoot them and we’re done. What is the deal? Why are they doing this to me? Is SOLDIER testing me? Testing to see my loyalties? I ALREADY KILLED MY OWN FATHER!! How is that not proof enough of my loyalty? I’m eternally grateful for them saving my sorry hide. Then again, I wouldn’t have needed their help if I hadn’t joined SOLDIER. ’

’I’d still be living life on my back.’ She cleared her throat and saluted again, ”Orders Received.” she said, he waved for her to leave. She did so. What was she going to do now? She was authorized to use certain vehicles, she would probably end up taking a bike to wherever she needed to head off to. She made her way into the barracks and laid down upon her bed, staring at the bunk above her. ’What’s your plan girl? They want me to kill this guy and I hardly even know where he is…Lets see…He was last seen over Here…he has a high flight risk so I’m guessing by the time I’ve gotten this report, and that it takes me to get there it’ll already be too late. Why do they want to kill this guy anyways?’

’He has a betting addiction the profile says…He often Frequents Gold Saucer. I know that he knows someone is after him. I’m almost certain that he’ll be expecting me. He will figure that this place is dangerous for him. The crowds will give him excellent protection though. It might be enough to draw him in for the chocobo racing. Alright, so I have my plan all ready, just need to get over there…Now that I think about it, a G – bike might not be sufficient enough. I’ll take an air ship from Junon over to Costa del Sol and make my way to Saucer by bike.’ She closed her eyes and hugged her gun to her body…

She was up bright and early the next day. Her long journey was to begin as soon as possible. Jackie ran down towards the parking lot and registered for the use of a motor bike. The engine roared. She drove on and soon broke Midgar city limits. She splashed through the swamp with the big snake in it and eventually got to Junon. She booked passage on an Air ship and began to fly across the waters just like she planned. There however was one thing that did not go according to plan.

”Compliments of Markus Sword.” she over heard one of the pilots saying, Jackie immediately lifted her head towards the two pilots as one shot the other in the head. Jackie pulled out her rifle and was about to shoot back but had to take cover when the man shot at her. ”Enjoy your flight lovey.” He shot the windshield, and then jumped out through the broken glass. Jackie ran over and peered out just in time to see him release a parachute.

The Airship suddenly shook with a mighty explosion that knocked Jackie off her feet. She fell on top of the dead pilot as the ship began to spiral down. She pulled the pilot from his seat and threw him out the window too. She tried to pull up on the controls and prevent the ship from plunging into the water…The blue rushed up at her. Jackie opened her eyes on the beach. The first thing she noticed was that she couldn’t breath. She coughed out the water that was in her lungs and took a huge breath.

”Oh good. The girls’ awake.” She looked up, it was the pilot and he was holding her own rifle to her head. ”Click.” she closed her eyes. ”Well that wouldn’t be very much fun now would it? Right – o then. I noticed that you happened to be using one of my Rifles. I couldn’t kill you without knowing how you got it, and by the way…I am very grateful for your returning it.” He lifted her chin up with the tip of the rifle, ”So then…How did you get it?”

”You want the long or short version?” He smiled, ”We’re a bit pressed for time so I’ll take the short version.” Jackie looked him in the eyes, ”Fuck you.” Markus burst out laughing, he held his sides for a moment, but Jackie knew better ~ that man had the scent of a trained killer. It was the same kind of smell she had. A mixture of blood and gun oil. ”Alright then, how about the long version then? I suppose I can appreciate a good story.”

”I got it from the armory ~ Its my first issued weapon.” He put the barrel on the gun back on her head, ”Actually, it’s ‘my’ weapon. Sure I’ve made many weapons in my time, but I love and cherish every single one. Normally this is where I kill you. Since you’ve kept my gun in such good repair, I’d say it would only be fair to do the same for you.” Jackie must of looked confused because then the man laughed, ”Oh yes. I’ll be keeping you in very good repair.”

He flipped the rifle around and struck her hard on the temple. She fell over and felt her consciousness begin to fade. Red began to cloud her right eye, while her left just became blurry. She felt so far away now…She felt like she flying. Markus hoistered her up and threw her across the back of his Chocobo.
She woke up in a bedroom. He had since taken the liberty of tying her hands together, and gagging her. Her clothes were still on at least so maybe she had managed to wake up before he was ready. Well, SOLDIER enhancements were good for something at least.

She looked around for something to cut her bonds, there was a knife sitting on the night stand that she used to cut the rope, and immediately afterwards she removed her gag and dropped it to the floor. She held the knife at the ready and checked the rest of the area. This apparently was a hotel room…yes…it was one of the rooms at that Haunted hotel thing over at Gold Saucer. Where was Markus? Not here apparently. Maybe he was out betting. She walked over towards the door and noticed a note it. It read:

”Dear lady, how about we play a game? My ambushing you was really unfair ~ So I thought here would be a good chance to have fun and cut loose ends at the same time! Since you’ve been sent here to kill me, and since you apparently have good enough tastes to use my weapon I thought, ‘wouldn’t it be interesting if we had a sniper battle in the middle of Gold Saucer?’ So that’s the game lovey. The gun you brought with you is hiding underneath the bed. The goal is to kill the other during normal Gold Saucer hours. Good luck!”

Jackie frowned…this wouldn’t be good. He already had a head start. As soon as she left that door she could be a potential target. She looked underneath the bed for her gun and made sure it was loaded. She found that she had five bullets in her pocket. That should be enough for any good honest to god sniper. Jackie slung the rifle over her shoulder and peaked out the door. She used her Sniper rifle’s scope to try and spot Markus…assuming her was just waiting for her.

It wouldn’t have been much of a game if he had been, it was all the same to her though. This was a mission to Jackie, nothing more, nothing less. It would be impossible for her to get a good shot from any of these ground angles so she immediately began to make her way towards the gondola that took a tour of Gold Saucer. That would be perfect. She checked her surroundings before getting on the tour. It was all clear for now. Neither knew where each other was…well hopefully.

If Markus was that much of a fair game kinda guy then she would have as much of a chance as he had. Maybe he was in one of the other gondola’s? It should have been expected that she would make such a move first…That’s why Jackie was almost immediately regretting it. So the tour was on its way now. It crossed over one of the famous lands, and Jackie pulled her rifle over the side and started scanning for Markus through the crowds.

There was nothing…She saw a large Chocobo waddling around with some children…she thought about shooting the stupid looking chocobo. It was a guy in a suit but still. As the tour began to make its full round, it came to the gaming corner. She kept scanning the crowds…kids…adults…Black hair…Where was he, shiny! She turned her gun quickly towards the ‘shiny’! It was Markus. He was aiming straight for her. She saw him pull his trigger, and before she could she fell backwards…”Am I dead?” she asked herself a loud. She felt her head and looked at the floor of the Gondola. Red. She had taken a shot to the head and by some act of whatever higher powers there were she had survived. She felt the perfectly round hole in her skull. That really shook the hell out of her.

She expected she could die at any moment now, but she had a job to do still. She threw her weapon over her shoulder and climbed out the window and then on top of the gondola. She climbed up the extension it was hanging from and held onto track with all of her strength. Another Gondola began to come over and she quickly let herself down on top of the thing. She kicked in a window and knocked a man forward. A girl screamed, and when Jackie turned to look at her, she screamed even louder.

”Shut up, shut up, Shut up!” She couldn’t understand what had gotten her so upset. Well then again, a bullet to the brain is bound to piss you off, assuming it didn’t screw up any of your brain functions. That was probably it. The bullet must have damaged her control for anger center thingy. Whatever that part of the brain was called. The people in the Gondola went quiet when Jackie pulled her gun out and aimed it down at the ground below. She figured that Markus would go over to the gondola to inspect his kill…she was right. He peered into the gondola with a smile, when he saw nothing he looked up at Jackie’s Gondola and ran. Jackie’s finger gently squeezed the trigger. It got him in the arm. He would have a hard time aiming at her now, but that was beside the point.

She hadn’t killed him. That was one less bullet. Only four left.”Give me your shirt.” Jackie ordered the man. ”Just…Holy Fuck lady.” the guy said, taking his shirt off and handing it to her. She ripped it and wrapped it around her head like a bandage. ”Get out first.” She ordered the man again. When the Gondola landed, she followed closely behind this man until she could take some serious cover.

Despite it all there was still people carelessly going through their days. Unaware of the sniper battle going on. 'We might end up playing a waiting game...seeing who moves first. Its almost guarenteed that whoever moves first will get killed...But we can't let this go on...both of us are wounded...especially me. Dear god, I don't even know why I'm still alive, but I need to get to a hospital and quick. I doubt that this shirt will keep my melon from spilling out onto the pavement. He's bleeding too, but I definately think that my would is worse than his. We got to end this soon though. If I wait, he might think I died of blood loss...but if I wait I might die of blood loss for real. Dang it, why does life have to be so confusing sometimes? I can't think straight with this head injury, and then the game is still on.'

Some people saw her and began to look on in shock at her head injury. She waved the thrill seekers away. She would rather not get any of these people hurt if she could help it. Shin-ra was only paying her to kill Mr Sword, not to create Massacre. She sighed and wiped the blood that was dripping into her eyes. She frowned ~ It was unsure how much longer she would be able to survive such a thing. She slipped a new bullet into her gun and looked around the corner...No one. She needed to find some high ground. Back at the hotel! She could climb all the way to the top! It was an excellent plan. Now to get there without being shot, or caught by the people running Gold Saucer.

She ran towards a slide and slid down, popping out of a grave in front of the hotel. She ran into the hotel, and climbed up the stairs ignoring the men at the counter. She reached the top of the building, found an open room. She walked in on two people 'doing it'. The couple jumped up in surprise, the man yelled, "Wha~ what the hell are you doing?!" Jackie ignored them and climbed out the window and began to make her way to the top of the hotel. She flung herself behind a gargoyle so that it gave her some amount of cover. She propped her weapon against the side of the building, She pressed the rifle against the building with one of her hands so that she could keep the weapon steady.

'Okay...now where the faux did this guy go? Over there...? Okay he's not on that plate, or on that one. Check the Gondola again? Okay we're still clean. I have to figure out where this guy has dissappeared too before I die. Where are you...where are you...There! THERE!' She aimed at him and tried to pull the trigger but for some reason she just couldn't manage to get the aim perfect...If she didn't get him soon...She squeezed the trigger and hit his rifle out of his hand. She watched it fall all the way off the saucer. Jackie wiped some more blood from her forehead as she put another bullet into the rifle. She took aim again...Followed him with the rifle and...Fired. Right in the back. He fell in the middle of a crowd. She sighed with relief...She didn't expect her shot to actually hit him.

She was relieved...At least she died doing her duty...She slumped over, and relaxed her grip on the gun... Red lights flashed into her blurry eyes...black...A bright white and several shadowy figures looked over her...black...a tiled ceiling....black....Pain like hell. "Gah!" She said, trying to move. She was restrained, and for good reason. Her body shook like she was having a seizure as all the pain from before finally caught up on her. The nurse ran out of the room to get help, but it wasn't needed. She stopped at the end and took a deep breath. She was aware, and had a huge head ache.

"Ah...ouchie." She said, the doctor came in and recorded some data, "How do you feel?" Jackie raised an eyebrow, "Uhmm...okay. Whats up?" The doctor laughed, "We pulled a bullet from your head, and you're A - okay for some reason." Jackie was still restrained. "Why am I all...tied up?" The doctor walked over and made sure her restraints were loose enough for her. "We had to operate on you with your head injury. If you had moved at all you would have died." Jackie looked down for a moment, before looking back up at the doctor, "Am I expected to be here long?" The doctor shook his head, "One more operation and we're good." Jackie frowned..."Seriously...can you put me out for this operation? I don't want to be aware that you're jacking with my brain."

The doctor shook his head, "We'll need you awake for this one. You'll have to keep giving us updates on your condition. Since we're trying to fix your head theres no way for us to know how the cogs are turning." Jackie rolled her eyes..."Fine fine. Gawd." She sat there and winced as the hours passed by until the operation began. The doctors started screwing around in her head. She didn't like the sensation very much, but it didn't last long. It was short, and they finally pulled out. They molded a steel plate to replace the missing skull piece and that was it.

"We'll release you in the morning." the doctor told Jackie as the staff left her in her little section of the hospital. She laid back and closed her eyes. There was a knock on her door and someone walked into the room. She opened her eyes and looked at the intruder and immediately rolled her eyes. It was Daniel from the Rec. Room with a bouquet of flowers. "Hey there sexy. Looks like you're awake." 'You're lucky I'm all bound up right now.', "Awww...thanks for the concern, the doors over there." She replied to him in an overly pleasant voice. Overly pleasant by far. "You think I would have seen it." He bent over and gave her a kiss on the lips.

She practically choked on his tongue, "You...!" She yanked at her bonds to no avail. "MMmm...mm. Those are some tasty lips. I bet the rest of you tastes even better." He put his hand under her shirt and started fondling her breasts. "Rawr!" She broke the bond and socked him for the second time. "You gotta be on the nice list before santa gives you presents Ass." He rubbed his jaw and smiled a painful grin at Jackie as she yanked her restraints apart. "Well there goes you having Amnesia and me taking advantage of it." He dropped the flowers he had brought into the garbage.

"What do you want anyways?" She asked, giving him the hostlie look that he deserved. He might have thought he could treat her like this because some of the guys said she was a tease...in addition to her background. Truthfully though, you had to get to know her a little bit before you could 'flirt' with Jackie. Let alone "play" with her. He was stepping out of his bounds, and she probably would never forgive him."Came on orders from the Commander to check on yoru Head injury. Looks like everything's A - Okay!"

"Liar, The commander doesn't need to send some peon like you to check on me when he has the doctor's reports." He shrugged, "You win...to tell the truth I was hoping to get some action." Jackie frowned at him...again. Pulled free of her bonds and stood. She made her way towards the door and then to the nurse at the desk. "Nurse, this bozo tried to rape me, I'm checking out early." The nurse gave a look of horro towards the Daniel whom had followed her. She reluctantly agreed and began to return Jackie her stuff.

Jackie's clothes had been cleaned, because she had bled all over them. She quickly donned her pants and threw the hospital robe at Daniel. She quickly strapped on her bra and threw her fish net over her skin. Following this she put on her tank top and she was ready to go...All except for one thing. The Sword. Well...actually her gun. She slung the weapon over her shoulder and began to walk down the hall. "I am so reporting you for harrassment." She told Daniel. "I almost die and you think it'd be fun to drop in and share your goods huh?"

He blew it off, "Pfft, they'll just blow it off. The top guys think that there isn't a single guy who hasn't banged you yet. Excluding them of course." She pivoted on her heel and pointed at him. "I haven't fucked with anybody, and I certainly won't with you. Just get lost. I don't even know how you got your reputation as a lady killer, you're just a perv."

"Perv? I'd like to think it's charm! " he had to step quickly to catch up to her and stand at her side as she made a brisk walk towards the outside of the hospital. "Charm! and its only a matter of time before you fall under my spell too." He plucked out some of her hairs. Jackie stopped. "Don't you dare. Don't you dare you bastard get back here!" He began running holding her hairs up high in the air in victory.

It was Jackie's guess that he was going to use her hairs to activate some kind of Materia that would make her fall for him. She shuddered at the thought...'Ew...ew..ew.ew.ew.ew.ew.ew.ew!!!!' She had to catch him! She chased after him until he got into the parking lot. He turned around and activated his materia, she felt the affects immediately...oh...hearts started to appear around him as her view was twisted of him...she sighed like a school girl...Before shooting him.

That snapped her out of it. 'My special finger.' she said looking at her finger that had pulled the trigger. She looked at Daniels writhing on the ground with a bullet hole in his materia. "You're lucky I'm not allowed to kill you." She told him. "You're also lucky you're at a hospital already..." She kicked him one more time for good measure as she left the premises.

After she had gone far enough she let her shuddering take over her concerning the way she had almost lost full control to that Materia. "Ugh...just...ugh..." She sighed at last, picking herself up, she returned to the SOLDIER HQ to report on her mission officially. What a fun day it had been.
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