Chronicle:Last Red Gryf

Of course, this was too much for his heart, which flatlined on the monitor, and from what they saw, he fell unconscious on the floor. The guards and Junji quickly stood up from their seats and ran out of their observational spot, trying to hurry towards the potentially dead man.

With one eye open, he checked if they were still there, and took his chance. He reached out to one of the bolts on the floor, and placed it in a secret compartment in his pockets before they ran inside the room. Almost passing out before the guards would resuscitate him. Later on, he would be carried back to his cell by the two mercs.

"Jing, just in case I wasnt seeing things. His heart DID stop, right? How's he still living?" She said, while pulling out a Meatcube™ to munch on. (PKT special!)

"Personally, I dont care Hina. I just want out of this job right now. My balls recede every time I see the guy getting shocked." Jing threw the man into the room and pressed the button to close the door.

As they walked away, the 'unconscious' prisoner opened his eyes and placed the bolt he snagged from the torture room underneath the door. The moment the door shut, or well, tried to shut completely, a Red light appeared above the door. Franz quickly stood up to the side of the door. In his hazy brain, he believed he had enough time to make this work.

"What is it now!?" Exclaimed Jing, as he unslung his rifle and raised the door slightly to check for his prisoner.

Jing would find himself being dragged into the room by Franz and struck on his carotid artery, going limp after the blow. He would proceed to steal his guns and his radio. Hina would look back after hearing the noises inside the cell, dropped the Meatcube™ and began to unsling her rifle to help out her friend.

"Dont try anything woman. Put the gun down." Franz appeared from under the door, a pistol holstered temporarily in his pants and pointing a newly acquired rifle at her, in a confined hallway no less. She definitely did NOT expect that from a brainshocked prisoner.

Seeing her chances of actually subduing or killing the prisoner was slim, she slowly placed the gun on the floor, along with her pistol. He approached her, nabbed some zip ties and her radio, and then led her into the cell. As he pushed her in to the cell, he speaks to the two goons calmly.

"After this is all over, all three of us can go out for lunch. If you dont want to, fair enough, I did lock you in a cell. I'm staying at the Muji Hotel, east district. I wont fall for the same trap again." Franz would properly shut the door and continue down the hall, holding his rifle out infront of him, as he checked corners and cleared rooms.

"Should have expected this to go south Jing. But at least we're both alive, and most definitely not getting paid for this..." Hina grumbled under her breath while finding the bolt he used to block the door. Of all things, a fvcking bolt under the door.

Because of the electroshock therapy that was graciously given to him over the course of a couple of days, he wasnt looking too hot right now. Definitely needed a visit to the doctor after this escapade. He checked the time on a wall clock. He had 15 minutes until the next rotation of mercs.

Even if he wasnt feeling too good, he needed to make an example of the Manager. Just so this would never happen again. During the search for his captor, he would attempt to find his old belongings, which were thrown into a pile in the corner of a storage closet, much to his displeasure. He turned on the radio and checked through all the channels to see if there was chatter, but all was quiet. 5 minutes left.

"Of all the days to get pinned as a Red Gryf...Half the world wants my ass either because they want me to kill people for them, or because I killed someone they knew. Cant they take a hint? I dont want this shit."

He moved to a new room. Sweeping it for any enemies. This process repeated until he eventually found Junji, and from what he assumed, this was him talking to his superiors. Something about him not taking this seriously. Franz thought this was his chance. "Always give back. Even Children know that". He checked the time. 2 minutes left.

He quietly used the intervals where he was screaming over the phone to sneak up on him slowly. Taking cover the moment he turned to look his way. 30 seconds left.

The problem was that he kept his radio on to make sure he knew when a search party would be sent for the two mercs he trapped. He was running dangerously close to the end of his stress free romp of the facility. 10 seconds left.

"希娜和靜,進來. "

Middle manager Okada jumped upon hearing the chatter and turned around. He was both horrified and confused upon seeing a half-naked barbarian jumping at him. Soon he found himself in a chokehold, despite his best attempt to get a scream out. This is precisely what Franz was trained for. Did he like it? Hell no. But thats life.

"I didnt start it." He said as he applied more pressure.

The body of the manager went limp after a few seconds. Franz Sighed and dragged him out. Narrowly avoiding reinforcements from converging on his position by passing through to another room. Franz looked around frantically for a way to dispose of the body. Finding an incinerator in a hut outside the main building, he would close the door and the rest was history.

"God this guy's clothes are so fake..." The smell...It was indescribable and horrific. Like the smell of cheap plastics and a fragile ego. He could barely hold himself back from vomiting. He placed the unconscious man in the corner and turned off his radio. Seeing it as unnecessary since the base was alerted.

After leaving, he would attempt to approach the gate for the facility, sneaking past several patrols, and at some point even using the classic 'hide in a box' maneuver. He did notice a guard stationed in front of it, but Franz would take his time sneaking up to the guardhouse and then tripping up the man, tying him up with the zip ties he got from Hina. After that, he opened the Steel gate and took a zig zag approach to running back towards his hotel in the city. Soon the search parties were after him, but they were too late.

While he was running, he had alot of time to think. Half of it was about the fact he was a bare chested man with a gun running around in the wild. What he was mostly thinking was if he made the right choices today. Did he really need to keep the guy and his goons alive? They were just as likely to put him on a KS report. Then again, by this point, he was already on several watchlists probably.

Who knows how many of his fellow Red Gryfs got hunted down for mere association with the organization? Not just by vengeful Fengese people. He could understand that. But also by weirdos in the occult branches who thought we were perfect for 'hunting'. After they got dissolved in 1985 due to more people knowing about the crimes of the Red Gryfs, he could very well be the last one.

"No point in worrying about it."

''Pieces of the middle manager's garb was found at the crime scene in the KS facility. No one knew how Junji Okada, a middle manager of KS Corp was found at the scene, frightended and naked, locked inside the incinerator room. The Mercenaries hired for him did not know how this happened. (More likely, they were omitting information for their own sakes) There are ideas on the Internet. Some say that it was a Cryptid Oni that fled the KS Corp cages. Some say it was some TTO Super BVLL program test run. Or some Noosphere Zoner bullshit.''

''In reality it was a really ticked off Red Gryf. Someone who certainly was not gonna take their kidnapping lying down. Franz Nowak, the perpetrator would lay low for the rest of his vacation. Returning to Melkhija after a week, he used his experience to force himself into using his skills again. This time to make a real living. One of his ideas was being a hired gun, a mercenary, or an assassin maybe? He had all the time to ponder on this, especially since he was back home and safe.''

"But the real mystery is...Did the Mercs take up his offer? Free lunch is irresistable."