Across the work table from Kiritsugu, Aiko was helping with his gun maintenance for his upcoming mission. "So. Illya huh? Mind if I tag along? It seems like you could use a hand. Someone to set up a distraction and run interference."

“Fine. However, you are not to start trouble until I tell you.” Kiritsugu rested his eyes.

Nodding with a pleasant smile, Aiko chuckled. "Of course. Can't tip them off too early."

“Good. Then we will be going. Prepare your equipment, we will be leaving in a couple of hours.”

Standing up, Aiko dusted off her pants. "Right. I'll ask Shirou to pack up a bunch of food while I get my clothes ready."

“Mhm.”

As she walked out the door, she noticed Raynell speaking with Shirou. “Despite everything, she’s still adamant on following me. It just hurts to see her so terrified of me.”

“Just because she’s terrified doesn’t mean she doesn’t like you.” Shirou pointed out.

“That makes it all the worse. I didn’t really do anything…”

“She was attracted to ice cream, right? Maybe try giving her some when you can?” Shirou suggested.

Raynell deadpanned. “Shirou. There are many things wrong with what you just said. However, I don’t think that you’re capable of understanding.”

“Oh, sorry to say.” Shirou proceeded to rub the black of his head.

"Hey. Shirou. Need food for seven that can be kept in a bag as rations for about 2 or so weeks," Aiko paused, "Also, we probably need a medic for our trip. You down for that Raynell?" 

Raynell smiled with a confident thumbs up. “Always looking for a way to help. Count me in!”

“You can count on me, I’ll prepare you all something for the trip. Hope you give those bad guys what they deserve,” Shirou said before heading off to the kitchen. 

Returning the thumbs up, Aiko gave a sharp-toothed grin. "Awesome. Raray, Pack for three weeks. That way you'll have extra."

Raynell nodded. “Sounds like a plan.” He left to his room with a sheepish Gabriel in tow.

~~Saving Illya now? Let's goooo!~~

When they touched down in Germany, Aiko left the plane first, with Kiritsugu taking the rear. How they managed to get their equipment and food through the checkpoint was anyone's guess, but the guards did seem rather lax that day.

Getting in their rental car, a land rover with subtle armor plating, Aiko took the 'gunners seat' as she called it. The hidden roof hatch would allow her to gun down anyone foolish enough to follow them.

Opening the front door, Raynel sat in the driver’s seat and started the ignition. “Get in nerds!”

Kiritsugu nodded before entering the passenger seat.

As soon as they all got in, they took off at a normal, sedate pace. Kiritsugu directed Raynell onto the highway and had him drive for quite some time. Aiko began to feel bored. "Are we there yet?"

“We’re about ten minutes out if nothing gets in our way,” Kiritsugu answered.

Gabriel pouted. “Ten minutes? I can get there in one if you let me fly.”

“No. Spies don’t fly out in the open. Especially not ‘super spies’. That would catch too much attention from everyone.” Kiritsugu countered.

He then called out to Raynell. “From here you need to drive up the side of the mountain.”

“Yeah, ok. Dunno why, but ok!” He put on a pair of aviators and proceeded to drift the car off the road and onto the rough terrain.

Gabriel began to pound on the windows. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STAY ON THE ROAD SO YOU DON’T KILL US ALL!”

“Calm down, there is no road ahead of us. This is a necessary maneuver.” Kiritsugu rested his eyes, unbothered by Gabriel’s shouting.

Aiko, on the other hand, hung on to her seat and let out a cheer. "WHaHooOoo!"

Before long, they encountered a heavy iron gate. Yes. On the mountainside. 

“Go right through it, the gate is a tunnel to prevent reckless drivers from accidentally entering the mansion.” The magus killer continued, his voice remaining flat.

“Unfortunately for them, I might be a little too reckless.” Raynell grinned as he slammed the gas. The Land Rover sped up to speeds that neared that of a scramjet, atomizing the gate when it made contact. He pressed on the brakes afterward to at least keep a modicum of stealth.

Gabriel didn’t understand the concept of seatbelt safety, so she went flying through the window and bounced off the walls. Raynel just whistled as they drove up to a dazed Gabriel. He got out, picked up the fallen angel, and placed her back into her seat with the seatbelt fastened. They continued down the road in relative silence for a while.

As they left the tunnel, they came across the sight of a grand German castle, surrounded by lands in what seemed to be almost a perpetual winter, dotted with various trees.

When they got to their hiding spot, Aiko took on her servant form in her Russian winter gear. "Where do you want me to start?"

“The surrounding area, I’ll be sneaking into the castle while they are distracted. Raynell would come along with me in case something goes wrong.”

Smirking, Aiko walked out of the vehicle and summoned a rocket artillery platform and drove it away from the others. She came to a stop on the other side of the castle and began to fire the missiles in the air, driving like a madman and blasting Russian rap music. "Alright. Thank you for selecting my NFF services. You'll get exactly what you asked for!" She called back over her radio on Kiritsugu's encrypted frequency. 

“Now, Raynell, follow me. Gabriel, stay with Aiko.” Kiritsugu said with a flat tone.

“But she’s already gone.”

“Then find her, you’ll be safer with her than with us,” Kiritsugu responded with the same tone.

Gabriel slung her head and shambled away in the direction of explosive ordnance.

Raynell readjusted his glasses. “Where to?”

“Follow me, and stay quiet. We don’t want to alert anyone more than we already have.”

~~Li- li- linebo breaker~~

As Aiko sang Russian music over the built-in loudspeakers of her vehicle while drinking from a bottle of water that looked quite like a bottle of vodka from a distance, she shot an unlimited number of missiles into the air over the forest. In one humorous moment, a German homunculus was brave enough to call out to her with a group of his friends. "Stupid Ruskie, nobody cares about your potato juice!"

Pausing her barrage for a moment, she slowly turned her cannons towards the man and spoke in a ridiculous Russian accent. "Ahaha. Thees leetle man ees quite funny, no? Time to blast heem."

His dodgeball skills must have been legendary. Even as the missiles blotted out the sky, and his friends were eradicated, he remained untouched by even the slightest bit of shrapnel as he made his way forwards.

Aiko was impressed and turned up the pressure while engaging in conversation, dropping the accent entirely. "Why won't you just die already!"

With an evil grin, he stared into her soul. "I'm a Touhou player."

The man’s head flew off of his shoulders as a blur passed by. It stopped in front of Aiko, revealing an angry Gabriel. “You can’t just kill people. That’s wrong!” 

Glancing at the tip of her wing Aiko saw a bit of blood. Deciding she should head that off before she freaks out, she tweaked the truth. "They were Magus though. That means they're heathens that practice ritualistic sacrifice in an attempt to spite god."

The angel’s face darkened. “Then they must be purged from the face of the earth. They will desecrate this holy earth no longer.” She raised one hand towards the main area. “[Divine Smite: Sinner’s Bane]” Multiple beams of light emerged from her fingertips and honed in on those she saw unfit for life through her divine eyes. The light pierced through them, turning them into primordial nothingness. Satisfied she turned to Aiko. “All done!”

Pausing to blink the light out of her eyes, Aiko patted the judgment beam weapon's head in search of an off switch. "Good work. That takes care of the reinforcements. Let's take a look around to the front and see if we need to help there."

“Alright! We’ll show them not to mess with God!”