Sneaking into the Einzbern Castle, Kiritsugu and Raynell climbed into the family quarters.
Kiritsugu knocked on the door before waiting momentarily.
“Who is it?”
The magus killer took in a deep breath. “Kiritsugu, I’m here to retrieve my daughter.”
“Raynell, medical support! Wait, are we doing introductions?”
Slamming the door open, a white haired girl grasped Kiritsugu in a tight hug. “I knew you would come for me!”
Raynell shuffled away with his eyes pointing to the side. “Okay then. We’re not doing that.”
“I gave it my best shot. Illyia.” Kiritsugu smiled before patting her in the head. Trying to hold back his tears.
“Shit, it’s Kiritsugu! Bring out the big guns!”
Noticing the hordes of homunculi armed with a large variety of mystic codes, Kiritsugu pushed his daughter back to the safety of her room. Only for his daughter to notice why he did that.
“Berserker, kill them!”
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A large hulking wall of muscles barged through the wall, quickly turning the men into paste. Seeing this, Raynell decided to counter charge. As the berserker raised it’s fist to pummel the smaller man, he jumped into a drop kick. When the fist and feet connected, the berserker’s arm became pulverized as its momentum caused Raynell to pierce through it’s chest.
“Raynell, Berserker has got it. You’re just getting in the way.” Kiritsugu said, not all that shocked.
Illya on the other hand… “D… Did… Did that man just…”
“Yes, he did…” A white clad maid by the name of Leysritt had let out. “It’s a good thing he is on our side.”
Raynell wiped his cheek with a sideways glance. “Sorry. Thought it was against us. Anyways, time to go in the fray.” He pulled out a scalpel and ran right into the rest of the attackers.
Regenerating its wounds, the berserker walked up next to the little girl.
“[Divine Smite: Sinner’s Bane]” Light shone violently outside the castle, vaporizing countless magi and homunculi.
Noticing the light flashing outside, Kiritsugu sighed before heading towards the stairs. “Let’s go. You’d all only be attracting more attention if we stay here.”
“Indeed, Illya we must leave.” A maid by the name of Sella said.
“Ok.” Illya said, giving off a lazy salute.
Thanks to a certain angel, most of the guards were too preoccupied with her rampage to notice the group escaping the castle. Speeding towards the car while avoiding the homunculi, they managed to get into the vehicle intact.
“Now, to retrieve our two companions before we get out of here.”
Raynell grinned. “You got it! Strap your seatbelts, baby! Or don’t, if you’re feeling lucky.”
He pulled out in reverse, pasting a couple of unfortunate souls before making his way around the castle. A few people took potshots, but were unable to land a hit on Raynell’s erratic yet competent driving.” Then the wall blew up next to them, revealing a furious Gabriel holding the Einzbern patriarch.
She held a hand up in preparation for a more physical smiting. “Do you have anything more to say, heathen?”
Raynell called out, his voice almost drowning in all the noise. “Yo, Gabriel! Splat’em on the car!”
She shrugged before chucking the magus towards the car. To which he pulled on the handbrake and the wheel. The rear of the vehicle popped up to the right, slamming into the patriarch and sending his body smearing across the wall.
“Such is the life of a Magus.” Kiritsugu rested his eyes.
A blur passed through the busted front window at high speeds, stopping to reveal Aiko standing at the gunner's seat, already opening the hatch. "Hahahahaha! This shit is crazy!" She called out as she set up an M61 Vulcan loaded with enchanted HEIAP rounds, and began to fire at anything that moved.
They drove back the way they came, the fallen golem and homunculi providing impromptu traffic cones. When they reached the highway, a horde of homunculi ran hot on their trails.
A highway officer munched on his lunch, humming a pleasant tune. A faint rumbling cut his song short as he looked back and saw a lone car driving haphazardly with an autocannon mounted on top that fired at a horde of bodies that he wasn’t sure were human. He braced himself as the wave hit his car, jostling it back and forth. When it passed, he let out a sigh of relief, before radioing in what was going on. “Debbie, I think what I’m about to tell you is above our paygrade…”
~~Military action? Wait, that's actually a thing?~~
<<All officers be advised, we have a vehicle on the road carrying a military-grade autocannon firing towards the streets. I repeat we have a military-grade autocannon firing towards the streets. Steer clear for the Bundeswehr, I repeat steer clear for the Bundeswehr. You are to shut off access to the highway before they arrive.>>
Kiritsugu clicked his tongue in annoyance, feeling the vehicle swerve past nearby sidewinders.
Spotting an untouched Eurofighter getting a bit too close to them, Aiko smirked. "BRB, Don't leave without me!"
Jumping out of the vehicle and a ridiculous distance Into the air while still holding her autocannon and firing at the enemy vehicles accurately, Aiko landed on top of the jet, and began to actively use her skill [Riding B].
This effectively allowed her to take control of the plane and use her powers through it as long as she was riding it. "Mua ha ha ha ha! Fear me, mortals!" She called out as she fired missiles at anyone who got too close to the Land Rover, while yes, still firing her autocannon. The poor man still inside the plane was locked inside, and forced to watch as his plane wrecked his own country's armor division and infantry.
The sheer levels of PTSD the somewhat Russian-sounding woman caused went beyond anything they had ever trained for.
Taking a chance, the German interceptors attempted to home in on the jet plane Aiko hijacked, firing the sidewinders toward the plane. At the same moment, the man on the ground attempted to get a lock on the plane with their stinger missiles.
With a grin that seemed far too wide to a face her size, Aiko shot the missiles out of the air with her autocannon, destroying the interceptors in one clean pass. Circling around, she managed to launch a missile right at the man just as he got a lock, Causing her missile to hit his own about half a foot in front of his face.
Cackling madly she flew back to escort her friends out of the danger zone. "Hehehehahaha! Come at me! I will devour you!"
Raynel stuck his head out of the car and waved. “Aiko, get back in here!”
As soon as she heard his voice, Aiko closed her mouth and flew closer to the car. She then jumped off and onto the car. After doing so, she shot the plane in the fuel tank, causing it to explode in a horrific fashion. "Well hello there!"
“No time for games Aiko, we still ha-” Kiritsugu stopped when he heard Aiko’s phone ring.
Pulling the phone out of her bag, she put it on speaker. She wasn't sure how that even got in her bag, but this was bad.
<<This is the Bundeswehr, are you the one in the Black Land Rover LR2? We are here to negotiate!>>
Kiritsugu made a mental note to check his allies equipment next time they want to go on a mission with him. Snatching Aiko’s phone Kiritsugu spoke towards the device. “We are from the Wagnar private military organization. We demand you send 1,000,000 Euros to the Afghan Embassy immediately. For every minute that passes that you do not send the money, I will destroy another military vehicle.”
<<Very well, we are sending the money now. Please do not shoot down another vehicle.>>
“Afterwards, you are to leave us and the vehicle alone. Do not attempt to pursue us or we will devastate more members of the Bundeswehr.”
The pursuing vehicles slowed, various interceptors turned back, and helicopters ceased to pursue.
“Aiko, dispose of the phone. I don’t want the Bundeswehr or any other organization to track us down from that device.”
Pulling out an M9 Beretta, Aiko filled the device with holes without actually looking. She was too busy watching out the front window to give an actual effort. Somehow, the phone was the only thing that managed to be disintegrated by the bullets.
“Is that supposed to do that?” Illya asked, observing the M9 firing on full auto.
Aiko gave her a smug smile.
“I suppose so,” Leysritt replied.
Raynell paid no mind to the conversation in the background as he hummed a merry tune. The car slowed to a comfortable pace, chugging along the empty highway.
“Raynell, take the next exit. We’ll need to repair the vehicle before returning it.” Kiritsugu told the group medic.
“Got it!” They soon pulled out off the road and left the car.
Placing his hand on the vehicle, the car found itself repaired from the damages it suffered through the infiltration.
Gabriel squinted her eyes at Kiritsugu’s act of mechanical wonder in suspicion. “How did you do that?”
Kiritsugu raised a brow toward Gabriel. “How do you think? A spy must be able to deduce information from small details.”
She looked over the car from top to bottom, pressing her face on every surface. She looked at him with a smug smile. “You must be really good with cars.”
Kiritsugu resisted the urge to facepalm.
“No, it’s reinforcement magecraft that he used to patch up the damage.” The daughter of Kiritsugu corrected. “You can’t fix a car without tools dummy. Not without magecraft.”
“Magecraft?” Gabriel’s face began to contort in anger.
Sneering slightly at Gabriel while tapping a modified Thompson Contender on her leg, Aiko began to speak in a slow sarcastic tone, as if she was talking down to a literal moron. "Yes. He's a Magus Killer. Of course, he knows magecraft. He needs to know in order to kill magi and mages more efficiently."
Gabriel’s face went blank, deep in thought. Then a small smile appeared that contrasted her empty eyes as she spoke in a soft tone. “So you use the knowledge of your enemies to kill them. Just. Like. A SUPER SPY!” She beamed in delight and flew around on her wings. “Thank you all soooooo much for helping me learn how to be one!”
When she calmed down, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked to find Raynell looking at her with a blank expression. “I’m going to be honest. I didn’t know how you’d react to that.”
Gabriel shrank down a bit. “I’m sorry! Please don’t hurt me, scary man!”
“Hey now. It’s ok. Just had me a little worried, that’s all.” Raynel smiled at her, which she returned with relief.
Staring at the two of them, clear relief on her face, Aiko let out a thunderous sigh. "You were worried? I was ready to shoot her."
Gabriel put her hands on her hips. “Shut. You’re annoying. You sat on my shoulders for FOREVER. It made my wings sore…” She turned away in a pout.
Seeming as if she was unphased, the bunny pretending to be a fox girl pointed out one simple fact. "You do realize I'm still holding the gun right?"
“I know. But I don’t care. You hurt my feelings.”
Gritting her teeth for a moment, Aiko let out a deep breath. Then she realized what was said, and became confused. "Wait. You were actually offended by that? I just wanted to make sure you weren't gonna run away at that point. I'll admit, slapping you was a bad move, but you were gonna bully my friend…"
Pausing for a few moments, she continued hammering the point home, voice dripping with sarcasm. "To be honest though, I don't really know you that well, so I don't really want to apologize to someone who literally ruined a 'totally-not-date' with a friend. At that time you owed me compensation."
“Take care not to expose your feelings out in the open so freely. Especially when you are near your target. Your enemy may use that to their advantage. You would be quickly exposed as a spy should you let them out at the wrong moment.” Kiritsugu interjected. Even after all of this, he still couldn’t let her roam around freely. She would be eaten alive by the clocktower at this rate...
“This is doubly true for your kind seeing as you are incapable of lying without great consequences. Letting your feelings flow freely would only make the enemy more incentivised to push information out of you.” Kiritsugu finished off.
The angel’s face fell. “You’re right… I should be more careful.” She grasped her head. “It’s just so hard. I’ve never had to do things this difficult.”
“You’ll get used to the difficulty over time. It’s only hard now because these things are new for you.” Kiritsugu dismissed the angel’s whining. “Raynell, bring the vehicle close to the forest for the mercenaries to pick up. We’ll walk to the private airport on foot from here.”
“Sounds good.” After that, they made their way to the airport with no more surprises.
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