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"General!" Michael called out in the direction of a scruffy old man in a suit, looking at the main display.

Who I assumed to be the General spun around, and seemed happy to see us.

"Ah yes, the specials!" the General said.

"The young lady here is Yukari Yamamoto. The blond guy with glasses here, he's Jonathan Camden," Michael said, introducing us.

"Nice to meet you," I said, shaking the General's hand.

"Always a pleasure to see a fine young woman here in headquarters," the General replied.

Jonathan shook his hand next and nodded.

"My name is General Ratkins, I'm the head of the Rebellion Defense Force here. Has Major McCormick informed you of the basics?" he asked.

"I have, sir," Michael responded.

"Good. Let's go into the war room and I'll let you know what we're dealing with at the moment," the General offered.

We followed the General down another small hallway in the back of what I would later discover was the situation room. He opened a door at the end of the hallway, revealing a small room with a conference table, and a single large display. The General motioned for us to take a seat, and we did. He then flicked a couple switches, and the lights dimmed in the room.

"The RDF, or Rebellion Defense Force, has the primary mission of defending this refugee camp from the continued attacks by City Eternal," the General said.

The display turned on, and provided an overhead map of City Eternal and the refugee camp.

"City Eternal, over the past few decades, has moved away from their old stance of leaving us on our own. They now desire a technology that we have developed."

The display changed, revealing what I assumed to be technical data on the reactor Michael had mentioned earlier.

"Now that we have something they want, they've begun to attack us. Unfortunately for them, they can't nuke us out of existence without destroying the technology, so they're forced to conventional warfare."

The display reverted to the overhead map, animating to show various attacks the dome city had unleashed over the past few years.

"However, in the past six months, their attacks have strengthened considerably. If they continue this trend, we could be in serious trouble soon."

The display continued to animate, showing how over the next couple months, City Eternal's military would have grown large enough to break through the camp's defenses.

"This is where you come in. We want to take this on the offensive. Unfortunately a frontal assault is not realistic, and looked down upon by the population, despite their resentment," The General informed us.

"Like I told you both a while back, we don't want to hurt the general population. We still hold the military organization solely responsible for what has occurred," Michael reminded us.

"Alright, then if we aren't taking the dome on directly, what are you proposing?" Jonathan asked.

"We wish to create a special task force to infiltrate the dome and grab a copy of their military database. With that information, we could create a better defense for ourselves, and more effectively predict their plan of attack," The General replied.

"And you want us to be a part of that task force," I finished.

"Exactly."

I looked at Jonathan, and then at Michael.

"Are you going to be on this task force, Michael?" I asked.

"Yes. Also, Sienna and our tactical officer will be going," Michael responded.

"I'm in. Anything to stick it back to 'the man' is fine with me," Jonathan said enthusiastically.

I hesitated. While I too wanted to exact some revenge upon those sick bastards back at the genetic farm, I also didn't enjoy the prospect of venturing back into the dome city I had only a day ago escaped from. To be caught again was something I don't think I could take.

Michael looked at me concerned, I think he could tell I was worried.

"Why don't you sleep on it? You've had a rough day as it is. We've still got some planning to do before we can move ahead with this operation, so you've got a few days to think it over." Michael offered.

"Okay, I'll sleep on it," I agreed.

"Wonderful then. I do hope you join us Yukari, we're counting on your abilities. Everyone's abilities, actually. It's the one advantage we have over City Eternal, and I am confident they won't ever see you all coming," The General said.

"Oh, trust me, they wouldn't see me coming," I thought to myself. I gripped my katana's hilt tightly, and began to walk out of the room, for bed.

When I got back to my room, I undid my ponytail and looked in the mirror. A weary face, with misshapen brown hair and half-opened eyes looked back. I looked like Hell, and felt it too. I threw a nightgown on, and immediately collapsed into bed again. I had a feeling tomorrow was going to be another long day.