The Church

Jp with Redsword, Lorem, Jaxx, mdmam, Trustno1 and Cindy

They arrived near 7th and 6th Street and pulled into the parking garage. The church was just a few bulging over all the buildings in the area were old and made of brick. everything seems to be from the 1890s to the 1900s. On this side, there did not seem to be a lot of people. The sun was setting and the shadows of the building were casting their shadows over the city. This part of the city was not so clean with paper and other trash tossed around the area or blowing in the breeze.

As the teams arrive. There are some people walking mostly lower-income and homeless milling about on the Street. A few dogs and cats with birds flying around. The area is not being well taken care of except by the church.

By what Alyssa had shown of the area the church had owned most of the land in the area and the alley led to an old building that once belonged to the church and now a warehouse. Sung stepped out of the SUV and looked around. Sung walked to the back of the SUV and opened it pulled out his equipment, a vest, his sword in a bag and a shoulder sling for two knives.

"Get your gear ready, we will meet up with the others soon," said Sung to the other dragons.

Choi nodded to Sung. Getting out of the SUV, he put the sword bag over his shoulder. The sword, his hands, and feet were Choi’s weapons of choice. His parkour skills gave him an advantage. Yeong looked to Eun-Ji. Up until now, all he saw from her was the illusions. However, illusions could confuse, couldn't kill an enemy.

Alyssa's van pulled in right behind Sung’s vehicle. She climbed out and started unlocking the back to let out Max, and so weapons could be grabbed. Herself grabbing the rifle Peter had loaned her.

Agent Powers then had his gear loaded on himself and put the snacks from his other backpack into his tactical pack. Then he stepped out of the van looking like an action character from a movie as his bulging muscles held his golden holy shotgun. Once he was out of the van it bounced a bit as if it lost a heavy load. Agent Powers looked around to see who was around them then gave a smolder to Alyssa and Peter as he said, "Let's roll.”

Sartre had his Heckler and Koch MP5 slung over his shoulder. He kept his hand close by his Glock nineteen which was holstered on his side.

"Does anyone think that pastor Duane is down there in the catacombs? "Which way, Alyssa?". He looked over to the pale hacker. He was surprised that the sun was shining outside.

"Over there," Alyssa responded, pointing to the entrance down the alleyway. "I think it's very likely the Pastor might be down there." She figured anything was just guessing at this point

Agent Powers then asked, "Okay so do we capture the Pastor unharmed, somewhat harmed or kill him on sight? I need to know these things since most of my missions in the past were kill on sight." Agent Powers then gave Alyssa and Peter a smolder.

Seeing that Eun-Ji exited the SUV, Choi was inquisitive enough to ask her a question. “What weapon do you have? I realize your illusions are defensive, but what can they do to an eldritch?”

"Why would we kill someone who is innocent?" asked Sartre.

Agent Powers rolled his eyes up as he replied, "Sorry man but this is my first team mission and I have been left out of the loop on mission details. Just to make it clear I need specific instructions on a mission. Normally I just kill my targets and destroy their base in the process. It's rare for me to do a search and rescue mission." Agent Powers sighed as he thought they knew about his past.

Sung shook his head surprised by the conversation. "We don't need to kill anyone we don't have to. I know we are part of secret societies the term is secret let us try to keep it that way. Our societies would just as soon as kill us than let their secret out." warned Sung.

Sung gave a stern look to the others "So hide what you have on you or cover it at least. We are visitors and that is all. That's what we want people to think," said Sung buttoning his jacket.

"I am ready to go when you guys are. If you think it is better we can leave in groups until we get to the back of the buildng." suggested Sung.

Alyssa shook her head, at Max, "Your past is a little of an enigma. I told Peter what I found out, clearly that wasn't everything."

The computer hacker had her pistol well concealed, in an ankle holster but the other weapon was a a rifle. She had on jeans, a t-shirt and a hoodie, and no way to hide it. "Anyone got any ideas how I can conceal this," indicating the rifle. Well she might have one idea but it would be a pain.

Before Eun-Ji had a chance to respond an SUV pulled up to meet them. It was her confidant, David. She excused herself and went over to catch him up to speed, retrieve the items she asked him to bring and give him clear instructions about keeping guard till they returned.

She removed her hanfu outfit to reveal her form fitting tactical attire beneath. It looked like a hybrid between antiquity and modern design; giving her the appearance of a tactically armored ninja built for both mobility and protection to vital places. Her twin hammers could now be seen strapped to each upper thigh.

The extra items she retrieved were placed into a backpack for now and she carried it back over to the group. On returning, she pointed to the hammers on her hips to answer Choi’s previous question. Her illusions could do harm, but she wasn’t about to admit anything about that until it was necessary.

As she waited for them to begin, she took a garment out of the backpack and began putting it on. It was a traditional style South Korean outfit that was designed to cover her combat attire.

As Alyssa was trying to figure out what to do with the rifle, she added. "The entrance is in that building, in the basement." Pointing out the building. "From what I can piece together I believe the entrance is likely bricked off." Of course, her bee ability didn't just put stuff back together. It worked the other way, something which might come in handy.

Agent Powers thought about what Sung told them and scratched his head a bit. It did make sense not to run around in public with weapons hanging out. So he scratched his head and thought for a moment before he had an idea and went back into the van so he was out of sight and imagined himself wearing a brown leather trench coat. Suddenly his slime body moved into the shape in his mind and now it looked like he was wearing a trench coat. Oddly enough the clothes he was wearing as Agent Powers were made of slime so he could alter them as needed. He then made a gun strap under his coat to attach to the shotgun so he could hide it under his trenchcoat. Then he came out of the van with a grin on his face as he said, "Hey Alyssa I can hold that for ya if you need me to." Then he gave her a smolder.

Choi grinned, bringing his hands together before him and bowing to Eun-Ji. She was proving to be well prepared to use the resources she had. In some ways she was beginning to prove to be a valuable partner. He knew she didn’t trust him. Hopefully, that would come.

He turned to Master Sung. “Let’s go!”

"Is the entrance to the catacombs inside or outside the church? Is there another entrance?" asked Sartre.

"I'm ready. lead the way." Sartre said.