Five Seperate Battles Part 1: Reaper's Inferno

Part 1

"Artemis." Reaper called her on the comm link. "Artemis. Respond." No response. "Artemis!" Artemis finally responded. "Yes Reaper?"

"I know how you must feel. But don't forget who you are. We have rules."

"I know that. But if they have dared to do anything to him."

 "We'll save him. Just focus on one thing right now."

"I am. Any idea who this guy is?"

"None, whoever he is, he's not an amateur if he can set all this up. Keep an eye out for snipers and traps."

"Back at you. Watch your back."

Reaper drove down the street and headed to the warehouse district.

"Great. Let's see...." Reaper thought back to the map and the overhead view of the warehouse district and just which one was circled. Calculating it all in her head, she realized it would be in the middle of the district and headed straight there.

As she drove, the cycle's computer beeped and she looked down at it. The computer had picked up landmines. Placed all along her path. They were suddenly detonated, causing explosions around Reaper as she drove through the district. Then she noticed a red light pointed at her and swerved to the side, the bullet just barely missing her. "Follow your own advice Reaper." She cursed to herself as she noticed the snipers on the rooftops. She flipped a switch and set the auto-navigation for the Reaper Cycle. Black smoke blew out and surrounded her as the snipers fired on her. The motorcycle exited the smoke with no sign of Reaper.

Up on the rooftops, a sniper was hit from behind on the back of his neck, dropping him. Reaper reached into her cloak, pulling out shuriken.

Reaper pressed her fingers against the glowing center and it lit up, turning red. She targeted the snipers as they searched for her and then threw them into the air. The shuriken targeted the snipers and flew towards them on their own. Some of the snipers noticed the incoming projectiles and turned and fired on them but it was too late, the shuriken stabbing into them and releasing an electric charge that took them out of commission. Once Reaper was certain that the snipers were out of commission and the bombs were taken out of commission, she headed to the target location.

Upon entering, a flamethower fired upon her. Reaper leaped up over it and landed on the floor behind it Just as she landed though, bear traps triggered and she just managed to leap into the air to avoid them. She landed back on the floor and broke the flamethrower with a kick and continued forward. All at once, several men in white suits, wearing brown gas masks and wielding sub-machine guns popped up and opened fire on her. Reaper ran for it, aim dodging their shots and reaching back into her cloak. She was getting a flash grenade ready as she grappled up to the rafters....only to find proximity mines already in place. Reaper barely had time to leap back down before it exploded. She threw down the flash grenade and it blinded the men long enough for Reaper to land on top of one, flip off of him and then swiftly take out the others. Reaper continued further inside. She stopped and hid behind cover as she saw a group of men armed with flamethrowers.

Reaper judged the situation, waited for an opportunity and then rushed them, blitzing two of them and taking them out with powerful punches and kicks, busting their body armor and sending them flying before the third and fourth men turned and used their flamethrowers. She dropped a gas grenade which exploded just as the fire would have reached her. The thugs continued firing until they both received a shock from Reaper from behind, due to Reaper using a ninja technique she learned in her training around the world.
Reaper continued inside and saw a man in armor waiting for her.

"Hello Reaper." Torcher said to her. "So pleased you could make it to the game."
"What game?"
"Look."
 The armored man stepped to the side and gestured to the other side of the room. On opposite sides of the room were two families, both tied to bombs. It didn't take her long to identify what kinds of bombs they were. "No.....you wouldn't....."
The armored man laughed. "Yes, that's right. A very special kind of bomb: White Phosphorus. I assume you're familiar with it's properties."
"You bastard...they're innocents!"
"So is everyone this type of bomb has been used on. Never stopped anybody. Now then, here's the game: The timer has already started. You fight me, save the family and get out before all of the warehouses explode."
"Wait what?"
"Yeah, I have bombs in the other ones too."
"YOUR OWN MEN ARE OUT THERE!"
"And?" He asked as he activated the flamethrowers. They were much quicker then the others and with far more range, shooting across the room at Reaper who dodged to the side and came up rolling, reaching into her cloak and pressing a button on her belt before turning her attention back to the fight at hand, throwing the shuriken at him. Torcher turned and destroyed them with the fire. He leaped several feet straight up into the air and sprayed down at her, jets activating underneath his feet. Reaper dashed under the fire and he turned and continued blasting the flames down on her.
 "HAHAHAHHAHAHAAA! RUN RUN OR YOU'LL BE WELL DONE!" He laughed as he flew after her. Reaper threw up the smoke bombs. He blew them up of course but it gave her a moment of cover to grapple up to the ceiling. She reached into her cloak again and pulled out the Reaper Blade and two skull bombs. She threw them at him and he of course destroyed them but they exploded, knocking him backwards through the air. He looked up to see Reaper leaping down on him, her cape billowing behind her as she changed the blade to sword mode and gripped it with both hands. He laughed and fired on her, Reaper falling through the flames, her armor protecting her from the worst of it as Reaper continued falling and she slashed at him, the two passing right by each other. Reaper hit the ground and rolled with the impact for a few feet, putting out most of the fire, already reaching into her cloak. Torcher meanwhile found one of his flamethrower guns cut off. "Holy s-t....you're not bad Reaper!" He pointed the other one at her. "BUT I'VE GOT YOU NOW!" In response, Reaper turned around and threw something at him. It burst open in mid-air and sprayed something all over him. "What the.....you-you think is gonna stop ME?! HEY! HEY WHERE YOU GOING!" Reaper was already heading over to the families, to save them. "I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!" He activated the flamethrower again.

Torcher screamed in agony as the gel all over his suit detonated due to the flame, causing the fuel tank on his back to explode as well. The explosion was deafening. Torcher crashed down onto the ground. His suit had saved him, but it was an absolute wreck now, completely useless. Torcher himself was badly and unconscious. Reaper reached the first family and cut the ropes with the sword and then turned and threw the shuriken, cutting the ropes holding the other family. She heard a beeping sound and reached into her cloak and pulled out the jammer. It had found the frequency of the bombs in the area. Smiling beneath her helmet, Reaper pressed the buttons and worked with it until it was ready. She then held it up and pressed the last button, the jammer sending out a signal to stop the bombs in the warehouse district just in time. She waited until she was certain that it was safe and then put it back in place. She radioed the others. "Reaper here. All clear."

"OH THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH!" The mother of the first family cried as the family embraced. 

"Just doing my job."

"Umm...ummm...."

"Yes little one?"

"Here...The bad man..he-he said we should give you this...if-if you won..."

The little boy reached into his pocket and pulled out a card. Reaper knelt down and opened it up. The first parts of the code.