In another Timeline

Chapter 32- The first team mission.

Tobias made his way back as quickly as he could. He knew he got away with what he had just done, tell the leaf of their hidden base. But he didn't want to risk it. Last time he openly disobeyed orders like that he was tortured. He won't let that happen again, he knew better.

The white haired ninja reminded him of someone he knew a long time ago. He has a blurry memory of a kid with white spikey hair, nothing else though. Perhaps he knew that guy when they were ninja.

Tobias made his way to the door and opened it. He walked to where he had to drop of the medicine and left as soon as he arrived. When he got back to his room the reality of what he had just done set in.

"This is definitely disloyalty. No. This makes me a flat out traitor." Tobias didn't have anything against being a traitor in this place. It's just what happens to traitors that made him incredibly nervous. Tobias shifted uncomfortably while he thought about it in his bed. There is no way he can sit still.

He finally stood up again to take a shower. He entered the shower but he couldn't feel not nervous. He tried to distract himself by picking at his skin, but it didn't work.

He had done something huge. This wasn't going to be something he could just forget easy peazy lemon squeezy.

Tobias sighed loudly before looking at his door. It was opened and the usual women who handed out missions stood in the doorway.

"Follow me." Tobias complied. He was nervous they had found out. This wasn't something that happened often. The women left him down into the room she had seen before. It was like meeting rooms.

Finally they reached a room that had people in it. Bee stood at the back of the room.

"It took you long enough to get some stupid medicines." He scoffed and sat down on his chair. He looked through some papers and sorted through them. Tobias stood in the back of the room and the women left some time after.

There were others sitting at the table of whom he recognized. There was snout, bird, the I.t women, the smiling man and the masked man.

These people must have been the top dogs when it came to ranking. Bee didn't speak for a couple of minutes before he finally looked up from the paper assortment in front of him.

"I have a very important mission I need to assign." Tobias had assumed that, but what was the mission?

He handed everyone in the room a paper except Tobias. If Tobias was expressive you'd see the irritation on his face.

"I'm afraid that you don't get one Tobias, but regardless you are going to participate in the mission." Bee said without looking up.

"How am I supposed to even contribute to the mission if I don't know what to do."

The smiling man frowned. "This seems out of our league." The others mumbled their agreements which seemed to aggravate Bee.

"I DON'T care, if you say it's out of your league. It's something that needs to be done to ensure the prosperity of this camp!" He slammed his hands on the table and everyone shrank back.

"Yes sir." The smiling mans smile didn't return.

"You all know your roles when it comes to missions, if need be, improvise." Bee said in a sadistic tone. Something about him was different, it was like he had gone crazy.

Crazier than he already was anyway.

Tobias observed the atmosphere of the room. It would go from quiet to KI radiating off of Bee, to uneasiness. This was the exact opposite environment you want when you are being assigned a mission. Tobias knew that much.

Bee didn't look at the rest of them he stared at the papers in his hand. Something about his face gave off... Nervousness.

Was he aware of the closing in of villages?

The others began leaving the room.

The I.T women stopped beside him. "We will leave in a day at daybreak. I'm sure you will be awake by then." Her voice was shaky. What was so nerve wracking about this mission?

Tobias was going to leave the room but was stopped by Bee.

He looked serious. "You cannot fail this mission Tobias." It was silent but he began speaking soon after. "I better not here that you tried anything Tobias, otherwise... You won't be so lucky anymore." His eyes blazed through Tobias like he wasn't there. Tobias nodded before slipping out the door.

This mission was obviously serious. This mission was the key to prosperity for what he called a camp. Wasn't camping supposed to be fun?

Tobias looked around and left when he didn't see anyone. He hoped to snag a document of the mission, but he guessed he wasn't allowed to see the details. That only made everything worse.

Not only was he going into something blind. But he was going into something blind that made every single person nervous and say it was out of their league. That's not something he can just ignore.

Tobias took a long sigh before grabbing the usual stale bread from the pantry. He will grab water later.

He managed to sleep a couple of hours before daybreak. He sat up in his bed and put on clothes. His stomach twisted. Never a good sign.

This mission was going to get him killed. He hoped he wasn't just some sacrificial pawn in the play of this mission. He walked out of his room and joined the group of ninja.

He didn't even know their name's. Every single red flag was going off. Their faces were tired, they didn't look like they even get sleep. He didn't know the mission in the first place, much less the type of mission. He knew almost right off the bat when one of them stumbled on a branch that this mission wasn't going to go well.

But he had no choice but to go along.