It's the year 2571, June 6th. At a large building, there is a holographic sign in the front that says 'BlackWatch 2nd Corps Building'. In a large open room, several groups of people are talking on the sides near counters and at tables. One of the groups in particular is one of the more special kinds of one, instead of the more normal soldier-like uniforms.
The group is sitting at a table wearing military-like gear and clothing with full military backpacks next to them. They seemed like they were waiting for something or someone,
"How long is Major going to take?" groaned a harsh young women with black hair and a red streak in the front
"Well he does take a while," says a polite young woman with short bright green hair, "although some of you guys seem to not mind the peace,"
"Well I'm bored, I wanna do something for crying out loud," said a lively young man with lean muscles and short, spiky pink hair
"I'm feeling kinda hungry, how about you guys?" asked a mature young woman with long black hair
"Yeah I'm feeling kinda hungry, but not for a big meal though," said a shy young woman with long golden hair
Suddenly a voice roared within the room, "Zulu 5! Get over here!"
The group of five jumped out of their seats, picked up their bags and followed to the voice. The voice leads to a tall, lean, scarred middle-aged man with dark gray hair wearing a black bodysuit donning both metal and kevlar armor, a helmet that could cover his head with a black visor– hanging on his belt. He stands near a desk with a robot behind it.
"I found the contract, let's go," said the man in a slight harsh voice
"Yes sir," said the group in unison
The group left the large room and walked into a hallway, leaving some of the occupants stunned about what just happened.
As they walk down the hallway one of them strikes up a question,
"Major, if I may ask," said the young woman with long black hair, "What's the contract?"
"Collect and extract, in and out," said the tall man
"Who's the contractor?" asked the light green haired girl
"One of our own, in R&D," replied the tall man
"Where is the location?" continued the light green haired girl
"World 1209; West Virginia, 2101,"
"So not from our time then," the light green hair girl replied
As they kept walking down the long hallway, the tall man then slowed before stopping at a door promptly named 'Research and Development'.
The man opened the door to see a giant lab, with many objects that include various types of microscopes, vacuum chambers of different sizes, and many other things related to science. In the back of the room there is a scientist in the back wearing a bright blue lab coat with safety goggles on, working on something.
"Dr. Orion sir," said the tall man. The scientist surprised by the sudden voice, looked behind him,
"Ah, Jacob good to see you again, I didn't hear you come in," He then looks behind Jacob, "I see you have brought the entire squad with you, excellent,"
Jacob nodded, "We're here for the contract,"
"Yes of course, but would you like to introduce me to you new teammates?" asked Dr. Orion
"We don't have time for that," replied Jacob
"Of course we do, the contract can wait a bit, and I want to know who my contractees are," Dr. Orion pushed
Jacob grunted at his response then sighed, "Line up,"
Then Jacob's team lined up side by side by height, arms to their side.
"Going left to right, Private First class Natsu Dragneel," said Jacob, with a slight annoyance.
Natsu is a the second tallest right behind Jacob, he is a muscular and toned young man with short pink hair,
"Good to meet you sir," Natsu said proudly, "A fire wizard, and now mercenary,"
"Next we have, Private First class grade two, Jung E-Young," said Jacob
Jung E-Young is a tall but slightly shorter than Natsu, fit and slender young woman with long black hair that reaches down to her back,
"Good to meet you sir," said E-Young
"Next to her is, Private First class Ryuko Matoi," said Jacob
Ryuko is a young woman with an average height and has black hair with a large piece of hair red in the front,
"Good to meet ya" Ryuko replied back
"And next to Ryuko is Mira Yurizaki," said Jacob repeating his line
"Good to meet you, mister Orion. My name is Mira Yurizaki. It is a pleasure to work with you." Mira says politely
"And lastly Alice," said Jacob
Alice is a short petite young girl with long blonde hair that ran down her back,
"Oh! M-my name is Alice, pleasure to meet you," she says surprised
"Good to meet you all," greeted Dr. Orion, "now then to the contract,"
The contract was to infiltrate a building and grab files of importance then exfil. But another thing told was that what they were going to go was highly infested with hostiles so it wasn't going to be an easier run for them than most of them thought.
"So Doctor Orion sir, how are we going to get there?" asked Mira
"How you guys are going to get there is by this," Dr. Orion then picks up several small devices from a counter, "These are still prototypes, but they do work,"
When Dr. Orion said that most of the group became suspicious and exchanged wary gazes at each other. Although Jacob was used to Orion making him test his prototypes.
"I understand these are quite new to some of you guys, especially to Natsu and Alice. But I can assure you guys that these are relatively safe," said Doctor Orion
"That's, assuring," Ryuko says ironically
"No need to worry to much, It will be smooth sailing, just like riding a calm sea,"
"But I have a question," Mira, who was from a world of technology, asked, "How does it work?"
Doctor Orion smiled and began to explain,
"Now how these small little devices work is by using very advanced teleportation that utilizes slip-space drive within, that can transport you from point A to point B, very quickly. Although they are somewhat inaccurate with the transportation unlike previous models. But do not worry about getting stuck in wall or getting teleported in a different time, for the I had made several fail-safe procedures for the devices,"
Mira surprised by the explanation asked another,
"How do we make sure that we don't get separated?"
"Ah that, you all do not have to worry about separation, for that they are all synchronized to make sure nobody, and I mean nobody to ever get separated."
Hearing that, the group was relieved that they don't have to worry about getting separated,
"And another thing," Dr. Orion added, "They have a cooldown after one use, give or take roughly fifteen hours. And also some of you might get some side effects like nausea and or vomiting after the teleportation,"
After Dr. Orion finished explaining, most looked discontent with the side effects then Jacob spoke up,
"So, will we need input where we need to go? Or did you already set them up?"
Dr. Orion nodded, "I already set the rough coordinates for the location,"
"Anyways, are they ready Orion?" replied Jacob
Dr. Orion nods, "Yes, they are ready for you to use," He then passes out the small devices, they were the size of a watch,
"To use them, press the button on the left of the case, it should be pointing at you, once you all are ready,"
They all looked at their watches that they were given and found the small button on the side of the watch,
"First before we go, anything you guys need to grab or do?" asked Jacob
"No, I'm okay," says E-Young checking her bag
"I'm good," Ryuko replied. Almost ready to hit the switch
"Nah I'm all good and ready to go!" Natsu says fired up
"No, I'm ready to head out," Mira says nonchalantly
With Alice left, she's hesitant on if she needed to do something then something popped in her head,
"I um, actually need to do something," said Alice
"If it's quick, then go," said Jacob
Alice then leaves her bags and quickly leaves the room. She walks down the hallway into the barracks, where she goes to her bunk and grabs a small medallion. It was a small porcelain tag that had her name on it and said 'Adventurers Guild'. She leaves the room with her small medallion and hangs it around her neck.
With Alice gone for the moment the group double checks their equipment,
"Zulu 5-5, you have the emergency transponders, right?" asked Jacob
"Yes sir, I do," Mira replied back
"Okay good, 5-4 and 5-3, do you guys have the munitions?" Jacob questioned
"Yep, all that we need in this bag," Natsu then taps the added bag on his main bag.
Ryuko nodded to signify that she had them.
"Okay good," Jacob says slightly relieved, "And 5-2 you have the food and rations correct?"
"Yes sir, I have them right here," E-Young says while tapping her an added pouch on her bag
Alice enters the room, with everyone taking a quick look to see who it is. Alice, who is stunned for a moment, looks for her bag and picks it up. Then Jacob spoke up,
"5-6, we're just double checking our supplies, can you check if you have the medical supplies that I told you to get?"
Alice nodded and looked inside of it to see medical supplies like bandages, morphine, tourniquets, full bottles of antiseptics, pain killers, and Etc.
"I have them all in my bag sir," said Alice
"Okay good, I think we're all set, so let's get a move on," replied Jacob
Dr. Orion then led them to a white padded room with a tinted glass window,
"Here, you guys should be able to teleport safely. As it is stable enough for teleportation as well as to make sure none of the fail-safes activates and not make none of you not go," He said
"Makes sense for me!" said Natsu
"If you says so," Ryuko says skeptical
"I agree," says Mira
Dr. Orion exits the room and enters another with a glass window observing the group. They readied their watches and looked at each other,
"On my countdown." says Jacob
The anticipation in the room is tense and they are all ready for what is about to happen,
"3."
As Jacob slowly counts down, the group looks at each other in excitement and nervousness, going to another world different than the one they are already used to,
"2."
They all looked back their watches waiting for Jacob to say the final countdown,
"1, Go."
Then immediately, they all clicked the button then a blue glow engulfed the mercenaries leaving Dr. Orion in the other room watching the blue light from behind the window.
