Alexi sighed while he took the message from his observer down on a piece of paper, and put it away, before turning off the radio.<br/><br/>â€œAlexi, Iâ€™m going to run ENIGMA now, under her Tsundere settingâ€. A slight smile creeping across his face.<br/><br/>Alexi nodded and walked to the android, a stray finger pushing his glasses up.<br/><br/>The machine came to life, the apparatus without a face, with two cameras for eyes, and a metallic skeleton slowly straightened out, and its head slowly looked to him.<br/><br/>"Tsundere. Online. Vitals at 50%, Alert! CSKN Offline, user interface limited to Admin only." The machine's voice was perfect, not a hint of artificiality sensed. Slowly, Alexi waved his hand in front of the androids face. It immediately recognized it and recalled information gathered.<br/><br/>"Epidermis, Chitin extremities, Fingerprints Analyzed." It said as he moved his hand back and forth. He then proceeded to give a handful of commands.<br/><br/>"What are your protocols? What is your PAL model? What is your name?"<br/><br/>-"Protocol 1: To protect designated VIPs and property. Protocol 2: Download vital Government information, and relay to higher channels. Protocol 3: Assimilate into human population upon completion of objectives. PAL Model A13X1. Name not identified. Alert! Protocols cannot be completed as ordered."<br/><br/>"Good. Chance, shut town Tsundere, we're going into town. Sound good?"<br/><br/>As soon as Chance followed those orders, they headed upstairs and outside to a lump in the snow. Alexi reached into the snow, pulling off a black tarp and placing it inside a hole he dug to cover it. As soon as they entered the black SUV, They took off at a casual pace towards the large buildings in the distance.<br/><br/>As they rolled into the snow covered streets of Pevek, Alexi parked the vehicle on the curb, and stepped out. "Follow me, stay close. Most people here are nice, but others would love to take a kid like you for their own uses..." From there, they walked a few roads and around the corner to a wooden door. Alexi beat on the door in a rhythmic fashion. "Ktoeto yebet?!" A voice rumbled from behind the door.<br/><br/>"Molchi i otkryt' dver' Viktor. Yego Aleksi. Unas yest o chem pogovorit', tovarisch" Alexi said quickly as the door opened. A Huge man with a beard looked down to Alexi and Chance.<br/><br/>"Ah, Alexi. Good to see you, Comrade. Come in, be quick about it." As they stepped in, the door closed behind them, an armed guard masked in a balaclava shutting the deadbolts. Alexi looked over to Chance for a moment. "Don't move. They're going to frisk you." Immediately after finishing his sentence, a few more armed guards showed up and started to frisk him, pulling out his pistol.<br/><br/>"ChtoebatÊ¹ eto? Vy znaete, oruzhiya zdesÊ¹ ne razresheny , Aleksi." The guard said as he unloaded it and passed it back to Alexi. "Vam povezlo, Viktor sposobstvuet tebe , tovarishch..." Alexi nodded and patted the mans shoulder.<br/><br/>As they were finished being frisked, they walked into another room, where there were at least a dozen vendors and twice as many buyers. Weapons, armor, ammo, and other illegal items were being bartered. The two of them made their way to where Viktor sat at his table. There, they came upon dozens of Assault rifles, hunting rifles, machine guns, grenades, high explosives and armor. Alexi slowly reached for a new AK 74, checked the action, then pointed to several boxes of ammo. "All of those, two of these rifles, Four Uzi 9mm SMGs, and that..." he then pointed to a Mcmillan .50 BMG marksman rifle. "With 2 boxes of ammo, and a suppressor..."<br/><br/>"Tall order, Alexi. You know it will cost you..." Alexi scoffed and reached for one of his cigarillos, lighting it up before he responded. "You know the proper channels to get your payment. Talk to Frost. You know I'm not a man of means. I've got connections for that..."<br/><br/>A loud crash behind them forced Alexi to draw his pistol and react to the noise, a window being shattered, and a cylindrical object being tossed in. Smoke began to billow in, which caused Alexi to holster his weapon and reach for the weapons and put them in a wooden crate, sliding it over to Chance. "Stay behind me at all times, things are going to get dicey..."<br/><br/>Another crash, and another smoldering object tossed into another broken window. Gunfire from upstairs caused Alexi to reach back into the crate and collect the AK, along with a 74 round drum magazine. He racked the action back, loading a fresh round into the chamber. "FSB! They're raiding the building!" He heard Viktor say as he himself loaded an AK. He heard the shouts of federal security bureau officers rushing in and opening fire.<br/><br/>"Come on you two, I know a way out!" Viktor rushed to an abandoned room and kicked the door open, Alexi following close behind. As they rounded another hallway, they saw the black-clad FSB operatives, Alexi immediately took aim and started squeezing off rounds, the concussion of the 5.45 rounds echoed in his ears. "FSB in the open, take 'em out!" A few more rounds down the hallway, and the operative was down, blood pooling around his slowly stiffening corpse. They quickly made their way past the dead man, and down another flight of stairs, to a locked door. Viktor opened the door, revealing a sewer system. The silence was haunting, as the sound of rushing boots alerted Alexi to the FSB's presence.<br/><br/>"You two go, I will stall them!" Viktor shouted as he aimed his weapon towards the doorway. As He and Chance rolled through the doorway, Viktor closed the door, followed by a round of muffled gunshots, a few going through the door. Then silence. Alexi waited there for a moment before he exhaled slowly.<br/><br/>"We're clear. Lets move before the FSB get wise as to where we are..." As they continued down the dry cold sewer tunnels, Thoughts raced through Alexi's mind. "Who told them where this building was...."