Before the fall. (History Barth Fic.)

Barth shook his head, a smile on his face as he flew in the aircraft back from another successful mission. He and his team had stormed a small outpost, taking down what were assumedly terrorists. The White fang had grown bold... They were becoming violent and it couldn't be ignored. He looked left towards the twins, Alex pretending to garotte Aaron with what appeared to be microfilament wire, the latter wearing a less than enthused face. "Man, you're going to get blood on my shirt, and we ran out of the cleaning stuff last night." Alex withdrew the wire carefully, raising an eyebrow. "Wait, which one, the purple stuff or the blue stuff?" He hazarded a glance down at his own blood covered shirt and pants. "Purple. We have a ton of the blue." With a sigh, Alex tilted his head, raising a pistol with a silencer and falcion bayonette. "Baaaallllls..... Had I known that, I would have used good ol' Corporal Punishment instead of Private Space-Invader. Now my shirt's fucked." Barth chuckled, shrugging. "Just use the blue stuff." "Ha. To that I say HA. The purple stuff makes my clothes come out silky smooth. The blue stuff makes it all coarse when it comes out. Rubs my nipples funny, it's super awkward." Mauvina, who'd been silently watching thus far, wore a squicked expression. "Guh... Too much intel, Alex." Aaron interjected, waggling his eyebrows with 80's villain flair. "Well we all know what, or who, rubs your nipples, don't we Mauvina?" Barth recoiled from that one, and rightfully so, as Aaron was soon met with a thrown shell casing to the forehead. Mauvina was bright red, and let out a sigh. "She lashes out! A reaction invoked! A  successful mission! The second today!" He immediately reached out, highfiving his brother as both moved simultaneously. Barth was a bit red in the cheeks, and put a hand on Mauvina's shoulder reassuringly. "Hey, I'd much rather Mauvina's than my own brother's." Mauvina smirked as both Aaron and Alex moved in unison, recoiling as if mortally wounded. "Daaaaamn." "Shots fired, casualties sustained!" The team had a bit of a chuckle before the plane veered off course quickly, a bright object flying by the window. Barth looked outside, nervous. "Huh...? What was that...?" The comms soon answered. "We're landing, there's a small splinter group of enemies below, firing shots at us. Move in and take them down. Lethal force advised." Alex chuckled. "See, Corporal Punishment still gets his chance to shine!" He stood up with his brother, both moving towards the back of the craft as Barth held Reverend and Mauvina held her assault rifle. As the back door opened, dropping the squad near the entrance, Barth took the front, charging towards the closed door with Reverend glowing green. He slashed the door, busting it fully off the hinges, and crushing some poor guy who was standing near it. Mauvina dashed in, followed by the twins, shots firing as the team cleared the main room. Barth entered, blade in hand as he pointed towards the other hallway. "Gemini West wing. Maw and I East." Alex and Aaron nodded, going down the other hallway, Barth and Mauvina storming theirs. The door ahead opened as Barth raced forward, his lover giving support fire. A round was fired from the open door, Barth taking it in the chest and remaining mostly unaffected as his aura tanked it. He kicked open the door, slamming his blade downwards as green energy hit the enemy against the wall, dropping his gun. He reached for it, but a massive smash with Reverend to the head put him down. He heard gunfire from outside, but before he exited, Mauvina spoke to him through an earpiece. "He's behind a table next to the wall. Uhhh..." More shots. "75% from the front of the room. Crouched." Barth nodded, despite her being unable to see it, as Barth positioned himself next to the wall, closer to the back. He gave a heavy roar, punching through the half foot of concrete and grabbing the man by the side of the neck, pulling back into the room as he heard a snap. He let go, dropping the terrorist in the room next to him. "Move in to confirm." He said, which Mauvina soon did, firing two shots into the chest to ensure. As the two met back up out in the hall, they heard extremely quick shooting. They ran towards the sound, toward a more central room. About six enemies were there, but Aaron was dealing with them. He fired his gattling shotgun in wide sweeps, keeping all the enemies in cover or staggering them. It was then that Alex leapt down from the rafters, stabbing one guy with a bayonette pistol before pulling out and shooting two more from behind. The confusion made short work of the group, the twins mowing down the enemies quickly. As the last one fell, a large door at the end of the hall opened up, revealing a spider droid, showing some wear, but definitely functional. Alex looked at it, keeping his gun out. "Oh man... If they hacked that..." The thing stirred, aiming its weaponry. Aaron dove behind a pillar. "Hacks! All the Hacks!" A few orbs of energy bombarded the room as the team was pinned in cover. Barth looked around the room, feeling his cover get torn up. He charged Reverend, sighing. "I'll cover it. Team up and take it down. Mauvina, fire support. Aaron, flank. Alex..." He looked at him. "Not sure what you'll be doing against this thing." The guy sulked, petting his pistol. Barth thought the couple seconds of charging sufficient, standing up and swinging at it. The green wave of energy flew from his sword, slamming into the droid with a huge explosion. The mechanical beast was staggered, stopping for a moment as the team dispersed. Barth rushed from the front, Mauvina firing from behind him to keep it stunned. It got its bearings and started firing at Barth, who managed to evade each orb of energy, closing in and swinging his blade at its leg, smashing it to the side enough that it tilted, making its next shot go into the ceiling. Aaron then slid into cover next to it, firing at the cannons, singing in a choir-like manner with Opera flair. "Ahhhh~! OoooEeeooo~!" The shots blitzed the Spider droid, knocking it off balance more as Barth was kicked off of it. The thing leaped a short distance away, trying to stomp Mauvina, who rolled to evade. It stomped a number of times, trying to get her as Barth stood back up. Aaron kept up the fire, the thing finally kicking Mauvina onto her back as he brought his cannons together, aiming at Aaron. "Oh, Fucknuggets..." The energy pulsed along the conjoined cannons, until they heard something from above. Alex dropped onto the Droid, pulling the guns upwards. "Suprise buttsex!" The gun was now facing up, and it fired, smashing into the ceiling and bringing the roof down. Alex backflipped off just before the rubble landed, but unfortunately messed up the landing and landed on his face. Barth charged his sword, walking over with a chuckle. "Jeez man... Work on the acrobatics." Still laying on his face, he pointed at Barth. "And THAT is what I say to your 'Not doing anything against a spider droid'!" Barth helped him up, then turned and swung as he heard the rubble move, smashing the top of the pile and engulfing it. What was left of the droid was destroyed, leaving a large crater. "Finish the job next time though." He said with a smirk. Aaron made his way over, standing on his tippy toes as he walked. "Oh, hardy har, I'm six hundred feet tall and have a sword way too big to not make fun of." The twins chuckled, putting their weapons away as they went into the control room. He sat down, looking at all the camera feeds. "Well... That looks like it was it, surprisingly. That was what, ten dudes? Lame." Mauvina shrugged, pulling out her scroll. Happy to be out of here none-the-less. Valor, requesting evac." She talked to their pilot for a moment, before motioning towards the exit. "Alright, our job here's done." She smiled at Barth, taking his left hand, and leaving the outpost.