Friend or enemy: jin in trouble already? and his new post

[Greil9]

Seemingly the warrant officer meant the smokescreen as just a delay to set up their siege weapons around the building. A good idea, seeing as setting up heavy weaponry like that would draw a lot of fire on the people carrying the equipment. Though while his part seemed to start and end with the smokescreen. Not that he'd complain, staying out of carrying heavy objects into a danger zone suited him just fine. 

Plan seemed to work rather well, the criminals realizing just how little chance they stood against weapons that would go through the wooden walls like they were nothing. Though whether or not this was a bluff considering the property damage this would cause, but guess they were unwilling to find out.

While the fishman oversaw the detainment of the bandits, Sieg decided to just stand back and leave the interrogation to those who could actually be physically intimidating. Though while standing back, another marine came behind him with a pat on the shoulder. It was a familiar face too, though just one of a passing acquaintance. At least he knew a name: Coulson. The man was a few years older than him, though from the approximate 20 centimeter height difference one would have assumed it to be around five years. And while one would have expected a grizzled look from his frame and build, the man was clean-shaved. All for his dedication to marines. "Was that one of those things you keep building during your free time? Don't think I've ever seen you use them."

"Yea, I've just, well, not had a chance to use them. I can't really use non-regulation equipment on a regular patrol when I've barely made it to seaman apprentice."

"I still think you'd get more effects by going to the gym few nights a week. Fancy weapons or not, it all comes down to what you can do by yourself."

"Ah, I... I'll think about it." Not that Sieg really would, physical workouts weren't for him. After all, if he could create something to impress the R&D, he'd probably be able to leave front lines entirely. All he wanted to do now was get back to the barracks and write down notes about the successful field test. Though overhearing some conversations and knowing the fishman had already involved the young marine for the task at hand, he had a feeling it wouldn't be so.

[shenta]

Jin's plan was a success and all the bandits threw down there weapons as they caught sight of the Cannon's pointing at them.one by one the men was taken into custody then put into a tent for interaction, it was not long before another marine walked over to Jin as he saluted him.

" You must be warrant officer Jin mako, I'm lieutenant tenka shiho. Good work on catching those bandits we been after them for a while but they would always be gone by the time we arrived on the scene. Luckily we was able to get the info on where there boss is hiding and I here by put you in charge of going and getting him. He is hiding two clicks away in a small village on the out skirts of the costline. take who you need to get the job done and report back when your done."

Jin was surprised that the higher ranks was starting to trust Jin enough to start giving him such a mission,but he was not gonna turn him down cause this was what he was waiting for a chance to show what he was made of.

" Yes sir lieutenant tenka I shall make sure to accomplish the mission with out fail."

With one final salute the lieutenant walked away leaving Jin standing there, now he just needed to gather up a small team then afterwards they would head for the area. Seamen recruit falkern would be one then a few more and he would be ready. Walking over to the young man he noticed another marine talking with him.

" It would seem seamen recruit falkern that we was able to gather the info from the bandit, I thank you for your help in all this." 

As he was talking to the marine he noticed that there was with another marine standing right beside him. " Oh who's your friend falkern."

[Greil9]

While Sieg could feel his hair rising when he noticed the fishman approaching, as so far his impression was that the warrant officer hated him, he was caught off-guard by an honest compliment. Or at least honest as far as he could tell. Either way, it was rare for him to get praised on the job. With a loud and clear voice, he replied "Thank you sir."

When the subject was drawn to the older of the two marines, Sieg returned to his more reserved tone. "Well, not really a friend. We just kind of know each other from around the base."

Coulson, unlike other marines, didn't initially come across as hostile towards the fishman. Though it was clear that he was no more comfortable talking to him as Sieg. And with his physique it most likely wasn't physical intimidation. "Yea, umm, Falkarn kinda stands out with the... craftsmanship he does. Most don't know him too well, but that part is noticeable." Though in the middle of his explanation, the man seemed to remember the proper marine etiquette, rising his hand in salute.  "Seaman First Class Coulson."

While he wasn't quite sure on the handling of aftermath of such operations, he could only hope the situation was handled and he could return to his usual daily routine. "So uhh... are we done here for the day sir? I mean we got them all so I guess I still need to do the daily patrol."

[shenta]

It would seem that this man beside the marine was not really a friend of the recruit but it would look as if he knew of falkern from the cool gadgets he made. Jin could tell that they was a little uneasy speaking to him,he has come to accept it cause over the years people has spoke either in anger or fear. Just being a fish man in the Marines was bad enough but he was not gonna let it get him down. " It's good to meet you seamen first class coulson, I'm Jin mako warrant officer." It was a few seconds after he spoke he heard falkern ask him if they was done for the day if so he was gonna finish his patrol around the town. He hated to tell him but unfortunately there job for the day was no where near being done. " Sorry falkern but unfortunately we are needed by Lieutenant tanka to head into the lawless zone to capture the bandits boss. We need a total of maybe 20 men, would you happen to know of any one that would fit the job?" 

[Greil9]

Not going back to patrols would have been fine. What they were actually going to do was not. He didn't even think there would ever be tasks that took him beyond the wall, though today had already proven his knowledge of the local marine procedure to be lacking. All the more reason to ask about this. "Wait, do we even have jurisdiction in the west side of the island? I thought it was a lawless area where we don't enter. Moreover, wouldn't an operation like that call for the best men we got? I don't belong in that kind of category by a long shot." Fancy weapons or not, it didn't change the fact that Sieg was still below what was considered average for a common marine. And while it hurt a bit to admit, he always knew that Coulson was right: his weapons would be more effective on most people who can actually fight beyond the basics.

Not only did he feel like he was of no use on that front, the latter point wasn't something he could help with either. "Though not that I'd know anyone like that. I'm still a new arrival who doesn't know people too well." Describing his own usefulness, the scientist felt himself getting downed a little. It was all too familiar to him so he wasn't that downed, though he rarely had to state it out loud.

[shenta]

Jin just chuckled when he heard falkern ask if they had jurisdiction in the west side seeing as it was the lawless zone. It was true even if funny, tho things would never change if the marines was not even willing to secure a island of it's criminal problem. " Your right marine it is the lawless zone but this was a direct order from a higher ranking officer and a lieutenant at no less. Normally we would not go there on a mission but in this case it's different. There boss sent those men into this area and if he is not stopped then he is just gonna keep at it. So as marines it's our duty to clean up the mess.

Secondly we are the marines we do not need permission if given a order to do it.
And thirdly we are not gonna need many men just to take down the leader of a small time bandit leader.  Besides falkern it's not your fighting skills I am wanting but your brain, winning a fight dose not always won using fist alone, besides y our gadgets will come in handy for the fight."

Jin could tell that falkern was doubting his abilitys and really the only thing he needed was a little more confadence in his self. Well mako was fairly new on the base and it would seem that so was falkern which finding some decent Marines would be difficult. But then again on the other hand there was still men standing around and by the head count there was a total of 30 marines. " That's ok falkern with us three and those marines still around we should have no trouble. So are you ready seamen recruit falkern to have some fun." Jin said as he gave a grin, as he did you could see his very sharp teeth. But that was natural since he was a mako shark fish man. 

[Greil9]

What the fishman said made sense: maybe the area was a lawless zone, but that equally meant none of them had any jurisdiction to stop them. Though they'd most likely still want to do it. And being the studious type, he knew the marine regulations well enough to get out of this. "No I'm not, I'm nowhere near qualified for this. And as you're not my commanding officer, you need to go through proper channels to get my help against my consent. Most likely he will assign someone more familiar with the island." While the logic was sound, Sieg was still too fearful of authorities to actually vocalize his honest thoughts. Not helping was a grin filled with razor sharp teeth, each packed with the strength that would crack a bone as easily as a twig. "Sir, yes sir!" "...I hate myself. At least I still got plenty of ammunition left. Well, plenty of others and one smoke round."

Coulson seemed more adjusted to this predicament. Then again he was someone who was actually used to marine work and situations like this. Though all the young scientist could do was get in the row with the rest and apply his usual thinking: If a solution existed, he'd be able to find it through logical reasoning. Besides, if he was there mostly for his weaponry, he'd easily be left in the back and brought in when his arsenal was needed.

[shenta]

 Jin could tell as the marine spoke to him that he was scared to speak his opinion in fear of what Jin would do, but that was just natural. Every one that Jin has spoke to that was weaker then him always seemed nervous to speak there mind. Falkern sounded off as he began to go though the list of ammo he still had in stock, unfortunately he only had one smoke bomb left so if they decided to use that then it would have to be used at just the right moment or it would just be a failure. Jin placed a webbed hand on the shoulder of the young marine as he smiled another tooth filled grin.

" Just think of it this way falkern if we pull this off then you might get a pramotion." 


Taking his hand from the young man's shoulder Jin walked over to the gate leading out towards the lawless zone as he then turned and faced every one. " Fall in all marines."  

Jin watched as the men in the surrounding area all came and lined up as he saluted to him.


" Attention all marines we are about to head out into the lawless zone to take out the bandit leader that sent his men into our home area. This offense can not be over looked nor can it be forgiven, those of you that will not be letting this act go unpaid for then step forward." Jin was not sure how many was gonna join but he had hopes that some would step up to the plate. 

[Greil9]

While Sieg wasn't particularly interested in higher ranks, the pay grade did rise along with it so perhaps the day would have a silver lining after all. It didn't change the fact that he didn't want to go, but now he'd at least get something out of it.

Soon as the call came out, Sieg stepped forward. While consent was being asked and he could have stood back, he already agreed to this and didn't have the guts to go back on his word for an officer. Seemingly this caused a small amount of chatter, possibly since Sieg was the smallest in line, as well as having a small reputation as someone always last in physical activities. Maybe it was the weakest of them being the first to step forward, but the majority was following now. Maybe inspired by him, maybe just wanting to not be inferior to someone as low as him. Either way, the results were what mattered. In fact Sieg felt a tiny tinge of pride about contributing, even if inadvertently.

This didn't seem to get them any more thrilled though. Some did hold a stern gaze as this was just duty for them, yet others didn't hide their disgruntlement about Mako. With a surge of confidence about the events, Sieg was the first to speak up "Sir, when shall we depart?"

[shenta]

Jin could tell that a lot of the soldier was not happy that warrant officer mako was in charge of the operation but he was not gonna let that get to him. The young marine falkern was the first to step forward and that to got the men mumbling but it did not take long before every one was in line and ready for the mission. Falkern spoke up and asked when they was leaving, the fact was that he had been ready for some time now but he was ordered to take a platoon of men with him. " All face foward and move out." Jin faced forward towards the entrance to the lawless zone as he began to walk to where the bandit told them where the hide out was. As they traveled though the lawless zone he could see that most all the houses was either broken down or missing parts of the place. People was either standing out side on the streets gawking like idiots or peeping though the curtains from inside there home.  It was not long before he and his men landed in front of the building. " Say how about we give them a hello." Jin walked up to the bulbuild as he huffed on his fist before he punched a big hole into the building. " Knock knock any one home." 

[Greil9]

The walk through the lawless town was more than a little unsettling for Sieg. It seemed like every slightly open window, every crack in a wall, ever door that shut when he glanced at it had someone meaning him harm waiting on the other side. That wasn't too inaccurate since their status meant nothing here and several of these people most likely considered them a threat. Only thing keeping him from running was being surrounded by over a dozen men way stronger than him.

As the building they were tasked with clearing came to view, Sieg was already wondering how Mako was going to handle this. He hadn't been on such an operation before and it felt like a good chance to see how one commands troops in a situation. "Hows do we handle this? Surprise attack? Surround them and smoke them out again? Some far more complex strategy they teach officers?" Mako opted for none of the above, going straight to a direct assault. "Alright, caution to the wind. I'm scared now." 

Since he was expecting someone to return fire pretty soon, Sieg opted to seek cover while taking out his specialty gun. As there wasn't much he could do without a clear shot with his average aim, he instead decided to provide support. With the concussion round he could easily open a hole in the wooden building wall to create addition entry points. Now he just had to see how their own men would form under Mako to get a better idea of where to place it.

[shenta]

The dust was finally getting to where if you looked real hard you would be able to see the dark shadows of the bandits though the dust. As the smoke vanished completely the full view of the thugs could be seen,  there was a line of thugs acting as a wall for there boss which was sitting behind them. Even as he was sitting he towered over his men like a gaint, he was wearing a suit of armor or at least he was wearing the brestplate and gloves. Setting beside him was a big iron bat with spikes on it, his face was covered by a helmet so he was not sure what his face looked like. 

" Look here boys the dogs of the government have broken off there chain, I guess we should put them down before they hurt some one from the lawless zone hahahahahah. Go have some fun  boys it's not like they can do crap with out first being given a order." 

One of the thugs decided to take up his bosses reply and he came running towered Jin with his sword in the air, from the looks of him he could say that the henchmen was nothing to bother with and he could leave them for the other marines. As for there boss he would fight him his self, so as the blade came down he used a technique called iron body and as the names describes it makes the body as hard or harder then iron. As the man was in shock of what happened Jin reached up with one hand as he began to lift the man up as he continued to sqreeze his head with his shark grip. He stopped sqreezeing once he could feel the skull crack under the pressure, bringing his arm back he tossed the man back to his boss. 

" We are no mear dogs bandit we are knights, and as the knights of justice we shall bring our swords down onto your vile heads." 

You could see steam boiling out of his helmet which was a good sign that the bandit boss was very mad, reaching out the man placed a hand on each side of the hole Jin made as he lifted his self to his feet. Once standing in full he was around 12 feet tall, and now the rest of the thugs was cheering. " Yeah that's our boss."

" Your done for now marines." 

" Once our boss gets mad there is no stopping his rampage." 

His men's voice was quite irritating to jins ears which was starting to get on his nurves. " All men rifles at the ready." Jin mako said to his fellow marines which was standing behind him. 

" You marines better be ready cause you now have a fight on your hands." 

[Greil9]

Despite waiting for a moment in cover, it didn't seem like anyone inside was trying to use their minor fortifications for advantage in a firefight. This made Sieg think maybe some things learned in marine training weren't as self-evident as they seemed when taught for the 3rd time during boot camp period. That or they didn't expect an entry through the side and were preparing for them to come through the door.

Still it seemed like they might not even need anyone but the fishman as he could crack a mans skull with just his grip. "Wow, last I checked, only a peak-strength human could break a skull by gripping force alone." With an audible gulp, he finished his thought. "I am so glad he's on our side." 

Glancing over the situation, the young chemist noted their side had everyone equipped with firearms, whereas they weren't as plentiful. He wasn't about to turn tides from behind everyone, nor did his lack of courage allow him to get into any firefights. But altering the battlefield, that he could accomplish. As he opened his gun to switch ammunition type, he began eyeing any openings to fire through where it'd make a difference. With an ammo type he had yet to showcase, he took aim swiftly to fire at the ground.

While it'd be either pointless or even hinder his comrades in most cases, this type of ammunition created a one-meter diameter sheet of ice on the ground. While not much of an obstacle on its own with how easy to was to avoid, even with him leaving 3 more on the ground after each reload, it was more useful than it seemed. Now anyone trying to approach the line of riflemen would need to look at both the ground to make sure they're not going to slip. Not something you want to be doing while someone's aiming a rifle at you. Few of them seemed to try not caring, but their steps were clearly hesitant when they couldn't be sure they weren't going to step on the sheet of ice.

However problem was the largest men among them, one Sieg identified as the boss among them. He was still standing, not even seeming to care about the line of riflemen in front of him. Something about that level of confidence in the face of danger was terrifying. Still of anything could be felt through the plating, no matter if it was designed to withstand flintlock weapons, it was his concussive shot. Meekly sprinting to any cover position closer to the fight, he loaded up for a direct attack. Since Mako was still drawing all the attention, he fire from the less notable position with the hopes of either knocking the man out or at least keeping him away from the fight for now.

[shenta]

Warrant officer mako watched from the corner of his eye as the new recruit folkern shot a round from his gun,when it hit the ground the bullet burst into a thin layer of ice that now covered the ground between the bandits and the riflemen. The big man began laughing but Jin could not understand why, humor was still a thing in which the fish man was trying to concept.

" You dumbass do you actually think a weak layer of ice could stop my men."

Taking his foot the boss stomped on the ice which cracked under his weight but caused him to fall flat on his ass in the attempt, but that small crack would slowly begain to spread until before you know it the whole sheet shattered.

" Now my men charge on to them like a raging storm."

This was bad, with the ice now gone the bandits began to run towards the Marines.

" Open fire when ready then fight back with all you have."

The boss of the bandits got back on to his feet, but he did not seem happy as he swung his fist down onto Jin like a hammer but luckily Jin had a move which could stop his hammer. " Iron body" with his arm above his head his muscles all tightened to allow him to stop the big man's attack. Even with using one of the six powers Jin could feel the power behind the attack, he could feel the ground under him start to give away and began cracking.

Just then out of no where a bullet round hit the boss and as it did it exploded which sent the big guy stumbling back as if he was suddenly drunk from good sake. Looking in the direction of where the bullet came from he noticed folkern behind some cover.

" Thanks for that seig it helped."

With the boss still staggering around Jin took the opportunity, getting into a good stance mako used all his strength to deliver a powerful punch to the banits face that sent him stumbling into his house. The house came down on top of the boss but he would not be down for long, looking over he could see his men fighting with every thing they could muster and then some.

[Greil9]

Looking down at his gun, it seemed like he had just been playing with toys when comparing the effects of his research to a single punch from the fishman. "Is this how much of a difference there is between just the few ranks between us? Think I should forget any chance of promotion beyond basic seaman ranks."

At least it seemed like they managed to deal with the bandit leader, seeing as Sieg didn't think people could just shrug off a building collapsing on them. For now he'd just offer fire support and hope it would be over soon. Though someone else had different plans, as seemingly one of the bandits had managed to circle the line of riflemen and made it for his position. Thankfully he wasn't a smart one, announcing his presence by yelling at the top of his lungs as he charged the chemist. While he could barely get out of the way, the special pistol fell from his hands in his haste. Now on his butt trying to crawl back for some distance, his hand immediately went for the cutlass on his waist. 

"Oy, little squirt's got some guts? Or are ya' just piss-scared, thinking having a sword's gonna help any?" Part of the bandits words rang true: despite marine training, Sieg was never even average with his sword and was clearly smaller than his assailant. While he still had his service firearm at his waist, he lacked the guts to use a potentially lethal weapon even in a situation like this.

Still he was a trained marine, having some confidence that he'd at least hold off someone who likely had no official training. A hope that was quickly dashed when his first attempt to parry was swatted aside, only saving him since he was forced backwards again. Difference in strength was just too much due to his diminutive stature for a marine. Second time he just tried to scramble out of the way, ducking under the slash while hastily drawing his pistol. Though as he turned around to fire, his haste made him miss entirely. With no time to reload, he was back to using the cutlass. 

Hoping to at least get a hit in, Sieg simply tried watching his opponent for an openings, going over the combat training in his head. Thankfully the bandit telegraphed his attack quite clearly, allowing Sieg to start dodging before the strike came in. Seeing his chance come with the bandits sword well out of position, he rushed ahead thinking "Now, now, now!" As his thrust flew towards the bandits leg, he felt the blade sink in as his foe screamed in pain. "Yes! I got it!"

His celebrations were cut short as the bandit simply swung back his hand, smacking Sieg away with the back of his sword hand. With the force, Sieg was knocked down to the ground with the cutlass falling from his grasp. "Oy, you get one lucky shot in and think ya' can celebrate? I'll do marines a solid and end you here." With no weapon left, all Sieg was left to do was pull himself towards the special pistol he dropped earlier. Hopefully before the bandit reached him despite the leg injury.