Kevin was leading me to where my team was aparently waiting but on the way we passed a red tent with a large white cross on it. I could see that this was where the wounded were treated as there were many workers on small beds in there in obvious pain. I wanted to try healing some of them to help out but this was harshly rejected by Kevin, startling me and making me curious about his mental state. I had turned to go inside the tent when he had grabbed my arm.

"NO! You will have all the time to help them out later! Right now we must focus our efforts on the Factory!"

His voice broke several times and the look in his eyes was hard to decipher. He let go of my arm and tried to play it off as an effect of the stress he ad been under recently but I could feel something was really bother him. I would do as he says now but I need to figure out what is going on with him when I get back. I could see the people in their doing their work, using healing magic and potions to close wounds and bandaging them with clean cloth. I decided to just go for now and help them as soon as I got back. Kevin kept leading me through the sea of tents and people walking around until we reached the edge of the camp on the other side.

"See that?" He pointed at a large tunnel in the wall that im pretty sure wasnt there the last time I was here.

"That is where you and your team are going, we tried taking the factory back before. It ended badly and the monsters there sealed up the entrance somehow, so we made this tunnel. It goes directly to the factory and stops just behind one of the walls there. We lost a bunch of people after the tunnel was made so we didnt try to breach the room until now. I need to go back to the command tent, your team will meet you at the entrance of the tunnel and should already be ready so you can go immediately."

He slatued me for some reason, then left.

Something is really wrong with him. Why does he want to get the factory back so badly? I know its important but he seems really nervous about something.

I shoved these thoughts to the back of my head and moved on to meet the team.

At the entrance to the tunnel there was a large stone wall with a metal gate in the middle of it. It didnt look like it was designed to swing open and it was covered in pipes that were arranged in a very peculiar way. On my way to the gate I noticed a small group of people standing in a circle cheering on two who were fighting. I thought it was a real fight until I got closer. The two had wide smiles while they clobbered each other. One of them was armed with large gauntlets, they looked extremely heavy but she was throwing punches like they werent even there. The other girl had a small buckler on one arm and a large bludgeon in her other hand. I joined the circle to watch the fight but as soon as they saw me they stopped and looked extremely nervous and tense. They all scrambled to line up and bowed in front of me. I dont really understand why all the girls seem scared of me. Ill just have to add this to the things I need to investigate later. Well this and the fact that this particular group of girls look exactly the same.

They all had fiery red short hair and dressed in military looking uniforms with thin jackets, complete with a small hat. Their faces were exactly the same except for their expressions. It was a little wierd to see the exact same face next to each other wearing different expressions.

"Are you all ready?"

"Yes sir!"

"You dont have to bow, we are about to fight together. We are a team."

They stopped bowing but they were still tense and nervous around me. Well, I need to know what they can do. I already what weapons three of them wield. on the far left was the girl with the gauntlets, for some reason they seem smaller now. I guess they get bigger when she is fighting or something. The girl next to her was the one she was fighting, she had a large bludgeon and a buckler shield. Next was a girl who had a bow slung over her shoulder so it was obvious what she did. But the other two didnt seem to have any discernable weapon.

"What weapons do you two use?" I asked them.

The one on the left spoke first.

"I use attack magic and healing magic, she uses daggers and small firearms."

The girl on the right opened her jacket a little and I could see her small aresenal of small metal guns and large knives.

"Okay, what are all of your names?"

From left to right they announced their names.

"One"

"Two"

"Three"

"Four"

"..."

I looked at the dagger girl but she said nothing. She noticed my gaze and squirmed a little bit. The girl next to her took a step forward and looked at me.

"Yes?"

"Five cannot speak sir, we do not know why."

That might be a problem but we will find a way around it.

"Okay, why do you all have numbers instead of names?"

"Sir? Those are our names." One said. "We were created for this mission and given these names."

It doesnt seem like Kevin expects them to survive.

I sighed. "Okay, lets go."

They all saluted me at once and headed for the gate.

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Kevin was almost in tears. He made a plan and its gone horribly wrong. Instead of going back to the command tent like he said he was actually deep in the mine, in a room he had secretly constructed so he could be alone. The miners were forbidden to mine here because it could collapse a large portion of the mines. So he hid it behind a false wall. It was only meant to be somewhere he could just think, but now it was his safe haven. He had hidden something in the factory, something he had been building in secret to secure himself a place here. If Finch or Rala finds it he is finished. He is almost certain they will erase him if they find it. He was currently on the floor in the fetal position almost tearing his hair out. He was hoping that the team he sent with Finch would be enough to fix this mess he had gotten himself in.