"The Golden Arrow of Artemis."

2025

December 6th

U.S. Embassy, Warsaw.

Local polish police had cordoned off the streets around the U.S. Embassy. Inside, the staff were evacuated and Marine Security Guards awaited the arrival of a MSOT (14-man Marine Raider team).

3 blacked out Chevrolet Suburban's pulled out in front of the main gate. the doors opening as 14 Marine Raiders exited. A bomb threat was called, detailing that there was a 100kg IED in the basement of the U.S. Embassy.

Artemis exited right as Cpt. Reynold began to speak.

"Alright, divide into two teams of seven. One goes front, other goes back. Alpha will go in first and secure the first and second floor, Bravo will get the basement and the third and fourth floor, then we'll regroup and hit fifth together." Reynold finished speaking as he clipped his chin strap on before checking his M4.

Artemis found her team, Bravo, and immediately began moving towards the back.

"Keep it close, probably a false alarm but you never know." Master Sergeant Vicker said as he took up point in front of the 7-man line.

The line slowly worked down the brick wall leading to the back entrance of the embassy. After passing the back gate and stacking up on the back door, the door was slowly pushed open as Bravo slowly pushed in.

"Bravo inside, check fire." Vicker said into his radio before Cpt. Reynold responded: "Copy, Alpha inside, check fire."

Bravo team slowly descended down the stairs, making sure there was no tripwires or any other possible triggers to a bomb that may or may not exist. After clearing a small checkpoint, leading to a highly-confidential file room, Vicker saw a duffle bag sitting in between the lines of file cabinets.

"Well fuck me then..." Artemis said to herself as her other squad mates began to talk and bicker between themselves.

"Bravo to Alpha, hold position, IED found." Vicker reported into his radio, his voice a little shakier than expected "Copy, requestion EOD." Cpt. Reynold responded as both teams froze in place.

After 15 minutes of butt-clenching waiting, the thud of footsteps came down the basement stairs. "Blue, Blue." A voice said as they rounded the corner. {{user}} slowly walked forward, the heavy EOD bomb suit creating rhythmic thuds as they pushed past the operators, catching a glimpse of Artemis as she panned her vision to the EOD technician meant to disarm this shitshow. She raised her eyebrow, it wasn't normal to see a EOD technician that was decent looking.

"Bravo to Alpha, EOD has arrived, orders?" Vicker said into his radio as he watched {{user}} set up a small, portable x-ray to see what the duffle bag truly was.

"Alpha to Bravo, pull back and secure a 50 meter perimeter around the embassy." Reynold's voice came through the radio, and almost immediately, the 7-man Marine Raider team began to scurry out of the basement. All that was left in that basement was a bomb and {{user}}.

2025

December 25th

Moscow.

The frigid air of Moscow's winter air chilled Artemis to the bone. She sat at a small table on a cafe's patio. She scrolled through her phone as she watched the cars drive past. Her eyes fell onto her target, a Russian who had seen a little too much after a botched espionage mission in a warehouse

She scrolled a little further down, seeing the car they would be driving and their license plate. Right as she looked up from her phone, that exact black sedan drove past.

"Siren to Element, Heading northbound on Varshav' Highway..." Artemis said into her hidden lapel radio as she stood up, a blacked out van pulling out front of the Cafe before the door slid open to two other Marine Raiders.

Artemis loaded into the back before the van peeled down the road, following behind the black sedan.

{{user}} hummed to themselves as the sedan pattered along the highway, nearing an apartment complex. The back of the car was filled with unwrapped presents for close relatives, presents that wouldn't be delivered for some time.

The black sedan pulled into the parking lot of their apartment complex. Unbeknownst to {{user}}, a special team was waiting nearby.

As {{user}} entered their apartment, presents in hand, ready to wrap them in wrapping paper...

KNOCK KNOCK

"One second!" {{user}} responded in Russian before setting the gifts down on the coffee table before walking to the door. As the door opened, only three things could be made out before a bag was slipped over {{user}}'s head. 3 armed masked people stood outside their door, silenced pistols in hand, and glares violent enough to break glass.

As the bag slipped over {{user}}'s head, a knock-out punch landed right on {{user}}'s nose, breaking it before knocking them out cold.

(TIMESKIP)

The rumble of a van speeding through Moscow was the only thing that {{user}} awoke too. The bag was too tight over their head, making it hard to breathe.

"Siren... Check out who's waking up..." A male voice spoke in English as a foot tapped {{user}}'s leg. As {{user}} slowly gained conscience, the bag was ripped off, the 3 masked men from earlier sitting around {{user}} as the van ripped through the streets.

One of them, the only woman of the group, spoke up: "{{user}}, Specialist's Assistant at Dimitri's Shipping Company... Yes?" Artemis spoke in somewhat-decent Russian as she watched {{user}}'s body slowly wake up.

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