Protect and Defend {Mission}

Although currently it was a nice day outside, not everyone was having a peaceful day. Harrison sat on the side of a jet although it was not a normal jet but one that had seemed to be tricked out just for pure speed. There were two people in the cockpit which was filled with dials and a huge amount of dials and switches. Since this was an urgent mission they were not really told anything else but what was needed to inform you about the type of mission it was. The actual debriefing was done on the plane headed for their target destination, middle of absolute nowhere the Amazon Forest. The debriefing on the plane was also quite short and straight to the point to allow the people on the mission more time to prepare. A modulated voice was heard coming from the speaker and gave out the instructions. ”Skydive to the Amazon forest, parachutes and goggles are near the back. Find Sandra and the black-box and escort them to the facility nearby. She, along with the lab, can be located on the watches that you are given. Declare any and all other contact that is not registered on your watch hostile. Be careful failure is not an option” That was the first and last time the speaker had talked towards them.

"I guess that's the only thing we get to know about the mission. Pretty straight forward." He looked to the girl who sat on the opposite side and while he put on the bracelet he wondered why someone like her would volunteer for a mission like this. "So what's you gift?" Although the jet was fast it still took a while to get there so he thought he should get to know the person he would be working with.

"Avian Manipulation. I'm more of a watchman," she said, glancing at a cramped cat carrier that held her main bird, Talon. They hadn't allowed her to have him outside of a cage while on the jet because they didn't trust him. "I'll be there to make sure we know when someone's coming before the radar picks it up."

"A watchman huh, okay th-." The voice of one of the pilots interrupted Harrison and explained the situation. "Sorry to cut this short but we will be jumping in about 45 seconds please ready up." Recognizing that time was cut short he stood up and went by the door without a parachute awaiting on the pilot's approval."You should suit up, the parachute and goggles are over there."

She nodded and did so, also flicking open the carrier that held her bird. She was suited in about twenty seconds and went to stand beside him. The bird, Talon, was perched on her shoulder for now. He let out a sharp cry, to which she nodded once before she glanced at Harrison. "You have no gear."

"That is because there is no need." Harrison had placed his hands around his belt to feel the three belt buckles he had were in place. He had then put on Kira, his 'battle jacket' and then opened the door. After taking a look at the forest below them a different voice on the speaker came on. "You are clear to jump. Good luck." Harrison looked towards Kotori and jumped out.

She followed after him, and she was surprised when her stomach flipped. Kotori was by no means afraid of heights, and had fallen from many tall trees. Her bird and best friend, Talon, used the signature Peregrine falcon dive to reach the ground himself.

While falling through the sky Harrison put his hands far apart from each other to slow down his descent. This was not his first time skydiving so he knew what the basics were. Looking behind him he saw the girl and the bird get off the plane and so he decided to match their speed. Teleporting himself a few meters so that he would be next to Kotori but still decently away, he looked at the bird. "It's a falcon right?"

She nodded as she matched his form. "He'll understand most of what you say," she called, hoping her voice wasn't completely carried away by her descent.

"Well that's a smart bird. 20 sec pull your chute." He then used his power to slow down his descent but only slightly to conserve power.

She nodded, beginning the countdown in her head. She intended to keep it precise.

Seeing that she was in focus Harrison decided not to break her concentration. He then pulled his hands and feet closer increasing his speed. About 100 meters from the ground he used his power to stop himself and land. The g force wasn't that extreme but was still a little dizzying. He placed his hands on his forehead and waited for the girl to land.

She hit her parachute at the right time and landed a little bit after him. Talon, being destructive as he was, simply cut the thick strings with talons that had been fitted with metal covers for the mission rather than let her take the thing off. "Do I fly?" he asked even though Harrison only heard a bird noise.
"Not yet." He perched on her shoulder then and she glanced at Harrison.

Harrison looked down on the watches they were given and found one ping aside from Kotori and so he guessed that would be Sandra. "Say, does Avian manipulation cover talking to birds?" He wondered this since he just thought that he would set them to scream if someone came but shes actually talking to the bird. "Its over here?" Since you wouldn't need to look at someone to talk he turned to the direction and grabbed one of his belt buckles. He extended the belt buckle until the shaft was taller than him, it was a double sided scythe.

"Yes, I understand and speak to them. The native birds around us are buzzing. I won't even have to command them to use them as sentries." She looked at the object in an impressed manor. "All I can do is command birds and shoot a bow. That's pretty cool."

"Well we're in the forest your power in some ways may be more useful than mine." Walking forward towards the one dot on his radar aside from Kotori he looked around and found there were many animals here. "Radar says nothing so far, how bout your birds is there anything?" Anti-radar technology does exist and so you really can't rule out that fact.