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[h1][center][i][color=ec008c]Lilith[/color][/i][/center][/h1]
[hr]Interacting with: Shade ([@Thundercrash]), Jackson and Raven ([@A Tattooed Girl]), Isaiah ([@Lyghtbringer])
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The wind blowing through the treetops had stilled itself, almost as if in anticipation.  Nothing moved, save the five man spec ops team silently maneuvering through the undergrowth.  Lilith would've prefered a more experience team for this type of encounter, but beggars couldn't be choosers.  These were the only soldiers in the area with anything beyond basic qualifications.  Besides, she -[i][color=ec008c]well not really me, but...[/color][/i]- had just blown an almost identical mission.  She was lucky to be in a leading position as it was.  

Why CO had chosen her for this was beyond her.  The mission consisted of the same targets, included the same dangers, set at....the same location?  Lilith held up a fist to her team, stopping them in their tracks.  [i][color=ec008c]They haven't moved...at all?[/color][/i]  An interesting strategy, one Lilith was keen to take advantage of.  It seemed they were still...working out their differences.  The regime team now positioned 50 meters away had no such weaknesses.  Lilith stifled a giggle, happy to finally take down another mark -with the added bonus of a few more heads.  Presently, she signaled her team to begin flanking the clearing on both sides.  The death of the breeze would now favor her team, as the Houndour sitting amongst the rebels likely wouldn't pick up a scent til it was too late.  Lilith took it as a sign, foreshadowing her success.

While waiting for her team to take up position around the clearing, Lilith thought on the advantages her opponents had.  Three of the four had a pokemon: a Sneazel, Houndour, and Electabuzz would be a great help to the rebels.  Two of them obviously had weapons, the others might not.  It wasn't until this moment that Lilith realized...[i][color=ec008c]One of them is ex-regime.[/color][/i]  Not that it bothered her at all.  [i][color=ec008c]He will recieve a traitor's death, just like the others[/color][/i] she thought.  Before she could identify the ex-soldier any further, four clicks sounded in the com she wore in her ear.  The sounds indicated that all four members of her team were ready.  [i][color=ec008c]Let the show begin![/color][/i] A wicked gleam shone in her eyes.  

Lilith green-lighted all four soldiers HUD displays, giving them the go ahead.  All at once, hell erupted around the unsuspecting group of rebels.  The standard-issue Houndours kept by all four regime soldiers went to work lighting ablaze the surrounding forest.  The dry wood caught almost instantly, directed by the well-trained pokemon to encircle the rebels in a wall of fire.  

Simultaneously, the marksman of her team carried out special orders.  He was to assassinate the ex-soldier, greatly reducing the risk of failure.  Even though he didn't appear to be spec ops, most regime soldiers could fight their way out of a trap.  He had the greatest chance at survival.  The soldier let out his rifle's bipod, laying prone to increase his accuracy.  The crosshairs of his scope leveled on the target's head.  He stopped breathing, readying himself for the kick.  He squeezed the trigger slowly...[i]BANG![/i]  Before he could fire, an explosion went off in the distance.  He had flinched at that, causing his shot to hit the tree behind the ex-regime man. Another truck had, at that moment, blown up.

Lilith waited to see how the rebel group would react, ready to chase after any of the nasties that managed to escape.