"Virus Actual to Kingpin. I will have two of mine to secure the hostage. The rest will assist with the breaching." Wei Jie replied quickly over the radio as his team slowly climbed up the side of the Odessa. The ship's hull was slippery with seawater, and several times he heard the surprised yelp of one of his team members as their feet lost traction. Thankfully, the water had not damaged the ropes they were harnessed to too much, otherwise they were in for a painful landing. With a grunt, he pulled himself up as fast as possible, a task not made any simpler by the wet ropes and his equally wet gloves. In hindsight, he probably should have removed them.

Eventually - and it was a very long eventually - he reached the deck of the ship. His Type 81 was up and ready just as his boots touched the surface, scanning for any enemies present. Even though he was confident that the teams which had boarded the ship prior to Virus and Osprey's arrival had done a thorough job, Wei Jie just wanted to play it safe. There were plenty of places for a pirate to hide on the ship and he did not want to be shot in the back after moving off.

One by one, the other members of the team clambered over the railings, their arrivals announced by the sound of thick, rubber soles striking the metal deck of the ship. "Virus-Three, last." came Geoffrey's voice over his headset, informing him that the whole team had boarded the ship.

Wei Jie turned around and visually checked to confirm that everyone was present before nodding. "Let's move. Up the stairs to the bridge, then we can make our way to the lower deck from there." He said. "Let's make this quick."

"Seconded," Firdaus said with a tired sigh.

The team moved along the side of the ship in a loose single-file formation. Once they reached the superstructure, they turned and moved along the wall to reach the stairs. "Covering," Wei Jie said and took up position at the guardrail, his weapon pointed up at the open door. Firdaus took that as his cue to move up the stairs. He kept his rifle up and aimed at the doorway, ready to drop any hostile coming through. Once he made it into the bridge - Wei Jie was pretty sure it was the bridge from what he recalled of the schematic shown at the briefing - Firdaus radioed back to the rest of the team.

"All clear, move up." 

At that, the rest of Virus advanced up the stairs while maintaining their formation. Once everyone was in the bridge, they continued towards the stairs leading down to the rest of the ship as quickly as they could. It was quite clear by then that the other teams had done a superb job of clearing the upper deck of hostiles and that there was no need for all their caution. They found the hostage, curled up in a fetal position, by the stairs. "Geoffrey, Adelaida, he's yours." Wei Jie said and without missing a beat, went down the stairs.

"Virus actual to Kingpin, hostage is secured and my team is ready to assist. Lots of rooms down here, advise you specify which one you want us to assist in breaching." Wei Jie said.