Raidon Makoto
Le Chevalier Hotel, Gateon Port
Orre
Affected RPers: None

Raidon Makoto and Finch Reynolds touched down near the outskirts of Gateon Port. Once their pilot had confirmed their safety, the Hellcat took back off towards the Deathwing. The pair of Aquas began their journey on foot towards Gateon Port, the new seat of power for DyneTech Industrial. The port was the single largest import/export hub in the world, so it made sense to Makoto for DyneTech to set themselves up here after the destruction of their former headquarters, Realgem Tower. Once the two were within the town, Makoto purchased himself and Reynolds the penthouse suite at the top of the Le Chevalier hotel using money specially laundered by Whitehall to set up their base. Their patron saint had sent them information on the most workable target: Darwin Lynch, an executive at DyneTech and former Hoenn citizen.

Makoto's plan was to make contact with Harlan Ericson, Orson Barkley's campaign financier within DyneTech, and win him over in order to guarantee Barkley's contributions. In doing so, he'd use him as a stepping stone to give himself a larger foothold within the company. He didn't need to control DyneTech, but he did need to make sure he was influential enough for Whitehall to be satisfied.

The commander's phone buzzed. "Raidon, what are you doing right now?" Tyrus "Tiantus" Hale asked.

"I just sat down in my hotel... Shouldn't you be performing surgery right now? I read the docket on what you're up to on the way here," Makoto replied.

Hale chuckled condescendingly. "Yes, yes I am. Thank Arceus for Bluetooth headsets. Now turn on the TV. It's on literally every channel." Makoto listened to Hale and picked up the remote. He didn't even need to change the channel to find out what the scientist was talking about.

TEAM AQUA HOLDS UP CHARITY BENEFIT IN EVERGRANDE read the blurb at the bottom of the screen. A helicopter shot of the banquet hall was broadcast in the corner of the screen while anchors and analysts tried their best to inform the populace of what was going on. "What the...? I never authorized this!" Makoto protested to Hale.

"Oh it gets worse," Hale said. Makoto heard something pop in the background and Hale let out a flurry of curses. "Sorry, I popped a vein. Fixed it though. Anyways, look whose in the crowd." The commander scanned the helicopter footage on the screen looking for familiar faces. Blazes Boylan was the first person to pop out to him, but he wasn't important enough for Hale to tell Makoto about. After another second or two of looking, he saw Norb Whitehall and his estranged wife Mitzi on the balcony of the banquet hall.

The dread lord of the Deathwing's phone buzzed. He removed the phone from his ear and put Hale on speakerphone. It was a text message from Norb Whitehall. It simply said: "Explain yourself."

"Tiantus, who the hell is doing this?" Makoto asked.

"It looks like Captain Kip Marston. The report he filed for this mission said that he took his squad out for "wealth acquisition." He dun goofed, alright. I am with others right now, but I think you'll understand when I tell you that you're going to need to handle this one," Hale consoled his friend, implying that he needed to fix this to keep Whitehall happy. Makoto had no idea how he was going to smooth this one over with old, white, and political.

Think, Raidon. You've got Finch with you... who else can you trust to carry out this mission? Makoto contemplated. Reynolds and him met eye to eye for a moment, both speaking to each other without talking. "Reg Lando!" Makoto exclaimed. He nonchalantly hung up on Hale and dialed in Lando's phone number. "Captain Lando, this is Raidon Makoto. I have an S-Class mission for you. I need you to round up the best damn soldiers on the Deathwing and storm the banquet hall that Captain Marston is holding up. Your mission is to kill Marston and his entire squad. We are going to disavow them all."

Without even questioning the orders, Lando said, "Yessir. I will activate the 08th Assault Team."

Makoto smiled ear to ear. Miles Kieron, Anton Rodan, Kei Nguyen, Jack Rinage, and Tanis Raistlin were some of the most capable field soldiers that Makoto had. They would show absolutely no mercy to Marston. "Excellent. Make it so, Reg."