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August stared out the reinforced windows as the ship he was on descended into pax's orbit, the planet was truly a marvel in itself with its sleek and interesting designed way different from the cities on earth looked. As the ship entered into conchord he marvelled at the beauty of the city looking like a utopia compared to most of the space stations factories and slum like places he was used to visiting. The ship slowly landed down onto the designated landing pad and august disembarked letting the cool breeze run through his hair and breathing in the clean air for a few seconds. He then walked to the edge of the landing pad and leant on the railing, the landing pad itself was on a raised bit of ground with stairs leading down to a large walkway floor which had taxi services to take people to the main areas of conchord.

August sighed as he stared out at the views of conchords horizon. He continued to take in the sights as he waited for dante to arrive, he had been told that this was where he was supposed to meet him but it seemed August had been the first to arrive.

August quickly strode through the corridor heading to the briefing room. He had completed his last contract a couple of weeks ago and it was rather odd for the UN to contact him again with another assignment so soon, especially one which they would only give him the details in person. Normally he'd be messaged his contract or meet with an informant somewhere, he'd never before been instructed to go directly to a United Nations briefing room. The strangeness and seeming secrecy of this new contract unnerved him, he didn't feel comfortable not knowing anything about it but he as he approached the towering doors he put these thoughts out of his mind as two armed guards opened the doors for him and he entered the room.

Standing inside the room was a tall man with grey hair and dark skin, he was dressed in a very smart looking suit and on the large table behind him lay a small package, august presumed that package would have his orders in it.

"Ahh Mr Augustin, a pleasure to finally meet you" the man said, his voice held authority but also a calming kindness to it which could easily put most people off guard.

"Please just call me August" August replied with a smile, even though he wanted to do anything but smile right now.

"Well 'August' my name is Mr Blue. And I'm sure you're wondering why i called you in here today" The man then paused before picking up the package "We have a special mission for you, and i must warn you that we do not wish for this mission to become public knowledge for now. You of course are fully aware and used to missions with this ruleset. Now as for the actual mission you have been selected to take part in a cross species team created by the Assembly on pax"

"Cross species team? Why is the Assembly making this and why am i the selected one? I'm not even part of you guys"

"No you are not, but you are used to being in the public eye and good at dealing with press. This makes you good in a diplomatic role for if the team should go public or the media finds them doing something rather... controversial. And of course i'll be blunt with you because i'm sure you've worked it out, if we send a famous hero to the Assembly's team then it will help improve relations with them as it allows us to show we are fully backing this project"

"Ahh of course... you want me as your prize pig to show off to everyone and lend to the Assembly to make them like you" august looked away and paused for a moment thinking before looking back at Mr Blue "Fine... I'll take the job but not because i want the UN to look good, I'll take it because i'm curious to see what the assembly wants a cross species team for."

"Excellent, just one more thing before you go. You won't be going alone, we... wish to send you a bodyguard"

"With all due repsect Mr Blue I don't need a bodyguard"

"No, no of course you don't. The thing is the 'bodyguard' is more a cover, we have a mercenary who has taken some jobs from us and he is well, how to put it. A loose cannon, we want you to 'take him under your wing' so to speak. He's good at his job and is trustworthy enough to complete any contract but he has a horrendous attitude problem, we're hoping if you take him along with you it might get him to mature a bit but it will at least keep him from making any more messes. We don't want the media to find out he works with us and for us to get any bad press from it, if worse comes to worse then the assembly themselves should sort him out. If anyone questions just say he's your bodyguard, your fame should give you enough sway to convince the team to keep him."

"I'm not a baby sitter... I'd rather not take him along"

"Let me make one thing clear August, the terms of this mission are not up for discussion. I'm not asking you, I am telling you. You will take this mercenary with you and you will keep him out of trouble, if you have any complaints we can easily terminate any further dealings with you"

August glared at the man, the UN was often more trying to convince him to take jobs for them not trying to blackmail him. He didn't like it but something about how calmly Mr Blue spoke sent a shiver down his spine and before he started getting contracts with the UN being a bounty hunter was never nearly as lucrative and he did need the UN's sway in case authorities got involved. "Fine... I'll take him along" August said reluctantly as he took the package from the man

A couple of hours later and August had just boarded a ship to take him to pax. The UN had set up a private ship for him which from the outside looked like a normal civilian transporter but it had clearance to be able to 'jump the queues' so to speak once they got into pax airspace. The package contained all the information August needed to know about the mission and about his new companion whom he would meet on pax. Unfortunately not much information was given on the rest of the team only that he would be dealing with almost every other race on the team, he wasn't sure how to feel about working the sovereignty as he had been born into that war and his parents had only narrowly escaped losing their lives on their planet before managing to get to earth but that was in the past and had never truly affected him but he had grown up around a fair bit of racism and hatred towards the sovereignty but he would make his own judgements upon meeting them.

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