Mantis nodded to the others and motioned them to head towards their target. He expanded his emotional perceptions and felt distinct feelings isolated in certain areas of the building. Objects did not
feel, making it highly likely that there were people behind those feelings.
Mantis pointed out the areas he had perceived quickly, giving the correct hand signs that there were people in those areas. Four closer to the windows on the second floor, and at least ten on the main floor. Of course his perceptions were not without their limits. If someone wasn't feeling any particularly strong emotion it would be easy to miss them in the mass. However, it was strange to see that the building was in complete darkness. In fact, if Mantis hadn't used his ability, he probably would have been fooled.
"They won't be getting out of this one that easily," he thought to himself.
If everything went as planned, Zach would enter in the front taking them by surprise. His invincibility was a huge advantage and Mantis intended to use it. Mantis had taught Zach multiple different strikes to use in combat. There wasn't much of a need to teach him to defend. So, Zach was able to become somewhat decent within a short time.
For himself, Mantis intended to scale up through the building's escape ladder. Then he would knock out the people above once their attention was split with Zach. The people inside who were hostile to Zach would be taken out non-lethally if possible. If they had guns or deadly weapons, Mantis would aim to disarm them with his submachine gun; killing if necessary.
Farce could scale around the back with Axel. They were particularly fond of eachother and worked very well together. Axel would help to supplement Farce`s stealthier tactics with his deadly canines. That one-two punch would cripple their reinforcements from behind.
As for their new recruit...that was more of a question. Obviously she would be good at supporting their efforts. But what would she do during combat? Perhaps she could follow him up the ladder and take down the guards from above.
As they headed for the building Mantis motioned for Genevieve to follow him as he made his way towards the ladder. He began to climb up to where the second floor would be. Then Mantis peeked inside a window to see a few people strolling about on those exposed walkways. It was too dark to tell, but it appeared like they were holding various objects in their arms. Excitement began to pump out of Mantis` being. Anyone within his immediate vicinity would feel the very same thing. He turned toward Genevieve and gave a thumbs up, his eyes filled with anticipation of the hunt. He unstrapped his Mp5 and flipped the safety off. Then he aimed through the window with it to get a better view.
"Yippee ki-yay.." he whispered barely within audible range of Genevieve. It was more for him then anyone else.
Damien/Swarm - Minutemen "Headquarters"
Damien watched the lit cigarette in the street as it began to die out. Then, someone began to chide him for his carelessness, walking towards him. He couldn't help but smile menacingly in response,
"I couldn't care less, Captain planet. Why don't you pick it up for me if you care so much?"As he spoke he took out another, lighting it up. Then he proceeded to blow the smoke in the tree hugger`s direction.