Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Tracks ❯ I have a cunning plan ( Chapter 2 )

Short chapter while I can. Big fight scene next which is taking longer to write than I thought!

I have a cunning plan

Brad Crawford leaned back into his office chair, resting his elbows on the arms and clasping his hands in front of his chin. He let the corner of his mouth twitch up into his habitual smirk. He knew that he presented the perfect image of a leader poised and in control, who knew more than the rest of the world and was going to use it to his advantage. It also annoyed the hell out of a certain redhead, which made it even more satisfying.

The rest of Schwartz had gathered in his office at his command, Nagi sitting patient and quiet as ever, Farfarello sat on the floor playing with one of his many knives, while Schuldig lounged, with his feet on his desk, but he refused to rise to the bait, knowing that he would get enough pleasure out of wrong-footing the telepath to let it bother him too much this time.

"C'mon Crawford you've got us all sitting to attention, care to share or are you just going to sit there playing enigmatic overlord?"

He smirked; yes it really did annoy him. Schuldig's eyes narrowed in annoyance.

"In case you hadn't realised our workload has increased somewhat over recent months."

"You mean the attacks targeted against us from other groups. Its Estet isn't it?" Nagi asked.

"The remains, yes"

Schuldig snorted. "Please as if they stood a chance against us. They were just small fry, who cares if some of them lived?"

"Because Mastermind what you fail to realise is that these 'small fry' are becoming increasingly more organised."

Nagi's head snapped up. "Someone is rebuilding Estet aren't they?" It was nice to have at least one subordinate who was quick on the uptake, Crawford thought to himself. At least now he had all of their attention. "Yes, and we're not going to let them succeed".

"No room in the sand pit huh Brad?"

"Shut up Schuldig. If we act now we still stand a chance at stopping her."

"Who is 'she'?" Nagi queried.

"Breaker"

"Shit not her." Schuldig swore.

"Do you know her?"

"Yeah kid, I remember her, the little bitch. She was another telepath they used to make good little Estet zombie soldiers. But Crawford she was never that strong, how the hell did she pull off a coup like this?"

"She's been quietly digging her claws in for some time now. She's gotten good, and careful, she managed not to trigger any visions, which means she had a lot of help. It will take time to extract her but she couldn't evade me forever, and now she's shown me just how to destroy her plans."

"This will be fun," Farfarello cackled. "We'll spill every last drop of the devil woman's blood".

"So what's the vision? How do we destroy Estet this time?" Schuldig interrupted.

Crawford leaned back to savour their reactions.

"I have a few loose ends to take care of first but it will come down to a rescue mission.

Gentlemen, we are going to save Weiss".