Arknights: Starsfall I

Chapter 31

"Talk about a frozen star"

Lemuel "Exusiai"

Foley had led them to the Dokutahs' office. Knocking on the door, he crossed his arm waiting patiently. Ramirez looked around him, seeing Hunter 2-1 and Exusiai waiting, alongside her penguin logistics teammates. Exusiai was also nervous, especially since FrostNova was mentioned. Soon, one operator, and judging from the emblem, they were Elite Ops, opened the door. "Come in," He offered to the group.

"Thank you," Foley nodded, stepping in. Ramirez followed with him shortly after, observing the office once more. Ramirez now saw that the Dokutah had what looked like copies of the United States map on a nearby shelf. The main desks of the Dokutahs are in the center of the room, with a big window behind them.

"Ah, Mr. Foley and company," The Dokutah went up to Foley, offering his gloved hand, "surprised to see if you here so soon." Foley took his hand and shook it.

"We have to cut the pleasantries for right now," Foley straightened up, producing a file from his uniform. The Dokutah looked at it, whether out of confusion or out of curiousity, he could not tell due to his masks. Ramirez watched Foley going over to the Desk. Behind them, Dunn a few others stepped in.

"Hope we aren't interrupting anything important," Dunn whispered to Ramirez.

"Ah? And why is that?" The Dokutah posed, letting Foley open the file and empty its contents, right as Blaze, Kal'tsit and Amiya stepped in, sipping some Tea. Ramirez looked at Blaze and subtly glared, his arm subtly going to shield Exusiai. Not that anybody noticed in any meaningful capacity.

"Well, Mr. and Ms. Dokutah, our Intelligence Corps has gotten very valuable Intel in regards to a Reunion Elite," when Foley finished his sentence. Kal'tsit stopped and stepped over to him.

"And what May this Intel entail?" Kal'tsit questioned, her cold tone making it sound as if she was Interrogating the Ranger. Blaze and Amiya stepped over. Amiya looking over the pictures with interest herself.

"That's an Ursus Military base... right?" Amiya pointed at a picture of a compound. Foley shook his head.

"You have the right idea Ms. Amiya, it's just..." he shows another picture, Amiya gulped looking at it, while Blaze just looked a little wide eyed.

Ramirez and the others shuddered when they saw it. "It's that damn Crab-Tank fucking thing..." Dunn noted, a little angry.

"Correct."

Dokutah turned to him, "Now, why is this important in regards to a Reunion Elite?" Foley looked back at him and showed him a picture of what looks like an area on the base. It seemed to have sustained significant damage and, from the picture, there was people working on fixing it up with Fire.

"Is Rhodes Island aware of a Ms. FrostNova?"

Ramirez watched, a hint of amusement in him, as everybody in the room, besides his team and the Penguin Logistics operators, froze. The Dokutah seemed to have recovered the quickest as he looked at Foley.

"I'm sorry, what?" The male grabbed Foley by his shoulders, "How is this... related to her at all?"

Foley picked up a transcript, "This is why." He then placed it onto the paper, the light shining on its contents as if it was some golden treasure.

The RI operators went over to the paper and began to read it. Intently, word by word. "This is a transcript of an interrogation?" Blaze asked, the Dokutah also consuming the information as much as he can.

Amiya. put her finger over the letters CS, who seemed to be the one that was being interrogated, "Mr. Foley, who is this?"

"I think she'll be familiar to you folk," he opens a smaller folder and takes out a picture, back facing them. "CS, here you go." The Dokutah snatches it out of his hand, and turns it over, and Ramirez swore he could hear the soft gasp of realization from the man.