"Looks like we're done for…ne, everyone?"

His brother let out a sad, quiet chuckle. The two others, he knew even though it was too dark for him too see, smiled just as weakly.

"Man~ I really wanted to see that girl one last time…"

"Be happy, you were actually the last to have seen your girl before this…"

"Man, ya all lucky. I ain't got a girl ta look forward ta at all."

"Don't lie man, you can't pretend like you don't have a crush on her."

"Sh-Shaddup!"

"Hey, don't get too loud. They'll find us."

"I don't think it really matters anymore, Aniki. This is probably the last time we'll be able to joke like this, you know, the four of us."

The truth of those words was so dense it felt like they were carrying several tons on their shoulders. Silence fell, and the air around them just felt even heavier.

"…Damn…Why did it have to end like this…"

A light flashed over their heads. Every muscle in their body tensed. They each held their breaths like they had just dived into deep water. Freezing water.

Water as cold as death.

But that didn't really matter, as long as they took that damn organization down.

"At the count of three." he whispered.

They waited. The air around them seemed to grow and more dense by every passing moment. They were suffocating. But they couldn't back down. They were like birds in a cage.

"Now!"

The four shot up and jumped out for an assault.