https://archiveofourown.org/works/15116342/chapters/211949511
The Devil on Your Back update!
Chapter 45: Slaying the Dragon
The other mercs often expressed disdain, veiled as confusion, over what the spies actually did during their battles with the killer robots. This was understandable, as it was difficult to see how helpful someone was when they are invisible. It was also hard to blame people when a certain spy did spend most of the battle lurking at the opposite end of the battlefield, smoking and plotting and being generally no use to anybody at all.
Under the radar, Silent Spy slipped from building to building, heading straight towards the fray. If anyone had paid him any attention, they would have seen a look of intense focus on his face. He was in mission mode. His aches and pains seemed to fade away, adrenaline pushing them to the back of his mind as instinct took over.
He’d been a professional once. A hunter. A man who knew exactly how to do his job and had all the tools at his finger tips to complete the task at hand. Nowadays those hands shook and cramped, but there was still work to be done.