Author's Note: Hello and welcome to my next story, Blink Of An Eye.
In this fan-story, we will go into the view of a unit of the US Army at the time of the American invasion of...insert middle east country name here.
All the ranks of the soldiers will be based on the MW3 Multi-player ranking, Real-life military ranking, and my own knowledge of military ranks.
This story takes place during Modern Warfare 1. Before the level, "Charlie Don't Surf" starts (think of it as a prelude).
This whole story will be written in a similar style as my previous stories, but this time it will be fashioned like the game. Briefing, the actual mission, and ending unless the chapter continues right where the last chapter ended. Hope you'll enjoy.
Briefing:
Overlord: President Al-Fulani has just been executed on live television by Khaled Al-Asad.
Sub-Commander: Yes sir, I saw it...
Overlord: Are there any nearby units that could possibly find Al-Asad's location?
Sub-Commander: Yes, we have one unit. It's being led by Sgt. Travis Miller; I'll patch you through.
Sgt. Miller: This is Miller. General, I understand that you want me and my unit to find Khaled Al-Asad's whereabouts.
Overlord: That's correct. Al-Asad was last seen at the city hall where the Al-Fulani's s execution happened.
Sgt. Miller: I read you loud and clear; Consider it done.
Nobody's POV
A Black-hawk helicopter is flying over a beautiful, blue ocean. Inside the helicopter is a US army unit that consisted of five soldiers (not including the pilot). The unit consisted of Sgt. Miller, Cpl. Perla Brooks, PFC. Cliff Evans, Pvt. Marcus McCormick and Pvt. Bernie "Shadow" Brown. Each of them had their own weapons in case they ran into anybody that might want to stop them from achieving their mission or goal. They've been flying for about one and a half hour so far.
Pvt. Bernie "Shadow" Brown's POV
As I held my MP5k, the glare of the ocean started hitting me in the eye. Then, Sgt. Miller started to speak. "Alright everybody, Our orders today is to gather intel for the US Marines. They have been tasked with taking out Al-Asad who is responsible for executing President Al-Fulani. They will be starting their invasion in about 25 minutes. They don't have his exact location. That's what we have to find out."
Sgt. Miller continues, "Our orders are also to not fire unless someone else shoots at us first. Any questions?" Everybody shook their heads. Sgt. Miller then says, "Alright then. Mission is a go!". Right when he says that the helicopter touches down, Everybody files out. A deadly scene soon greets us.
Our helicopter had dropped us off on a street. The street was filled with lots of wreckage. Trash, broken down cars, graffiti, and even corpses littered the streets. Distant gunshots could also be heard. Several buildings were basically falling apart. There was also this atmosphere of uneasiness around. It felt like as if someone was watching our every move.
We started going down the street.
Cpl. Brooks' voice came over our radio-headsets, "Look at this place! It's horrible..."
Sgt. Miller's voice replied, "That's why the marines have to find Al-Asad."
Then, PFC. Evans said, "Does anybody feel like as if we're being watched too?
Pvt. McCormick replied, "Don't worry, I feel-"
A gunshot rings out, interrupting our conversation. Before I knew it, McCormick was lying on the floor in front of me, bleeding out.
Sgt. Miller quickly ordered, "Get out of the open! Now!". We all quickly obeyed the order and went to our own hiding spots. I went behind the wreckage of a nearby car.
PFC. Evans then said, "MARCUS! NOOOOO!"
Sgt. Miller said, "Cpl. Brooks, Look for the muzzle flash and take it out. Shadow, try to get his attention."
PFC. Evans said, "Wait...Brooks, he's in the building to your far left!"
Brooks fired her sniper rifle and the enemy sniper immediately fell down onto the streets below.
Right after Brooks took out the sniper, Several more men that seemed to appear out of nowhere approached our hiding spots. They too started to shoot at us with automatic rifles.
Sgt. Miller said, "Everyone, return fire!"
We all obeyed the order and returned fire. After a fierce shoot-out (that lasted about five minutes), Miller ordered Evans to go check McCormick's pulse. He found that the man was dead, he didn't have a pulse...
Evans said (over the radio), "Damn...Why did it have to be McCormick? He had a wife and a kid to take care of."
Miller replied, "Don't worry about it Evans, his wife could take care of the kid. I will write a letter to them after we're done."
Miller continued, "Everyone, City hall is just half a klick from here. That's where Al-Asad was last seen. Let's go!"
McCormick and Evans were best friends. I heard that they both joined our unit as friends. I personally didn't know much about him. But I know that he was a good soldier; he didn't get promoted to First Class for no reason. Regardless, we moved on.
As we made our way down to the street, we soon found that it was blocked off by a bus. Miller ordered, "Through the alley. City hall should be at the end of the alley." We did so. After walking in the alley for about a minute, more of men that fired at us came out of a building at the end of the alley. The building is probably city hall.
Brooks said, "Hostiles incoming!"
Miller said, "Take them out."
During the shootout that followed, I get hit in the shoulder. It's not that bad through. After the shootout ended, I quickly bandaged my wound.
Evans said, "City hall, we're here...or the side entrance anyways."
Miller said, "Everyone on me, Stack up, breach, and clear. Shadow, plant a breaching charge."
Everyone did as he said. I went to the door and planted the breaching charge. What happened next seemed to have happened in slow motion. As the charge exploded, I take out my M1911 and charged in. I saw a guy coming at me with a knife. I quickly shot him and took out the rest of the enemies that were caught off guard by our explosive entrance.
Miller said, "Good kills, Shadow. Let's go and look for any intel that we might find on Al-Asad."
As we were looking through the empty halls, Overlord starts talking to us via our radio.
"Are you at city hall, Miller?", Overlord said.
"Affirmative, Overlord. We're looking around.", Miller replied.
"Roger that, keep looking. Also, keep in mind that the marines will be starting their search in about five minutes. Overlord out."
"Roger that, sir."
"This place is more empty then a bar during the day...", Evans commented.
I agree, where is everyone? It's just me and my squad wondering through this hall.
After walking through the empty halls, we eventually come upon a door where we heard a muffled voice.
"Al-Asad might be in this room. Prepare to breach and clear. Shadow, you know what to do.", Miller said.
I planted the breaching charge and prepared to fire my M1911. But when the charge exploded, I charged in and saw one of the hostiles with his hands in the air. I quickly lowered my pistol.
"Sarge, this guy wants to surrender.", Evans said.
"Alright, talk. You can walk out of this place alive if you tell us where Khaled Al-Asad is.", Miller said.
The man replies (with an Arabic accent), "Alright, I'll speak. He's in the west side of town!" His voice trembled through every word.
Brooks goes up to him with her Desert Eagle out and pointed it at him. She said, "Be specific, Where in the west side of town?"
He replied, "I don't know exactly. Just don't shoot."
"Brooks, lower your gun. And you...your free to go.", Miller said. The man quickly leaves. We leave the room.
"Overlord, We found out Al-Asad's possible location. He's in the west side of town. The man we got intel from didn't specify where in the west side of town.", Miller reported.
Overlord replies, "Copy your last. You will be receiving new orders once you head back to HQ. Head to the LZ for exfil. Marines will take over from here. Overlord out."
"Roger your last. Squad, you heard the man. Let's go."
The LZ is at the roof of a construction site. It's not too far from here...
Author's Note: And so ends the first chapter. I don't know how often I'm gonna be updating this story. I guess I'll update whenever chapters are finished.
This chapter has been updated to fix inconsistency and mistakes.
Until next time, see ya.