Semper Fi: Prologue
A clap of thunder resonated through the valley, masking the loud booms of a M98 Barrett .50 caliber Sniper Rifle.
"One shot, one kill" The Sniper's Creed echoed through Fox's head with each shot. He looked down through his thermal scope from his perch on a hill surrounding the castle, down to the guard towers. One by one, the rooftop sentries fell back, dead before they hit the ground, each with a single bullet hole through the forehead. "Orchid should be getting done with the door guards now. Right on cue, his partner's distinctly female voice sounded through Fox's helmet on TEAMCOM.
"Fox, this is Orchid. Guards are all eliminat-" 3 nearly silent shots sounded from Orchid's M93S Rafficka machine pistol-"ok… now they're all gone."
Fox chuckled under his breath, and responded, "Roger that, I'll be down momentarily." He folded up his tripod, hooked his Barett onto his back, pulling out his twin Desert Eagle sidearms, and started the trek down to the front of the Gulag1. Once he reached it, Orchid handed Fox his M16A4 Grenadier Assault Rifle.
"So how do you want to do this?" Orchid asked.
"Huh?"
"I mean, how do you want to get in. Shall we go movie style, barging in through the front door with only our side arms, say some kickass movie quotes, or ninja style, sneaking in and assassinating our target quickly and quietly still using an awesome movie quote, then blowing it up using the C4 packs Blaze planted earlier?"
"Oh. Well, we'd look kickass if we went movie style, but considering our intel, which says low resistance (which to most troops means 30-40 poorly trained, badly-armed men, and maybe a single sniper who cant aim worth crap) and last time it said that we went up against 12 tanks and 150 men, using only a couple grenades and our M16's, I say we go Ninja this time." Fox said.
"Oh alright. But still, our intel can't be that bad twice in a row, can it?" Orchid grumbled as they grappled up to the top of the nearest guard tower. When they were at the top, Fox looked down, only to see about 15 tanks, 300 well trained mercenaries, 20 snipers, and 10 heavy Machine gun turrets, all aimed at the front door.
"You're right!" Fox said sarcastically, "Our intel wasn't that bad! HOW COULD IT BE WORSE?"
"Well ssoorryy! Although it is kinda flattering, they did all this just for us."
"Whatever. C'mon. Let's get going." They ran around the guard towers until they reached the very back. From there they leaped down onto a Sniper's nest. Fox silently whipped out his Katana that he carried on his back, slicing the heads off of two of the snipers in the process, spraying blood onto Fox's flak jacket. Orchid then pulled out her two shoulder mounted daggers, impaling the last two through the heart. They flicked their blades behind them, causing the blood to fly off. Fox signed in the Black Ops hand-signs Follow me. They rappelled down in front of the entrance to the entrance into the quarters of their target, Ares Masori, a Russian illegal arms dealer who gave weapons to Taliban rebels. Fox slowly opened the door, sneaking through the shadows to the back of Ares's chair, while Orchid merely walked in, quietly shutting the door behind her.
"Who are you?!" Ares barked "And don't you know not to walk into the Great Ares's room unannounced? It's one of my laws!"
Fox, now sitting on the box behind Ares, spoke in a scarily calm voice, "I am Kratos2." Ares spun around, not having known he was there. "And your law has just been revoked." With that Fox plunged his sword through Ares's neck, killing him. Fox flicked his blade behind him again, sending the blood flying,
"Ok… now that that's over, lets get out of here." Orchid said.
"Alright, lets bail, but first…" Fox replied. He opened up TEAMCOM, and raised the third member of his team. "Blaze, prepare to detonate C4 on my mark."
"Roger that." Blaze responded over the communication unit.
"Ok. Let's evac." said Fox.
They snuck out of the quarters, and grappled up to the roof. From there they ran back to the frontmost guard tower, and rappled down. "Blaze! Are you ready?"
"C4 standing by, Fox."
Fox and Orchid ran like the wind away from the castle, and once they were at 200 meters away, Fox raised Blaze on TEAMCOM "Detonate!" Behind them, the hill blew towards the sky as the 400 pounds of C4 detonated. "Alright, Blaze, you and Raven go in and take out any survivors." Fox commanded.
"Roger that. I'll meet you guys back at HQ once I'm finished here." Raven responded.
"HOORAH!" All four BlackOps members shouted in unision.
A gulag is a Russian prison fortress.
The pun here is that Kratos killed Ares to become the new God of War in the legends. Keep in mind this is not Fox's real name, nor is Fox. Fox's real name will be revealed next chapter, which reveals all the real names as well as some backstory on this team.