It was supposed to be a nice relaxing day for everyone. Bravo team had just returned from their three month deployment earlier in the week and were all enjoying the week off before they were to report back for duty. Unfortunately that week off got cut short by a few days when they all got the call to report back to base for an important mission.

"What do we got?" Jason asked as they all sat around the table waiting to see what was so important that cut their time off short.

Mandy pulled up a map of Afghanistan on the screen and pointed to a small village near the mountains. "The highly Taliban group has been trying to take over this village that has been helping Americans by supplying key information that has helped take out key members of the deadly group. Many of the villagers have started disappearing and we have been getting less and less Intel because of it. Without this Intel, it would be almost impossible to take this group down."

"There's Taliban groups taking over villages everywhere over there. What makes this group so special?" Sonny asked.

"This specific group has been targeting the American military and anyone that's associated with it. There was a highly trained group of about 50 Americans staying in the village, training anyone willing to learn how to defend their village from the Taliban and we got a status update from one of the members that about 20 have gone missing along with some of the villagers. They are believed to be either captured or killed." Mandy informed them.

The group remained quiet as they took in the information they just received and then continued to form their plan of attack. Two members of Bravo were to meet up with 4 of the Americans accompanied by a group the villager's right after dusk in a nearby valley. They would then trek by foot back to the village to provide over watch for the rest of the team which was to be dropped off in the same valley right before dawn. They were going to meet up with some of the Afghan forces that were training alongside the villagers and 15 of the Americans.

"Why don't we all just go in together?" Jason asked, not seeing the point of separating the team yet.

"A portion of Taliban has been reported to guard the village over night from the wooded mountains to make sure no one comes in or out. Fortunately for us a few of the villagers have noticed a week spot on the west side of the village. The smaller the group the easier it will be to go undetected. Once the sun comes up they all retreat to the north side where it is believed they are planning an attack to fully overtake the village and everyone in it. During that time a larger group will be able to meet up with the rest of you while the two already in the village will be able to provide over watch for both you and the Taliban." Blackburn informed them.

It was decided that Clay and Ray would be the two to go in for to provide over watch. Ray could easily blend in with the rest of the group and Clay was fluent in their language. They were both dropped off at 2200 hours and successfully met up with the villagers. They then quietly and safely made it into the village where they set up shop on the roof of one of the villagers' homes that would provide them both protection and the ability to keep an eye in all directions as it was one of the only two story homes in the village.

Ray radioed in to let Blackburn know that they were set up, had eyes on the location where the Taliban is said to meet as well as where the rest of the team would be entering. Both were roughly a mile away from the village.

At 0530 hours the rest of Bravo team met up with their group of Afghan forces and their 15 American trainers and began making their way towards the village.

Clay had eyes on the team as well as the large group they were traveling with while Ray was keeping an eye on the Taliban, who had all returned to their meet up location. "Something seems off about this" Ray whispered to Clay. "I only count about 30 Taliban fighters. I thought there was supposed to be close to 100."

Before Clay had a chance to respond the entire village went dark. There was not a light on to be found anywhere. "That can't be good." Clay said as he and Ray both started looking around trying to figure out the cause of the loss of power.

"You see movement anywhere?" Ray asked Clay as they still scanned the area.

"Negative." Clay responded.

"Shit!" Ray hissed out. "The Taliban. They're not there anymore."

Clay quickly took his eyes off their team to look at the area Ray was keeping watch on.

"Bravo two. TOC. We have visual of a large group attempting to surround Bravo and their group…" Blackburn radioed in but before he could finish his sentence a large amount of gunfire erupted from the woods.

Clay still had eyes on Bravo, who were surrounded by the group of Afghan forces and the other 15 American trainers. They were being shot at from all directions. Suddenly he noticed other members from the village and the rest of the American trainers who were all awoken by the sound of the firefight heading into the woods to help.

The team and their group were outnumbered and although they were making decent progress in taking out the Taliban, they were still pinned down with nowhere to go.

The Afghan forces surrounded Jason, Sonny, Brock and Trent, as well as their American trainers. They knew their survival was a key part in taking out this group and felt they had to protect them. Although Jason wasn't a fan of it, he understood why it was being done.

The entire team was deadly with their weapons, which didn't go unnoticed by anyone, both friendly and the enemy. Every time they aimed their guns they connected with their targets. No one missed. Fortunately for them the Taliban couldn't quite get to them yet. They had to get through the group surrounding them in order to get to the ones they really wanted.

Back at the village Clay and Ray were watching their brothers taking on heavy fire while watching multiple Afghans and Americans drop to the ground wounded or killed.

Clay and Ray both looked at each other and knew they needed to get into that fight to help their brothers. "We can't just sit here and watch. We need to get out there now!" Clay said to Ray.

Ray radioed in to Blackburn to inform him they were heading in to help. They started to move from their location when they were surprisingly told they were not to leave that rooftop under any circumstance.

"What!?" Clay said looking at Ray. "I know Blackburn did not just tell us we had to stay here."

"TOC. With all due respect, we're useless here. They're practically sitting ducks out there. Let us go in and help." Ray replied back to Blackburn.

"No can do Bravo two." Blackburn hesitantly replied. If it were his call they wouldn't even have had to ask but the higher ups were involved on this mission and they didn't want to have any more casualties than necessary. He also explained that worst case scenario they would be the last line of defense before the Taliban would overtake the village.

The replies from Blackburn didn't sit right with Clay or Ray. They continued to ask for permission to go in three more times. All three times they were denied. Blackburn looked over at Mandy. Both knew there was no way in hell Clay and Ray were staying on that roof but he had no choice but to play along to satisfy the higher ups.

Both Clay and Ray were getting fed up with being told to stay put. They both knew it wasn't Blackburn's call and that he was just the middle man but that didn't help the situation any. "Those are our brothers! Our family! I don't care what anyone says. I'm not gonna watch them all die from this roof. I'm going in. Clay said to Ray, knowing Ray was 100% joining him.

"Dude, it's like you read my mind" Ray replied as the both headed down the stairs of the home.

Back at command, both Blackburn and Ellis were trying to hide the smiles on their faces as they watched their guys leaving the roof.

"Where the hell do they think they're going?!" One of the higher ups screamed from across the room in Blackburns direction. "I thought I told you to tell them they were not to move from that roof!" The man was furious.

Blackburn just shrugged his shoulders. He had no answer. He had done as he was told and informed them to stay put multiple times knowing damn well it wasn't going to happen.

As Clay and Ray exited the house they located a nearby Humvee. Ray hopped into the drivers seat while Clay climbed into the turret where he was partially exposed and manned the gun. Neither one of them cared that they were defying orders and if they were both being honest, neither one of them really expected to make it out of their alive to see what their punishment would be. If their brothers were going to go down, they were going down with them. And with that thought Ray drove off into the woods towards their team and Clay started taking out as many people as he could.