Hey there, just a short authors note. I wanted to thank you for stopping by and I wanted to let you know that this is my first Zootopia fanfic .So dont immediately expect anything great, it might take me some time to get it even close to being half as good as some of the Zootpia fics I have read so far. So bear with me please.
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Chapter 1
It was a bright and sunny day with the wind softly blowing through his face as he sat in his porch back home. Kids where running in and out of the house laughing, the adults in the meantime sat or stood in separate groups talking with each other while his old man was operating the grill.
He played around with the now empty beer bottle in his hands while he watched the kids run around and play tag with each other or just goofing around, evoking a soft smile from him.
His train of thought was interrupted by the deep commanding but kind voice of his father "Jupp! Komm mal her mein Junge!" Getting up he made his way over to his father who seemed to have been talking to my younger brother
"Ich habe von deinen Geschwistern gehört dass du bei der Bundeswehr jetz bist. Wie kommt es dass ich erst jetzt davon höre?" Cursing myself in my head I did the only thing I could think off, tell him the truth as to why I was doing what I was doing.
"Sorry dass ich dir es nicht früher gesagt habe, aber ich bin jetzt 23 Papa und kann entscheiden was ich machen will. Entweder du sonst noch jemand anderes kann mich dazu bring es nicht durch zu ziehen." At that point I would have kept talking and explaining my reasons behind why I joined up but my father interrupted me "Sohn, ich werde dich nicht stoppen. Ich will nur sicher gehen dass du weißt was du dir da gerade einbrockst."
All I could do to answer was nod to taken aback to giver a better response, and before my dad went back to taking care of the meat on the grill he said one last thing "Versuch erst gar nicht den Helden zu spielen da drüben."
I was about to answer when someone called my name "Jupp...Jupp? Verdamnt nochmal, wach auf Jupp!" All of a sudden I sat up straight and opened my eyes.
I was sitting in the back of a TPz Fuchs (Armored Transport Fox) with members of my squad all around me, right next to me was my pal Dieter who had so rudely woken me moments earlier.
"No dozing on the job Jupp, we are almost there." he patted me on my shoulder before going back to inspecting his MG3 in what one could describe a loving manner, some even said he slept with that thing. Was that true? Yes...yes it was, but no one complained because when it came down to business Dieter and his MG3 where a scary sight to behold.
I let out a yawn and started checking my gear systematically. I was equipped with the standard issue H&K G36 with 5 extra mags and a P1 as my side arm with 4 extra clips as well as a couple of DM51 frags.
After I was done the driver shouted through the radio "5 clicks from drop off point Corporal." I let out a sigh and got up out of my seat, crouching as to not hit my head before going down on one knee to adress my squad
"Alright listen up, our task is to assist US Marines in door-to-door searches. We have had reports of heavy Taliban activity over the last week in this area so keep your heads on the swivel." The transporter started to slow down before halting to a stop as the driver announced their Arrival "Ladies and Gentlemen, we have arrived at our destination and On behalf of Bundeswehr Airlines, I´d like to thank you for joining us on this trip and we are looking forward to seeing you on board again in the near future. Good Hunting!"
(3rd person)
With that said the everyone jumped out of the back of the Transporter, blinking back tears as the scorching afternoon sun greeted them. They had been dropped off next to a group of Humvee's with about a dozen or so US marines. One imdediatly stood up and made his way towards Jupp "Well looke here, if it aint Corporal Sauerkraut and his scraggly bunch of wiener schnitzels!"
Said man and Jupp eyed each other for a moment before the two of them broke into laughter, pulling each other in for a fierce hug.
"Long time no see Bradley, also since when did you start calling me Corporal Sauerkraut?" Jupp chuckled at the new nickname, it was as if every time they met he would have had made up a new one in the meantime.
"Ill keep coming up with new ones until I find the right one" Bradley patted Jupps shoulder "You guys know what your getting yourself into right? Shits been getting harder and harder"
Jupp nodded, they had been taking allot more casualties recently. The Talibans where picking up the pace, they had started organizing their attacks.
"Well lets get going then," he pulled out a map on the hood of a nearby Humvee "My men and I will take a dozen of your guys and start clearing these buildings" he pointed to a few buildings that are supposedly housing weapons and maybe even a couple Taliban.
Bradley leaned onto the hood, nodding "Sounds like a plan" he pushed himself off and turned to the Marines who had gotten up and started talking and trading jokes with the newcomers "COLLINS! Get your ass moving we are moving out now!"
With that said everyone got into the Humvee´s and they where on their way.
Riding in the middle of the Collum was Jupp, Dieter, Jürgen and Collins who was driving. Behind them in the next two Humvee´s was the rest of his squad.
As they where driving they drove past the open market where Jupp noticed something strange. There was not a soul to be seen, the streets where empty and deserted.
"Hey Collins, is it just me or does something seem off about this" he gestured out the window at the empty market.
Collins glanced out the window at what Jupp indicated and shrugged "I would be more worried if there where people, this way there isnt the chance of some idiot with a suicide vest jumping in front of our car"
Jupp nodded but Collins answer didnt lift that feeling he had that something bad was about to happen. All of a sudden they turned a corner and Jupp could have sworn he saw someone standing in a ally with something on their shoulder "Hey Collins I think I jus-" he was cut off by an explosion behind them as the Humvee behind them erupted into a ball of flames.
"SHIT WHAT WAS THAT!" Collins halted the car with a screech as he looked out the window at the burning wreck while the third Humvee backed up as the burning wreck blocked the street.
The radio sounded off with Berts voice coming through "Jupp! Was ist euer status, seid ihr verletzt? Gibt es überlebende? Könnt ihr was sehen?" Jupp picked up to respond taking a deep breath before speaking "Nein...Karsten, Erich, Max und Tim sind KIA...uns geht es gut, keine Verletzten."
There was no answer so Jupp started talking again "Bert, find a different route and do it asap, we will meet you there. Keep your head on the swivel, over and out."
With that the Berts Humvee drove off while Jupp jumped out of the vehicle and grabbed his G36, as the others got out to follow him.
Jupp made his way to where he had seen the figure earlier and as he rounded the corner with his rifle poised, ready to shoot he noticed something. Lying on the ground in a pool of blood lay a man, a RPG launcher lying at his feet. Stepping closer to the body Jupp noticed a piece of metal sticking out of the mans chest, the idiot had been standing to close to the vehicle and as it exploded had been peppered with shrapnel.
Jupp leaned in closer to examine the mans face, he looked like an average guy. He then noticed the mans eyes, they weren't anything special but they where looking into his and then they blinked.
Jupp stumbled backwards, the dead guy he had been examining wasnt so dead after all. Getting back up on his feet he unholstered his pistol and pointed the end of the barrel at the insurgents head. With a pleading look the man raised his arm "Min fadlik, la tabadul li'iitlaq alnnar." ("Please, dont shoot.").
But the mans please fell on dead ears. Jupp squeezed the trigger of the gun and the mans brains splattered all over the pavement.
All of a sudden the silence that followed after Jupps shot was again interrupted by the sound of gunfire, only that this time it was a hailstorm of bullets that where aimed at them as they whizzed past their heads and slammed into the brick wall behind them.
"Crap, ambush!" Collins was right on it and returned fire as the gunfire had come from a second story window across the street.
"We need to get out of here! Dieter, you and Collins provide suppressive fire while Jürgen and I get the Humvee!" Dieter nodded and got in position with his MG3.
Jupp turned to face Jürgen, grabbing him by his shoulders "I´ll run to the car first, when im there ill be providing extra covering fire for you. Got it?" Jürgen nodded before speaking up "Man drup, man to!" ("Let's go, let's tackle it!") at which Jupp replied with the same words, the hint of a grin tugging at the corners of his mouth.
Jupp adjusted his grip on his rifle before nodding at Dieter, Collins and Jürgen who got out of cover and started suppressing enemy positions as Jupp broke into a dash, if this had been the Olympics he could have given the Bolt a run for his money.
But even with their efforts of keeping the enemy pinned down it didnt stop some of them from poking out of cover to pop a few shots at Jupp or even just blind fire from behind cover.
"SCHEIßE, SCHEIßE, SCHEIßE!" . Jupp dove behind the Humvee for cover and ate dirt. Getting back up he poked his head out before letting out a shrill whistle, indicating for Jürgen to get ready.
bringing the butt of the rifle to his shoulder he aimed down his sights and let out another shrill whistle, just as he did that a burst of bullets slammed into the side of the Humvee and the ground behind him, two insurgents had planned on trying to flank them and had emerged from a building down the street.
They had spotted Jupp and had opened fire, lucky for him they where lousy shots and the closest they got to hitting him was that first burst of AK rounds.
"JÜRGEN GET BACK INTO COVER!" he had nearly forgotten Jürgen who at that moment started running towards the Humvee.
Jupp raised his rifle and started unloading his clip into the two insurgents behind him, while that was going on another insurgent popped out of cover in the second story window out of which the first rounds of the firefight had come from and started popping off crack shots at Jürgen.
After having taken care off the two insurgents behind him Jupp turned around to take care of the guy in the window, when suddenly one of the guys bullets connected with Jürgen who by then had made it halfway to the Humvee.
Dieter shouted out in horror as Jürgen hit the ground a hole in his chest, writhing in pain "JÜRGEN! HALT DURCH MAN!"
With that Dieter ran out of cover to get Jürgen out of the open.
"DIETER NEIN! Get back in cover!" I let out a frustrated growl, as the amount of fire we now received increase now that Dieter was no longer on the MG. But to Jupps surprise Dieter managed to pull Jürgen behind the Humvee without getting hit.
"Verdammt nochmal Dieter, you left your weapon back there and what about Collins?" Jupp poked his head out to check on the situation. He guessed that about twenty to thirty insurgents holed up in a building across the street from the amount of fire they where receiving.
"Whats the situation on Jürgen, Dieter?" he looked over at Dieter who was leaning over Jürgen...there was no answer from Dieter. "DIETER! Was ist Jürgens status?" Dieter grabbed Jürgens dog tags and threw them over to Jupp who caught them.
Jupp looked at them for a moment before pocketing them. Making his way to the side of the car, careful not to poke his head out, he opened the passenger door of the Humvee and grabbed a smoke grenade. Closing the door he pulls the pin and gets ready to throw it.
"COLLINS! Im throwing a smoke, get ready to make a run for the Humvee." he paused before reeling his arm back and throwing the smoke grenade. Soon a wall of grey smoke obstructed the insurgents view which didnt stop them from firing their weapons randomly into the smoke though. Collins took the opportunity and made a run for it, but just as he reached the Humvee a bullet ripped through his calf.
Collins stumbled behind the car cursing under his breath. "Shit, really now!" he applied pressure to the wound while the smoke started to dissipate.
"What now Corporal?" Collins looked up at Jupp who was crouched in front of him.
"Well I was hoping we would be able to drive off with the Humvee, but there are way to many and the front tires have been shot." Jupp let out a sigh "We need to find a place to hole up in though and collect ourselves."
Jupp slung his rifle over his back before throwing Collins over his shoulder "Uff, I think you should lay off the burgers you heavy fuck."
Collins looked at him with shock, that at a time like this Jupp seemed to be cracking jokes, but in the end was able to retort "Thats muscles you idiot, muscles are heavier than fat."
Jupp let out a soft chuckle "Keep telling yourself that."
After a while they found a small empty two story house. All they had to do to get in was have Dieter kick in the door.
"Alright Dieter, clear the house and when your done barricade the door and head upstairs. We will set up a defensive position from there." Jupp then carried Collins up the stairs and entered the what seemed to have been the master bedroom, setting Collins down on the bed. Before heading down to help Dieter while Collins bandaged up his wound.
Jupp came back upstairs and leaned against the wall, peeking out of the window facing the street. "Crap, looks like we will be getting company, Collins try and call in an Airstrike or something!"
After throwing his radio over to Collins, Jupp ran over to the window before smashing it in with the butt of his gun. Crouching down he rests the barrel of his gun on the window sill, putting the closest insurgent in the cross hairs of his scope. He took a deep breath before pulling back the trigger.
As soon as the insurgents body hit the ground all hell broke loose as Dieter, who had picked up Collins M16A4, opened fire and sent insurgents scrambling for cover while Jupp took his time to pick off insurgents one by one, conserving ammo.
It didn't take long however for the insurgents to recover and soon they where returning fire. And as the battle progressed the attackers where beginning to gaining more and more ground.
While Dieter took care of the ones attempting to get in, Jupp was picking off stragglers and anyone trying to join the fight, it seemed that they where causing quite the commotion as more and more insurgents started rushing into the fray.
Then out of the corner of his eye Jupp saw something that made his blood run cold. He only had enough time to shout out a single word and jump away from the window "RPG!"
Collins rolled off the bed and covered his head with his hands as the rocket flew into the first story floor, through the kitchen window, before exploding. The entire house shook and dust fell from the ceiling.
Thinking the worst was behind them they made to get back up on their feet when all of a sudden the floor under them gave away. A cloud of dust erupted from the house as it caved in on itself.
Jupp let out a groan as he opened his eyes, he tried to move but his leg seemed to be stuck under a massive chunk of what seemed to have been part of the roof.
"Scheiße...Dieter?...Collins?" he called out their names but there was no answer. He looked around for them but the dust in his eyes made it nearly impossible to see.
Then suddenly the crackle of a radio came from his right "Chrrr...This is Fox 1, ETA 10 minutes. Whats your status?"
Jupp blinked in surprise before grabbing the radio hastily "T-this is Corporal Jupp of the 411th Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the Bundeswehr. Current position is being overrun by enemy insurgents." he paused and took a deep breath before continuing "Requesting Broken Arrow on my location, about 30 to 40 enemy combatants."
There was a long pause and Jupp began to fear that his message hadnt gotten through when finally there came an answer "Copy that."
At that moment he heard a cacophony of shouts as insurgents rushed into the rubble expecting him and the others to be dead. But to their surprise there was one very alive and pissed of German left alive, and he still had some fight in him.
Jupp fired into the approaching crowd of combatants as he sat in between the rubble shouting at the top of his lungs "FRISST BLEI!" ("Eat Lead!")
It took them a moment to realize that someone had apparently survived the collapse and was now shooting at them.
Suddenly a sharp crack rang out and Jupp felt like someone had hit him him with a sledgehammer as a bullet ripped through his shoulder, nearly sending him toppling onto his back. But he pulled through and kept firing.
Another sharp crack rang out and this time he was sent backwards as the bullet pierced his left lung. Sprawled onto his back Jupp began to cough as his lungs started to fill up with blood.
"Verdamnt noch mal...ch habe ein Gefühl heute ist nicht mein Glückstag." ("Damn it...I have a feeling today inst my lucky day") He let out a weak chuckle before coughing up some more blood.
In the meantime a bunch of insurgents had made its way into the rubble and where now standing over Jupp. As they just stood there one of them had picked up the radio and turned it on.
"Chrrr...This is Fox 1, inbound on target in eta 10 seconds. Danger close." The insurgents looked at each other before going back to looking at Jupp who had used the last of his strength to raise his arm and flip them off.
"Alpha Mike Foxtrot you dumb fucks" and as soon as Jupp uttered those words a series of events transpired. First of all the insurgents who had been celebrating outside of the houses ruins had stopped and turned around to look at the sky at an approaching jet, then they had started running but it was to late for that. The last thing Jupp saw was a bright flash before his vision faded to black.
*Alpha Mike Foxtrot. ("Adios Mother Fucker") Is used in combat situations and generally means that the person on the other end of the barrel is being wished a not-so-kind farewell.
Conversation between Jupp and his Father
1st "Jupp! Come over here my boy!"
2nd "I heard from your siblings that your in the Bundeswehr now. How come I only hear of this now?"
3rd "Sorry that I didnt tell you earlier, but im 23 now dad and I make my own choices. Neither you or anyone else can stop me from going through with this."
4th "Son, im not going to stop you. I just wanna be sure that you know what you are getting yourself into."
5th "Dont try to play the hero over there, got it?"
Dieter waking Jupp up
"Jupp...Jupp? Damn it, wake up Jupp!"
Jupp responding to Bert
Bert: "Jupp! What is your status, any wounded? Are there any survivors? Can you see anything?"
Jupp: "No...Karsten, Erich, Max and Tim are KIA...we are fine, no wounded."
Dieter as Jürgen gets hit
"Jürgen! Hold on man!"
Jupp asking Dieter how Jürgen was doing
"Dieter! What's Jürgens status?"
Hey there! Thanks for taking the time to read my story. I hope I did okay for a start and didnt mess up to badly.
On a side note I actually have something to ask of you dear readers. Please, please review my story if you see anything that might bother you or if you have any suggestions just message me or leave a review. Im not an expert on the US military so I might get some things wrong and if you noticed something wrong about anything in this chapter please tell me about it so that I can correct it.
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