Barker pov

2017

Ontario, Canada

I grab my revolver from the box and one bullet to go with it. I sit down in a chair as I take a big drink from a bottle of whisky I have been saving for a moment like this. I take the bullet and slide it in one of the slots as I spin the cylinder and slap it into place, I bring the hammer back with my thumb as I hear the click then I drink the rest of the bottle as it could be my last. I slowly bring the end of the barrel to the side of my head as every second is going slower and slower, My finger is on the trigger as I look down at a picture of my old JTF2 squad.

"I guess this is goodbye" as I sheld a tear as it lands on the picture

I slowly pull the trigger then my phone goes off which made me jump the bullet missing my head be a couple of inches

"FUCK! can't I kill myself in peace"

As I looked at my phone to see who was calling as it was my CO.

JTF2 headquarters

I got on base. "Why the fuck did I get called in for on my day off" I mumbled to myself pissed off, I pulled in to my regular parking spot and got out of my Jeep. I walked up to the two window doors at the entrance and walked in as I was incredibly greeted by my CO. It was weird because he has never done this before then he put his hand on my shoulder.

"Sorry Barker but someone needs to see you, I think you might like it. Now come on let's not keep her wanting" as he pushes me to go

"Ok?" I responded little confused

We walked down a tight narrow hallway just enough to let a person walk by then we get to his office. A formally dressed dark-skinned woman sat in front of my CO's desk with her colleague beside her.

"Hello Mr. Barker, I'm Six," she said as she reached her hand out for a handshake. "Sorry to call you in on your day off but this is of most importance"

"I wasn't like trying to kill myself or anything" I say as Six and My CO look at me with concerned faces "Its a joke I would never do something like that"

"Ok, ahh I'm the director of an elite counter-terrorist unit known as Rainbow and one of our operators had an interest in you. They kept asking me to bring you in year after year. There are very rare occasions that I would accept or even meet the operator but I took a look at your files and I see why they want you"

"Who been asking?"

"I am afraid its classified unless you want to join" she hands me a piece of paper and pen.

I looked back at her with a little hesitation as I'm going in this blind and I don't want to get screwed over again but I took the paper and signed it and handed it back to her.

"Welcome to team Rainbow Mr. Barker we will head out when you're ready, and it was Sebastien Cote that recommended you"

"Welp I should have known it was him, I'm going to go get my stuff then.

I walked to my locker to grab my stuff and my special gadget. My gadget is a prototype PDW with stun rounds that hit like a bean bag and stuns the enemy with electricity, makes it so that you feel like you are paralyzed and can't move, its great for a snatch n grab and non-lethal engagements. I packed up everything and walk back and said goodbye to my fellow friends and co-workers. I walked back and told her I was ready to go, she nodded back. We walk out of the building that I once worked at as we made our way to a black sedan with black tinted windows. I made my way in as I sat down on the cold leather seats we drove off of the base to the closest airport as I was questioning where we are flying too.

"You will see when we get there"

Before we got into the air, Six called someone and told them we are on our way.

Buck pov

Mike walked into the rec room where Tina and I are watching a tv show and Mark and Meghan are drinking at the bar.

"We have a new recruit coming in a couple of hours and I need you guys to greet him when he arrives"

He gives us his file than leaves.

All of us are confused about why there's only one guy usually there's at least two but that goes away when I open the file. I lit up in excitement.

"It's James fucking Barker" as I look a Tina

Mark spat his rum out of his mouth."You better not be pulling my leg mate"

I have been bagging Six to bring him in ever since I got here 3 years ago, we are all excited to finally be able to see him again especially Tina who still has feelings for him but this could turn in to a shit show if he's not careful particularly with Dom, Mike or Vigil, as he creeps me out but also Shuhrat but he has gotten a lot better, he doesn't lose his shit as much anymore since Ela and him have started their relationship, I didn't expect the two would fall head over heels for each other. Its been a couple of months and they are still going strong, and Julien, well he finally found someone that cares for him. We are all happy for him and I heard that Zofia is doing some questionable things with Eliza. I guess it has been a while since she had anything like that but there should be nothing wrong about it if just two girls right?

Mark sat down on the love seat and Meghan laid on him as he stroked her hair. We talked about James and how we met him. As I let Mark go first.

"We had a joint force mission with the Canadians and BOPE James was one of them as well Taina, We had to extract a hostage on the top floor of a hotel. The hostage had a dead man switch so he couldn't let go of the detonator, we cleared all of the hostile forces in the area and James ran in with a bomb defuser kit. There was C4 strapped all around his body wires everywhere and James was losing his shit because he hadn't done anything like this before and there was no time to bring in the bomb squad in as we figured out that there was a phone strapped to him as well. I guess someone remotely activated it because there was a minute on the timer and we were all freaking out at that point but Taina went and calmed him down as he started to cut the wires. But we didn't have enough time so we broke the window and had to kick him out than five seconds later BOOM! *as he makes the hand gesture* The bomb wasn't too big but it sure did destroy a couple of floors and a bloody hell a lot of windows" Meghan laughed at the brit's heavy accent then kissed him on the cheek.

"Oh, that's what happened during that mission. After he came back he was different, he wouldn't even talk to me, then we found out he was depressed due to all the liquor he was drinking and the sleepless nights but Tina talked to him and helped him out. They dated afterwards but that ended when we joined Rainbow"

"Dam, he was lucky I guess, so how did you two meet him?" Tina blushed at the remark

"This is going to be a long story. So I was in some heat with a farmers daughter and family"

3 hours later

"So I was hitchhiking and I saw a car and he pulled over picked me up but by that time those redneck inbreds caught up to me so we drove off as fast as he could with them on our asses. We tried losing them for like 5 minutes but we couldn't shake them so he told me to reach in the back of the truck grab some jars full of moonshine and some dirty rags then he pasted his lighter then I knew exactly what he wanted me to do. So I started chucking them at the trucks and I missed every shot then this little merde(shit) through one and got two birds with one stone. We kept driving well I explained what happened then he just laughed it off. I asked him why he was in Montreal and told me was on cores to become an MP like me and we were in the same unit so that's how he got his nickname Jarh but he just added the H because he thought it would look cool and how we became best friends.

"Hot damn and what about you Tina?" Meghan said with a curious tone

"Well i met him when he was one of the new recruits for the JTF2, sweet little thing didn't know were to go or what to do so I helped him around base and showed were stuff was and then he saw Seb and they hugged, I was a little confused but then he told me the story. We were like a little family of friends after that"

I looked down at my watch and saw the time I jumped up as I realized that he was going to be here any minute. I told everybody, we all got up to go to the front of Hereford base. We waited as I looked through his files again just to pass the time.

Nickname: Jarh

Operator Name: James Barker

DOB: November 17 (31)

Place of Birth: North Bay, Ontario

Height: 1.85m

Weight: 93kg

Background: He was born in North Bay, Ontario, but move to New Brunswick when he was 7 right after recovering from his when he was six years old. He broke his femur so his mother sued his father's grandparents for not watching him, he also born with cleft lip and palate so he was bullied a lot in school but he found out to make friends but then his parents forced him to join the military when he was in the last year of school because all he did was sit around and do nothing. He hated it but he made the most out of it, pushing himself to the edge trying to best everything that he couldn't do before. James wanted to become a police officer but instead joined MPs he was sent on a course in Montreal where he met Buck. The two became best friends and its a hell of a story, the two pushed each other to the breaking point untell they got to their goal. Buck was later enrolled in JTF2 then James got in a year later. The two stuck beside each other in every fight that they were sent on, they were like a two-man army.

Psychological Profile: James has an edgy sense of humour and could be apathetic when on a mission which could cause some problems between some operators. He also as mood swings so he plays around with his lighter to calm down or just relax. James has a big hatred towards ATVs as he been in three ATV accidents, one in each part of his life, from a child to an adult. James was sent overseas to do a joint mission op with the SAS and BOPE in which he met Mute/Mark and Cavi/Taina. They were sent to rescue a hostage but it went sideways and the hostage was K.I.A. James thinks it was his fault and he went into a deep state of depression but Frost/Tina helped him and pulled him out of it. They have a lot of history between each other and I wouldn't be surprised if they got back together. Also, he has been (REDACTED) and he hates it when you bring up how he got his scars.

Training:

RCM

Royal Canadian Army Military Police

JTF2

Relevant Experience:

Afghanistan war

Operation Blacktop

Operation Patriots

CN tower crisis

The attack on Parliament Hill

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Notes: James has 2 Model 1887 lever action shotguns that he has brought on missions so I would guess he would them here as well.

We saw a black car pull in to our left side and pulled up in front of us. The door swung open Six got out and nodded at all of us and walked away. James came out after her.

Barker pov

After Six got out of the car I got my stuff and got out to see 4 people looking at me I couldn't see their faces until I put on my sunglasses. My eyes finally focused on them and I realized who the 3 out of the 4 were then Seb reach his hand out for a bro hug I obliged and move over to the next person in line.

"Holy shit bud never thought to see you again" I gave Mark the same treatment as Seb

"Ya, its been a while mate" as he pats my back as we hug

Then right next to him is a long-haired blond wearing a white t-shirt with tattoos all around her arms then I looked back at Mark and asked him who she was and his answer shocked me.

"This is my girlfriend mate her name is Meghan"

"I thought she your bouncer" everyone started to laugh

The last in line was Tina my X or still girlfriend I don't know so I when in for a hug but she kissed me on the lips so I put my hands up so it didn't look like I was forcing her too but then she grabbed my hands and put them to her waist as she inserted her tongue into my mouth as everyone was watching this unfold. She pulled me down to the ground as we were still making out but I pushed her off when I heard her fidgeting with my belt.

"What was that for?" as we all looked at her dumbfounded

Then I remembered that she doesn't have control when she starts making out with me for some reason and that's why I loved her for but I'm not into her anymore.

We both got up well I tighten up my belt, Seb grabbed my stuff as walked to the barracks I assumed. Once we got inside everyone but Seb left. We walked past the cafeteria and down the hall some more, I didn't think there would be this many people. A guy with FBI T-shirt on and some bandages around his hands trying to hide the mealed skin, we all stopped in the hallway and greeted each other.

"You must be the FNG that Sebastien has been begging about to bring on the team"

"Uh, ya the names James b-"

"It better not be Bond because that's what Porter or smoke said to us when he first joined and it didn't help to that he had a British accent too, that what we called him for a month until he told us"

"Haha no, I was going to say Barker and yours?"

"I'm Jordon Trace callsign Thermite and third in command and it was nice meeting you Barker"

"Ya you to Jordon"

We continued in the direction we were going until Seb opened a door as he stepped inside I followed after him, the room was pretty big and they had the Canadian flag hanging from the wall under it was a couch and to our right was a little kitchen with a tv in the corner of the room. I walked around a saw an open room with my name in it, there is a small dresser and a bed with a clock on a nightstand.

"It already feels like home"