Wecome to Bad Company

(Serdaristan, Eastern Europe...)

[Music: Back in Black]

A lone Russian made BMD-3 tore across the Serdaristan county side on its way to its next objective. The large lumbering war machine, along with its occupants had just successfully destroyed 3 Russian surface to air (SAM) sites in and around a MASSIVE golf course, that had been built by that county's dictator/leader, Zavimir Serdar. Now, one would wonder just why a Russian made "tank" and its crew would want to go after and destroy its own assets. But to those inside the APC, it was nothing new to them. For you see, the occupants of said vehicle were not Russian, they were American.

The first one was a rather large man with a 5 o'clock shadow and had a was armed with a 870MCS shot gun and a rocket launcher holstered on his back. His name was Haggard, the group's resident demolition expert and pyromaniac. The second person was armed with a M60 and looked like he would be more at home behind a computer than on a battlefield. He was called Sweetwater, and Machine Gunner/Tech expert and was in control of the A.P.C.'s machine gun. The third was a man of African decent and had a M416 assault rifle and he had a serious look to him. His name was Clarence D. Redford, but his men just called him Sarge. Finally, armed with a M16 that he had "appropriated'" from a mercenary base that they had just raided, was the driver of said APC. Private Preston Marlowe. These 4 men were from the U.S. Army's 222nd Battalion, a.k.a. Bad Company. A battalion comprised of all of the army's trouble makers and rejects, that would be used for the simple task of being cannon fodder and these 4 men were no different. With the exception of the sarge, who had volunteered to join, all of them had done something that garnered them a place in the ranks of this "elite" group. But right now though, the army had sent them on a mission, that was of the greatest importance to the war effort.

Thanks to a failed attempt to "appropriate" some mercenary gold, the army thought it best to send the 4 back into Serdaristan to convince the country's leader to come back with them to the American command via Black Hawk, considering that they were still awoland seeing that he had been playing both sides of the war, even though his country was neutral. But unfortunately for Bad Company, Serdaristan was no longer neutral and the proved this by shooting down the groups extraction chopper not too long after their arrival into the country. After informing their superiors of Serdaristan's non-neutral status, the group was told that they should take out the surface-to-air missile sites first before they went on to complete their objective, so that they could send in another extraction bird. After destroying the first SAM site, they stole an APC and using it's cannon, easily destroyed the other 2 launchers. They were now free to head off and "convince" Serdar to come back with them. They were on their way to the next objective, when something caught Marlowe's attention...

"Hey sarge!" the private called out from the driver's seat, " take a look at this!"

Redford, curious about what his private had just said, came up to him and asked, " what is it Marlowe?"

"There, what is that?" Marlowe exclaimed. Curious by Marlowe's expression, Redford took the controls of the mounted machine gun from Sweetwater and looked in the direction that Marlowe had pointed the APC's main gun.

"Hey sarge, what you looking at?" Sweetwater asked. Redford for his part, ignored his machine gunner as he scanned the horizon and what he saw, left him speechless. Behind some trees on top of a near by hill, there was a strange golden glow that pulsated as if it were an explosion. But yet, there was no sound. Gradually, the glow died down until it completely vanished.

"What the hell..?" Redford said, as he looked at the gun's camera.

" What is it, what are you seeing?" Sweetwater asked excitedly, " What's out there?"

"Calm down Sweets," Haggard said, " Sarge, what are you looking at?"

" Maybe we should go check it out." Marlowe reasoned, curious about what he and the sarge had just seen. " Negative we have a mission to complete." Redford replied, moving away from the gun monitor. At this point Sweetwater retook his position in the gunner's seat and looked for himself.

"SARGE!" the former tech expert exclaimed excitedly, " look at this!"

"What did I tell you about getting excited, Sweets?" Haggard scolded his smaller friend.

Shaking his head, Redford moved in to see what the younger man was getting all excited about and when he did, his jaw fell to the floor. On the black and white screen of the monitor, were 3 oddly clad figures walking out of the tree line. But what what really caught his attention was the fact that they were all women!

"What the..." Marlowe trailed off, as he looked through the gun site of the main gun.

" What is it sarge?" Sweetwater asked, getting a bit excited. Redford did not answer his machine gunner, for he was too focused on the 3 figures that were now walking out of the tree line. They had on miniskirts and the shorter of the 3 had an odd looking staff in her hands and looked like she was using it to support herself the second one to the right of her looked a bit older and was looking at something in her hands. But it was the one in the middle that really got his attention. Just like the other 2, shetoo had on a miniskirt and had one of the weirdest hair style that he had ever seen. But what really got his attention was the fact that she had on a pair of angelic wings on her back...

" What the hell... civilians?" Redford said, a bit puzzled by what he was seeing.

"Civilians... I thought command said that the area was clear of them?" Marlowe asked , still looking at the odd crew. "and why are they wearing miniskirts?"

"Miniskirts?" Haggard asked, getting a bit excited himself. " Let me take a look!"

"Calm down Haggard, Mike-One-Juliet we have civies in the area. What are your orders?" Redford said, talking into his head piece to their commander. But no response came. " Mike-One-Juliet please respond, over." still nothing. "Shit! Looks like were on our own."

"Sir, we have a problem!" Marlowe called out, still looking through the gun sight. Redford, still looking himself, saw something that filled him with horror. For approaching the oddly clad girls, were 2 BMDs and they were firing both their 30mm cannons and machine guns at them.

" Mike-One-Juliet, Russians are attacking civilians, what are your orders over!" Redford called into his headset again, but he only got silence in return. As he looked on, he could see the 3 women start to run and do every thing they could from being struck down by the BMD's cannons. He knew that their mission was of the highest importance to the army, as well as being his best ticket to going home. But he also knew that her could never live with himself if he were to allow those civies, who ever they were, to die. Especially if her new damn well that he could prevent it.

"Marlowe! Prepare to engage hostiles! Haggard, Sweetwater get ready!" Redford barked. Redford did not have to repeat himself, as Marlowe expertly turned the light tank towards the other BMD's , while the other 3 solders readied their weapons and prepared to rescue the helpless women...

A few minutes earlier...

Usagi did not know where she was or how she got there. Her last memory was of being with her fellow shenshi, as the were doing battle with a yoma that was reeking havoc in an electronic store in Juban District. The battle had been hard but it looked like that they were winning. That is until the creature had managed to strike down Sailor Saturn and Sailor Mercury went in to see if the young shenshi was alright. It was then Usagi/Sailor Moon saw the creature advance on her 2 friends and being the person that she was, dove in to protect them. The creature for its part just smiled and let loose a bright flash and the next thing she knew, the electronic store was gone and she, along with Mercury and Saturn, she was in the middle of what looked like a massive golf course.

"Ami! Hotaru!" Usagi screamed, as she saw her 2 friends laying on the ground. At the sound of Usagi's voice, both girls began to stir and awoke to find a hysterical Sailor Moon kneeling over them.

" Usagi-chan, what happened?" Hotaru asked in a rather dazed and tired voice, as she picked he self off the ground using her glaive.

"Ami, are you all right?" Sailor moon asked frantically, helping her dearest friend and shenshi up off the ground. "Yea, am fine. What happened, where's the... where are we?" the blue haired shenshi asked.

"I... I don't know. The last thing I remembered was facing off with that Yoma and there was a bright flash. The next thing I know, we are here." Usagi explained as best as she could. Then it hit her, "OH NO! Where's everyone else?" she exclaimed frantically. It was then as the other 2 began to look around, that they realized that they were all alone. There was no sign of the other shenshi any where. But their thoughts about this were soon interrupted when several explosions rocked the land scape around them. Usagi screamed and held on to Hotaru protectively, as Mercury brought her visor down and scanned the area in front of them and what she saw, shocked her. For advancing on their position, were 2 tank like vehicles and there flashes coming from their turrets. A few seconds later, another series of explosions occurred around them, causing a few of the trees behind them to shatter. It was only their experience as shenshi, that prevented them from being crushed by the falling mess of trees.

"Ami, what's happening?" Usagi yelled. "2 tanks, their firing on us and advancing. We can't stay here!" Ami replied, looking at her mercury computer at the data that she was receiving. Moon and Saturn did not have to be told twice, as along with Mercury, bolted out of the tree line and made their way out into the open. Away from the 2 offending "tanks", that just continued to advance and fire on them.

Running as fast as they could, the 3 shenshi ran across the open fields, as explosions from the tanks fire, went off all around them. Then, one lucky shot went off behind them, sending the 3 flying through the air and landing hard in a large sand pit. Sailor Moon, still dazed from her recent flight and hard landing, saw Mercury laying on the ground with a bad gash on her left arm, while Saturn was now kneeling beside her and using her healing powers to stop the bleeding. As Moon looked around, she saw the same 2 tanks from earlier still mover towards them, but the had stopped firing. 'they probably want to take us alive' Sailor Moon thought. But she was not about to let herself, or her friends be taken prisoner by any one. Not if she could help it any way. But then, she heard a rumbling sound approaching from behind her and when she looked, to the horror, she saw that another tank was quickly closing in on them. This was going to make things a little more difficult. But what happened next, surprised the Sailor to no great extent. For this new tank opened fire and struck one of the offending tanks. Destroying it rather quickly.

The other tank began to move and engage this new threat. The other tank just kept moving and continued to fire with 5 quick burst from its main gun. The first tank began to to open fire as well and scored some lucky hits on the new tank, but it was not enough as the second tank exploded in a massive fire ball. All Moon could do was look in awe, as what seemed to be their savior, roll up and come to a complete stop right in front of her. Saturn and a now fully healed but still dazed Mercury came up beside her and looked at the tank as well. Then, the tank's front hatch opened and up popped on a rather grizzled and dirty looking solder. The solder for his part just looked at the oddly dressed trio with a puzzled look and said in English...

"Um... is every one...um... alright..?"