Prologue - The Theft

The helicopters overhead sounded like fireworks as several heavily armed men in black coveralls raced through a remote military base somewhere on the border of Russia, killing anyone they saw that was affiliated with the Russian military. As this mysterious group of men raced outside of a barracks at the edge of the base, six black choppers landed on an excessively oversized helipad that was directly beside the barracks. The armed men quickly began assisting the passengers of the aircraft in connecting numerous steel cables to the feet of the choppers, then removed a green tarp from a massive object, revealing a substantial set of nuclear missiles. The missiles were grouped together on a massive barge that, until moments before, had been heavily guarded. The men in coveralls were terrorists, and had stormed the military base only one hour earlier, killing and injuring most of its occupants.

Suddenly and unexpectedly, several additional officers from the Russian army emerged from the barracks, approaching the choppers. They purposely tried to limit the amount of gunfire they used, because they did not wish to upset the cluster of warheads, but still wanted to prevent the apparent theft by these mysterious men. As they attempted to halt the robbery each officer was instantly mowed down by assault rifle fire from the men on the helipad, however it was evident that the men firing the guns were also careful to not disturb the warheads.

Once the last of the military were finally neutralized, the mysterious men in coveralls continued to attach the barge full of warheads to the feet of the six helicopters.

"We're ready to transport the missiles," one of the men in coveralls announced into a two-way radio, as the barge was finally connected to the helicopters. "Mr. Armonov is going to be very pleased," he said to a fellow terrorist with a smile. "One day we're all going to be very rich men."

As the confirmation was given, the group of terrorists quickly boarded the helicopters, which in turn carefully lifted in unison. As they ascended into the air, the barge was carried off into the beautiful Russian sunrise.