SITREP A-01: Well this is my first attempt on making a fanfiction, hope you guys like this! I am open to any comments, criticism, and feelings. This is just a short introduction.
Chapter 1 - Debriefing Delta 5-1
The team awoke to a blaring alarm from the barracks ceiling, an unpleasant sound for the early morning. Most of the newly placed members in the team thought the base was under imminent attack, and instinctively reached for their weaponry. Little did they know that this alarm was the team's wake-up alarm. While the recruits scrambled for their armor and weaponry, the veterans of the team watched from their bunks grinning. They have seen this before, but it was still a hilarious sight to see. Some of the recruits started to head straight for the door with full gear on, but the veterans caught them just in time.
"Hey! Greenhorns!" One of the bulky veterans called them out in a drill sergeant's voice. Some of the experienced started to burst out laughing.
"Y-Yes sir!" The recruits abruptly stood at attention towards them, blocking off the exit of the barracks.
"You know that this is just our wake-up alarm, right?" Said one of the guys in a southern-country accent. Suddenly a chorus of laughter started from the bunks of the experienced.
The recruits started to feel red-faced by that remark, and soon the other recruits still preparing their equipment started to realize the situation. It was such an embarrassment for them, even on the first day of being placed into Delta 5-1. They were supposed to be a special forces unit, not laughing stalks.
"Alright, everybody up, be in full uniform at o-five-fifty!" Came a official sounding voice in the back of the barracks. The person stood out of the shadows for the team to see. It was the leader of the unit. A melody of "Yes sir!" Came from the Rangers.
The team was made up of around twenty experienced army and marine personnel, some that have just made it into the Army Rangers and some that have been in it for a couple of years. They were a task force unit assigned to different reconnaissance missions in Afghanistan, but some of those missions were search and destroy missions. They were also a step down from the more famous and elite special forces, such as the SEAL teams. Overall it was better than getting sent deep into enemy territory with only a few guys.
The lights in the barracks flipped at full power, showing the light green walls and the makeshift ceiling. The white light also glinted from the Ranger's universal camouflage uniforms (A grey digitalized pattern).
They stood at attention near their bunks, awaiting for the leader's orders. Some were chatting quietly, talking of different things in their military life. The leader then came out, ending the quiet conversations suddenly.
"Alright men, looks like we have a little mission to be debriefed for us at the mission room at o-nine-hundred, daylight mission, should be a easy trip. I have nothing else to report, so you guys know the drill. Dismissed." He stepped back into his office in the back of the barracks while the soldiers flooded out the exit. The cool desert morning started to flow onto the soldiers, and the humming sound of helicopters filled the barracks. This was mostly just a normal day to the Rangers.
A few hours later in the Human Universe...
"So Rangers, this mission is nothing special. Just some patrols in the Eastern Kabut area, checking for IED's, making sure there's no insurgent forces in the area. However, there is a request from the... Central Intelligence Agency about this mission..." The speaker looked up at the audience in confusion. The Rangers were also perplexed by this statement, since an average patrol shouldn't have such higher concern. But another figure walked up onto the stage, lightened more by the light blue screen behind him and the speaker.
"Hello Rangers, I am agent Mace Macedonia, with the International Warfare Agency. I will be handling the CIA's request and assisting with your mission." He grinned slightly, only causing suspicion to the Rangers.
"Uh sir, are you authorized for this?" The leader of the team spoke out in the front of the room, with a worrying tone in his voice.
"Oh yes, I am!" The person reluctantly pulls out a badge and ID, showing his credentials. From the ID it appeared he was an high-ranking intelligence officer in the IWA. "Now if that doesn't show how official I am, I don't know what else will."
"I thought the IWA was supposed to be dealing with conspiracies and crazy paranormal shit, cause last time I checked those royal blue helmets you wear looked hideous!" Said one of the Rangers in the back. The audience chuckled from that remark.
"Ah, well there is always a court marshal at my hand if you need one." Said the IWA officer. The audience spoke out with a "ooooo" voice, then laughed a little.
The speaker became increasingly annoyed by the argument. "Alright, enough guys! Officer, explain your purpose for this mission."
"Well, apparently I gotten clearance by the CIA and the military to work with you guys for the International Warfare Agency. Um, sir, may I?" The officer took over the desk at the stage, and turned on the PowerPoint that hooked up to his computer. "So there is a place on the Kabut highway, on grid zero-five-nine-thirty, that is kinda secretive and hidden away in the mountainous terrain. Now, I cannot tell you what this place is, but I can tell you it's a little... Bat-shit crazy." The PowerPoint flipped to a map of the highway, then flipped over to some pictures of strange objects in the sky. "Now, the IWA has gotten recent reports of paranormal entities within the area, and someone needs to go investigate this, hence why your mission is kinda being diverted to this."
The leader spoke up again. "Sir, do you know what these so-called entities are? Are they dangerous in any way?"
"Well, if I told you the whole story then I'd probably expose years of secrecy. But what I can tell you is that these things are not aggressive, and we probably may not find them at all in this area." Said the officer with little concern.
"So sir, are these things... Aliens?" One of the Rangers said.
The officer grinned at them. "Sorry, not gonna comment on that. Any other questions?" The audience sat in silence and some confusion. "Alright then, sir," He gestured at the speaker.
The speaker then took command of the stage desk. "Well I have no further reports for this mission, you will be deployed to two MRAP's and one Humvee for this mission, further directions will reside with your team commander. That's all."
The audience of Rangers filed out the room with a bustle of conversations. The statements of the intelligence officer confused and amazed them all, since this was something that the team has never heard of. But one thing was in all of their minds, what was this place?