Masked and Open

by Z-01 Attack Helicopter

A new operator is to join, he was in the building for less than a minute and he was informed of an operation, Twitch is his partner and soon grows to like, he will soon become a historic legend

1. Introduction

A/N: This a new story I came up with, it was meant to be a Reader x Twitch type of thing but I soon changed it, one last thing, this the worst out of the 2 chapters, good reading Operation Consulate

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

April 16th 2016

10:39:44

Death solves all problems, no man, no problem - Joseph Stalin

I opened my eyes fuzzy from the explosion, I looked around seeing my fellow comrade on the floor, I tried to get up noticing the pain in my hands and shoulders they ached at the contact of the floor when I got on myfeet I looked at my hands, the gloves I wore were shredded barely protecting anything on my hands, but my mind switched to the fallen comrade on the floor, ignoring every one of the thoughts, I lifted her onto my shoulders the weight causing immense pain and stress

"Ghost 3 come in, Ghost 3 come in, if your hearing this we are coming to you stay there. " A British voice came through

"Baseplate do you read? Baseplate do you copy?" No Reply "Shit *sigh* well I'm going to die." I said to myself

I went up stairs onto the middle floor, it looked unscathed from the explosion although the smell of smoke filled the air, the pains in the shoulders grew to the point that my body was about to give up, so I sat my comrade down and pulled her pistol from the holster due to losing my pistol that had the only ammo, I looked around checking everywhere with no exception until a helicopter was heard, I felt relief fill my body and made a last attempt and lifted the woman on my shoulders, they screeched with pain but I pushed through knowing it'll be over soon

"We're here, if your alive come to the skylight." The helicopter pilot said through the radio

I limped My way over towards the skylight in the centre of the building, every step killing me, damaging me, ending me, finally I made it

"We see them, go go go. "

I look up to see the most relieving sight I've had in my life, 5 people sliding down the ropes from the helicopter, as they landed I collapsed, my body broken, my breath fast and heavy almost hyperventilating, a person in navy blue and white rushed towards me,

"You're going to be alright, I'm hitting you with something. " as the person finished, a click and my body was able to control the breathing, morphine, the man walked off slightly to your left giving you space

"How's he doing Doc?" A man asked he had a thick beard and I assumed it was the navy seal known as Blackbeard

"Good, he's broken but alive he carried Emma from down there to here after an explosion. "

"Hey kid, you are a tough son of a bitch, rest easy you deserve it and don't worry about Emma, she'll be fine, just get some rest and relax hopefully you will get a day or two break."

"Thanks." I spoke weakly then I drifted off and fell asleep

10 hours later

Hereford base

20:56:09

In war there is no prize for the runner up

-General Omar Bradley

I awoke from My slumber and slowly rubbed My eyes, the smell of chlorine filling my lungs making me nauseated, I stretched my arms and flipped my legs to the side of the bed inside what I assumed to be the infirmary, then the man in navy came through the doorway and went to me,

"Good to see you awake, Deluxe how are you feeling. " he asked me

"Nauseated probably because of the smell around here." I explained

"Ah you'll get used to it, I'm Gustave or Doc as my codename suggests. " He said

"Nice to meet you Gustave, I presume you know my name." I said

"Yes I do, I must mention that I'm amazed by your body strength and stamina. "

" Why mention this?"

"Because you do realise that you endured the pain equivalent to getting hit by a truck twice and you kept going for 30 minutes, that is pretty insane to say. "

"What? Is it because I'm new and no one expects that?"

"Yes and no, yes because your new and you only arrived 5 minutes until that mission and no because no one here has done that. "

"Huh, I'm proud of that, hows Emma?"

"You know her name? "

"While we were travelling to the mission area, we got to know each other and I told her about my Rhino 3 and why I was brought here."

"She seems found of you already, I think she wants to thank you for saving her while enduring that much pain AND get the objective done. "

"Can you tell me my injuries before I go?"

"Leaving huh? *Chuckles* sure, you have a few shrapnel injures all should be fine now, um and a stich in your shoulder. "

"Wow, that's it?"

"Yep, pretty lucky if you ask me. "

"Alright thanks Gustave."

"Anytime. "

I got up and walked out of the Infirmary, butterflies grew in my stomach but I had no reason why, as I went upstairs I start to notice that no one was awake, I wanted to feel worried but I knew that it was late, I think , Twitch's room was to My left I stopped and knocked the door, I heard footsteps and the door opened

"Oh Hi, good to see awake come in. " She said peeking her head

She opened the door fully and you entered sitting on a chair in the corner, the room was mostly plain except for a desk that had parts scattered on, though a mess it seemed neat, I stopped and focused on the French women in front me,

"How are you feeling? I asked

"Fine thanks to you, otherwise I would dead or getting interrogated right now, thank you so much I never expected a rookie to save me and they fact you went through so much pain flatters me. "she answered

"Your welcome I guess, although I am new doesn't mean I'm going to leave you."

" not be rude but what's with the mask? We're not in the field anymore." She asks noticing my mask

"I prefer to hide my face behind a mask mostly because of something that has haunted me for years. "

"Can't you take it off, for me?" She says using her puppy eyes

I didn't what to do, the monster I've successfully hid away from everyone for so long but it was time to let someone know, I found the button behind my ear and pressed it twice to confirm, the mask loosened up allowing me to pull it off, as I pulled it off a red dragon tattoo was presented to the French her face lit up seeing it,

"How is that a nightmare, it's astonishing. " She said confused

"Yeah, I did it my self but the background isn't pleasant, I know you want to know but *sigh* I can't its... just too hurtful, but I need to tell at least someone, I guess it's going to be you." I said feeling emotions from the past, and looking in the mirror you have in pocket examining the tattoo

"I'm not forcing you to tell me, tell me if you want to. "

"Back when I was younger, I joined this gang that were actually cool didn't do any illegal activity, no drugs, no guns, no nothing one day I got this tattoo to remind of the best people I've ever known, the day after I returned to the hideout to find everyone dead, casings scattered over the floor, I looked at the video feed and found someone jus just gunned them all down, all 20 of them. " I tried to control my emotions succeeding but the women saw straight through it

"I'm sorry for that, I didn't mean to hurt you or make you remember anything hurtful."

"No, it's fine I shouldn't be so emotional over something that happened a while ago. "

"But they were your friends, you can't just forget everything happened."

"I wish I could." You said sliding back on your mask

"Wait."

I hesitated then looked at Twitch

"If you are to put that mask and presumably keep it on then how am I meant to do this. "

She kisses me, she lets go to give me space and to think

"Heh, I guess that works." I say with a smile

She smiles back at me "That's the best way say to thank you."

I looked down at the mask, it showed its striking posture, it was made to intimidate shock fear in to enemies and obviously to protect the head,

"Hey, Elais wants to see you fight, CQC style." Twitch said looking at her laptop

"Is he the German with the flash shield? Just saying but I would trust Gilles more. " I said sliding on the mask and pressing the button

"Don't worry, everyone agrees with that statement."

I chuckled as I left, if I could remember correctly the CQC training is downstairs, I headed down and saw the man known as Blitz talking to others,

"Ah, I'm glad to have fresh blood around. " He said in a cocky tone

"The only fresh blood here is you, well to me anyways." I said

"Alright let's see what you got, Don't hold back. "

He stood on the opposite corner of the ring, we moved towards the middle, he threw a punch, I ducked under it and kick the back his leg putting to one knee then followed by a swift kick to the back, Blitz rose to both feet putting his hand on his back, I took this opportunity to throw my punches, I hit with a left hook the midsection then right followed by another left but to the jaw, sending him to the ground,

"Alright, you made your point go get something, I hope you didn't kill him. " Said a man "Trace by the way."

"Call me Deluxe, my nickname. " I said

"Fine by me."

I took off the gloves and dropped them beside the door on a bench, I proceeded to the mess hall, I got a salad my abitite hasn't been the best lately, then I was called to a meeting with the director of Rainbow,

I made my way to the floor the director was at and knocked the door,

"Come in. "

"You requested me ma'am?" I asked

"Yes, I want to know how your first op went, I did get the brief but I would to hear it from you."

"Descriptive or brief ma'am? "

"middle ground."

"When me and Pichon had landed, she used her Drone to scout and destroy any C4s and bombers, she had cleared everywhere and we moved to the Chemical weapon met with no resistance, when the weapons were out of commission a bomb went off beside us that was under the car, I was fine but Pichon was out so I carried her up to the piano room when the helicopter arrived I collapsed because the strain my body was put through fell unconscious. "

"That's better the brief was little vague, I wanted you for another thing, I wanted to say well done, I understand you barely got anytime to settle and you had to go on an operation but you still completed your objectives and got out alive saving a teammate. "

"That's what we have to do be ready for anything."

"Yes but a recruit should at least practice, especially if they are there for 5 minutes but I'm glad your ready, the final thing I would like to tell you is that you will be going out on another op solo, this is a very high risk op and you need gather information from a computer about a HVT then assassinate them or bring them back for interrogation. "

"Where will I be going?"

"Russia. "

"Roger that, I will interrogate the HVT if I bring them back."

"That's fine, dismissed and good luck, you are to leave at 0100 hours. "

" Yes ma'am. "

I saluted and exited the room, I had to figure something out, I guess I was going to use a CZ Scorpion Evo along with a USP 45. Tactical for the op, but I'm need to find something to do, Play the xbox in the rec room, yea.

So I walked down the stairs and down the hallway, and into the rec room, it was empty so I turned on the xbox and sat down onto the couch to play Forza Motorsport 6, it was clear that people played this and were bad at it, they all assists on full and the easiest difficultly was on, I was ashamed of whoever does this but we all started off somewhere, so I turned most assists off and chose the Lamborghini Super Trofeuo, a racing version of the Gallardo, I chose the difficulty due to forgetting previously and pick the bernese Alps, a track in Switzerland, I started the race and waited for it to load,

"You play this?" A voice came from behind me

"Yeah, I've played games for my whole life."

I said knowing who it was

"Come on let's see what you got. " Said the French women

The Countdown finish and I was off into first from 5th, the first turn was a long with a 90mph top speed, the lamborghini's down force helped it and I got through quick and went full speed through the shicanes and down the hill hitting the brakes towards the turn, I looked to my right seeing Twitch amused by the racing, so I continued, I braked light towards the bridge to allow as much speed as possible, I felt 3 more pairs of eyes on me, I knew they heard me racing and had a peek, the next turn was a easy turn not much, them I raced into the tunnel with no sign of unbeatable bots, the next was a difficult turn it requires a lot more braking than you would think, so I braked about 50 meters extra and made it look easy, then it was a long light bend, allowing the lamborghini to use its full potential, I raced up not letting go of the gas, right, left and I let go of the gas for a second so I didn't take damage from hitting the wall, as I continued towards the finish line, a turn similar to the first and finish, 1:44:74

"How many people are here? 5?" I asked

"6 were here, Dom, Craig, Megan, Monika, Elais and Eliza. " Twitch answered

"I think they are still watching." I said pointing to the Black eye in the top corner

"Nah, it's just me. " Valkyrie said popping her head around the door

"Where did the rest go?" I asked her

"To sleep, I'm not tired for some odd reason and can you play more I love watching you race it's so fascinating. "

"Meghan is right, your racing is a lot of fun to watch and you do so much better than me." Twitch added

"So that's why the assists were on your trying to get better at the game. "

"Well I only started playing it."

"Don't worry, everyone started off somewhere but I would turn off the braking and steering assists, both slow you down and are not needed. "

"I'll try it."

"It seems I got time for 2 more races as it is 12 o'clock and I need to go by 1."

"Why?" Twitch asked

"I'm going on an infiltration mission to steal some info and either eliminate an HVT or extract him to get more info via interrogation. "

"Are you going by yourself and who's going to be the interrogator?"

"Yes and me, I can people talking I've done it before and I'll do it again."

"Can you please get racing I'm bored. " Valkyrie said

"I can't, I've just thought of something else to do," I said handing the control over to Twitch "Try what I said." I said to her winking an eye at her

I walked out of the room past Valkyrie and to the armory downstairs, I looked at the weapon racks spotting a Skorpion EVO, why they had it I don't know but it was mine know, since I lost my MP5k in the explosion, I found a holographic, suppressor and vertical grip, but I wanted something else a dual magazine holder holding two mags at once but I guess I can live without it then I found a USP 45. Tactical, it had everything.

I now had to leave as it was 12:55, I had most of my gear and equipment, I checked my Masks HUD, all fine, and I headed up to the helipad outside,.

Somewhere in Russia,

Operation Tag and Bag

01:20:30

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: but it is the courage to continue that counts

- Winston Churchill

I sat still as a squad of 15 walked past me, I didn't breath, didn't move, didn't look, once they had passed I moved out of the bush I was in, the darkness helped me walk past a set of guards so I continued toward the facilty in front, it seemed to be a research lab for their weapons and toxins in chemicals, I entered the building via a automatic door, the hallways had no cover but luckily the office I needed to head to was to the right, I entered it seeing the HVT on his computer he didn't see me so I crept on him, I was not far from him when he saw and put up his hands instantly and said don't shoot, I knocked him out and proceeded to hack the computer it didn't take much time as the data was transferred onto a USB stick, but all of a sudden the building stated shaking and explosions were heard,

"Fox 1 the US army are hitting your position with airstrikes, they have stopped for now and a chopper is being sent to the rooftop of the building, it will be there is in 5 minutes get up there fast!"

You've got to be kidding me. I said to myself I grabbed the HVT and ran out of the office, White mask soldiers came my way and started shooting, I avoided the fire and went up stairs luckily it was only 3 floors and I arrived as with the helicopter landing Twitch was covering me as whites came from behind, I loaded the HVT bit an RPG was fired at the helicopter barely missing,

"Get out of here met me at LZ bravo! " I told the pilot through the radio

"Roger"

I saw it fly away with Twitch holding her hand out to me, I turned around and started shooting but too many were present so I looked down to see a conveniently placed stack of mattresses, so I jumped and landed onto them winded, I got up and ran to the LZ, bullets flew past me as whites chased me shooting I continued running towards the LZ I saw Twitch firing her weapon back at the whites, the helicopter still spinning the rotors, I was right there when A bullet hit me, I coughed blood and fell unconscious

Emmeline Pichon aka Twitch

We must be prepared to take heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we ungrudgingly make from the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart

-Albert Einstein

I looked down to see Deluxe shot, I grabbed him by the carrier and pulled him aboard,

"Get us out of here now! " I shouted

The helicopter lifted off, I continued to suppress the Whites, when we out of sight I went to Deluxe, the bullet hit him bad and I didn't know if he was going to live, I applied pressure to the wound,

"Command this is Tyrant 4, we've got a wounded man prepare for medical, it's a bullet wound through his lower left abdomen. "

"Solid copy, medical is being prepared as we speak."

I continued to apply pressure, I doubt he will live.

30 minutes later

02:00:12

Nothing in life is as exhilarating as to be shot at without result

-Winston Churchill

We arrived at base and Medic took Deluxe to the infirmary, I turned around to the HVT he had extracted, it's personal now

I carried him down to the interrogation room and strapped him to the chair, I grabbed a bucket full of water and splashed it over him,

"What wa- where am I? " he said frantically

"A place that needs you to answer some questions, if answer correctly you get out with no harm done, answer wrong and it's going to be a long day." I said

"Fine by me. " He said calmly

"What plans have you been involved in?"

"I'm a scientist who working on the chemicals. "

"What's in the chemicals?"

"A special blend of spices, herbs and plants its used to knockout some people and kill others. "

"So you any moves they plan to make?"

"They were planning to attack Russia but I think the facility is destroyed now if I heard correctly. "

"Thank you for being so cooperative, we will keep you under security here until we find a place and a top range security detail, but if we need you we will contact you and also 24 hour surveillance will be on you so no sketchy moves can be made."

"As long as I'm safe I cool with it. "

I unstrapped him and told him to stay until more people came to pick him up, I was glad it went so well but I was really worried about Deluxe, he got us that info and more was to processed, right now he is the best operator here even for a recruit he saved me and retrieved valuable intelligence along with an HVT, all in his first day and hopefully not his last, as I went upstairs Doc met was there waiting for me, I could tell it wasn't good news,

"How is he Gustave? " I asked nervous

"Not good, his blood level has dropped and can I talk to you in private and not in a hallway please." He said

"Yeah, let's go to my room. "

Doc and I went to my room, I opened the door letting him in first and I sat on my bed after closing the door,

"As I said he isn't doing well, but I can tell you like him a lot so I may as well get to the point, Deluxe is in a coma."

"Wh-what? Y-your kidding? T-this is a dream?" I said as my eyes filled with tears

"No, it's not, I'm sorry I had to deliver this news to you so harshly. " Doc said apologetically

"Thank you Gustave, it's not your fault I just need time."

"I'm always available if you want to talk. " Doc said exiting the room

I grabbed my pillow and felt my world fall apart, I was filling with a hunger for Revenge, a unsational type of hunger,

Knock*" Emma we got a white mask, I think he needs a beat down. " Valkyrie said thought the door,

I wasn't a human anymore I was a demon, a wild animal looking for food for this unsational hunger I had, I got up and went downstairs where I found Blackbeard holding the white,

"Oh, your I'm for it now buddy." He said to him grabbing him by the collar

I grabbed the enemy and punch him the face not caring about the mask, he fell to the ground, I kicked him in the stomach causing him to roll on his back, I pinned him to the ground and punched him in the face, again and again and again and again until I was pulled off him by Blackbeard, I wriggled free and kicked him in the balls making the White cry for mercy

"Alright, you made your point and never do that to me please. " He said to me

I smiled him briefly and walked off upstairs" You really messed up pal. " I heard, I felt a lot better than before but I still felt down and hurt, Valkyrie came up to me and gave me a surveillance device it showed a camera looking at Deluxe, it hurt me to see him in such a state

"Thank you, really appreciate it." I said

"Don't mention it, I feel bad for you and him I'd hate to lose him as he's the best operator here."

"Meghan, I know he is and I'm going to sleep now, later. "

"See ya."

I went to my bed and got into my pj's and went to sleep

5 days later

April 21st 2016

Classified, classified

17:39:45

If you are shamed to stand by your colors you had better seek another flag

-Anonymous

The past 5 days have been the worst days of my life, I can't eat or drink and my emotions are killing me, stabbing my heart every second, I love him so much I can't deny it and here I am, looking at him through a device, I have been staring at him for the past hour, I was about to switch it off when I see him throwing up, probably due to the pain meds he was on, I quickly went downstairs and to the infirmary, I slowed down coming around the corner, I notice it was empty so I adanced through to see Deluxe look at his hand, he was bound to feel horrible,

"Hey, how you feeling?" I ask

"Shitty, how much pain meds did he put me on? I feel like he got a tube a flowed them down my throat. " He asked

"Well its to help with that." I said pointing at the now healed scar in his lower left abdomen

"Yeah, that would explain it." he said resting his head

"How is he?" Doc said coming from the doorway

"I'm fine, just pain meds are killing me." he explained

"Stop wining and your stitch seems to have healed nicely, once you feel that you are able to walk, you can walk out but keep in mind that you've been out for 5 days in a coma. "

"A coma? I had you worried Emma didn't I?" he said to me

"Damn right you did. " Said Bandit coming through" She wasn't eating or drinking properly."

"She nearly kille- well no actually killed a White with her bare hands. " Said Blackbeard following Bandit

"And she always kept tabs on you from the camera I set up." Valkyrie said following Blackbeard

I'm pretty sure I was blushing at that point

"Your kidding? Well atleast I know you care about me. "he said noticing I was bright red" I just wanted to ask but why are you here Dom? "

"I never got to meet you on your first day, and Meghan forced me to" he explained

"Fair enough. "

" Alright all of you go do somethingelse and give space. "

"Emma, can you help me out here." he asks me

I helped him up, at first I thought he was going to fall but no, he walked normally and ran normally but then he lifted me to test his strength, one arm he lifted me onto his shoulder, I giggled, he smiled and Doc looked surprised at the fact that a recently woken human is stronger than before after a 5 day slumber.

"What? Surprised I can do this? " He asked Doc putting me down

"Of course I am, your muscles should be aching and you shouldn't be able to walk properly."

"Just get over it, I know its supernatural but just live with it." he said Doc just walked off "Hm, I guess I'm too much of a surprise, I'm going to hit the gym."

"I would come with but I need to do something else. " I said to him

"Whatever floats your boat." He said making me giggle

He went to his room and I went to get a special something.

Unknown aka: Deluxe

Don't ask what your country can do for you, think what you can do for your country.

J. F Kennedy

I got changed, grabbed a water bottle, a towel and headed to the gym, It was quiet and a draft was present, I knew it would help me cool down later, I arrived at the gym seeing no one, I went to lift weights I put on 125 lbs and got to work it was easy to lift off the mount, up and down easy, and put it back on, I added an extra 25 lbs and tried again, now it was a challenge up, down, up, down I continued thus for 10 minutes and stopped, I sat and wiped the sweat of my head looking around again, still no one was present, this was starting to get to me, where was everyone?

I felt something was off and not normal, so I walked back to my room and a white mask squad came around the corner, I ran into my door to get into my room and strap my armor on and grabbed Skorpion I went to pull back the receiver handle but it jammed, I heard them getting to breach I tried again and again when it came loose and I fired it at the door killing at least 1 or 2 next I kicked through causing 2 whites to fall, I proceeded to check outside, no more.

I pressed the alarm and waited for back up, I heard more gunfire but not from or at me, I went upstairs to see another squad gunning down a recruit, his body falling down the stairs followed by a huge soldier, I dived back down and into cover, I peeked over to see a behemoth head towards me, I fired into it barely scratching it but the face plate was smash able, so fired into it and rushed it knocking off it feet and a knife in its head, I checked every floor seeing nothing and the alarm stopped, I kneeled to one knee looking at the recruit, sadly she was almost ready to an operator I grabbed to body and sat it up and closed the eyes right when Fuze and kapkan came up behind me,

"What happened and where are the others?" Fuze asked

"Honestly, I don't know. "

"But it tho-" Kapkan said in Russian but was hit in the chest by Fuze"He can't understand us. "

"I can understand you and tell me what it is." I said

"Nothing, Maxius here thought you were doing it and you are stupid. " Fuze said to Kapkan

"Sorry, I forgot he was new and nice to meet you." He said

"Yeah nice to meet you too, can you help me clean up." I asked

"You go take a rest we'll clean here. "

"Thanks and oh ah we lost Blackburn she's in the stairs, I'll deal with her you deal with the rest."

"Shit, that's unfortunate. "

I went to the body and carried it to the infirmary, I sat her down and was about to walk off until a cough was heard, I immediately went over and looked she had her eyes open and was breathing normally, the only injury was a bullet to her shoulder, luckily it wasn't stuck, I found gauze and a bandage to wrap around the injury, a few minutes passed and she was fine,

"Thanks for the bandage. " she said to me

"It's temporary until Gustav gets back and make sure to get a new plate."I told her

After that I went to the armory, I felt that the whites were going to attack again, so I looked for an LMG, I found a MG4 a German work of art, I put on a grip, Reflex and laser sight, I was about to test it when I heard gunfire and a helicopter, I rushed up to see everyone on the team come back in 3 jeeps and the helicopter, Thermite, Blitz, Twitch, Ash, I.Q, Thatcher, Jackel, Bandit, Jäger, Frost, Buck and Montagne came out of the jeeps, Jackel and Buck were hurt the rest shot at Whites chasing them

"Retreat! Retreat!" I heard someone shout, they fell back I pushed forward, the 200 box mag I had encoencouraged me to cover them, I set up on a sandbag barrier that faced the driveway, 100 footmobiles coming towards me shooting, I fired at them shredding them apart but more came, what did they do? The whole fucking world was in front of me,i continued fighting but I had run out, I reloaded and peeked again but they much closer now, still I continued shredding more arms and everything were flying bit then the rush stopped to be reinforced with a gunship, I took aim at that and shot it down but hitting pilot the only problem was, it heading right towards me. I got up and ran the helicopter coming in fast, I dived barely dodging the blades, I lay there out of breath my body feeling shaky and weird still I held off a full scale assault mostly by myself, I got up and it to the building as rain was hitting me, I stopped and slumped my body against the wall taking out the ammo left in the MG4 and put it on safety, I sat it up and relaxed my body still out of breath.