Author's Note: Here is the start to another story, this one is going to be rough. My deepest condolences toward the families that suffered from the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995.

Prologue: Part 1

20 years ago… April 19th, 1995. Oklahoma City.

The sun was hot and it was beating down onto Sean Richardson's neck as he walked along the street. A taxi passed by him and it had a cool breeze following it. It filled the air around it. He was thankful for once that the taxi was going fast. The trail of cold air filled the sidewalk and made contact with him.

It was like a brief moment of bliss till the cold air was gone and the hot humid air returned. He wasn't even a block away from his home and he was already dripping with sweat. He wiped his head with his shirt and he felt a little better, but it was short lived; more sweat poured down his face drop by drop. He could keep wiping it away, but then his shirt would be soaked and would be a deep blood red when he was done.

So he endured through the almost unbearable heat. His black hair was sticking to his skin and was soaked. His blue eyes were constantly blinking so sweat wouldn't get into his eyes. He was sure he made a mistake going to meet his friend Jacob. They usually hung every day, but today Sean felt like bailing. As more cars past the hotter everything seemed to get.

He could go for a glass of ice cold water or really any liquid really. Sad thing was he and Jacob were not among the richest of families. They weren't dirt poor, but they couldn't do much. Most of the time they only had enough money to make it a month with food, one month at a time, that was what his mother always said. Sean's father had died when he was younger, his mother worked two jobs and it was just enough so they could get by. So Sean was used to not having much. Jacob's family was a little better off than his, but that was because Jacob still had his father, but he had a little sister as well. By little; by one year. Jacob liked to joke that Sean liked her secretly, but Sean would always get embarrassed and disagree with him.

Jacob on the other hand wasn't convinced and would often try to set them up. Her name was Natalie and she would usually do the same thing that Sean did if they were ever talking and Jacob would tease them. Whenever he did that Sean always felt like punching him in the face sometimes, because then the conversation would become awkward. Sean didn't know if he would see her today or if she would stay inside, Sean always saw her as the smart one of the two. Jacob always did enjoy a good laugh. In school every girl would gaze after him as they walked through the hallways. Sean was usually unseen, but if Jacob ever did get a girl to hang out with him she usually brought a friend then he would drag Sean along; hoping that he would get something. Sean never did.

He felt more the fourth wheel and the two girls just wanted Jacob and to be honest Sean was ok with that. He was used to not being seen. The only girl that did talk to him or even notice him was Natalie. That was usually because they saw each other every day. Sean was brought out of his thoughts when he saw Jacob waving at him and to Sean's surprise, Natalie was with him. Sean walked a little faster and Jacob brought him into a bro hug.

"Hello, nice day isn't it?" Jacob said happily

"Yeah if you want to die from drowning in your own sweat"

Jacob chuckled and gave him a pat on the back, Sean looked at Natalie as Jacob was letting him go. He gave her a shy smile and she gave him a small smile back.

"Hey Sean" she said

"Hey, you decided to join us"

Natalie nodded "More like forced to go"

"Dad said you've been cooped up inside for days and you needed to get some fresh air" Jacob said putting his arm around Sean's shoulders.

Natalie gave him a look "We live in the city, there's no such thing as fresh air"

Jacob waved her off and Sean chuckled. Jacob looked at Sean "So where to?"

Sean looked at him "You're the one who wanted to hang out"

Jacob frowned "So you and my baby sister wanted to stay inside, hmm that's weird."

Sean glared at him and Jacob smugly smiled. "Well then I say that we go to the pizza place down the street"

Natalie rolled her eyes "That pizza place is called Rays and its four blocks away. I'm already sweating from just standing here."

Jacob glanced back at her then looked in the direction of Rays "Then we better get moving"

Natalie shook her head in annoyance and she followed close behind him. Sean started after them and he was a little behind. He watched Natalie and Jacob bicker back and forth at one another, it was their thing. Scott was catching up to them as they had to stop and wait to cross the street. A small group of people walked exactly to where they were standing. Luckily Sean was only two feet away when the crowd engulfed them. Yeah small crowd? Not really.

Sean shoved and pushed past the numerous business men and women, it was the largest crowd he'd seen today, and then again he'd only been out of the house for thirty minutes. He got passed another business man and he stood behind Jacob and Natalie. Jacob was being his light hearted self, while Natalie was just annoyed by his constant prattling.

They must not have known he was right there, because they talked like he wasn't near them.

"Come on Nat you like him"

Natalie glared at him "He's a friend"

Jacob smirked unconvinced "Just a special friend?"

Natalie smacked him on the arm "Just shut up Jacob, if you tell him I will hurt you"

Jacob shrugged and smiled "Tell him what?"

Natalie glanced at him and Sean decided to stay out of the conversation and put on that he was out of breath as if he had run to catch up.

"Man you guys are fast"

Jacob looked back at him "Sorry, once we get moving it's hard to keep up"

Natalie was more surprised by him than Jacob was. Sean noticed that she looked at him a little longer than what would be deemed appropriate. Sean blushed and she seemed to come out of it herself and continued walking forward as the sign went from halt to walk. Sean followed them to Rays and by then they were all covered in sweat and breathing heavily. Jacob sighed and opened the door and a blast of cold air hit them and instant relief was given.

They walked into the restaurant and they found a booth. Sean could smell cooking pizza coming from the kitchen. Ray greeted Jacob as usual and they got a discount, Jacob worked at Rays from time to time. As Jacob was getting distracted, as usual by a couple of girls in the back booth, Sean and Natalie sat in the first booth; closest to the door. They both sat awkwardly for a minute or two. Sean during those two minutes looked out of the window and he looked up at the Federal building across the street. He looked back at the table and he looked at Natalie, everything was silent till he opened his mouth. "I felt like bailing today"

Natalie nodded "If it was up to me, I would have stayed home. It is miserable today"

Sean glanced back at Jacob as he talked to the girls and they were hitting it off, as usual. "Jacob seems ok"

Natalie shook her head annoyed "He always is, it's impressive"

Sean smiled and nodded. He looked at her and he liked how her long brown hair was resting on her shoulders, it made him feel weird. Natalie looked like she had to get something off her chest. "Ok Sean I need to tell you something"

Sean sat up and leaned forward listening, Natalie was a little hesitant at first "I figure that if I don't tell you, my brother will"

Sean instantly felt his heart jump and smack into his sternum as it found that it had no other place to go. It hurt a little. "Ok um…I'm just going to say it…I like you"

"I like you to" Sean spoke calmly

Natalie shook her head "Like you, like you"

Sean nodded and he looked into her bright blue eyes "I know"

Natalie's eyes widened "What?"

Sean shrugged "I heard you talking when we were waiting to cross the road"

Natalie's face turned bright red and Sean smiled at her "I like you, like you to"

Natalie nodded "I know"

Suddenly there was a loud crack and the ground shook and BOOM! The windows blasted inward and glass cut Sean's face and arms as he raised them. Dirt flew into the restaurant and it became hard to breathe. Sean and Natalie were thrown across the room from the shockwave of the blast and Sean's ears were ringing as he opened his eyes. The ceiling was spinning and he was seeing two of everything.

Sean couldn't focus from the loud ringing in his ears and he move very well. He tried to stand and he just lost balance and went to the floor again. He couldn't feel any pain, but that might just be from the adrenaline. Sean's heart was beating rapidly and he sighed. He slowly began to regain some balance and he stood up, he leaned against the booth and he looked out of the window. He saw mass chaos in the street and half the Federal building was blown to pieces. Sean saw one man not running and he shook his head and his vision began to focus more and the man soon became one and he saw him smirking. He blinked and he looked harder at him, he saw a clear tattoo of a spider on his neck. Sean tried to walk again, but he lost balance and hit the floor.

He landed and he saw Jacob crawling toward him "Sean! Sean!'

"I'm alright" Sean waved him off

Jacob kept crawling, Sean wondered why till he saw his leg, it was broken and the bone was sticking out of his skin. Sean looked away as it made his queasy. Sean pushed himself to a seating position and he looked around and he couldn't find Natalie. His heart was already beating a mile a minute and he didn't think it could beat any faster but somehow it did. "Where's Natalie?" Sean asked

Jacob shook his head "I don't see her"

Sean looked around madly "Check behind the counter"

Jacob began the long crawl toward the counter and Sean pushed himself up and tried to walk and he had to catch himself as he almost fell again. He put his hands on the counter and he looked over it and he saw Natalie's leg and he climbed over the counter and he landed on his back as he lost balance with his arms and fell to the floor. He groaned and he looked to his left and Natalie's face was a foot away from his.

He smiled in relief "Natalie, I thought…"

His words were cut short when he saw her give him no reaction. He frowned and he put his fingers to her neck and he didn't feel anything. He pushed himself up to a seating position. "Natalie?"

Natalie just stared back at him with a blank expression and blood was slowly running out of her nose. Sean felt his eyes begin to burn and he put his arms around her and he could feel that her neck and back felt weird. He clenched his jaw together and he held back tears as he looked down at her. Jacob finally got around and he looked at them and he stopped and he saw Natalie's blank expression. He looked horrified and he clenched his jaw and his chin trembled and his eyes began to water and he put him his face down into the floor and he smacked his fist down into the floor. He was quiet but Sean could tell that he was crying. Sean sniffed and he closed her eyes and he closed his and tears dripped out of them and to the floor. Sean began to silently sob as he held Natalie in his arms.

Five Years Later… 2000

The sun was just starting to rise and the tops of the skyscrapers were being touched by the rays of light. It was very early in the morning. Sean was living alone and he was spending his time in his apartment. His mother had passed away about a year ago. He spent the past five years training himself. He had a determination to join the military. He was hitting a punching bag and he was hitting it quickly. He was dripping with sweat and he was angry, he spent most of his time being angry.

He had one more day and then eh would be out of Oklahoma City and at military base for basic. He was looking forward to it. Ever since the day that the bomb went off he had a hatred for terrorism. He wanted to do something about it to. He was still good friends with Jacob and they were both going to basic. Sean had forgotten of course that Jacob was coming over today. He hit the bag and the door opened. Jacob stood there and he looked at him "Still hitting that thing, do you ever think that it cries every time it sees you?"

Sean chuckled "It's a non-living object Jacob"

Jacob nodded "I know, but all you do with your spare time is wale on the thing."

Sean hit the bag with four quick punches and Jacob nodded "You've gotten faster"

Sean smiled "I try my best"

"Literally, you moved like there was no such thing as physics"

"There is someone in the boxing ring that hits faster than I do, I just need to exceed past him"

Jacob crossed his arms "You are always trying to be better"

"And you're always trying to get me a girl"

"It's what I do"

"So how is Carol?"

"Uh we broke up, the whole basic thing got to her"

Sean frowned "Really, why?"

"She had a father that was in the military and he died so I understood. It was a mutual break up"

Sean turned around for the first time in the conversation "Sorry man, I knew how much you liked her"

Jacob shrugged "I was bummed at first then I remembered, I'm single again"

Sean frowned at him "One of these days you're going to get something"

Jacob shrugged "Maybe"

Sean chuckled "and you don't care"

"I don't give a damn"

Sean shook his head at him "You amaze me, Natalie would hate you now"

"She always hated me"

"No you annoyed her, now she would hate you"

Jacob smiled and it slowly turned to a sad smile as he remembered his baby sister. Sean turned bag toward the bag and he could see Natalie staring up at him and he hit the bag and it fell over and smacked into the floor. Jacob used the opportunity "Ok well we are going out for a night on the town, one last time"

"You're not coming back here?"

Jacob sighed "Only for holidays, mom"

Sean nodded "Right"

"Sorry about your mom, she was a hell of a woman"

Sean nodded "I know, sorry about your dad"

Jacob put his hand up to stop him "He made his own choice to leave early"

"He was still your dad"

"Yeah well tell him that, oh wait you can't that's right he shot his brains out"

Sean knew not to press the subject "Again sorry"

Jacob looked at the floor "I know, thanks. I don't know why is said that?"

Sean didn't have an answer for him "Well come on, I'll buy you a drink"

Jacob's face lit up and he laughed "Yes, finally you're buying"

"Yeah with your money" Sean said walking out of the room

Jacob sighed and he chuckled "as usual" he turned and followed him out of the room, he looked back and he looked at the poster of Captain America on the wall. He gave him a little salute "See you one day Cap"

The night of drinking maybe wasn't the best idea, Sean woke up the next morning and his head was pulsing painfully. He was in his bed and he put his hand to his head and he grimaced as his head ached. He heard a soft mumbling on the floor, he looked over and Jacob was lying on the floor and he was holding a half bottle of scotch in his hand.

Sean slowly moved out of his bed and he felt like the world was spinning with every step. He stumbled over to the bathroom and he splashed cold water into his face and he dried his face with a towel and he looked at the clock and he felt his heart sink "Shit"

So that was it, they both went to basic and they were both hungover on the way there and while the Drill Sergeant yelled at them. Sean fought with his body to not blink or start to sway, he did his best to stand up perfectly straight and not moving a muscle. Jacob was doing the same and they made it through their first day of basic, while being trashed, Jacob saw it as an accomplishment, Sean saw it as a stupid mistake.

Basic was actually very easy for Sean, maybe it was all the preparation he did before, or maybe it was just easy. Soon Jacob and Sean were out of basic and they were both U.S. Marines. Jacob was fine with being a marine, it fit his mentality, but Sean on the other hand wanted to keep going. He signed on for the Navy Seals as soon as he could once he found out all he could. Jacob wished him the best of luck, he knew that Sean wanted to go as far as he could, so he let him. It wasn't like he was going to be able to stop him either.

Sean moved on and he went for the training for the Navy Seals. It was hard, much harder than the Marines, made them look like a picnic. Sean loved it though, the challenge, before he knew it he was looking forward to sit in the cold water as the waves crashed over him. Sean passed his BUDs but he failed the psych evaluation, which made him mad, what was possibly wrong that made him not pass it?

Sean had the training and mentality of a Navy Seal, but he went back to the Marines, funny he was now one of the most deadly marines. He was soon back to the normal conditions with the other marines, he worked out more than them, but he didn't mind, it helped him think. Before he knew it they were sent on a mission, it was off the books, interesting, Sean though the Seals would have gotten the job, but he didn't mind. He wanted to prove himself, he had the training, now he just wanted to put it to use.

Night of the Operation…

Sean was standing next to Jacob, and he was helping him with his large pack. "You know, I was sure that we would have been split up"

"Well we're not, that means we're the worst thing that Rivas is going to see"

Jacob chuckled "So this guy, do you think he'll run once we see him?"

"Most likely"

"What a pussy" another marine said

Jacob shrugged "I don't know, maybe he's smart"

"Running away isn't smart" the marine said back to him

"Neither is charging into bullets head on, but it what we do, bravery has always been sort of like stupidity" Jacob said

"And what cowardliness is smarter?"

"Well if you're running away from someone you know you can get away from yeah, but run away from us, we won't think twice about popping two into your head"

Sean chuckled at Jacob's words "Do you think you'll be the one to kill him?"

"Probably not, it thought that job had already gravitated toward you Seal"

Sean chuckled, that was Jacobs's nickname for him, 'Seal', and Sean liked it. It actually caught on and it's what every marine that knew him called him. He patted Jacob on the helmet and he knew he was good to go. Sean already had his pack on, he was checking his M4 when the rest of the team came in "hey Seal, how you feeling tonight?" one of them asked

Sean shrugged "I don't' know, I feel a little tired actually, and I could use a beer"

"I'm buying once it's all over" another said smiling

Sean sighed "Thank you, then I'm beating you at pool"

"Not tonight, tonight I'm going to win"

"I don't think so Boyd" Jacob said

Boyd looked at Jacob "and why not?"

"My boy other there, he's too good"

Sean sighed "Jacob stop bragging, I know you've never won a game of pool against me either" Sean said while passing him

Boyd chuckled and Jacob shook his head "Someone needs to get him a girl" Jacob said watching Sean leave the area and walking out into the night. "What's wrong?" Boyd asked

Jacob sighed "I don't know, this would have been a job for the Seals, no doubt, why did they give it to us?"

"You think too much man" Jackson said walking out following Sean.

"Thinking is what keeps you alive" Jacob called after him

Boyd sighed and he loaded a magazine into his rifle "We better not keep Seal waiting, you know how he gets"

"All too well" Jacob said slightly chuckling.

The operation began and they were all sitting in a Black Hawk Helicopter. Sean was by the open door and he stared out at the night and he felt the cold win slightly brush against his face. He remembered the day that the planes hit the towers, it was the day that they were all sent out to this godforsaken desert. Sean looked back at everyone, he turned around and shut the door, and the area was quiet.

"Ok let's go over it again one more time" Sean said

They all gave him a nod "The compound is large, but one team should be able to do it"

"One team of Seals maybe"

"Hey tighten up, Marines can do it, a name of a type of soldier doesn't matter, we're all soldiers, let's be the best" Jacob said

Sean nodded "The name for Manuel Rivas is Rabbit"

"We named him rabbit because Seals got a feeling that he'll split when he sees us" Boyd said chuckling

"And he will, we have eyes on him the entire time, he makes a move announce it even if we see him do it, and we can't let him get away."

"Got boss" Boyd said

"Jackson, you are watching our asses the entire operation, we move you cover us, I don't want anyone getting shot in the ass and spend their time in the medical ward eating ice cream"

They all chuckled and they nodded. Sean felt a tap on the shoulder and he saw the pilot "It's a go in five"

Sean nodded "We get boots on the ground, we move with a purpose, fight aggressive, but not dumb, let's keep it tight" he ordered he looked at all of them and he saw the compound coming up "Orrah!" Sean barked "Orrah!' they all barked in in return.

"Ok let's kill this bastard" Jacob said and the Black Hawk hovered over the ground and they slid down on the ropes and they touched the ground and formed into a circle and they all stood ready. "Move"

They all ran quietly through the area and they could see the compound wall and Sean saw a guard. He put his hand up and they all stopped "Jackson" Sean whispered.

Jackson aimed and fired, the bullet hit the guard in the head and blood splattered against the wall and Sean gave them the sign to move forward. They moved as fast, but as quietly as they could. They made it to the wall and there was a door that opened and two guards walked out, one was smoking a cigarette. It caught them by surprise and Sean was the first to react and he tackled one to the ground and he brought his elbow down into his neck and smashed the man's larynx, Boyd hit one in the face with the stock of his gun and he shot him in the head.

Sean stood up and looked at everyone, "Move in"

They entered the door and they filed into the staircase that led up to the walkway on the wall, they came to the opening and they filed out and knelt down. Sean knew they still had the element of surprise and Manuel wasn't going anywhere "Jackson and Boyd go around the entire compound, take out all the guards on the wall, it will help with the Evac if shit hits the fan"

"Sir" they both said in unison

Sean nodded and he looked back at the others, "Let's keep moving into the compound"

They moved into the compound and Sean leaned against a wall and he peered out from it. He saw four men standing by a truck, they were talking.

Sean looked at Jacob "They're speaking Arabic, Intel?"

Jacob listened closely "They're talking about a soccer game"

Sean nodded, he looked at the others with him "Jacob on my mark"

Jacob gave him a nod and they both aimed at the four men having a good talk about soccer. Sean slowly breathed "3…2…1…mark"

They both fired and the four men hit the ground all at once. He gave Jacob a nod, "Keep moving"

They pushed forward and Jacob heard a door opening and a guard walked out, he grabbed him by the throat and stabbed him in the throat and the man tried to yell but only blood left his mouth. Jacob let his hit the ground and he gave Sean a nod, Sean kept moving and he saw a man on a roof of one of the buildings, he aimed and fired. The man fell to the ground with a bullet through his head.

Sean was happy with how things were going so far, but he knew something was going to go wrong, nothing goes this right. Sean and the others spent the next five minutes taking out men as they went farther into the compound. They came to the main building and he knelt down next to a car, he contacted Boyd and Jackson on the comms "Report"

"Men on the wall are all dealt with" Boyd responded

"Oh shit" Jackson said

"What?" Sean asked

"Um… Rabbit has a helicopter" Boyd said

Sean's eyes widened "Is it running?"

"No, it's sitting at the helipad, no one is near it"

Jacob tapped Sean on the shoulder "That wasn't part of the Intel"

Sean sighed "We'll make it work, Boyd, Jackson, find the enemies ordnance, stay on the wall, if the rabbit tries to leave shoot the damn chopper down"

"Sir" they both responded

"Keep me updated if anything changes"

"Copy"

Sean sighed and he knew that the job just got harder, now they really had to catch him and hope that he doesn't run. Sean motioned for them move upon the main building "Surround the damn thing"

They moved quickly and with a purpose, Jacob was next to Sean and they were both ready for what ever happened. They got to the door and Sean gave Jacob a nod and Jacob put his hand on the door and he pushed it open. He had his gun ready as they walked through the doorway and there weren't any guards, odd. Sean didn't like it, "Move to the stairs"

Jacob went first and he looked up at the balcony and he was ready to shoot anyone who poked their head over the railing. He slowly went up step by step and he was breathing calmly and Sean stayed at the base of the stairs and he looked at the other two rooms on other side. 'I'm searching down here" he said

"Copy" Jacob responded softly

Sean moved through the main living area and there weren't any guards and he was starting to become worried 'You got anything?"

"Nothing, it's like they moved house" Jacob said

Sean cursed under his breath and he got back on the comms "Boyd anything"

"Nothing Seal, wait, eyes on Rabbit, eyes on Rabbit"

"Where is he?"

"He's walking into the building you guys just entered"

Sean cursed and he spoke to Jacob "Jacob…"

"Heard him, stay hidden" Jacob said

Sean heard the door open and he clenched his jaw and he quickly went inside a closet. He cursed silently and he heard footsteps walking by. Sean spoke quietly "Make your way out of the building"

"What about you?'

"Don't worry about me, you just get to the chopper and if he runs shoot him as he comes toward you"

"Copy"

Sean sighed and he saw a shadow appear at his feet, he sighed annoyed, was he really going to open the closet?

The door began to open and that answered Sean's question and the door opened and guard was putting a coat away and Sean fired and killed him. What happened next was chaos, Sean ran out of the closet and dove over a couch and bullets fired at him. He saw a foot from under the couch and he fired and hit him, the man hit the ground and Sean shot him in the head. Sean stood up and killed two more men and he saw Manuel start to run away. "Rabbits running" he said to everyone

He heard gunfire ensue outside the building and an explosion shook the floor. Sean ran to a window and a chopper flew over the building and bullets hailed downward and a car exploded.

"Shits hitting the fan Seal" Jackson said

"I know, any eyes on Rabbit?"

"He is under fire from me" Jacob answered

"Keep him there"

Sean ran out of the building and fired his rifle as he went. He killed two men and he kicked another on in the back and fired two into his back. Sean kept moving and he saw the chopper come around for another run and Sean saw the bullets come toward him. He dove over and rock and slid down a small hill. "Someone destroy that damn chopper" he ordered

Sean got up and ran forward and he tackled a man to the ground and broke his neck, he got up and fired his rifle and killed three more men. Sean was out of bullets and he took the mag out and the tossed it at a man's throat and hit him. Sean quickly slapped a magazine into the gun and cocked it. He moved forward and killed three more men and he pulled out his pistol and killed two more.

Sean saw a man fire at him, a bullet hit him in the chest and he fell to the ground, Sean fired the pistol as he fell and killed the man. Sean was lucky that his bullet resistant plate saved him. He pushed himself back up and he saw Manuel behind a crate and he was under heavy fire from Jacob. Sean saw the chopper coming back around. "Shoot the damn chopper" Sean ordered

A rocket soon followed his words and hit the chopper in the back rudder and it began to spin out of control. Sean ran forward and he hit a man in the face as he ran, eh didn't have time to kill everyone. He hurdled a crat and eh was behind Manuel and he tackled him over the crate. They both hit the ground and Sean pulled out a knife and slammed it down toward Manuel and he stopped it just before it entered his throat.

Sean strained and he gritted his teeth and pushed downward, but Manuel held it off. Sean was tired of this and he put all his body weight and fell down on him and the knife went into his throat and blood squirted onto the ground and Manuel's eyes went wide. Sean got off of him and pulled the knife out and he grabbed his camera quickly and took a picture of Manuel with blood all over him and he was dead.

Sean stood and Jacob ran toward him and killed two advancing men. Sean stood up "Get to the Evac" eh ordered and three cars with men in them came into view and they all got out and fired at them.

"Run, get out of the compound" Sean ordered.

They both ran away from the men and the bullets whizzed by and Jacob dove over a crate and came up and fired killing four men, he started to run again and Sean was close behind. They both as bullet licked their boots and dirt was flying everywhere.

Boyd saw Sean and Jacob running and he fired at the men chasing them and Jackson fired a rocket and killed three men, plus blowing up a car. They looked at each other and they kept covering them from the wall, Sean saw Boyd and Jackson still on the wall as they ran out of the main door.

"Get to the Evac!" Sean ordered

He saw Boyd and Jackson jump off the wall and hit the ground, the both rolled and they fired as they walked backwards and killed more men. Sean saw the Black Hawk heading toward them, he turned around and fired his rifle and helped hold them off. Jacob was waving the Black Hawk in and he turned around and fired.

They held off the advancing men and they were being surrounded. "Here comes the boom" the pilot said

The Black Hawk turned and the doors opened and a mini gun was bolted down to the floor and a man fired it and the bullets buzzed by and held off the men. "You ladies better get on board"

Sean patted Jackson on the helmet and he patted Boyd. Jacob climbed into the chopper and he fired as the others climbed in. They were in and the pilot moved off and the Black hawk flew away. Sean was breathing hard "We lost a few men"

Jacob nodded "That was crazy"

Boyd chuckled and he pulled out a detonator and clicked it. Sean looked back at the compound and a large ball of fire erupted from the compound. He looked at Boyd and Jackson "We sabotaged the ordnance so they couldn't shoot us down if we got away"

Sean chuckled "Good thinking, well whose buying?"

They chuckled and they all were breathing hard.

Location: Office of Naval Intelligence, A.K.A. ONI.

A man was walking through the facility and he had a file with him and he was in a hurry. He bumped into a few personnel and he excused himself and he hurried toward Admiral Westbrook's office. He came to the glass doors and he calmed himself down and he pushed the doors open. He saw Westbrook sitting at his desk reading a report, and he had a mug of coffee in hand.

"Yes Corporal" he said without looking up from the report

"Uh, sir we have something that you might want to look at"

Westbrook looked up and saw the file in the Corporal's hands. He held his hand out and the Corporal walked forward and handed him the file. Westbrook kept his eyes on the Corporal as he opened the file. He looked down and saw a picture of a marine and he saw that he had originally went for being a Navy Seal, but he failed the psych evaluation. He flipped through the pages and he saw all the recommendations, he became more interested as he read. He looked up at the Corporal "He killed Manuel Rivas?"

"Yes sir, and destroyed his compound"

"This marine, why didn't he pass his psych evaluation?"

"Something to do with Childhood trauma"

Westbrook sighed "Well where is this marine of ours?"

"He is stationed in Iraq sir"

"Bring him here, and bring the one who worked with him as well"

"Yes sir, after I do that then what?"

"Get Dr. Burstein on the phone for me"

"Sir"

Westbrook leaned back in his chair and he looked at the picture of the young man and he sighed "This kid might be it" he said softly

Two days later Sean Richardson was sitting in his office and he was good postured and quiet. Westbrook was sitting at his desk and he was looking through his file again. "It says you failed your psych evaluation, why?"

"The doctor asked if I have had any traumatic experiences."

"And you have?"

"Yes sir"

"What is it?"

"I was one of the survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, my friend Jacob Bronson and his sister were with me, she didn't make it. I came to and she was staring at me, dead"

"Hmm and this is what made you fail the evaluation?'

"I would assume sir"

"Do you hate Terrorists Captain Richardson?"

Sean felt his heart beat a little faster at the word and Westbrook saw his face drain of color "More than anything sir" he said

"Good, I am going to give you a chance"

"A chance for what?"

"To become the next Captain America"

Sean stared blankly at him "Captain America?"

"Yes, ONI had been working with Dr. Burstein on a new form of this serum, it's experimental, but then again so was Erskine's"

"I don't know sir"

"We are at war Captain, we need all the resources we can get. Will you become the Navy's resource? Will you help us kill terrorists?"

Sean sighed "I will sir"

"Good like before, Captain America had a team, and I have reassigned Bronson, Boyd, and Jackson to you here. They're the new Howling Commandos"

"Does the government know about this sir?"

"No, the President does though"

Sean nodded and he took a deep breath "When do we start?"

Sean was lying on a table and it was cold, he was shirtless and he was surrounded by doctors. He was strapped to the table and he was breathing calmly. Dr. Noah Burstein was standing near him.

"Ok, you ready to make a dream come true?" he asked him

"Too late to go to the bathroom isn't it?"

Noah chuckled and he looked at the others "let's begin"

Sean felt the table incline upward and he was soon up and leaned back he looked down and he saw a long table of needles 'What are those?"

Noah looked at the table and then at him "Growth hormones, for the muscle and bone"

Sean nodded "Let's get this over with"

They put him under and they began to inject the growth hormones into his deep muscle and the last three went into his bone marrow. Westbrook was watching from an observation room above and he had his arms cross and Jacob was standing next to him. 'He's strong, he'll make it" Westbrook said

Jacob nodded "Funny, we both looked up to Cap, now Sean is becoming him, and I'm a Howling Commando. Funny how that works"

"Sadly Captain America isn't here to see this" Westbrook said

Noah began the second half of the procedure and they cut into Sean's spine and they dried into his bone. Jacob grimaced as he heard snapping. "I am inserting the device" Noah said through the speaker "It's planted, attaching"

The small device hummed and opened and stuck itself into Sean's spine and Sean's eyes opened and he felt burning pain and he felt his limbs stretching. He felt his bones cracking and then healing themselves. He could hear his heart in his ears and the pain was unbearable. He passed out from the pain. Noah took a deep breath "exciting" he said as he placed something into the device.

The device drilled deeper into Sean's spine and then it locked itself into his bone and it graphed itself into his bone and Noah nodded to the other doctor and they closed the opening and it quickly healed shut, but it was still a large cut and his body grew slightly as the muscles became enhanced. Noah made a noise of interest "it's working"

Sean opened his eyes and he was brought back around and he wasn't in any pain, but he was sweating profusely, he looked around and he saw Noah. "Take him down easy" Noah ordered

They helped Sean down from the table and Sean had grown five feet and his pants were ripped at the thighs. Sean sighed and he looked down at everyone he exhale and he was thirsty "I would like some water please"

Noah nodded and he looked up at the observation room. "Jim, it's a success"

Westbrook nodded "Now the work begins"

Jacob chuckled "Where to first?"

Westbrook looked at him and he smiled "to the nearest terrorist hideout. Captain Richardson went from five-ten to six-four, two inches taller than Steve Rogers. Bronson you're working with the next Captain America"

"Westbrook, we need to figure out all he can do before we put him in the field" Noah said

"Ok put him through the tests, the world is going to change"

Jacob looked down at Sean and he was drinking a glass of water and he looked up at him and he shrugged "Ready to get to work?" he asked Jacob through the speaker

"Hell yeah."