Chapter one: Overwatch Alpha
Somewhere near the Iraq/Iran border
'I hate rain.' Tyber thought to himself as he looked down the thermal scope of His fifty caliber sniper rifle. Normally he loved rain, but after sitting in a downpour for thirty minutes waiting for the order to fire at the first target, it was getting old, fast. He was here at the request of the leader of Charlie Company, who had been tasked with retrieving a HVT from an enemy encampment. And sadly they needed his skills as a sniper, rather than his skills as an agent of G.U.N.
His radio buzzed indicating that he had an incoming transmission. He hit the button and said, "Go for Overwatch Alpha."
"Overwatch Alpha this is Charlie Company, we are moving toward the enemy perimeter. Take out the sentries in the guard towers so we can get in." the leader of Charlie Company said.
'Finally something to do' Tyber thought to himself as he lined up one of the hostiles in his thermal scope. He pulled the trigger. A gunshot echoed throughout the area he was in. "A little quieter next time?"
He picked up his radio and hit the button, "Sorry, and next time don't request me, since my weapon of choice is a fifty cal. Besides at least it's raining so they'll think its thunder. You're clear to move to the next point, and from up here it looks like they don't know you are there yet."
"Copy that Alpha, we're moving."
He watched as they moved to the next part of the perimeter. "Charlie, hold position! Hostile armor spotted, it looks like a BMP."
"Copy that holding position here."
Tyber looked at the BMP and realized that the scope wasn't picking up any heat coming from the tank. "Charlie the BMP is inactive, apparently someone forgot the keys."
Tyber could hear some laughter on the other end, "Copy that Alpha, we're mobile."
Tyber looked at the plaza to see what was ahead of the squad, and when he what was ahead his blood turned to ice. "Charlie Company move to the extraction point, hostile T-90 battle tanks spotted! I can pick up five on the scope there are probably more behind the buildings!"
"Wait you said five T-90s?"
"Yes, five T-90 main battle tanks have been spotted."
"Damn it! We were so close to getting him. Where are they?"
"Various spots around the plaza, unknown if there are any others in or around the buildings."
"Copy that alpha, we're falling back."
'How am I supposed to explain this one to dad?' Tyber thought as he packed up the sniper rifle and put it into its case.
As he looked off into the distance and he could see the chopper waiting for him.
Me: Ok, I know there is a lot of military stuff in this one. So for those of you, who don't know what it is I am talking about, let me explain what some of this stuff is.
T-90: Russian heavy battle tank.
BMP: Russian light tank.
Thermal Scope: a scope that acts like an infrared camera, in other words, it shows body heat.
HVT/High Value Target: not sure how to describe it, but they are people like, Bin Laden, Sadaam Husain and people like them. In other words guys we really want to capture (or kill).
Chopper: another, shorter name for a helicopter.