"In position.'
"10-4, Bryan. Devon, you ready?"
"Yeah. Why do I always have to be the one who gets shot at by the guards?"
"Because if you weren't here, we'd make Bryan do it."
"Hey!"
"Just kidding, Bryan."
"Okay, moving on…Aaron, are the charges ready?"
"They have been for the past ten minutes. Now can we please get this over with?"
"Okay, just for Aaron, we go in five, four, three, two, one, GO!"
Two entire buildings collapsed as the strategically placed shaped charges took out all of the supports, causing the buildings to collapse. Immediately, men with AK-47s and RPK light machine guns began pouring out of the other three buildings in the compound. The killing of many of their comrades and destruction of part of their home had turned the entire group into a powder keg waiting for a match.
"Hey, you dirty Mexican pigs! I'll bet you can't catch me!"
Instinctively, all the men in the crowd turned and fired blindly toward Devon's voice, cutting down the men in front of them. Those who were unharmed started sprinting after Devon, who couldn't run very fast even without the bulletproof vest. Within seconds, the seething mob caught up to him, and threw him to the ground. One of the men, obviously a leader, pulled a handgun out from his jacket and brought it to Devon's head to administer the coup de grace.
Two things simultaneously happened. First, a sound like a chainsaw issued from seemingly everywhere, and everything on the right side of the mob was turned into hamburger. On the other side, a small lone figure flew off one of the surviving buildings and landed next to Devon uninjured. A katana flashed from within its dark recesses, and everyone around Devon was cut in half as the cold steel ripped through internal organs and spinal columns like they were paper.
Meanwhile, the front gate of the compound was blown to splinters as an AT4 rocket slammed into it, cutting down those unfortunate enough to be caught within 20 feet of it. Then, a fire-engine red Hummer H3 slammed through the remains of the gate and came to a screeching halt near the mob. A lithe figure jumped out of the passenger seat, and yelled, "Davis, Isaac! Get your ass over here!"
Suddenly, a gunmen, obviously missed by the Minigun and Isaac's sword, burst out of the rubble that was one of the buildings with his AK-47 drawn and aimed at Aaron. Before he could fire, however, Aaron reached into his duster and drew an AMT Automag IV. Aaron slammed the muzzle of the gun into the gunman's forehead, and almost in the same instant, pulled the trigger.
The .45 hollowpoint slug slammed into the man's forehead, causing his head to split in two like a watermelon hit with an axe. Devon took advantage of the distraction and sprinted to the Hummer, where he practically threw himself inside. Next, the black figure sheathed his sword and practically flew over, where he too jumped in. Davis came out from behind some rubble with his Minigun thrown over his shoulder. He got up through the sunroof and set the Minigun on the roof and began laying down cover fire as Aaron sprinted into a building.
As he ran, Aaron placed the Anaconda back into its holster on his thigh and pulled out an AR-15 with a half-inch bore. The first man who jumped out got his rib cage blown out of his body as he continued farther up into the building. There was very little resistance in the building, but Aaron tore through with brutal efficiency. When he ran out of ammo for the AR-15, he dropped it, and continued through the building, using nothing but his bare hands. No one could stop him, and the fact that no one could almost seemed to make him more and more angry and vicious with each passing second.
Finally Aaron got to the top of the building, which doubled as a helipad. The gunmen who were waiting for him almost looked disappointed as they raised their weapons. Slowly, Aaron reached into his coat and rested his hand on the Automag.
Suddenly, a voice spoke out in Arabic, and the gunmen lowered their weapons. A man walked into the circle of gunmen until he was a scant five feet away from Aaron's tensed form. The man grinned, revealing blackened and broken teeth, and said in English, "Kill him."
Isaac was out of the Hummer and sprinting up the stairs as soon as he heard the gunfire. He took the steps three at a time, but knew that he couldn't make it up to the roof in time to help his friend. So, he did the next best thing.
The sword boomeranged up over the roof. Aaron saw it at the same time as the remaining gunmen, who started to try and block him from getting it. But ten men bunched together couldn't stop him as he pushed off the chest of one, kicked another in the head, and sailed over their heads. He hit the ground, eyes burning, sword in hand.
The door to the roof got blown off the hinges as Isaac jumped through it. He ran with another katana in his hand, almost crying as he got to the helipad. What he saw would stay with him for the rest of his life.
Aaron was kneeling over the leader, sword pressed against his throat. The blood of his victims dripped off his hair as he knelt there, breathing heavily. Isaac yelled, "Aaron!"
At the sound of his name, Aaron whipped his head around, teeth bared. Slowly, Isaac walked over, gently took his sword out of Aaron's bloody hand, and pulled him to his feet. He gave the leader a hard look, and said coldly, "If you make a sound, I will not hesitate to let him turn you into hamburger. Do I make myself clear?"
The leader snarled, "You little bastard! You think I'll tell you where that little bitch is?"
At the mention of her, Aaron whirled around with Automag in hand, pressed it against his shoulder, and pulled the trigger. The bullet almost tore his arm off.
The leader swore violently, and said through clenched teeth, "You think a little pain will make me talk?"
Aaron swung the gun down to his knee, and pulled the trigger, almost blowing his lower leg off. This time, the leader screamed, and everyone on the ground actually stopped fighting for a second at the sound of it. When the leader didn't say anything, Aaron moved the gun to his crotch, and was an inch away from pulling the trigger when the leader raised his hands in submission and yelled through tears, "Okay! Okay! I'll tell you what you want to know."
Aaron lowered the Automag, but didn't put it away, and said, "Start talking."
Meanwhile, Davis was doing what he did best: kill every living thing in sight. The entire back end of the Hummer was filled with what was basically one gigantic ammo belt, the end of which loaded into Davis's Minigun. Devon and Brian picked off whoever the unstoppable onslaught didn't blow away, but they didn't do that very often.
Suddenly, someone went flying off the building, screaming the entire way to the ground. Seconds later, two more figures leaped off the building, only there was something different about the way they were falling. Then, their coats seemed to grow into wings, and they glided to the Hummer, where Aaron and Isaac dropped to the ground, and got into the SUV. Almost before the doors shut, Brian hit the gas, and with tires screeching, they vanished back into the night.
The entire operation, from the first explosion to the Hummer vanishing like a ghost, took 7 minutes and 46 seconds.
