Authors note

Here is my newest project.

Silent night is coming to a close as this débuts. I hope you like it.

D.S.O.L

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"Lieutenant." Called a voice from outside the door of my office, which is located in a modern looking one story office building on Project Zero's compound in the middle of Kansas.

"Come in." I replied in a monotone voice as I looked up from the Mac book Pro I was using to type up a report of the mission my team had returned from only hours ago.

"I've got something you might want to see." Replied a man who had grey hair and was wearing highly tinted and reflected aviator sunglasses on his aged face. He couldn't be any younger than sixty two, and no older than sixty five. He was one of two men who ran Project Zero, he was called the superior. For the men who ran this program we knew little about.

"Sir?" I asked as he handed me a file marked with too many "top secret" and "confidential" stamps to be good. I took the file and before I opened it I glanced at the man who took a seat across from me in m one of the leather chairs that occupied my small office. He only replied with a small nod. I opened the file and began reading something on a new project called "Project Arrowhead."

"What is this? I asked in complete confusion.

"Follow me." The superior said standing up and opening my door.

I nodded closed the file and brought it with me as I followed the superior out of the building and into a blacked out escalade. I got into the passenger seat quietly and watched the surroundings go by as he drove for an hour off base property. He then arrived at a new base and was waved through security quickly. He parked next to a reinforced concrete air hanger.

"In there…is something that will change your perceptions on reality." Said the superior in the same monotone voice he always used.

"Sir?" I asked as he opened a solid metal door the hanger. When he opened the door I noticed that the door was made of a solid foot of steel. That caused a shiver to run down my spine as I stepped inside the building. As I did the door slammed and locked shut.

"Come on." The man replied in a hurried tone as he flicked a light switch basking the dark hanger with light to reveal an empty hanger except for a large circle in the middle.

"Sir what is this?" I asked looking at the eerie sight.

"This is Arrowhead." Replied the superior as he sat in front of a laptop. He then typed in a few instructions on the screen before he hit enter, and the circle roared to life producing a humming noise.

I stared at it with intensity as I watched a sphere of sea green color become visible. I stared at it with great intent. The sphere grew to around a diameter of six meters and looked back at the superior.

"What does it do?" I asked curiously.

"It's a teleportation device. It's a portal to any universe." Replied the superior as she shut the portal down. The humming sound died and the portal drew to a close.

"Really?" I asked quite skeptically.

"Yes now come on. Let's get back to our base." Replied the superior as he led me back to the car. It resulted in another silent car ride back to the base. When we arrived he pulled up next to the entrance he looked at me and asked.

"Can we count as your squad to join two of our operatives for this project?" asked the man as I opened the door.

"You can count on us sir." I replied.

"good." The superior replied with a smile as I closed the door and watched him drive off.

I then headed back into the office building clutching the file. I walked by the darkened office of my comrades. I let out a sigh of disapproval as I entered my office and took a seat in my leather office chair. I powered on the laptop again and continued my paperwork. When I finished the clock on my wall read 2:54. I turned off the laptop and headed over to the long leather couch on the other side of my office. I laid down on it and took a deep sigh as closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep. I woke up to a pounding at my door.

"Lieutenant. You in there?" asked a sweet female voice as I slowly woke up.

"Yeah. Come in." I replied sitting up on the couch as the door swung open and in walked a teenage girl.

"Hey I take it you slept here?" asked a young looking teenage girl. Her name was Chelsea; she was 5'5" with shoulder length auburn red hair and was seventeen.

"Yeah…I finished the reports and investigated a new project with one of the superiors." Replied as I must have looked like a mess

"Sounds interesting." Replied Chelsea.

"Hey can you give me a few minutes?" I asked as I stood up. I towered this young girl, at nineteen I stood at 6'5". I ran a hand through my longish dirty blonde hair as I tried waking up.

"Sure. I'll meet you in the cafeteria." Replied Chelsea as she opened the door and started to head out.

"One more thing." I said remembering the project.

"Sir?" asked Chelsea.

"First call me Reed. Second, assemble the squad. I have some news." I replied as I walked over to my desk and picked up the file.

Chelsea nodded and left to find the other two members. I sat at my desk and skimmed the information in the file when I felt I should make my appearance. I picked up the file and headed into the cafeteria where I saw the three members of the project sitting around a long table chattering about the six week operation we were on only a day ago.

I looked at the other two male members of this four person squad. There was jean that stood at 6'1" with curly short black hair and dark brown eyes. Then there was Matt. He stood at 5'9" with jet black hair and green eyes.

"What's up?" asked Matt as he noticed me walk in the large room

"Listen up." I ordered in an official tone. The three teens in front of me shut up and paid attention to me with attentive faces.

"We have been reassigned." I said slapping the file down on the table and sliding it down towards them. Chelsea took the file and began skimming it. She raised an eyebrow with a questioning look.

"Is this shit for real? I mean this seems farfetched." Asked Chelsea setting the file down, as she did the two men reached for it and began reading it.

"It is. Were being deployed today alongside with some decorated operatives." I replied keeping my cool.

"Dude this is fucked up!" Jean exclaimed as he set the file back down.

"Look…it's fucked up and some syfy shit but listen." I said as my voice trailed form reasonable to a more orderly.

"We have orders. We are to be ready for deployment a noon." I said in an affirmative tone as I left the room.

The team looked at each other for a moment before they headed off to the armory. They grabbed their gear and headed towards the airfield, where they arrived to see me working on a modified UH-60 Blackhawk. I closed the number two engine cap to see the group looking at me whit nervous faces.

"What?" I asked climbing down from a tall ladder.

"How are we getting there?" asked Chelsea as she shifted her feet uncomfortably.

"Were flying to the location, Then…spoilers."I said as I slid open the passenger bay. The other members mumbled something as they climbed in and got situated.

I climbed in the pilot's seat as a member of the airfield's ground team wheeled the helicopter out of the hanger and then onto the tarmac. He gave me a nod as he walked by. I warmed up the engines as the blades started to turn. After a few minutes the helicopter was in the air and heading to our new deployment. I kept glancing in the back noticing the worried looks. I shrugged it off as I located the base. I let out a deep sigh as I brought the helicopter into a decent near the hanger doors. I let the blades come to a stop before giving the thumbs up to the crew in the back. We hopped out lugging our duffle bags as we headed into the hanger.

"88." Greeted the superior from earlier, as he was talking about our division's official name.

"sir." We all greeted as we set our gear bags on the ground.

"Everyone but you can go get changed." he said pointing to me. All the other members nodded and then picked up their gear and headed back into a locker room.

"Sir?" I asked as I looked over at why he pulled me aside.

"Look I've got a present for you." He said as he motioned over to a large aircraft under a sheet in the back.

"Sir?" I asked confused.

"Look… Were sending the rest of your team on a diplomatic mission, your job is to provide areal coverage for them." Replied the superior as he led me over to the sheeted aircraft. He then pulled it off in a fluid motion to reveal a modified SR-71b blackbird.

"How exactly am I going to get this in where going? And how do you know they won't kill me?" I asked as I looked over the obvious recent paintjob.

"You don't but that's never stopped you before." Replied the man handing me a flight helmet and a pressure suit from next to the ladder. I took the helmet and suit and without another work I grabbed my gear and went to get dressed.

"Who the.. Fuck are you?" asked kid around eighteen that was wearing full armor except for a helmet. He had on what looked to be a skin tight suit and a mask on.

"Were your new helper." Replied Jean as he set his bag down next to a open locker. He opened it and began dressing into his desert camo military uniform, and so did the other two members.

"So you're whose coming along then…now don't fuck this up. I want to be home by diner tomorrow." Said a kid around eighteen with a short cut brown hair and brown eyes dressed in an army uniform. He then cast a gaze over Chelsea who was in nothing but white panties and a white bra.

"I know you're staring and stare all you like, but you'll never get this." Replied Chelsea as she smacked her butt extremely hard causing a loud smack. She then slipped into her camo pants and slipped on her shirt. She then put on her vest and looked at the staring man. She smiled and headed out to the main area.

"Keep your mouth closed. You'll never get any of that." I said as I walked in and closed the other kid's mouth.

"Who are you?" asked the kid recovering from shock.

"I'm Reed the captain of them." I replied to the kid as I saw my squad all leave for the main area. "And you two?" I asked raising an eyebrow as I began slipping into the pressure suit.

"I'm Ty, or Echo." Replied Ty as he motioned to himself. "And that's Zach, or Grizzly." Said Ty pointing at the kid leaving the room.

"nice to meet you. I take it your in charge?" I asked as I finished suiting up.

"Correct partially. We share it but to be honest…yes." He replied. I nodded as grabbed my gear bag and followed Ty out to the group in the large main hanger.

"So I take it your in charge as well?" he asked I nodded as I stood next to my team.

"Alright this is Zach and Ty. Call them Grizzly, and Echo." I said pointing at them. "This is Viper, Cobra, and Eagle." I said as I pointed to Chelsea, Matt, and then Jean.

"And I'm Lieutenant, or call me Arkansas." I said as I pointed to my helmet as on the front it was painted in white letters Lieutenant, and painted on the sides was Arkansas. They nodded.

"Two minutes." The PA system called.

"Alright everyone with them." I said as I motioned two the other kids. They nodded and followed the group into a large blacked out SUV with a large black tanker full of jet fuel behind them. They started the car and waited for the portal to open.

I on the other hand started up the SR-71b and waited for the portal to open. I checked on my duffle bag strapped in on the trainer's seat and checked my gauges. I sealed the cockpit as the blue portal opened. The SUV rolled in and disappeared with a flash into the blue sphere. I gulped a little as I rolled the plane into the portal, and was greeted with a bright flash.

Authors note

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Story shared with Echo707