AU for storyline changes
Washington DC, Fireteam Cougar, EN Route to Triskelion SHIELD HQ 16:00 Hours
As Captain America is taking out the Helicarriers of Project: INSIGHT a team of NATO Special Forces operators, call sign : Fireteam Cougar is flying in on Blackhawk helicopters to help evacuate wounded SHIELD personnel as HYDRA has come out of hiding with in SHIELD. The team consists of Team leader: Lieutenant Ian Wilgus, US Air Force Pararescue (PJ) is carrying a Highly customized M4 with Eotech Holgraphic sight, specialized rail system, suppressor, flashlight, ergo grip and laser designator for his sidearm he carries an M1911, Assistant Team Leader Tech Sergeant Jacob Straka ,US Marine Raiders carrying a SCAR-L assault rifle, with a ACOG, bipod forward grip, laser designator (PEQ-15 as the rest of the team does) and suppressor, Radio Operator: Staff Sergeant Destiny moon USAF JTAC is carrying an MK18 MOD1 with a T-1 sight, magnifier, laser sight, anged grip aand suppressor , Felicity Cooper British SAS who carries an M110 sniper rifle with a rifle scope, suppressor, bipod, and laser designator and a Glock 18 suppressed. Mg gunner: Private First Class Christian Hawkins, US Army Rangers carrying an M249 SAW light machine gun, with an ACOG sight, suppressor, bipod forward grip, and flashlight, Medic: Corporal Megan Helton British SAS who carries an MP7 submachine gun with a T1 micro red dot sight, suppressor, flashlight, and laser designator, Grenadier: Private Christian Gutierrez, US Navy SEALs who carries an HK416 assault rifle with an Eotech Holo sight, M203 underbarrel mounted grenade launcher, flashlight and suppressor, Assaulter : Private Angelo Kerwin carries a personalized M4A1 with a red dot sight, 3x magnifier, suppressor, folding grip, and flashlight, Spotter: Private Emily Salbato, US Navy SEALs carries an M16A4, rifle scope, suppressor, laser designator, bipod and forward grip and a Glock 18 suppressed, Point man: Kurt Bernsten US Marine Raiders carrying an MP7 with Micro T1 red dot sight, suppressor, flashlight and laser designator plus an 870 MCS with holographic sight, and flashlight. All carry P226 pistols with suppressors accept for Salbato and Cooper, the entire team wear Jumpable Plate Carriers (JPC) and FAST ballistic helmets (all troops also wear multicam gen2 and 3 uniforms). The team's lead pilot is Captain Maysa Sweeten, US Army Nightstalkers.
"Alright our primary mission is to treat wounded and rescue any survivors…." Wilgus says over the Radio "We can neutralize any threats but be selective we don't know who is friendly or enemy. Captain Sweeten and her crew will keep Cooper and Salbato nearby as sniper support and be ready for extraction," "Copy that, Wilgus" The team responds" "Ive got you guys covered out here." Sweeten says over the radio. The team reaches the airfield "Go ,go, go!" the team then fast ropes down to the tarmac, except for Cooper and Salbato who stay in the chopper to provide Sniper support, they all move to the door and stack up, breach the wall and clear the room and move towards the launch control area. Wilgus moves up to the stairwell and enters the small space while his team holds position. As he goes through the door Brock Rumlow tries to stab him with a knife, Wilgus grabs his arm but is forced against the wall "Why hello there LT." Rumlow says sinisterly "Fuck off…you traitorous Son of a bitch." Wilgus replies kneeing Rumlow in the stomach and seeing Allen Limpiano prepare to shoot at him. Wilgus pushes him off and spins back through the door as Rumlow starts shooting his pistol at where Wilgus was while Limpiano fires at the same location. Rumlow signals for Lopez to go and they both leave to separate areas. Wilgus spins back around the wall to see Rumlow and Limpiano are both gone. "Shit…Those Sons of a Bitches were part of our squad and they went HYDRA." The team looks at him. "Who?" Destiny asks "Rumlow and Lopez are here and they are traitors." The team looks at each other and starts moving towards the stairwell. As they enter a room they see a few STRIKE commandos holding a few special-forces operators captive. They move into the room and realize it is a trap. "BOMB!" Wilgus yells noticing a few soldiers with detonators in their hand, he pushes Kurt back and dives with him as the bomb goes off. The two barely make it to cover. They enter the room and see there is another room which had been up armored to take the blast. Ian and Kurt stack on the door and breach through. Once they enter the room they see Fireteam Panther's leader Lt. Allie Horner in the chokehold of the STRIKE team's commander. "Drop your weapons!" He yells at the two troopers. Wilgus looks over to Kurt and nods so they slowly set down their weapons. Wilgus looks at Allie and winks so she gets ready knowing there is definitely a plan. She yanks the Traitor's arm down as Wilgus draws his pistol and fires twice hitting the agent in the head and chest cavity. Wilgus then sees her fall and rushes over to her. He notices she had been shot in the leg and gets out his medkit and treats her. He turns on his comms "Cooper, Salbato get the choppers to the 10th floor landing pad." "Copy that sir" The two say. Horner looks up and sees Wilgus treating her leg. "Thanks Ian." "You're welcome, we are gonna get you out of here." Allie nods, Wilgus then sends Megan and Destiny to take Allie to the choppers as the rest of the team moves through the rest of the building with him.
Two Years Ago Somalia, Africa 23:45 Hours
Wilgus looks at his team through night vision goggles, seeing every person's call sign on their shoulder. He signals to start the operation. When this happens the team starts moving toward. the target building in Mogadishu, Captain Brock Rumlow, Lieutenant Maria Hill and Private Allen Limpiano were assigned to this mission by SHIELD. They were not allowed to directly breach the building but they were on close over watch whilst Sergeant Cooper watched over from 300 yards out. The team had to follow a strict Radio silence policy so they could capture their target. The team then moves to the door and stacks up on both sides of the doorway. The team moves into the build but an explosion goes off throwing the entire team back and most of the team out cold. Wilgus notices this and draws his 1911 and fires taking down 7 enemies in 8 shots. Then the rest of the rebels point their weapons at him. Just as he accepts his fate, Rumlow and Lopez step in knocking out the enemies and distracting them long enough for the team to come to. The team then moves to get the intel supposedly inside the house but everything was torched by the blast. The mission failed plus Rumlow and Lopez were called up by senior officials leaving Wilgus in charge of the team. Which would bond much more over the next two years.
Inside The Triskelion 16:45 Hours
The team moves in and finds a wounded Maria Hill and a couple other agents trying to hold their own against a 10 man STRIKE team. Wilgus has his team move into covered positions by using hand signal which had been practiced so many times it had become muscle memory. He then radios and. has the choppers with Felicity and Emily on call. "Open fire on three. 1….2…3". The team fires hitting all but one of the targets who is able to hit the two agents with Hill killing them. The enemy is then hit by a shot from Cooper's sniper rifle. Hill turns around to see a team of US soldiers she knows very well. "Small world huh?" She says "I guess so, Maria" Wilgus then replies. Hill starts to move towards the landing pad "Where are you going?" Straka says to her "I have to get a chopper to help out Cap, Widow and Wilson….Get your team out those helicarriers are coming down fast." About five minutes later Wilgus sees the side of a helicarrier about to hit the building "GET TO THE CHOPPERS NOW!" he yells at his team they start running but a STRIKE trooper tackles Wilgus. "Go I'll get to you in a few seconds." Wilgus then punches the enemy in the face and draws his pistol from the holster on his left hip and empties the magazine into his targets gut. The team gets to the choppers but Wilgus is cut off by falling debris. "Lift off get to the window on the East side and drop the ladder." Wilgus yells to his team "Yes sir" Destiny responds Wilgus then sprints to the window and sees the chopper hovering outside and jumps through the window and grabs on and climbs into the cabin of the helicopter. "That was pretty close to a FUBAR, huh?" Wilgus says making his team chuckle. The Choppers then fly back to base.
Fireteam Cougar Barracks Common Area, 20:30 hours Classified Location, United States
The team sits around in different states of geared down. Some still have their combat uniforms on while other have changed to t-shirts or tank tops, some still have their holsters on but all of them have their weapons within reach. Gutierrez, Hawkins, Bernsten and Straka sit talking about women and drinking some beers. Megan, Felicity, Destiny, Angelo, Emily and Ian are playing cards while also having some beers except for Ian who is drinking a soda. "I can't believe Rumlow and Limpiano pulled that shit." Destiny says. "Fucking Assholes…." Megan responds. "What do you think made them do it, Ian?" Felicity asks the lieutenant. "I have no clue but we are going to kick their asses once we get the chance." Suddenly there is a knock on the door. Everybody grabs their weapons as Wilgus walks towards the door he opens it to see Maria Hill at the door. Everybody sets down their weapons. "What are you doing here?" Wilgus asks "I wanted to come thank you all for saving my ass at the Triskelion earlier." Wilgus motions for her to come inside. "I actually have to go try and help rebuild SHIELD so I'm going to Pakistan but here take this" she hands the Lieutenant an expensive bottle of scotch. "Thank you Hill. Also if you find Rumlow or Lopez we want a shot at them." Hill nods in agreement and leaves.
As Ian goes back to playing cards with his team there is another knock on the door Wilgus walks up to the door with his hand on his pistol and opens it. "Hey, can I come in?" A wounded Allie Horner questions, being assisted by an orderly. "Sure, we're just hanging out." Wilgus takes the orderly's place and helps Allie to a seat at the table. "So what brings you over to our barracks?" Destiny asks. "Well, my team…..you saw what happened. I am the only one at the barracks" She says a little choked up. "Well, sadly one of our guys went turncoat so you can have his old bunk." "Thank you." She says to her fellow officer. "You want something to drink or eat?" Wilgus asks her. "Sure" Ian walks over to the fridge and pulls out a soda for her, he then grabs an MRE from his combat pack and walks back to the table and hands the food and drink to her. "Here you go. You should eat you'll need the strength to heal up." Allie nods towards her friend. The team spends the rest of the night playing cards and having a good time.
Next Morning 0500 hours Fireteam Cougar Barracks, Classified Location, United States
With most of the team still resting Wilgus gets up and readies his gear to move. He loads up his M4 and switches the optic to an ACOG scope. He then loads his pistol mags, cleans his rifle, checks his sight, and makes sure his night vision goggles are intact. He then checks his combat pack to see what he has to get from the quartermaster's office. "Alright, I need to get bandages, an MRE and some extra water." He mumbles to himself. He then hears someone moving around about to wake up and starts up the unit's coffee pot. He grabs some cereal bars out of his footlocker and starts eating. He sees that there is a message on his team pad. {To Fireteam Cougar: You are needed for a recon operation on possible HYDRA bases more intel will be sent shortly. Desert enviroment}. He reads and prepares a briefing. A few minutes later he sees Straka come walking out, already dressed in his combat uniform. "Morning Jake, how you feeling?" "Pretty good Lieutenant." Jake moves over to the coffee pot and grabs a cup. "Any new intel for our next mission, Wilgus?" Wilgus looks up "We have a new recon op looking for HYDRA bases but at the moment that's all I know. I've been told amore desert environment so we are gonna need some more water" "I agree on that sir." Jake responds.
1530 HYDRA Safe House Islamabad, Pakistan
Ex Private Allen Limpiano and a team of HYDRA agents are preparing their weapons to try and capture a high ranking SHIELD agent for interrogation. They grab TAR-21 assault rifles and MP-443 pistols. "Alright we do this shit quick, clean and efficient. We don't need Whitehall to get on our asses for messing up got it? Hail Hydra." "Hail Hydra the rest of the team responds.
1815 Fireteam Cougar Barracks, Classified Location, United States
The team is sitting around checking weapons and setting up and securing their gear when suddenly an Army Captain comes running in. "Troopers this is an urgent message from Phil Coulson three of his agents Jemma Simmons, Leo Fitz and Maria Hill have been captured by HYDRA agents led by a former member of your team, Allen Lopez" Wilgus stands up "Are we good to go?" "Yes Lieutenant. You guys are wheels up in 20 minutes." "Copy that sir. Everybody get your gear set up weapons, ammo, NVGs, parachutes and water are top priority." "Yes sir" the team replies. The team grabs their gear Wilgus grabs his M4 and 1911 and checks his optics and other things on his rifle. The team sprints to the C-130 while carrying most of their gear in their hands. The plane lifts off at 1845 hours and flies to Pakistan only stopping to refuel.