AN: Since this is the first story I've posted please feel free to point out anything I've managed to screw up. Reviews are always welcome, flames to, I want your opinions on this stuff. Last I apologise for the lack of titans in this chapter, this is mainly just to set up main OC.
repost notice- nothing has been changed. I only cleaned up the paragraph spacing. notice includes chapter 2 as well
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OCs and thats it.
In an ally crammed between two buildings of crumbling brick and mortar
stood four figures. The retreating sun was quickly blocked out by the
horizon and lack of moon left only brief flashes of lightning from a distant
storm to illuminate their activities. The leader of this outfit of soldiers
was a male of medium build, face obscured by a tatical mask, examining
schematics of the structure to his right.
Another, female, slightly taller than him was hunched over a case full
of demo charges, trying to get a breach charge rigged and ready until a red
light danced across her feild of vision. Being that this was the third time
the offending light had done this she looked up glaring at a man checking
the laser sight on his gun, "Alex, if that thing shines anywhere near me
again it's going up your- "
She was cut off by the map guy "Quiet Kate" he ordered "both of you keep
the chatter to a minimum" was the last he said before returning to his work.
The last of them was a shorter guy, with a muscular build, and the name
Richardson stitched above the right breast pocket of his uniform. His job
consisted of checkind the room they were about to breach, via a fiber optic
camera feed under the door.
Jake was finishing off his examination and was checking in with his
superiors. "- judging by surveillance were expecting chemical weaponry
somewhere within this facility. Secure but do not destroy, I say again
SECURE but do NOT DESTROY. Ordered the person over his radio.
"Solid copy on that command, clear hostiles secure chemistry sets." He
responded.
"A hazmat team is in route to extract the weapons."Came the radio man.
"Copy that, we'll be done and out of their way by the time they arrive.
As Jake returned Kate was the first to greet him, " Charges are set and
ready for breach." She reported as she handed him the detonater. He took the
offered device and nodded in response before continuing on.
The next he approached was Richardson who was busy with a final equipment check by the
fence dividing the alley into. He looked up at the sound of approaching
boots on asphalt. " Single guard in the entry way, more on the room over,
minimal cover in the room." He reported before looking back at the array of
devices spread before him. He picked up a small computer like device who's
purpose was beyond Jake and continued with checking to assure it was
operational.
"Have your gear ready, we breach in two" was the response he was given.
As he turned around he found he was face to face with an old freind, a
shining red beam attacking his left eye. "Alex get your head out of your ass
and get ready, we're breaching in two" he said blocking the laser with his
hand. Alex was the best person to have by your side in a firefight, level
headed and always aware. Outside the job however he was a pain in the ass.
Two minutes later, true to his word Jake and his team stood against a
brick wall, weapons at the ready. Jake himself was standing just right of
the door with small metallic device in hand, he gave a countdowwn on his
fingers punctuating the one with an explosive blast that sent the door
flying off its hinges. Said door was making its way across the room where it
met a man's head. The man unfortunate enough to be in its flight path of the
metal monstrousity was subsequently knocked unconscious by it.
Jake charged through the opening, assault rifle leading the way. His
eyes took in the layout, approximately 5'x5' with walls as barren as the
day they were put up. There was a flipped folding chair in the far right
corner and a radio on a shelf opposite the door. The only exit was an
ancient wooden door in the right wall, and judging by the racket on the
other side they had just kicked a hornets nest.
The rest of the team followed their commander's lead and took positions
on the right wall, two on each side with Jake and Caleb on the right and
Alex and Kate on the left.
"Gas and clear!" Jake ordered as he took position in front of the door.
In one fluid motion Alex primed a grenade as Jake kicked the door. The
fifty year old lock didn't resist at all as the door caved in and Alex
chucked the canister in the room. A spilt second later and the room was
filled with a thick white smoke.
The guards within were too busy coughing their lungs out and clawing
their eyes to return fire, much less avoid the various blunt objects that
connected with their heads. These objects consisted of armored boots, rifle
butts, and in Alex's favorite case, a bottle found on a near by coffee
table.
The group reconvened at a door on the other side of the room. Being
that the smoke grenade went off in such a poorly ventilated aera it did not
clear as quickly as it shold have and thus many a shin were knocked against
obscured furniture.
"Damn it!" Yelled Caleb tripping over an end table, "Where a fuckin
window to vent this shit"
"Ah quit your bitchin, I swear the guards didn't complain this much."
Said Kate leaning against a wall
Alex stumbled over to them dragging an unconscious guard behind him,
"Jake?" He called out "what do ya make of this?" He asked pointing to a
emblem on the bodies' right shoulder. The insignia merely consisted of a
gold hexagon with an H in the center.
When Jake saw that emblem he knew exactly what it was and exactly how
deep they were in, " Command, we've confirmed Hive presence, I say again
confirmed Hive operations in this aera. Recommend you notify Titans and
deploy meta-human response squad, over"
"Negative on your request, titans are engaged with other matters at
this time. Your orders still stand, neutralize all resistance and await
hazmat team. Over and out" The radio conveyed.
Jake looked back at his team while silently cursing the radio
operator, their confused expressions managing to show through their masks.
Not wanting to go into too much detail he filled them only the basics. "The
Hive is a newly turned terrorist organization, specializing in the training
of metas." He said while they were securing the baddies' weapons.
"Why weren't we breifed about this earlier?" Kate asked clearly not
happy about being out of the loop, the rest of the team equally as angry.
"Because its not our intended jurisdiction, dealing with meta-humans.
They have specialized units to deal with them." He reasoned with them "The
only reason I know who they are is because I've delt with them in the past."
Though calmed slightly by the fact she wasn't purposely left in the
dark Kate was still pissed. "Recommended course of action?" She questioned.
"Normally the meta-human response division would come in and assume
command. However as they are currently busy, and as this is a time critical
matter, we continue forward, if we encounter a meta shoot first and ask
questions later." He informed them.
After all the explanations were done the sqad returned to the mission
at hand. So after a quick miscommunication in the still smoke filled room
that lead to Alex and Jake both getting stuck in a doorframe they got back
on track clearing the building.
Caleb, as always, had the fiber-optic camera and thus was in charge of
checking under every door. So was entirely uninterested when Jake's comm
sounded, and even less interested in the following conversation.
Said conversation-"Lt. Arius come in" "Jake here" "we've approved
limited backup and an urban sniper team has been deployed covering your
building, radio frequently 419.07, designation Foehammer" "copy that, sniper
team deployed, radio 419.07"
"Sniper team Foehammer do you read?" Jake tested. "Foehammer here,
visual acquired on you, Assault team Alpha. All recon personal reporting one
remaining hostile, location first floor northwest room, requesting
permission to engage." The radio reported through heavy static. "Negative on
that we'll take him alive" Jake ordered as he thought the situation over '
one guy, can't be just a normal guard, he would've heard the fighting'
"Foehammer, what is target current activity?" Jake asked not liking the
situation. "Target is currently at work on a laptop at a desk." The voice
broke through the static once more. Jake didn't like this at all 'one man
remaining obviously aware of his team, and yet remains calm and continues
working.' He thought. "Keep him in your sights just in case" He ordered
Caleb nearing the end of his search for hostiles, seeing as he hadn't
found a single living thing so far, jumped at the sound of his comm going
off.
"What" he demanded not happy about being scared by his own equipment.
"I'm ending your torment." Jake spoke in a heroic voice, like he was
rescuing him from great hardship.
"What?" was his only response.
"The sniper team checked all the rooms upstairs. The only remaining
hostile is working in a room of the nothwest corner of the building." Jake
reported
Jake didn't need the radio to hear Caleb's response as a resounding
"DAMN IT!" Echoed down the halls
"Reconvene at northwest room" he ordered the whole squad.
For the third time that night four figures took positions on a door,
though this time the locks appeared to be fairly new. Noting this Jake
motioned for Kate to rig a breach charge. Once she was done the team backed
away slightly before Jake hit a red button.
A blinking red light on a sque pad of explosives turned green bofore
blowing itself to hell and gone. The large wooden door was instantly blow to
splinters, leaving small block still attached via lock to the door frame.
Avoiding this obstacle Jake charged into a surprisingly well decorated room,
on the red walls were perched several candles lighting the room with an erie
glow and illuminating various stone statues lining the walls, though all
different in form, one feature was present upon all. A double set of
glaring, red eyes. Jake ignored the disturbing figures and brought his gun
to bare of an elder man in a strange robe working at his desk. The old man
brushed some slivers of the door from his robe and stood to greet his
guests.
Giving the assembled team his warmest smile that sent shivers down their
spines he looked directly at Jake standing to the far right. "Lieutenant,
this is quite the surprise, though from the gunfire I knew it wasn't the
titans I was not expecting you." He said as if they were old freinds
"Blood", Jake said with more distaste than should be possible to
associate with one person. "Your under arrest." Moving toward him retrieving
a pair of cuffs as he went. Just as he started to move he started to feel
light headed. The feeling quickly grew worse with each step he took. Finally
the cold sensation spread through his skull as he froze mid stride. His
hands dropped limp to his sides, handcuffs clattering to the floor. He was
forced back from his conscious mind being abel to observe through his eyes
the world around him but unable to interact with it. His team was shouting,
pointing their weapons at Blood but he heard nothing only sight was allotted
to him.
Kate ran over to him shaking him and calling his name as he was
practically screaming in his mind, trying to contact her but to no avail.
Then all of a sudden her eyes went wide and she slowly looked down. He
followed her gaze down to see what she saw and was shocked to see his M1911
held fast pointing toward a bleeding hloe in her chest. The look of betrayal
in her eyes as she whispered "Jake?" was burned into his memory. The rest
of his team looked over to the source of the gunshot only to get a bullet in
the head for their troubles. Jake was still looking at Kate's motionless
body before him, while his arm brought the gun to rest at his temple. He
didn't bother looking at it or fighting it, truth be told he was welcoming
the introduction of lead to his grey-matter.
From the sniper team's perspective the scene was gruesome at best. First
The Lt. froze up, then pulls a gun on his own squad. From the moment the
first shot was fired they were already lining up the new threat. "Lieutenant
Arius fired upon friendly units, recon team, Foehammer engaging hostiles."
The leader reported.
Two shots rang out both headed for a single pane of glass. Luckily for
at least one of the occupants said window was made of state-of-the-art
bullet proof material. It was aslo lucky that they weren't expecting armored
windows and thus using using hollow-point rounds. The bullet impacted and
flattened transfering all its energy to the glass, deforming it dramatically
but not puncturing it. This bullet was ment for the elder man. The other was
half a second behind its twin, like its twin it to deformed on impact, but
the glass was weakened and therefore allowed entrance though at a
significantly slower speed. It flew straight into Jake's chest, passing
through armor, skin, and lung before exiting throug his back.
The gunfire startled Blood therefore his control on his subject was
lost. Cursing their timing he hit the Execute command on his computer and
fled the scene. Jake collapsed into an ever growing pool of blood, not all
his own, still trying to comprehend what had happened. His head was pounding
and his breathing was becoming labored, but none of these feelings entered
his thoughts. If fact the only thing occupying that region was the feeling
of overwhelming fatigue. Whether it was blood loss, emotional exhaustion, or
just sleep deprivation he simply felt tired. As the threads of his
consciousness slipped from his grasp he looked at Kate lying not 3' in front
of him, and took a small amount of comfort in the fact he would soon join
them. At last his vision faded and the last thing he heard was was a
deafening explosion that was ment to end his life.