Phantoms of Ylisse

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Recon or Fire Emblem in any way, shape or form. So hold off the lawsuits and torches!

I: Out of the Frying Pan…Into the Fire?! What?!

"Is this how you want it to end?"

'What?'

"I ask again is this how you want it to end?"

"What is it to you?"

"I only think that you and your team would be more useful somewhere else."

"As long as that place is anywhere but here then I'm open to whatever you have in mind."

"Then it is settled. The way is open to you."

…

Aasimar opened her eyes, the last thing she remembered was somewhat hazy, she knew for sure that they'd evaded the Ghosts. But for the love of Rodrig she couldn't tell where the hell she was. She could see that she was in some sort of forest, though it was none that he was able to recognize.

She and her Azure Team had managed to steal intel from a temporary Ghost Base in Afghanistan. Good news they got the data and had gotten out. Bad news the Ghosts somehow found out and had given chase. They had been surrounded, but they did not let that hinder them, they kept fighting, exploiting the very same adaptive camo and other Future Soldier tech that the Ghosts had to stay ahead of them. However, Aasimar knew for a fact that it was only a matter of time before she and her team would be captured or worse killed and command was right now unable to give them support. As if someone heard her request for a miracle, Aasimar spotted what looked like a glowing "door" down an alley across from their position. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth she made her decision and ordered the team to gun it for their "exit". They successfully got through before a bright light hit them after and they were gone.

…

Aasimar's POV

I and Azure Team finished waking up and getting to our feet from our unusual nap. We all sighed in relief in escaping that clusterfuck of a mess back there. However, we all noticed something VERY WRONG with the current situation. Sure, we had escaped the Ghost Teams chasing us, but we never expected the 'door' we went through to lead into another area entirely instead of into a building.

It was clearly daytime and but sure as hell not Afghanistan. But that wasn't the only problem. Our satellite, command links went dead with only our Squad Cross-Com links still operational. NOT A GOOD SIGN.

"What the hell! Ma'am, where are we and how did we end up here?!" Sergio Vergas, call sign "Carnage" said. He was the team's heavy weapons specialist, armed with a LSAT light machine gun fitted with a laser sight, a fore grip for stability, and box cartridge, an XM29 OICW grenade launcher, all for heavy damage and suppression and a suppressed USP .45 pistol. He's a 6'7", 215lbs Mexican-American and like his call sign implies, he has a knack for carnage and destruction, though when he's not in combat he's the nicest guy to be around.

"Your guess is as good as mine Carnage." I replied, just as confused as him. Where did we end up?

"So we went out of the frying pan and into another hell?" asked Amara Markov, call sign "Deadeye". She's the team's recon specialist and also markswoman, armed with a VSS sniper rifle and a suppressed Five-Seven pistol. She's a 5'9", 149lbs Russian with a cool demeanor and deadly accuracy and very loyal to those she considers worthy of her respect.

"I don't know about this being another hell, but one thing for sure is that there's no Ghosts around to dog us." Edward "Gadget" Newman stated. He's the team's tech and demolitions specialist. He's a 5'6" British who's playful and loves to mess around with gadgets and electronic warfare, though when he's in a firefight he's quite the crack shot. He's armed with a CAWS shotgun and a suppressed 45T pistol.

"That's true, but we're still not in the clear." Deadeye said, "I'd hate to say this ma'am but we're no longer on Earth."

"Already came to that conclusion Deadeye." I said, "Unfortunately we can't spend all day wondering about it. Let's find some form of civilization and get some answers. Move out!"

"Ma'am!" My squad mates acknowledged and we all cloaked and set off to find the nearest town.

…

Finding a town was easy for us. With our adaptive camo on we didn't have to worry about being spotted by the locals. However, it was shocking for us when we saw that it was the kind that was in the medieval times or those fantasy RPGs that Gadget loved playing, and even now he was looking on in awe at the place which contained people who dressed in simple clothing like the people from that period. What the hell did we get ourselves into?

"So we're now in the fantasy world huh Aasimar?" Carnage deadpanned on the comm.

"Pretty much." I replied, "And Gadget's antics show that he's happy about it."

"And here I thought he was more interested in electronics." Deadeye added.

"I AM more interested in electronics but right now we're in a fantasy world where there are swords, magic, dragons…" Gadget replied in excitement.

"Dragons?! Really Gadget…Really?" Carnage interrupted in annoyance.

I ignored their banter while using the cross-com to check for anything remotely interesting or important. I've already known about these fantasy worlds thanks to my old friend Rodrig who came from a similar world. Nothing came up for a while but I knew that things could change in seconds. And lo and behold trouble came as red dots showed up on the cross-com, followed by the sounds of a massacre and flames engulfing buildings. Looks like my team noticed them too since they were no longer talking anymore.

"Trouble up ahead. Let's move team!" I said to the team. All of us moved into the town to see what was going on.

…

When we got into town we saw something that seemed too clichéd for our liking.

Men in ragged clothing with fur coats around them, wielding axes were ransacking the town. Basically brigands, bandits or whatever. There were also some swordsmen and a few guys in fancy cloaks and with books in their hands among them. Mages if I can remember from Rodrig. Gadget of course wanted to talk more about this being proof that we were in a fantasy world but he knew better. This was no time for joking around.

We quickly took cover with our tactical cloaks still on. I took out the drone and tossed it up, watching as it activated its cloak and stayed in midair before I directed it ahead of us and we all connected to its feed with the cross-com. There were 20 bandits in total causing a ruckus. The leader and nine others were with him at one side of the town while the rest were in the other side of the town not far from us. Most of the civilians had fled from the area and hidden themselves and an unfortunate few had been killed. But it was what came out of the leader's mouth that angered us.

"Haha! Burn it all! Rape the women, whatever you want boys!" The bastard said with a gleeful smile.

From the corner of my eye I could tell that my team wanted me to give the order to go and waste these ruffians and I was going to do so since I was just as angry.

The drone came back to my position and into my hand before I put it away and faced my team.

"Alright team, check your weapons; we've got bandits to put down permanently." I said as we all did a quick check on our weaponry, with me checking my suppressed ACR with red dot sight, laser sight and grenade launcher attachment and Desert Eagle. "We may be in unfamiliar territory but that doesn't mean that we'd let these scumbags do what they want. It's a 5-to-1 odds against us but nothing we can't handle. We're going in silent. Use your weapons sparingly and when necessary since we've got very limited ammo." I turned to our sniper, "Deadeye, you're on over watch, find a good vantage point and have fun."

Deadeye nodded and made a quick dash for a nearby building that had the perfect view of the town and becoming visible for a while before she used her grappling hook to get on the roof and cloaked again. The rest of us moved into the town.

…

Deadeye's POV

From my vantage point I had a good view of the town, including the town center. On my cross com I saw my cloaked teammates going different ways to deal with their targets while I aimed down the scope of my VSS at my first victim: one of those mages with his spell book I guess. I zoomed in on his head and smirked behind my mask. A shame this fool was unaware that he was going to die, not that I cared since he was scum and a trip to hell was all he deserved. I pulled the trigger and watched as the bullet silently left the barrel and into his skull, his blood gushing from his head before he dropped dead.

"Tango down." I said. Then I spotted a guy with a sword running up to check on the dead mage. I aimed at his skull too and gave him the same treatment. "Another one down."

Soon I heard the faint sound of an explosion going off, telling me that someone decided to screw the going silent order.

Carnage's POV

Me and Gadget moved together towards a house that was unscathed and stayed on the wall, peeking from the corners while cloaked. Seeing no one Gadget tossed the motion sensor just to be sure. On our Cross-coms it showed outlines of three people in a house, two with red outlines and from their positions and the following feminine scream they were up to no good. We both made a quick dash to the house, becoming temporarily visible. We got to the house and pressed against the wall by the door. We noticed that the door was locked but the windows were open.

We both peeked through a window and saw something that disgusted us. Two of those barbaric thugs were trying to rape a young woman. Screw going silent here! Wasting no time, we got to the door and I placed a charge on it.

"Breaching in 3…2…1…NOW!"

The door was blasted in, with the loud sound and explosion catching the three people off guard while we got rushed in. Gadget blasted the fucker on the right with his CAWS, splattering his blood all over the wall and I double tapped the one on the left with my USP45. With both dead we went to check on the woman and saw her with her eyes open but blank, meaning that she was blind, and she was shaking in fear.

"It's alright. You're safe now." Gadget said to the woman, reassuring her. She stopped shaking and nodded to him though she was still a little scared.

"Alright we're clear here. We've still got to deal with the rest of these scums." I said after seeing that there were no enemies nearby with the cross-com. We both cloaked and walked out of the house, leaving the woman behind.

Aasimar's POV

I got behind a building with my adaptive camo activating and pressed up against the wall. I heard the two suppressed shots going off, meaning that Deadeye bagged two kills already. A swordsman came over to check on the dead mage and then got the same treatment, him too dropping dead. I watched two axe wielding bandits and a swordsman walking my way and waited for them to pass and drew out my combat knife. After the first two passed I grabbed the third one, the swordsman from behind, covering his mouth and slit his throat, killing him silently. I then took out my ACR and drilled the other two bandits in the back of their heads dropping them too, the muted shots unheard due to the roar of the flames from a burning building.

I moved on ahead and then took cover when I saw a swordsman, bandit and mage at the fountain in the center of the town. On the cross-com Carnage and Gadget showed up most likely done with their targets.

"See them Aasimar?" Carnage contacted me.

"Yes." I replied, "Met any of the opposition?"

"We took out two of them with less than noble intentions for a woman." Gadget answered with disgust, "What about you, Lead?"

"Bagged three a few seconds ago." I said, "Now let's take out these three together."

Soon, three beams of light were aimed, each pointing at the heads of the three enemies at the fountain.

"On my mark…" I said after all shots were lined up, "Fire!"

In a smooth sequence we all drilled the three unsuspecting enemies in the head and ended their scummy lives.

"Tangos down." I said, "On me everyone." Soon I saw Gadget and Carnage show up visible on my position. Then a minute later Deadeye showed up.

"That should be all of these ones on this side." I said.

"Seems like it ma'am. Time to deal with the rest-" Deadeye was interrupted by the sound of fighting on the other side of the town, where the other bandits and their leader were.

"Looks like someone's engaging the other bandits." Gadget said.

"Let's go and see what's going on." I said. We all cloaked again and moved towards where the fight was going on.

…

We stealthily arrived at the other side of town and saw a group of four people opposing the remaining bandits and their leader.

"Looks like that group's dealing with these fuckers." Carnage said.

"Should we give them assistance?" Deadeye asked.

"No, let's watch first. We'll only act if necessary." I replied.

So we observed them fighting, and I could easily tell who were the assaults and the supports. The man on the horse in light blue armor and the blue haired man with an ornate looking sword were the main attackers. The young girl that stayed back with her staff at the ready and the white haired male throwing… lightning bolts...were the supports. I could see Gadget ready to scream in ecstasy at someone firing spells and Carnage and Deadeye with wide eyes at the sight.

Besides I noticed that the man that threw lightning seemed to be calling the shots, yelling orders to the others.

'The group's tactician huh? Good to see someone who understands the importance of strategy.' I thought with a smile under my mask. But then something else about the man got my attention, there was something…ominous in him that I sensed, one that told me that there was more to him than meets the eye. I filed that away for another time to focus on the battle.

It wasn't long until there was only the bandit leader left. The group all stood at the ready, while the defiant bandit held his ground with an enraged glare, "How dare you kill my men!? I'll make you all sorry!"

"They've got this in the bag Aasimar. No point in staying here." Gadget stated. I would have agreed with him if not for the fact that I spotted a girl walk onto the scene, which spelt trouble. And I was on point when the bandit spotted the child and rushed to her, grabbed her and used her as a hostage and escalating the situation.

"Shit! A hostage situation." Carnage cursed, "Looks like we have to take action after all."

"And risk exposing ourselves to the natives here." Gadget added.

"So you prefer us to do nothing?" Deadeye asked.

"I never said that."

"We're helping either ways." I said with finality, "Everyone get ready. I'm tossing in a flash."

The others took cover while I took out a flashbang and tossed it over, seeing it land in front of the bandit before I took cover. Hearing the sound of it going off and the bandit screaming in pain a few seconds after, we all popped out of cover and lined our shots on the bandit who had released the girl and was staggering back. Altogether we filled the bastard full of lead with our weapons. After five seconds we stopped our barrage and saw the results: The bastard was a bloody mess with many holes all over his body and head.

Then we heard a gasp and we all turned to see the young girl with the staff pointing at us and the others looking at us in shock. Well there goes our anonymity. We activated our active camo and "vanished" from their sights and made ourselves scarce immediately.

Unknown to us, this was just the start of things to come.

Chapter 1 End.

Drop a review…if you feel like it, and we'll see how this story goes…No mindless flames or they'll be trashed.