Rainbow Six: Operation Red Sky

Chapter 2

"Breaking News"

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"BREAKING NEWS"

"UNKNOWN TERRORIST GROUP ATTACKS WARSAW METRO"

"WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES"

Upon reading this, everyone stopped what they were doing. The British boys stopped their game of billiard, the GSG9 team stopped talking. Everyone in the room stared at the TV screen in silence.

The TV showed a horrible scene. Inside the metro there was a destroyed train lying on it's side. Smoke was coming from the destroyed engines. Police and paramedics were on the scene, rescuing people from the train wreck. Some people had visible gunshot wounds. Some of them were able to walk on their own, some of them were unconscious. The camera then showed a metro station, which was completely destroyed. There were bullet holes everywhere on the walls, which were also stained with blood in some places.

The camera then showed the TV reporter, who was a blonde woman in her 30s. She stood on the pavement in front of the entrance to the metro, which was blocked by yellow police tape. A couple ambulances were parked on the street and paramedics were rushing wounded people to them every couple seconds.

"An unknown terrorist organisation attacked the Warsaw metro. The six attackers wearing white wolf masks opened fire at unexpecting citizens and exploded a bomb in one of the train's wagons." the reporter said

Meanwhile, in the rec room of the Hereford Base everyone was watching in silence with a shocked expression.

"What the hell?" Thermite muttered as he watched the horrible news.

Then the "BREAKING NEWS" text was shown again and it cut to the studio. The same reporter as before was sitting behind a table and on the wall behind her images of the horrible occurrence were shown.

"There are so far at least 50 people confirmed dead and more than 100 injured." the reporter continued

"O kurwa… (Oh fuck…)" Ela said under her breath

"Thankfully, the JW GROM counter-terrorist unit appeared in time and managed to eliminate all the terrorists" the TV reporter said as images of the attackers appeared on the screen. Three of the terrorists were Syrian, two were from Iran and suprisingly, one of them was from the USA.

"Looks like it could be a worldwide organisation, somewhat like the White Masks" Valkyrie noticed

"I've never heard about these guys before though…" Hibana said

"Well, they could be a new organisation." Thermite said

"Or they attack very rarely" Bandit added

"Quiet, let's keep watching for now." Thatcher said and everyone stopped talking.

"This is one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Europe and the first big terrorism attack in Poland." the reporter continued. "So far, the reason for the attack is unknown"

Suddenly, Ela got up from the couch and muttered something before leaving the room. There was a visible frown on her face. Who could blame her, though.

"Wait, Ela, where are you going?" Valkyrie asked, but before she could finish, the Polish girl was already outside the rec room.

"Maybe someone should check on her?" Hibana said

"I'll do it." Valkyrie said as she got up and followed Ela out of the room.

The Pole was walking through the corridor, thoughts racing through her head. How could they attack the capital of Poland? She has dealt with many cases of terrorism before, but she never expected to see an attack in her country. No one did. As she walked, she suddenly felt someone tap her on the shoulder. She turned around to see her friend, Meghan "Valkyrie" Castellano. The two women became really close friends when they collaborated in Operation Orange Sky in 2007. Meghan is probably Ela's best friend.

"Hey, Ela!" Valkyrie caught Ela's attention "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." the Pole said "I'm just shocked that there was a terrorist attack in Poland, out of all places."

Meghan was about to say something, but decided to let her friend continue.

"I mean, Poland is the last big country in Europe you'd expect to see an attack in." Ela continued, visibly upset.

"Maybe they wanted to send a message?" Valkyrie suggested

"That nowhere is safe…" Ela added "Makes sense, the terrorists want to make the world think that they are a big threat. But why would they do that?"

"Do you think Six already knows?" Valk asked

"Oh, I'm pretty sure she knows." Ela smirked "She's probably already got a call from GROM, or CIA or the damn UN."

"Yeah, she always knows before everyone else"

"I wouldn't be suprised if we were sent somewhere to eliminate the fuckers." Ela said "Anyways, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I need to find Zo" Ela wasn't exactly on good terms with her sister Zofia. Their father always preferred Zofia, which often caused rivalry between the sisters. This is one of the reasons why Ela very rarely talks to her older sister.

"Okay, I won't be stopping you then" Valkyrie smiled "I'll go back to the rec room, see if the reporter says something interesting." she added as she headed back to the rec room.

Ela walked upstairs to the dorms section, which was on the third and last floor of the Hereford Base. The second floor was composed of the rec room, the briefing room and Six's office. The first floor was the training section of the base. That was where the gym and the VR training simulation room were located. The basement was where the lab and the weaponry were located. The base also had a running track and, of course, a shooting range located outside.

She got on the third floor. All of the operators had seperate dorms, but they were next to dorms of other operators in the unit, meaning that Zofia's dorm was next to Ela's etc.

She walked up to her sister's dorm and knocked on the door. No response. "Perhaps she isn't here" Ela thought.

She was about to return downstairs, when she suddenly bumped into someone coming out of their dorm. She looked up to see GIGN operator Emmanuelle "Twitch" Pichon.

"Oh, sorry, Emma.." Ela apologised

"No worries." Emmanuelle smiled

"Anyway, have you seen my sister? I have something important to tell her."

"I… I think she was in the gym… I'm not sure though." Emma said

"Alright, thank you very much!" Ela replied and sprinted downstairs, as the French operator looked on in confusion.

Meanwhile, down in the gym, Taina "Caveira" Pereira was working out on the punching bag, whilst listening to music. She always liked to do that after a VR training session. Either it was in order to release her anger if something went wrong, sometimes it was just a way for her to relax. This time, it was the former.
She still couldn't believe she got herself killed so easy. Jackal was just lucky when he managed to eliminate her, but she was also angry at herself. She should've waited for the best chance, instead of rushing him like a total idiot. She knew she has to be more cautious if she wants to do anything other than dying.

After a couple minutes of intense training, she removed her earbuds and put them into her training bag which was lying behind her. She looked around the gym. It was mostly, only a few people were in there besides her. Most of the others were either in the rec room or in their dorms. She picked up her bag and went to the changing room.

She opened her locker and took off her sports bra and changed into regular clothes: a plain black t-shirt and black jeans. Before closing her locker, she took out her phone and looked at her notification feed. Nothing special, except for a notification from some news app. She tapped on the notification.

"BREAKING NEWS: 50+ DEAD IN TERRORIST ATTACK IN WARSAW" the article said

She immediately got angry as she saw the title. "Fucking scum of the Earth…" she muttered as she read through the article. After a while she decided to put the phone back in her bag. She got out of the changing room with an upset expression. She hated seeing such news. Oh, the things she could do if she had a chance to meet one of the attackers…

Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, Zofia Bosak was doing a workout session. Lifting weights, to be more exact.

"Zo!" she suddenly heard a familiar voice. She looked up to see her younger sister standing at the entrance to the gym. She was happy to see her, but also a bit suprised, as Ela rarely was the one to start a conversation with her.

"Siostra? (Sister?)" Zofia said, suprised

"Have you heard the news?" Ela asked as she walked up to her sister

"I don't think so… What happened?" Zofia asked, putting the weights down.

"This happened." Ela said as she showed her sister an article with the horrible news.

Zofia's expression grew more shocked as she read through the article.

"What the hell… How is this even possible?" Zofia said

"I know, right?" Ela said "I had to show you this, just so you know what the fuck is happening in our country."

"I see you've heard the news as well…" they suddenly heard a third voice out of nowhere. The two Polish girls jumped, suprised. They turned around to see Taina standing next to them.

"What the… I didn't even hear you walk up to us!" Ela said, still suprised

Taina laughed "I call it the 'Silent Step' for a reason." she said

"Gosh, you are such a pain in the ass for us attackers…" Zofia said

"Aww.. thank you!" Taina smirked "Anyway, good thing is that GROM eliminated those fucks quickly." she added

"Yeah, from my experience in working with GROM, they are a big deal. I've heard that none of the operators died in the shootout as well." Ela said

"It's a shame I wasn't there…" Caveira said "If I were there, I wouldn't let these terrorists die so fast. I'd slowly cut their throats one by one and make the others watch." she said with a creepy smile, as the two other girls looked on in disgust.

"What?" Cav asked as she saw the Poles' expressions.

"You are… nevermind" Zofia said

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Six was in her office sitting on the chair in front of her desk. She was talking on the phone with the commander of the Polish elite counter-terrorist unit, JW GROM.

"(...) So what exactly do you want me to do?" she continued her conversation with the commander

"What I need you to do, is send some operators to get intel and eliminate those damned terrorists!" the man on the other side of the line said, audibly upset.

"Do we even know anything about them? As far as I'm concerned, I'm sending my operators on a death sentence, unless you give me some info." Six said

"From what we've gathered, we were able to link those terrorists to many war crimes in Syria. There's a possibility that they are linked with the White Masks. The organisation as a whole is believed to be from Syria."

"That's all the intel you've got?" Six asked "Why can't GROM handle this?

"Look, I've already talked with the President. I talked with the UN. We consider these terrorists a global threat. And GROM just isn't good enough. You and me both know that Team Rainbow is the best at getting intel."

"Fuck…" Six muttered under her breath. "I'll look into it. From what you've told me, they are probably from Syria, which means I'm sending my operators to a warzone… They are prepared for this, though." she said

"That's right. And I don't wanna tell you how to do your job or anything, but I highly recommend that you send operator Elżbieta Bosak on the mission. She was one of the best in terms of getting intel back when she was with GROM, after all."

"You think I don't know that?" Six said "Anyway, send me all the info you got on these terrorists, the more the better." she added before the commander hung up.

Six cursed silently as she leaned on her desk. This was a very dangerous operation. No, this was a death sentence. No one knew what this organisation is capable of. But the commander was right. No one except Rainbow could handle this.

She opened a shelf which contained all of the operators' files. She sorted through the files and the first one that came to her mind was Ela, as the commander suggested.

She picked her file and looked into it. Ela really is an important asset in terms of getting intel. Plus she also had experience in the middle east. She put the document on her desk.

Another file that caught her attention was Caveira's. Taina Pereira is the key interrogator for Rainbow. She never worked in the middle east, but she could make a great duo with Ela in getting intel or infiltrating the enemy. She put her file on the desk next to Ela's.

The next file she picked was the one of Dominic "Bandit" Brunsmeier. The German operator was known for working undercover previously. She knew he hated it, but that was a necessity. She put his file next to the others.

The team also needed a leader, of course. The first ones that came to her mind were either Mike "Thatcher" Baker or Eliza "Ash" Cohen. Baker had more experience though, and Eliza was deployed very recently in the strange 'Outbreak' operation, so she decided to pick Thatcher this time.

She sorted through the files one more time, and two more files caught her attention. Yumiko "Hibana" Imagawa and Jordan "Thermite" Trace. Both had experience in the middle east and they have pretty good chemistry together. So why not take both? She put both files on her desk.

She stared at the six files laying on her desk. What was she sending them to? This was the first time she was actually worried about an operation. Sure, in every op there's a chance that something may go wrong, but this time she was sending them to a warzone in order to eliminate a threat they know nothing about.

This mission could turn into a nightmare.


A/N: So this is the second chapter, I hope you enjoyed it! Don't forget to review to tell me what you think about the story! Anyway, one more thing: I'm not sure how often I'll update the fic. I'll try to push out one chapter every week/two weeks, depends on how much spare time I have.