-Briefing-

Once again, the briefing started with the U.S. Ops logo [described in Mission 1]. Right after that, the U.S.M. logo appeared. It had a perfect shade of gold. It showed a rifle in the middle, which was accompanied by two M9 pistols. Below the logos were two giant words that said 'Joint Operation'. After the logos disappeared, the screen showed a picture of Base 34. The entrances and vents were all highlighted. There were blinking red dots which were recognized as enemies, and the blinking green dots were recognized as U.S. soldiers.

"Soldiers, we have to commence the attack. We need to save them before they kill 'em," Command briefed.

"It's 'gonna be hard to get in with the enemies guarding the entrance," Thompson pointed out.

"And that is why the vents are highlighted," Command replied.

"How the hell did they get in anyway?"

Right at that moment, the screen zoomed in to one of the guards at Entrance F. It surprised everyone that it was Sgt. Boyd, one of the Ops's soldiers.

"He – he betrayed us!" Wallcroft exclaimed.

"Just like Shepherd," Captain Price mumbled.

"Da, Price. I will be waiting for you and the Ops at Location 3," Nikolai said.

After zooming out, the briefing ended.

-End Briefing-

Operation Base Defense
'Base Defense'
Day 1 – 14:07:34
U.S. Military Base 34
Sgt. Lex Runnerson
U.S. Ops

The sky had a shade of light blue. It was in the afternoon, and the Ops were stealthily moving towards the entrance of Base 34. Lex's weapons for the day were a Silenced GH 33 for primary and a Silenced QR3 for secondary.

"There's the vent. We need to get through there without alerting the guards," Price whispered.

All of a sudden, there was a bang and the entrance door opened. The Russian soldier jumped back in shock.

"Uh, Thompson! Are you seeing this?" Wallcroft asked, but to his surprise, Thompson was nowhere to be found.

Then, another bang was heard, and surprisingly, Thompson appeared at the entrance and stabbed the Russian.

"Miss me?" Thompson asked sarcastically.

A few minutes later, the Ops were crawling into the vents.

"Bloody hell will this be exciting!" an Op said.

"Well, get in line mate, if they do want to kill you first," Captain Price said with his everyday – accent.

It wasn't long until they made a turn to one of the fans. Captain Price did a shooting motion with his hand, and at that precise moment, everyone began shooting the fan at once.

"Thompson, you will make the turn to the right. Wallcroft, Jorg! Follow him. The rest of you, on me," Captain Price instructed.

Wallcroft and another Op soldier followed Thompson to the control room. Lex and the rest followed Captain Price. They crawled through more vents, following Price's precise instructions every time. After a while, Price radioed Thompson.

"Thompson! Cut the power on my signal," Captain Price said.

He crawled through a hole and opened one of the vents. He then jumped down before realizing he was in the Beacon Room.

After the rest plopped down behind Captain Price, he began to contact Thompson.

"Do it," he instructed.

"Bam!" Thompson shouted right before everything went dark.

"Switch to night vision now."

Lex put on his night vision goggles. Everything was green. At least he was able to tell what was in front of him, which was a Beacon.

The team walked down the hall of the base. After a few minutes of walking and turning, they stopped. Footsteps and mumblings were heard from the other turn.

Lex looked at the source and apparently, it was a patrol of guards walking to the hallway. Captain Price pointed to me and did a shooting motion with his hand. The guards passed by without noticing us, since it was dark. Lex began to shoot the patrol. He then wondered why there was no blood.

The squad walked through the other hallway before seeing figures. Price placed a hand in the air. It was Thompson, Wallcroft and Jorg.

"Follow me," Thompson instructed.

The Ops walked down a flight of stairs, only to find a door.

"This is it. I hear whispers inside," Wallcroft whispered.

"Breach it, Lex!" Price instructed softly.

Lex planted the breaching bomb and the Ops stood back. They waited for a moment. The boom told the Ops that it was time to go in, which was what the Ops did. The door fell down, revealing a room with Russian guards and other U.S. soldiers inside.

"Weapons free," Price said, which means that you could open fire.

The Ops shot the Russian guards without hesitation. Sgt. Boyd fell to the ground in shock. Price lifted his hand to signal to stop shooting.

"I – I can explain!" Boyd said.

"Enough talk. Lex, time to kill," Price said.

Lex walked over to Sgt. Boyd. Lex took out his gun and aimed at the soldier. Before he could pull the trigger, something struck his back.

Price had pulled the trigger to his gun, and apparently, he aimed at Lex, who was shocked. He wondered why Price shot him and why it did not hurt at all.

"Got you!" Thompson shouted.

Everyone laughed, including the soldiers, and surprisingly, the so – called dead Russian guards.

"We owe you an apology, mate. Just wanted to see if you are fit for a mission," Price explained.

"The bullets were designed to not kill at all, and the knives were fake."

The soldiers walked outside, laughing. All of a sudden, gunshots shot the base.

"Uh, Price! Is this supposed to happen?" Wallcroft asked.

"Everybody get down! These are real gunshots and bullets!" Price shouted.

Everybody searched for cover. Guns continued firing.

"Command, this is Price! There is a real invasion going on! Lex, grab this mag! It contains real bullets. One mag should be enough to buy us some time," Price shouted while giving Lex a magazine.

Lex opened fire at the huge army of Russian soldiers. Some of them were hit. Lex continued firing until all of a sudden, the gun stopped firing. The mag was empty. Lex had no choice but to hide in cover.

Thompson threw a red – smoke grenade to signal the location the chopper should land.

"Everyone fire with the fake bullets! It should buy us a bit more time!" Thompson instructed.

The Ops team began shooting at once. The bullets did slow down a few Russians, but none of them died. The Russians continued firing.

Suddenly, there was a blasting sound. A missile roared through the air and it exploded on the army of Russians. A helicopter landed on the red – smoke grenade. The Ops hurried to the chopper while dodging a few bullets. After the Ops got on board, the helicopter took off right before another helicopter dropped down to take care of the Russians.

"How did it go, Price?" Nikolai asked sarcastically.

"Oh, shut up," Price replied.

The End.