The Newbies

Time: 13:45

Thatcher and Tachanka are walking around the Compound discussing the newest recruits to team Rainbow

"When are the new ops arriving?" Alexandr asked, pertaining to the operators just hired by team rainbow.

"Should be two hours for the first, two more won't be here till about 5 this evening." Mike replied, holding three separate folders for the new recruits. "Here, have a look at their Bio's"

Alexandr took the three folders before beginning to read about the newbies.

BIO #1

Name: Cameron Michael Robertson, A.K.A. Ember

Sex: Male

DOB: April 2, 1988

POB: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Allegiance: JTF2, Canadian Armed Forces

Height: 1.9304 Meters

Weight: 97.5224 Kilograms

Specialty: Incendiary Devices

Special Gadget: F1R-E Explosive Device

Gadget Description: Incendiary device that when detonated, ignites everything within 3.5 Meters, mixed with chemical causing fire not to spread, and to combust materials extremely quickly.

Biography: Born in Toronto, Cameron hasn't had the worst life. Graduated high school in Sydenham Ontario, before applying and entering the Royal Military College of Canada under a Chemical Engineering degree. Applied to Special forces in Fall of 2013. First produced his device in Spring of 2017.

Physiatrist Notes: Cameron suffers from Asperger's Disease He also has insomnia and nightmares due to car accident in Spring of 2008 that killed his brother and left him with Tinnitus in both ears, uses music to cope. He feels like he is at fault for his brother's death, even though the crash was caused by a drunk driver. IS A PYROMANIAC, DO NOT GIVE HIM EXPLOSIVES! Shows extreme talent in phycological warfare, three personnel discharged after extended exposure to tactics used by Cameron.

Family: Parents, brother (Deceased)

Other Skills: Phycological Warfare, Knows French, and Sign Language. Can Read Lips, Skilled Driver

"This first guy, very talented, but he has problems." Alexandr commented after reading the first Bio.

"Physiatrist cleared him for duty." Mike replied. "And he is an excellent problem solver, just ignore the pyro bit, he just likes blowing stuff up."

BIO #2

Name: Logan Johnathan White, A.K.A. Outback

Sex: Male

DOB: August 27, 1986

POB: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Allegiance: SOC, Australian Army

Height: 1.793 Meters

Weight: 91.82 Kilograms

Specialty: High Powered Weaponry

Special Gadget: 50. Cal Specialty Rounds

Gadget Description: Personally Made 50. Cal rounds, that can penetrate any surface including solid concrete, with no bullet drop.

Biography: Born in Perth, Logan lived outside of the city on his family's farm, from a very young age, he enjoyed hunting for sport and pest control. Graduated from high school and applied to join the Australian Army, showed expert marksmanship, and developed his special rounds in the summer of 2016.

Physiatrist Notes: Logan has sight ADD.

Family: Parents, two brothers and one sister, wife, one son, two daughters.

Other Skills: Marksman, Skilled Driver

"Second guy, also extremely good." Alexandr mentioned.

BIO #3

Name: Olivia Chow. A.K.A. Ghost

Sex: Female

DOB: April 20, 1988

POB: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Allegiance: SOC, New Zealand Army

Height: 1.65 Meters

Weight: 69.89 Kilograms

Specialty: Stealth Technology

Special Gadget: INV1-Z1 Cloaking Device

Gadget Description: Device renders user almost completely transparent while moving slowly, and completely transparent while still. Device will not work if arms are extended. Only works for 3 seconds before batteries need charge.

Biography: Born in Auckland with the surname Williams, Olivia ran away from an abusive family at age 10 and adopted by Chinese Immigrants, graduated top of her class and entered armed forces, reported that she had been working on her gadget for as long as since 2011.

Physiatrist Notes: Suffers from nightmares due to abusive past, comforted by traditional Chinese music, otherwise perfect mental health.

Family: Adopted parents, three sisters and two brothers.

Other Skills: Hacking, Tracking, Knows Chinese

Alexandr was silent after reading the final Bio.

"Ah Chow. Yes, very sad past, but she is over that."

"Very sad when things like this happen." Alexandr finally said. As a car pulled up to the gate, catching both operator's attention.

"Wonder what this could be." Mike thought aloud. As the car was let through security.

The car pulled up and parked in front of the two operators, with Sledge getting out of the driver's seat and one of the newbies getting out of the back.

"Seamus? Thought you would be another two bloody hours!" Mike exclaimed.

"Yea, well he arrived early." Seamus replied.

"How? His flight hasn't even landed."

"I didn't really look forward to a three-hour layover in Atlanta, so I rebooked with KLM and got an overnight flight to Amsterdam and took a taxi to a rendezvous point I made this morning." The recruit informed. "Cameron by the way." He said extending a hand.

Mike shook it before replying. "Mike. That's Alexandr." He said pointing at Alexandr. "Guess we have to pay you for the expenses now."

"No, I used points I had made up from previous trips."

'Okay then, I guess we must introduce you now, because the other two aren't arriving till 5 because they are coming from Down Under."

"I would hate to be on that flight." Seamus mumbled.

"It is 23 and a half hours with layover in either Singapore, Dubai or Hong Kong." Alexandr informed.

Everyone looked at Alexandr before everyone heard a grinding noise, and looked over at Cameron, who was playing with a Zippo lighter.

He looked up at everyone staring at him. "Problem?" he asked, closing the lighter.

"Just don't burn the compound down. Speaking of burning, I'd like to see your gadget in action." Mike said.

"Sure thing, But I am not showing it if there will be live humans in the room." Cameron said.

"Why?" Seamus questioned.

"I did tests with small amounts of my mixture and lab rats, the smoke is toxic, if it gets on you, it will burn through clothes and flesh, and if you catch on fire, you can't put it out without water."

"Okay then, point taken. We do have a testing building with wood on the windows, if you want to test it in front of everyone."

Suddenly Cameron's phone went crazy, vibrating, ringing, and displaying a trademark image of one of the other operators. Cameron's eye also started twitching.

"GRACE, STOP MESSING WITH THE NEW GUY'S BLOODY PHONE!" Mike yelled, throwing a half drank water bottle at the window where Grace and Mark (Mute) were watching from. "AND WHILE YOU'RE AR IT, CALL A MEETING IN THE COMMON ROOM!"

They were laughing their asses off before the water bottle hit the window, scaring them back into reality.

Cameron's phone returned to normal after a couple seconds, displaying his lock screen.

"So, are practical jokes allowed?" Cameron asked.

"Not officially, but nobody will make a report if you do." Mike replied, knowing where this was going. "No lighting anything on fire."

"Don't worry, I will not burn anything, I am excellent at phycological warfare though." Cameron replied, cracking his knuckles. "Anybody else here that has a grudge against her?"

"I Do." Alexandr spoke up. "She hid my vodka, hold it ransom."

"I will need your help, because this is a two-person job."

"Cameron, I've read your Bio, don't go too far." Mike said as a warning. "Now, about introducing you to everyone."

Five Minutes Later

Inside the common room, all the operators were gathered, seated on various couches, facing a TV on the wall, where Sebastien and Craig were in a 1v1 race on Grand Turismo.

Mike walked in with Cameron and Alexandr following him.

"SHUT IT!" Mike yelled as he approached the group. Causing Craig to pause his game, and for the rest of the operators to quiet down. "This is one of our new recruits, Cameron, or Ember. Give him a round of applause before you use him for target practice tomorrow." Mike said, earning a fair amount of applause. "Okay, ask him as many questions as you want." He said, pushing Cameron in front of the group.

Maxim (Kapkan) instantly called out "What weapons do you use?"

"I may sound crazy, but my secondary is a Browning Hi-Power, and my two primaries are a Madsen MG, and an Ithaca 37- Slam-shot." Cameron Replied.

"Okay I can understand the Browning and Ithaca, but why a Madsen?" Craig called out.

"Call me old fashioned, but I find it more reliable then modern firearms."

"Understandable, but they let you?" Tina asked.

"The form said any weapon, so I chose any weapon!" Cameron said raising his hands defensively.

"So, I theoretically could have said a M1928A1 and they would have said yes?" Eliza asked.

"Considering that was invented after mine was made, I will say yes."

"Okay, that's enough, l think everyone wants to see his device in action." Mike interrupted, ushering Cameron towards the armory.

"I can agree with that." James says. "I'm presuming the kill house."

"Yep!" Mike yelled over his shoulder, pushing Cameron down the stairs.

"OW!" He yells from the basement.

"Sorry."

Two Hours and Forty-Five Minutes Later

"Okay Cameron, Got everything ready?" Mike says as Cameron checks over his device.

"Yep. You filled the room up with objects of various materials, right?" Cameron asks, turning his F1R-E in hand.

"Yep." Mike says before bringing a radio to his mouth. "The Range is Hot." He says before nodding to Cameron, who dons a gasmask.

After a buzzer rings, Cameron walked over to the Building, where a corner room was created to show off his device. He pulled out His browning, where he shot out a piece of wood, before striking his device against his other wrist, covered in a matchbox striking pad, igniting the small fuse, before throwing it through the hole and jumping out of the way of the window. After about two seconds, the room lit up with a flash before the windows were blown out.

The rest of the operators looked on in awe as a large inferno engulphed the room, before quickly dying out.

After Cameron signaled that it was safe, the buzzer was sounded again, and the rest of the operators approached the building, commenting on the damage.

"Looked great, but it burned itself out too quickly!" Craig said patting Cameron on the back.

"Didn't burn out, it ran out of fuel." Cameron said gesturing for the rest of he operators to follow him.

The operators followed Cameron inside where he led them to the room, where everyone's jaws dropped.

Since it was a closed room, the entire room is coated in ash and soot, and every single piece of furniture that wasn't metal was either mostly or fully burned into a pile of ash.

"And what if there were people in here?" Siu (Ying) asked.

"Then you'd have half melted corpses in here too."

From outside a car horn was heard, and everyone looked out a window to see that the other two recruits had arrived.

"Splendid. Now we can demonstrate their weapons too." Mike said as he walked outside.

Everyone, after the shock of Cameron's weapon wore off, made their way over to the new Recruits and introduced themselves.

The Australian went first. (Thick Accent) "G'Day everyone I'm Logan, also known as Outback, I'm your new Sniper" He said earning a smile from Tim as he was no longer the only sniper.

"Guess it's my turn." Said a voice coming from nowhere.

"Who Said that?" Sebastien asked, looking around.

"I did." Said a girl, who appeared right in front of them. Earning a jump from everyone and a not so manly scream from Craig.

"That didn't happen." Craig said composing himself.

"Okay, whatever it is I want one." Sebastien exclaimed.

"Nope mine, I'm Olivia by the way." She said with a small wave.

"Logan, want to show off your rounds?" Mike said, holding a Barret 50. Cal

"Sure." He said, pulling a small ammunition box out of his bag, before he loaded the magazine.

Everyone followed him over to the target range, where Mike had a three-foot-thick piece of concrete placed in front of a watermelon.

"Goggles everyone." Mike said, with everyone grabbing a pair of goggles, except for Cameron, who just put his gas mask back on.

Logan took aim at a small red X made from tape in the center of the concrete slab, before taking fire, shattering the concrete, and detonating the watermelon behind it.

"Holy…" Seamus mumbled wondering if his hammer could do that.

"Okay, first training with the newbies is 0900 tomorrow morning, so sleep up!" Mike said knowing that the veterans would probably just take the newbies drinking as always.