"Do you have any idea where he went?" Price asked as he walked out of the hut.
"There's only one place. The Witch's castle. No one has ever dared to go in!" Mrs. Beaver wailed sadly.
"Bollocks. We'll get him out."
"There's no way, she could turn you into stone with her evil powers!"
Price sighed at the beaver's stubbornness. His team was getting that boy out and they wouldn't fail.
"Come on, let's get moving."
It was dark before they reached the castle. Perfect for a night op, Soap thought as their group approached the fortress.
"Alright, Nikolai, you set up here. Girls, you stay with him."
"What? No way! We're going to find our brother!" hissed Susan.
"You stay here." Price responded with a stern look that even made the angry girl stop dead in her tracks.
"Fine. You'll get lost without me!" she said haughtily.
Nikolai watched as the girl and Price continued to argue, and chuckled as he set up his Dragunov sniper rifle opposite the castle.
"Price, this is Eagle's Nest. You have no guards I your way, but proceed with caution."
"Rodger that," Price said to Nikolai, "Let's go."
The team of 3 moved quietly in the darkness through the halls of the castle. Susan had finally talked Price into letting her join them.
They looked around and saw stone figures of magical creatures, twisted in painful positions.
"I wonder what sick bastard would buy these?" Soap asked aloud.
"I don't know! They look horrible!" Susan said.
"Cut the chatter, you two. We're nearing our objective.
As they turned the corner, they saw a large hallway leading to the throne room.
"Soap, move into position for breach on that door," Price said as he gestured to a large doorway that led to the throne room.
He placed the frame charge on the door and stood back.
"Ready."
"Copy that. Charge is prepped."
After looking around to make sure that everyone was out of harm's way, he gave the OK signal to Soap, who started the timer.
The smoke and noise was so sudden, so unexpected. Edmund was enjoying more of the Turkish delights the witch gave him when the room filled with a thunderous rumbling of sound that shocked him.
"What's going on?" he shouted.
"I have no idea!" said the witch, slowly. She drew her wand out of her pocket and held it tight in her icy fingers.
"Alright, who's behind this mess?" a voice came from the smoke. Seconds later two men and a girl came running into the room. Then he saw that it was his sister and two soldiers. Before he could say anything, the witch grabbed him and pointed the wand at his neck. The back door was suddenly destroyed when a Minotaur barged in and looked around.
"Target at 12 'o clock!"
The Minotaur was met with a hail of gunfire, and it fell down dead from its injuries.
"Let the boy go or you die!" Price shouted.
She suddenly dropped him onto the floor.
"I have nothing against you. I was just making sure he was alright!" she said.
"Alright missy, put your hands behind your back or we'll have to do that for you."
"You don't know who you're messing with!" As she shouted, she pointed her wand at the dead Minotaur. It turned into stone as soon as she had directed it.
The witch probably expected these men to bow down to her power. But what she didn't know was that 300 metres away lie a sniper who could kill her if she moved.
"Now bow down or you all will meet the same fate!" She laughed.
She hadn't finished when a 7.62x54 rifle bullet passed from the cold air into her cranium.