Welcome to the start of the second chapter. In his chapter I talk about the first battle (hence the title) that Apollo and Damien have with the new team. I look forward to anything you guys have to say about it. It's my first time writing a chapter like it (pretty obvious) so please let me know if there are things I can improve on. I also show the increasing connection between Emmanuelle and Apollo in this chapter. Also the different languages I use are from a google translate, so please let me know if it is wrong and I will change it.

I don't own anything, so any song lyrics or characters I use that are not named Apollo, Jessie or Damien should have shoutouts (or whatever I need for that) done.

As always, please sit down, relax and enjoy the show.

Warning: strong violence and suggested sexual content

2 weeks later

Jerusalem, Israel

0600 hours

3rd POV

"Let's go men we don't have time to waste!" Shouted the leader of the White Masks, Lochlan Pachincy.

In under 10 minutes the entire building was swept and all the prisoners were held in the main lobby. The day was just starting as obvious by some of the people still dressed in pajamas and nightgowns. Lochlan figured he had around one hour before someone found something suspicious. Then again he had to love traffic. He looked down on the people held prisoner on the floor below him and noticed the Defense Secretary and another 4-star commander in he group. Lochlan smiles to himself as he knew this was a success.

He shot in the air once to get everyone's attention, "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to your last day on earth." He said while taking off his mask.

The ground gasped as they realized who the attacker was.

"You pig! You adolescent, emasculate fiend! How dare you attack this place?!" The Commander shouted.

He looked to his soldier, "Shoot him."

Without a second hesitation the soldier raised his gun and pulled the trigger once, ending the Commander's life instantly.

"Anyone else want to say something?" Lochlan asked.

That is when he noticed two boys in the back, both of European decent. He noticed one of the boys try to contain his laughter.

"Is something funny back there?"

"Yeah, you." The boy to the left said.

"Really? Do you mind standing up and letting me know what you said?" Lochlan asked.

The boy hesitantly stood up.

"A quick question before we start, are you afraid of your oncoming death?"

"My parents and babysitter are dead already, I got nothing left." The boys said with an English accent.

"I like your fearlessness. What is your name?"

"Alex Rider."

"Oh you mean THE Alex Rider? The one who escaped death countless times at the hands of the worst criminal organizations on the planet?"

"Sounds about right cunt."

"Anyway what was so funny?"

"Oh I just said that if I was going to die, I might as well jump from your ego to your IQ. It's a pretty long drop after all."

1 hour earlier

Hereford Military Base, England

0500 hours

Apollo's POV

I was up taking a light jog to clear my head and remember what has been going on for the last two weeks. I haven't had anymore anxiety issues which I'm beyond grateful for. I was happy for the time I got to spend with Emma and with the other girls. So far I really like Emma and I'm glad she likes me...again I'm just very worried about the future. My life could end at any moment and I don't want to push a relationship. Luckily however she has been taking it slow with just occasional hugs when I see her. The other girls have been like that too. Ela and Meghan have been the most suggestive and flirtatious but they learned their boundaries and where they can go and where they can't. They push the boundaries everyday however. I also got to talk more to the other operators. They seemed very friendly, but I didn't know if that was just because who they were or because they were being nice. I also got to working on a gadget with Damien and Jessie as we didn't have one and Six suggested we get one. I created a weapon that can look around corners without the use of my head. It shoots standard M4 rounds and takes a 30 round magazine. It only shoots semi-auto but I have a pretty good trigger finger. It's basically a bunch of cameras hooked together to create a snapping M4. I also got some of Emma's machinery to help with the gun. Damien created a gunfire mimicry device. It basically is a little grenade that can be thrown into an area and when turned on it makes it seem like there is gunfire in a certain direction when in reality there is just a grenade. Jessie created what she calls the shock charge. Again with a little help from Emma, she was able to create a proximity mine that shoots of electricity and stuns people. If they become paralyzed or don't move they can die from it after a period of time. Jessie likes to be on defense and said that all three of us couldn't be on offense anyway. I hear my alarm go off so I stopped my run and went inside. I found Ryad walking the halls.

"Insomnia again?" I asked as I walked by.

"Don't remind me, I really miss sleep." He responded.

"I feel for you man."

I walked back up to my room and took off my shirt while opening my door. I heard a click from behind me so I turned around. I heard another click but decided to ignore it. I threw my shirt in the hamper before I walked to my mirror and looked at myself in the mirror. I was looking at my past scars from missions that seemed a 1,000 years ago. I was rubbing my bullet wounds, as there were no shortage of them on my body. I also had scars from the surgeries I had been put through when they replaced my leg and arm bones with titanium and planted the chip in my head. I suddenly heard what sounded like something sliding under my door and quick footsteps away. I walked to my door to find a note on the floor. I assumed it was from Emma but I doubt she would be up this early.

The note read, "Come see me in my room. Leave your shirt off. I'm watching you, Dokkaebi."

I became a little nervous as I didn't know where this was going to go. I obliged and opened my door and looked at the door across from me. The door was a little cracked open and dark inside. It definitely wasn't like that when I walked by earlier. I knocked once on the door and when I heard a voice telling me to come in I entered. The door was suddenly shut behind me and I felt hands rub themselves along my body I let the hands travel around my chest and stomach, feeling my scars and past pain. I felt one hand trace the knife wound I got that goes from my right shoulder to left hip. I then felt the hands pull me tight and another body press up against my back. I knew it was Dokkaebi but decided not to test anything as I could also feel something cold pressed against my side. I heard a click come from my left and I knew Dokkaebi had a gun pointed at my side.

"What interests you about Emma, Ela or Meghan?" She suddenly asked.

"Why do you want to know?" I responded.

"Because I want to be yours forever. I do not like taking no and I would very much hate to lose to the whore named Emmanuelle.

"That is a little weird. It's also not like your making a very good case for yourself right now."

"I do not need to make a good case for myself if I get what I want."

Suddenly an alarm went off in the building. It sounded like something close to an air raid siren. I turned around and pushed Dokkaebi out of the way while bolting for the door. I opened the door and closed it as a suppressed shot slammed into the door. I booked it down the stairs taking them 4 at a time. I immediately ran to the rec room where I saw Ryad talking to Six on skype. Another group of operators all made it down to the rec room. Everyone was absolutely exhausted. Damien and I were the only ones remotely awake. Even with Jessie she looked exhausted.

Ryad turned to us with a grave look on his face. "A residential apartment building in Jerusalem has been attacked by the White Masks."

I saw Eliza and Jordan had entered the room at the moment Ryad had said that. Her face went from completely astonished to beyond pissed in less then a second. She started shaking with anger and Jordan backed up a couple steps behind the hungover Shuhrat (Fuze).

Ryad continued, "We need a task force of 15 operators for the mission. They are armed with multiple explosives and bio weapons from what Six said. Jordan and Mike you two wanna choose mis amigos (my friends)?"

"Ugh Ash, IQ, Lion, Thatcher and I. Juggernaut, Twitch, Sledge, Skeet and Blackbeard. Then Jackal, Dokkaebi, Nomad, Finka and Montagne." Jordan said.

A few sighed in relief while others groaned or made faces until they made eye contact with Ash and then they were quiet.

In a couple minutes of waking anyone who had managed to sleep through the alarm and grabbing their gear we were headed out to the hangar to meet the transport plane. Six was out there already as we all arrived. Everyone donned their military gear. Well everyone but me as I was in a baseball hoodie and joggers with an armor plate on.

"Thermite I expect you to go over the plan with everyone. Make sure you keep Ash under control. Good luck."

I stood there while everyone nodded and jogged to the back of the plane. I tried to stay in the middle of the group as I didn't want to get noticed by Six. We got on the plane, placed our guns in the storage spaces and sat down. Nomad and Twitch sat to either side of me while Damien and Jessie sat next to Twitch. So far nobody has noticed my choice of attire until I felt Twitch grab my hand. She then looked over to me and looked me up and down and my unorthodox choice of clothing.

"Espèce d'idiot! Que portez-vous? (You dumbass! What are you wearing?)"

That was when Nomad looked over and also looked at me.

"I agree, you are not wearing suitable clothes for battle."

Damien then spoke up for me, "Oh relax he wears them all the time. If he was wearing military clothes I would be worried."

"People are going to think we are bringing a civilian!" Twitch said angrily.

"What person is going to think that a 7 foot tall civilian is running around in body armor carrying an M4 and a KSG shotgun?"

"I don't know! It's Israel ask Ash!"

Upon hearing her name called, Ash looked over in our direction with Thermite and Thatcher.

"What are you wearing?" She asked. Now everyone had followed where she was looking. Montagne and Thatcher sighed in defeat while Dokkaebi, IQ and Jackal had joined in on the conversation.

"You can't be serious mi amigo." Jackal said.

I just shook my head.

"You have to change." Twitch continued

"Into what?" I retorted.

"Actual military clothes."

"Where are you going to find military clothes that fit me?!" I said a little more annoyed.

"All I'm saying is that the last thing I want you to be is less protected."

"What does military clothes do that a hoodie and joggers can't?"

"Blend into the environment and make you identifiable."

"What if your in an urban environment posing as a tourist?"

"Then dress for that occasion! I can't believe I am having this argument with you Apollo. I am trying to keep you safe as is everyone here and Damien is wrong if he can't agree with that."

Damien then spoke up, "Look all I'm saying is that he performs better when he is comfortable. If he has to worry about his clothes he is just about average."

"If average is good enough to keep him alive then by all means! Il est le seul homme que j'aime et je ne vais pas le perdre à cause de son manque de souci de sa sécurité! (He is the only man I love and I am not going to lose him because of his lack care for his own safety!)" She said in rage. Her hand immediately slammed over her mouth as she realized what she had said. Everyone but Montagne and Nomad looked at her with confusion. I saw Montagne smile at Twitch. I remembered that he was like a mentor to her and that she listened to what he had to say. I turned to Nomad who had a look of jealousy on her face.

I whispered, "What did she say?"

"She confessed her love to you." She whispered back.

I looked up in surprise and looked over at Twitch as she absently rubbed my hand while staring at the floor. I didn't know how to respond. I leaned back into the seat. I took deep breaths and closed my eyes as I tried not to begin shaking again. I tried to tell myself that this was different and that everything would be okay. I didn't make it far before I felt my left hand start shaking. Nomad felt it immediately. She grabbed my hand and held it as I slightly shook. She tapped me and I looked over at her. She gave me a look of pure concern. It almost surprised me. I hadn't expected someone, especially Nomad, to concern herself with my wellbeing. Now that I think of it, all of the other girls had pretty much invested themselves in me. If only a little. Like Ash and Finka, them not as much. Alibi, Mira and IQ were sort of in the middle. Girls like Twitch, Nomad, Caveira and Hibana invested a lot of themselves into me. I don't really know where Dokkaebi would be since she was kinda weird and oddly specific. Not to mention she tried to shoot me. I closed my eyes again as I wanted to stop shaking and try to enjoy this plane ride. A couple minutes later after I had closed my eyes and I assumed everyone had gone back to what they were doing I felt Twitch lean her head on to my shoulder and fall asleep.

I was suddenly woken up to someone tapping me awake. I opened my eyes to see Dokkaebi staring at me. I jumped slightly but saw Thermite and Thatcher behind her and I assumed that we were getting told about the plan.

"Alright now that everyone is awake we can go over the plan." Thermite stated, "We are going to have three 5-person strike teams. We will have two teams going through the upper floors and pushing down, eliminating everything that moves unless told otherwise. As far as we know the hostages are all held on the main floor, eliminating all chances of a front assault. Our plan is to take the last strike team and send you up to the second floor windows. There you will break into the rooms and meet at the stairs. You will take the stairs around and silently take out as many soldiers as you can quietly and wait for notification that the other two teams are in position. Make sure that you do not get found out. If you do it will completely fail the rest of the plan and risk your lives. The Israeli military are going to create a distraction when we are ready and we will strike from behind. There are only 250 soldiers left due to Lochlan and his troops leaving. That doesn't matter so much as we can just save the hostages. Our Alpha team is going to be Ash, Nomad, Finka, Montagne and I. Bravo team is Skeet, Sledge, Dokkaebi, IQ and Thatcher. Charlie team is Juggernaut, Twitch, Blackbeard, Jackal and Lion. Alpha and Bravo will clear the top floors and push down while Charlie goes into the second floor and takes the stairs. We have one hour until landing and hopefully we can bring back as many people as possible. Get some rest and make sure you all are prepared for the worst."

We all nodded and did our own things. Damien and I managed to find another room like a cargo holding area to listen to music in peace before the mission. Twitch and Nomad went over the schematics of the building along with Ash and Blackbeard. Dokkaebi messed with her tablet and its hacking abilities. Montagne and Sledge both fell asleep while IQ, Jackal, Lion and Finka started conversation. Thermite and Thatcher talked about backup plans in case this one went bottoms up. I layed on top of a row of crates while Damien relaxed in a couple seats he found. I always carried a backpack from my days of playing basketball that had my shoes, a speaker, water, snacks and a change of clothes. In this case the change of clothes were exchanged for different ammo types and grenades. My shoes of choice were "Space Jam" Jordan 11's. I always wore a nice basketball or running shoe for stuff like this. I don't know why I have sort of rejected using military gear when it is not necessary but it might be part of being so used to the clothes from sports I never wanted to change. I pulled out my speaker and hit shuffle on my basketball playlist. It had mostly Hip-Hop/Rap and 80's Rock with some more Pop and RB songs thrown in between. The first song was Big Shot by Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott. We turned the speaker up to almost full volume and relaxed as we knew today was going to be a good day.

Meanwhile…

Plane to Jerusalem, 30 minutes to landing

1130 hours

3rd POV

Thermite and Thatcher have been able to maintain contact with the Israeli authorities as they were coming in to the area. The Rainbow team was around an hour out from infiltration. Luckily with Lochlan deciding to abandon as soon as authorities showed up, none of the hostages besides the commander has been hurt. Alex and his friend were bound tighter and were gagged to stop them from talking or laughing during the ordeal. The ISIS forces were still controlled and smart as their commander had trained them to prepare for a situation like this as soon as they got word of a possible collaboration with the White Masks. They took up defensive positions and a few even tried taking pop shots at the police and military officials. Luckily the death toll hasn't risen very much. Right now there is around 50 cops dead for 45 ISIS members that are dead. The two groups are at a stalemate. The Israeli forces are just trying to stall for Team Rainbow to clear the building out. There distraction is to get rockets and smoke grenades and shoot them towards the entrance to try and confuse the ISIS members into a false sense of security before Rainbow strikes. ISIS is just making a statement to the media that they are still not a terrorist group to be reckoned with.

In the plane the rest of the Team has become quiet while you could slightly hear Apollo and Damien playing music in a room near them. The walls were not soundproof but inside the room, their music was still kind of loud (think of like a concert level noise but cut in half). Twitch decided to go check on the boys so she unbuckled herself and walked over to the room where she could hear I'm Alright by Kenny Loggins playing. She opened the door and to her surprise, found Apollo relaxing on some crates with Damien sprawled over some rolled up tarps and what looks like a parachute he opened. She walked over to Apollo's side to find him with his eyes closed. She found he had enough room on his left side so she gingerly laid down next to him without trying to disturb him. Luckily the music drowned out the noise of her trying to lay next to him. Apollo however wasn't asleep so he opened his eyes as soon as he felt a tap and some shuffling. The two locked eyes with Twitch stopping midway between laying down. Apollo opened his arms in a hug inviting her to come lay with him so she did. Apollo wrapped one arm around her back and pulled her a little close. He rested his hand on her side while she wrapped Apollo in a full hug. Twitch enjoyed listening to the music although it wasn't really her taste until she felt Apollo's other arm start slightly shaking. She knew immediately from looking up at him and him looking away that he was thinking of the worst case scenario. She used her right arm to grab his other arm and rub it gently. He took a deep breath and tried in vain to calm down.

Twitch moved up and whispered in his ear, "I'm here for you. Don't worry about the implant, I want to spend this moment with you Apollo. You are everything I could've asked for and I can't see us any other way. I just want you to know that with whatever happens today, I still deeply care for you. Please stop worrying about the implant and just give me a hug and spend right now with me."

Twitch looked up at Apollo with a begging look obvious on her face. She had pulled down her mask for full effect. Apollo nodded and turned a little so now they were front to front. Behind them, Damien was taking picture after picture of the two. Apollo and Twitch stared into each other's eyes while I Wonder by Kanye West blared in the background. Twitch knew the words so she started mouthing the words to Apollo.

"Find your dreams come true

And I wonder if you know

What it means, what it means

And I wonder if you know

What it means, what it means

And I wonder if you know

What it means to find your dreams

I've been waiting on this my whole life

These dreams be waking me up at night

You say I think I'm never wrong

You know what, maybe you're right, aight

And I wonder if you know

What it means, what it means

And I wonder if you know

What it means to find your dreams

You say he get on your fucking nerves

You hope that he get what he deserves, word

Do you even remember what the issue is

You just trying to find where the tissue is

You can still be who you wish you is

It ain't happen yet

And that's what the intuition is." She mouthed to Apollo.

Apollo was surprised as he didn't think she knew the song. He gave one of the biggest smiles he has ever given. Twitch was beyond happy to see Apollo's face light up at her knowing the words. They pulled each other closer as they song went on. Damien was now recording the entire thing with a look of disbelief and happiness stuck on his face. The two love bird's faces inched closer until there was a sudden loud knock on the door shocking Apollo to the point he rolled off the other side of the containers and thudded onto the floor. Nomad, who was standing at the door, looked on in amusement at the sudden surprise of the two. She knew that those two were going to get together but she hoped, as did the rest of the single ladies, they could work out an agreement with Twitch and Apollo where they got to be apart of the love that Apollo had plenty of. They wanted Apollo and were willing to share as long as they were able to keep Apollo safe from harm's way. Now Nomad, and the rest of the girls, had to hope that the 4 other members of Charlie team were able to do a sufficient job at protecting him. Nomad had a smile on her face but wanted nothing more than to be where Twitch is right now.

"I think I see a new pairing in the works." Nomad said as she walked into the room.

Apollo turned off the music but he could easily tell the twinge of jealousy in her voice.

"Let's get past today then we can think about that later." Apollo said as he changed his shoes and put his speaker away.

Twitch looked at him with a somewhat hurt look, although she did understand his reasoning behind it. She looked back at Nomad who now looked like she wanted to kill Twitch.

"You okay Nomad?" Twitch asked nervously. She was a little afraid of Nomad after she beat Caveira, Kapkan, Sledge and Lion all in 1 on 1 wrestling matches. She is also concerned because Twitch knows how precise Nomad is with both knifes and guns.

Nomad took two steps forward and leaned down to get face to face with Twitch, "If Apollo does not come back in a better condition then when you found him, it is your head on a stick. Est-ce que tu comprends ce que je dis (Do you understand what I am saying?)?" Nomad asked with pure venom in her voice.

"Pourquoi es-tu inquiet? Vous ne sortez pas avec lui (Why are you worried? You aren't dating him.)." Twitch retorted in French.

Nomad stood up and chuckled a little which caught Apollo's attention, "Idiote, ne me dis pas que tu penses que tu vas l'avoir pour toi tout seul (Silly girl, don't tell me you think that you are going to have him all to yourself do you?)?"

Twitch stared in disbelief at what Nomad just said. Not only is this 180 degrees opposite of how she usually acts, she also suggested that Twitch wasn't going to be the only one who would date Apollo. Twitch was now beyond pissed.

"Um did I miss something?" Apollo asked as he could feel the tension coming off of the two women.

Twitch stood up and stared Nomad down. Nomad was only an inch taller than Twitch so they were pretty even in their combat boots. They started shouting at each other in French. Damien pulled out google translate on his phone and was recording the conversation and translating it. His eyes widened at the conversation. He walked over to Apollo and showed him the conversation that those two were having and the insults were not short of hilarious to anybody not those two. Apollo motioned for them to get the hell out of the room so the two did their best impression of a quiet walk until Damien accidentally kicked something that made a loud noise as he loudly whispered "Fuck!" The two women stopped and looked at the two with pissed expressions. The two boys stopped and looked at them with fake scared and amused looks on their faces.

Apollo immediately yelled, "Book it!"

The two bolted out the door and around the plane until they came back to the main area with the other operators. Montagne was smirking as he understood the entire conversation and was translating it to the other operators.

"Twitch just said that Nomad 'is a pig fucking whore who only cares about herself.' Nomad retorted with 'What do you mean? You are the only whore here! I see the way you look at Apollo and I can tell you want him to rail you to the point you can't walk!"

Apollo blushed as the operators erupted with laughter at that comment. Apollo and Damien took their seats and were joking with one another until the two women came in and sat down in their spots. Everyone was so quiet you could hear a pin drop...well not really because they were in a plane but you get the point. Twitch immediately laced Apollo's right hand with her own and placed it on his thigh. Nomad noticed and did the exact same. Apollo just sat there with a sheepish look on his face which made Sledge and Thermite chuckle. Montagne smiled at the younger woman and she smiled back, knowing she had won the argument. Apollo felt the plane land and decided to free his hands but when he tried to remove their hands from his grip, they wouldn't let go. Apollo looked at Damien and mouthed "Help me." The three stood up to grab their gear which Apollo now couldn't do. Damien was able to grab his guns and grenades and walk in between Nomad and Apollo.

"Excuse me Nomad, may I get through?" Damien asked.

"Go around." She said angrily.

"I can't, Montagne is in the way." Damien said even though Montagne was definitely not in the way.

Nomad took a deep breath and let go of Apollo's hand to let Damien through. Nomad reached for it again and Apollo acted quickly.

Apollo swung his arm around sporadically while Nomad tried to grab it, meanwhile he was saying, "Nope nope nope nope nope. Just stop Nomad you're being annoying as shit."

Nomad gave up and grabbed her rifle and airjabs. Apollo then moved his free hand down to Twitch to free his other hand. She gave up as soon as she felt his hand be pulled slightly away. She then grabbed her Famas and drones and walked away. Apollo shook his head and grabbed his KSG, CornerShot and a couple flashbangs. He was the last one as he jogged out to the transport vehicles. He saw the back one still had its door open so he ran to that one and hopped inside with the rest of Charlie team. Now the hard part of getting through Israel for the 30 minute ride to the hostages.

30 minutes later

Jerusalem, Israel

1200 hours

Team Rainbow finally arrived on the scene. The ISIS members began recording live broadcasts of them beheading some of the hostages who refused to stay quiet. Surprisingly they kept Alex and his friend, Tom, alive for amusement purposes. As soon as the Team Rainbow cars stopped, the backs opened and they all ran to the building where they immediately rappelled up to their floors. Alpha and Bravo teams went into the building on either side of the 4th floor while Charlie team went into the building from the second floor. Lion used his drone and scanned the area. On the Team's visors, the enemies still left walking around the upper floors were immediately shown to all of the teams. Juggernaut and Skeet used the butts of their guns to break open the window and entered in the same room. Apollo still had ID on the enemies so he shot down the door and the two of them entered the hallway looking opposite directions. They had attached suppressors on to their guns and opened fire down the hallway while on the fourth floor, The two teams used breaching charges to blow holes in the window. Nobody was hit as the enemies on the second and fourth floors were cut down.

"Charlie team, keep moving we will rendezvous in 10, out." Thermite said over comms.

"Yessir, over." Blackbeard responded.

Blackbeard took point with Juggernaut looking over his shoulder. Twitch was sandwiched third with Lion and Jackal taking up the rear. They moved silently through the hall to the stairwell. Blackbeard threw a drone underneath the door into the stairwell to check for any ISIS soldiers. There was one enemy taking a smoke break in the stairwell. Blackbeard tagged him and motioned there was one in the stairwell. Juggernaut nodded and set his guns against the wall. He pulled out two RMJ Tactical S13 combat axes. He silently opened the door and looked over the railing to see the soldier with his back turned to Apollo. He motioned for Blackbeard to check the rest of the stairs in case anyone was watching. When Blackbeard motioned all clear, Apollo took two steps and hopped over the railing and went flying right at the soldier. Juggernaut tackled the ISIS soldier and broke his jaw from the impact of him getting pinned against the wall. Apollo took the knife in his right hand and slit the soldier's throat as he tried to call for help. Apollo nearly sliced the man's head clean off. Apollo walked back up with blood covering his body and opened the door. Twitch, Lion and Jackal hadn't seen what happened so their eyes widened at the scene. Twitch gave a scared squek and the other 4 looked at her with amusement. Blackbeard high fived Juggernaut as he put his combat axes away and grabbed his guns.

"I'm fine Twitch, you should see the other guy." Juggernaut said jokingly.

She took a deep breath as the team continued into the stairwell and down into the reception area. Lion scanned again as Jackal tracked footprints.

They caught sight of the hostages and one of the hostages mistakenly yelled, "Look our saviors!" While pointing to the 5 person team. Around 30 ISIS members looked into the reception area and were met with the barrels of Charlie team. The 5 opened fire at the confused ISIS members. The hostages began screaming as the two sides opened fire. Lion, Jackal and Twitch dove for cover as bullets started flying. Blackbeard had cover behind a desk he turned over. He shot until his shield was broken. Juggernaut was the most exposed as he didn't have sufficient cover. He opened fire back but when he was the only one left the remaining 13 soldiers opened fire back on him. He dove for cover and managed to land behind a brick wall. From the adrenaline running through his body he couldn't feel the 6 bullet wounds he now had in his chest. He noticed that it became harder to breath but didn't pay attention to it. He reloaded his mag while Twitch was screaming for backup. Now all of the 100 soldiers had focused on the five of them. Finka boosted while Juggernaut reloaded his CornerShot. He then scooted up to the corner and used his gun as it was meant to be used. He saw advancing ISIS members and took aim. He opened fire on the advancing 15, killing most of them. Blackbeard replaced his shield and made a kill hole in the wooden table. He also helped shoot. Twitch was using her drone and stunning anyone who wasn't shot yet while scanning for other enemies. Lion used his last scan and then helped open fire on the group. Waves of 15 ISIS soldiers came until 70 were dead and the last two teams showed up. They had an easy time picking off the rest of the soldiers. 10 remained as Charlie team started to notice their injuries. Juggernaut was breathing heavy and noticed he was suddenly getting extremely light headed and nauseous from the bullets. Blackbeard had been shot twice in the legs, Jackal was shot once, Lion once and Twitch survived unscathed.

Suddenly the door Juggernaut was standing by burst open and revealed an ISIS member, he was holding a knife and immediately stabbed him straight in the back. Juggernaut was holding his KSG as he turned around. He aimed and emptied a round into the soldier's chest, sending him flying back and killing him instantly. Twitch ran over to Juggernaut who still had the knife hilt deep in his back.

"Medic! Medic! We have one severely hurt we need evac! Is everything clear?!" Lion shouted over slight gunfire.

"Negative we have 9 tangos left, take them out!" Thatcher screams back as his cover is hit with bullets.

Lion sighs as he knows this isn't ending pretty, "Twitch take you, Jackal and Juggernaut and get the hell out of here!"

Juggernaut had collapsed onto one knee and was coughing up blood profusely while he tried to breath. The knife had gone through the back of his lung and his left lung was slowly filling up with blood. Only three of the 6 bullet wounds hit anywhere important. One was buried in his lower abdomen while one was above his heart and another in his knee. Twitch and Jackal half picked up, half carried Juggernaut to the exit door. Juggernaut was going in and out of consciousness and was barely able to see as he was dragged to the Israeli police. Medics came running over with a stretcher. They lowered him onto it and let him rest there. Twitch managed to take off the front of his vest. With a little help from Jackal and the medics they managed to get his vest and jacket off. Twitch stared in horror as she saw the bullet wounds that littered his body. The medics placed pressure anywhere they could. Jackal and Twitch moved with the medics to go with Apollo to the hospital.

The other ISIS members had all been killed by the last two Team Rainbow members. Luckily no one else had been severely hurt. They team released the hostages and walked outside to see Twitch and Jackal with the medics rushing into an awaiting ambulance. Nomad panicked and hoped to everything that Apollo hadn't lost the amount of blood she is seeing on Twitch and Jackal. She scanned the rest of the group and nearly dropped her gun. She looked back at the ambulance and got a glimpse of Apollo's motionless body laying on the stretcher. The rest of the team saw her reaction to the person on the stretcher and immediately assumed the worst. Only Lion and Blackbeard knew the truth of what happened to their youngest member.

Damien turned around and looked into the crown looking for his best friend. After a quick sweep and not being able to find him, Damien knew the worst. Thermite motioned for everyone to get into their vehicles, Nomad wouldn't budge. She watched the ambulance pull away and off to the hospital.

"Get in the car Sanaa!" Thermite said. It is unlike him to use her first name in a public scene but he did anyway.

"We better be going to the hospital!" She yelled back with ferocity.

"Where else are we going?! We got injured here too!"

With that Nomad hopped into the back of her car. The three took off and followed the ambulance to the hospital.

Twitch, Jackal and Apollo were already inside the hospital. They were jogging trying to get Apollo to an operating room to try and help recover his lung and bullet wounds. Jackal was not worried about his wound as he wrapped it and covered it to try and prevent it from bleeding. Apollo had lost 20% of his blood and was starting to become delirious. Lights were mashing together in his vision and it was difficult for him to see when he wasn't passed out. He saw Twitch lean over and try and talk to him but it took a second for him to recognize who it was. Apollo felt his whole body become numb as he passed out one last time.

Aw shit, Apollo got fucked up. Let's hope he survives because then I won't have a story to write (spoiler:he survives, what a surprise). Luckily I have a story to write as he won't die because I said no. Also I should have mentioned this before but right now Rainbow Six hasn't come out with Operation Burnt Horizon yet which means there is 44 operators and soon to be 46. I will be adding the other two sometime later. Also if I get any butt hurt comments about me not giving all the characters enough time then I will take your review into consideration when writing. Nah I'm playin I'm going to do my best to incorporate everyone and I may take polls to figure out which characters should have a bigger role. Like come on man, I forgot Alibi and IQ like 10 times while writing this chapter let alone try and remember all 44. Come try it yourself if you think this is so easy. Yeah I see you man in the back with a trench coat. Relax y'all I'm just joking.