So here are going to be the rules for this story.
-All enemies are Level 34
-My agent is already at Level 30.
-Superior weapons are used in Brooklyn, High End in Manhattan.
-Superior equipment used in Brooklyn, High End, in Manhattan, and Gear Sets will be in at the end of the story.
-All side missions are not present and/or will be briefly mentioned.
Just thought I'd point it out. Anyway, on with the story.
? POV
So as I'm running to my next destination, a transmission comes in; it's from my commander.
"Welcome aboard agent. This is Louis Chang - Northeast section commander of the Division. You have been activated because Brooklyn has become dangerously unstable." He stated. I just nodded, even though he can't see me. "ISAC has updated us with your progress; proceed to the safe house for your full equipment loadout." He added, then signed out.
I just nodded again, and proceeded to jog my way to the location that ISAC was showing me. After a couple of minutes, I was finally reaching the entrance to the safe house. That's when Commander Chang checked in with me again.
Commander Chang: Another agent is in there waiting for you - her name is Faye Lau. Check in with her when you get inside.
'Alright' I think in my head as I approach the entrance, which had a painted circle on a piece of cardboard. I hop over it and head inside and up the stairs.
ISAC: Readings indicate this area is safe.
'Thanks ISAC' I say to myself in my head as I push the door open. Inside was a fancy looking apartment: high quality paint job, modern art everywhere, a kitchen with a couple of empty wine bottles. Guess they couldn't find anywhere else that's more...I don't know, militaristic or something? Whatever. I look over, and there's only two Joint Task Force, or JTF, officers, one behind a desk with a couple of computers, and another behind what looks to be a stand, setting up. I looked confused, before I headed into the backroom, where this Faye Lau probably was.
"...we're losing this whole neighborhood. Rioters are moving through, and are heading this way." A JTF lieutenant was explaining to someone - a tigress. That has to be Faye. After all, she was wearing the same armband that I am.
"Put your people here." She said, and the lieutenant just nodded. She then noticed me. "I see someone else got the call. I'm agent Faye Lau. Division. Activated at the same time as you; part of the second wave of us going in." She explained as she walked up to me and we shook paws. "I don't know what happened to the first wave, but unfortunately there is a lot left for us to do." She stated. Oh yeah, I heard about that; the first wave of agents in Manhattan - all MIA.
"We don't have much intel, and we don't have the luxury of failure." She continued. "Not with Manhattan under lockdown and Brooklyn on the brink. We're the only ones who are left to hold the line. We're learn more about the situation later, after we rendezvous with the Commander." What? The commander is not with us right now? That just seems stupid.
After explaining a little more to me, she just stepped aside with the lieutenant to discuss some stuff.
After stepping out of that room, I went to a blue box that was on the ground, labeled 'NYC District' and opening it and finding some ammo and grenades, I left the safe house, dispatched to a couple of areas: one was that a couple of rioters stole the weekly food supply from the Brooklyn Distribution Center that was controlled by CERA; I took it back, but it cost me a lot of my ammo.
I went back to the safe house and restocked, thankful that the blue box still had supplies for me. I was then dispatched to a bank, where rioters were holding some civilians hostage, probably to barter for supplies. I neutralized them all - again, at the cost of most of my ammo - and was able to save the civilians. They were very thankful and one of them gave me a bottle of water. I tried to refuse it, but he insisted.
Again, I went back, and restocked. Wow that box has a lot of ammo if I can restock that many times. The JTF officer that was setting up that booth? He was apparently 'Open for Business' and was selling...weapons? For credits? I was confused, and was debating if this was extortion or not. I just shrugged and when I approached him, he had a fairly large variety: an SMG, shotgun, assault rifle, light machine gun, and sniper. I picked an assault rifle (an AK-47) for now, even though my best weapons were already en route to Manhattan. I gave him the credits (which I got from the dead rioters from before) and left.
This time I was dispatched to a compromised CERA supply truck, which had a critical supply of morphine. Once more, I killed all the rioters and contacted the JTF, and they showed up after a few minutes of fighting with more rioters.
I returned to the safe house yet again, restocked, and got set out again: the big mission, Faye said it was.
AO: Brooklyn 84th Precinct
Used As: Command and Control Center for JTF/CERA
Status: Under Siege; Compromised
As I was approaching the area, Commander Chang came back on the line.
Commander Chang: Agent, get the precinct back under our control. If that precinct goes, we lose Brooklyn.
I knew the seriousness of the situation. I had to be careful, and I had to be diligent. I saw a squad of JTF personnel there in the lot, fighting with some of the rioters. I rush in and get in cover, pulling out my brand new assault rifle and shoot some of them down, quickly. These guys are not that hard. But after those initial rioters, a JTF soldier came on the line.
JTF Soldier: I'm seeing movement on the roof...
I look up and see some rioters, with backpacks and what look to be revolvers now. Oh shit, do they have what I think they have?
JTF Soldier: ...looks like they got grenades.
Yep they do, and at that moment, one steps out of cover, something in hand. "Take a deep, deep breath!" He shouts and throws a grenade near me! I dodge the incoming grenade, hear a few beeps and it detonates, creating a small puff of smoke in the area. I smirk and pull out one of my grenades - a frag grenade.
'Fire in the hole, shit head!' I mentally shout to them as I throw the grenade in their hiding place behind the billboard.
"Shit, grena-" They didn't even finish their sentence as the grenade blew up, killing them instantly and sending one of their bodies crashing down on a car. Oof, hope the guy who owns that car doesn't care about it anymore.
Anyway, at that moment I run into the open gates and activate my Pulse (I equipped it from the Safe House from that JTF officer running the booth) and that's when Commander Chang came on the line.
Commander Chang:Brooklyn Dispatch, this is Division Command. We got an agent coming to assist on the 84th. But most of the entrances are blockaded.
A female soldier came on the line then.
JTF Soldier: Division? That's the best news I've heard all month. Try the parking garage, in the back!
Commander Chang: You hear that, agent? That's your in. Now go!
The relief in her voice was strong, she seemed so stressed but with the situation happening it's understandable. I quickly ducked into cover, ignoring my commander, as I saw rioters running to me and - hold on, is one running towards me with a baseball bat!? Well yeah he was; he's lost his mind.
"RAAAAAAAAA!" he screamed as he ran towards me, before getting shot down. Never bring a baseball bat to a gunfight.
As I moved up, alongside with the JTF more rioters - including the baseball bat freaks - showed up. I took them down as quickly as possible. I finally killed the last one for now, and ran out of ammo for my assault rifle. Thankfully, right next to the garage there's another ammo box - yellow this time, and it didn't have any grenades.
I proceed to enter the underground garage, eliminating the two waves of rioters that try to attack me. I got shot and hit a couple of times, but thankfully I popped a special medkit and that brought me but up to substantial health (cause weird division technology that's why).
I jog up the stairs and through the double doors.
ISAC: Warning - Hostiles detected.
'Thanks again ISAC' I mentally think to myself as he keep jogging on, activating my pulse again, seeing two figures outlined in red. I get into cover and I over hear them talking.
"This is bullshit." One of them says to the other. "They're no use to us." Huh? So they got more civilians as hostages. Weird place for civies but whatever. The other responds.
"We keep them alive for negotiate. For barter. They're no good to us dead." The second rioter stated. "...not yet anyway."
Before they can say anything else, I chucked a frag in there, and they didn't manage to escape in time, and died.
"Hey...hey!" Someone called. I looked over to see who was calling, and it turns out it was the hostages. And they weren't civies, they were JTF - one Dalmatian and one German Shepard.
"Get...me...out of here!" The German Shep begged me. I nodded, and went to find a computer. The jail cell was controlled electronically so I just tapped into the precinct's database and opened the cell. They thanked me, and I picked up the weapons the dead rioters had and tossed them to both JTF soldiers.
So all three of us headed up to the upper floors, and met with - you guessed it - more rioters. This time, however I wasn't watching my back, so the crazy one with the baseball bat actually hit from behind. I stumbled a little, but then I got my composure back, then proceeded to whack him with my rifle and shoot him to death.
We then proceeded to eliminate the additional incoming rioters and proceeded to the rooftop. It's time to end this. We chased the leader of this gang up here. The sounds of battle between us and his followers will flush him out of his hiding place.
After killing even more crazy guys with the baseball bats and including the ones with the tear gas grenades, ISAC gave me a warning.
ISAC: Warning - heavily armored hostile detected nearby.
When the boss finally came out with his minions, he was definitely different: he had an assault rifle with him - an AK-47, just like me, with a holographic sight. His clothes looked bulkier, indicating he had some kind of thick armor.
I killed his other fellow rioters with ease, though he was going to be challenging. He obviously had some kind of military background, cause he was using some kind of suppressing fire tactics.
"You'll all be sorry!" He shouted as he kept firing from cover. I didn't want to waste ammo, so I switched to my pistol, which I had plenty of ammo for that. After a firing from cover match between us, he finally stepped out of cover and actually started to aim. That's when I threw my last grenade at him; it detonated, catching him off guard and knocking off a piece of his armor. I then proceeded to dump all my lead into him, which finally finished him off and he fell down dead.
After that I went to examine his body: he was ex-military; the guy was a wolf, and the scar on the side of his muzzle supported that statement. He dropped two more pieces of equipment, other than his AK: a shotgun, a SPAG-12, and a operator mask.
I collect the loot and then proceed to grapple down the side of the building. That's it: the precinct was secured. My commander also took notice.
Commander Chang: Excellent work, agent. Brooklyn is stable again. Manhattan...that's another story. Let's go over there and see for ourselves. I got more agents with me now, You'll rendezvous with Agent Lau and we'll fly over together. Commander Chang out.
After he disconnected, ISAC planted the location on my map of where we'll meet, and markers throughout the street led me there. Brooklyn is stable now. Next up: Manhattan.
AO: Brooklyn Helicopter Pad
Used As: Supply Dispatch from Brooklyn to Manhattan
Status: Operational
I push the gates open and I look around: I see JTF convoy vehicles, CERA supply trucks, and then I see it: Manhattan. Looks so peaceful from here, but inside, it's anything but that.
"Over there." A familiar tigress appears right next to me. "There's a bar right behind that building. Best whiskey sours in Manhattan." she said, and I just gave her a small chuckle.
"If we take this city back, I'll buy you a drink." She said. "...sorry. I mean when we take it back." She suddenly points in the sky. "Here it comes."
I look and I see a V-2 Osprey coming in, landing right beside us. The door started to open.
"The rest of us should be in this copter. I can't believe it's finally happening." Faye said. I can't believe it either. "Let's do this." She said and we both started to walk toward it. I can't believe it either: after many terrible, torturous weeks, we're finally getting the city back.
Commander Chang: Welcome agents-
No POV
Suddenly, an explosion caused the Osprey to blow up: it knocked out the lion agent and critically wounded Faye Lau, blinding her for a few moments.
When she finally came to: she saw the scene and then she realized what happened: the explosion killed the commander, as well as the rest of the second wave. She looked over to the lion, and saw that was knocked unconscious.
At that moment, she crawled towards him, hissing in pain a little. She got hold of him around his chest and started dragging him, before exclaiming in pain.
"Ah fuck! My leg!" She looks up and sees a news helicopter, with the name of the news station painted over with the letters JTF. It proceeds to land and then the two officers inside help Faye into the copter - bandaging up her eye, leg and anything else - while the other helps the lion into the copter. It then proceeds to take off again, heading towards Manhattan.
En route to Manhattan, Faye looks over the lion's body and starts to shake it.
"Come on back!" She started shouting while shaking him. "I need you!" But, with Faye panicking a little, the lion didn't come back.
She kept shaking him. "Hey! Just hold on!" She suddenly had a thought and rummaged through a protected case, and pulled out a SHD medkit. She then proceeded to use it on the lion.
? POV
When I woke up, all I saw was Faye, with a bloody eyepatch staring me in the face.
"Come on back!" She shouted, while she pulled a medkit needle out of my leg. "I need you!"
When I finally sat up, I rubbed my head a little, the events slowly returning to me.
"Look..." Faye stated when I sat up. I looked at her. "You're going to be ok. Hell at this point you're more ok than me." She then proceeds to rub her shoulder. "Shit...that explosion took out the commander." Shit! That's not good. With the commander and most of the second wave dead, it looks like we're screwed. Unless Washington activates more agents as reinforcements but with our situation and the situation throughout the nation, I think other agents have got their hands full already.
"We have a job to do. We're still gonna do it...it's just-" Faye kept going, before a JTF pilot cut her off.
"Landing in one minute! You should see it coming up on our right!" He said and then flipped a couple of switches.
We look to our right, seeing a hazy picture of Manhattan: smoke coming up and a couple of fires burning in some buildings. It was more than hectic...it was chaotic.
I then see Faye to pull out a pistol - an M9 - and check its magazine.
"Found out a little more about the first wave: they're all either dead or MIA. So this is up to us." Faye suddenly stated as we were 'enjoying' the view. "This is why we need to get it together. Right. Now."
"JTF 6-8 to Hudson, visual tower...yeah, two Division agents on board. That explosion was their ride in...ok clear to land. JTF 6-8" The JTF pilot said into his headset as he began the decent on the helicopter pad below.
"Usually you need some time to know if you can count on someone. Well we're out of time, my bet is on you. It has to be. I hope to God I'm right." Faye told me as she handed me that M9. I wanted to refuse but then I noticed that my M1911 pistol was not in my holster. Must've lost it at the explosion. So I just take it, cock it, and put it in my holster.
Faye gets ready to exit the chopper as it touches down, a JTF paramedic, who was a dalmatian, waiting for her. I help her down, as well as the paramedic does.
"Welcome to Hudson Piers! I'm not sure what you're looking to get out of here! Everything behind this gate is a goddamn war zone!" He told us.
"Who's in command here?" Faye asked.
"Captain Benitez was in charge - he was leading ops in the post office but we lost contact when he left base this morning!" The paramedic's assistant, a golden retriever, stated. "If he's still radio silent by tomorrow there's talk of pulling out."
Oh hell no! We're not pulling out! I did not just survive an explosion and get transported to Manhattan just to pull out again.
Apparently Faye had the same thought as I did. "No one is pulling out we're taking this city back." She then looks at me. "Get whatever gear you need, I'll catch up with you." She said.
"Ok ok I need a stretcher here..." the paramedic told in his radio as I just stumbled along. I walk over to a bench and just...sit. The fighting, explosion and probably the concussion I have is making me dizzy and woozy. And before I know it, I'm fast asleep in a cat nap.