Full Metal Panic: Overwatch

By: Ominae

Rating: T

NOTE:

All characters of the Full Metal Panic! series are under the copyright of Shouji Gatou/Koichi Chigira/Yasuhiro Takemoto, GONZO Studios, Kyoto Animation Studios and Kadokowa Shoten. All other characters are under the copyright of their respective owners. Ronald Chua is only under me though. If I had control of the Full Metal Panic! series, then I would've decided to give Sousuke some MITHRIL reinforcements to save Kaname.

Summary:

With plans from various groups to rescue the Jindai High students (plus faculty/staff) held hostage by North Korean soldiers in Sunan Air Base, Ronald and Shinji proceed to make short work of the base's defenses prior to the arrival of MITHRIL reinforcements from the TDD-1. Will these groups be able to secure the hostages safely before all is lost? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.

Chapter 2: Enter the Performers

Outskirts of Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"All right. Coast is clear."

Viper had been the first to land on the western area of Sunan Air Base, in and among the members of the joint FOXHOUND-RAINBOW operation to secure the Jindai High students and personnel from North Korean forces as a potential bargaining chip between North Korean and Japanese leaders. He then unstrapped his parachute and removed his oxygen bottle and helmet before kneeling down and gave the all clear signal with his left thumb and hand, giving the thumbs up.

"So far, so good." Mantis breathed from his No.4 Gas Mask after removing his parachute pack. "We haven't been spotted yet."

"Good." Wolf nodded, getting prone before taking aim at the western area of Sunan Air Base with her PSG-1 with Sophie on the role of observer, using an AN/PVS-14 Night Vision Monocular Sight.

"Wolf." advised Sophie. "Are you sure you won't use night vision?"

"Trust me." Wolf purred. "I'll be fine..."

"Now that most of us have landed safely..." began Ocelot, who unholstered his dual Colt SAA revolvers and twirled it around on his left and right index fingers like a Western cowboy. "We all should begin to impede potential reinforcements."

"I should be able to disguise myself as a North Korean soldier." commented Octopus, staring at Sunan Air Base's western area while dusting off dirt from his dress shoes. "I did take a crash course on Korean, so I should be fine."

"Let's hope you're right." Ocelot replied. "Last time we did an operation, your ability to speak Bahasa Indonesia nearly blew our cover."

"Relax, Ocelot. I should be able to pull this off."

"Whatever."

"Cool it, gents." Liquid appeared in the area, appointed by Owl and his human-like marionettes, his parachute pack and oxygen bottle removed. The entire FOXHOUND team could only stare at Owl with such revelry with his thinnish body, shades and his seemingly neat hair and semi-exposed chest covered by his coat; rumors had abounded that he had been a serial killer who had made his marionettes out of the bones of his victims..

"Liquid." greeted Viper.

"Ocelot, Viper. Come with me." Liquid gave the orders. "Our RAINBOW chums are going to blow up a bridge linking Sunan Air Base to the rest of North Korea."

"We're going to cover their plan to blow up the bridge then?" asked Owl, who looked a bit amused. Liquid nodded.

"I just don't know why Owl is giving me a creepy feeling." Ocelot whispered to Viper.

"Yeah, I know." Viper whispered back to Ocelot.


"Secure the perimeter!" Lee gave the order. At his words, Ayana, Santiago, Kevin and Jamal covered all approaches to their location in proximity to the concrete bridge with their Colt M4A1s pointed at the directions to and from Sunan Air Base as Liquid approached their position with Ocelot, Owl and Viper. Roger and Kan began to apply C4 charges below the bridge with Louis and Lee covering their work.

"Applying the charges now." Roger said, laying a block of C4 explosives with a detonator on it. "This should work though."

"I agree." commented Kan. "Remote-detonated charges should do the trick instead of timer-detonated ones."

"I believe you got the remote, Lee." Louis asked the mission team leader, covering the demolition experts with his Colt M4A1 aimed at the outskirts further away from Sunan Air Base.

"I do." Lee nodded. "I'll activate it after we're sure of the hostage's safety."


Somewhere in Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"All clear, Shinji."

"Right."

The two SRT operators began to move in, moments after plundering the base's armory for weapons and explosives. Ronald armed himself with the IZHMASH AKS-74 assault rifle while Shinji had been armed with the North Korean Type 88 assault rifle, a clone of the IZHMASH AK-74. Additionally, Shinji had been in charge of carrying Semtex explosives and had previously planted some of them on the armory and barracks. The two had also taken the liberty of using some North Korean-made special forces combat vests to store ammo clips for their rifles.

"So what's next?" Shinji asked, while the two were behind a BTR-60 APC parked near the control tower as several North Korean soldiers were busy conducting their patrol.

"We hit the control tower." Ronald replied. "However, our guns will alert our guests. So we have to distract them."

"Okay." Shinji nodded.

"Did you plant more Semtex out there?"

"Yeah. I planted some on some of the Arm Slave and MBT hangars. That should give us some time."

"Coast is clear." Ronald peeked out to see that there wasn't any guards to the tower. "Let's go."


Control Room, Control Tower, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"All activity is quiet so far, sir." reported one of the control tower personnel, studying the radar display to keep track of any foreign aircraft in its vicinity.

"Good work, Jeonsa." replied the officer, who had the rank of Sangwi.

"Sir!" said a soldier with the rank of Hakeub. "What's with those foreigners and their stuff here in our base?"

"To be honest with you," sighed the Sangwi. "I'm not so sure anymore. I wonder if the leadership is supporting them even though we're trying to amend with our brothers and sisters in the south."

Suddenly, the door to the control open had been opened forcefully, taking the personnel inside by surprise.

"What the?" The Sangwi tried to reach for his Type 68 pistol, but Shinji opened fire with his Type 88 set on automatic mode, which killed him. Ronald fired his AKS-74 from left to right, killing the rest of the control tower personnel.

"Won't be long before we get some more visitors around." sighed Ronald, fiddling around with his balaclava.

"I'll set up the rest of the charges." Shinji said as he began to plant the Semtex charges with a detonator/timer mounted on it. "Please alert the TDD-1 about our situation."

"Understood." Taking the satphone handed to him by Shinji, Ronald began to dial up the TDD-1's communication station. "TDD-1. This is Uruz 11. Come in, please."


Bridge, Tuatha De Danaan-1, somewhere in the Yellow Sea

"Uruz 11, this is Perth 1. I trust that you were able to disable some of the base's defense." Kalinin was speaking to Ronald on the communication officer's station after hearing his dispatch.

"Yes, Perth 1. We've managed to plant explosives on the base's barracks, armory, Arm Slave and MBT hangars. We're currently preparing to blow up the control tower."

"Understood, Uruz 11. Proceed immediately."

"Roger that, Perth 1."


Control Room, Control Tower, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"I've got the explosives running. Let's move it." Shinji hissed, quickly leaving the control tower. Seeing that the timer was already running, Ronald began to make a mad dash leaving the control tower as soon as he heard some people shouting outside.


Somewhere in Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"Where to next?" Ronald asked, who allowed Shinji to lead the way, covering his rear.

"I saw Sousuke make a mad dash towards this area," Shinji pointed out to the area where a faint image of a trailer can be seen, due to the bright lights from the posts that were illuminating nearby. "I think that's the area, I'm not sure."

"Well, we better check it." Ronald began to crouch and run at the same time towards a trailer placed in front of a Rk-92 Savage Arm Slave hangar.

"Say now, I think I saw Sousuke in there." Shinji whispered, leaning his back on a metal shipping crate. Ronald came around and peeked around the corner after kneeling next to Shinji, seeing Sousuke entering the trailer with a weapon in hand.

"What's he up to?" murmured Ronald, hearing some initial gunfire after Sousuke had stormed the trailer. All of a sudden, several loud explosions were heard throughout the entire base.

"Perth 1!" Shinji got on his satphone after the first explosion was heard. "Commence Operation Entebbe at once!..."


Bridge, Tuatha De Danaan-1, somewhere in the Yellow Sea

"Captain!" Kalinin yelled for his superior's attention. "Uruz 11 and 13 have been able to weaken the base's defense."

"All right!" Tessa inhaled before she gave out the order.

"Have all our deployed SRT personnel launched into Sunan Air Base!"

"Understood!" Kalinin had then instructed the communications officer to announce the deployment of SRT forces into North Korean airspace.


Hangar, Tuatha De Danaan-1, somewhere in the Yellow Sea

"Move it, lardbucket!" Melissa yelled at Kurz, wearing her Arm Slave pilot suit and helmet. "We've been given the orders to have us deployed in our M9Es."

"Sorry about that." Kurz gave the black-haired woman a grin, also in Arm Slave pilot suit and helmet. "I can't help it if I wanted to go all-out dramatic and look really cool in rushing to my Arm Slave."

"Whatever." Melissa rolled her eyes at the German SRT operator. "You probably watch too much of your anime."

Kurz gave a sad face at Melissa. "Come on! Me and some of the guys were watching an all-nighter on the Gundam series." Kurz then got into some dramatic poses before he posed with his arms on his chest. "I can see it now. We're going to rush into the heart of battle, saving our helpless comrade in the heat of battle..."

Not wanting to hear anything further, Melissa decided to punch him near his groin to stop him from boring her with his talk on the Gundam series and how great he would be as a protagonist.

"Look, you can use that to help Sousuke blend into Japanese society," advised the Chinese-American woman, dragging Kurz by his pilot suit collar. "but right now, we've got to save him before he gets into much trouble."


Unknown Trailer, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"Don't move!" yelled Shinji, bursting into the trailer with his Type 88 aimed at a female scientist, who had glasses, a black-haired ponytail and Caucasian features, held at gunpoint by Sousuke's Type 68 pistol. Ronald checked the unconscious State Security Department agents and noted that they were knocked out for a few minutes now.

"Good work, Sergeant Sagara." Ronald took aim with his AKS-74 at the scientist.

"Who are you?" Sousuke eyed the two masked SRT operatives with suspicion.

"We're your backup." Shinji answered, altering a bit of his voice to sound tough.

Either he sounds like Shinji or I need to have my hearing checked up soon. "And you two were responsible for the explosions that I heard?"

"Yeah." Ronald shrugged his shoulders. "We bombed the barracks, armory, control tower and several of the hangars." He then gestured to Shinji to look after the knocked out SSD agents. "Look, get her out of here at once. Reinforcements are on the way to secure the hostages."

"Right." Sousuke nodded, taking Kaname with her.

"H-hey!" Kaname shouted. "I can't go out like this."

"There's no time for that." insisted Sousuke.

"Sergeant." Ronald reminded him. "Give her your uniform coat."

"What?" Sousuke raised his left eyebrow.

"JUST DO IT!"

Without anything else to say, Sousuke took out his uniform coat and handed it to Kaname, since her school uniform was replaced with clothes that consisting of a dress and a skirt that didn't hug her legs that... let's just say that they could be a bit revealing.

"Cover their escape!" Ronald ordered, pointing outside. Shinji nodded and poked his head out briefly before firing his Type 88 at several North Korean soldiers. Sousuke and Kaname jumped out of the trailers and made a mad dash to get away from the gunfire.

"Now you're going to tell me, missy, on who hired you to do this experiment of yours?" Ronald interrogated the scientist, still aiming his AKS-74. Moments later, Shinji entered the trailer to reload an orange-colored magazine on his Type 88.

"Why do you think I'll spill my guts out?" sneered the woman, spitting saliva on his Orihalcon suit.

Ronald sighed, wiping the saliva off. "Shinji. Do it."

Obeying Ronald's commands, Shinji set the Type 88's selector to single shot and fired a single 5.45 Russian bullet into the scientist's left leg.

"AAGH!" yelled the scientist, grabbing her wounded leg. "All right! All right! I'll talk!"

"Smart move." Ronald placed his hand on top of the Type 88, lowering the rifle.

"That...that man said that I was hired to do the job from..."

"Yes. Do go on."

"From Amalgam." The scientist hissed again, feeling more pain on her left leg.

"Amalgam?" Shinji wondered, a bit confused.

"Save it." Moments later, more gunfire erupted from outside. "They could be here any second. Take the lead first, Shinji."

"Understood."

"Is that it lady?" Ronald asked the wounded scientist, Shinji eyeing the outskirts of the trailer for any hostiles.

"I won't talk beyond that." replied the scientist.

"Suit yourself, then." Ronald then removed the pin of a Type 86 fragmentation grenade and tossed it on the floor. After the deed was done, Ronald and Shinji toggled their rifles for full auto and shot at the knocked out SSD agents before escaping from the trailers. When they were outside, Ronald fired at the incoming North Korean soldiers to allow Shinji to build up a lead before Ronald caught up with him. To daze his enemies, Ronald tossed another Type 86 grenade at them in order to get away from them. Seeing that the grenade exploded, the masked SRT operator was successfully able to escape.


"Remember to dispose of any evidence that you may find there regarding the Whispered, Uruz 11. Uruz 7 shouldn't have been able to look around regarding the Whispered. I'm sorry if I had to add up more additional orders for you."

"Understood, Perth 1. I can take care of it."

"Good luck."


Despite the scientist's frantic struggle to stand up with a wounded leg and walk towards the live Type 86 grenade in order to dispose of it, the weapon exploded inside the trailer, which killed the female scientist and destroyed its lab equipment.

The North Korean soldiers outside only watched as the trailer exploded in flames.


Near bombed Barracks, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

Chaos had been paramount throughout Sunan Air Base. Hordes of North Korean regular and special forces soldiers were seen running around the entire base, trying to gain control of the entire situation. Unknown to the soldiers in base, the joint FOXHOUND-RAINBOW operations unit had secretly infiltrated the base after they sniped their way at the chain link fence, creating a small hole for them to crawl into the air force base. So far, they were not discovered due to sounds of explosions and automatic gunfire that erupted around.

"Good thing I got retractable blades installed for this operation." grinned Viper, who had a retractable blade on his left arm, which he used to slice a hole on the chain link fence.

"Now that these explosions have gotten everyone's attention from inside," began Liquid, who was next to crawl inside the chain link fence. "we may not be able to use stealth here for we could be discovered."

"Best if we split up." advised Lee, who got in after Liquid did so. "We can meet up by the 747 parked in the runway out there. We need to reduce the base's fighting strength first."

"I agree." Ocelot nodded. "That way, we won't have trouble when we rescue the hostages."

"All right. Let's do it." Liquid gave the order to the joint team. The FOXHOUND and RAINBOW teams temporarily parted ways as they began to secure the rest of Sunan Air Base before they could get to the Jindai High students and staff held hostage in the facility.


Helipad, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"Hey! Get over here Jungkeub!" yelled a Mil Mi-24D Hind pilot who is a Hasa in rank. Already wearing Soviet-made pilot head gear and flight suit, he had been waiting for the past 3 minutes for his co-pilot and Hind Weapon Systems Officer to get to the helipad, where Mil-Mi 24Ds were assigned to Sunan Air Base. Two of the five were not able to be used due to maintenance problems while the pilots for the 3rd chopper had been killed when the barracks had been bombed, which forced the base's commander to either get any surviving pilots to pilot the 3rd Mil-Mi 24D or get replacement pilots with a request to the Korean People's Air Force command, which is currently impossible due to the base's situation. A fifth one had been airborne and was patrolling the base's outer perimeter.

When the Hasa turned around, he saw that his Mil Mi-24D WSO standing near the helipad.

"Am I glad to see you? What took you so-"

Unfortunately, the Hasa noted that the Jungkeub, decked in his pilot clothing, didn't feel alive at all. In fact, the Hasa was a bit suspicious.

"Oy! You alright? Speak to me, Jungkeub. Say something!"

The Hasa's fears were confirmed when the Jungkeub was pushed down on the ground, his body falling all the way like a puppet had been cut off his strings.

"I'm sorry to say that your friend can't be with you for this operation." Sophie grinned, running her hand on her purple hair. "It seemed he had a broken neck when I found him..."

"Why you?" The Hasa and Mil Mi-24 pilot was about to reach for something in his pilot suit when he was shot in the back by Liquid, armed with an AKS-74 rifle.

"Got him." murmured the British-raised FOXHOUND team commander, who searched the dead pilot to reveal a Type 68 pistol. Seeing that it was loaded after checking its magazine, Liquid tucked it on his pants before signaling to Sophie to come with him and start the lone Mil Mi-24D chopper.

"You want to fly the thing?" asked Liquid, scanning the helipad while aiming the AKS-74.

"Of course." Sophie got into the Hind's pilot seat and began to run the top and rear rotors after she switched on the engines.

"Right." Liquid soon got into the WSO's seat. "They're should be some aerial reinforcements incoming from the nearby bases. We better get ready."

"Understood." Soon afterwards, the Hind was now airborne over the base and eliminated the patrolling Mil Mi-24D that was in view with a few Vympel R-73 AAMs.

"That seemed quick." commented Sophie. "Didn't expect that patrolling Hind to show its face."

"Yeah, I know." replied Liquid. "Let's go. We better swat down those bothersome flies..."


Bombed Arm Slave Hangars, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"Let's go men!" Two teams of special forces soldier of the North Korean 8th Special Forces Brigade that had recently arrived in Sunan Air Base, began to move to secure the bombed Arm Slave hangars. Comprised of 8 men, led by an officer in the rank of Sowi, the unit had been running towards the bombed hangar after hearing an explosion that destroyed most of the Rk-92 Savages inside.

"All right! Secure the bombed hangars!" The soldiers began to fan out around the bombed hangars. They watched the perimeter carefully armed with AKS-74 and Tula AKS-74U rifles in hand. As the armed soldiers were securing the perimeter, three figures had appeared nearby. The group had consisted of Ocelot, Mantis, Viper and Owl, always accompanied by his two marionette puppets.

"Who the hell are you freaks?" yelled one of the officers at the new arrivals, startled at their presence.

"Freaks?" Mantis began, inhaling under his gas mask that covered his face. "Speak for yourself. Taking the lead around the base from a foreigner."

"Why you..." The officer snarled, taking aim with his AKS-74 rifle.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Ocelot smoothly drew out his Colt SAA revolvers and twirled them on his index fingers. "You'll be in big trouble, my friend."

"And why is that?" The second officer aimed his AKS-74U rifle at Mantis. "You three don't seem to be a threat to us."

"Sowi! Sowi!" One of the 8th Special Forces soldiers had called out to his superior. "We've got a problem!" When the two Sowis took a glance behind, they saw that one of their own soldiers had casually aimed his AKS-74 for one of the Sowi's head.

"What the hell?"

"Enter the performers!" Owl began to lead the attack on the armed 8th Special Forces soldiers. Together with his two marionettes, they hurled out various throwing knives at the enemy. 4 soldiers, including one of the Sowis, were killed when multiple knives were plunged into their chest, with a couple at the necks and one at the head. Viper, meanwhile, never spoke a word and simply extended his blades from the arms of the sneaking suit and ran towards the surprised special forces soldiers, hacking them to death.

"Attack! Attack!" The other Sowi was about to fire his AKS-74U, but the lone 8th Special Forces soldier fired a short burst at him, killing him. As the other soldiers were ready to fire at their own comrade, some of them convulsed and looked down on the ground before they instantly turned their own weapons against their comrades and fired their rifles at them, appearing to be brainwashed. 5 soldiers were killed by their own comrades before the lone soldier fired his own weapon at the brainwashed soldiers with Ocelot, who tagged along by firing his Colt SAA at them while firing one of his SAAs to ricochet from one of the bombed Arm Slave hangars, killing most of them.


Arm Slave Hangar, somewhere in Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"Looks like they made it out here..." Shinji commented, noticing that some of the Rk-92s were destroyed by bullets fired from a Longinov BK-540 37mm assault rifle. On their way to the hangar, Shinji saw that MITHRIL SRT and PRT teams had been securing the air base while M9Es were busy making short work of the Rk-91/92 Savages, BTR-60PB APCs, BMP-1 IFVs, Type 55 and T-54 tanks that were deployed to halt their assault. Their efforts were thwarted when the deployed M9Es fired their Oerlikon Contraves GEC-B 40mm rifles at the arm slaves and vehicles, destroying them for good.

Seems that the TDD-1 has begun Operation Entebbe...

"Shinji! Look out!" Ronald had arrived, dashing towards his comrade in order to reach him when he spotted 5 regular North Korean soldiers, about to fire their Type 58A assault rifles at him when a shot rang out, killing one of them in the head.

"Get down. Get down." Ronald hissed, taking cover behind the wrecked body of a Rk-92. They peeked out to see another picked off by the unseen sniper, who had shot the second soldier in the neck.

"Now!" Shinji yelled, with him and Ronald exposing themselves to fire their rifles at the other two North Korean soldiers, only being able to kill them after firing several short bursts since the two soldiers were a little bit near the hangar.

"Wonder who shot them?" Ronald asked, who crouched on the ground and reloaded his AKS-74 while Shinji reloaded his Type 88. "Whoever that person is, he or she is good."

"Yeah." Shinji whispered, pulling the cocking handle to chamber a single 5.45 Russian bullet on the Type 88. Ronald simply slapped his AKS-74's handle hard by using his right palm, which did the same thing.

"We better get inside the hangar." Shinji advised. "I spotted a couple of Rk-92s that we can use. Besides, I think the wrecked Rk-92s outside are Sousuke's handiwork."

"Good idea." Ronald nodded. As the two began to enter the hangar, the Whispered SRT operative asked Shinji. "Did you seem to spot anyone out of the ordinary?"

"Yeah. It seems that FOXHOUND's deployed. I saw Liquid Snake out there." Shinji replied as he slinged his Type 88 on his right shoulder before he climbed on one of the Savages that were undamaged.

"So the Americans are deploying them to gain points with their allies." Ronald had slinged his AKS-74 on his left shoulder after he moved its folding stock to fold inward. "But I spotted some armed men that were wearing American military uniforms." He then climbed onto another Savage near the one Shinji climbed on.

"Who do you think they are?" Shinji began to open the hatch, using the Rk-92's manual latch. "You think it's them..."

Ronald nodded, who was still climbing the other Rk-92. Either the US Army's deployed here or they began to that multinational CT unit, RAINBOW...


Roof, Unknown Building, in front of Arm Slave Hangar, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"It's done..." whispered Wolf, who reloaded her PSG-1's 5-round magazine after seeing that Ronald and Shinji had made it inside the Arm Slave hangar. As he reached on her magazine pouch to reload a fresh magazine on her sniper rifle after removing the used one, the Iraqi FOXHOUND operative couldn't help, but feel relieved that the two teenage SRT operators were safe.

"At last..." Wolf slightly smiled, using her PSG-1's Hensoldt 6×42 scope. "I have found my cubs. And they're safe."

Soon enough, I'll be together with them again.


Bombed Arm Slave Hangars, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"All righty!" Ocelot grinned, who began to reload his Colt SAAs after he ejected the chambers to remove the exhausted bullet casings.

"It appears that I had the most fun in ages." Owl grinned, adjusting his glasses. His two marionettes, who he named Osan and Kohal, bowed towards Owl in a manner befitting traditional female Japanese after they had killed most of the 8th Special Forces soldiers.

"A fine work, if I could say so myself." said the lone surviving 8th Special Forces soldier, who took fresh orange magazine from the tactical vests of the other dead soldiers for his AKS-74. "Never expected you guys to show up."

"I'll give you credit, Octopus." Viper replied, who had his blades retracted back after he was done killing the soldiers. "You were able to fool those 8th Special Forces guys into thinking that you were one of them. I always want to know how you do that."

"Trade secret." Octopus shrugged his shoulders, who had his AKS-74 slinged on his neck.

"It seems that our friends are trying to get away." Mantis breathed out, sensing something out of the ordinary when he inspected the corpses near the bombed Arm Slave hangars. "Quite bothersome after brainwashing those soldiers to shoot each other, thought it was quite fun too."

"There they are." Owl pointed out, seeing two surviving 8th Special Forces troopers with minor wounds were trying to get away.

"Wasting my time here." Ocelot said, who simply placed a single .45 Long Colt bullet into his Colt SAA and fired a single shot. It ricocheted near the feet of the escaping troopers and went towards one of the soldier's head, killing him. Viper extended the left blade out from his suit and dashed towards the other soldier, cutting his neck when he dashed in front of him.

"I guess that's done with." Octopus told his FOXHOUND peers. "So what's next?"


Near bombed APC Hangar, Sunan Air Base, North Korea

"So far, so good." noted Louis, who hid himself with his RAINBOW colleagues in the midst of the ruins of a bombed hangar where several BTR-60PA wheeled APCs were stored. "They haven't noticed us."

"All the thing we need to do now is to ask one of the base's nice fellows for information." quipped Jamal, earning a brief chuckle from his colleagues.

"Knock it off." warned Roger. "But you have a point, Jamal. But how are we going to do it?"

"Looks like our answer's here." Kevin pointed out 3 North Korean special forces soldiers that have entered the hangar, all armed with AKS-74 rifles. Since they were not spotted, Lee signaled to his other RAINBOW teammates to take them down. Lee instructed Kan, Santiago and Ayana to take down the 3 soldiers, except to leave one alive. The three selected RAINBOW operators silently slinged their Colt M4A1 rifles on their backs and drew out their Eichorn Solingen Mark 3 combat knives. Kan and Ayana took down 2 of the 3 soldiers while Santiago caught a third and whacked the handle of his Mark 3 on the soldier, briefly stunning him.

"Get him here. Hurry." whispered Kevin. Santiago dragged the soldier off with Lee and Jamal to interrogate the captured soldier.

"Where are you from, soldier?" Lee asked in his native Korean. The captured soldier did not but to stare at him.

"I won't tell you, you imperialist traitor." snarled the soldier. Jamal simply punched the soldier on his left cheek.

"Answer the question." Jamal warned, clenching his knuckles.

Some of his clothing and gear indicates that he's from a Sniper Brigade unit. Lee simply took out his Mark 3 knife and grabbed the soldier's right hand tightly in order to force him to expose his palm. With the Mark 3's blade pointed on it, Lee had asked his captive another question.

"Tell us where the hostages are..." The South Korean RAINBOW team leader began to pierce the palm a bit with the tip of the Mark 3's blade, with red blood staining a bit of it.

"Or I'll assure that you'll really get hurt."

Chapter 2 END

PS - Seems like no one answered the reference of the 1st chapter title. Oh well, it came from Zeta Gundam.

Another one's for this chapter title. Try and figure out where it's from. (HINT: Latest GONZO anime about a blonde woman with a sword). Also, I'm not sure if I should do my Gundam SEED AU consisting of UC/CE/Probable AC/other character fic since I've recently watched Gundam 0083. The ending is so despicable that I've hated Bask Om with all my gut and plan to give him a nice, cruel death later on. I'll try and think about it. I usually do two fics at a time though, but with Gundam 00 entering the picture now, I'm not so sure...

As for the North Korean ranks, I'll explain.

In the Korean People's Air Force, Jeonsa is equal to Airman. Hakeub to Airman 1st Class, Jungkeub is equal to Senior Airman, Hasa is equal to Techincal Sergeant and Sangwi to Captain. In the Korean People's Army, Sowi is equal to 2nd Lieutenant. Simple, ne?

As always, read and review. Hope the actions and blending of the Metal Gear and RAINBOW series was good. I'm a fan of them and decided to add them to my AU story of FMP. Lately, I'm doing a Gundam SEED sidestory of Solid Sharks' story Cry of a Falcon called Owaru Day by Day. Any FMP reader will know where this is from. Please check that story out and review aside from this. Thanks and have a good day ahead of you to all my readers, wherever you're from.