Authors notes
I'd like to apologize for the last chapter; it was too short and didn't really seem to go anywhere. This one is a little longer and I tried to make sure that I ended at a better point and improved describing the events but I'd appreciate constructive criticism so I know exactly where I'm going wrong
Chapter 2 "out of the frying pan..."
12/11/24 0136 hrs.
Somewhere in Vietnam
Dingo cut through the brush like a hot knife through butter, his objective was displayed in the sky the AR interface in his goggles giving constant information. He stopped as his objective came in sight, the grey concrete architecture standing out not to mention the trucks, jeeps and helicopters dotted around the base.
"this is Dingo objective in sight holding position" Dingo whispered just loud enough for his team mates to hear "roger await further orders" Bear responded who judging by the volume of his voice had not arrived at the objective.
Dingo was prone his binoculars drawn he noted the position of the enemies patrolling the outside of the large military base that stood before him, "this is Widow in position" Widow whispered through the comms her position showing up on dingos AR on the other side of the base, "good vantage point" dingo whispered to himself noting widows high and inconspicuous vantage point. "dingo watch yourself two rifle men armed with AK's headed in your direction" widow warned, dingo quickly spotted the two men, he moved back into some bushes and readied his rifle praying that he wouldn't have to use it. "Dingo for Christ's sake do not discharge your weapon unless it's one hundred per cent necessary, this op is too important to blow now" Bear ordered over the com.
Dingo was concealed well in the bush but it did him no good as one of the men tripped over his binoculars, 'damn it' he thought to himself as he fired two silenced shots rapidly into the heads of the two men. They hit the ground hard and unfortunately so did their rifles. The rifles loud full auto shots rang through the hilly jungle followed quickly by an alarm and the shouts of soldiers getting ready to find and kill any intruders. Dingo quickly ran to cover as his position was discovered by a sniper; shots rang out as he moved towards a fallen tree. Dingo laid against the tree the shots from the sniper keeping him pinned "Dingo what the fuck happened?" Bear practically screamed over the com.
"I… I don't know, a patrol discovered me I took them out but their guns went off and alerted the rest now a snipers pinning me" he said panicked at the thought that the enemy would be flanking him any moment. Almost as if on cue a support gunner came around the corner pointing his gun ready to fire.
19/11/24 1323 hrs.
Bethesda, Maryland - Walter reed national military medical centre
30 awoke groggily his painkiller riddled mind blissfully unaware of the disfiguring burn on his arm, he first noticed the familiar face of Kozak "heeey Kozak buddy, how are you today?" 30 rather shall we say detached voice "good 30 good" he said trying to sound happy "that's good, why am I in the hospital?" 30 said near passing out "uh… you fell and broke your arm" Kozak nervously responded "man that sucks" 30 muttered before falling back to sleep.
Kozak let out a relieved sigh as relived the now clearer events before the explosion the explosion.
The day started like any other, Kozak got up, worked out and ate a craptacular MRE breakfast then heading down to the range to let off some steam. "How's it going man?" 30k asked only half caring as he looked down range aiming his stoner 63
"Not bad, yourself?" he responded as he prepared to fire his TAR-21 at the wooden target down range.
"Good, good except for this weird feeling in my gut"
"You feeling sick 30?" Kozak said squeezing the trigger and feeling the satisfying kick of a burst out of his rifle
"No, no just feeling a little off"30 responded firing a long burst, shredding the target
They emptied their clips down range before leaving the range and heading for a place to sit down finding some crates and sat down "where's pepper and the captain?" Kozak asked as he placed a cigarette in his mouth "out on some recon op" 30 responded they sat there for a few more minutes talking beforethe bases PA system called for 30 at the officers barracks and that was all that Kozak remembered before the heat and force hit him
The door clicked snapping Kozak out of his deep thought. He turned his attention to see two men in suits enter the room "john Kozak?" one of them asked "yes how can I help you?" he responded.
"we're from the office of international affairs we believe that the attack you were the victim of and a failed U.N. op may be connected" the other man said " and we believe that a member of raven rock may be involved " Kozak shot up " tell me what I need to do".