As I said before, I own none of the Call of duty franchise nor the rights to it. This is mearly a fanfiction. Enjoy, and please review.

Task Force 231 HQ

13:30, 11/22/14

TF231, 2nd company, Echo platoon, Bravo team

Purdue was messing with his tac-pad configuring it to his liking. Shepard and Rowe were playing billiards, and Chamblan was calling his family. Purdue sighed, visually distressed, and pushed himself off the chair and walked to his quarters which were placed right by his teams. He sat the tac-pad on the table by his bed which held a picture of him, his fiancee and his young daughter. He grabbed his laptop and logged on to the video calling application that he put on the computer to video chat with his family. He checked the list to see if they were online, and they were not online. Purdue closed the computer and rested his head against the wall. He heard a knock on his door and he said, "Come on in." LaCovetta walked in and said, "Thought I'd tell you that Rake wanted a meeting with you today." Purdue nodded and stood up, LaCovetta asked, "Do you have any spare lighter fluid though?"

Purdue said, "Yeah, it's in the bedside table." LaCovetta nodded and Purdue walked out, knowing LaCovetta since FORCON. He knew that he wouldn't steal anything. Purdue arrived at the Lieutenant's office and knocked to enter, as he heard Sketch say enter, he opened the door and stood in front of the desk

Sketch pointed to the chair, Purdue sat down, and Sketch said, "Rommel has an op for your team and LaCovetta. He wants you to run a scatter op, you and LaCovetta have a lot of experience in these operations. Sadler and his team will cover the bird for your escape."

Purdue nodded and asked, "Do LaCovetta and Sadler know about the op?"

Sketch said, "They are; to an extent. LaCovetta and Sadler know of the op, Sadler knows that his team will be in the helicopter for support. LaCovetta knows that he will be assisting your team in gathering Intel and finishing the scatter op."

Purdue asked, "Is the op green or black?" Sketch looked at Purdue, and leaned forward placing his elbows on his desk.

Sketch said, "It is a green op, you don't know how much I wish it was black. I'd love to be guns free on those Iranian bastards."

Purdue asked, "How much support do we have if the shit hits the fan?"

Sketch said, "None, you only have your boots on the ground, the helicopter will take off to you and evac you if shit hits the fan. So keep it quiet." Purdue nodded and Sketch said, "Dismissed, get your team to the armory. You have two hours till the bird takes off, Sadler and LaCovetta's teams are in the armory as well. The command team will be in the Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, we'll be sitting outside the conflict zone sitting easy in Saudi Arabian waters."

Purdue nodded and exited the room, he walked to the recreation room and saw the team right where he left them. Purdue walked up, the team looked at him. Purdue said, "We have a scatter op, head to the armory, and don't forget your damn silencers."

Durant asked, "Green, right?" Purdue nodded and Durant sighed. Chamblan smiled and playfully elbowed him in the arm. Rowe stuck his hands in his pockets and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. He fumbled around his pockets for a few moments more and pulled out a cigarette and placed it in his mouth, pulling out his blue disposable lighter and pushed his thumb down on the flint and the red gas release, there was a spark, but no light, he tried it several more times and asked, "Does anyone have a light?"

Durant smiled and said, "Only if I can have a cigarette."

Rowe sighed and said, "Fine." He pulled out the pack of cigarettes and pulled one out and handed it to Durant. Durant handed his lighter to Rowe. Rowe lit his cigarette and handed the lighter back to Durant, Durant lit his own cigarette and placed his lighter back in his pocket.

They waked to the armory in a loose rhombus and walked in. Rowe and Durant extinguished their cigarettes and walked in. Chamblan walked up to the clerk and said his rifle's serial code and the clerk disappeared for a moment then reappearing with a long hard gun case. Chamblan grabbed the case and walked back from the window. He sat down and opened the case looking at his M40A5 sniper rifle system. He pulled it out and checked every inch of it for damages. He found that it was in the exact condition as he left it.

Purdue walked up and said the serial number to his gun and the clerk walked back to the weapons rack, walked back to the window and handed him a hard rifle case. Purdue pulled the case to him and checked popped the hatches as he walked away from the window. Purdue checked his flip sight hybrid, and found it in working order, the flip plate and the ACOG sight were on securely. The holographic scope was mounted properly and same with the laser designator and fore grip.

The rest of the team was done by the time Purdue finished with his inspection of his rifle. Rowe checked his M16 and Durant tested the smoothness of his bolt. Purdue opened an ammunition box for their standard rounds. Purdue grabbed some bullets and his magazines and fitted the bullets into the magazines. Rowe did the same with his bullets, placing them into the standard magazine for the M16 and it's counterparts. Chamblan and Durant started to load carriages into their rifles, Durant placed

.338 Lupua rounds into his magazines, and Chamblan put 7.62x51mm rounds into the box magazines.

Purdue finished loading the magazines into his vest and leg pouches and went up to the window naming the serial number for his Kriss super V . The clerk went back and pulled the case holding the SMG out and handed it to Purdue. Purdue opened the case, studying the weapon and then walked back over to the ammunition box pile and sifted for forty five ACP rounds. Rowe filled a pocket full of stun rounds for his under barrel attachment. Chamblan and Durant walked to the equipment area and scoured the area for what they could use. They found assorted types of grenades, not something for a sniper, different types of land mines, remote controlled fighting drones, hand thrown drones for reconnaissance, just about anything an assault team would need, but not much for two snipers.

Rowe walked in and looked around, interested in all the equipment, Purdue walked in slinging the super V across his back and said, "Everyone needs silencers, Rowe, grab wire cutters, Durant, grab some thermal optics system, same with you Chamblan." They nodded and scoured the room for the silencers, wire cutters and thermal optics. Purdue grabbed the silencers he would need for his weapons and placed them in a pocket for now.

Rowe came back holding a set of wire cutters that were about seven inches in length with a two inch blade. Chamblan came forward holding a thermal imaging scope for his rifle, and followed shortly by Durant. Purdue said, "Put your rifles in the cases, and we will be leaving in an hour, call your family if you want to, if not, get rest. Set an alarm, you have one hour exactly." The team nodded and walked out toward the rooms.

Purdue walked to LaCovetta's room and knocked, LaCovetta walked out and asked, "So what are we going to do now Coyote?"

Purdue said, "Don't know, will probably be just like old times again, except last time that happened, most of the unit was vaporized." LaCovetta nodded and Purdue said, "Well, how prepared is your team for this op?"

LaCovetta said, "We're prepared, how's your team?"

Purdue shrugged and said, "Young, ready, and enthused."

LaCovetta rested against the wall and said, "Call your girls, you know they will want to hear from you." Purdue nodded and LaCovetta pushed himself off the wall saying, "Tell them I said hi."

Purdue nodded and said, "I will they will want to heat from you." LaCovetta walked in his room, and Purdue walked into his wondering what this was going to take him to. He looked at the computer and saw that they were still offline, he composed a message telling them that he loved and missed them, and that he would be home as soon as possible.

He closed the computer, sat down, and huffed out a breath, looking at the picture frame that held a picture of him, his fiancee and his daughter. Sadler and LaCovetta knocked. Purdue put the picture down and walked to the door, he opened it and they walked in. Sadler had his hands in his pockets and said, "Why is our first mission a scatter op?"

LaCovetta said, "Because that is what they need us to do, if you have a problem with it, you shouldn't have joined the Marines, we got called for shit jobs all the time." Purdue nodded and LaCovetta continued, "So, what the hell do you want us to do Coyote?"

Purdue shrugged and said, "All I want is to make it home and be able to be with my girls over the holidays. What we will need to do will be to have our teams ready to respond for what ever they try throwing at us, Snake, you're team is going to be helicopter support. No matter what, pull everyone out of the contact zone. Vendetta, your team will run Intel and be sure we aren't spotted." LaCovetta and Sadler nodded and Purdue said, "Pack up, make sure your teams are ready, and we'll meet on the landing pad in forty minutes."

They walked to their teams and Purdue gatherer his gear making sure that everything was where it needed to be. He heard the call tone go off on his computer and he skittered to it lifting it and seeing the caller ID, it was his fiancee.

He answered it and she said, "Hey, I got your message, we were at the park. Sorry."

Purdue smiled and said, "That's okay." He studied her and asked finally, "How are you?"

She waved here head slightly and said, "We've been doing well, I've kept her busy so that she will listen to me instead of thinking about you when she needs to be doing something else. So how have you been?"

Purdue nodded and said, "Good to hear. I've been helping train a group of new guys in the program. I'll find a way to be home soon."

She smiled and said, "I hope you can find a way."

He looked at the time and said, "I have to go, I'll call you later."

She smiled slightly, a tear rolled down from her eye and she said, "Just come home."

Purdue said, "I will. Love you Megan, tell Chelsea that I love and miss her."

She replied, almost breaking down, "I will. I love you Jerry."

He said, "See you soon, bye."

She replied in an almost teared voice, "Bye."

Purdue closed the line and closed his computer down. He finished packing his gear and walked to the rec room where the team's were supposed to be meeting. He pulled the bags off his shoulder and pulled his vest on, followed by clipping on his backpack in place and strapped his magazine pouches in place and his pistol holster on his thigh. Durant walked in with his Kevlar vest on and snapping his things to his BDU. Chamblan walked in zipping up the rest of the MCCUU and holing his gear in his left hand. Purdue strapped his knife to his shoulder and Sadler's team walked in finished gearing up and ready. Rowe walked in fastening his vest to his torso.

LaCovetta walked in followed by most of his team, minus the red head they called Rock star. Purdue did a head count, missing North and Saddler. He and LaCovetta walked out in a search for them. They found North in front of a vending machine, and Sadler finishing up a phone call.

On the bird being a huge ass sea knight they all talked and figured the distance they were from the base in Iran. LaCovetta and Purdue were the only two at ease, Purdue listening to his music, and LaCovetta smoking a cigarette and laying on his back. The door operator was talking to the men in the bay. The loud speaker came on over the engines and said, "We'll be landing five miles outside the base, five minutes till the drop." Purdue pulled out his music from the speaker in his headset and Scarecrow, the woman of the platoon, was holding a pair of dog tags in her hands. LaCovetta took one last pull at his cigarette and extinguished it. Maverick or his nickname Roach was smoking a cigarette of his own. He got the name from a drug bust that prevented him from getting to sergeant.

Everyone had a nickname, most were off the wall, others nearer to their jobs.

Purdue walked over to LaCovetta and said, "Vendetta, we're up, you ready to get dirty?"

LaCovetta sat up and smiled, "Coyote, you know that I'm always ready to get dirty. What's the idea for this one?"

Purdue said, "I need you hacked into the base so that we are invisible." LaCovetta scoffed and Purdue raised an eyebrow asking, "What ace do you have up your sleeve this time Vendetta?"

LaCovetta said, "Hearts, Parcel has proven herself more times than I am willing to count as a tech expert. She'll have your window Coyote. Just be sure to remember that we need to get out."

Purdue smiled and pulled out a detonator for US made explosives, he said, "Can't be a good scatter op with out a fireworks show." LaCovetta nodded and Purdue continued, "I'm going to have our teams plant charges on the fuel depot, weapons lockers, and vehicle depot." LaCovetta nodded and Sadler walked over.

LaCovetta asked, "So, how big is the explosion going to be?" Sadler's eyes widened.

Purdue said, "It depends on if they are placed right, but we should see a bright and pretty fireball for miles around."

Sadler said, "I hate you guys, I have to be in a helicopter, and you get to make explosives."

Purdue smiled slightly and said, "Oh well," he turned the platoon channel on and said, "Everyone, gear up, Bravo and Charley teams, on me." he clicked off the radio and said, "You can watch them Snake."

LaCovetta stood up, pulling his beanie hat over his headset and his sunglasses on, Purdue held his helmet on his hip and turned to the troops and said as loud as he could without yelling, "There is a reason why I had all of you bring C4 and program the receiver to the frequency in my detonator, and no it isn't so you can suicide bomb them." There was a laugh from the soldiers. Purdue continued, "We are blowing this base so that if they decide they want war, they will be down one base, and we can land troops that much closer to their heart. Don't let the guys holding your paychecks down."

They nodded at different times and Purdue said, "We'll all make it out, Vendetta and I have been running scatter ops for years. We did it in Afghanistan, and several other conflicts." Purdue said, "One minute till we fast drop, until we have radio dominance, don't use the radios unless you have a huge need." They understood and pulled on their face gear and hats helmets or what ever they wanted over their heads. Purdue put his sunglasses on and pulled his Balaclava up. He pulled his helmet to his head and strapped it on. LaCovetta was a step ahead of him.

The doors dropped, and they went feet first into the sand of Iran.

Sorry for any one who thought I was a moron for putting a decommissioned ship from the second world war era in modern warfare.