Battlefield: BAD COMPANY: Birds of Prey

Episode 2: Camp Zama

A/N: Big shout out to Sandshrew master 317 for his creative input.

'Thinking/Preston's view'

"Talking"

'So, after getting our plane ride, we touched down on the runway, Sweetwater threw up from the g-forces. Haggard just laughed, and Sarge told haggard to shut up, the same as usual. I kept my mouth shut but I couldn't help laughing a little bit. We were supposed to be the best, of the worst. My gut kept telling me that if we want to survive what's coming, we'll have to bring our A-game and then some.'

The plane had just touched down and Preston left his thoughts for the here and now. The boys of B-company were happy to be on the ground. Despite some bad memories of their previous adventure Haggard was coping pretty well with being reminded of Flynn the pilot. Flynn was a good friend who died saving the boys from being gunned down back in the jungles of brazil only for his Blackhawk to be shot down moments afterwards.

The boys met with a messenger who had been dispatched by command to bring them to Colonel Barclay. His name is private Edwards, Haggard nicknamed him Eddie. Sweetwater asked Edwards who exactly colonel Barclay is, the private responded that back in the sandbox, Barclay was one hell of a field commander. When it came to spec ops, if you want it done, get Barclay. Barclay had been a colonel in the USMC before reenlisting in the ARMY to continue his career in the sandbox after the corps pulled out. Politics were responsible for that, counter-terrorism was a low priority when it came to the Russo-American wars.

The army had continued to fight in desert, after being left out to dry by the marines who were redeployed to fight Russians in Canada back during the war. Barclay knew that the troops left behind would be unable to cope with any terror attacks without experienced leadership, so he asked the commandant personally that he be allowed to transfer to the army and continue to keep the middle east under friendly control. The commandant agreed and Barclay was back in the fight.

most operations in the middle east officially ended with the Saudis expanding their military and taking over most of the former US bases. Once the full pullout of American forces was complete except for the embassy and a joint forces base Barclay was transferred to Camp Zama for the foreseeable future of his career.

The boys were amazed to hear about Barclay and the loyalty he showed to his forces, if Barclay was their commander now, they were going to be in it for the long haul. They made their way to the base commander's office to meet with the colonel and receive their orders and intel on the rest of their mission.

"This Barclay guy, sounds like a guy who kicks ass in a fight." Said Haggard

"My dad told me about me about Barclay's uncle, a general back in the Vietnam war. It looks like Barclay followed his uncle's footsteps." Preston said coolly.

"As long as he doesn't act like an ass, I really don't want him constantly breathing down our necks." Said Sweetwater.

"He's our commander now, if he says jump, we jump. If he says fight, we fight, same shit different guy." Sarge said finishing with his own input.

After they were done talking, the command building came into view and Edwards left pointing them in the right direction of Barclay's office. The boys made their way inside and down the hallways to the colonel, as they did they passed the heavily guarded R&D sector.

"Sweetwater, don't get any funny ideas." Sarge said irritated by Sweetwater's eyeing of the heavily guarded sector.

"What? I was just looking." Sweetwater said defensively.

"You forgot what brought you here in the first place?" Sarge retorted

"No Sarge, but still it must be awesome what they've got in there. I'm betting they've got a super soldier program or something." Sweetwater said in wonder.

"Even if we wanted to sweets, we don't have clearance for that area. So just focus on our meeting with the colonel." Sarge said irritated and exhausted from the trip.

That said, the four of them of proceeded down the hall until they saw a door with bold letters printed on it, OFFICE OF COLONEL SHERMAN J. BARCLAY. The colonel was a man of modest tastes when it came to his office, there was a decent sized couch and a flat screen TV on the far side of the office with the desk sitting next to the TV. On the wall, next to a window over-looking the airfield, was a case filled with medals and commendations. On the desk was an assortment of classified documents and personal items. A picture of Barclay's, family a nameplate, and coffee mug. Barclay was sitting at his desk, with his hands behind his head, and he was resting his boots on a stool next to him. There was a knock at the door and Barclay answered it.

"Well I'll be a son of a bitch, you're the boys from B-Company who single handedly saved the US, have a seat on the couch."

"Yes sir, colonel Barclay sir." Sarge said as he and his men sat down on Barclay's comfy couch.

"This is one fine office you've got sir, hey you get NASCAR or the NFL on that TV?" Haggard said hoping the colonel was in the mood for sports.

"I do private haggard, but we'll discuss that after we get done with the next part of your mission briefing. I'm assuming Braidwood told you about what the spooks managed to dig up, so let's move on to current events. You four will be heading into the unknown here. I can't say I'm happy about throwing you into fire but we need to know what is going on in there, and you boys are the only ones up for the job."

"We understand sir, from what Braidwood told us, a delta team will get us in, right?" Sarge asked cautiously.

"Fireteam Hammer, they'll get you in, but it'll be a one-way trip for you. They will exfil after getting you in the city, getting four people out is easier than eight. Besides, Minaka is insane from the profile the agency put together but he is no fool. Fireteam hammer managed to get in and out once, that's how we knew something was up in the first place. Hiroto was more than aware of their infiltration, they were nearly caught in their escape. So, let me make this clear, he is not a slouch when it comes to security, if he catches you who knows what's going to happen. DO NOT let him catch you, understood?" Barclay explained with concern for his newest troops.

"We understand sir, will we have anything that will give us a leg up in the operation?" Sarge said hoping for a windfall.

"You're in luck sergeant. You remember that R&D sector you passed? You'll get a few shiny new toys to play with, courtesy of the taxpayers." The colonel answered with a smile on his face.

"Not to sound greedy sir, but anything specific?" Sweetwater piped up, interested in what they would receive as their newest gear.

"That info is extremely classified private. Tell no one about the tech you'll receive. Once I have your word and a swear on the constitution itself, I will tell you about it, before you get your new gear." The colonel said with a very serious tone.

"Then I, Terrance Sweetwater, solemnly swear on the US constitution to not tell a soul about the gear outside of this room."

"Do the rest of you feel the same way as private Sweetwater?" The colonel asked his men with very serious tone.

"We swear sir." The rest of the squad said in unison.

"The gear you will be receiving are Nano-suit 2.1s. your mission will serve as a field test for the suits. The previous models have a nasty habit of fusing with their operators without the appropriate under-suit. We've compensated for that by providing the operators with the aforementioned suits, the Mk.1s' are currently in service with some of Braidwood's other units. Raptor team being one of them. Hargreave-Rasch Biomedical and Crynet, designed the suit and all of its bells and whistles, raptor team had been reporting in to Hargreave himself on their performance in the field. Jacob Hargreave's corporation is one of our biggest contractors and rivals MBI when it comes to political influence. The 2.1 models you'll be testing were developed in house at area 51, with Hargreave's permission. The suits are built with alien technology that Hargreave himself asked the president and congress to officially promise not to abuse them and only manufacture a small number of suits." The colonel explained stoically.

"Does that mean we risk getting stuck in those tin cans for the rest of our lives?!" Haggard said alarmed at the suit's very dangerous hazard.

"The other models, yes. The 2.1s, not as likely. With these models, we have done our best to iron out that kink. Most likely you'll be fine, the eggheads say it's only a 9% chance of suit safeguard failure."

"These suits are highly experimental, if Minaka catches you, pray he doesn't disable the safeguards or the consequences will be severe." The colonel said stoically, emphasizing on the dangers of capture.

"W-what consequences?" Sweetwater said with fear.

"You don't want to know." The colonel said coolly.

"Let's bring on the job, the faster we do this, less risk of getting stuck with a second skin." Preston said with determination.

"Right you are private Marlowe. Gentlemen, follow me to the R&D sector." The general said gesturing to the door after he made his way out of the office. Bad company followed him to the R&D sector with Sweetwater getting more excited with every step. Haggard was actually a little nervous for once, who wouldn't be if they were risking getting a second skin for the rest of their life. Preston and Sarge were staying calm about the whole situation, neither of them had any doubts about what was coming next.

Sweetwater went wide eyed at the machines and gadgets being designed inside the R&D sector. Haggard teased him about being like a kid in a candy store. Sweetwater fired back about haggard being a baby about a lousy 9% chance of suit safeguard failure. The two of them argued on the subject while Marlowe shook his head. Then Sarge told them to shut up, he was annoyed at the boys like usual but, was still very impressed by the scope of the base's highly classified R&D sector.

There were scientists and engineers of all kinds moving back and forth between projects. Guns, laser weapons, even a plasma gun prototype. One of most interesting was a railgun prototype that they were building for handheld use in the field. Eventually they reached the Nano-suit showroom, where the suits of champions were stored.

The suits were magnificently designed, with each suit giving an intimidating appearance for sheer charisma factor in battle. Every suit was different, yet similar, showcasing the previous models all leading up to bad company's experimental models that were custom designed for them with their own added quirks. Their suits resembled the ones that rarely saw action for the USMC back during the Russo-American wars.

The four of them donned their suits with help from doctors, engineers and other personnel. Preston adjusted to his new suit like he was born to wear it. Haggard felt like the suit was a little tight in the crotch, but the suit adjusted to his physiology and he soon felt comfortable. Sweetwater couldn't help but jump for joy at the high-tech nature of the Nano-suit it was like a dream come true for him. But he jumped a little too high and his head broke through the roof to the next floor. He was okay but his heavily armored teammates had to yank him out of the next floor from below. Sarge adjusted to his armor with a small degree of difficulty, but the old soldier got used to it and he could move like he was lighter than air.

-END CHAPTER-

A/N: I've altered the Crysis timeline and mixed it with Battlefield: Bad Company and Sekirei. The story is taking place in the 2010s. In my time-line the Russians were the ones who the US went to war with not North Korea. Lingshan is a Russian conflict that happened off the coast of south america, the Russians were the ones who were battling for control of the lingshan islands against the US. That was part of the same conflicts in which Bad company participated. Now most weaponry that bad company will be using is today's modern combat weaponry, vehicles and not Crysis era. The keyword is most. I've matched up the timelines to coincide with each other. The lingshan part of the war was kept from the public eye and disguised as a nuclear test. Basically replace the North Koreans with the Russians for events in the Crysis timeline that pertain to them.