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Mission 2: Uncovering the Secret
Alpha Team advanced down the dark tunnel. The quietness of the tunnel brought back the dream Grunt had on his way to rendezvous with his team. He shook his head, trying to erase the thought of him being dragged into the dark. The team came across another door, but this time, it wasn't key padded. It was lock padded. Foxy pulled out her Beretta and attached the silencer to it. She aimed at the lock and shot it open. Blitz took the liberty of kicking open the door. The team filed into a more larger room. The room spread out beneath them. Metal stairs lead down to a foyer like area. To the right of them was a passageway that lead to stairs going up and over the foyer like a cat walk. Blitz took the time to plan this out.
"Alright, Foxy, Kit. Take the cat walk and be our eagle eye. Me, Brute and Grunt will advance down to ground level. I have a feeling we are in for a fight." Blitz said.
"Becareful out there." Foxy said. The team split up. Just as Blitz thought, there were men patrolling the ground. But the problem was, he couldn't see where exactly they were.
"Tangos on ground level. Help us out here." Blitz said. Over toward Kit and Foxy, they ducked behind a crate. There happened to be one guard patrolling the catwalk.
"We have one up here with us. Don't worry though, we can take him out." Kit said through her ear piece. She looked at Foxy and they both nodded. They waited for the man to get closer. Then, Foxy sprang from her cover and pinned the man's gun to the wall. Caught off guard, the man tried to pull free, but Foxy punched him square in the jaw. The man fell back onto the ground and Kit took this as an advantage. Pulling out her hunter's knife, she held it to the man's throat.
"Good night." Kit said with a smile. Kit slit the man's throat. The man gurgled and twitched. Then all was quiet.
"Tango down, preparing to advance." Foxy said through her ear piece. She motioned for Kit to advance with her. The two quietly walked across the catwalk. "Kit, I heard you are good with surveillance. Pinpoint where they are and I'll radio in the team." Foxy whispered to her.
"Right." Kit said. She pulled out her tactical goggles and set them on to tac vision. She scanned the area and the goggles highlighted where the guards were. She then spotted Blitz and the others. "Alright. One is about to turn the corner of their hiding spot." Kit said. Foxy repeated what she said through her ear piece.
Over to where Blitz and the others were, Blitz unsheathed his knife.
"Ready?" Blitz asked the two. They gave a nod of confirmation. The man turned the corner and noticed them. Before he could give them away, Blitz sprang up and covered the man's mouth. He turned him toward Brute and kicked the man toward him. Brute grinned and gave a bear hug so hard, the man's back snapped in half. Brute let the man's body hit the floor.
"Two more are below you." Kit said over the ear piece. Grunt felt a gun being pointed to his head.
'Dammit.' he thought to himself.
"Now why don't you come out and have a little fun?" the man said. Blitz hadn't realized one was behind them. Blitz stood up and held up his hands. Brute followed suite. The man smiled and pulled out a walkie talkie. But before he could bring it to his ear, Grunt spun around and shot out his hand and pushed the man's gun up. Grunt tackled him against the wall, knocked the talkie out of his hands and brought his elbow into the man's face. Then, there was a loud bang. The man had fired off a bullet which alerted the others.
"Cover has been blown!" Blitz said. He readied his M14 and began firing onto the others below them. They took cover and began firing back. Grunt cursed his foolishness, unsheathed his Kukiri blade and stabbed the man in between his eyes. The man fell limp. With no time to lose, Grunt readied his Ak103 and began aiding in the gun fight. Brute pulled out a grenade and tossed it from behind cover. With great accuracy, the grenade landed in the middle of a group of men and exploded, sending blood and body parts flying through the air.
Over on the catwalk, Foxy and Kit planned to flank the enemy. They sprinted over the catwalk and jumped down stairs that lead behind the enemy. One man was backing up over to the catwalk stairs while firing at the intruders from far off. Kit jumped from the stairs and planted a kick to the man's face. The man fell down, but he aimed his gun at them from the ground. Foxy stomped on the man's throat before he had time to fire at them. Successfully surrounding the enemy, the team whittled the enemy down to one man.
He hid behind cover and was ready to fight off as a lone survivor, but Alpha Team surrounded him and pointed their guns at him. He held up his hands and dropped his weapon.
"A-alright! I surrender! Pleas don't kill me!" The man cried out. Blitz grabbed the man by the shoulder and pressed down on his pressure point. The man let out a small whimper.
"You are going to help us find the Clan's leader. Disobey and I'll make sure Brute here bear hugs you to death." Blitz said. Brute grinned and held his arms out.
"Gimme some sugar." he said jokingly. The man was frightened and agreed to help. Alpha Team followed the man to another locked door. Blitz pushed the man forward.
"Open it." he ordered. The man did as he was told and punched in the numbers to the keypad. When the door opened, more of the enemy filed in and pointed their guns at them. Blitz took hold of the hostage and placed his Desert Eagle to the man's head. There was a mexican stand off.
"Who are you and how did you find out where we were?" one of them asked.
"If you must know, we are mercenaries." Blitz said. "And we need to take care of a certain "deal" with the Clan's leader." Blitz moved his finger onto the trigger. "If you want your friend here to live, you will take us to the leader." The enemy looked at each other. Then, the one leading the group held his gun down and nodded.
"He's this way." he said. The enemy group and Alpha Team walked down another tunnel. Blitz held their hostage's arm behind his back and held the Desert Eagle to his head as they walked deeper and deeper into the dark cold tunnel.
"You sure we should be doing this?" Kit asked. "It could be a trap."
"And that is exactly why we asked them to take us to their leader. If we take care of the trap, we would practically destroyed their moral." Blitz said. Grunt narrowed his eyes behind his tact goggles. Something about Blitz intrigued him. He apparently knew they were walking into a trap.
'So why would he want to do that?' Grunt asked himself. 'There maybe something more to our team leader then he is saying.' He felt something bump his shoulder. He looked to see Kit walking next to him.
"Hey, so about what happened outside. I didn't mean to get off to a bad start." Kit said. Grunt faced forward and said nothing. He was listening, but he made sure to make it look like he didn't care. He gave a sly grin when he saw Kit having trouble trying to say her next words. He didn't care much about the thoughts of his team. In fact, he didn't want to deal with anyone connected to the government. He thought back to the time where he rebelled against the government. How he was in a protest with others who hated the secrets that the government kept from them. He felt he was doing the right thing. But then everything changed when he sent out a five second video of a seizure time video. He flicked on the TV and grinned as the anchorman reported half of the citizens of the town hospitalized after the video had gotten out.
There was a knock on the door. He remembered his mother telling him to get it. When he did, he was instantly slammed against the wall and thrown to the ground. The officials had found out it was him who sent the video. He thrashed and thrashed only to be pinned down by more officials. He heard his mother scream in horror as she witnessed her son being beaten and arrested by government officials. They picked him up off the ground and was forcefully escorted to a police car. He looked back and saw his mother crying. It was the last time he would see his mother. Being thrown into jail and beating himself up over how foolish he was to forget to cover up his tracks and seeing his mother cry, he vowed revenge against the government. He was only 15 when this had happened. For three years he sat in a cold and lonely cell. No technology to keep him occupied. No posters of his favorite anime series. No more video games. They took everything away from him. He even heard from a prisoner that the government went back to his house and trashed his room.
"Mother..." he said quietly. He shook off the thought and focused back on the mission. They had arrived at the door. Blitz turned to his team.
"Alright, you four stand guard and keep an eye on them." he said pushing the man forward. The team nodded and aimed their guns toward them. Blitz turned to the group leader. "You... you are coming with me." he said. The man nodded and pushed the button. The door slid open and Blitz and the man jumped in.
Alpha Team watched this. They admired his bravery, but they questioned it as well.
"So... you finally found me." a voice said from off their view.
"It's been a while." Blitz said lowering his weapon.
"Let's have a little catching up to do chat, eh?" the man said. The door slid closed and locked behind him. All was quiet.
Alpha Team stood in front of the door. From time to time, they could hear Blitz in a conversation with the leader of the Clan. Brute was counting his SPAS shells, Kit was studying her weapon, Foxy was ignoring the stares of the gang members and Grunt was on his hacker phone. Getting tired of the stares, Foxy walked over to Grunt.
"What do you have there?" she asked a little curious. She has heard a lot about hackers, but she never got to see one in action. Grunt ignored the question and continued to scroll through his hacking codes list. "Look, kid. You nee to learn how to lighten up. What has gotten you in such a bad mood?" Grunt sighed.
"Why can't you keep your questions to yourself?" Grunt said in a cold voice. Foxy looked a bit offended by his tone.
"Because, we are a team." she said. "And communication is a major role in teamwork." Grunt shook his head.
"I was doing fine with out a team..." he said.
"Then how come you agreed with Blitz to join the team?" Kit asked.
"I didn't agree to anything." Grunt said getting more annoyed that the questions were now focused on him.
"Come on, kid. At least tell us a little bit about yourself." Brute said now curious. Grunt pocketed his phone and pulled a grenade out of his belt. He pulled the pin with his thumb and held onto to the grenade's trigger. Everyone became nervous.
"Any more questions?" Grunt asked coldly. No one said anything else. Grunt slid the pin back in with ease and placed the grenade back in his belt.
"I didn't know you could do that with a grenade." Brute said. Suddenly, there was the sound of gunshots. Next came a yell of pain. Foxy placed her finger on her ear piece.
"Sir? Are you okay?" she asked worriedly. There was a moment of silence. Then, Blitz's voice buzzed through their pieces.
"Mission accomplished. Let's head home." Blitz said. "Oh, and kill the hostages." Grunt smiled at this thought.
"With pleasure." he said. He turned and aimed at the men who coward in fear. Grunt pulled the trigger and one by one, their heads exploded into blood and giblets.
"Geez, you could have warned us when you were going to do that." Kit said wiping some of the blood off of her turtle neck. Blitz's voice buzzed in again.
"Seems that they locked me inside here. But it looks like I can get out through the vents. Rendezvous at point Beta." Blitz ordered.
"What's point Beta?" Kit asked.
"He means the elevator." Grunt said taking off in a jog back down the tunnel. The team moved out.
Blitz followed the vent. It did lead out of the room. He stepped over the body of the leader. He was a wolf as well. Bullet holes spread throughout his chest. Blitz reloaded his M14 and began making his way to the vents. Little did he know that the leader was still alive. With all his will power, he crawled off the couch and began crawling toward a corked test tube that had black liquid in it.
"You think... you can get away... so easily?" he said weakly. Blitz was already heading through the vent and making his way out of the room. The leader picked up the tube and uncorked it. He drank the liquid all in one gulp. "We will see... who gets the last laugh..." the wolf jerked up and began twitching and thrashing. A terrible transformation was occurring.
Alpha Team arrived at the elevator. They stopped and waited to see if Blitz had shown up. Kit jumped when Blitz kicked open the vent and jumped out of it.
"Miss me?" Blitz asked jokingly.
"Indeed I did." Foxy said with a smile. Before they could begin conversation, there was a loud roar that echoed throughout the warehouse.
"What was that?" Brute asked.
"Whatever it is, it doesn't sound good." Grunt said. Blitz turned to his team.
"I hate to say it, but we can't leave until we figure out what was going on down here." he said. "Brute, you get to do the honors of setting up C4 around this place." Brute smiled.
"Hell yeah!" he said with excitement.
"If it is what I think is going on down here, then we need to eradicate it. Alright, Foxy and Grunt. You are with me. Kit, provide cover so Brute can place the C4 around these points." Blitz handed Kit a piece of paper.
"Yes sir." she said with a salute.
"Alright Alpha Team. Move out." Blitz said. The team split up. What they were about to encounter would endanger their lives.
Grunt jogged along beside Blitz and Foxy. They had just entered a hall. It was cold and musty.
"Ugh, I can't even begin to imagine to live down here." Foxy commented.
"It could go well with your looks." Grunt said.
"What does that suppose to mean?" Foxy retorted.
"Lock it down, both of you. We are coming up to the lab." Blitz said. They stopped jogging and entered a doorway. Grunt couldn't believe his eyes. Foxy gasped in utter horror. It was a lab alright. Neon green lights in preservative tanks was the only light source in the lab. What was in the tanks were what surprised them. Tall, shadow looking creatures. They were bobbing in the tanks.
"What the hell?" Grunt said.
"Ugh, they are disgusting!" Foxy cried out. Blitz shushed them and told them to get down. They crouched low and scaled tall looking crates. Blitz held up a hand. They stopped. Blitz peeked over the corner and scouted out two scientists. With them, however, was someone he knew very well. Someone who was out to kill a certain boy in hopes that he wouldn't interfere. Yes, it was him alright.
"And I have your trust?" the deep booming voice asked.
"Yes sir." said one of the scientists.
"Good. But if you fail us, master will know exactly what to do with you two." the cloaked figure said. Blitz watched as the figure walked toward a dark corner and vanished.
'Dammit, so that explains why they are in preservative tanks.' Blitz thought to himself. He looked back over to the preserved shadow creatures. "Whatever you do, don't wake them." Blitz whispered to them.
"You have my vote." Foxy said making a disgusted face at the creatures. Grunt looked back and noticed that one of them had its' eyes open. There was only pure white. No eye color, no pupils. Nothing. Its' long pointy finger twitched. Grunt couldn't help but feel that whatever these things are, they are connected to his dreams.
'What are they?' he asked himself. Blitz broke off his thinking by standing up and walking out into the open.
"Boys! I sure hope you weren't going to start the party without me." Blitz said.
"Who the hell are you!" one scientist asked. There was the sound of guns cocking. "You aren't suppose to be in here!" Blitz held up his hands. Grunt looked at Foxy who nodded to him. She pulled out a blue colored grenade. A flash bang.
"Come on, now. Can't we at least start this party off with a bang?" Blitz asked closing his eyes. Foxy pulled the pin, threw the flash bang from behind cover and the scientists were blinded by a bright light. Blitz opened his eyes and rushed forward. He grabbed their wrists and twisted them, making them lose their grip on their glocks. He then pulled them together and they banged their heads and fell to the floor. They were laid out cold.
"Foxy, tie them up." Blitz said. Foxy pulled out handcuffs, slid the handcuff through a metal pole and cuffed their hands.
"Why can't we just kill them?" Grunt asked a little disappointed.
"Because, they are the government's scientists." Blitz said walking over to a white table. He picked up a folder that said "top secret".
"All the more reason to kill them." Grunt said. Blitz opened the file and his eyes widened. There was the picture of a family. He knew the family quite well. In fact, he owed his life to one of them. The family smiled back at him.
'You won't get away with this.' Blitz thought with a growl. Blitz closed the folder and slid it under his arms. He reached for his ear piece. "Brute, Kit. Are they all set?" he asked.
"Ready to go, sir." Kit replied back. "And you better hurry. I am trying to keep the big guy from manually setting off the C4." The three heard the sound of glass shattering. Foxy and Grunt immediately aimed their guns toward the sound.
"That doesn't sound good." Foxy said.
"And Kit?" Blitz said. "Stay alert."
Kept to my promise! So the team finally got rid of the Clan's leader. Or did they? What was the strange liquid that the leader drank? What transformation occurred? To some of you who may not have kept up with my stories. What are these strange creatures? Who is the mysterious cloaked figure? They will be answered later on.
