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Rainbow Six: Operation Red Sky
Chapter 3
"The New Operation"
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May 23rd
0845 hours
Hereford, England
Six was sitting in her office, in front of the desk. On the right side of the desk were folders with the files of operators who are supposed to be send to Syria. In front of her were laying folders with files that contained information about the terrorist organization that attacked the Warsaw metro a couple days prior. The name of the organization isn't known yet, but she was able to connect them to a couple of attacks that happened in recent years, such as the 2017 Manchester attack that occurred after Ariana Grande's concert (the suicide bomber himself was probably working on behalf of the organization). They have also been supposedly cooperating with other terrorist organizations such as ISIS in the 2015 Al Khalis prison break and Al-Keida during World Trade Center.
This means that the organization is very powerful and has powerful contacts.
The organization is presumably responsible for many American soldiers' deaths during the war in Iraq as well as many attacks on US troops stationed in Syria.
Six closed the folders and got up. She walked to the planning room that was connected to her office and also served as a briefing room before missions. The room was a big room with lots of empty place, so more people can fit in. In the center of the room there was a long wooden table with rounded edges, similar to those seen on corporate conferences. In the corner of the room there was a desk on which there was a laptop connect to a projector, so that presentations, maps etc. could be projected on one of the huge walls.
On the other side of the room there was a whiteboard, where plans were often drawn before missions.
She walked up to the whiteboard and started drawing out all of the info she needed.
She attached a map of Syria to the board and marked a small city on the west side of the country. The city was close to a US military base in the area, the base where the operators were supposed to land and be greeted by the troops.
Some of the terrorists were thought to be in the city, so it can potentially be a good place to gather intel.
Some time later she had already drawn out all of the plans. At the end, she labeled the new operation,
"Operation Red Sky"
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May 23rd
1300 hours
Hereford, England
"YUUMII!" a male voice shouted as someone walked into the rec room.
"What?!" Yumiko, who was sitting on the couch and reading a book, said annoyed. She turned around to see a fellow operator from her unit, Echo.
"Thank God I found you, I've been searching for you for like an hour." Echo said
"What do you want, anyway?" Hibana asked as she turned back to reading her book.
"Thermite wants to see you. He's in the lab and wants to work on something." Echo explained
"Tell him I'll go see him later." she replied, still reading her book.
"I'm not going back down there now, you go tell him." Echo said, sitting on the couch beside her.
"Can't you, like, text him or something" said Yumiko, getting more annoyed by Echo's behavior.
Echo said something quietly, then he took out his smartphone and texted Thermite, as suggested by Hibana.
There were a few other people in the rec room except for the two Japanese operators. All of the SAS boys were playing billiard, as usual. On the second couch in the room were sitting Jäger, Bandit and IQ, they were watching TV. Valkyrie was sitting next to them, but she was browsing internet on her phone.
"What are you reading, anyways?" Echo asked
"The Shining" Hibana replied, not even looking at him
"Really? I didn't realize you were into horror books." Echo said.
"Yeah, can you let me read in peace" Hibana got annoyed.
"Sure" Echo laughed and got up.
He walked to the other couch and sat next to the other operators. They were watching some Comedy Central and a episode of South Park was currently on air .
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Meanwhile, some of the operators were in the gym as well. Most notably, Caveira, who was currently walking out of the changing room and putting in her earphones. Ever since she was a teenage girl, she loved listening to heavier styles of music, something that her brother introduced her to. She loved styles such as metalcore, post-hardcore etc. as those types of music helped her get through hard times during her teenage years. Some people find such music bad, irritating, repugnant even. However, she felt the opposite. Since she was introduced to it, she found it relaxing and something she can release her anger too
She turned on her work out playlist and one of her favorite songs from 2018 started playing, and that song was 'Technology' by Don Broco.
She walked up to one of the benches and started lifting weights.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 21, 22, 23... 48, 49, 50...
Fifty lifts may seem like a lot to a normal person, but it wasn't that much for a highly trained operator in one of the best counter-terrorist units in the world.
After lifting a countless amount of times, she decided it was time to take a break, so she put the weight on the bench and got up to a sitting position. As she looked around the room, she saw some people who she didn't notice in the gym when she first got there. Ash was running on the treadmill, on the other side of the room. Ela was also lifting weights not so far from her.
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The lab was not very crowded, as usually anyway. Except for Thermite, there was only Doc in it, Echo was there as well, before he went upstairs. Jordan "Thermite" Trace was working on something that had to do with his exothermic breach charge, while Doc was working on his MPD-0 Stim Pistol.
"What are you working, anyway?" Thermite asked, trying to start a conversation.
"I'm trying to make the pistol be able to resurrect dead people." Doc said in a joking manner.
"Wait, really?" Thermite asked, surprised "Who are you, Mercy from Overwatch?" he added, jokingly
"No, not really, you dumbass" Doc laughed "And was that a reference I was supposed to get?"
"I don't know, do you play video games?"
"Not really" Doc replied
"Then not really" Thermite said "So, what are you really working on?"
"I'm just checking if everything's fine with the stim pistol and the ammunition. I'm planning to try and make it work faster someday." Doc explained
"Ah, I understand" Thermite said "Well, I was checking if it's possible to make my exothermic charges work more silently, that would be a huge tactical advantage."
"I don't know, it still explodes at the end, so I don't know if that would matter at all." Doc said
"Well, maybe the terrorists are deaf, so they won't hear the explosion?" Thermite laughed
Doc facepalmed, not saying anything.
"Alright, I'm going to go upstairs, to the rec room, so take care" Thermite said as he started walking out the room.
Before he left, he heard Doc saying "Take care" as well.
Thermite walked out to the corridor and went past the weaponry, he quickly got upstairs to the first floor. As he passed the gym, he decided to take a peak. There wasn't a lot of people in the room. He noticed Ash on the treadmill, and, to his surprise, Caveira talking to Ela. Those who know Caveira, know that it's a rare sight, seeing her talk to someone. Anyway, he shrugged and kept on walking. He walked onto the next floor and finally reached his destination, which was the recreation room.
Before he walked in he heard a familiar voice yelling something with a Scottish accent.
"Oi, for fuck's sake, what is this bullshit?!" Sledge yelled as he lost another round of billiard
"Calm down, Seamus, you're bad, that's all there is to it!" James, also known as Smoke laughed as Thermite walked into the room. Jordan stopped in the entrance and just stood there, arms crossed and observed the conversation.
"Alright James, if you don't shut up I'ma grab my fucking hammer and smack you in your stupid head, ya cunt!" Seamus shouted, throwing the billiard cue onto the table.
"Okay boys, let's calm down now." Thatcher said as he stepped between the two British men.
"I swear, this happens every time you guys play billiard" Jordan laughed as he walked into the room and leaned on a wall.
"Yeah, he's right. This happened when the attack was announced as well" Meghan "Valkyrie" Castellano, who was previously watching TV, entered the conversation.
"Yup, and yesterday as well." James said as he walked away from the billiard table and sat on the couch, next to Hibana.
"You guys are fucking..." Sledge said angrily, throwing his hands up for a second. "The next time you fuck me over like that in this stupid game, I'll take my hammer and destroy your canisters" he added, pointing his finger at Smoke and leaving the room afterwards.
"Yeah, I'd have to kill you then!" Smoke shouted watching Seamus as he shut the door behind him.
"He could have at least left the door open..." Bandit said as he lazily walked up to the door and opened it. Afterwards, he sat on the couch next to Meghan.
"Anyway, it's been a couple days since the whole attack. I'd think Six would send us out on an operation by now." Jordan said, wondering.
"Yeah, and surprisingly, there's not much info about it on the internet, or the TV." Meghan added
"I haven't really seen anything about it, except for an article on Reddit." Dominic "Bandit" Brunsmeier added as well.
As the crew talked on, Mike felt his phone buzzing in his pocket. He turned the device on and someone was calling him. It was Six. He walked out into the corridor and picked up the phone.
"What is it?" He asked
"Mike, come see me in my office now, it's important" Six explained
"Alright, I'll be there in a minute" he said, hanging up.
He then turned to Thermite and smirked "Ha, speak of the devil" he said
"What, is it about the terrorists?" Jordan asked
"Presumably" Thatcher replied, as he turned around and started walking towards Six's office.
While on his way, he was thinking about what she could want from him. The only possible think that came to his mind was a new operation, probably regarding the attack in Warsaw, which occurred a couple days prior. Even though he was getting pretty old now, he still had the strength and motivation to be in Rainbow. He treated these people as family and he knew that losing any single one of them would be really painful for him. Not only for him, it would probably impact the whole team. Back when he was in SAS, he had seen one of his comrades die. Even though he didn't know him all that much except for a couple conversations here and there, the death of that guy impacted him and the team. The worst part in losing someone, whether it be a friend, a part of the family, or anyone else, is the empty void that is left after that person passes. He could not imagine how it would be like if someone in Rainbow died.
Mike got so lost in his thoughts, he didn't even notice that he passed the office at least half a minute ago. He laughed to himself and turned around, walking back to the office.
He knocked on the door, and he heard Six's voice telling him to come in a couple seconds later.
"So, what is going on?" he asked, sitting on a chair in the front of her desk.
"I'll start right away." Six said "I understand you all know of the terrorist attack that took place in the Warsaw metro a couple days ago?"
"Correct." Mike replied
"Well, we've managed to get some info on the organization that is behind this. They are a very dangerous group and it seems that only Rainbow is capable of eliminating that threat." Six explained, taking a sip from her coffee afterwards.
"I understand. So am I supposed to assemble a team?" Mike asked
"Indeed." Six smiled "I've already chosen the operators, just bring them here."
"Who should I bring?"
"Ela, Thermite, Hibana, Bandit, Caveira and you are going as well, cause the team needs a leader." Six said
"I don't have any objections or anything, but Hibana is a skilled leader as well." Mike said
"I know, but for this mission, we need someone with more experience. Now go and bring them here"
"Alright, I'll be back in a minute" Mike said, getting up to a standing position and walking out of the office, closing the door behind him.
On his way back to the recreational room, where he knew some of the operators needed for the missions were, Mike was thinking about the future mission. How long is it going to be? Where are they going? Only time will tell. Before entering the room, he made a mental note to call his wife and notify her of the upcoming mission, as he always did.
He entered the rec room and immediately cleared his throat in order to get everyone's attention. When everyone noticed him, he started speaking
"Alright guys, Six has just notified me of an upcoming operation. I need Bandit, Hibana and Thermite." he said.
The three operators he mentioned immediately stopped whatever they were doing and walked up to face him.
"Six wants you to meet her in her office" Mike explained "Also, anyone knows where Ela and Caveira are?"
"I saw them in the gym a while ago. They could be there." Thermite said.
"Great, go and get them, I'll go to Six's office with the rest." Mike said, as he walked out with Dominic and Yumiko.
Thermite walked downstairs and headed to the gym. Before he entered, he met Ash who was just exiting the room.
"Hi Eliza, are Ela and Taina in there?" Jordan asked, walking up to her.
"Yeah, they're in the changing room, I think." Ash answered "Why are you looking for them, anyway?" she added.
"Six wanted to see me, them, Mike, Dominic and Yumi in her office. A new operation." he explained
"Oh. Is it related to the recent events in Warsaw?"
"Probably" Jordan said, shrugging "Mike didn't really explain anything, but nothing else comes to my mind."
"Alright, take care." she said, as she walked away.
Jordan walked into the room. It wasn't really crowded, but the Russians and Blitz were fighting on the boxing ring, which was always an interesting thing to witness. As always, Alexsandr kicked everybody else's ass, which didn't surprise anyone.
Thermite walked up to the women's changing room. "Are Taina and Ela there?" he shouted after knocking on the door.
"Yeah, what do you want?" he heard Ela's voice from the inside.
"Six wants to see you in her office!" Jordan explained "For a new mission!" he added.
"Just give us a minute" Taina shouted back
Thermite sighed, and leaned onto the wall, observing the boxing match. After a couple minutes, the two girls walked out of the changing room. Ela was in her usual camo jacket with the Polish flag and the GROM logo, while Taina was dressed all black, with her usual black t-shirt.
"Come on, let's go." Jordan said, as the trio walked out of the room.
"So what is the mission about?" Ela asked as they were walking through the corridors.
"I don't know, since Mike didn't really explain it to me, but If I had to guess, I'd say it's about the Warsaw attack." Thermite explained
"Nice, I was waiting for the day I get to slit those fuckers' throats" Caveira smiles
"Jeez, you're fucked" Jordan said with a slight look of disgust on his face, while Taina laughed.
"Who's going as well?" Ela asked
"Apart from the three of us, Mike, Dominic, and Yumiko" Jordan said.
Caveira smiled a bit when she heard Hibana's name mentioned. Yumiko was one of the first persons in the team with whom she made friends. It happened on an operation year prior, where Yumiko basically saved Taina's life.
March 17th, 2017
0135 hours
Eastern Ukraine
Operators Caveira, Hibana, Thatcher, Bandit and Fuze were sent on a mission to eastern Ukraine in order to eliminate a dangerous group that participated in many drugs related crimes in the whole country. The gang's headquarters were located in a warehouse in the middle of a forest.
It was one of those very rare occasions in which Taina Pereira lost control. She and Hibana were supposed to sneak into the warehouse through the back entrance and find the leader of the gang, while the rest was supposed to go through the front and basically make some noise.
"Everyone ready?" Thatcher said through the comms, as everyone in the group got to their places.
"Affirmative." Hibana responded, looking at Caveira, who nodded.
"Same here." Bandit said
"Alright everyone, we're going in." Thatcher said, signalising Fuze to put his cluster charges onto the door.
As soon as Hibana and Caveira heard the bangs of the charges going out, they opened the door and sneaked through the staircase.
"I'll check upstairs, you try here for now." Caveira whispered, to which Hibana nodded as they split up.
Caveira sneaked upstairs and slowly made her way up the stairs. Even though she was used to these kinds of action, even she thought it was a bit too quiet. She walked into one of the rooms. It was very quiet in it, aside from the sounds of explosions and gunfire coming from the entrance to the building. She hid behind a shelf when she heard the voices of two gangsters walking into the room. They were speaking in Russian, so she couldn't understand them. From the tone of their voice though, it sounded like they were planning something. Soon, one of the men walked out of the room, leaving Taina and the other gangster alone.
Caveira waited for a couple minutes, making sure that she actaully had a chance. And she did. For a little less than a minute she heard nobody going in or out of the room. She decided it was finally time to make her move. She got up and quickly, but silently, moved to her enemy. She fired a couple rounds from her Luison pistol, stunning him. While the gangster was laying on the ground, she quickly got on top of him and put a knife to his throat.
"Where is your boss?" she whispered aggresively, not letting go of the man.
But the gangster didn't respond at all, instead he gave her a devious smile.
"What" she whispered, as this caught her off guard. She's never experienced anything like this before. Her 'prey' have always obeyed her so far. But not this time.
Before she could react, another man jumped at her from the shadows, pinning her to the ground. He also knocked the pistol out of her hand. He put his hands on her throat and started choking her. She desperately tried to get away but the man was too strong, plus the other man was holding her down as well. She was gasping for oxygen, but nothing helped. In this moment, Taina knew she was about to die, as her vision started fading away. Then...
*bang*
One of the man fell to the ground dead. Caveira finally was able to breath, she gasped and coughed loudly. She quickly overpowered the other man, who was now disoriented. She managed to quickly grab a knife from her belt and sticked it into the man's throat. It was only seconds until the gangster collapsed, dead.
Caveira got up and looked around to see her saviour. She noticed Hibana, who was standing in the entrance, holding her rifle.
"Are you okay?" Yumiko asked concerned, as she walked up to her comrade.
"Fuck..." Taina said, still in shock "You saved my life. I was moments from dying, I swear..."
"Just be careful" Hibana smiled "Come on, let's join the rest"
Taina, once again, smiled at the memory. When she got back to reality, she noticed that they were already near Six's office. The three operators walked up to Mike, Dominic and Yumiko, who were already waiting by the entrance.
"Come on. Let's see what this is all about" Hibana said as she opened the door...
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Alright guys, so this is the third chapter! As I said before, I know you've all been waiting for a very long time, but it's finally here! It was a bit longer than I expected, but anyway, I hope you enjoyed it!
