Chapter 4
Squad 16 assignment
After last night revelation that they passed the VR test and the subsequent theories of what they will do for their first mission.
So in the morning they all woke up at the same time but today was going to be a little different.
Reese climbed out of bed to see his team waiting by the door to unlock it.
"Well get into your combat outfit, we can't go out there in our shorts." Reese said.
What he got in return was three pairs of eyes looking back at him with an angry look.
Reese was taken back at the look but sighed.
"Ok we will check the board together, and when we see where we are, then we come back and get ready." Reese said to them.
"Fine." They all said as they back away from the door.
(During the night when the squad goes to bed the door enters a lockdown state so that nobody can get in during the night and cause problems,that's why the squad leader can only unlock it in the morning.)
Reese then takes his card out from his pocket and inserts it into the keypad and enters the code.
BEEP! CLICK!
"It's open, line up." Reese ordered.
Then Reese took the lead as they walked out of their room still in their sleepwear.
"Reese,Crystal,Kathrin,Jack. Why are you dressed like that?" Someone said.
Team R.C.K.J then stopped and turned around to see who it is.
It was Ironwood, then they all started to sweat.
"General sir my squad is curious about their ranking so they wanted to see it now, they promised that when they saw it they would change." Reese said.
"Is that all?" Ironwood asked.
"Yes sir." The other three said.
Ironwood then smiled as if he was remembering something.
"Well if your that curious about that. Mind if I join you? I would like to see how your progressing." Ironwood asks.
Reese wasn't ready for that.
"We would be honored." Reese says back.
"Excellent let's go." Ironwood says as he takes the lead.
After a few feet of walking Ironwood heard them talking amongst each other he did catch something about "formation" then a few seconds he found Reese infront of him and Crystal to his left,Kathrin to his right,and Jack behind him.
" Diamond formation." Ironwood whispers.
With everyone in position they made their way up to the 2nd floor of the facility where it's mostly command stuff, but you could also find the board where the squad scores were posted. Some teams don't care to look, while others check every day.
Then before they rounded the corner where one could see the board Ironwood stopped in his tracks.
"Now just as an understanding wherever you are I have seen you progress faster than the other teams." Ironwood said.
"Acknowledged." Said squad 16.
Then they were able to round the corner, and take a good look at it and it read.
Squad 36
Squad 75
Squad 16
Squad 47
Squad 99
They only went up two spots.
While squad 16 had straight faces, Ironwood could tell they were disappointed.
"Well were you hoping to be higher?" Ironwood asks.
No response.
"I hate that rule. That only the top two squads can go on missions." Ironwood thought internally.
"Well let's get ready for the day." Reese said.
Then just as fast as they were there they were gone, Ironwood was impressed at their speed.
Then Ironwood walked into the administration office to have a word with the facility managers.
Some time during lunch Reese was having a hard time snapping his squad out of their depression.
"We got to get better, so sitting here won't help you." Reese said.
No response.
Then the intercom crackled to life.
"Will squad 16 please report to killhouse 2 again will squad 16 report to killhouse 2 please."
"Come on guys let's get some training done today." Reese said as he stood up to get rid of his tray.
Then after some time they got to the house where they would have to clear it.
"You know the drill squad 16 some high up person of interest got nabbed off the street and is being held for ransom, so go in there and dispatch the tangos." Said the trainer.
"Do we know who the VIP is?" Reese asks.
"All I know is that he is in white." The trainer said back.
Then after a few minutes of looking at the building and the blueprints they were ready.
The first door they came across was locked.
"Silent." Reese said.
Then Crystal locked picked the door and opened it slightly to see what is inside.
"5 tangos,2 stairways going up." Crystal said to Reese.
"Ok here is what we are we going to do now, once we take the five down, we will split up into two man fire teams, then we flash the upper floor then rush it. Got it?" Reese asks.
They all nodded.
Reese then kicked the door down.
PEWW PEWW PEWW PEWW PEWW. Five silent shots later the plates were down.
"Go move we don't have much time." Reese whispers.
Then they got into position, then Reese threw a M100 into the room.
BOOM! Then PING! PING! PING!
That was the rest of the targets were dropped.
Reese then got a good look who was in the room and saw someone new.
"Well you weren't exaggerating when you said my money was being put to good use." Said the stranger.
"Well then we will take that as a compliment." Said Ironwood who was among the hostages.
"General sir may I ask who is this?" Reese asks as he takes off his goggles.
"Well sorry for the secrecy of the individual. But this is Jacques Schnee CEO of the SDC." Ironwood said.
Reese and his whole squad was silent.
"Ummm ahh mmmhhh." Was all Reese said.
"Well it looks like someone is at a loss for words." Jacques said.
Silence sat in the room for a time.
"I'm just trying to comprehend what is going on here." Reese said to break the silence.
"Well i want to see if your squad is up for a mission. So are you?" Jacques said.
"Let me talk with my squad." Reese said.
Reese then lead his team downstairs where they could talk in private.
"The table is open for discussion who wants to start." Reese said.
"Well i think we should give it a go." Jack said.
"But it holds one problem and it's not a simulation it's a real world scenario where our actions hold consequences." said Kathrin.
"But we don't know what the mission is." Crystal says.
"That's true." Reese says.
"So what are we going to do?" Jack asks.
"Take a vote ¾ of the squad votes not to do it or to do it will suffice, and to be safe who ever votes no will not be called out. Everybody ready?" Reese asks.
"Yep." they all said.
"Ok all those in favor of not going raise your hand." Reese says.
A moment passes.
Then someone raises their hand, it was Kathrin.
"K hands down, those who want to go raise your hand." Reese says.
Then three hands shot up.
"That concludes this vote, what is your reason for not going?" Reese asks.
"I thought you wouldn't call me out." Kathrin says.
"No i'm not calling you out i just want to hear your reason but we won't say anything to the higher ups." Reese says.
"I just want to know what we are doing that's all." Kathrin responds.
Reese then flips out a notepad, it holds all the notes for his squad.
"Ok let's tell them." Reese says.
They went up the stairs to find Ironwood and Jacques were still sitting.
"We will do it." Reese says.
"Excellent you will start tomorrow." Jacques says as he stands up and shakes Reese's hand.
"Please don't touch me." Reese thought.
Then Jacques leaves with his personal security back to where ever he came from.
"Lets head back to our home." Reese says.
"Wilco." everyone said.
But before they could leave Ironwood held them back.
"Now i understand your excitement i should tell you what your mission is." Ironwood says.
"Ok then let's hear it." Reese says.
"Your going to escort his son while he is shopping for school supplies." Ironwood says.
Then the whole squad then lost all color in their faces.
"WHAT?! BABYSITTING?" all of them said.
"Well you said yes so you can't back out now, make us proud." Ironwood said as he was snickering.
Meanwhile back in squad 16 room.
"That's crap we are not in charge of that, we are a blackops group." Crystal says.
"Technically we are trained to take on missions that regular police or huntsman cant handle." Reese says as he gets his gear ready.
"Look a CEO of a company just came to us to see if we could do a job for him, we accepted so we are on a job." Reese says back.
"Even Tho he has a bad vibe around him." Reese says.
"What you think he is a bad person?" Jack asks.
"No i just think he is in it for some fame or use us as a booster, but whatever keep packing remember concealed weapons." Reese says.
Some time later they were ready for their first mission, then they got ready for bed.
END