Chapter 7: Origins
Elias POV
In these dark times, I think back to when I wasn't GSG9 Operator Blitz, just Elias Kotz, I was living in the slums of Berlin, my father beat me, and my Mother neglected me, I had no one, I used to sit in my room all day crying, I used too to be that one silent kid in the back of the classroom, I used to be that kid at school that no one likes, I had nothing, nobody.
But that all changed.
I remember sitting in a court room waiting for the judge to choose the defendants fate it was either 5 years in jail or all charges will be dropped, my best friend's lawyer was convincing the judge that he was innocent, while the people that were trying to convince the judge that he wasn't innocent were yelling "Objection!" I waited and hoped then I finally heard the words I was looking for
"The defendant is Not Guilty, case closed"
Dominic POV
The judge walked off the stand and everyone in the courtroom left, Vincent and I walked out of the deserted courtroom and talked outside
"Dom this is the 3rd time! How many Lawyers am I going to have to pay to make sure you don't go to jail?!" Vincent says annoyed
"Oh relax" I said not fazed at all "It won't happen again"
"You said that the last time, and the first time! I can't keep bailing you out Dom!" Vincent said
"Fine" I began "next time don't come with a lawyer" I say coldly
Vincent sighs and says, "I'm sorry Dom it's just this is costing a lot and I can't keep getting lawyers and bailing you out you need to be more careful"
"I understand, and I'm sorry it won't happen again" I reply with an apologetic tone
Vincent chuckles and walks away
"Say that to the ten thousand dollars I paid to your lawyer see ya Dominic"
I smile as he walks away, I turn around to see Elias
"Glad you won Dom, I was scared for a second" he said to me
"Same here, if it wasn't for Vincent, I think we would get opposite results" I replied
Elias's father walks up behind us, I didn't give him a happy look Elias tells me stories about how lonely he is because his bitchy mother ignores him and his father beats him, hard, he came over and Elias noticed this and mouthed the words "Help Me" Elias's father then came over and began speaking to us
"Hey there kids, Dominic you okay? Your face is saying something different" Elias's father says to me
"I think something is my eye sir" I say pretending to rub my eye
"You should put water on that and Elias it's time to go" Elias's father says
Elias looks terrified and gulps, I can see that he doesn't want to go home with his abusive father.
", if it's okay with you, Elias and I wanted to hang out today" I say quickly
"Oh, that's alright, then what are you waiting for get into the car" Elias's father says gesturing towards his car
"Actually, my older brother Cedrick was going to take us" I say protesting
"Okay I can at least pick you up after" Elias father says insisting more
"No, no my brother will bring us back" I said once more
Elias's Father looks at me with a death stare and I stare at him back, we do this for 2 minutes then he blinks and smiles
"ok I will see you back at the house Elias" Elias's father says and walks away
Elias and I step into Cedrick's car and we drove off, even though Cedrick didn't question why Elias was coming with us.
"Hey Cedrick, can you bring us to the beach?" I ask
"Sure" Cedrick says and drives to our destination
Elias and I step out, I signaled Elias to follow me and we made it too my favorite spot of the beach, we both lied down in the sand and enjoy the sun's rays that hit our skin
"This is my favorite spot Cedrick and I come here all the time its gets most of the sunlight, and it's wonderful here during sunsets plus it's a good place to just relax and clear your head" I say to Elias
We gaze off into the sunset the sky turns bright orange and the sun slowly moves downward.
"Hey Dominic" Elias says
"Yeah?" I say back
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Elias asked me
I was hesitant at first since it was quiet and Elias just comes out with the question but I then answer
"I want to be in the Bundespolizei (Polizel) Cedrick and I plan on joining after my 19th birthday" I reply
"And you?" I say back
"Well… I don't really yet," Elias said
"Don't worry bro" I reassure Elias "We have all the time in the world"
(Flashback ends, Back to present)
Dominic POV
"That's how I… ow… lived as a kid and a teenager"
Meghan cuddles with me on the couch as we were conversating, I managed to cure her with a syringe I found in the bathroom with a note that said "don't fuck up again" which I assumed was Vincent,
"I already told you why this" I say pointing towards at my bandages "is happening so"
"Oh, wow Dominic I had no idea" Meghan says
"Yeah it's alright" I say back to her
"Dominic, how did you even get out of HQ alive?" she asked me
"Someone on the inside helped me out, Vincent sent the White Masks best squad to get me out, and we escaped via helicopter" I reply to her
"So what now?" Meghan asks
"Well we need to wait for Vincent, I fucked up that last job so I'm not in the clear yet" I reply
(White House, presidential conference room, 6PM, 25 hours after the raid)
Elias POV
"is it true sir? Did the white masks manage to destroy Rainbow six HQ?"
"is it true what the president says? Is Team Rainbow going to be deactivated once more?"
Press were swarming us as we moved towards the white house entrance, all we heard and saw were flashing colors of white, clicking of cameras, and security pushing the paparazzi away from us, right when we reached the entrance this photographer was getting in my face and taking pictures of me which was quite irritating but I lost it after he said what he said
"This is guy Six gave authorization to control operations?"
I draw my attention back to him and started at him,
"Yeah is there a problem?"
"Yes, because, a shield barrier is controlling every single elite soldier around the world and is failing miserably because three of those operators are dea- "
I punched the guy as hard as I could he was about to put blood on my hands for what, because I somehow killed Jager, Montagne, and Rook! That's not my fault, I was doing everything I could to prevent it!
"Control that Motherfucker" I say to the guy angrily, I take the camera of the guy and said to him
"For the road take this"
I slam the camera into the ground and stomp on it rapidly until Thatcher and IQ came over and pulled me away even though I wanted to torture the guy more, he looked towards his broken camera and looked angrily towards me
"Dude what the hell?!"
I break free from Thatcher and IQ's grip and kick the guy in the stomach, he falls back to the ground.
"By the way If you were anyone of those operators I'd kill you myself "I threatened
Thatcher pulls me away and I watch as the guy gets up and picks up his destroyed camera
"Jesus Christ Elias, we are already might face deactivation! Control yourself lad whatever you do here represents Rainbow and Six!" Thatcher says yelling
"Okay, Okay, I'm sorry the guy got into my head, I'm going to try to control myself now"
Thatcher put his hand on my shoulder and said
"You're thinking about him aren't you mate"
I looked down
"He was my best friend ever since we were kids now he just betrays me… and I have to kill him…and he will die…I promise you that" I say seriously
"Alright mate I'm going to go make sure security keeps the paparazzi out, you should get ready to speak with the president." Thatcher says to me and walks away
I stand in the same spot I was a few minutes ago, figuring out what I was going to say to the president, Monika came up to me and I smiled at the sight of her and we held hands
"Hey Elias, it's been awhile since we last spoke" She begins
"Yes, definitely" I replied
"Elias what is going on with you? You are angrier than ever, you care about killing Dominic so much, and I've seen the interrogation and-
"Hey, hey shh" I say interrupting her
"I'm sorry if I have been showing more aggression than usual it's just that" Monika stayed quiet and listened "Dominic is my best friend, Julien, Marius, and Gilles were all close friends and Dominic took them away from me, he's one of my best friends, he was there for me all the time and I'm afraid your next.
Monika stayed quiet and took in the words that came out of my mouth, she then pulled me in for a kiss and I deepened it, we stopped to breathe
"Let's go back in time for a minute"
(Flashback, Kotz home, 15 minutes after the visit to the beach with Dominic, 7:30PM)
Elias POV
I was sitting in my usual corner staring at the beautiful stars and just enjoying the sights, until my father came into my room, the door opened and he looked at me with a smile which is strange
"Elias get over here" he ordered
I did as he instructed and he put his arms behind his back
"Hit me" he said
"But father- "
"DO IT!"
I hit him lightly in the stomach and he grabbed me and threw me across the room and I hit the wall.
"YOU WILL NOT TEST ME!" he yelled at me
"YOU WILL NOT SEE DOMINIC NO LONGER!"
"But father- "
"NO!"
He turns around and slams the door behind me I turn to my corner and cried silently, I got up and packed a bag full of my clothes I turn back to my window and I see a familiar face.
"Dominic" I say
"Hey bro what are you doing?" he asks me
"Dominic, I can't deal with it anymore I'm running away" I reply to him climbing out of the window
"Hey, wait at least take this"
Dominic hands me a bag inside it was food from my favorite place, I look back up to Dominic and hug him
"Alright, ok, that's enough" Dominic said
"Thanks bro" I say to him
"Good luck bro" he says back as he disappears into the darkness of the night
(Flashback end, Back to Present)
"I found a boarding home, and that's where I learned about law enforcement and well here I am" I finished
"Oh my god Elias, I'm so sorry" Monika said hugging me
"It's alright, I pulled through, Dominic is a huge part of my life, I'm having a hard time just being okay with killing my best friend"
Monika looked down,
"Then I met you" I said smiling lifting her chin up "The woman of my dreams"
She smiles, and I pull her in for a kiss but then Jordan "Thermite" Trace interrupted us
"Presidents ready for us Elias" he said
I look at Monika
"Ready?" I say to her
She nods and we move into the conference room where the president, the general of the US army, and the general of Britain special forces were sitting at one table, everyone else stood alongside the wall and saluted
"Mr. President" I said saluting "Chief and General"
"Kotz is it? The president says "Elias Kotz GSG9 operator, operator of team rainbow"
"Yes, sir that's me" I say
"How is your HQ Kotz?" the president says
"Rainbow 6 HQ was captured by White mask 25 hours ago sir" I say to the president
"Are you sure captured Kotz?" the American general says
A flat screen tv slowly moved down as the American general shows footage of army and SAS soldiers
"Last night I sent a strike squad to weaken the white mask defenses so when we assault Rainbow HQ it will be easier, instead we got this"
Everyone in the room stayed silent and watched the video
"This is Raven squad 1 we have linked up with SAS battalion alpha and Raven squad 2 we are now moving in on Rainbow Six HQ over"
"Rodger that we are reading ten plus heat signatures near your location"
"Copy permission to engage"
"Granted"
Soldiers fired onto Rainbow HQ killing multiple White mask Terrorists they moved in on a wall and a soldier placed a breaching charge on it sadly a Terrorist on the other side of the wall heard this charge being placed and blew up the wall killing the soldier close to it another soldier that didn't notice the explosion was shot in the head by the same Terrorist, the soldier recording the battle killed the Terrorist that killed the two soldiers, he signaled some men to follow him through the breach, when they made it to the 2nd floor which is the main floor they stopped to plan,
"Okay you three you get the third and fourth floor, you four secure the 1st floor and basement, the rest of you with me and secure this floor. Everybody left to secure their objectives the team on the second floor moved in the first room to secure, they placed a breaching charge on the door one of them threw a flashbang threw the door and the door blew open, The Terrorist were flashed so we killed as many as fast as we could 4 terrorist were still alive and regained their vision, a friendly soldier ran into the room thinking the terrorist were flashed but instead was filled with holes every in his body from a barrage of bullets, the soldier recording the battle killed one enemy in the room and his team killed the rest they secured the 2nd floor since most of the terrorist were in one room plus all of the terrorist guarding that floor were in one room,
"SAS Battalion what's the situation out there?"
"Medium casualties but we are holding, what about you guys?"
"2nd floor is secure Raven squad 2 is still securing upstairs and SAS battalion soldiers are still downstairs.
"Copy oh shit- Suicide Bomber!"
Boom!
"SAS Battalion what your status?!"
"These bastards are getting frisky more are incoming heavy casualties but we are still holding"
"This is Raven squad 2 upstairs is secure over"
"Roger that have you heard from SAS-
"BOMB RUN, RUN, !"
All the soldiers in the building ran but it was too late the building was collapsing and soldiers were getting killed by falling debris
"Mission Abort, Mission Abort! Heavy casualties! Rainbow Six HQ is lost!"
"Roger that extract"
The video went static and the soldier recording was on the ground bleeding, he was looking at Rainbow HQ it was burning and broken down, he was also looking at terrorists killing soldiers fighting them off or that are already injured, the soldier was being dragged into an APC and his wound were being treated two soldiers were guarding the APC door, one came in then the APC started to move the other soldier that was guarding the APC door was running one soldier tried to help him but a suicide bomber tackled the running soldier blowing him up into pieces of human meat, the APC door closed and someone tended to the soldier's wounds and the video ended everyone in the room stayed silent and the American general started speaking
"36 soldiers, and 3 APC's were sent to weaken the White masks defenses, only 4 made it back alive, and 1 was injured, and we only got 1 APC back plus Rainbow six HQ is now just a sinkhole, the 32 soldiers that were KIA included American and SAS veterans and Lieutenant's.
"Anything you want to say Kotz?" the American president says
"I'm sorry for the 32 men that were killed in action" I said
The room was silent I was completely silent
"Now what I am about to say will not please you but it will happen if something doesn't go right" the president began "Rainbow Six will be in imminent deactivation and White mask threat will be the US Army and SAS Special forces fight.
I was speechless, I couldn't believe what I was hearing, Rainbow will be in imminent deactivation.
"I suggest if you wish this to be Rainbow's fight you must take action" the President said
"Of course, sir"
