Soon Higgins and the rest of his squad appeared on the stairs. Judy signalled them to stop moving and wait. Seeing the signal, they stopped and crouched down.
"Command, Plain. We are in position, I repeat, we are in position." Higgins whispered into the mic.
"Command, Mont. We are in position too, on standby."
"Hold." Silence spread across the frequency. "Orders came through. Operation is a go. Good luck."
Judy looked at Nick and Higgins, both of them nodded reassuringly. She took a deep breath, then quickly peaked out around the ledge, putting multiple rounds down range on both enemies with her silenced gun. The two enemies stumbled, but somehow managed to recover. Fortunately, Rhinowitz was fast enough and knocked both of them out with his shield before they could shoot back. A loud explosion sounded a few stories below. Trunkaby ran up and quickly searched the two downed enemies.
"They are still alive, and look." He said as he pulled off the trauma plates from their enemy. He quickly paw cuffed them as the rest of the squad continued forward. "Command, they are down to 13, over."
They reached a door that leads to the second floor of Gazelle's penthouse. Higgins tried the knob and shook his head. Snarlov quickly came to the front using his pump action shot gun, shooting the door three times and kicking it open. A few flash bangs were thrown in and Rhinowitz quickly went up to de door and blocked it with his shield. As he pushes through, his squad mates quickly spread out and opened fire, taking down the enemies before they could recover from the flash. The assault rifle rounds pierced through the trauma plates like hot knife through butter, quickly incapacitating the enemy.
"Command, we have reached Gazelle's room, please advise." Higgins spoke into the radio as his squad members take up position around the door leading to where Gazelle is held.
"Plain, hold your position. Mont, sitrep."
"We are outside the objective room, McHorn is down, he is being evaced right now."
"Understood, proceed with operation. Remember, the hostages' safety is our priority."
Just as before, Snarlov shot the locked door with his shot gun, but before he could fire his third shot, the door exploded, sending him flying backwards. Nick went over and checked his pulse and injuries.
"He is still alive!" he yelled. Then he slapped Snarlov's face a few time. "Stay with us Snarlov!"
A gas grenade was thrown out.
"Gas! Gas! Gas! Get out of there!"
Higgins and Trunkaby dragged Snarlov to the side as the other officers back away from the cloud of poisonous gas. Explosions sounded from the other side of the room, shaking the whole building. Screams from the hostage was then covered by a quick burst of shots.
"Move! Move! Move!" Judy yelled as they put on their gas masks.
The officers pushed past the gas with Rhinowitz in front. The sounds of rounds ricocheting off of his shield can clearly be heard. Judy and Nick, using their smaller size and faster quickly got out of the direct line of fire and appeared on the enemy's flank. Aiming for their head, they were able to quickly take down a handful of enemies together as Higgins and Trunkaby took care of the rest. Rhinowitz is aiming down sight with his pistol when an impact grenade was thrown at him. Luckily he covered himself with the shield before the grenade exploded, leaving marks all over his shield. The smoke from smoke grenades started to fill the room when Mont broke through.
Delgato rushed out from the smoke and saw Judy and Nick taking coverbehind a couch. He quickly joined them.
"How are you guys doing?"
"Snarlov is down, but he will make it." Nick replied.
"Same with McHorn, but Fangmeyer is really badly injured. They already evacuated him along with McHorn. Don't know if he will make it."
"What about the hostages?"
"Grizzoli and Wolfard is escorting them out as we speak," he paused. "Try to capture some of the enemies alive, it might help."
"What about Francine?"
"She's blocking the shots for her squad of course. I should probably go help them."
Delgato ran back through the smoke. A few shots were fired, but both Judy and Nick couldn't see anything.
As the smoke dispersed, Judy peaked out and saw the room was clear. The hostages had been escorted out and Delgato's squad is nowhere to be seen.
Nick put a drone down and got on his terminal. He quickly scouted around. A few shots were fired and Nick got off his terminal.
"They destroyed my drone. There are still 4 enemies left, hiding behind cover. You think we can capture them?"
"I'll be right behind you." Judy said as she checked her mag.
Judy signalled Higgins and Trunkaby. Rhinowitz returned to Snarlov as he took a severe shock from that impact grenade and can no longer fight effectively.
Nick hopped out from behind the couch, quickly moving and aiming swiftly at the positions where the enemies were last seen. He quickly took out one of them, but then another peaked out and shot at him. Two bullets hit him in the leg and he fell right out in the open.
"Nick! Hold on!" Judy fired back and rushed towards Nick, trying to help him. Trunkaby was able to hit the guy before he could duck back into cover. At the same time another enemy peaked out and shot at Judy. Judy was hit too, falling beside Nick. Higgins quickly dragged the two injured officers back into cover and gave them some quick first aid as Trunkaby laid down suppressing fire.
"Don't worry, Hopps, Wilde. It won't kill you." He said as he put down some haemostatic powder on their wounds and wrapped it with bandage. "Trunkaby and I will take care of the rest of them, just stay put." The two smaller mammals groaned in pain as they lay on each other's side.
After patching the fox and the bunny up, Higgins and Trunkaby threw two flash bangs at where the enemies last are and swept the room. They knock the guns out of their paws and cuffed them. Suddenly, somebody came running through. Higgins and Trunkaby, still under great pressure, quickly drew their weapons.
"Woah, guys. Relax." Wolfard said as he held his paws up. He looked around the room and saw the two last enemies in the ground with their paws cuffed. "I assume that you guys took care of all of them."
"Yes we did." Higgins and Trunkaby lowered their side arm and slid it back to its holster.
"Delgato to had been hit in the back quite badly. We don't know what will happen to him," he sighed in frustration. "Where is the rest of your squad?"
"They are injured, too."
"I'll take these two then," he glared at the two cuffed mammal on the ground. "Other officers will take care of this place. Bogo is going to give us a debrief. Let's go."
Wolfard grabbed the two captured enemies and shoved them forward and into the elevator. Officers from other precincts came, helping Higgins and Trunkaby with their four downed squad mates and the two that are still paw cuffed in the lobby outside.
As they walked out of the hotel lobby, Higgins and Trunkaby handed over their gear at the equipment truck and joined Bogo, Fangmeyer, Francine, Grizzoli and Wolfard beside a large police van.
"All the injured officers had been sent to Savanah Central Hospital. Get in, let's go." Bogo said as he got on the driver's seat.
"Sir, do you not need to stay on the scene?"
"Officers from other precincts will perform that task. My officer's well being are more important. Now get in."
The police van remained on silent run as they headed towards the hospital.
"It's a bloody job well done out there. We captured four alive, all the hostages are safe, and we didn't lose any officers."
The seven tough officers remained silent for the rest of the drive.
Good thing that nobody died this time. One very important thing that I tries to do with the story is to stick as close to what would actually be possible in the world that Mr. Howard, Mr. Moore and the rest of their team created. But I have already threw it out of the window completely by making this an counter terrorist theme. I genuinely hope that you guys like it, even though my intention of writing this story is simply to satisfy myself. I better resume work. Going to screen the next few chapters again today.