Ranger24: This latest Chapter was done by Joe. Thank god. He saved me a lot of work. All credit for this chapter again goes to Joe, otherwise known as Captainface.

Chapter 7: Leave none behind.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Northern Washington, Twitard Compound near Lake Crescent, 2109 hours, A day -3, General Joe, Speacil Strike Team Codename Texas.

Night was heavy in the air. A single two man Twitard Patrol roamed the outside of the compound. One of them paused.

"What is it?" His fellow, a female Twitard asked.

"Gotta piss," he replied turning to face a bush.

"I told you to go before we left," she snapped.

"Get off my..."

A suppressed shot rang out and the male Twitard fell dead. A tenth of a second later the second collapsed dead as well from a second.

"Nikolai, Polonsky, on me!" Joe barked out climbing out of the bush the male Twitard has about to piss on.

"What's all the jabbering about, I got things I want to do!" said a man in a heavy Russian accent. The man stepped forward in brown uniform with a Russian Pilotka, covered in a cloth on his head. It was Nikolai Belinski, a friend of Joe who fought many battles with him.

"We have a special assignment. As much as I love to stay here and monitor the situation, we have an important person held captive that we need to get back, pronto."

"Who is this person?" Polonsky asked. Polonsky was a young blonde haired guy, probably 19 or 20.

"Xion," Joe replied, setting a file down on a table. "She was seen over with a squad monitoring the takeover of one of the local buildings, which contained some important intelligence, when she was taken hostage. Sources indicate that she may have been taken to Lake Crescent. We need to get in, rescue her and get back here."

"I don't understand." Nikolai said as he took a drink out of a bottle he held. "She's a good fighter, how could she have been caught? And what's more, couldn't she have escaped?"

"Well these twitards apparently ambushed her and tied her down. She's too valuable to lose...and a good friend. And these twitards seem to think that it's payback for some of the damage we've done. Now, gear yourselves up. We got a hard mission ahead of us." Joe replied

Several hours later, nighttime, in the forest outside of Lake Crescent, Joe handed Polosnky a silenced M4A1 Carbine, Joe had a silenced MP5, and Nikolai had a PPsh-41, a weapon he liked to always carry, and a silenced AK-47

"Alright, the building they took is outside the forest. We need to move in, get her out and get to the LZ before they notice that she's gone. And remember: Stealth is key, don't make too much noise." Joe added. Nikolai then nodded

"Yes sir." Polonsky replied. The group then moved forward. After a few steps there was a shack up. Nikolai signaled the location of it.

"Why are we here, can't we head back to the facility and just continue "questioning" her?" said a twitard inside the shack.

"If we did that, then we wouldn't have terms to make revenge on those prick's who've taken part of the town." the other twitard replied. Nikolai then jumped in and held the AK-47 at their faces

"Don't move! Give me the key card to get into the facility!" Nikolai slurred to the twitards.

"….Yeah right, you drunk!" One of them picked up a Scar rifle but go shot by Nikolai and then quickly aimed the gun at the other person, who instantly raised her hand to pick up a pistol, but was shot in the leg by Polonsky.

"Well, that was easy than planned." Polonsky commented, he then ran up and took a key card from the twitard.

"That's how the Red Menace works!" Nikolai said. The group then moved forward as saw a building with an arch like entrance, with several twitards guarding the entrance.

"It's like those bastards are expecting us or someone to come." Polonsky whispered.

"Well we have a few options. We could take them out or we can sneak around. Whatever it may be, we need to get to her." Joe whispered back.

"I got it. Allow me to distract them" Nikolai said. Joe and Polonsky looked at each briefly and then knew what was going to happen. He then walked over, only with a bottle of vodka, and stumbled about. The twitards looked confused for a second.

"Ugh…this vodka is shit," Nikolai mumbled and then looked up. "…Wow, it's a distillery! Just my luck!" He said.

"Hey, hey, hey! This place is off limits!" One the twitards said. Nikolai then took a drink out of his bottle and then looked at him.

"What, can't a comrade get more to drink?" He asked. Nikolai then hit the twitard with his fist, knocking her out. The other Twitard then ran up and went to get Nikolai but then Joe jumped out of the bushes and hit him with his MP5, knocking him out.

"See? Fists hurt more than bottles. All the more reason for me to get more to drink, I don't want to waste my drink to hurt you!" Nikolai chuckled. They then dragged them into the bushes, and tied them up. Polonsky then noticed a few jeeps.

"We could use one of them to escape."

"I have a better idea," Joe commented. He then reached into his backpack and pulled out a package of C4.

"We'll take one of them to take back to the LZ, but the rest will be a distraction. We'll go in the same entrance, but we'll cause the explosion over on the other side." He then grinned at the explosion he knew would be made. They then moved most of the jeeps over to the side and then Polonsky and Joe tied the C4 to the gas engines. Nikolai had taken and hidden the last jeep behind a bush. They then walked towards the entrance, swiped the card in the slot, and then Joe signaled to Polonsky to fire the C4.

BOOOOM!

The jeeps went off like fireworks. The facility then went on alert and several twitards went to examine the explosion.

"Now!" Joe yelled. The group then rushed in, guns a-blazing, firing at several twitards guarding their posts. Nikolai fired his PPsH-41 while Polonsky fired his M4 carbine. Joe fired off his MP5, but was searching room by room for any clues that lead to Xion.

"Chyort! Is there anything! Because Nikolai could use some help!" Nikolai shouted.

"I'm working on it!" Joe shouted, shooting the MP5. He then rushed into another room and found a clipboard next to a sleeping twitard.

"How you can sleep through this, I'll never know." Joe commented as he grabbed the clipboard. He took a look at it. Jackpot. That's what he needed to find Xion in this facility. But as soon as he was about to walk out, the twitard jumped at him with a pistol and knife, knocking his MP5 out of his hand.

"You won't take that Mary-Sue alive!" She shouted. She then wrestled with Joe, dropping the clipboard. Joe then grabbed her and slammed her against the wall and punched her, knocking the pistol out of her hand. She then tried to stab him in the torso, but Joe desperately held her arm back. He fought it for a second then kicked her off of him and grabbed the pistol.

BANG!

The twitard got shot in the head, and fell to the ground.

"Xion isn't a Mary-Sue, like your princess Bella!" Joe lashed back at her. Joe then looked over to find Polonsky picking up the clipboard which had the room number Xion was kept in and the password to enter.

"Sir, I believe this is ours for the moment?" He joked.

"It is Polonsky. Now let's move to the elevators!" Joe replied, grabbing his weapon. Nikolai was still firing but relieved to see the other two run up.

"About friggin time!" Nikolai shouted. They then charged forward to elevator when a few more twitards came running, shooting at them.

"I got this!" Polonsky yelled. He kicked the 3rd floor button, and then threw a grenade out of the door as it closed, exploding at the twitards when the door finally shut. The elevator then began its decent. They quickly reloaded their weapons, expecting a fight when they got off. They couldn't have been anymore right. 5 twitards began to shoot like crazy forcing the group to the sides of the elevator. Joe and Nikolai shot the occasionally burst back when Polonsky then threw a flash bang, blinding the twitards long enough to be mowed down. They then ran up to a steel door with a keypad.

'Xion's room' they all thought. Joe then entered the code in, 11-9-10. The door began to slowly creep open. The group all hand their guns ready for what would be another fight. But when the door opened, they found something much better. Xion was up, trying to strangle a guard with a keyblade. She then pulled the keyblade up higher but the guard then tried to punch her until Nikolai shot the guard.

"Thanks… (pant)…I needed some help" Xion panted.

"Xion, your okay, thank goodness." Joe went over to help her. "We need to get you out of here, before they come for us." He then gave her an M16 that belonged to the guard

"Knowing what the guard was up to when the alarms went off, you're probably right."

"Sir, there's a window here. From what it looks like, we can go through here and get to the jeep real easily." Polonsky said.

"Dah, it's always a jump." Nikolai said.

"Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained." Joe said. He then picked up the chair and threw it through the window. He then got a grapping hook and rope and put it against the window base, and began to climb down. When he got down he ran to get the jeep while the others climbed down. Nikolai came last and clumsily fell to ground at the last second.

"Ow, my back." He mumbled. He quickly got up and ran over to the jeep with the others. As soon as they got in, they began to drive off towards the LZ, hopefully avoiding anymore contact with the enemy.