As the day passed into the next, the rain had calmed down. Now a light drizzle took control of the skies, dark gray clouds looming over the land. Wherever there was little rain, a misty fog took control of the landscape. Inside the cabin Mike had everyone gathered in the Planning room, their eyes painted to the screen which showed a satellite image of the spreaded area.

"Alright, this is the situation." He started off. "We recently gotten some surveillance of the area thanks to Six at HQ. We took pictures of the ten click radius around the mansion using thermal imaging to hopefully detect a generator. We've managed to find it."

The screen switched from its real time coloration to a bluish-red haze, the small block representing the mansion and a much smaller square representing the generator a mile away from the mansion itself. The screen highlighted the are and zoomed up on the generator's location. It then switched to real time coloring and reverted back to the green forest.

"The generator is located about a click and a half away from the mansion on an dense part of the woods, presumably to keep out of harm's way from possible attacks." Mike pointed to the area. "We're going to send a three man team to sabotage the damn thing and place explosives so when the mission is a go we got the upper hand."

"Who's going to the generator?" Gustave asked, breaking the focus.

"I'm gonna ask for volunteers first, to get the ball rolling. Anyone who wants to take it raise your hand or call out."

Ash was the first to raise her hand. "I'll go."

In spite, Elena raised her hand quickly. "I volunteer as well."

Mike looked at the two and sighed. He looked at the team once more. "Anyone else care to join?"

Isaac raised his hand. "I volunteer."

Mike rubbed his brow, muttering to himself. "This is gonna turn out well… okay, mission is a go!"

He turned off the screen and called on Grace, who sat at of the computers set up. "Grace, set GPS for their location. You three," he pointed at the mission goers, "get your gear ready and packed, I'll met you in ten at the ATV's. Team Red is officially set."

"Yes sir." The two women said at the same time. They cross-eyed each other with an intensity that Mike thought he'd only see in boxing movies. "Before anyone goes, I'd like to make an announcement."

The group halted their movement and stayed in place. The screen showed an image of a young man with pale features, another operator. "This is Fritz 'Mozart' Wolfgang, a member of the GSG-9 and a new member to Rainbow. Isaac, Elena, Eliza, he'll be joining you halfway to the location as another medic. When he arrives, he should utter the same phrase that we were made to learn. You're all dismissed"

He sighed and dismissed them. As the others were beginning to leave, Mike motioned for Isaac to stay behind. Grace offered him a smirk as they met eyes, Isaac grimacing the expression. The two men pulled away to the side, his voice lower than before.

"Isaac, I understand that they aren't the best of pals." Mike began.

"Yeah, I think that's pretty apparent." Isaac remarked. "I've read it in their files, but I never would've guessed how 'potent' it would be."

"Which is why I'm making you team leader, if they misbehave in any way you punish them accordingly." Mike grabbed his shoulder. "And there will be misbehaving."

"You'd expect more professionalism with a job like this." Isaac said, walking towards the doorway.

Mike gave knowing smirk. "Despite what the higher ups say we're still all human Isaac, and in a world as shitty as ours it's the only thing that helps us go through the day." He patted his back. "Now go get your shit ready, we have a mansion to sabotage."


Dressed in the appropriate gear for the mission, he packed light. A day pack strapped securely and an armored vest that held a few pieces of pouches and equipment was all that was needed. Isaac carried with him his personal weapon, an AAC Honey Badger carbine. A weapon with a heavy caliber and integral suppressed system, it fared well in short to medium ranged combat. It was decked out with a reflex sight, an angled grip, and the ANVIS laser sight. His outfit was simple, a netted FAST helmet that held his Specs, a gray water shell jacket, a two-hole dark gray balaclava, and camouflage cargo pants. He had finished earlier than his companions, and leaned against the walled cabin in patience.

The finally came out dressed in their usual gear, except the coloring was in frankly bad coloring in their camouflage. They didn't say a word to each other, meeting Isaac at the ATV's. "Hello ladies, Mike made me team leader so I expect the best behavior. I've seen a lot of professionalism in my time with the Army and CIA, and I expect the same level of discipline from you two."

The women nodded in assurance to Isaac's hopes. Isaac uncovered the ATV's, leaving the tarp draped on the muddy floor. "Good, now let's get going."

The mud had created more hindrance than originally expected. Trailing to the mission location was difficult, breakdowns and full flooded stops frequenting their journey through the forest. By halfway through, most of the operators clothes were halfway covered in a thick cake of mud and the other rubbish of forests. Their guns and equipment weren't the reliable to the mud either, so they took to carrying their own things on their back. Adding to their already worn gear and their efforts to scrape the mud, they quickly became exhausted.

Mira and Ash hadn't spoken a word to each other since the mission began. Although, he can feel the tense atmosphere around them. X-Ray had read about Operation Blue Orion—a hardly successful weapons bust somewhere in the Mediterranean coast— and knew of their prior work experience together. He never got the full details as to why they have such an intense rivalry. Was it for miscredited fame, or perhaps over jealousy over one's performance in the mission?

It didn't matter either way, X-Ray concluded, as so long they dropped it soon.

The two even seemed like they were competing to get their sooner than the other. Ash was winning so far, her bike up the farthest of the trio with Mira closing in fast as she could. Even if they drove a slow pace as per his orders. X-ray felt the need to break the silence first. "Once we're in a half mile vicinity of the location we're ditching the bikes and going in on foot. Understood?"

"Si compañero." Mira replied exhaustedly. Ash strained a grunt, simply humming a yes.

X-ray kept his pace slower than the two, keeping a watchful eye on the two. His worries started to take a hold in the back of his mind, if they're like this in just trying to arrive to their location, he couldn't imagine what it would be like during an actual combat scenario.

They rode for another hour, half the time shoveling their tires free after they got swallowed by the mud. X-ray kept himself patient, shoveling the mud smoothly, unlike his team. Ash had finished first and was about to leave, until X-ray called out. "Ash, You'll not leave your team behind! Either help us with the mud or keep watch."

Ash gritted her teeth, staring back at road ahead and at X-ray.

"I'm sorry, I got ahead of myself." She apologized. X-ray nodded, keeping a straight face all the while Mira was a bit taken back at the sudden change of attitude. She grabbed the shovel from her ATV and helped Mira get out of the mud.

"This is definitely something I haven't seen before." Mira whispered to her, flinging away mud. Ash just scoffed.

"Not all missions can be reduced to a rivalry." The redhead said, scraping off the last of the mud. "Besides, he's more stern than the others."

"Alright, let's hit the road." X-ray said, boarding his bike. He grabbed his radio and tuned in to headquarters. "HQ this is X-ray, we're halfway to location over."

The garbled voice of Thatcher came to. "Roger that X-ray, additional support is oscar mike to location. Remain in place until arrival."

"Understood Thatcher, let's hope that he comes soon. Team Red out." X-ray put away his radio. The three stopped dead in the road as the rain trickled into a light sprinkle, followed by a cool wind. The sounds of birds and animals scattered through the empty forest, as they waited quietly for their new arrival. The distant echo of an engine reached their ears, just picking up north of them.

"That must be him, I hope." X-ray withdrew his gun and crouched behind his ATV, the noise slightly getting closer as the seconds passed by. The other two did the same, their weapons ready to fire at the noise. "If it's him, hold your fire. We don't need to expose our position."

Soon the roar of the engine was close enough to make out the ruffling of the branches, the morning fog masking the figure. X-ray pulled down his specs and switched them on. "I'm seeing red."

The landscape turned into a wave of blue and green as he spotted a growing yellow blob coming towards them, turning more orange as it closed the distance. The engine of the ATV suddenly stopped, and the yellow-orange blip stopped movement. Their radio soon crackled, and an unfamiliar voice came into fruition. A Germanic accent grunted in frustration, muttering indecipherable words before speaking clearly. "Is this stupid thing working?"

Ash responded quickly, digging into her radio. "State yourself now or we'll fire upon you."

"This is Mozart, when a whole country's end is so high there's always a rainbow in the sky, ready to report sir." He said.

"Alright Mozart catch up and I'll introduce you to the team." X-ray pulled away his radio. He deactivated his X-ray specs and flipped them up, seeing the shadowy figure emerge from the fog. He closed the gap between them and quickly hopped off his bike. Mozart dressed in navy blue jumpsuit accompanied with typical black Kevlar armor and pouches. His helmet was simple; a black standard Advanced Combat Helmet. On his shoulders, the patch of the GSG-9 and an armor plate carrying a large Red Cross. Everything besides his jumpsuit was black.

"Mozart, I'm X-ray. These two are Mira and Ash and they'll be your teammates for the mission." X-ray mounted back in his ATV. "You'll stay behind us and cover our rear."

"Understood sir." Mozart nodded. "I'll do my best."

The group rode off to their objective without uttering a word. If they make enough noise already they would surely be caught by possible scouts for Boleslav. They continued on their travel as the ground became less bumpy and muddy, the GPS on their PDA's vibrating.

"We're about fifty meters from our stop point, we'll be going on foot once we reach it." X-ray slowed down his ATV as the team was only meters away from their stop point. All their engines died down and lead away from the small trail, hastily covered with a large tarp and covered in branches and leaves from the forest floor. The unpacked their guns and packs and headed their way to the generator shed.

X-ray took point, Ash taking behind him and Mira behind her with Mozart leading the rear. The spreaded out, still a few meters away from each other as they scanned the surrounding forest. X-ray peered behind, focusing on the interactions of Ash and Mira. So far they're behaving well enough, X-ray thought, but let's see how it is when the action starts.

X-ray suddenly spotted a figure of a man and halted the team with a clenched fist. He splayed his hand to the side, signaling to take cover behind logs and trees. With quiet steps, everyone rushed behind cover as X-ray crept up closely and switched on his Specs. The figure of the person becoming completely visible in red haze, except for a black blocky object hanging from a strap on his back. This was bad, this meant there's armed guards only a phone call away from their boss.

The guard looked scruff and scummy, an ugly face for ugly jobs. A perfect aesthetic for bodyguards and trigger men.

X-ray looked around, and saw a heavy branch on the floor. He slowly picked it up and rose it above his head, and brought it down hard. The guard made a groan as he collapsed on the floor, a bloody gash on his shaved scalp.

The guard groaned and tried to reach for a blocky radio. X-ray brought the branch down again with more force, and he stopped moving.

"Tango down." He whispered into his comms. X-ray kneeled down and tossed the log searching the man's pockets. He felt a phone and pulled it out. "Found a present for Dokkaebi."

X-ray looked up and saw the blocky building that was the generator shed. "Found the generator."

"I see it too, moving up." Ash called. She slowly rushed her way towards the shed.

"Ash, stay in your position!" X-ray roughly commanded. "You'll be compromised!"

Ash didn't seem to listen as she moved closer to the shed. X-ray looked back at the other two and motioned to stay put. He grabbed his rifle and paced himself to Ash's speed. Mira cocked her gun slowly and screwed on her silencer. Mozart took her lead and attached one to his MP7. X-Ray was mere feet away from her before she took cover behind a tree.

"We can finish the job if we rush in while we have the chance." She commented to X-ray. "Then we can get the mission rolling."

"Ash, listen." X-ray grabbed her shoulder and roughly swiveled her around. "When I say to stay down I meant stay down. We don't know what these guys are carrying or who they can call if shit hits the fan. Stay down or else."

Ash frowned and narrowed her brows. "Fine, I'm sorry."

X-ray nodded and jerked his head back. "Go in line with the rest, and slap on a suppressor. Just wait until I give the go—"

A hushed crack broke through the silence and a whistle blew pass Ash. X-ray let out a loud cry as his right side launches to the floor and lied still. Ash quickly ducked for cover. "Sniper!"

Two men emerged from the shed with guns drawn and alert expressions. Mira and Mozart quickly reacted and fired few quick shots to the enemies. The blood splattered behind them in a messy spill as they jerked over.

Mira quickly got up and ran to the nearest piece of cover next to the shed. "Where did that shot come from?!"

Ash grunted in shoving X-ray's body behind a more thick toppled log, seeing his wound on the side. She slapped his face a couple of times, but it was no success. His distressed eyes laid closed in the bandana, not responding. "I don't know, Mozart get over here!"

Mozart quickly rushed up to their position before another suppressed crack of the sniper rang. It missed him, the bullet whipping pass his leg. He jumped behind the cover and crawled his way to X-ray, checking his vitals first.

"What's the situation?" Ash hastily muttered, peeking her head above only to duck when the wood beneath her exploded.

"He's alive and breathing." He used a pair of scissors to cut open the straps to his plate carrier, lifting them off his chest. He cut open his jacket to his shirt, and exposed his side. X-ray's flesh was bruised badly, purple flesh mixing in with pale skin and body hair. Mozart sighed in relief. "Ah, looks like a bad bruise! Maybe a bruised rib, but besides that he seemed to be in good shape."

X-ray groaned, much to the relief of the two. "I'm fine. I'm fine." He propped himself up, the outer layer of wood on the tree exploded again. "Sniper shot me on the right side, that means in the northwest," he coughed, wincing as he moved his body, "he's not a good shot, use that to your advantage."

Ash called into her comms. "Mira do you copy?"

"I'm here Ash!" She responded immediately. "Is X-ray okay?"

"He's fine, but I need you to listen." Ash said. "Run towards the northwest and draw his fire away."

"What?!"

"Listen to her." X-ray interrupted. "Draw his fire so Ash can get a clear shot!"

Mira looked over her cover to see the three in the distance who desperately looked at her. She turned as looked over to the north west and saw the small glint of the sniper scope. She fell back into cover and took a deep breath, a small prayer escaping her lips. Mira reached for her rosary that she kept in her shirt and kissed it for protection, before climbing up and climbed over her tree.

Ash peeled over the side and looked through her ACOG for the glint and found the misty figure hidden in a sniper's platform on a high tree. He didn't that Ash peeked as he aimed for Mira.

The sniper responded quick, but his aim was shaky and amateur at best. The tuft of grass and dirt popped under her feet, and she tripped.

"Ash, take the shot!" Mozart hurried.

The sniper fired again, grazing her helmet. Mira let out a scared gasp as it did. Nonetheless she climbed up again and started to run to a mound of rocks near the shed. The sniper took aim, a sure shot now that he adjusted her speed and pulled back the bolt.

Ash pulled the trigger and let out a single pop before it broke through the man's neck, knocking his upper body back before it fell over and off the platform, down to the forest ground below with a loud thud. "He's done for!"

Mira backed herself against the wall and breathed hard as she closed her eyes and hugged her Vector, muttering Spanish curses over and over as the adrenaline started to crash. Mozart was quick responding to the frightened woman, rushing from his cover with X-ray and Ash to her.

"Are you wounded in any way?" He asked, checking for possible entries.

"I'm only wounded when I fail." Mira simply muttered, her breathing now calmed. It wasn't long before ash showed up with an injured X-ray, holding by the shoulder helping him walk. Ash got replaced by Mozart, and so the woman went to kneel next to Mira.

"Thank you." Ash began, taking off her sunglasses. She held out her hand ready for helping Mira up. "For trusting me."

Mira stared into the Israeli's eyes, feeling a bit of relief and acknowledged. "Yeah, you're welcome."

She grabbed Ash's hand and hoisted herself up to face the woman. "Sometimes we just… get along."

Ash agreed.

"We still have a mission to do ladies." X-ray called out. "Plant the explosives and hide the bodies. There's a tent just a few yards away, so it means they're out of touch until their called back. That means we got a perfect chance."

The two women quickly nodded and went inside the shed. There laid the large power generator presumably keeping most of the mansion's power alive. They curtly began sticking a myriad of small explosives all over the building with a long signal to their charge, just far enough to detonate whenever they needed to. They went back outside to meet up with the rest.

X-ray stood on his own, clutching at his side gently. Mozart wasn't with him.

"Where did the new guy go?" Mira asked.

"He's getting the rifle from the sniper." X-ray motioned towards the northwest. "He's checking the caliber of the gun."

"Why?" Ash said, looking at the bodies. They laid there with pools of blood staining the floor below them. She took one of the weapons that the guards had. It was a cheap thing, when she unloaded the magazine it fired a measly .22 caliber. "These guys don't seem very well equipped."

"Exactly. It didn't penetrate my armor but it hurt like a bitch. It'll show what kind of force we're dealing with." X-ray remarked. "If their weapons are cheap, that could mean he has more men to spare."

Mozart returned carrying the rifle of the dead sniper. He held it up for inspection. "Found it, although it's been muddied."

X-ray took the rifle and examined the build, before pulling back the bolt to see its chamber. ".22 large. For an arms dealer Boleslav is cheap."

"Well the charges are all set X-ray." Mira reminded. "Should we get going?"

"Let's hide the bodies in the tent," X-ray pointed over to the east, "they'll rot less."

After a grueling twenty minutes of work, the team left the area and headed back to the ATV's.

"Thatcher this is X-ray, we've successfully planted the explosives. RTB now." X-ray called.

Thatcher soon buzzed in. "Roger that Red team. Just come back in one piece." The radio quickly buzzed down.

After that, they remained silent on their way back to base.


They reached the base without much delay besides the usual mud track. When they arrived they saw Mike standing on the porch arms crossed with a few other operators. When they parked their quads, Mike began descending the steps. "How many?"

"Four. Armed with cheap weapons." Isaac replied.

Mike once-over'd Isaac after seeing his torn clothes. "What the hell happened to you?"

"Sir, Isaac was shot in the side. His body armor stopped most of the bullet." Mozart reported, coming up behind Isaac. "I had to tear open his clothes to see the full extent of the damage."

"Will he still be able to fight?"

"If he chooses to sir," Mozart continued, "it is nothing beyond a harsh bruise."

Mike pondered for a moment. "Go with Doc and get yourself patched up, you too Fritz."

Mozart helped Isaac up the stairs to the patio. One of the other operators waiting outside was Grace. Isaac gestured Fritz to stop, leaving his support. He pulled out the phone, and tossed it to Grace. She caught it effortlessly.

"Found that on one of the gunmen. We could use it to our advantage." Isaac said.

Grace looked at the device with a mischievous smile. She stashed it away in her pocket, patting it for safety. "Oh, will do."

Mike turned around. "Grace, the sooner you start working on it the better! We don't have time people."

Everyone began to pour inside the house except for Eliza and Elena, who stood silently next to each other as they began to slowly travel to the inside. They reached the patio steps, Elena broke the ice.

"You know you owe me one for that baiting right?" She playfully remarked. Ash let out a small chuckle, opening the door.

"Yeah, I know. But you have to admit, I did a good job getting their before you." Elena walked inside, rolling her eyes at the comment. "...but yeah, I owe you one."

Eliza followed close by and closed the door behind her.


A/N: New chapter! We've found the generator, now the final assault looms on the horizon. Also, Ash and Mira are getting along! But how long will that last?

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