Touchdown

Agent California, Volvlost Province, New Kiev

Apr. 2553

I start tearing off my jump kit, checking around me and sticking to a tree. A few deer like creatures scatter from all the noise. I start to peek out before spotting Wash in a tree, struggling to get at his release.

"Hold on."

I get to his tree and start climbing up, Wash drawing his pistol to watch my back.

"You know I had this, right?"

I chuckle, getting his release and dropping down.

"Oh yeah, you had that."

Wash chuckles before heading away from our landing points, I try and get the others over SATCOM.

"Nothing, you think that-"

"They're fine, from what I've heard about Alaska, they'll be fine."

I settle that discomfort as we get to the edge of village, Wash taking a second to consult his map, confirming that it is the RV.

"Right. We should hold here, make sure any patrols don-"

Wash stops talking and lays down, I look around before following suite, two ATVs roll into the forest we just exited from.

"Right, we're gonna need to crawl to the RV."

-- Alaska --

"Sit down Nik."

I release my chokehold on a White Army trooper, grabbing his AK-12 and gear harness. Trading out IFF patches, I stand up and move for Idaho's chute.

"Air Ward, Lewis on the ground."

Static, I toggle my earpiece to squad and overhear a quip from Washington. I bring my AK-12 to bear before getting tackled to the ground by Idaho.

"What do ya think you're doing lass?"

"Panzer."

I look and spot an aged T-55 and a light escort, two of the escort take off on ATVs towards the RV.

"Right, let's get that tank."

Idaho rolls off me and draws an AUG PARA, moving to the other two escort troops to take them out, I run for the tank and get up to the hatch, Idaho taking the two guards as I open the hatch and pull the commander out. Idaho takes care of him as I light up the rest of the occupants.

"Clear. Let's get these bodies out and get down to the RV."

-- California --

"Another group inbound. Anymore RPGs?"

"No, I'm spent."

I shrug off the launcher, ducking into a foxhole with a SKS. Wash ducks into a nearby building as a T-72 fires at his previous cover, flattening on of the few nearby cars as it rolls in.

"Hold on."

Wash tosses a semtex onto the side of the tank, stopping it just a few feet in front of me. I hear a sharp yelp and a burst of AK-74 shots as Wash crumples, a White Guard coming to where he was. The tank's commander gets on the coaxial and sweeps around, stopping at me.

"Shit."

The de facto gunner swings the turret up and to the left, a whistling cutting from my six. The T-72 takes a shell to the turret, fireballing it as a T-55 comes out of the forest.

"Right then. Cali, get Wash. We'll get to you as soon as possible."

The T-55's coaxial starts firing at troops moving in on us, I get to Wash, sitting against a wall.

"Shit shit shit."

I move to get him up, he pulls me close and draws my MEUSOC, taking down a White that got close enough to take us both out.

"Good moves."

Wash stomachs a smile before I get him up, getting my pistol off the floor.

"Right, head through the building to their side. They got a jeep out front."

Another shot whistles overhead as another explosion goes off.

"Go."

I hoist Wash over my shoulder and draw his Magnum, then move for the jeep. A White trooper goes to fire on us before he gets dropped by the T-55 coaxial.

"Move it lass. We can't stay here."

I get Wash in the jeep, get a GsH-18 out of the glove compartment and start driving to the tank, The White Guardsmen pulling out of the village as a Su-25 comes in for an attack run. I meet up with the tank, Alaska already out of it and moving to hop into the shotgun seat.

"Ditch the tank. We need the mobility."

Idaho hops to the back with Wash and hands her AUG PARA to Alaska.

"Right, we'll hide out for a bit. I gotta get contact with the Director."

I gun the jeep away from the mess the RV was, the sun rising to contrast the smoke.