CHAPTER 10: THE COST OF VICTORY

February 14, 2016

Heathrow Airport, West London, U.K.

0730

Kirov took his spot at the end of the table, in front of him laid a small laptop, the laptop had everything he needed for him to command. Kirov put on a small headset and spoke.

"Do you read me Rainbow?" Asked Kirov.

"Roger, we got you." Said Twitch. I.Q. sat next to the commander and waited for his orders. Kirov then turned to I.Q. and said.

"I need you to get the relay coordinates from the file cabinet." I.Q, then got up and walked to the cabinet and began to look through the many files. Kirov then turned his attention back to his team. "What's your status down there?"

"We are in position and ready for your signal." Replied Twitch.

"Roger, All we need to do now is wait for them…" Said Kirov

"Understood command" Replied Twitch. Thermite was hidden behind a concrete barricade with Ash by his side when he quickly kissed her and embraced her saying.

"See you on the other side."

February 14, 2016

Heathrow Airport, Luggage check

8:15

The Black daggers walked down the wide walkway, The Airport was clear of any and all civilians due to their disturbance, but they made sure that the no one escaped from the Directors plane. The soldiers were all adorning their combat apparel and had automatic weapons of various shapes and sizes, the only thing they knew for sure. Was that History will never forget them for this. They continued until they reached the security gate that led to the passenger door of the plane. It was locked up tight but smoke came prepared. He reached into his bag and pulled out a small Nitrocell explosive. He put it on the lock of the gate and had his brothers take a few steps back. He then hit the detonator switch.

"BOOM!" The room echoed with sound and the gate quickly flung open with no lock to hold it tight. The men continued walking along the path to the passenger door. They opened the hatch and proceeded into the plane. They continued to move along the rows of seats to see nothing. Not one person was aboard that plane, they quickly searched the plane's seating area to see if the Director was hiding but they found nothing. Smoke pressed his ear piece and said.

"Baseplate we have no visual on Lotus, the plane looks to be completely Vacant. Smoke then heard nothing but static in his earpiece.

"Fuck! It's a trap boys they wanted this to happen!" Rook then looked out the window to see the small group of White Masks that were sent with them to secure the perimeter had been eliminated and were lying dead on the ground. The plane was now beginning to become surrounded by London policemen. Bandit then quickly said.

"We have no choice brothers, we cannot run all we can do is fight!"

"Agreed if this is where we die, then lets at least take some of those bastards down with us." Said Doc. The five soldiers ran to the opposite side of the plane's seating area, they found a small room that looked to be constructed for some sort of on flight meetings, they thought to themselves.

"We won't find anything better than this." The five then started reinforcing the walls with the reinforcements they brought with them. Bandit deployed his shock wires while rook began to pass his trauma plates around. Kapkan planted some traps on the doors near the entrance and smoke planted some of his self-described. "Toxic Beauties" above the doors and in windows. Doc loaded his Stim pistol with an injection because he knew this one was going to get bloody. Once they were happy with their defenses Rook, Doc and Kapkan waited in the meeting room, while Smoke and bandit waited in a nearby office to get the flank on unaware Tangos. As they waited they each thought about "what happened with H.Q?" and "Will we get out of here alive?" They all assumed this would be the end for them, but that only meant they would fight harder. After a few minutes passed by a small drone entered the room that Rook was in. One clean shot from his Pistol was all it took to destroy the drone. He holstered his pistol and equipped his MP5, while hidden behind his deployable shield. Then he and the rest of the soldiers knew that storm had come. A Hailstorm of bullets flew through the door and the walls beside it sending wood chunks and splinters in all directions Doc, and Kapkan were prone below the bullets while Rooks deployable shield prevented him from getting hit. The barricade covering the door was nearly destroyed so Rook kept a close eye on it with His MP5. Suddenly a man ran in front of the doorway with a pistol in his hand. He was a London cop, He was quickly dispatched by Rook who killed him with a clean headshot. Then more men began pouring in and getting mowed down by Rook and Doc's defensive position, In the meantime, a small group of Policemen silently moved through the opposite doorway attempting to get a flank off of Rook and Doc. They were surely mistaken when one of smokes gas canisters was released sending toxins into the air. Most of the men died within seconds but a few men managed to crawl out of the hazard barely able to breathe, Smoke walked close to the officers with a long blade in his hand and said.

"Smile for the camera…" In a soft tone as he pointed to the camera on the roof, he then takes the knife and slits each man's throat slowly one by one, and he took pleasure from the act. He was unable to complete his ritual when shots were fired at him that nearly hit him. He swiftly ran back to the office that he was taking cover in. Bandit slaps him on the back of the head and said.

"What do you think you're doing Dumbass! Are you trying to get killed!" Smoke then says.

"I got a little carried away was all…"They then continue to fire until Smoke ran out of rounds in his primary weapon, he then switched to his secondary and continued to hold them back.

Doc and Kapkan thought they might finally have some breathing room because the attacks ceased their assault for a few minutes. This was suddenly interrupted when Rook yelled out.

"RAINBOW!" Immediately sparks began to fly from the reinforced wall and an exothermic charge was detonated that shook the entire room. Thermite then peered through the new hole he made in the wall and shot a direct blow to Rook's leg.

"SHIT! I'm Hit!" Yelled Rook as he fell to the ground. He needed to get back up in order to hold back the attackers but his leg was giving out from under him. Doc realizes this and shoots him from across the room with his Stim Pistol, this gave Rook an instant adrenaline rush and it was enough to get him up on his feet, He then began to shoot back at the attackers along with Doc and Kapkan. It seemed that they were hopeless in this fight, although Rook continued to shoot until he heard his gun.

"Click! Click!"

"Shit!" Yelled Rook as he went to grab another magazine he found that he is all out of ammo. He then pulled out his sidearm and continued to fire. Suddenly a frag grenade was thrown through the hole in the wall and it landed beside Kapkan.

"Oh, not today!" Said Kapkan as he threw the grenade back. As he throws the frag it detonates by the wall expanding the hole. Thermite and Twitch begin slowly picking away at their defenses with Montagne Providing them with plenty of covers. destroying the EDDs that were holding them back from entering. A shock drone suddenly enters the room, Rook saw it and then went to destroy it with his pistol but he got one good shock from it before he did.

"AHH!" Groaned Rook as he had taken such a beating. Rook ran out of ammo in his sidearm and dropped it to the ground. With nothing left to shoot with Rook thought this was surely the end for him and his team but the thought was erased from his head when suddenly a large hole was created in the wall beside him, in came Bandit and Smoke, they begin providing covering fire and they continued firing until Bandit got hit in the shoulder it sent him to the ground. Smoke then dropped to the ground to tend to his wounds, he was exposed and expected that he too would get hit and just like Bandit find himself on the ground bleeding out. And he fired his last few rounds in his mag before ducking for cover.

5 minutes earlier...

Commander Kirov was coordinating with his team on their mics when Thermite spoke.

"Commander we have eyes on them and I am ready to take the kill shot over,"

"Do it." Said Kirov

"Taking the shot now." Said Thermite, he then took the shot but he missed and shot Rook in the leg.

"Shit. he moved, I only got a piece of him I'm going to have to move in order to take him out."

"Understood, move to neutralize." Said Kirov. Suddenly I.Q. ran to Kirov holding a cell phone and she spoke.

"This calls for you, it's urgent." Kirov took the phone and spoke into it.

"What is it?" York then replied saying.

"Well, Well commander. You must think you are so smart to fool the Brotherhood, but let this be clear we will find the spy amongst our ranks and he will be punished severely. Ah but that's not what's important, what's important is that you make the right decision, here and now. You have my men under Siege and I want your men to lower their weapons and back down.

"Who the hell is this? You can't honestly be serious in thinking we would let your gang of killers and psychos walk free from here?" Said Kirov

"Oh but I most certainly am serious, In fact, I know how I can sweeten the deal, you tell your troops to stand down and I don't kill your Soldier. What's his name, Elias was it…." Said York. Elias could be heard in the background shouting.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH, DON'T YOU DARE SAY MY NAME!"

"Listen here whoever you are, I will find you and when I do I will show no mercy." Said Kirov

"I don't expect mercy commander, just a trade between two officers of war." Said York.

"And how do I not know you're lying? Said Kirov."

"Just look at the news commander Lahey Medical is under fire by White Mask Terrorists."

Kirov sets the phone down and whispers to I.Q.

"Monika, what does H.Q. say about Lahey Medical Center as of this moment? I.Q.'s eyes widen and she says.

"Why… What's Wrong…?" Kirov says in a louder tone.

"I need it now!" I.Q. quickly picks up the laptop on the table and checks the database on Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and read it out to the commander.

"Lahey Medical center under attack by White Mask Terrorists… The new terrorist ring is suspected to have taken patients hostage for unknown reasons…" I.Q. sets the laptop down on the table as she gasps.

"Elias…" She whispers as she covers her mouth. She then looks at the commander to see what he was going to say. Kirov suddenly gets a call on another line. It was Six, he puts York on hold temporarily to hear what Six was going to say. Six then said

"Commander In-Ops is informing me that a high ranking commander is trying to do some sort of trade with you, Commander I don't care what the trade is there is nothing worth more right now than eliminating the Black Daggers, What are you going to do commander?" Says six. I.Q. looks at Kirov with a very worried look and whispers to him.

"Please, Commander" Kirov switches back to York's line and York quietly says.

"What's it going to be commander... Elias or the daggers…?"