James Amber looks outside the window if his house with the blinds on looking out for any of the cult patrolling the area. Behind him is Rose who is frantically crying right now knowing what James has done. He knew that there would be consequences to his action in order to protect Rachel from her mother but he never knew this amount of death all for the name of her. The DA remembers Melissa back at the wedding, she seemed nice but Sera acted that way too which means this personality runs within the family but Melissa is more unstable and is a cocktail of destruction and righteous wrath. James knows Melissa is not only here for the Prescott's but him and his wife also along the way. He goes to his officer then opens his drawer on his desk to reveal a P226 from it as he takes cover.
"Help! Somebody please help me!" A voice cried out as James peeks over revealing an injured man. He is wearing a red shirt and is covering his leg with duct tape to hold the bleeding. The man frantically knocks on the door of the Ambers with Rose becoming conflicted to let him inside the house or not. Order has broken down in Arcadia Bay and this man might be some kind of looter or something and James knows that something isn't right with the picture. James sadly sighs knowing he's letting him die...he hears the door unlocking. The lawyer runs out of his office to see Rose opening much to his shock.
"Rose get back here-" Before he can speak-the man pulls out a handgun and starts firing at him thus revealing his true intentions as a Peggie. James grabs Rose in a hold and turns her around as he is hit in the back although the shot is nonlethal right before slamming the door frantically. The cultist gets up with a grin and pulls out his radio before more appear from the woods revealing that they were looking for him. James pushes himself against the door as it begins to thud and begins to bang loudly.
"Come out sinner! You're gonna burn in the fires of the collapse! Maybe we'll spare you from the suffering!" The man yelled. More bangs are heard before a shotgun blast on the side which misses him but destroys the lock. The strikes against the door increase to the point even it pushes the door with James trying his best to hold it. A cultist lands one last hit on the door thus pushing James down on the ground as he turns around to pull out his handgun but its shot off by the same pony tailed girl. He crawls back as Rose covers her mouth in shock. Walking towards him is Melissa much to his shock with James trying to get his handgun but its shot to pieces by her.
"Hello James." Melissa greeted him before he leans back on the couch weakly. She motions the other Peggies including Simon to wait outside before she bends one knee at James. A flurry of flashbacks hit James as if he is seeing his own life pass before his very eyes seeing the resemblance between Melissa and Sera but he knows why she could be in Arcadia Bay besides purging the wrongdoings of the Prescott's and Jefferson's actions. She's here for him. James heard that Eden's Gate has ears everywhere and no doubt she heard what she did to her sister.
"Melissa..." James responded on her. Melissa walks over to the kitchen while passing by Rose who is holding her screams right before the blonde simply nods as she makes a coffee as if this was a normal meeting between adults showing how detached she is from reality or how unstable she is. But this was a normal thinking person who has a goal in mind. Melissa makes some coffee and drinks from the mug before grabbing some glazed donuts in the fridge then eats one before going to back him.
"I knew I'd find you here. Among these houses, all it took was to guess which one you're in and here I find you. Hiding like a snake in the garden like what you did with Sera. Almost matches you really." Melissa responded and drank some coffee as James looks at her fearfully seeing her intent to kill. She breathes out and sighs at the sight of James, her brother in law who was supposed to be protect Sera and Rachel.
"How...how did you know?" James asks knowing he can't play stupid with her due to the fact she might do something worse to him than ever. Melissa smiles and gives a small chuckle while placing her coffee on the table as it gives a small sound. She furiously grabs James by the arm and throws him on the couch as she sits on his chair where he reads the news on. Melissa lifts her leg on hers then smiles gently to James.
"Sera told me everything what you did in order to get me out of Eden's Gate. How you tried to drug her and discredit her in order to keep her away from her daughter, my niece right before she killed herself by crashing her own car off a cliff when I refused..." Melissa grits her teeth in anger as she spoke restraining her anger. Joseph taught her what righteous wrath is and this is is it. She lowers her head down while clutching the back in order for her not to lose it. They never found a body though among the wreck.
"You don't understand. I tried to protect Rachel from her! Sera was dangerous and she needed a proper parent!" James defended but feels a pang of sadness realizing that Sera is dead causing him to lower his eyes in sadness upon hearing the news of her death in remorse for his actions. He looks up again to see Melissa looking offended at him. Melissa taps the armchair as if she's holding her anger at James.
"She needed the truth and you took that away from her! You took away everything from me and her!" Melissa roared at him. The lawyer becomes frozen in fear by her yelled as if it came from a lion with hot tears bursting from her eyes turning her face from the gentle and almost angelic figure to a demon who is staring at her prey. James feels like he's a deer in front of headlights, paralyzed and afraid. Melissa breaths heavily from the yell since she has been keeping it inside her this whole time. Before he can speak again, Melissa opens her mouth.
"A seal has been broken. My family. My sister...my niece...they've been all taken from me! By this place! By this den of thieves and snakes! This horrible place corrupted by you, Jefferson, and the Prescotts! When the father took me in I thought I saw God's plan but I was blind..." Melissa sniffs to take in her snot with Rose not knowing what to do alongside James.
"But now I see." She ended her speech as James begins to hyperventilate right now fearing the worst he'll get for his punishment.
"Melissa please..." James croaked before she shushes him and places her hands on his cheeks then kisses him in the forehead. The blonde lets go before stopping at the doorway then turning around as Simon enters the house.
"I'm not the father for he forgives which I am not. I'm sure he'll forgive you too so it's best to talk to him but he's not here...I'm not here to save, I'm here to destroy and renew. And what happened in Blackwell was the first sign of the new Arcadia Bay." Melissa responded as the same pony tailed girl arrives. Simon pulls out his tape and helps James up right before pushing him on the chair Melissa was on then begins taping him on it. The two leave right before Simon closes the door. The man turns to around to James while Rose raises her hands in fear then sits on the couch. Simon gently smiles the motions her to head upstairs knowing she's innocent. He pulls out a knife from the kitchen.
"You know, when we first arrived in Arcadia Bay, there was so much lost souls to the point we were overwhelmed but Melissa...Melissa somehow found a way to bring them to us. I don't know how she does it but maybe it's a family trait that all the Gearhardt's have." Simon calmly smile before sharpening the tool for his deed on James. James begins breath and wheeze heavily.
"Oh don't do that. You know this is all your fault right? We would still be with the father back at Hope but at least you gave us a new place should Eden collapse. I'll give you credit." Simon spoke then walks towards him.
"All you need to do is yes. Yes to the father and to the project. An old friend taught me that." He has an idea as he pulls out his walkie talkie.
Blackwell.
Max is still shaking after what she saw...how she killed Nathan out of self defense. Nathan didn't deserve to die and neither those cops she killed in the process, she knew she was being hypnotized to do it but they didn't deserve it. Arcadia Bay is collapsing but in the worse way possible by ripped apart by this sadistic cult that just came out of nowhere and began killing anyone that didn't agree with them. Melissa made it worse...far worse than ever, Max didn't know Rachel didn't have an aunt. Chloe sits besides Max comforting her and comforting herself upon the realization that even in death, Rachel Amber still has a part of play. She couldn't bring herself to kill Melissa though since she has no idea what happened to Sera...but she knows what she has to do to bring an end to Eden's Gate. Even if it is the wrong thing.
"Rachel...Rachel never told me she had an aunt. But what else then? She never knew her mother at all too. I guess...this is the storm you've been talking about." Chloe spoke while cradling the almost catatonic brunette who shut herself out from the world after what just happened. Help wasn't coming at all and Arcadia Bay is left to fend for itself from them. Max continues to watch the distance as the moon is seen near the lighthouse. At least the Arcadia Bay Resistance is gaining traction now with word from the townsfolk that people are beginning to join their ranks now alongside getting better weaponry and soldiers. Blackwell being liberated is a sign that the cult can be stopped but this is a situation that needs to be dealt with carefully now that the identity of the bay branch has been revealed. Nothing will ever be the same after the cult has been dealt with. Besides Chloe is a walkie talkie that David gave her just in case something would happen...it begins to turn haywire which snaps Max from her state. Chloe picks it up while raising an eyebrow thinking that it's David.
"This is Gustave Ketab! I am a medic of team Rainbow! We're a special forces unit and we've crashed in the woods of Arcadia Bay! We have injured and limited supplies, does anyone copy?!" The voice on the radio spoke with a French accent much to Chloe's curiosity wondering what's a Frenchman doing here in Arcadia Bay but the word of a spec-ops team here in the bay is enough for her to listen carefully. Max awakens from her state then listens closely to what she heard. If a special forces unit is here in Arcadia Bay then that means the government is involved in someway to all of this.
"We hear you...um...soldier? I'm Chloe Price and I'm a member of the Arcadia Bay Resistance. We're coming in with a couple of guys so just stay put also if the Pegs heard you, then I hope your special forces training can help. We need all of the man power." Chloe replied to the GIGN member on the radio who sighs in relief on the other line as David is behind them hearing it.
"Wait, where exactly a part of the woods are you in?" Max asks him.
"No idea exactly but it appears to be next to some kind of suburb." Gustave replied to while Max looks at Chloe for a moment alongside David.
"Suburb...that's sounds like where James and Rose Amber live! Hang on Gustave, we're coming to get you but stay away from any suburbs and hide in the woods. Pegs are mainly in urban parts and are likely near you." Chloe continued to inform.
"Understood...and merci. We'll stay put as long as possible." The soldier thanked before the transmission ends. Her radio lights up again causing her to press the button once more.
"This is Marius Streicher! We are holed up in some...some kind of photography room! I am a member of team Rainbow and currently with dozens of men. Does anyone copy?" Another soldier but with a German accent called. More spec ops soldiers means more manpower for the Resistance but Max knows where he is: The dark room. All of them are in separate areas meaning that they have to split to find each soldier yet the Resistance isn't strong enough to find them at all much to her frustration. David knows that these soldiers need help yet with the state they're in, he has no idea but to send in Max and Chloe at them. He's saw what Max has done to those brainwashed cops and how she killed them like she was in a video game of some sort showing that she can indeed take care of herself yet worries that her mind is slowly crumbling right now. David hesitantly speaks on the walkie talkie.
"We hear you soldier. I'm David Madsen of the Arcadia Bay Resistance, we came into contact with one of your men out here but we're low on manpower." David replied then presses the button again with the soldier on the other line sighing in relief. The Resistance is about to get an upgrade through these men but they couldn't reach them unless he sends one of his best. He turns to Max in worry for a moment.
"Roger that. We'll hold out as long as possible. Marius out." The German ended as Max has a determined look on her face. David knows by that look means that she is ready to fight them off more than ever. Her fighting skills are phenomenal which surprised David too as if she knew where they were placed. But Max is young and has a life ahead of her...yet he knows that she's an adult and she's made her choice.
"Max...are you sure about this?" David asks reluctantly right before Max nods in response. The veteran simply sighs again before turning to Chloe then back to Max.
"I've seen you in action Max and I know you're an adult. But be careful out there...and keep Chloe safe." He spoke.
"Will do David. Will do." To that, David turns around while grabbing his M249 then walks to a couple of police officer and civilians to gather his men. Chloe turns to Max worriedly seeing that glare in her eyes.
The drive to where the Amber residence is silent with an aura of uncertainty mixed with fear while Chloe looks at the road ahead. Max looks at her assault rifle which is an AR-C that has no attachments as Chloe still has hers leaning underneath with its stock folded. Chloe is still comprehending what she just witnessed...in someway, this is Rachel's revenge on Arcadia Bay. How this entire situation was also her fault for failing to save Rachel in the first place and now everyone in the bay is paying the price for it all. She just hopes James is alive despite what he did otherwise she'll have more dead Amber's on her hands...unless Sera was alive. Max looks at her in worry.
"So...who was Sera?" Max asks in worry causing Chloe to abruptly stop the truck wondering what to say. She likes to keep her and Rachel's first meeting in a nutshell and not go into the other details. The blue haired girl wishes she can tell her everything but Max will spill the beans on everything or it will come off as insane. But with this kind of situation and how they're fighting for there lives, anything can happen. Even if its something like that. Chloe hated James but she never wanted him dead yet in some way, it's some well deserved karma for what he's done.
"When I met Rachel, she had issues in her life. Sure she was the DA's daughter and had a normal life but she felt out of place until I came in. We started hanging out but we discovered her dad, James, was making out with another woman who turned out to be Rachel's mom..." Max's eyes widen. She thought the Ambers were a normal family but this is Arcadia Bay after all, everyone has secrets. Yet out of the blue, Max knew who she was talking about earlier remembering how that name was etched in her mind.
"Sera..." The brunette gasped causing Chloe nod in response as she looks at the road.
"Yeah. Turns out Sera was a drug addict that left Rachel alone to get high resulting in James to divorce her. Now here's the more twisted shit: James hired a fucking drug dealer who was Frank's best friend to drug her to get her high again to make sure she doesn't spill the beans on James and lose her credibility. She gave me one last wish: Never tell Rachel. She all but gave up...so I hid the truth and life went on...until what happened. The rest is history." Chloe explained causing Max to turn silent. Chloe did all of that to protect Rachel and all her efforts were undermined in the end. The woman leans back on her seat then turns to Max.
"Max...this isn't your fault if it is what you're thinking. This is mine. I failed to save Rachel and now everyone is paying for this...this is my fault and mine alone." This confuses Max in someway yet it makes sense which she finds insane at the same time. But what Chloe is saying sounds more like a warning or something.
"Chloe, what are you saying?" Max asks in worry and fear as tears are visible in Chloe's eyes.
"...That you should leave. This is my mess I caused. Look at the destruction these cult fuckers have caused to this town. If Rachel didn't die under my watch then none of this would happen. They would still be in hillbilly country and she'd be...she'd be safe with you and her in arms. This is my fight and my fight alone..." Chloe explained causing Max to freeze in shock on what Chloe said causing her eyes to widen. The scary part is that it makes sense on how Rachel's death has indirectly caused a chain reaction resulting into this. Yet Chloe needs her protection as the universe is still out there to get her. Unless...
"Max remember what I said back at the lighthouse? Maybe this is the universe telling me I forgot something and here it is. It's not rocket science. This doesn't involve you." She concluded while Max is tempted to leave. Suddenly, her radio goes off causing Max to pick it up.
"Hel...Hello?" Max greeted.
"Maxine Caulfield and Chloe Price. Arcadia Bay's golden girls. At first we thought you two were a bunch of delinquents and normal faces among this crowd of sinners. But what I've seen and what Melissa said, you're special. Both of you are. You never seen it haven't you? I believe you can saved by us if you just say...yes. This place doesn't deserve you both. Now if you say no...then James and Rose suffer." Simon replied on the radio causing Chloe's eyes to widen seeing the worst case scenario. James may have done something evil but not Rose.
"You sadistic motherfucker! David should've went for the neck!" Chloe insulted remembering him and his voice.
"Now Ms. Price, James did something bad...and I'm sure you know about it. This is a social experiment of mine if people can spare there enemies and forgive them for what they have done. If you show up then I'll let them go but if you don't, then they both die." The herald bargained much to Chloe's rage since she just feared the worst. James being held hostage just made it a whole lot worse as Chloe taps her finger on the button of the walkie talkie.
"Waiting for a response Ms. Price. Clocks ticking." Simon warned before she presses her button the radio in haste.
"Don't you fucking hurt them you hear me? We're coming." Chloe bargained and shuts her eyes while slamming her head on the steering wheel while Max grips her gun on her hand. The soldiers can wait, James and Rose will need their help more than ever now. They begin to drive on the road changing their objective from finding the soldiers to saving Rachel's parents.
A minute later...
Chloe and Max head out of the pickup truck as she looks at the neighborhood. Memories flood in her head while seeing the old streetlight where her and Rachel kissed underneath where it was official that they became girlfriends. How Rachel and her found out about the truth of her mother alongside why James wanted to protect her. In someway, this is karma for what James has done to Sera and how he tried to highhandedly destroy his own family but he doesn't deserve death. A prison sentencing is one for sure. Max notices Chloe spacing out causing her to gently shake the girl making her snap out of it.
"You okay?" Max asks her. Chloe turns to her and nods in silence then looks at the houses for a moment wondering where it is since she hasn't visited in awhile now yet she knows what the Amber house looks like. The brunette finds it strange that there is no cultists around meaning a trap is about to happen as Chloe spots a house with its door opened. Chloe enters the house...a sharp pain hits Max in the leg causing her to look down with Chloe turning around seeing Max with an arrow on her shoulder. Max rips it off as she attempts to rewind time but her head begins to ache in the process causing her to fall on the ground. Chloe attempts to move towards Max only to feel a strike on her head causing her to fall on the ground...
The beanie wearing punk opens her eyes revealing that she is in the living room of the house as she hears muffled screams with her blurred vision. Chloe blinks for a moment then sees James on his arm chair with his arms taped on the sides while Rose is panicking on the couch. Both of them are gagged via tape on arms and legs as Chloe realizes that this is a trap. On the ground is an unconscious Max who is bound as well but she can't move her muscles. Chloe looks at the table for in the kitchen seeing that it's the same drugs that Jefferson used on Rachel right before hearing someone whistling Here I am Lord causing her to spot Simon in his normal white jacket and white pants. He's in the same age as her as well making her younger. Simon simply smirks while lowering his head trying to come up with something to say.
"I wonder...why do you want to save this place? It's been nothing short of a den of thieves and snakes. If I'm sounding like a religious nutcase then I apologize so I'll just say formally as possible: It's a shitty place full of shitty people. So much lies and deceit..." Simon breathes in for a moment then sighs while looking outside then looks back at Chloe.
"But I am glad we came here. At first I thought staying at Hope would better and this place is irrelevant but I heard more of the Father's plans for Arcadia. An extension of Eden's Gate when the collapse happens so there can be two places at once. I gotta tell ya, we've unveiled so much worms here from lies and deceit to murder. A place where we can lay the seeds of the new garden." The brown haired teenager complemented while walking towards Chloe then rips off the tape off her mouth gently.
"YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE YOU FUCKING PSYCHO!" Chloe yelled in response to him in anger causing him to smile sincerely to her. That face resembles a lot like Eliot which is a face she wants to punch in the process. Max slowly opens her eyes but she couldn't move her muscles nor her mouth to make any noises due to how strong the drug is. Simon smirks seeing that she just made his point on how she wants to save Arcadia Bay, something that he always is on point about.
"There! There's that strive! The strive to protect sinners...!" Simon cheerfully exclaimed while walking towards James then turns the chair to her as James continues to struggle in front of Chloe to taunt her. James hangs his eyes in guilt feeling his fault and how Chloe is suffering for it. He just wanted to protect his daughter from a mother who was no longer suited to meet her. Chloe looks at Simon again in anger.
"This! This is the reason why Melissa didn't want to kill you just like every single Arcadian out here. You're special Chloe, you don't know it...but Eden's Gate sees it." The teen walks towards her and gently caresses her cheek causing Chloe to move about aggressively. Simon simply distances himself from Chloe as he spreads his arms showing off the captured Max, James, and Rose.
"An old friend who I see as a bit of a father figure to me once said: The power of yes is the great power one can have. Now Chloe Price, I want you to say yes. Yes to the father. Yes to the project. Yes to Eden's Gate and I'll assure you that you, Max, James, and Rose will be forgiven and welcomed into paradise. All you got to do...is say yes." Simon offered while walking towards her and moves his face closer to hers. Chloe bites her lip hard making it bleed and tasting the sweet metallic flavor of it. She doesn't want to join these psychos in the first place knowing they target people like her and if Max didn't return, then she would've joined. Her eyes move behind him seeing someone at the doorway crouching right before taking cover. She swore she someone with military outfit and a skull-like paint on his or her face. Chloe looks back at him...
"Yes-"Before she can respond, a flash grenade rolls in causing it to explode in a flash of light much to her surprise and terror. Chloe drops on the ground while she hears muffled gunshots with her vision turning white in the process. She breaths heavily in fear and closes her eyes hoping that she doesn't get hit. Her vision begins to turn normal with seeing her view of the ground and Max beside her. Gunshots are heard much clearer now right before a set of combat boots land in front of her. Chloe feels a force pick her up and comes into view of a black shirt with an ammo pouch alongside an opened collar revealing the undershirt underneath. In front of her is a woman with a black beret in front of her face with her face covered in white paint and black on her eyes making her resemble a skull. She almost looks like one of those action movie heroes she'd see in those old eighties movies.
"Are you hurt? Can you get up?" The woman asks in a clearly foreign accent that Chloe can identify as Brazilian. Joining her are numerous soldiers wearing long sleeved sage short and sage cargo pants with a helmet on top of them and goggles on their eyes with an armor on their chests and shoulders. Chloe sighs alongside Max knowing that these are soldiers who Gustave spoke about. Joining them is one wearing similar gear except with a flipped down visor and his outfit appears to be dark blue alongside a patch with the cross on it and a logo reading GIGN underneath it. Among them is a woman with short brown hair almost mimicking a mohwak and wears a yellow hazmat suit and mask.
"He's getting away from the backyard!" A soldier cried out causing Chloe to look spot Simon running away from the backyard as his men run as well.
"Forget about psicopata! We need to move, now!" She ordered before she pulls out her knife to untie Chloe with it as the soldiers carry James, Max, and Rose over their shoulders as the woman manages to untie the restraints on her feet as well. The woman gently pushes Chloe while pulling out a silenced hangun and moves towards the doorway showing four jeeps in front of the house with a soldier on the driver seat. An extra batch of soldiers are shooting at incoming cultists as Chloe throws her car keys at one of them since they can't fit in so they'll have to take her ride for the time being. A soldier notices it then catches the keys on his hand right before nodding at Chloe. The woman puts Chloe on the passenger seat while James, Rose, and Max are in the back as a soldier gets on the gun at the back. The jeep begins to move as the woman sticks her arm out and twirls her hand as a sign to move out.
The jeeps begin to drive on the road as the drug's effects on Max wears off causing her to look around in order to see if it wore off fully. She looks at Chloe who looks for a weapon of some kind in the jeep and spots her AR-C with an ACOG on it causing her to pick it up then pull the hammer back as she turns her head to the side window. Max is relieved that they got away from Simon, he almost resembled Warren in someway which she finds strange...she soon hears something...an airplane. She turns to the side seeing the plane in the distance that begins to fire at them causing the bullets to pierce through the glass and hit Chloe and the woman in the driver seat. Time freezes again as Max rewinds in the process finding herself back to where it all began.
"Plane!" Max warned getting the woman's attention as she hears the sound of the diving aircraft. She moves to the side causing it to miss but begins to go off-road while the jeeps behind them begin shooting at it. The woman grits her teeth as more Peggies appear out of the tree lines and start firing as Chloe sticks herself out then starts firing at the cultists. Most take cover while others are hit in either arms or legs as Max looks around in the back for a weapon and spots a handgun which she picks up then pulls back the stock and joins in the shooting. A rocket heads towards them with time freezing again by Max's will then rewinds back to where it started. She looks around for a cultist with a rocket launcher and spots him peeking from a tree line then takes aim and fires thus hitting him in the chest and killing him instantly.
"Good shot!" The woman complemented as more jeeps follow beside them with the woman turning in confidence right before looking ahead then sees a blockade full of trucks with heavy machine guns on the back. Before they can fire, something makes them explode as the car they are in plows through them. Chloe looks up to see a helicopter with David aiming his M249 on the side firing at the Cultists joined by another swarm of helicopters as well.
"Did anyone call for air support?" A German accented voice asked on the radio.
"Always have to be dramatic huh?" She replied as the soldier gives a brief laugh. The soldier in the cockpit is wearing a pilot helmet with a visor and balaclava also has a light green vest and long sleeved shirt and jeans alongside a German flag patch on the side. He turns to David.
"Where to?" The soldier asks.
"Blackwell Academy. North up ahead."
Blackwell.
The jeeps park up in front of the school with the soldiers heading out as civilians look on in awe at all of them. Max is glad that Rose and James are safe despite everything James has done even Chloe but never chose to forgive James for what he did to Sera who just wanted to see Rachel. Seeing him again just feels like this is all a dream to her sometimes, a really bad dream. They head out of the jeep with the woman following them in the process. Landing on the rooftop is the helicopters and David heading out of the soldiers. She turns to the group behind them with hands on her hips as Chloe checks her out. Of all the women she's seen in her life, she adds her to the third most hottest with Rachel being number one.
"I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Taina Pereira, most of my friends call me Caveira. I'm a member of team Rainbow, we're an international counter-terrorist unit made up of the best operatives." Caveira introduced herself with the blue haired girl gawking at the special forces soldier seeing her in full form. Even though she's probably older than her, Chloe has to admit that she's hot as hell and looks something straight out of those military pinup posters...if they were realistic. Plus the skull paint on her face is an added bonus to add to that. Max on the other hand thinks Caveira looks something straight out of an action movie from the eighties but she did save their lives meaning she's on their side.
"Nice to meet you Taina. I'm Max and this is my friend Chloe." Max introduced herself and Chloe. Caveira's eyes widen hearing this names before much to her shock remembering a Patricia Caulfield from US Army Rangers also the fact she mentioned a girl named Max before and Chloe. The BOPE operator soon realizes that she's meeting face to face with the niece of the woman she had a one night stand with. No doubt that this is the Max Patricia was talking about and the freckles scream that they're related.
"Wait a minute...Maxine Caulfield?" Caveira gasped at the mere mention causing Max to raise an eyebrow.
"Yeah...wait, how do you know my full name?" The brunette replied confused.
"I know your aunt. Patricia Caulfield, she was...or almost a member of team. She has a way with the filhotes-especially when I'm one of them." She responded flirtatiously remembering their time together causing confusion with Max but makes Chloe chuckle. Patty was always the fun aunt who played with the two a lot and even is Max's godmother too. Her loose cannon personality still inspires Chloe till this day and it wasn't surprising that she's gay and got some tail. An added bonus is that Chloe knows Portuguese or a little bit of it since she heard it a lot in school prior to her expulsion. Alongside an added bonus was that Rachel taught her some of it.
"Uh...what? Chloe, you know what that means?" Max asks her causing Chloe to give a small chuckle and roll her eyes. The brunette puts two and two together realizing what she was talking about alongside the realization. This doesn't surprise her at all knowing how her aunt acts, especially how she oozes with charisma too. She wishes to be like her one day too but she can't flirt for her life and is way too introverted. Her thoughts are interrupted by the sudden appearance of David walking beside the soldier who is wearing black body armor with a white shoulder pad that has the staff of caduceus on it meaning he's some kind of medic.
"We meet at last in person. I'm Gustave Kateb but my friends call me Doc." He introduced himself while shaking Max's hand before being joined by the man with the pilot helmet with goggles and green hoodie sweater and jeans as more soldiers join in alongside the hazmat lady who saved them as she takes off her mask. The three feel overwhelmed seeing the soldiers alongside the Arcadian Bayers who are vastly outnumbered by the cult and out of the blue, these guys arrive. But it was nice to know the government responded despite being marooned here. Although David knows that they're secret as he heard of them before during his service after becoming friends with Craig Jenson who they called Blackbeard in his days. Gustave motions towards them.
"That's Lera Melnikova aka Finka and Marius Streicher aka Jager. We're members of a cover CTU called Rainbow which I'm sure I already explained on the radio. We've been sent to capture Melissa Gearhardt of Eden's Gate after they sent an undercover agent in our ranks to brainwash us with an unknown gas." Gustave introduced and explained their presence here in Arcadia Bay.
"Well I'm glad you guys are here. We're just rising up against these jackasses and you're the needed boost against them." David thanked them. Gustave looks around for a moment observing Blackwell. He's heard stories of the prestigious school from Blackbeard who graduated from her and Zofia who visited the place once with her father during a stay at America. The GIGN medic is astonished at the sight of the place seeing it as more of a college than a highschool while observing the civilians who are barely armed with just few stolen assault rifles and cops among them.
"It looks like that indeed we are. I take it that this is the base of operations?" Finka asks assuming that the school is big enough to sustain an entire small army of Resistance fighters which she has seen in the past but this is different. She wondered why were they sent in the first place although Six assumed it was a terrorist attack, stuff like this should be Ghost Recon's problem.
"Our base of operations is Pan Estates up north from here. This is an outpost we just liberated where they forcibly draft students for their army." Chloe explained much to the team's disgust right now. They've heard cases where cults would abduct children and force them into joining them but this was something else, this was drafting. It sickens them knowing they have to shoot children who have lives ahead of them. Jager has done it before when a teenager was recruited by the White Masks who are a terrorist group and supplied him the tools necessary to shoot up the school which Bandit had to put him down considering that it was an act of mercy due to the fact he would arrested and his life would be over.
"Disgusting..." Caveira sneered imagining what they are doing to them. Gustave looks at the team who share the same sour expression on them then sighing in sadness. Max and Chloe feel the same way forgetting that the cult just abducted friends along the way meaning they have to watch their fire.
"We'll set up our equipment for the time being." Marius stated before he motions the men to come with him. David, Max, and Chloe watch as they walk towards their jeeps and getting their respective gear out in the process. David turns to the two girls and motions them to come with him towards the school which they follow him into. The veteran turns to them quickly.
"Max, Chloe. I'm putting out a warning: Don't trust these guys." David warned them causing Max to tilt her head and Chloe to raise an eyebrow. They just saved their lives and now David tells them not to trust them at all. Plus to them, they seem like badasses too. But David knows that there is something fishy when a unit he's never heard of consisting of different CTU's comes to Arcadia Bay.
"Um...why? They just saved our lives and there badasses too." Chloe replied.
"Because they're black ops that's why. I've seen stuff like this before and it's probably some kind of CIA thing going on and you know what the CIA does when something like this comes to pass." He explained causing Max's eyes to widen while Chloe is confused but her eyes widen as well.
"Oh shit...they kill the witnesses? Like we see in the movies?" The blue haired girl gasped.
"Yeah. I think Eden's Gate is tied with the CIA and this is their cleanup crew of operatives to erase evidence and when they're done, they'll go after the town next." David continued as Chloe sighed.
"Great. One problem solved and now another will take its place. Anyone have tickets to Russia or Cuba when this is all over?" Chloe sarcastically asks them. Max shakes her head in disbelief that they would be doing this but she remembers how her aunt was a member or at least, a failed member of team Rainbow. Perhaps she can talk to them but she hasn't talked to her for a long time in fact. A very long time too since the last time she's heard of her was that she was homeless so her dad, Ryan, had to work out an intervention for her and she ended up joining the Hope County Sheriff Department right before silence.
"Maybe Patty can talk to them when this is all over." Max suggested grabbing the two's attention as Chloe remembers how her aunt slept with Caveira meaning she has direct ties with the group. The blue haired punk sighs in relief knowing she can talk to them and compromise.
"Oh thank God. The only time a booty call saved someone and not get them in trouble.." Chloe commented as David looks left and right at them in confusion right before stepping forward.
"Who's Patty?" David asked feeling so lost right now. Max's eyes widen trying to explain it to David with different roots in her explanation whether to say she was an ex-Rainbow member or she slept with an operator who seems to be into knife play. Chloe looks back at Max then to David as the brunette rubs her arm and taps her foot patiently trying to come up with something.
"She's my aunt...and she was a member. One of them said she was and she also slept with her too." Max explained much to David's relief as he closes his eyes then sighs.
"Thank goodness..." David sighed in relief before the door slams open revealing a man in damaged clothing. His face is dirty from what appears to be dried blood on him alongside his tattered garments and pants showing signs that he has been through hell. David's eyes widen before he runs towards him alongside Max and Chloe to whom they catch from collapsing on the ground. The man breaths heavily before Chloe opens the door quickly causing everyone to turn to them seeing that he got in without being seen by the Resistance members. He clutches David by the shoulder while coughing.
"They're...they're using Two-Whales...and town square...as training grounds..." He spoke before passing out as Gustave and a couple of other soldiers carry him off. Caveira walks in upon hearing his entire words. The BOPE operative remembers how training grounds tend to have intel in them since they would heavily secured. At this point, there's no Six to tell them what to do and all orders come from David himself. She remembers Blackbeard talking about a man named David but she can't confirm that this is indeed him though. She walks up to David getting his attention.
"Permission to infiltrate? I have done stuff like this before." Caveira asked him making David scoff.
"Permission granted. Once you free the training grounds, Max and Chloe will give the give the signal once we have it under our control so they're coming with you." David responded causing the Brazilian to nod back. He's seen her in action and the skills she showed when they were captured meant that Max can be a magic bullet for the Resistance seeing how she took out brainwashed police officers as she knew they were going to do next. Caveira looks at the two in worry before nodding back at David.
It felt strange for Chloe to drive another car due to the fact she's used to the one she has but it's back at the Amber household where the Peggies have taken over. Although with team Rainbow's special training, perhaps they've been cleared out and it's just there waiting for its driver. She'll have to wait until this region of Arcadia Bay is free though but she does love this new buggy they have. Max sides beside her in the passenger seat while Caveira is on the heavy machine gun on the back. It was nice feeling the breeze against their hair. Too bad the radio keeps blasting cult music like Oh The Bliss which annoys the living hell out of three of them. The cult songs remind them of those songs they'd make kids in Catholic schools sing but cult style although Chloe did find them catchy at the start. Caveira on the other hand sees this as a first impression that this cult has a lot of money to do such a thing given the amount of members that just invaded Arcadia Bay.
"The fact they had time and money to make songs just makes me think of that cult in America with those celebrities and they believe in aliens. Who were they anyway? I forgot." Caveira asks getting Max's attention. Max tries her best to remember but she knows what she's saying remembering that some actor that starred in those spy movies and that one movie where he was caught in a time loop during an alien invasion. She taps her chin trying to remember since they have been on the news lately but don't seem to be a threat unlike Eden's Gate but they do have a navy as they claim that they are a religion but what kind of religion has an army? It comes to her mind already.
"It's the Church Of Scientology." Max answered causing Caveira to nod upon the realization. Ash told stories about them back them alongside Valkyrie but it was mainly them making fun of the church a whole lot. But that religion brings back memories of Santa Muerte in Bolivia how they used salvation to gain what they wanted. Although cults exploit women, this doesn't seem to do it at all which she gives props to that. They hear screaming in the distance causing Chloe to stop the buggy. Caveira smirks at the sight as they overlook Two-Whales Diner with people being forced to shoot in front of it before pulling the slide of her pistol.
