Rainbow Six: Undercover

Act II

Chapter 21

A Tempest Brews and Hope Returns

"Mike my family is at stake I have to save them!" Ela yelled into the phone.

"Ela you need to calm down and think about this. Its clearly a trap. Vanguard is trying to use your family to lure you in. Wait for us to catch up to you and we'll take him down together." Mike said being patient with her.

"I won't stand for this."

"Yes, you will. Do not pursue Vanguard until we can make our way back. That's an or…."

Ela hung up the phone before Mike could complete his sentence and handed it back to Six.

"Before you say anything, you will follow Mike's directions. I understand how dire the situation is for you, but we need to plan before we go in guns blazing. Are we clear?" Six said pointing at Ela.

"But…"

"No buts. We work as a team. If you want any hope of saving your family, you're going to need all of us by your side. It'll be suicide if you go by yourself."

"I can handle myself…"

"End of discussion Ela. No more arguing."

"Yes ma'am." Ela scowled.

Six's phone began to ring again.

"Hello?"

"Director Six! I'm returning your call. It's been a while since we've last spoke."

"Specialist Chavez! Its so great to hear your voice again."

Ding Chavez used to be a specialist in Rainbow Six taking on many dangerous missions when John Clark had founded Rainbow and was the first Director Six. Now he's been using his political science degree to establish a career in politics with Interpol.

"I see you're in a bit of a predicament with the UN?"

"Yes. It's been a rough month for us. I need your help Ding. The UN has Rainbow on its knees over false charges and I need to clear our name before we're shut down permanently."

There was a moment of silence between the two.

"Alright. I'll help you. But you owe me big time when this is all over. Make your way to Paris. I can meet you there and we'll figure how to save Rainbow."

"Thank you this really means a lot."

"You can thank me after this is all over."

Six hung up her phone.

"Marius."

"Yes Six?"

"New destination, Paris. My contact came through. Looks like we have a chance of proving our innocence."

"Yes, ma'am." Marius said as he guided the vehicle along the Russian country side.

Ela stared out the car window watching trees whip past them. She was worried about her family. The more time she spent in the car driving the crazier Ela began to feel.

Eventually the squad stopped at a truck stop.

The operators left the SUV to take a break from sitting. Ela made her way toward a pack of busses searching for a more direct way to Poland. She could care less about Paris and Rainbow Six. All that mattered was her niece's safety and Vanguard getting a well-deserved bullet in his skull. She looked at the destination of the busses and found one going from Moscow to Minsk, Belarus.

It was good enough for her.

She slipped onto the bus without anyone noticing and took a seat. She saw her team from her window walking back to the SUV. She felt bad leaving them behind, but she had more important matters to handle and she didn't want them slowing her down.

"Where do you think you're going?" A voice said from behind her.

She turned to see Dominic taking a seat next to her to box her in.

"Dominic?"

"Is this the tour bus to Paris?" Dominic asked sarcastically.

"Maybe. Maybe not."

"Elzabieta, don't fuck with me."

Ela discreetly pulled out her pistol and pushed the barrel into Dominic's torso.

"You shouldn't have tried to stop me." Ela said to him coldly.

"This is rather unprofessional of you Ela." Dominic joked.

"I have to save my family Dominic. I don't have time to sit and wait for blue team."

"You can't go alone Ela. Vanguard will do some serious damage to you if you go without us."

"It's the risk I'm willing to take."

The doors on the bus closed and the bus began to move.

Ela pulled back the hammer on her pistol.

"Think carefully about your next move Dominic."

Dominic stared into her bright green eyes.

"I'm not the only one who should be thinking." Dominic said to her sternly.

The two operators sat on the bus in their silent personal standoff. They stared angrily at each other as the bus moved back onto the highway. Dominic glanced out the window behind Ela.

"Oops. Looks like its too late for me to get off the bus now. Guess you're stuck with me." Dominic said with a devilish smile.

Ela rolled her eyes and concealed her pistol back in its holster. She stared out the bus window. Dominic closed his eyes and eased back in the bus seat getting comfortable.

"Was this all part of your plan?" Ela asked.

"Kind of. I knew if I couldn't get you off this bus then I could at least come and help you, so you wouldn't be alone. I just didn't account for you pulling a weapon on me."

Ela chuckled and leaned back in the bus seat closing her eyes.

Vanguard thought he had the upper hand taking Ela's niece.

Little did he know he was wrong.

All he had done was awaken the Bosak Tempest that Ela once was and filled her with a terrible resolve.

…

Lera's eyes fluttered open. Her head pounded, and the side of her head felt sticky from laying in a small blood pool. The room spun around her. She looked over to Mark, who was struggling to stand. She stood up to her hands and knees using the counter next to her to lean on but couldn't stand.

"Lera… what's happening to me?" Mark mumbled.

Lera couldn't speak. It was as if she had forgotten how to talk.

Her hand slipped off the counter and she fell on her face.

She heard footsteps rush over to her.

"Finka? Finka? Are you okay?" The person asked. It sounded like a guard. Lera didn't answer him.

"Something feels so right about this for some reason." Lera thought to herself.

The guard helped Lera to her feet. She leaned against the counter and stared at Mark's jammer. It continued to hum away as it sent out its frequency.

"Lera, talk to me. Tell me what's wrong." The guard commanded.

"No urge to comply? My body should be forcing an answer but its not. Could it be?"

Lera balled up her fists.

"I have control?"
She reared her fists back.

"I HAVE CONTROL!"

Lera punched the guard in the stomach as hard as she could sending him to the floor. She lifted her boot and curb stomped his face. His face caved into his head with a loud crunch like she was squishing a bug.

"Mark?"

"Help me up please." He said reaching out his arm.

Lera helped him up.

"Mark, your jammer stopped the nanobots from working."

Mark laughed.

"Would you look at that. Another counter to the blue team." He said with a smile.

"Don't let it get to your head. We need to get out of here before more guards get here."

"You're right, lets go."

Mark went to exit the room and fell to his knees clutching his head grimacing.

"Lera… I think I'm losing control" He muttered.
"Mark come back to me." Lera commanded reaching out her hand.

Mark crawled back to her and took her hand. She dragged him back toward the jammer.
"We have to stay in the radius of the jammer to stay in this state."

"So, what do you purpose we do?"

"You carry the jammer. I'll cover you. Let's get to the prison and help our friends." Lera said stealing the guard's side arm.

"Understood." Mark said picking up his jammer.

The two operators stealthily moved through Hereford base past guards. The security got beefier as the operators got closer to the prison. Eventually they made it inside undetected. They moved down the basement of the building where the jail cells were. As they moved down the stairs they could hear men crying out in pain.

Finka and Mark stacked up on the door.

"You ready?"
"Do it."

Finka slowly opened the door. The sight before her shocked her.

Three guards and a man in a white lab coat stood in front of Timur and Shurat. The two Russians were bloodied from blunt force trauma. The other operators cowered in their cells unable to help their comrades.

Standing over Timur and Shurat was Taina and she looked very angry.

"This is what happens when you disobey our orders. I told you not to help your friend and this is what happens." The man in the white coat said as he watched Taina beat down the two operators that saved her life earlier.

Lera raised her pistol and walked into the middle of the jail with Mark behind her carrying the jammer. As she moved forward she watched Elias clutch his head and fall to his knees.

"Elias? What's wrong?" Monika said squatting down to help him.

Lera noticed Ryad, Grace, and Olivier drop to their knees grimacing in pain.

"Freeze." Lera said to the guards.

The guards drew their weapons and took aim at Mark and Lera.

"Finka. Stand down." The man in the white lab coat commanded thinking she was still under their control.

"Not a chance." Lera said with a wicked grin.

The man in the lab coat noticed the jammer in Mark's hand and put two and two together. He smiled at the operators' wit.

"Guards…"

"No." Taina said cutting off the man in the white lab coat. She smiled psychotically at Lera. "She's mine now."

"What did you do to her?" Lera asked stepping back slowly.

"We quadrupled her dosage of domestication nanobots and performance enhancing nanobots. We wanted to see the maximum amount of nanobots an operator could handle at once in the field." The man in the white lab coat explained.

Lera's face turned pale as she stared at Taina. Lera could see Taina's hands trembling and her rapid breathing. Her pupils were pin point. Her tan skin was slightly pale.

Taina looked completely out of her mind.

Poor girl. She's high out of her mind on nanobots with absolutely no control of her body. Her already broken mental state plus a quadruple dosage of nanobots explains why she's super aggressive. Lera thought to herself.

"Mark, protect the jammer. I'll take care of Cav. If we lose your jammer, then the nanobots in our heads will regain control." Lera said tossing her pistol out of the room. She didn't want to end up shooting her teammate.

"Copy that." Mute said stepping away from Lera and Cav.

Lera and Mark were not dressed for a fight only wearing their white lab coats and scrubs.

Caveira sprinted toward Lera with lightning speed and punched through Lera's defense hitting her in the mouth. Lera fell backward holding her face. Cav then put her eyes on Mark who was standing in the open with a jammer in his hands completely defenseless.

"Uh oh." Mark said as he began to back pedal away from her.

Caveira charged at Mark but when she came into range of him she screamed and held her head halting her attack. She quickly retreated away from Mark.

"Lera, the jammer is disrupting Caveira's nanobots!"

Lera struggled to her feet and spat a glob of blood out of her mouth. She wiped the blood off her mouth and stared at her opponent who had an evil smile on her face. Caveira charged at Lera again and brought on a wave of punches. Her strikes were way too fast for Lera to block. Lera took countless numbers of punches to the face and stomach. Caveira ended her combination of punches with a round house kick to side of Lera's head which knocked her to the ground again. Lera could see stars dancing around her.

Timur and Shurat looked up at the three guards who were too busy watching the fight. The two Russians looked at each other and nodded as if they could read each other's thoughts.

"Lera! Defense! Keep your hands up!" Mark said thinking his coaching was helping her.

"How's about you fight her and I hold the jammer." Lera grimaced as she struggled to her hands and knees.

"Nah you look like you have things under control."

Lera was met by Caveira's strong right knee to her nose knocking her onto her back. She felt blood drip out of her nose and also down the back of her throat.

Shurat and Timur let out a rebel war cry and charged the three-armed guards who weren't paying attention to them. Timur reached for one guard's side arm and fired at the guard adjacent to him downing him. Shurat knocked out the third guard in one punch. Timur aimed the last guard's own pistol at his temple and fired killing him instantly. Timur then aimed the pistol at the man in the white lab coat's knee cap as he was trying to run away and shot him. He screamed in pain fell.

"You're not going anywhere." Timur said to him.

Shurat charged to Lera's rescue. He put Caveira into a chock hold but was met by a swift back kick to the testicles.

"Jesus Christ Caveira…" The big Russian squeaked holding his private area and fell over.

Lera jumped to her feet and was immediately met by Caveira's fist to her face knocking her bac down again.

Lera laid on the ground trying to catch her breath while Caveira stood over top her looking as if she were enjoying the brawl and the strength she was feeling.

"We can't beat her… she's too strong… and fast." Lera said between breaths.

"I have an idea." Mark said looking at Caveira. Caveira met his gaze.

Mark charged Caveira with the jammer. Caveira began to back pedal away from Mark. She turned to Timur who was looking at the man in the white lab coat. Timur turned to see Caveira running straight at him.

"No no no no no damn it Mark what are you doing?!" Timur said back pedaling with his pistol in hand. Before Caveira could land a blow Timur took aim at a random jail cell and with superior precision shot the lock off the cell door. Timur was then met by a punch to the gut and a knee to face sending him to the ground.

His pistol skittered across the floor.

Caveira saw the pistol and went to reach for it but something gripped her shoulder and threw her backward. She fell to the floor but summersaulted to recover. Elias and Monika stood between Caveira and the firearms on the ground. Soon, Lera, Timur, Shurat, Elias, Monika and Mute with his jammer made a circle around Caveira.

Caveira giggled excitedly to herself as she looked at the operators that surrounded her.

"Now this is going to be fun." She muttered getting into a fighting stance.

The operators exchanged nervous glances with each other.

They all attacked Caveira at the same time and Caveira made fools out of all of them.

Caveira combat rolled out of the way and kicked Elias in the back of the knee sending him down to one knee right as Lera was mid swing on a punch which instead of hitting Caveira hit Elias in the side of the head. Monika went to round house kick Caveira but ended hitting Shurat. Timur ended up running into Mark knocking him down. Luckily the jammer didn't break.

Caveira then began to finish off her attackers one by one while they were all stunned. She kicked Elias in the face while he was on the ground, pulled Lera's lab coat over her head so she couldn't see and elbowed her in the face knocking her to the ground, turned and kicked Monika in the face knocking her down, and judo throwed Timur to the ground, and punched Shurat in the face who was also already on the ground.

Caveira turned to Mark who had made it back to his feet. He stood staring at Caveira in total fear.

Caveira stared back at him. Her tan face glistened with sweat. She breathed heavily trying to catch her breath. Her blackish brown braided hair was a mess.

Mute charged at Caveira with the jammer again. Caveira began to back pedal away from him but Elias, who was still on the ground, stuck his foot out and tripped her. She fell to the ground and began to scooch away from Mark. Shurat dove on top her and pinned her down so she couldn't move. Mute placed the jammer next to Caveira who was now screaming in pain and desperately trying to escape Shurat's grip.

"Fight it Taina! This isn't you! Come back to reality! We're your friends not your enemies!" Shurat urged Taina as she shrieked in pain. He noticed blood began to drip out of her ears. Beads of sweat rolled off of her face along with tears as she continued to resist.

Eventually Taina calmed down. Her pupils which had been pin point began to dilate back to normal. Her hands stopped trembling. Her breathing rate slowed to normal speed.

"Taina? Are you alright?" Timur asked.

Taina stared at him not saying a work. Shurat moved off of her. Taina tried to stand but lost her balance and fell over. Lera caught her in her arms before she could fall.

"Take it slow." Lera said helping her up.

Taina steadied herself using jail cells bars to balance herself. She turned and looked at her teammates who had just saved her.

"You're not going to kill us now, right?" Elias asked part joking part being serious.

Taina nodded sheepishly and looked down at her feet.

"Alrighty then. Now, we have a base to take back."