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After dinner ended, Puck, Artie, and Finn walked outside of their hanger and headed towards the interrogation building. The night air was growing colder and colder as they approached. Saluting the two soldiers guarding the building, Finn opened the door and walked inside, closely followed by Puck and Artie. The three walked down the hallway until they made it to the interrogation room.
"Alright, so how are we going to do this?" Artie asked as they stopped outside.
"I'm thinking we do good cop-bad cop…and Artie." Puck said with a laugh.
"Good one, Puckerman. But seriously, what are we going to do?" Artie asked again.
"Again, we've been given permission to extract information by any means possible." Finn said as he pulled out his pistol from his holster.
"Now that's more like it." Puck said as he opened the door.
The three of them stormed into the room, catching Abida off guard. Puck tilted Abida's chair back, while Finn stuck the gun at his head.
"What are you doing, you stupid Americans?" Abida asked as sweat started rolling down his face.
"Stupid Americans. Bold thing to say when you have a gun pointed at you, huh?" Artie said as he closed the door behind them.
"It doesn't feel good being in the hot seat, is it you ugly piece of shit?" Puck said as he grabbed Abida by the shirt.
"What do you want from me? You're free now." Abida said as he continued to sweat.
Finn cocked his pistol as he continued to point it at his head.
"Okay okay, what do you want to know?" Abida said.
"Where are the nuclear warheads?" Artie said as he slammed his fists on the table.
"I don't know. Saddam never told me." Abida said as Puck loosened his grip.
"Liar." Finn said as he shot him in the leg.
Abida cried out in pain as blood started pouring out of his leg.
"Now I'm going to ask again. Where the fuck are the nukes?" Artie asked.
Finn cocked his pistol again as he pointed it at Abida's leg.
"Alright, Alright. They're in Afghanistan with someone. I don't know who, but that's the truth." Abida said as he held his wound.
"Do you believe him?" Puck asked the others.
"Look at him. He's peeing his pants." Artie said with a laugh.
"So am I free to go then?" Abida asked.
"Good joke. We'll be back." Finn said as he put his gun away and started walking out of the room.
Artie followed, leaving Puck behind. Puck started to walk out of the room when he started to think. He locked the door and walked back over to Abida.
"Wh-wh-what are you doing, Corporal?" Abida asked as he stood up.
"You know, it's funny how you see things from the other side, isn't it?" Puck asked as he walked over to him.
"I told you where the nukes are." Abida said as he backed towards the corner.
"That doesn't mean shit right now. This is between you and me now, you terrorist piece of shit." Puck said as he cracked his knuckles.
Before Abida could say anything, Puck lunged at him and threw him against the table. He started punching him in his face and stomach until Finn and Artie stormed back into the room.
"Puck, we got what we wanted! Let this douche go. He's going to die soon anyways." Artie said as he pulled him off of Abida.
"No, this asshole tortured me and almost killed me. He's mine." Puck said as he pulled away and continued to punch him.
Abida yelled in pain as he tried to curl into a ball. Finn finally pulled Puck off and took him out of the room. Artie handcuffed Abida to the chair and followed.
"Why did you do that?" Puck asked as he caught his breath.
"Because beating him up isn't going to change anything. We've got a job to do." Finn said as he put his hand on Puck's shoulder.
"Dude, come on. You know he deserves it." Puck said as he pushed Finn's hand off his shoulder.
"Easy dude. I know he deserves it, but think about it. You're safe now and we've got him under arrest." Artie said as he closed the door.
"I know, I know. Okay, let's just get this over with." Puck said as he walked down the hall.
The three of them walked back to the hanger, where they gave the commanding officer the information. After being dismissed, the guys went back to their cots and relaxed for the night.
The next morning, Artie and Puck assembled another group of men to go with them into Afghanistan, while Finn went to video chat with Quinn. He did the usual routine until Quinn appeared on the monitor.
"Hey baby." Finn said with a smile as he wiped away the tears and sweat.
Quinn remained speechless. It's the first time she's seen or talked to him since he left Ohio for Iraq what seemed like eternity ago. After sitting silently for a few minutes, she managed to talk.
"Hey babe. How's everything over there?" Quinn said with a smile as she picked up Katie.
"Better, now that Puck's back, but now all three of us are going to Afghanistan." Finn said as he looked at the ground.
"Afghan-Afghanistan? But why?" Quinn asked as she looked at him.
"Well, we captured Abida Malik Zaid and according to him, the nuclear warheads that he has are with someone in Afghanistan." Finn said as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Will you be home after this?" Quinn asked as more tears started to fall.
"I hope so. I miss you and Katie." Finn said as he blew her a kiss.
"I miss you too, baby. I love you and please be safe over there." Quinn said with a smile.
I love you too and I promise that I'll be safe." He said as he wiped away the sweat.
Finn blew her one last kiss and signed off. He rejoined Artie and Puck as they finished selecting their troops for the mission. Looking around, Artie noticed that the soldiers were moderately young. Williams, Higgins, Morris, and Martin were amongst the soldiers that were going as well.
"Now, I'm not going to say that this is going to be an easy mission, because it's not. We're not on some search-and-rescue mission or a frontal assault. No, we're finding weapons of mass destruction." Artie said as he paced back and forth in front of the soldiers.
"Yeah, this is the mother-load of all missions. According to our intel, there's a lot of activity near Kabul. I'll be the first to say that I'm excited for this because I'm ready to end this, but we have to be more cautious then ever before. There are a lot more hiding places in Afghanistan. While we don't know who exactly has the nuclear weapons, we do know where to look." Puck said as he stood up from his seat.
Finn studied some of the soldiers and how they reacted. Some of them were anxious to fight, while others were shaking at the thought that they were going to be the ones to find and stop the weapons of mass destruction.
"Finn, do you have anything else to add?" Artie asked.
"Just one thing. I won't deny that this is going to be a hard mission. While we're familiar with the Iraqi form of fighting, these bastards have their own methods. So when we land and start, be on your guard all the time. Hoo-ah?" Finn said.
"Hoo-ah!" The soldiers said in unison as they stood up.
After the soldiers were dismissed and Puck and Finn went to get some lunch, Artie went over to the computers to try to talk to Brittany. He also did the routine and waited for Brittany to appear. When her face finally popped onto the monitor, Artie almost broke down crying.
"Artie! Oh my God." Brittany said with a smile as she started to cry.
"Hey baby. How are you?" He said as he collected himself.
"Not too good. I can't keep surviving without you here." Brittany said as she wiped away her tears.
"Baby, I'll be home very soon! The three of us have one more mission together." Artie said as he held his hand against the screen.
"You better because you're missing your son's growth. He even said his first word." Brittany said with a smile as she picked Brian off the floor.
"What did he say?" Artie asked as a whole new life filled him.
"Take a listen. Brian, say daddy…daddy." Brittany said as she held her son.
"Da..da…daddy." Brian said as he clapped his hands.
Artie broke down again as he continued to listen to Brian say daddy. After finally calming down, Artie told Brittany how much he loved her and misses her and then signed off.
He rejoined Finn and Puck, who were finalizing their plans for their attack in Afghanistan.
"This is it, guys. We do this and we're going home." Finn said with a smile as he looked at Puck and Artie.
"You're damn right. I have a wedding waiting for me when I get back." Puck said as he went back to his cot.
"And I have a son who can talk now." Artie said as he followed.
"Good point. Well, we're leaving tomorrow so you guys better get some sleep." Finn said as he walked over to his cot.
The three tried to sleep, but the excitement went through their body and filled them with new hope and dreams at the idea of them preventing weapons of mass destruction to be released.
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