"We are back and with another stealth mission, this will be the last stealth mission of CHAPTER 2: RACE. This chapter will also be the start of Wolf's personal mission as someone appears before him"
Chapter 113: Runaway Train
The cloak of night fell over the land of Iraq and flying over a mountain was a Diamond Dogs chopper heading towards the drop off point and inside waiting to begin his mission was Punished Wolf, he was adjusting his new arm which was called 'punch line'.
Wolf's new arm was a guided missile weapon which could be used to knock out enemies in the distance by shooting the arm right at its target and if absolutely necessary he could switch the new arm into an explosive missile to take out multiple enemies, his new sneaking suit was a perfect fit and was the same make as the standard Diamond Dogs suit only this new version was able to hid his body heat from thermal vision and the suit itself was made of a very strong fireproof material.
Once he checked his equipment over he pulled out his idroid to review the mission, his objective was to locate and collect samples of the cargo Cemetery Wind was transporting. This seemed like a standard mission but there were American soldiers helping out with the transportation, with the danger facing Diamond Dogs Wolf was ordered not to be spotted or kill any soldier he came across. Doing so could decide the fate of Diamond Dogs.
"Wolf, This is Miller. I'll be supporting you on this mission I dont think I need to remind you the seriousness of the situation" Miller came over the radio.
"No kills, no alerts seems like something out of a classic game" Wolf simply responded putting his idroid away.
"Only there are no continues, the mission is to locate and extract a sample of the material Cemetery Wind is transporting out of Iraq. Once you have it all you need to do is extract". Miller reminded.
Wolf then pulled out a balaclava which had a reinforced mouth guard. "What about the transport? Are our scouts gonna be following this train?".
"Correct, it may take some time to find out where this train is going but we should be able to get answers before the Emergency Meeting with the UN takes place" Miller stated.
"How long do we actually have?" Wolf questioned as he put the balaclava over his head.
"About forty six hours, we are running against the clock I just pray this is the last stop" Miller sighed.
"Lets hope so" Wolf responded as he finally placed the balaclava over his head and adjusted it and soon his pilot looked back.
"Wolf, landing zone is sixty seconds away"
Wolf quickly got up and opened the side door of the chopper and met the cold air of the night and he looked out to see a railway track in the distance which were leading towards a mountain path, that was his time to board and he had to make sure everything was perfect.
The Pilot looked back at Wolf and noticed he didnt pick up his rifle "Uh Wolf you forgot your rifle".
Wolf looked back at his Pilot "Dont worry got all I need right here" He then made his cybernetic hand to a three sixty spin.
"Alright get ready" Pilot reminded and soon the chopper came over a cliff edge over looking the railway tracks and on que Wolf picked up a piece of equipment which he would need to get on the train, quickly fastening the equipment on his back he finally came to his drop point then quickly jumped off the chopper and landed perfectly on the cliff edge.
"Good luck Wolf" His pilot shouted and then headed off to safety leaving Wolf alone to do his mission.
Wolf slowly stood up and looked over the cliff edge and down to the railway tracks and saw it leading towards the border of Iraq.
"Miller I'm in position whats the ETA on the train?" Wolf called Miller.
"ETA five minutes make sure your ready" Miller stated and on que Wolf knelt down and took the equipment off his back then placed it on the ground and began to put it together. Wolf worked like a man possessed and after a minute he finally had a harpoon zipline ready to use.
Wolf checked it over making sure there was no fault for it but all of a sudden he felt a precence nearby, the world suddenly became silent and in the corner of his eye he could see someone on his left. He slowly looked to his left and standing there in a white sleeveless long dress was her.
Flaming Buffalo was standing there looking out to the plains of Iraq and Wolf dropped his harpoon and quickly stood up as his heart raced seeing her again.
"Sarah..." Wolf said in a panic but Flaming Buffalo was silent for a few moments but soon her voice reached his ears.
"I had no idea until I saw it...no idea you were suffering this much. Leon...living is no different from being dead if you are all alone" Flaming Buffalo's voice echoed.
Wolf took a few steps towards her "Sarah...how are you here".
Soon Flaming Buffalo slowly turned around to him and Wolf saw her beautiful face once again with her long hair resting on her shoulders and her gorgeous eyes looking into his.
"I don't have much time...I cant stay long" Buffalo's voice had sadness in it and she shed a single tear as she looked at him.
"What are you talking about" Wolf rushed to her but Buffalo put her hand up and he stopped.
"You shouldn't be alone Leon, there are those who are willing to help you" Buffalo whispered.
"I...I don't understand" Wolf shed a tear as he couldn't believe she was standing right there talking to him.
"You will understand, come to me...I'm on the beach Leon. Our beach...where our life together began" Buffalo revealed.
"Beach?" Wolf was confused.
"Come and find me" Buffalo whispered.
"WOLF! DO YOU READ THE TRAIN IS TEN SECONDS OUT HURRY!" Miller's voice snapped Wolf back to reality and he looked back to his harpoon on the ground then quickly looked back and saw Buffalo was gone.
"Come and find me?" Wolf whispered to himself and then quickly turned and rushed to the harpoon and picked it up.
"No mistakes" Wolf said to himself as he knelt down looking over the cliff edge and aimed the harpoon down to the lower region. With a deep breath he shot the harpoon and it flew through the air and after a few seconds the harpoon hit its mark above the railway tracks and on que the train came into view as it past through the mountain gap.
"WOLF HURRY!" Miller shouted.
"MILLER CALM DOWN!" Wolf argued as he planted the launcher between two rocks next to him and he prayed it would hold him, he then quickly stood up and moved away from the cliff edge and with a deep breath he ran towards the cliff edge and jumped off.
As soon as Wolf began to fall he used his cybernetic hand and gripped the zipline and started speeding down the zipline towards the train.
Wolf's cybernetic hand began to smoke from the friction of the zipline but his speed was unaffected and soon the train past right under the zipline.
"Come on!" Wolf shouted and soon he was came close to the train then quickly let go as he came over the train and he landed hard on top of one of the carriages and kept himself low and just remained still just in case the sound of his landing was heard.
After a minute of waiting Wolf slowly got up keeping his balance and quickly made his way to a hatch on the carriage he was on, the passing wind made it hard for Wolf to keep steady but keeping himself low as he moved made it a little easier.
The train had six carriages and each one was heavily armoured and would be able to stand against a pull blown assault if anyone dared to try and hijack it but lucky enough there was no soldiers on each end of the carriages standing guard but Wolf didn't need to worry, he soon came to the nearby hatch and pulled it open and quickly jumped in and landed quietly in the narrow carriage.
The carriage was full of weapons ranging from handguns, shotguns and assault rifles all and weapon racks.
"Miller I'm inside the train looks like these guys are ready for war, there's rows and rows of weapons in the carriage I'm in. American and Russian types" Wolf stated.
"I'm not surprised this is a joint effort" Miller responded.
"But is it an official operation approved by the US President?" Wolf slowly walked down the narrow path towards the door leading into the next carriage.
"Thats the million dollar question, we tried contacting the President but all links to him are cut off, possibly interference" Miller guessed.
"Same as always" Wolf ended the call as he opened the door and finally entered the next carriage which was full of rations and other types of military food.
"These guys eat better then us" Wolf whispered to himself as he moved towards the door on the far end and just as he was about to open it he spotted a few US Soldiers patrolling the next area.
"Miller visual conformation on the US Soldiers" Wolf called.
"Roger do not kill any of them, one death could decide our fate" Miller warned.
"How exactly would they know its us?" Wolf questioned as he backed away from the door.
"Because our former clients have past information on us to the US, they know our gear, weapons and how we operate. The only thing they don't know is our location" Miller explained.
"So objective still stands" Wolf questioned as he looked around and spotted another hatch on the ground.
"Absolutely you kill one US or Cemetery Wind soldier its game over" Miller reminded.
Wolf didnt answer as he opened the hatch and saw the tracks underneath the train along with a pipe running along the full length of the train, with no other option he leaned down into the hatch grabbing the pipe wrapping his arms and legs around the pipe and the sound of the train running along the tracks ringed in his ears.
He shimmied across the pipe trying to keep a tight grip on the pipe as he moved forward under the train, the sounds of the train on the railway echoed around Wolf but thanks to Wolf's new balaclava it blocked out the loud sounds around him.
"Come on" Wolf said to himself and soon he managed to reach another hatch, Wolf quickly pulled out his optic cable and placed it threw a small hole of the hatch and saw a Mercenary soldier taking a quick smoke in the bathroom.
The soldier was heavily armoured and was carrying a G44 assault rifle in hand and his armour was very similar to the US Army issue which confirmed these Mercenaries were indeed working along with the US soldiers, Wolf waited for a few minutes and soon the soldier finally finished his smoke and threw it in the toilet.
Wolf watched through the optic cable seeing the soldier leave the bathroom and that was his que, he put his optic cable away then slowly pushed the hatch open. Wolf quickly but quietly climbed up into the next carriage and quickly closed the hatch.
"Miller what can you tell me about Cemetery Wind?" Wolf asked as he planted against the wall peeking his head out the door into the next area.
"As far as we can tell these guys are pros and of course monsters, before they were hired by the group that framed us they carried out missions for anyone. Especially terrorists, they've killed innocent people raided villages you name it they did it.". Miller revealed.
"And the US Soldiers are working with them" Wolf slowly came out of the bathroom keeping to the wall as he moved.
"Like I said we dont know if this was approved by the President" Miller reminded.
Wolf then spotted a soldier coming through the door at the far end but lucky enough a side door of the carriage was next to him, he quickly hit the switch on the wall and jumped out of sight. The soldier on the far end frowned as he saw the side door of the carriage just left open so he rushed to it with weapon in hand keeping an eye on anything out of the ordinary.
The soldier finally came to the side door and looked at the switch next to it. "Huh someone must have forgotten to shut it". He hit the switch and the side door closed and he went on with his business.
Wolf was back outside hanging on the side of the train moving along the carriage with the hard wind hitting him hard but he kept a strong grip as he moved along the carriage until he came to a ladder which would allow him to climb back on to the top of the train.
Soon Wolf was finally on top of the carriage and quickly jumped on top of the next carriage and spotted another hatch in the centre of the carriage he was now on.
"Wolf the cargo should be up ahead, remember we just want a sample. Use the syringe Big Boss gave you, once you have it all he need to do is extract." Miller advised as Wolf quickly made his way to the next hatch.
"Miller be honest with me are we gonna find those responsible before the emergency meeting?" Wolf asked as he opened the hatch and jumped in to a restricted area with alot of sealed containers.
"With the time we got left, its gonna be tight." Miller guessed.
Wolf was about to speak and all of a sudden the door at the far end opened and Wolf quickly took cover behind a container as two US Soldiers entered and Wolf remained silent as he heard them speak as they entered.
"So this weapon our new buddies are talking about, its gonna be used for their boss's death mobile?" One soldier questioned.
"Yeah, apparently its gonna bring the world together and is the best interest for our country" The second soldier stated.
"And the President is ok with this?" The first soldier asked.
"According to the Vice President yes, still makes me nervous but the Vice President is a close friend of the President so I guess we cant question that" The second soldier revealed.
"The Vice President? Is he in charge of this operation?" Miller questioned but Wolf remained silent as he kept hidden behind a container.
"To be honest I am still on edge, the sooner I get away from these guys the better" The first soldier stated as he and his buddy walked through the carriage.
"You arnt alone, sooner I get back home the better" The second soldier agreed as the two walked past the container Wolf was hiding behind and after a few intense moment the two soldiers left the area and through to the next carriage.
"So the Vice President is involved in this shipment, or at least part of it" Wolf stated as he came from behind the container.
"We will try to get more information on the Vice President ASAP, right now locate the container you need and extract a sample of the material" Miller instructed.
"Miller we have less then forty six hours, you sure we can get the people who framed us by them" Wolf didn't sound convinced as he pulled out his idroid to look at the photo of the container.
"We have to Wolf, if we dont...it could be the end of us forever" Miller sighed.
Wolf slowly made his way through the carriage looking at each and every single one seeing if it matched the photo, the container was white and was tightly sealed to prevent any leaks of the material. He kept his eyes peeled as he moved and soon he came to the other end of the carriage and he came to the door and looked through the door window and saw a single container right in the middle of the next carriage covered by a cloth.
"Miller, think I've found it. Looks like they are keeping it in a separate carriage away from their other pieces of equipment" Wolf revealed as he slowly opened the door into the next carriage.
"It must be very unstable, last thing they want is something falling on it perhaps" Miller guessed as Wolf slowly entered and closed the door behind him.
"Please, let this be the final step". Wolf whispered to himself as he slowly approached the waist high sealed container covered under a cloth, he finally came up to it and pulled the cover off and it was a white container matching the one in the photo.
"Looks like this is it..." Wolf then spotted a faded logo on the centre of the container. "Wait a minute".
"Wolf what is it?" Miller questioned but Wolf didnt answer as he knelt down at the container and checked out the faded logo and suddenly his eyes widened as he recognised it.
"XOF..." Wolf whispered in shock.
"What? It cant be they died in Afghanistan" Miller was in disbelief.
"It may not be them, this could be a left over this Mercenary group took for themselves" Wolf suggested as he ran his fingers on the faded XOF logo.
"Wait if that once belonged to XOF that means inside the container is..." Miller's mind started working.
Wolf then looked at the clips on the container, he slowly flipped them up unlocking the container and he slowly opened it and inside was a brown boiling liquid sealed in a seethrough glass container and his eyes widened.
"Metallic Archaea..." Wolf confirmed what he was seeing.
"It cant be...is this part of their plan?" Miller questioned.
Wolf looked down at the boiling liquid and after a few moments he shut the container and sealed it.
"Wolf what are you doing?" Miller questioned.
"We don't need a sample, we know what it can do." Wolf then chucked the cloth over the container.
"Wolf the mission is to take a sample, this may be a stronger version" Miller argued.
Wolf shook his head "We have less then forty six hours, we find out who they are now. I'm staying on the train".
"Wolf no! get the sample and get out of there, our scouts will follow them" Miller ordered.
"If I leave we lose the chance of finding out where they really are" Wolf stated as he walked back to the door leading into the carriage he came from.
"Wolf I am ordering you to get that sample and leave the train!" Miller's voice carried wieght.
Wolf soon entered back into the next carriage and closed the door behind him "Sorry Miller, I aint coming back. Not yet...".
He then deactivated his radio cutting off communication and then found a large crate in the corner right behind other crates and decided to hide behind there until the train reached its destination.
Punished Wolf abandoned his original mission and began a new one, to locate the enemies main Base of Operations and find the final piece to end this war once and for all.
"Come and find me..." Buffalo's voice echoed through his ears again and he closed his eyes as he remained hidden in the shadows, waiting for the train to reach its destination.
He was now on his own, a lone Wolf in the desert.
43:00:00 UNTIL EMERGANCY MEETING
"Wolf has abandoned his mission and decided to take matters into his own hands and is seeing the ghost of Flaming Buffalo once again, with forty three hours remaining there is no time to wait around, Wolf is determined to find the threat once and for all. Big question is will he succeed and how will Big Boss react to Wolf's decision. Who will he send after him? We will find out shortly.