Chapter 10: Nuclear
Volker looked into the passenger area of the Blackhawk helicopter as civilians entered, visibly terrified. Viktor entered, his Desert Eagle holstered and his daughter being carried in his arms as he proceeded to comfort her. Viktor's wife, Angelina burped their infant son as the civilians were finished being loaded. Task Force 141(minus Rogue) and Shadow Company entered the helicopter and pulled the bay doors shut.
"Who're those ba-" Volker started, realizing that he was in the presence of children.
"Don't try and censor yourself Volker, this is too dire of a situation." Alex told Volker, who nodded in response.
"They are Shadow Company. They came here looking for Victor Zakhaev." Ghost told Volker as he and Roach lifted the helicopter off of the ground.
"Where to?" Roach asked.
"South, out of Verdansk. Double time." Price told the pilots of the helicopter.
"We'll make it triple, sir." Volker replied, directing the helo to the South.
Volker accelerated the helicopter, causing it to quickly fly South, towards Tavorsk Park. The helicopter accelerated more, quickly passing over Tavorsk District and nearing the park.
"Hey, slow down, you're going too-" Roach began to tell Volker, only to be interrupted by the nose of the helicopter beginning to pitch up as the aircraft began to shudder.
The helicopter began to fall, the momentum keeping it moving. Volker and Roach glanced at each other, Volker in a guilty grimace, before looking back to the passenger area.
"We're goin' down!" Volker shouted, causing the passengers strapped into the seats to brace for impact.
Rogue leapt through the closing door of Bunker 10, combat rolling when he impacted with the cold, stone floor of the bunker. Rogue drew the Gavel, his custom Desert Eagle, and continued into the bunker as the doors shut behind him, enveloping him in darkness, his only source of light being the flickering lights in the ceiling. He walked forward, pistol drawn as he descended down the steps, finding himself in a messy computer room, empty. He observed the room, finding closed elevator doors at the end of the room and not much else. He grumbled and walked forward, looking to his left and finding a hallway leading to another computer room with Victor Zakhaev himself inside.
"Yes, Raul. I will get your next supply in by the end of the week. Yes, the usual." Zakhaev said, talking to someone over the phone.
Rogue hid behind a corner in the hallway, checking his Fitbit's timer, finding that there were only three minutes left. Rogue mounted the Gavel on the corner, aiming the weapon at Zakhaev, but finding a window next to a large cold-war era computer console, showing a ballistic missile, most likely containing a nuclear warhead. Zakhaev looked behind him, causing Rogue to hide behind cover. He heard footsteps inching closer and the sound of a Desert Eagle being unholstered.
"Come out, Price. Let us settle this like men." Zakhaev called out, thinking that Rogue is John Price.
"Yeah." Rogue said, emerging from cover and aiming his Desert Eagle at Victor Zakhaev's head. "Like men."
Mills began to sweat as the helicopter fell closer to the ground, drawing closer to the cliffside of Verdansk. Mills strapped himself in a seat, next to Charly and Shaffer, who was holding his daughter's locket, accepting his fate.
"Here I come, Melissa. Daddy is coming." Shaffer said under his breath, clutching the locket against his chest.
"WE GOT IT!" Volker shouted, the helicopter straightening, mere feet from the ground as Volker tried to ascend. "SHIT!"
The helicopter impacted with the ground, Volker and Roach diving into the passenger area as the helicopter dug deep into the dirt, rattling the people inside and spraying small chunks of dirt across the outside of the vehicle. Mills curled up in a position similar to the fetal position, trying to protect his head. The crashing vehicle slowed to a stop, Ghost, Price, Mills, Lerch and Volker standing up and approaching the bay doors. Ghost and Price tried to pull open the bay doors, but they weren't strong enough.
"Velikan!" Lerch said, motioning towards the door and Velikan unstrapping and approaching the door, beginning to help Ghost and Price pull them open.
The trio pulled open the door as Roach stood up and the passengers unstrapped, approaching the outside. Task Force 141 and Shadow Company exited first, followed by the civilians, and Ghost walked around the helicopter and watched as the war memorial, which was very nearby the crash site, opened, revealing that it was hiding a missile silo underneath. Ghost grabbed his radio and pressed the broadcast button on the device.
"Rurik, if you're going to do something, do it now!" Ghost said, waiting for the missile to emerge from the silo.
Rogue's hand rested on the abort button, pressing it down. The launch had been aborted. Rogue fell to the ground, grabbing his lower chest, blood gushing onto his hand from the wound in his chest. Zakhaev rushed through the door to the right of the console, into the Metro tunnels, making his escape. Rogue crawled towards the hallway, but ran out of strength halfway across the room. He heard the ding from an elevator in the first room of the bunker, the one across the hall. Rogue coughed into his mask three times as a shadowy figure entered the hallway and rushed towards him. He held an M16, which he set down when he neared Rogue. As the figure knelt before Rogue, his vision was enveloped by darkness.
Shaffer watched as Roze planted the last charge on Bunker 10's door, rushing into cover.
"Shaffer, secure the civilians." Price told Shaffer, who rushed back up the stairs and left the outer bunker.
Ghost, Price, Gaz, Alex, Lerch and Velikan got behind cover as Roze took cover at the top of the stairs, holding the detonator, ready to blow the charges.
"Roze, guard the outside of the bunker while we clear the hole." Lerch ordered, met with a nod from Roze. "Spark it!"
Roze pulled the trigger of the M57 Firing Device, and the charges on the door exploded, blowing Bunker 10 wide open.
I'm sorry that this chapter wasn't that great and not very long AND ended on a cliffhanger. But this is the end until Black Ops: Cold War. Technically, this is the end of Armistice, but it isn't the end of the story. And before NO ONE asks, the helicopter crashed because of Retreating Blade Stall, which can be caused by high airspeed. Now, for the Epilogue.
Epilogue
"Three hostiles heading your way, Nik." Farah told Nikolai over the radio.
"Then, keep them out." Nikolai ordered.
Three Al-Qatala soldiers trotted through the tunnels, flashlights on their weapons. Farah drew a knife and prepared to throw it. She whistled at one of the soldiers, attracting his attention to herself, and threw the knife into the soldier's forehead. She approached one of the Metro cars and entered it as an AQ soldier also entered the car. Farah shot the soldier with her AK-47 and hid as the last soldier entered the car, inspecting the body. Farah reentered the car and lit a molotov cocktail, throwing it at the soldier's feet and burning him alive.
"Enemies down. You're clear." Farah told Nikolai.
"Almost done, Farah. Here we go." Nikolai responded, and, seconds later, the lights turned on.
Farah passed through the adjacent train car and approached Nikolai, who exited the control room of the Metro.
"Nice work." Farah told Nikolai, holding her AK-47 and an enemy's AS VAL.
"Same To you. Give the Captain my regards." Nikolai asked of Farah, stopping in front of her.
"Stay. Help us go after Zakhaev."
"I'd rather kill him."
"Good. You'll need this." Farah said, throwing Nikolai the AS VAL.
"Back in the fight." Nikolai said, cocking the AS VAL as he and Farah entered the Metro train.
"Actual, I'm with Nikolai. We're on." Farah said as the Metro train's doors closed and the train left the station.
"Roger that." Price's voice said over the radio. "Bravo Six to Griggs. Stand by to move."
"Copy. Say the word, Captain." Griggs' voice responded.