It had been two weeks since the incident with the hunter and Stryker was finally cleared for duty. She, along with Hemorrhage were called up to meet with Manny Ortega.
"It's good to have you two back in action. Anyway, my staff and I have decided to keep you two as a team permanently. Callsign Alpha Tango, Stryker, you'll be Alpha Tango One, and Hemorrhage, you'll be Alpha Tango Two. I've teamed Agents Kelso and Reed together into Bravo Tango."
"Do we have an objective for today?" Stryker asked.
"You and Hemorrhage will be assaulting a bank just west of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. We've received word that the Hyenas pulled something valuable of the plane wreckage and I want it. Got it?"
"Affirmative. We'll set out immediately."
"Be advised Alpha Tango, we've received word from some of our scouts that you'll encounter three different elite officers. Ba careful, Omaha Actual out."
"Alpha Tango copies all." Stryker replied.
"Hemorrhage, take point."
Hemorrhage had first entered the building. Rounding the lobby, they found the first of many Hyenas. They swiftly cleaned up the 'trash' and moved on. After clearing many floors of hostiles, they encountered their first elite.
"Stryker! Enemy behind a shield!"
"Understood! Deploying turret, deploy your drone!"
Receiving fire from four different places, the elite was eventually overrun.
"Grab the key off of him. We need to move."
"Copy."
As they were clearing rooms, Hemorrhage decided to lighten the mood a little.
"So, uhh, what do you think of my scar. Think chicks'll dig it?"
"Not right now Hemorrhage. We're busy."
"Aww, you won't even call me by my name? mean."
They quickly sobered up when they encountered their second elite guarding the vault door. Letting out a wave of lead, the agents were forced to take cover until he had to reload.
"Cover me! Imma try to break his armor!" Stryker told Hemorrhage over the sound of gunfire.
Hemorrhage emerged from cover and started to lay down covering fire from his assault rifle. He even managed to kill a few. Concurrently, Stryker was putting powerful .300 Winchester Magnum rounds from her Tactical M700 Remington, something she had grabbed while recuperating at the White House. After one-and-a-half clips, she finally broke the chest plate of his armor, it didn't take long to put him down after.
"Glad that's over. Come on, we need to move."
"Alpha Tango come in; do you copy?" Stryker and hemorrhage heard over their comms.
"This is Alpha Tango, go ahead Omaha Actual."
"Be advised, we're intercepting lots of chatter from the Hyenas, listen."
Manny patched them through and soon they were listening to their enemies.
"Roach! We can't let them get the President, if we do, we'll lose all support from the council. Make sure those agents don't leave alive!"
"Sure boss."
After disconnecting, Manny came back over the comms.
"Agents, the Hyenas didn't grab just anything from the crash, they got the fucking President."
The two agents realized that this mission became a lot more important.
They had just entered the bank's main vault.
"Hemorrhage, set up your claymores near the door, I expect that they're gonna try to stop us."
Stryker in the meantime was accessing a computer to locate where they were taking the President. Hyenas were charging to try to stop them. Between Hemorrhage's assault rifle and shotgun blasts and Stryker's marksman and assault rifle fire, they easily stopped them.
"Seal 'em in the vault, that'll keep 'em there!"
Manny soon came over the radio
"ISAC, look for a way out!"
"Searches for a way out have resulted in no options." ISAC responded
"Stupid fucking watch, ok hold on agents, I'm looking at the floor plans."
"Omaha Actual, don't mean to be annoying, but we sure would like to get the fuck out of here." Hemorrhage said very exasperated.
"Okay, on the wall just east of you, place an explosive there, that'll grant access to a ventilation system from where you can escape."
"Copy, appreciate it Omaha Actual."
After moving through the vent system, they made it to an area overlooking a lobby. Filled with hostiles, they quickly emptied the room. Remaining no one but a single person.
"Agents, give him a comms piece, I need to talk to him."
"Citizen! Identify yourself!" Hemorrhage yelled.
"Please, I wanna thank you. The names Andrew Ellis, President of the United States."
