Chapter 3: Escape from NY...
Brooklyn, NY...
In a classified FBI outpost.
In a dark isolation cell, IX or Michael Roland as he now known to be himself as was lying on the cell's only single bed.
But for Michael, his mind is somewhere else, he recollects back a few hours ago.
Flashback...
FBI Office of Colonel Amos.
"Look, I didn't kill Winslow! The man pulled the gun and shot himself, I didn't mean to kill him!"
But Colonel Amos was not buying it.
"Do you expect to believe me that you didn't kill Winslow? Your fingerprints are all over his corpse, even the gun he was shot by had all of your DNA."
"Look, you've got to believe me I-"
"Enough!" Amos sighed, he rubbed his eyes in irritation, "Winslow's murder may be an issue, but you have more things to worry about now Mr. Roland, such as what am I'm about to show you."
Colonel Amos, turned to the large TV, with videos from the motorcade...
In the motorcade, President Sheridan was shot, and the videos start to move frantically as the camera was shaking.
"Stop."
The video paused, and it showed a building in the area.
"Zoom towards the window at the far left, by the window, ninth floor."
The image then shifted to said window, with a silhoullete of a person.
"Enhance the image, reveal to us the assassin."
Michael's stomach feels now it's turning on itself, hoping that what the FBI Colonel was showing isn't...
"There!"
In the final shot, the image of the assassin was clear, it showed the face of Michael holding a M82 Barret.
"Now, you see where your problem is now?" Amos threatened.
Michael's face turned white as his very face is plastered on the image.
'I killed the President?' Michael thought to himself, feeling sick.
"I-I-!" Michael said, the shock was unbearable.
"Now, Mr. Roland all I want from you is who ordered the hit?"
"What!?" Michael said perplexed
"Don't play games with me Mr. Roland! you are now the most wanted man on the planet, and you either cooperate with us or you'll face the consequences." Amos said strongly.
"Look, you've got to believe me, I don't know about this, I've lost my memory, I can't recall a single damned thing in the last 48 hours, all I know is that I ended up somewhere on a beach with only a vault key in Winslow bank, and a bunch of goons wanting me dead for no fucking reason!!" Michael angrily shouted.
Amos looked at Michael silently, judging if he was telling the truth, for a while he then sighed.
"This is getting nowhere, take him to his cell... we'll continue this tomorrow, maybe his time inside will help him 'recall'"
Flashback End...
Michael's mind was racing, he was the killer of President Sheridan.
He didn't want to believe it but his face was now on the FBI's watchlist.
But some part of him tells that there's more to this story.
"I need to get out of here." Michael said to himself resolutely, "Find out what's really going on, and clear my name."
As he finished that sentence, his answer came.
*BOOOOMM!!!"*
An explosion rocked the entire building, Michael felt the slight tremor.
A guard, who was watching Michael's cell was alarmed by the explosion, he called to his radio.
"Hey, what the hell was that explosion!?"
...
"WHAT!!? What do you mean we're under attac-!?"
Then sounds of gunfire and screams were heard as the guard is now fully alarmed.
...
"Copy that, I'll be there right awa-ACK!?"
Seizing the oppurtunity, Michael, through the jail metal bars he reached for the guard who is standing too close, and arm choked him.
The guard struggled to break free from Michael's chokehold but was unable to, soon the guard was knocked unconcious.
"Sorry about this man." Michael said, as he searched the guard for jail keys.
Luckily he found them and unlocked his cell.
Then, he placed the unconcious guard inside the cell and locked him inside.
"Alright, time to get the fuck out of dodge."
(Play XIII Soundtrack: FBI Building)
Michael hears more gunshots as he runs in the hallway, avoiding FBI and hostile intruders as he moved.
Using the airducts and ventilation systems that are in every room Michael uses them to avoid confrontation, each room has at least more dead bodies of FBI agents.
'These guys really want me dead huh?' Michael deadpanned, as he knows that the guys that attacked the FBI are the same ones from the beach and the bank.
Michael makes his way out of the hallways and makes his exit via a large hole in the wall which the attackers came in.
Along the way he had grabbed a pistol, a shotgun, and a M16 commando from an armory.
As he escaped the FBI outpost, he found himself in a decrepit apartment building, which is connected to the outpost.
"Look! He's there, shoot him!!"
"Oh sonuva...!!" Michael cursed as he spots more of his attackers, he starts to engage them in a firefight.
Using his rifle and shotgun, he made good work with the attackers as he started to ascend to the top floor, retracing the attackers' footsteps.
As he reaches to the top with bodies left in Michael's wake, he spots a ladder with a hole blown up top, he can see the night sky above.
"Here's my chance..." Michael said as he starts to climb up.
In Brooklyn's Rooftops...
(Play XIII Soundtrack: Brooklyn Rooftops)
As Michael got out of the building, he looked around to see if anyone is still after him.
"No one's here, good." Michael said to himself.
"Hey! Over here!!"
A female voice caughts his attention, he points his pistol at the direction the voice is.
Who he sees surprised him.
'The woman from the Bank?!'
That said woman, was waiting for him. She's no longer wearing the blue dress, she's now wearing military green fatigues, kevlar, and shoulder and knee pads, though her afro hairstyle is still the same.
"Hey, If you keep standing there, the Mongoose's men will catch up to us, get over here quick!!"
Shaking his head, Michael goes up and approaches the woman.
"Hey thanks uhhh..."
The woman was then mildly shocked.
"So even seeing my face doesn't do anything does it?" She said sadly.
"I'm sorry?" Michael looked confused.
"I can't believe it, you've really lost your memory." She shook her head.
"That's not entirely true, I can still remember some bits and pieces of my memory, but nothing concrete..." Michael shook his head.
"But first of all, who are you?"
"I'm Major Denise Jones, First Officer for General Carrington, ring a bell?"
'Carrington...'
Mini-flashback...
In the middle of the night, on the desert sands. Michael stood in attention as he and an old man meet.
The old man is wearing a military ACU uniform with a military cap to match the camoflauge, the name GEN. CARRINGTON written on the left side of the chest, the old man has a cuban cigar into his mouth.
"Sir!" Michael saluted.
"At ease, Captain..."
Mini-flashback End...
"Carrington, he smokes like a fuckin' chimney." Michael stated unknowingly.
Jones laughed.
"At least your bluntness is still there, and the brain damage wasn't serious, losing your entire memory would've been disastrous for you and for the investigation."
"Wait, what investigation?" this caught his attention.
Jones' face turned serious.
"The General went missing three days ago." Jones started pacing back and forth. "He's been leading a parrallel investigation into President Sheridan's assassination."
"That FBI guy Amos said that it was me that killed President Sheridan." Michael said.
Jones shook her head.
"No, it wasn't you." She sighed, "Look, I know you want answers about who you are but now isn't the time, we need to get out of New York fast!"
Michael nodded "Very well, lead the way."
Jones then led Michael into a high building. "Over the wall."
"Alright here, you may want to use this." Jones then handed a device that has a hook and a rope attached to it, it also has an up and down switch.
"I'll go first." Jones then pointed a device that is the same as his, she then shot it up high in the air.
Then Jones zipped herself high into the building and made it to the top.
"Your turn, Naruto!"
That name then catches his attention.
"What!?"
Shaking his head, he then fired his grappling hook up in the top of the building and started to move up.
As Michael was now on top of the building he said to Jones.
"Naruto?.."
"You never told me your real name back then, during the Gulf War you were the one of the best SPADS operative we've ever had, your name was classified from the rest of us, the only person that knows of your true identity is Carrington. However, you are only known by one name: "Naruto", which is your nickname, the only name that the SPADS know about you."
"You kept talking about the SPADS, what or who are they?"
"The SPecial Assault and Destruction Squads, they are a US Paramilitary group specialized in guerilla warfare, known by few and known only in myth. The SPADS were created during the height of the Vietnam War, as a response to the increasing casualties in the hands of the Vietcong. The SPADS are the best trained, toughest sons of bitches in the planet, the best of the best, and we are the equivalent to a ballistic missile."
The information Jones gave to Michael, now Naruto, was a little overwhelming to digest but he understood every bit of it.
"And I was a part of this group?"
"Look, we can talk more about this later, all I can say is that you are one scary, crazy, tough, unpredictable, relentless, and loyal bastard that everyone liked. And we need to move NOW!!"
Jones' words were finished when a sniper fired at them from a building right across the street.
*ZING!*
"Come on!"
The two ran as more assailants started to come out of the woodwork, dodging bullets and moving from cover to cover.
The night sky was lit by the neon lights and several large TV billboard screens.
""The remnants of the FARC are still at large" said the President of Colombia..." One of the screens, which showed the news where a news reporter talks. "President Alberto Nuñez Garcia declared that the Military will not rest until all FARC insurgents are either dead or captured..."
"In other news, The FBI had found leads on President Sheridan's assassin, which the FBI had refused to elaborate further."
'Wait, why did Amos...' Naruto shook his head as he ran for cover.
The amnesiac was confused as to why didn't Amos release to the media that he was the suspect.
'Maybe Amos believed that I didn't kill Sheridan, or maybe there's more to it than...'
"Hey Naruto!" Jones shouted.
"Yeah?!"
"Here, you know how to use this right?" Jones grabbed a duffle bag nearby and threw it at him.
Naruto catches it and opens the bag, there he finds a SVD Dragunov sniper rifle and a few magazines.
"I hope your sniper skills are still sharp as ever!" Jones said, "I need you to take down those snipers from across us, I'll provide a distraction while you do your thing!"
Naruto nodded, as Jones distracts the snipers by shooting back at them Naruto aimed his sniper at the shooters.
He held his breath...
Flashback...
Sarajevo, Bosnia.
1992
It was nighttime...
Naruto lies in wait for his target, his hiding spot in an empty building on the streets of Sarajevo. His Gepárd GM6 Lynx sniper rifle in his hands
"Gold Eagle, this is Fox-Niner." Naruto said on his comms. "Target is nowhere to be found, over."
"This is Gold Eagle, intel says that the Target is now on it's way to the meeting point."
"Gold Eagle, permission to say that military intelligence is fucking incompetent in their jobs in providing up to date information, it's been 30 hours overdue..."
"Look Captain, intelligence is trying hard to predict what Karadvijč's next moves are, the man's good in covering his tracks and knows he's being watched. Rest assured that the information on the meeting grounds is solid."
"I hope so, this son of a bitch won't get away this time." Naruto growled.
Avner Karadvijč, Naruto's target, is a Serbian Colonel in the JNA who played a crucial part in the Bijeljina massacre, where the victims are mostly Bosniaks.
Karadvijč was considered a target by the US as the Colonel had ties to the Medellin Cartel as Karadvijč had been one of Escobar's connections to the European drug market, and was one of the main people responsible of the Avianca flight 203 bombing, while the Medellin Cartel laid responsibility, the CIA had revealed that Karadvijč was the one that provided the bomb and the schematics on the plane to Escobar himself.
(We're going a little bit of Alternate History here ladies and gents! So don't complain about historical accuracy here, cause this is fanfiction.)
The CIA along with the DEA, wanted to take down Karadvijč and his recently created Drug Cartel before it could be a potential threat, as it was revealed by intel that Karadvijč was planning to smuggle drugs to the US via Iceland and through Canada.
"Gold Eagle, I spot a convoy of vehicles coming from the east." Naruto said as he spots through his scope a group of army trucks and military transport vehicles making their way to the designated target area.
"Are they Karadvijč's convoy?"
"Negative." Naruto replied, "They don't look like Serbian forces, however they are armed and ready."
The convoy then stopped and people started to come out of the vehicles, then they started to offload crates from one of the trucks.
Naruto however, spotted someone which surprised him.
The leader of the convoy, was a woman wearing a white trenchcoat, has white hair and blue eyes.
"Sir, I have a positive ID on the leader of the unknown convoy: It's Koko Hekmatyar."
"Come again Fox-Niner? Did you say Koko Hekmatyar?!"
Koko Hekmatyar is one of the most well renowned weapons dealers in the world. Born at sea, and second in line to the HCLI Corporation, she's a high profile target by other rival corporations.
What makes Koko unique from other Weapons dealers, is her views on her profession as a weapons merchant.
While other weapons dealers such as Viktor Bout do it out of profit, Koko does it in the name of world peace.
Which to Naruto, couldn't understand at first because her profession as an arms dealer contradicts that view.
But Naruto felt that there's more to her than meets the eye.
"100% Gold Eagle." Naruto answered, "Has the mission parameters changed?"
There was silence for a while, then Gold Eagle answered back.
"Negative, your target is still Karadvijč. Hekmatyar is not a priority."
"Roger that." Naruto sighed.
"However, it would be in the SPADS' best interests that Hekmatyar survives, because if there's anything that can happen in deals like this, 50/50 can either go from good to bad."
"So I have to be Hekmatyar's backup?" Naruto questioned.
"Floyd Hekmatyar's HCLI had been one of the SPADS' main suppliers in arms and military logistics. If we help his daughter survive this deal and kill Karadvijč in the process, HCLI will have our support."
"... I see, very well Sir." Naruto didn't like to help shady characters, but if this helps with the mission then so be it.
"I spot another convoy coming from the West, much larger than Hekmatyar's. An armored convoy with 50 to 60 soldiers, and two Soviet Antonov An-26 Helicopters."
"That's Karadvijč." Gold Eagle said, "Alright Fox-Niner, wait until the opportunity presents itself."
And sure enough, the Convoy stopped and Karadvijč stepped out. The Colonel wore a Serbian Officer's uniform with the Colonel rank on his lapel, he wore a red peaked cap and aviator sunglasses
Then the two approached and greeted each other, as both Karadvijč and Hekmatyar started their business.
Naruto sees the business transaction, waiting for the right time. Then he looks at his surroundings and spots a sniper at the far side of his opposite position, his sights aimed at Hekmatyar.
"There's one." Naruto said.
As the deal was going on for a while, then the deal starts going bad finally Karadvijc ordered his men to point their guns at Koko and her crew, the Helis pointing their weapons and searchlights at them as well.
Naruto was concentrating his sniper crosshairs into Karadvijč's head, while also looking at the flag that's on one of the abandoned buildings that's still fluttering.
And then, the flag stopped.
'NOW!'
And Naruto pulled the trigger...
Flashback End...
*BANG!*
The bullet made it's way into the sniper's head and instantly falls to his death.
Then a split second, he fired another shot to the head, and another...
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
As Naruto kept on firing, the more snipers fell. Many of them tried to fight back, but Naruto's near superhuman accuracy were no match, as the snipers were dead long before they could get a decent shot at him.
As the last sniper fell, Jones came out of cover and whistled.
"Now you can see why you're one of the best, no one can aim for the head as fast and accurate as you." Jones patted Naruto's back, Naruto scratched his head in her compliment.
"Thanks."
"Alright, now that the snipers are down, we need to head for the helipad just a few blocks from here." Jones said.
As the two descend down the building, they encountered more enemies.
While they have superior firepower, they are no match for Jones and Naruto's skills in combat as they tore through them with ease.
A few building's away however, a certain lifeguard was waiting for them inside a Helicopter.
"C'mon, where are you guys?" Janet said to herself.
A lot has happened in the last 24 hours for Janet.
Shortly after Naruto was arrested by Amos and the FBI, Janet had been under attack as well.
Mini-flashback...
Janet woke up in a dark and small space, the space was inside of a moving van, bound up hand and feet together with her mouth gagged.
She remembered leaving her house, with the intent of visiting her friend at Brighton Beach about what happened.
Then she remembered a white van stalking her, then she panicked and walked faster.
Then when she went into a corner, she was stopped by two burly men as they held her against her will and placed a cloth doused in chloroform in her mouth, then darkness...
Janet then screamed, moving her legs and tried to kick any surface with her feet.
"Hey bitch! Keep it down there, or we'll make you!!" A voice from the other side said.
"The Mongoose knows you've saved Number IX's life, he has something special in mind for you." The voice laughed evilly.
"I'm sure if anything happens to you, Number IX will come and save you, right?" Another voice said.
"And then we'll spring up the trap for him, and it's goodbye Number IX!"
The two voices laughed, Janet was now scared.
'Michael!' She thought, the man she saved is now in danger.
She need to get out as soon as possible, and warn him.
Then, she felt the van stop.
"Hey! Get out of the way! What are you blocking the road for!?"
Then a few moments later...
*PEW!*
*PEW!*
*BEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee...!!!*
The van horns blare, as the sound continues Janet then hears a clanking sound.
Then, lights came inside, the doors unlocked and Janet saw her savior.
"Are you hurt?" Her saviour, a black woman with an Afro said to her.
"N-no..."
"Can you walk?"
"Yeah..."
"Alright, just let me untie you..."
As Janet is finally free from her constraints, she gets out of the van and follows the woman.
She then sees her kidnappers on the front of the van and sees two dead men, all shot in the head and one of them, who is the driver, has his head on the steering wheel pressing the horns.
Flashback End...
Janet was briefed into what happened by the woman, revealed to be Jones.
Janet was shocked to learn that Michael, or rather Naruto, was a prime suspect in the assassination of President Sheridan.
Of course, Jones told her that Naruto isn't the killer, but Naruto knows the real killer, but due to his amnesia he can't remember.
And because Janet saved Naruto's life, she's now a target as well.
Which is why Janet is in the Helicopter right now.
"I hope Jones got Mi-I mean Naruto out." Janet said, concerned for the anmesiac.
It was not long after Janet saw the two running for the Heli, with the Mongoose's men in hot pursuit.
"Naruto, there's the Chopper!"
"Finally."
As the two get inside, Naruto was surprised when he sees Janet.
"Janet!? What are you doing here?"
"I can explain, but there's no time" Janet said, as she turned to Jones who's the pilot. "Can you get us in the air?"
"I'm an Air Force Pilot, Miss Langstrom." Jones smirked, "I can fly anything."
As the Chopper starts to ascend, the Mongoose's men are firing at them.
"Shit! Naruto provide coverfire!" Jones shouted.
Naruto nodded and with his M16 rifle, he fired at the attackers.
*RATATATATATATA!!!!*
"All right, hold on to your butts!" Jones said as she flies top speed away from the crossfire.
As the three are now far from the Mongoose, they relax.
"My God, I can't believe we made it." Janet slumped.
"Yeah." Naruto sat down beside Janet.
"You guys all right back there?" Jones asked them.
"We're fine Jones, thanks." Naruto grunted.
As the lights of the Big Apple disappear, Naruto went to the shotgun seat of the Chopper, and sat beside Jones.
"Since we're not being chased by mysterious men in trench coats, I think it's time you tell me everything you know about me." Naruto looked at Jones with a serious expression on his face.
Jones sighed.
"Very well, but let me warn you that you never fully disclosed your personal life due to 'personal reasons'. Alright, It all started during our first day of training..."
Chapter 3 END...
OMAKE: What happened during the Bosnian Weapons Deal?
*BANG!*
*Fwwwttt!!*
*CCCHHRRKKK!!*
The sound of a sniper rifle being shot, along with the decapitation/obliteration of Karadvijč's head caught everyone by surprise.
All except one Koko Hekmatyar, The Princess of HCLI, grinned.
"Well, it seems that we have no deal."
Then all hell breaks loose.
*BANG!*
A second shot rang, hitting the hidden sniper targeting Koko.
*BANG!*
A third shot hits the Helicopter cockpit, killing the pilot causing the Heli to descend and crash into the ground, exploding and killing a few soldiers in the process.
*BANG!*
A fourth shot hits a convoy truck, hitting the gas tank...
*BOOM!*
*BANG!*
Fifth shot, target: second truck, gas tank.
*BOOM!*
The explosions caused chaos within the Serbian convoy, giving Koko enough time to signal her group to engage.
Koko's bodyguards came out of their vehicles: Lehm, Valmet, Wiley, and Mao with their assault rifles and fired.
*RATATATATATA!!*
*RATATATATATA!!*
The sudden attack by Koko's guards caught the Setbian troops by surprise, many tried to fight back but couldn't as the chaos and confusion, as well as the loss of their Commanding officer broke their morale.
As a result, the remaining Serbian troops scattered, fleeing from the area.
After the fight, the number of casualties results that out of 60 of Karadvijč's troops, 43 were killed, two convoy vehicles destroyed, and two Antonov AN-26 Helicopters destroyed.
No one from Koko's group were killed or injured.
"All right, It seems that this is a failed venture, move on to the next one!" Koko cheerfully said as she skipped her way to her vehicle.
When her convoy starts to leave, Koko, with Valmet beside her, she was looking at her binoculars outside the city.
"Koko, what are you seeing?" Sofia Velmer AKA Valmet asked her employer/friend.
Koko was looking through her binoculars at a single building, she spots a man coming out of that building holding a sniper rifle case.
Koko concentrated on the man, she sees that the man is blonde, with blue eyes, and fox whisker-like marks on his cheeks, and he wore a SPADS combat uniform.
Koko smirked.
"Nothing Valmet, just something caught my interest that's all."
'I have a feeling we'll meet each other again in the future, looking forward to it.' Koko thought to herself.
OMAKE END.
Okay, now you see that Naruto have more real and fake Identities.
1. Number IX
2. Michael Rowland
3. Naruto
4. Nathan Fly
There will be more of these identities as the story progresses.
Here is my harem list, not really a definite final list as the list can change as time goes on.
Naruto Harem:
1. Maj. Denise Jones (US Air Force/SPADS) (XIII)
2. Cpl. Janet Langstrom (Fmr. US Army Medic, lifeguard) (XIII)
3. Rosarita "Roberta" Cisneros (Fmr. FARC Guerilla/Assassin) (Black Lagoon)
4. Sgt. Seras Victoria (SAS Commando Sniper) (Hellsing)
5. Capt. Mikasa Ackerman (US Marine Corps MARSOC/SPADS) (Attack on Titan)
More to come
If you notice, there are military ranks associated with them, because I kinda liked tough as hell girls being with someone as Naruto.
Naruto's moral alignment: Gray.
Naruto's background.
Joined the US Marine Corps in 1984 at the age of 16, lied about his age being 18, but was shortly transferrred to SPADS after training due to his outstanding performance in boot camp.
Accomplished Sniper, racked total about 385 kills during his missions in Afghanistan, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, Iran, Costa Verde, Mexico, and Somalia.
Conducted many covert operations behind enemy lines.
Can speak Russian, Spanish, Chinese, French, and German.
Discovered a lost Treasure chest during a mission in Mexico, containing gold bars and silver coins dating back to the Mexican Revolution.
Helped in conducting a revolution in a small Latin American nation.