2 years earlier before World War 3
Training grounds, North Carolina
The first all female special forces platoon is training in the dense region near Fort Bragg as it is full of shrubs,bushes and trees, among the recruits within the platoon was Hex and the instructor in the vicinity was Sandman.
The platoon are doing a standard exercise of navigating through the shrubbed terrain supervised by the instructors in Humvees nearby and so far they seem to be making good progress as they head for the final rendezvous point avoiding mock enemy patrols.
The area they are in was an openly shrubbed plain area otherwise it gave a clear view despite the high grass blocking any sight or movement, Sandman was on a pickup version of the humvee just south surrounded by shrubs and tall grass.
Sandman looked through his binoculars attempting to spot the recruits whilst alongside him was a radio operator but so far the patrols have yielded no results not even any trace of their presence.
"Patrol 1, movement at your 11 o'clock check." Sandman told the directed patrol to check the shrub on the soldier's left side but as he and his partner rushed in, there was nothing in sight as the soldiers reported in.
"All patrols this is sandman, give me a sitrep over."
All of the patrols checked in to report that they haven't found anything, not even any tracks or indications that the platoon was even there. Sandman was too focused on the scene in front of him that he failed to notice that the platoon are slowly sneaking up behind him and his operator.
A knife then went to his neck along with his radioman dropping his binoculars to the floor, he raised his arms up as his sidearm was taken from his holster.
"I'm impressed, how did you managed to sneak through?" Sandman could hear his assailant chuckle as the bayonet knife was close to his neck.
"We just took the scenic route sir, gives us an edge with this terrain." Hex then lowered the knife away before tucking it back in place, her companion did the same as the rest of the platoon gathered around the humvee.
"You all managed to get through the patrols and complete the objective despite what most in JSOC and the entire army thinks about women taking the role of special force operators, all i see are future operators capable of serving their country as tips of the spear."
Hex might not show it but she was glowing inside as sandman's word somewhat made her who she was today despite the ruthlessness and cruelty, she was a true patriot to America and old glory.
Present day…
The ICBM missile strike launched by Captain Price during the war in america and the eastern seaboard crippled the defence network of the united states and the surrounding countries in the area, Military Satellites were either destroyed or rendered inoperable since the shockwave also affected some other satellites orbiting within north america.
The HCLI network was also affected causing logistical problems for them to send their weapons along with transmitting the intelligence for Koko and her crew along with her brother Kasper. This doesn't prevent any issue with them transmitting weapons though as they still keep the flow trafficking on a global scale rampant and progressive which is why TF-141 is sent in to stop this from killing more of their comrades in arms.
Outskirts of Florence, Italy
21:34 PM
The vineyard was quiet and there wasn't anyone for miles except Bravo team monitoring from a nearby hill using spotting scopes and IR signatures, the meeting was taking place at a house just at the front gate expecting Koko's crew were a group of corrupt italian cops among the bunch was an older gray haired officer likely a Captain.
Koko's crew were travelling in blacked out SUV's and just behind was a Toyota box truck carrying the weapons for the trade driven by Jonah and Mao. Despite the assurance of the deal likely going to be smooth, Jonah was near nervous which he never felt before in all his years as a child soldier.
"You alright Jonah?" Mao asked Jonah who was spacing out. Jonah immediately turned his head back facing Mao.
"Just keeping an eye out."
"Well then keep at it and stay alert."
The convoy went into the vineyard as Burns spotted through his scope with Ramirez positioned nearby on a makeshift sniper hide a few metres from the back roads parking their extract vehicles.
The rest of the team were slowly moving in through the fields equipped with NODs especially eager to take the shot of catching Koko was Hex as they moved parallel side by side towards the deal, Frost and Hex were at the right whilst Wallcroft and Rochelle are at the left.
"Bravo 4, do you have visual on the deal?" Frost spoke on his radio.
"Roger that Bravo 1, i have visual on the deal. Viper has just arrived on sight." Burns adjusted his scope to zoom in on Koko and her bodyguards as they exit their vehicles.
Macmillan watched nervously from behind a monitor back at the safehouse as the Drone flew overhead running ISR for the team marked by their flashing IR strobes.
"Do we have positive identification of the buyers at the deal?" Macmillan turned to Schokolade as her monitor showed profiles of the policemen present at the exchange.
"The old man is police captain Sergio Matteo of the state police according to his service record, he has tons of arrests including drug busts however he was investigated by internal affairs under suspicions of corruption or drug dealing conspiring with other officers."
"What about those with him?"
"They are his lieutenants and subordinates that follow him, the precinct calls them 'the strike team' because of their reputation of striking first at criminals."
The team slowly crept up to the deal as they could see Koko with both Jonah and Valmet in tow about to greet captain Matteo, Mao and the rest scrambled to get the weapon crates out of the truck.
"Captain Matteo, its been a while since we have a transaction like this." Koko shook the police captain's hand.
"The last time i had a transaction like this is with your father miss Hekmatyar, when i was a Lieutenant although it was much simpler as there wasn't a global war during his time." Koko accompanied the Captain to a crate laid down in the ground, the crate opened to reveal neatly rowed HK416s as he soon inspected the weapon.
"Baseplate this is Bravo 1, looks like cargo's contents are HK's requesting permission to move in over."
"Negative Bravo 1, once the deal is secured you and your team are cleared to engage but for now keep an eye on them."
Bravo team slowly crept forward as the conversation became clearer as everyone has their weapons trained at Koko and her crew along with the buyers. Burns has his sights trained on the bodyguards nearest to Koko whilst Ramirez has his sights on the buyers as the assault team are slowly moving closer just a blink away.
"These weapons are of good quality, it seems we have a deal Koko." Captain Matteo signalled a subordinate to give Koko a silver suitcase of which Valmet inspected to be filled with several thousands of US dollars, Koko gave a smile but Jonah was fidgety as ever since he thought he could see movement in the vineyard fields.
Jonah squinted his eyes towards the brush and soon his worst fears are realized as he saw the glint of a night vision goggle.
"KOKO!" He quickly sprinted into action tackling Koko to the ground as a bullet whiffed through hitting the elderly police captain instead of Koko but then all hell broke loose.
The shooting immediately started as the 141 assault team started shooting at everyone present at the deal pinning everyone down hunkering behind their bulletproof vehicles for cover. Jonah shot back as he pushed Koko into the SUV they were riding in, the 141 assault team moved forward dodging their fire by moving fast and shooting them pinning Koko's team down.
"These guys just don't let up!" Valmet yelled, shooting an M249 SAW pinning Frost and Wallcroft. Jonah was just next to Koko hiding right behind the SUV they rolled in with shooting his XM8 at the unseen enemy with the only indication is their muzzle flashes, the bullet barely missed Koko but Koko was still wounded nonetheless leaving a flesh wound on her left stomach however this made her mighty pissed.
"Goddamn! These Guys nearly shot me! Haven't felt like this for so Long! This is fun! Tojo! Cover us!" Tojo obliged then Koko was rushed inside the SUV with Jonah and Valmet but Valmet was filled with rage as she sprayed bullets all over the fields in anger.
"YOU SONS OF BITCHES! NEARLY KILLING MY BELOVED KOKO!" Valmet yelled out, shooting the SAW which nearly hit Wallcroft by his shoulder as the bullets whizzed past the team, taking cover behind a large tractor just a few 6 metres away from Koko's team at the gate.
Ramirez and Burns laid sniper fire keeping Koko's team pinned down but they couldn't get a clear shot at Valmet because she was at the front hood of the SUV. The Assault team kept pushing forward, moving in between the fields or whatever cover that they could find such as a second carriage towed by the tractor for Hex and Rochelle.
The fire was effective enough for Koko's vehicle to start running again and head for the road, The drone ISR tracked the target vehicle moving down the road back towards the city but Koko's was well aware of the drone flying overhead.
"These guys must have ISR or recon tracking us, how do we shake them?" Valmet said switching from her M249 for a M4 but she could see Koko smiling taking out a military style laptop showing a broader view of their location along with the drone probing them.
"Just wait and see Valmet." Koko said calmly and at a push of a button, the Drone suddenly went dark then begins its nose dive to the ground, not long thereafter there was only signs of static on the screen shown to baseplate.
"That'll keep those spooks busy, Ugo! Take us to the secondary location. I want to make sure that we could meet Dr Miami." Koko ordered Ugo as they made a left turn down the road heading to the far side of the city but Jonah was still concerned of the others they left behind.
"Wait! Koko! What about Lehm and the others?" Jonah voiced his concern of which Koko giggled a bit.
"They'll be just fine, they will meet us over there."
The fighting was getting more intense as bullets riddled after another narrowly missing each opposing side. A bullet nearly went on Lehm's head, another nearly pierced Wiley's arm, another nearly took off Mao's leg and lastly this found its target on Lutz's ass.
"Goddammit! Why does the same shit happen so many times?!" Lutz cried out, firing back his primary weapon at the unseen 141 operators.
"Its probably because your ass is the easier target!" Wiley said causing angst on Lutz.
"Fuck off! Its just a fucking Jinx! This cant be some kind of Curse!" Lutz then proceeded to move into the second SUV providing fire from the sunroof covering his Comrades.
"Alright boys! The young lady managed to get out without much damage! Let's move and Wiley! Bring out the fireworks!" Lehm called out as he and Mao tactically moved towards their Vehicle, Wiley was ecstatic as he had been wanting to do this for a long time.
"Cease fire! Cease fire!" Frost ordered his squad to stop firing as they slowly regained their composure having their sights trained on both the truck and SUV.
"I'm guessing you are either willing to negotiate or trying to run! Which is it?!" Frost called out at Koko's team but still kept his weapon trained on them.
"We are running! Besides out of respect from a fellow D-boy, you better walk out while you can!" Lehm said from the vehicle peering over to see Wiley preparing the "fireworks".
Hex was having none of it as she attempted to charge forward but Frost stopped her by tackling her back, his act helped as an explosion occured near the spot she walked through. Wiley was detonating wired C-4 charges at the 141 operators in the fields placed there several hours prior providing the distraction needed for them to escape along with obscuring Burns and Ramirez's sniper vision.
Lehm and the others managed a quick clean getaway driving through the fields and back on the road towards the city catching up to Koko, the assault team moved forward although they secured the weapons it is merely a small time victory.
"Baseplate this is Bravo 1. We have secured the weapons but viper managed to slip away over." Frost could only hear static on the other hand aside from a few words spoken from Baseplate, it was inaudible or not understandable.
"It seems that the Radio is fucked, we shoulda got them when we had the chance." Hex said, leaning on the shot up chevrolet pickup that the buyers drove in. Burns and Ramirez ran down to meet the team bringing their extract vehicles to them leaving some time for both Hex and Frost to discuss their next move.
"If you are implying that we move in without ISR that will cause more problems than its solves, they probably have more reinforcements waiting considering the fact that they are meeting Dr Amada and her team."
Meanwhile…
Several miles eastwards.
Dr Miami was expecting them at a private manor just at the edge of the italian riviera accompanied is Karen Luo on her left but there was another man on her right. The man was dressed in all black tactical uniform from the knee plates to his vest sporting a caucasian appearance with olive eyes and slick back dark hair armed with an M4A1, the arm patch on his uniform has the symbol of Shadow Company indicating that he is a PMC.
Behind them was also a group of shadow company soldiers all covering their faces with masks or balaclavas armed with weapons typically used by the US army, Koko could see the welcoming comittee from a mile away.
"Don't be so alarmed guys, these military contractors can get fidgety so stay alert." Koko told everyone in the car as they drove it up on the mansion. Koko stepped out of the car first alongside Jonah,Valmet and Ugo despite the fact that their car was shot to hell, Miami was ecstatic to see her.
"Koko! I see that you were having all the fun here! I found more species of butterfly in this mansion alone!" she rushed to give Koko a hug.
"All the same doc but i think i could use your medical expertise, its not pretty for some of the guys." Koko pointed to Jonah who got himself a bullet scratch on his arm and Valmet with a few fleshwounds near her legs, as they speak Lehm and the others pulled up safely to the mansion joining their comrades.
"So this is the infamous miss Hekmatyar eh? You relish in the chaos don't you?" the man beside dr Amada spoke to Koko in a deep voice.
"Chaos is good for business and it was for you too ever since the war with your contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq thanks to Shepherd." her words cut a nerve in the man along with the other soldiers present.
"Shepherd died honorably even if it were a pool of blood, we were hired by your father as additional security the 141 has proven to be more than a match for you and your goons."
Valmet wasn't thrilled as she soon strolled up into the soldier's face realising that they are of equal height and physique.
"Who the fuck do you think you are? Talking to Koko and the rest of us like this? If i hear you speak that away again to her, I'll cut your throat."
Valmet made a point by drawing her combat knife but he was unfazed or emotionless at the sight, Koko was on the phone with HCLI headquarters requiring an explanation as to why shadow company is assigned to her.
"Ma'am the contractors are to elevate your security level, they are also assigned with Kasper along with protecting the shipping routes but otherwise you need to work with them. This came from the chairman himself to hire these people." the operator said on the other line much to Koko's dismay as she has to work with meatheads like them, she hanged up then turned around to address the troops.
"Well boys it seems that we are in bit of a mess, these guys are Shadow company they are assigned by HQ to be help us in our trip to secure deals and my safety but i still you guys more to handle the job of protecting me."
her words gave Koko's team some hope as she trusts her team more than the contractors, Jonah was thrilled inside for Koko to trust them like that. Amada watched in awe at the moment whilst some of the Shadow Company soldiers quietly showed gestures of respect for Koko's bodyguards in return as they all proceeded inside the mansion.
"All callsigns this is Oxide, patrol and secure the perimeter moving in with VIPs." the main soldier spoke on his earpiece before going inside with four other soldiers as they all scrambled to patrol the property as well as to secure it.