It's Like Being Born Again. Pt 15
Author chick's notes: Bring me their heads! Oop sorry got ahead of myself there.^^ The team is going to raid the Pit for some stuff…hopefully without incident…yeah right =p
blah denotes stuff said in Arabic. Disclaimers are in Pt 1.
It's Like Having Born Again. Pt 15
Steeler, Torpedo and Stalker were in the meeting room. The rest of their force were working either on target practice or in the lab, helping Sci-Fi as he tried to build a working version of a weapon Destro had failed to successfully manufacture.
"K den, let me get dis straight? You want for raid da Pit and see what we can salvage, right?" Torpedo asked as he went over Steeler's idea in his head.
"Yup. I figure with the stuff they have here, I'd rather go with what we know. That and Tripwire wants some stuff there that could be useful for their project." Steeler answered.
"You think you can find anything useful?" Stalker asked from the opposite end of the table. Steeler went on to explain how he and the other stranded Joes had successfully broken into their headquarters and had salvaged a few of their vehicals as well as some of the computer equipment. "Yeah but wouldn't COBRA know that you guys broke in once and set up heavier guard there?" The former Ranger asked.
"We'll send the terrible twosome over first to scout around." Steeler suggested, referring to the code name given to Cover Girl and Imani. The two women had proven to be an invaluable tool as a team and had earned the name with their actions. "They can tell us what's up and we go from there." He added.
Torpedo laughed as he thought of the looks he knew both women would have when they were asked to do the recon mission. "Dey gonna love dat cuz, you know it right?" He asked.
Stalker laughed at Steeler's remark about keeping them out of trouble and then suggested that they get the rest of their team together to begin the planning session. "I'll hit the firing range and you get the lab, ok Torpedo?"
"Right. And you see what you can get da Baroness to lend us for transport all dat stuff back here." Torpedo pointed to Steeler. The three agreed to meet back in half an hour.
Down in the lab Torpedo found all four men he knew he would find hunched over a computer. Sci-Fi was plotting out schematics and scenarios with Mainframe's help and Tripwire's input. While Lifeline who they had retrieved the previous day, went over the end results and figured the dangers posed to the human body on a pad of paper.
"Aloha! So what? Tink you can get em for work dis time?" Torpedo said as he announced his presence to the group.
"With a few tweaks here and there, it looks like we can. What's up?" Sci-Fi answered.
"Just need to figure out a safe frequency is all." Lifeline added as he went over his own notes. Torpedo listened as the medic explained that they would need to find a way to make the weapon deadly, yet safe for the user. "No point in causing the user's body to explode." He remarked.
Torpedo acknowledged the medic before speaking up. "We're gonna plan a little raid." Torpedo grinned. "That's where you two come in." He added pointing to Sci-Fi and Tripwire who had mastered the art of raiding COBRA for supplies, when they would do it in San Francisco to supply the Resistance.
Meanwhile down at the range Stalker got the troops together and explained what was going on. "We're going to raid the Pit and get supplies. You and Cover Girl can vouch for the equipment we have here as crap right?" He asked Clutch.
"There's an understatement." Clutch replied. Thunder spoke up from the back of the group and added his two cents worth that had the lot of them laughing.
"Crap's to nice! 'Worthless pieces of shit' is more like it!" He said in disgust.
"Yeah and their uniforms blow too Dude!" Rock-n-Roll added.
Stalker chuckled before ordering the group up to the meeting room so they could begin planning.
"Okay the Baroness said go for it, and said we can use anything we need." Steeler said as he informed the group of his progress.
"Perfect." Torpedo grinned. "K den gang, here's what we have in mind." He started informing the gathering of their plans for the raid, Steeler and Stalker adding in where they could. "So? Any questions?" Torpedo asked when he finished the briefing.
"Just one. It's a great idea and all boys, but did you consider the guards they might have stationed there?" Cover Girl asked.
Stalker smirked and leaned forward a bit. "That's where you two lovely ladies come in." He said pointing to her and Imani. He explained that the two would take Cover Girl's car out to the Pit and scout around. They'd then report what they would be facing and move from there. Both women had predatory grins on their faces as they heard the plans.
Dusty was standing behind Imani and laughed as he looked down at the two women seated next to each other. "Try not to have to much fun girls." He teased.
Imani tilted her head back so she could look up at Dusty and grinned. I thought you liked how I took care of the adrenaline rush? She asked in her native tongue, smiling sweetly up at him.
I do. But you and her together are a bad combination. He winked. Grateful that they were using the local dialect she'd grown up with instead of the official version of Arabic.
After a few more minutes the two were in the car and on their way. It took just under an hour for Cover Girl to get to the Pit and they parked in a stand of trees. Imani took one side of the base and Cover Girl the other. The others followed at a distance so they could be ready to strike once they knew what they were up against.
"Crimson guard squad and it looks like a handful of Televipers. Pretty light guys." Cover Girl reported, Imani had reported the same.
Back in one of the transports the rest of their team got ready. They were going to break into three teams. Gung ho would lead the bulk of the rush on the main gate. Torpedo
And Stalker would lead smaller groups on either side of the base and between them cover the rear of the Pit as well. Steeler and Lifeline stayed behind so they could begin moving in as soon as the coast was clear.
The order to charge was about to be called when Torpedo halted them. A lone Crimson guardsman was near his position and he caught the man in a stranglehold and dragged him into the bushes his team was using for cover. After knocking the man unconscious, he was stripped of his uniform and bound tightly. Grunt was about the same size as the Guardsman and slid into the uniform. He would then be free to walk around and give them an exact count of how many opponents were on site.
After a tense fifteen minutes Grunt returned and told Torpedo exactly how many were on hand and where they were all located, he also informed the SEAL that he'd taken care of communications as well so there would be no call for back up. Stalker called in with an idea of getting Grunt to go back and mingle in with the rest of the guard on base. "Just keep to the back of them man and hit em from behind." He said as Grunt made his way back to where the bulk of the guard were.
A few stragglers were near the outer parameter and Diana, Imani, and Sci-Fi all armed with silenced weapons made short work of them. Then the order to charge was given. Grunt hung back as the rest of the Crimson guardsmen rushed forward, he shrugged and began firing at will at them, taking out several before ducking for cover so he wouldn't be accidentally shot at. Stalker's group of himself, Dusty, and Footloose ran into some tight resistance before Torpedo, Rock-n-Roll, and Clutch came to their rescue.
It had only taken a few minutes and the Joes had secured the Pit. The call was put in and Steeler and Lifeline rolled in with the first of three transports. Cover Girl then took Betsy back to get the last of the transports and move it in. Torpedo and Stalker along with the three sharpshooters kept watch for any reinforcements that may arrive for a shift change while the rest of the team loaded up with all the valuable equipment they could find.
Fully loaded and ready, they left after a half hour and quickly as they could, made their way back to the bunker. They were stopped once by a COBRA patrol and Grunt, still disguised as a Crimson Guardsman, managed to convince the patrol that they were part of an escorted convoy. The leader of the patrol called in to the Baroness just like Grunt said and she made short work of the man, berating him for holding up her shipment of supplies. He let them go quickly apologizing for the hold up and hoped that he wouldn't loose his head to the Baroness.
They made it back to the bunker just as a shift change arrived at the Pit and found most of the guards there dead. Those that weren't fatally wounded were very close to death's door. The Baroness was just learning this from Cobra Commander as Steeler entered the control room. Leila gestured to him to remain back until the communiqué was over. He heard the Baroness swear to find the culprits and hang them personally.
He also heard her remark about a patrol that had held up a supply run she had ordered for her mansion and said that they could have helped prevent the Pit raid if they hadn't been so foolish as to stop a COBRA convoy. Cobra Commander in his rage agreed with her, and she gladly supplied the patrol leaders name as she had learned it. Steeler watched her as she performed marvelously for the discussion, as soon as the link was cut her enraged face turned to one of bemusement. Steeler bust out laughing and told her she deserved an Oscar for her performance.
"Thank you, however he is furious and I doubt you'll be able to get in and out of the Pit so easily again." She replied.
"Nah. We got all we could salvage, it was a snap." He reassured her as he led her to the hanger where the loot from the raid was being unloaded and taken to the various parts of the bunker where it was to be used. Thunder and Cover Girl had told them where a stash of Joe vehicals was located, a separate one from the ones Grunt and them had found out on the Proving Grounds when they had first arrived to this nightmare.
It was agreed that the make shift motor pool crew would go out to the location and get the machines back into working order. The Baroness meanwhile had to move her operations back to her mansion in the capitol within a few days before the first troop switch was made. Leila would stay behind at the bunker and work as a go between for her mistress and the Joes. Zarana would go with the Baroness so she could continue to feed the emperor false reports and the rest of the Joes would rebuild the team and prepare for a final onslaught against COBRA.
To Be Continued…
