Hello everyone and welcome back to The Phantom Division. This chapter we are going to be getting the Base of Operations running again starting with the Medical Wing and securing Pennsylvania Plaza.

Oh, just FYI, the game has "names" for different enemies in the game such as slingers, fanatics, controllers, etc. etc. and it can depend on which faction they're with, so I'm just boiling them down to the simple names such as Grenadiers, Rushers, Grunts, Lieutenants, etc. etc..

Not much else to say or go over, so let's get the show on the road.

NOTES: JTF = Joint Task Force
LMD = Last Man Battalion
SHD aka The Division = Security of the Homeland Division
ISAC = Intelligent System Analytic Computer
CERA = Catastrophic Emergency Response Agency
ECHO = Evidence Correlation Holographic Overlay
BoO = Base of Operations aka The Post Office
LMG = Light Machine Gun
SMG = Sub Machine Gun

ENEMY TYPES: Grunts: The run of the mill enemies that have nothing special to them, but they will try to flank and harass you every chance they get.
Grenadiers: The enemies that, you guessed it, have grenades and aren't shy about using them, but also are walking targets since a well-placed shot or shots will detonate their explosives bag. If you're lucky or just that good, you can also shoot a grenade while it's in their hand as they try to throw it as well.
Rushers: The enemies that will charge straight at you to deal damage, force you out of cover, or just make your life more difficult. Melee combatants carrying baseball bats or fireman axes with a makeshift ballistic shield. Later on, there'll be ones that are armored soldiers with Shotguns and flashbang grenades.
Lieutenants: The enemies that are more protected and do more damage than the previous ones. They've got a combination of the previous groups attributes and styles as they have grenades, will rush up on you to try and push you out of cover, and will stay back and help fight beside other members of their group. In game they can also give buffs to their allies, but in this case they just inspire fear/courage to keep fighting since they'll put down anyone that tries to run away.

Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom, The Division, they're shows, games, books, merchandise, etc etc, or anything else that comes into this fic, be nice if I did but I don't.

"Speech"

"Thoughts"

[TV/Radio/Book/Communicator/Recording]

"ISAC's Voice"

# check bottom Author's Note for information/clarification

CHAPTER 3: OLD AND NEW FACES

CHELSEA AREA

Danny and Faye moved quickly and efficiently down the street as they followed West 24th Street down until they reached 8th Avenue, which they'd then take up to Pennsylvania Plaza since the BoO was really the James Farley Post Office there right across the street from Madison Square Garden. [Agents, the base is under siege by whatever criminals that managed to take Madison Square Garden] Snake's voice came on the line as they moved. [We don't have the numbers and they don't seem to have a leader. But the JTF is stretched thin so that means this has to be our first priority. So, it's cut and dry, get our base back under control and we'll go from there once we get a more detailed situation report.] Snake ordered in a tone that said there was no other real choice if they wanted to hold New York.

"Roger that. We should be in sight within a minute or so." Danny replied as they moved ready for action.

"ALERT: JTF Frequency acquired." ISAC stated before more radio transmissions came in.

[Push the left flank! We gotta keep them out of the base!] A JTF personnel stated as gunfire raged in the background.

[Dammit! Hold the line! We should be getting some reinforcements soon!] Dispatch replied before Snake came on the line.

[Dispatch? This is Division Agent codenamed Venom Snake, empowered and authorized by Executive Order and DHS Directive 51. I have two agents closing in on your position now to provide support.] Snake stated before the soldier came on again.

[I don't give a shit who the fuck you are! We're under an all-out assault! I'm not sure how much help you'll – argh- ah, screw it, we'll take all the help you can give. How are you even on my comms?!] He stated and Snake snorted.

[You want answers or help? The important thing is we've got your back. Just try not to shoot at anyone who's trying to help you. Dig in as best you can, keep your head down, and my agents will handle the rest. They'll be coming in from the south. Over.] Snake replied as Danny and Faye arrived.

[Unit 43? Be advised, you have incoming Division agents as backup to your location. Report says they'll be coming from south of your position.] The dispatcher reported.

[About damn time you got us some help! Get 'em here right now!] The unit leader replied before Faye and Danny both saw the looters and Rioters attacking and quickly began firing themselves.

Five dropped before they even knew what happened with four more joining soon after before Danny and Faye had to take cover. [Foster, we need support on the stairs. Martinez, move up on the flank. Go! Go! Go!] They heard over the comms.

"You take stairs, I'll cover you." Danny stated making Faye nod as Danny dropped another ball on the ground causing it to light up before it rolled off after the enemies. Danny then popped up with his SVD and began popping heads of a few enemies trying to push up the stairs as Faye made a dash for the nearby stairs firing on enemies as she moved.

Danny then moved his scope over and saw another leader figure among the attackers on the far side. "Subject Identified: Subject Martin Pooletin aka Poole. Wanted for the deaths of 13 CERA personnel, deaths of 24 JTF personnel, and inciting riots and violence throughout the area. Calculating… Estimated decrease of 40% hostility towards JTF within area if Eliminated." ISAC informed making Danny narrow his eyes as he quickly shot two of his men near him and put a round through Poole's knee dropping him to the ground and causing him to roll down the stairs where a couple of his men tried to pull him away as he screamed in pain.

He didn't get to scream in pain for long before the ball Danny dropped found him and exploded on him and the others nearby ending them.

Faye from her position on the stairs quickly fired from her elevated position killing several more of the attackers as Danny switched to his P416 and moved in ambushing those that were taking cover from Faye.

A quick grenade from Faye cleared out a cluster of the enemies before they and the JTF mopped up the few stragglers before they could retreat. "Dispatch? Situation outside is now under control. My official report? The Division saved our sorry asses." The unit leader stated as he and his men all sighed in relief that they made it through.

[Uh, roger that Bravo Squad. Thanks for the report. Stay alert out there and keep it frosty. I'm glad you made it.] The dispatcher stated relief evident in his voice.

[Good work, you two, I got some transportation so I'm in route. Head in and get the lay of the land so we know what needs to be done to make that place a real base of operations for us.] Snake stated with the sound of an engine in the background being heard.

"Copy that. See you soon." Danny stated as he came to the steps and fist bumped Faye before looking at the JTF, "Good job holding the line. You should be proud. Job's unfortunately not done yet, so keep an eye out for everything and anything." Danny stated making the personnel nod. "Good, if possible I'd start grabbing the weapons and ammo from the rioters and, sadly, any of your fallen comrades. We need all the supplies we can get right now." Danny stated making them nod as two of them started doing just that.

"Shall we?" Faye asked motioning to the Base as Danny nodded and they entered through the decontamination unit that was over said entrance.

"Air ventilation and purification systems online. Contamination levels lowered." ISAC stated as they entered and could practically taste the sterility of the air.

"This is what we got to work with huh?" Danny asked seeing a disorganized and sloppy mess of a base with boxes, trash, and containers scattered with no real sense of organization or structure.

"Looks like it." Faye stated with a frown not knowing how things could have gotten this bad.

"We need to get this base fully running again and use it to show the people we're taking their city back. Right now, there's plenty of potential, but it's a piece of shit in its current state and we've got no real staff it looks like." Danny stated as he sighed.

"Right, to get this place to what it could be, we're gonna need people who know what they're doing." Faye stated making Danny nod.

"You two with the Division?" A female voice asked making them look and see a black woman with black curly hair wearing a red skintight suit with full tactical gear walking up to them. She also had piercing teal eyes and Danny smirked a bit seeing her as he knew who this was.

"Yes, you are?" Faye asked as she turned to look at the woman.

"Lieutenant Gray, I was Captain Benitez' SIC and right now I'm in charge of this place until he gets back." She stated making Faye nod.

"Any ideas where he is or where Doctor Kandel or the technician are?" Faye asked and The Lieutenant nodded.

"Yes, Doctor Kandel was our resident virologist and was running a makeshift hospital out of Madison Square Garden, but the whole area's gone to shit. With her, we can get the medical facilities online. Without her…" She left the danger unsaid with the two nodding already knowing what danger that could be to find another expert to lead the medical teams. "Captain Benitez, though really he's the entire commander in chief for this place and operation, is out in the field and has gone offline at the Lincoln Tunnel Checkpoint. Get him back. We need him to get the security wing fully functioning again. And, it'll do a hell of a lot for moral… I'm doing the best I can, but Benitez was the only officer who didn't bail when shit hit the fan and has always been in the thick of it with us. Without him, I don't know how long the men will be able to stick it out." She continued making them nod already guessing that based on what they had heard about Benitez so far. "We also need to restore basic services. We need power, water, and the intel that the grid can give us. We had a guy named Rhodes working on that, but last we heard there was trouble with him patching us in. Without him, it's lights out for the base and for others as well. All of that is just the start of getting this place running again, but without those three, we don't know what or where to direct resources and efforts fully." She finished making them nod as Danny frowned thinking he knew the name Rhodes somewhere.

"All right, we can have ISAC tap in and map itself to each of the wings in the base and synch their progress, so we can have a bigger picture of what's happening here. And the more stable the base is, the better the city, us, and the people will be since we can provide real shelter and help from here." Danny stated making the Lieutenant look at him and frown.

"Do I know you? You sound familiar." She stated and Danny chuckled as he pulled his mask down.

"It's only been ten years, how you been Val?" Danny asked making her widen her eyes before she lunged at him in a hug.

"Danny!" She nearly shouted as she hugged him tight as Danny chuckled and patted her back.

"You two know each other I take it." Faye stated and Danny nodded.

"Yeah, we grew up in the same town till I left 10 year ago." Danny stated as Val stepped back and looked him over.

"You look good." Val stated not really knowing what else to say.

"You too, but right now we need to focus." Danny stated his tone getting serious again.

"Right, you're right, we'll have time to catch up later." Val stated making Danny nod.

"Faye, why don't you head up to the tech wing and plug us in while I do the same for the security and medical wings?" Danny stated making Faye nod as she moved across the main hall to a set of stairs passed a set of double doors.

"She your partner?" Val asked as Danny moved to the security area, the area immediately to the right of the entrance, and began typing on the laptop that was set up there.

"For this mission, never met her before last night when we were both called in." Danny answered as he typed away and ISAC connected to the system.

"So, Division huh?" Val asked as Danny moved to the Medical wing and did the same as the security wing.

"So, JTF huh?" Danny replied making her roll her eyes before Danny finished and began to move again until she caught his arm.

"Hey, I'm glad you're not dead and that you got more than a few months like you were afraid of." Val stated quietly to ensure no one else heard.

"Thanks, things are still complicated and… abnormal but at least I'm alive." Danny stated as Val gave a sympathetic smile before they moved back to the main hall as Faye came down. "Well, the medical wing is a shit show right now. Once we get Doctor Kandel back, we can work on building a staff, investigating the virus, start making life easier for the personnel and the civilians, and getting more supplies – for us and the civilians." Danny reported making her nod since that was a major key factor in all of this: Stopping and possibly curing the virus before it spread outside of New York.

"The security wings needs some love – and Captain Benitez. As I said, the JTF love him – he can mobilize them and help you get the intel and fire power you'll need to handle the everything you're going to be facing out there. Once he's back, I can do a lot more field work and even help you if you want, but as of this moment I need to stay here and keep this base going as it is and keep the people we have down in the terminal safe from all the scum wanting to smash their way in here and loot the place." Val stated making them both nod.

"The tech wing has obviously seen better days, but if we can get Rhodes back here, he's apparently got a lot of tricks up his sleeve. A few of the personnel up there heard he's former PMC or something like that. Means he's gonna know more than he lets on or that we think he does." Faye stated making Danny frown before the name finally clicked.

"Paul Rhodes?" Danny asked making Val nod her head.

"Yeah, that's him. You know him?" Val asked and Danny nodded a bit.

"Somewhat, I heard of him. He was a big engineer type for the military and then a PMC at one point and then just up and left saying he wasn't going to work for a corrupt government. Threatened a lot of people to leave him alone or there'd be hell to pay and dropped off most grids." Danny stated making them frown.

"Great, means we're really gonna have to work to get him to trust us." Faye stated with a sigh before she turned and saw Snake entering with a medic beside him.

"Hey. Bad news – I'm not going to be able to get out there and help, not with my head, arm, and leg messed up like this." Snake stated as they saw he had a large splint on his right leg and a was now sporting a stump where his left forearm used to be. "I'll do what I can from here, not how I wanted to do this mission, but I don't give a shit. I know we got this with you two out there, and me being here to coordinate things will only make it easier on you two since I can feed you intel and reports as they come in." Snake stated making them nod, "Who's this?" Snake asked looking at Val.

"Lieutenant Valerie Gray, I'm in charge until these two can get the Captain back." Val stated making Snake nod his head.

"Good to meet you, I got another dozen men with me from Camp Hudson. These two cleaned up Chelsea enough that some of the people signed up to help JTF and a few of the personnel came here to reinforce the area. They're helping tend to the wounded and gathering the ammo and weapons from outside, I'll send them your way when they come in." Snake stated making her nod her head in appreciation.

"All right look, Faye, no offense but you're a newbie of the three of us, that means you stick with Wraith and you follow orders. These are our people and our city, so we do this right and we don't do anything half-assed or to show off. Am I clear?" Snake stated making Faye nod before Snake hissed as one of his wounds acted up.

"You need to-" the medic started before Snake waved him off.

"I know." Snake stated as he moved to a small cubicle area with the medic, "They're counting on us. Let's not let them down." Snake stated as he was taken over and sat down as the medic looked him over.

"Once he's patched up, work on getting him an uplink and any tactical data you have." Danny told Val making her nod. "You got any gear here? We're gonna need something better than this to take on the bigger threats." He asked and she nodded.

"Yeah, not much, but we got some stuff still." She stated as she led them to the security wing and to a back area with stacks of crates. "Have at it, just leave anything you trade out that's not a hunk of junk." Val stated making them nod as they started scouring the crates.

After a bit of searching, Danny found more for himself than Faye did, but it was understandable as she had most of her gear from deployment still.

Danny had removed his Surplus SVD Sniper Rifle and grabbed an older model Military Issue SCAR-H before attaching the Omega rifle suppressor, a Handstop, an extended magazine, and a 552 Holosight.

His secondary was also swapped out removing his Military P416 assault rifle for a Survivor class AK-47 that had a T2 Micro red dot sight, Extended Magazine, a handstop, and an Omega rifle Suppressor.

He had a National Guard Backpack to replace the old one, a Hunting Holster that was in better shape than his current one, and a pair of Heavy Duty Kneepads to replace the ones he had on#1. His chest, mask, sidearm, and gloves were the same as when he entered as he found nothing that was better or felt better among the supplies.

Faye had only replaced her pads with the same kind he did finding her shotgun and chest piece were fine for the moment.

"All right, now that we're a bit better outfitted, we should get the situation for the Plaza before saving Kandel. Once we do that, we'll secure the Plaza and then work on getting Benitez and Rhodes back here." Danny stated making Faye and Val nod since there was no point in finding Benitez and recovering Rhodes if they just ended up ambushed by threats still in the Plaza.

Kandel was an immediate concern since she is known to be in danger and was close enough to save right now.

"Officer Shelly Strong can give you more details on the situation in Pennsylvania Plaza." Val stated pointing to a woman before she walked off to handle something and begin getting Snake set up as best she could.

Approaching said woman, they saw her looking over a few monitors, "Agents Wraith and Lau with the Division, what needs doing?" Danny introduced as Shelly looked at them.

"Whelp. So, you're Division agents, huh? Great. Now er, don't dwell on all the death and carnage around, or the fact that so many have tried to do what you're about to attempt and failed and died what surely must have been a horrible death. Sure, they had more support than you do now, but so what? Fate's random and heartless – nothing you can do about that. Stay positive. I'm just, er, real glad it's gonna be you out there in the field and not me. But I'll let you know what we got, okay?" Shelly stated as the two just looked at her.

"Right, what do you got right now?" Danny asked and Shelly shrugged and typed a moment letting ISAC access her files while Faye had ISAC scan the situation board as well.

"We got a supply drop of medical supplies incoming within the next two hours that needs to be secured. There's a hostile stronghold just up West 33rd from us. A report of a possible hostage situation on West 34th not far from here. We've got a patrol that's checking out a possible rioter presence on West 29th street. Finally, we've got a request to find a missing musician that was in the Chelsea Park civilian camp before it was attacked." Shelly stated as ISAC processed the information for them.

"All right, we'll handle them. First we need to retake the Garden." Danny stated making Shelly snort.

"Sure glad it's your ass out there and not mine." She stated making the two just look at her before shaking their heads as they headed for the exit/entrance with Danny pulling his mask back up.

"Alert: Intercepted radio transmission." ISAC stated before the radio switched to the transmission.

[What the hell are you doing?! You're hurting him!] A male voice shouted with screams of pain in the background.

[Listen up, I spent six years in medical school. I don't give a shit what you saw while you were jerking off to watching soap operas in your mom basement. Setting a bone isn't pretty. If you want your buddy fixed up, get your gun out of my fucking face!] A female voice cut in before a gun cocking was heard.

[Is that a threat, bitch?] The male stated in a testy tone.

[I'm just telling you the truth.] The woman replied not seeming to care about the gun pointed at her.

"Guess we need to move." Danny stated as Snake waved them down.

"As you no doubt just heard, we got a Rioter take over of Madison Square Garden. The JTF and CERA were using it as a field hospital before armed hostiles swarmed in and took the place over. Now the med staff are hostages and no doubt patching up their boys, including Doctor Jessica Kandel. We need those personnel, especially Kandel, so here's how we're gonna do things. We got a small team to escort the hostages out and get you inside by blowing the front doors. Once inside, you will locate the hostages, eliminate all hostiles, and secure the hostages before either escorting or sending them out for extraction. We don't know how many hostiles are in the Garden, so prepare to use ammo." Snake stated making the two nod.

"All right, just have JTF hold the exit, we'll move in and clear ourselves, less chance of losing more personnel." Danny stated making Snake nod.

"Agreed, happy hunting." Snake stated as they nodded and headed out with the JTF team.

Moving outside, they moved up on the main entrance to the garden and kept a look out while two soldiers planted the breaching charge. "When this is done, bag and tag our men, they deserve better than to be left out in the cold like this." Danny stated seeing several JTF personnel dead on the ground.

"Sir, yes sir." The Lieutenant in charge of the team stated, fully agreeing with him on that.

"Ready for some action, Faye?" Danny asked as she nodded and readied her weapon just as the men got clear and the door blew.

"Go! We'll cover your backs from here and will be ready for transport." The Lieutenant stated as they took positions to watch the outside.

[Agents, rewatching some of the nearby security cameras, expect a lot of hostiles.] Snake stated over comms as they moved to the main lobby.

"Roger that, we'll secure the lobby then patch you into the security feeds so you can direct us better." Danny stated as he and Faye quickly took cover as a dozen or so hostiles came down the stopped escalator.

[Roger that.] Snake replied as the two readied themselves.

Danny dropped another ball, noting he only had two left, and let it roll away before he popped out of cover and quickly shot four of the hostiles, making them shout and take cover as the four fell over dead.

However, as they took cover, they were unprepared for the ball to come rolling out and split into a dozen smaller ones which rolled up to them before exploding sending several of them flying or shouting in pain.

Faye then popped up and shot three that were trying to put some flames out before Danny moved up and shot the last couple that were still alive from the explosions.

Looking to her, Danny saw Faye nod and returned it, "Lobby is secure, if we aren't reopening this as a field hospital, we need a team or two to come in and clean out any useful items left. I can see a few crates and boxes that the hostiles haven't gotten into yet and several pieces of medical equipment still look usable." Danny reported getting confirmation on the other end.

Normally he'd just grab all of this himself, but they were on a time crunch at the moment.

[Copy that, priority will be consolidating it into the base for the time being, once we're more secure we can look to reopening the field hospital.] Snake instructed as Danny and Faye moved on.

Finding the security office, Danny went up to the console and typed in some commands as ISAC accessed the system as well. "Feed should be coming in, now." Danny stated as the camera feeds all came on.

[Acknowledged, searching now.] Snake stated as the feeds switched and moved before centering on a woman working on a patient, [Got them, Kandel and her staff are in Koby's working on the Rioters' wounded. Move in and secure them before the Rioters decide that they aren't worth the effort of keeping alive any longer.] Snake instructed making the two move before finding an ammo box and quickly resupplied from it before moving on. [You're about to reach the actual court, which is the main center of the hospital, there's a lot of these assholes in there, so use cover and do what you're trained to do.] Snake ordered as Danny and Faye kept low and moved in.

Surveying the area with a Pulse, Danny motioned Faye to move left through the makeshift lab area while he would move through the open area. Faye nodded and moved quietly waiting on his signal as most would be aiming at him letting her move to flank them.

Danny waited a minute with his Sticky Bomb Launcher ready and fired it at a cluster of enemies causing them to shout before the bomb detonated sending them sprawling. Danny then had to take cover as multiple hostiles started firing at him, but a few weren't that smart as Danny went prone and popped shots at their legs from under the gurneys sending them to the ground where he followed up with a shot to the head or chest.

The few more intelligent ones were quickly ambushed by Faye flanking them and opening fire taking out quite a few before they could force her back into cover or move so they were protected. However, in doing so, they took their attention off of Danny, who capitalized on it and fired on them killing a few more.

"WARNING: Hostiles incoming." ISAC warned as Faye unleashed her Pulse and saw several moving from the upper stands down to them.

She quickly used her own Sticky Bomb Launcher to fire one where they had to go to get to the ground floor and waited till they were clustered before detonating sending several flying to the ground while others were blown back into the stands.

Either way they weren't getting back up.

Danny, meanwhile, kept picking off any target that had their head, arm, leg, or weapon out enough for him to shoot it.

"WARNING: Hostiles inbound." ISAC warned again before the doors opposite of where they entered opened showing two grunts wearing body armor coming in with automatic rifles.

Faye merely stayed in cover as they moved past her, but the second their backs were to her, she came up with her Super 90 and put a round into each of their heads sending them to the floor. Danny then popped the last few before reloading his rifle.

[Boys upstairs heard that ruckus, they have the medical personnel hold up in the kitchen at Koby's. A few went to the roof, I've already alerted JTF to stay in cover.] Snake stated as they both headed for the elevators.

"Damn, my dad would be rolling in his grave if he saw this place now. We used to watch the games here when I was a kid." Faye stated as they entered the elevator, "Guess they got a bit lucky; they passed away a couple years ago and don't have to see or experience all of this." Faye stated as Danny merely nodded a bit. "You got any family?" Faye asked curiously and Danny snorted.

"Not really, it's complicated and lengthy." Danny stated vaguely making Faye raise an eyebrow, but shrugged.

"All right, not really the time to chat anyway." She stated as the doors opened and they moved forward with their weapons up.

[Careful on your way, there's a contaminated area that you'll be going by. This place was treating infected before they were all killed.] Snake stated as Danny moved to a door and found it locked.

Frowning, he opened a pouch and pulled out a set of picks before he worked on the lock. "Wait here a moment." Danny stated as he donned his breather mask.

"WARNING: Filter on mask is insufficient, estimated time of 1 minute before mask will be unable to keep contagions out." ISAC warned making Danny hum.

"Be back in a sec." Danny stated before he entered the room and went to the computer before typing rapidly getting ISAC access to the system.

"Accessing. Download commencing, all relevant files being transmitted to Base of Operations now." ISAC stated as Danny quickly bolted out of the room. "Mask breathing levels returning to optimal levels." ISAC informed before Danny noticed something and went back in to grab it before coming back out with a weapons case.

The weapon inside wasn't much, but it did have an ACOG scope within that he attached to his AK before storing the gun and the old sight away. Removing his breather, Danny nodded to Faye that he was good to go before they moved, making sure to stay low as their area was visible to Koby's.

Approaching the doors, Danny quietly opened them and moved through followed by Faye as they took cover behind some planters. Activating his Pulse, Danny found there were eight hostiles there, but clearly they weren't that bright as they were just standing and leaning against things rather than staying alert.

"Stay low and make your way around to them, I'll wait here till you're in position and then engage." Danny instructed making Faye nod since his rifle was better for this even if there was only a 10 foot gap between them and the actual restaurant area.

Moving low and slow, Faye quickly crossed the 30 or so yards to the opposite end of the area and moved to Koby's area through a set of doors. Once she'd taken cover behind some crates, Danny came up and quickly shot three of the enemies in the head making them shout and panic before Faye quickly shot another three.

The remaining two tried to get to the kitchen to grab a hostage, but a pair of bullets, courtesy of Danny, put a stop to that before he quickly moved to group with Faye.

However, Danny froze as he saw two people among Kandel's group, but buried his feelings on the matter as it would only distract him. "Doctor Kandel, make your way to the main entrance. JTF has an escort ready to get you back to the Post Office." Faye stated making Kandel nod.

"All of you, get your asses moving and keep your fucking heads down. Let's go." Kandel ordered as the group quickly began making their way down to the exit.

[Agents, you need to clear the roof. Sons of bitches of have a heavy gunner up there and he's spraying led all over the fucking place. The escort team can't move until he's been eliminated. Going by the camera feeds, guy's got the rest of his crew up there with him, so expect a fire fight.] Snake informed as Danny and Faye quickly moved for the rooftop access.

Faye did scoff a bit as while she climbed a ladder to the upper arena access, Danny just climbed over a few boxes and then the guard railing before moving just as she got to the top of the ladder. The duo then quickly went across the catwalk and then climbed another area to reach the roof.

[Extraction team, has Doctor Kandel and her team reached you?] Snake questioned over the comms.

[Affirmative, Doctor Kandel and her entire team are present. Once we've got the all clear, we'll get them back to base immediately.] The Lieutenant replied.

[Roger that, I got two agents on the roof about to engage as we speak.] Snake replied as Faye and Danny came out into the cold air and saw a large enemy with an LMG shooting around the area between the Garden and Post Office.

"Subject Identified: Michael "Hutch" Hutchsky: Wanted for the deaths of over a dozen JTF personnel, multiple CERA personnel, civilians, and national guard members. Calculating. Estimated 56% reduction in hostility for the area if removed. Alert: Subject connected to theft of Supplies distributed by CERA, confirmed from acquired ECHO recording." ISAC informed making the two narrow their eyes at the reminder of the ECHO that the leading asshole said they were taking the Garden at the end of it.

"You take left, I'll take right." Danny ordered as they moved up with Faye taking cover behind an air conditioning unit and Danny took cover behind an air conditioning duct before activating Pulse showing Hutch and six more goons.

Danny nodded to Faye, who nodded back before she opened fire on the nearby goons dropping three of them before they could react. Danny used the distraction to aim and fired at the belt being fed into Hutch's LMG getting a bullet to lodge into said belt.

He then fired a few rounds at Hutch, but the man was smarter than the others and had some body armor combined with football gear to give padding. The bullets still hurt like hell, but they weren't lethal.

Danny then had to duck down into cover as Hutch aimed at him and began spraying the area with bullets while Faye dealt with the other three goons.

"WARNING: Hostile Reinforcements detected." ISAC informed as a group of baseball bat wielding thugs rushed from the far right side.

Faye quickly mowed them down by emptying her clip in their direction before she too had to duck as Hutch turned his attention to her.

However, that proved a problem as the air conditioning unit began sparking and groaning, "Oh shit!" Faye cursed before she dove away just as the unit exploded.

Faye was disoriented and on the ground as she tried to get up. "Got you now, bitch." Hutch stated before he opened fire and Faye clenched her eyes closed waiting only to hear metal pinging and opened her eyes to see Danny there with his Ballistic Shield out holding back the fire.

However, the LMG was nothing to sneeze at as the shield was slowly being overwhelmed as Danny growled and held his ground waiting for the right moment.

Said moment came as the gun suddenly jammed from where Danny's bullet was lodged. Danny took that moment to drop the shield and fired several rounds into Hutch's ammo pack causing the bullets to all go off and him to scream as the different bullets tore through him at such close range. Danny then turned and fired a sticky bomb at a squad of goons that came from the left side.

Danny sighed and reloaded his rifle before he helped Faye up, "You all right?" Danny asked as Faye nodded.

"Yeah, rookie mistake on my part." Faye stated knowing she shouldn't have stayed behind the unit when their opponent had a fucking LMG on him.

"You're alive and likely won't make the mistake again, that's what counts." Danny stated before turning his head to her weapon and saw it was totaled, both from the blast and from the bullets from Hutch's gun.

Reaching into a pouch, he pulled one of his cubes out and then handed her the gun he got from the contaminated area. "Burst Fire MP-5 A4. Not ideal, but better than nothing." Danny stated making Faye nod as she grabbed it and checked it out before he also gave her the T2 Micro red dot sight and a Coyote Tan Vertical Grip to add some stability and function to it.

Once she was equipped, Danny radioed in, "This is agent Wraith, roof's clear. Proceed with extraction, over." Danny stated getting confirmation from the Lieutenant.

[Roger that, Agent, we hauled ass as soon as the asshole stopped shooting down here and we still heard shooting going on up there. Kandel and her full staff are secure and accounted for.] He informed before Snake came on the line.

[Good work, you two. This is a good start, wish I was out there with you, but we still make a hell of a team regardless. Come on back and we'll talk to Kandel about what she needs and can do to help us take the city back.] Snake stated as Danny scavenged and found two more ammo crates, which wasn't that surprising since they'd need the ammo if they were going to use an LMG constantly.

"Copy that, we're on our way." Danny stated as they grabbed whatever was usable from the corpses, with one having an extended magazine on him that he gave to Faye, before heading for the far left side knowing there had to be a rooftop elevator for when repairs had to be done.

However, as she walked, Faye looked from where Danny was positioned to where he managed to get to in less than 10 seconds and frowned in confusion. She then shook her head and kept walking, figuring that she must be misremembering where he was due to the shock of the explosion and everything.

Sure enough, they found an open elevator shaft with a repelling line. Danny went first followed by Faye using their rope runners to descend at a controlled pace until they landed on a stopped elevator and found two more repelling lines down before they went the rest of the way down. Danny found the manual door release and pried it open before finding they were back in the lobby area.

Stepping out, they found they were in the triage area and Danny and her looked at each other before nodding and began grabbing anything and everything useable whether medication, first aid, blankets, sheets, pillows, whatever didn't matter. They loaded it all up into one of Danny's cubes before beginning the trek back to the Post Office, idly noting a few JTF personnel stationed at the entrance to the Garden, likely to keep it from falling back into enemy hands.

Stepping outside, they found a couple JTF bagging and tagging their fallen comrades while also removing anything that could still be used in the future since they were working on limited supplies right now.

The two nodded to the personnel as they passed before going through the decontamination unit and nodding to Snake as they moved to the Medical Wing. Stepping up to the main lab desk, they saw Kandel working on a computer in the makeshift office behind said desk before she came out upon seeing them, "Well, look who it is! Thanks for saving my ass and getting my out of the Garden. I've been in some hostile work environments before, but, Jesus…" She stated as she came out letting Danny get a good look at her.

She was a woman in her thirties, maybe forties but just barely, with frizzled brownish black hair in a simple ponytail, pale skin, hazel eyes, and a slim build with a tight ass, somewhat muscular legs, and a C cup set of tits under her scrubs.

"Of course, it's not like this place is going to win any prizes either." Kandel continued breaking Danny from his observations. "Antique equipment, zero staff, patients lining up out the door – this isn't going to cut it." Kandel listed off looking to Snake as he walked in with a cane in one hand and a binder tucked under the arm.

"I didn't think it would, doc, but we're kind of in the middle of a warzone. Any suggestions you have, we're happy to listen." Snake stated as he stood in front of her.

"I know, I know. Beggars, choosers, all that crap. What matters is beating this thing, but I can't do that without knowing more about it." Kandel stated knowing she wasn't in some high end lab anymore; she was in the field and had to wade through the shit just like everyone else.

"This may be a good place to start." Snake stated as he put the binder on the desk and opened it showing an older man with glasses, "CERA is pretty sure a Dr. Gordon Amherst had something to do with the outbreak." Snake stated making Danny sigh.

"Of course, it's him." Danny sighed with a groan.

Kandel wasn't any better, "Oh God, that asshole…" Kandel stated before glancing at Danny, "I saw him present a paper at Columbia once. Her nearly started a riot." Kandel stated before looking to Danny, "You know him?" Kandel stated and Danny nodded.

"Yeah, I challenged and disproved a few of his theories a few times. The guy is a certifiable psychotic. I just never anticipated he'd get to genocidal level." Danny stated with a sigh. "His big thing was that there was a set of DNA blueprints in our bodies that determined the most likely to survive, meaning the most worthy to survive, many different problems. He's under the belief that Humans are a plague in and of themselves and as such the herd should be thinned till only those worthy of living are left. My guess is this virus is his version of thinning the herd." Danny stated making Faye and Snake grimace.

"If he's part of this, I'm going to need to talk to him. If that's not possible, then I need everything and anything of his you can get: Notebooks, files, data, friends, anything is usable. Then there's us talking about live samples, antibodies, data on the contagion as well as spreading charts – you're gonna be busy." Kandel stated as Danny and Faye nodded.

"We already got data from two hot zones transmitted here. I also had ISAC access your computers and research at the Garden and transmit that back here. It should at least give you some starting points." Danny stated making Kandel look happy for the first time.

"Great, that's valuable information and intel we need." Kandel stated before Danny looked around with a frown.

"You should also have a good portion of supplies to start along with some staff. We rescued a small team of doctors earlier and sent them with a JTF escort along with one of my personal containers full of medical supplies that I found in the clinic they were held in." Danny stated making Kandel frown.

"If we got those, I would love to have them right now." Kandel stated as Snake nodded.

"I'll find the docs; they may be in the terminal beneath us until you were here to get things running." Snake stated as he limped away.

"For the supplies, have you seen a cube that looked metal and looked like a bit of a tech toy?" Danny asked and Kandel frowned.

"Jazz!" She called making a woman with orange hair that was in a ponytail, blue eyes, and tanned skin walk up. She was wearing scrubs as well and had a blue hairband in her hair while Danny could easily see her breasts were at least a DD cup, her ass was tight and firm, and she had some muscle to her showing she was fit.

"Yes Jessica? What's up?" She asked as Danny just stared at her.

"Have you seen some cube looking piece of tech around?" Kandel asked as Jazz frowned before a look of realization came to her face.

"Ah, yes, one second." Jazz stated before moving off to a different area and came back. "Didn't know what it was, but it looked important so I moved it out of the way." She stated before coming back before Danny took it from her.

Ignoring her look of confusion, Danny turned to an open area nearby and pushed the button making the supplies all eject from the cube before he did the same with the cube from the Garden.

The two women just looked at him in shock and awe as they saw the supplies, "Think that will hold you over for a little while?" Danny asked making the two nod.

"Are you kidding? This is great, we should be able to get a clinic going with this and the staff we have on hand, plus those other supplies should be able to get us a secured and sorted pharmacy and we can get a pediatric area going to look over the babies, kids, and pregnant women we've got coming in. It will only be better if those doctors you stated are here." Kandel stated already thinking of the possibilities if this guy could just transport mass quantities of supplies like this.

She knew they'd need more, but that also meant that he could move equipment possibly as well.

"Is there anything that can't fit in there?" Kandel asked and Danny shrugged.

"Beyond say something the size of a car, no not really." Danny stated and Kandel smiled widely.

"Do you think you can go back to the garden and get anything still usable there? Your cubes don't seem to have a weight effect to them which means you could do it ten times faster than if the JTF did it by hand." Kandel stated and Danny hummed.

"Probably, but it may have to wait just a bit since we need to get Benitez back and we need to get power running here again. I'm sure your research is gonna be pulling a lot of juice and we can't afford to have your computers go offline or the lights go out while you're working on patients." Danny stated making Kandel nod.

"That's fine, I can put a request in for some JTF to stay at the Garden until you clear it. I also would like you to keep an eye out for any other supplies and usable materials. I still want to get a Virus Lab up and running along with a Disaster Aid team, Quarantine area, an ICU, Hazmat Unit, Decontamination Unit, and a Counseling area at least. Anything you find that can help with that, grab it and bring it back. Of course, any data or specimens you can bring back are also valuable as well." Kandel stated making Danny nod, "Then I'll start working on what we've got. I'll let you know if anything else comes up." Kandel stated making them nod before Kandel snapped her fingers. "Right, here take these." Kandel stated giving them a set of new filters for their masks, "These are better filtered for the virus and other inhospitable areas. They should let you get into more concentrated areas without risking infection." Kandel stated making them nod as they quickly switched out the old filters before another woman walked in.

"Jess, take a look at this." The woman stated as she brought an iPad over and showed Kandel the data she had while Danny just looked at the woman.

"Where did you get this Maddie?" Kandel asked the now named Maddie.

Said woman had a short bob cut hairstyle for her brown hair, tan skin, and greenish blue eyes. You could tell she was fit and trained to stay in shape, but even in her blue skintight hazmat like suit, you could see her breasts were easily a set of E cups and she had wide hips, a large ass, and a tight stomach.

"It was on the data they transmitted from one of the hazardous areas." She stated as Kandel frowned.

"This doesn't make any sense; we need more data to confirm and process this." Kandel stated as she put pad down and Danny saw it was an analysis of the virus, only it showed results that most people wouldn't be able to make sense of. One high concentrated virus strand and one lower concentrated one that wasn't identifiable.

"Mom, you should look at this guy's gear, it looks almost like Fenton Tech." Jazz stated to Maddie making the woman raise an eyebrow and look at the cube.

"Hmm, it does looks similar to the thermos, but it's been improved upon." Maddie stated before Danny pulled it away and pocketed it as he refused to look at the woman.

"Uh, is there a problem?" Faye asked not sure why the air seemed to scream that Danny wanted to leave the room immediately.

"No, c'mon let's go." Danny stated as he turned to leave only for Val to walk in.

"Hey Danny, we just got a report in-" Val started before seeing who else was in the room as Jazz and Maddie froze and stared at Danny in shock while Danny sighed.

"D-D-Danny?" Maddie whispered as tears started forming. "Is… Is it really you?" She asked with some hope as Danny turned to look at her.

"What happened, you give up hunting ghosts to make a difference in the medical field?" Danny asked as both women started letting tears out. "Do not try to hug me." Danny warned as he stared at the two making them flinch.

"Danny… can't… can't we move past everything? It's been 10 years." Jazz stated as Danny just looked at her.

"It's Dan, Dan Corvus. Danny Fenton died 10 years ago with his other half." Danny stated making the two flinch.

"Danny-" Maddie stated before Danny just looked at her with a glare.

"You can call me Agent or Wraith when we talk. Save your excuses and all that shit, we got jobs to do so focus on that." Danny stated coldly making Maddie and Jazz flinch back more as Kandel and Faye just looked between them in confusion.

Danny then turned to Val, "What happened?" Danny asked and Val shook her head to focus.

"The reports of a possible hostage situation on West 34th Street were confirmed." Val stated making Danny nod.

"We'll handle it." Danny stated before looking to Faye, "Let's move." Danny stated making her nod as they headed out leaving two heartbroken women, one confused woman, and one indifferent woman behind before Val looked at the two.

"Did you seriously think he was just going to be all happy and accepting of you two?" Val asked coldly making the two flinch.

"We didn't know how he'd react." Jazz stated as Val just glared at her.

"Yes you did, you just didn't want to believe it. He's right though, we've got a job to do, so focus on that." Val stated before she left the medical wing leaving the two women behind looking a bit depressed while Kandel just shook her head and got back to work.

Outside, Danny and Faye were heading up 8th Avenue, "Do you want to talk about it?" Faye eventually asked as they stopped by a CERA truck that had several dozen containers and boxes for them to search through.

"No, not right now anyway, some of what happened you wouldn't believe if I told you." Danny stated as they found some more medical supplies as well as cases of clothes, food, and water.

"Somehow, I doubt that, but okay, long as your head is in the game." Faye stated knowing he needed to focus or risked one or both of them getting killed.

"I know, like I said, we got a job to do." Danny stated as they kept moving before ISAC found an ECHO Beacon at a check in station by the Garden.

Walking up, they activated it before seeing the images of a line of people coming in for treatment or supplies before one was pulled away. [It's just a cold, didn't sleep well is all.] A man stated through coughing fits, but it was clear the CERA worker wasn't buying it and waved down a JTF soldier.

[I'm sorry sir, I need you to come with me.] The soldier stated before pulling the man away, rather forcefully.

[What? Hey, hey! Where are you taking me?!] The man shouted before he was loaded into a truck.

[Mark! Mark! Hey! He's fine, let him go!] A woman, likely the man's wife, shouted only to be held back by another JTF officer.

"Infected subject identified as Mark Powell, Accounts Assistant. Current Status: Alive undergoing treatment at JTF Facility." ISAC stated while Danny sighed.

"Could have let his wife stay with him at least." Danny stated while shaking his head before they grabbed anything left in the area worth having. Once they cleared it, the two continued on by turning onto West 34th Street and heading towards where ISAC had marked the situation earlier when it scanned the situation board.

[Agents, I got something for you, it's not an immediate priority, but still a high one. There's reports of a large quarantine zone of a building on 8th and West 36th. I'm having the location sent to ISAC now, I need the data from there at your first opportunity.] Kandel stated over the radio.

"Roger that, we'll save the hostages and take care of the nearby staging point before heading there. Also, good news in we found some CERA crates of supplies intact. We'll bring them by later." Danny stated knowing it wasn't that far from their location at the moment.

[Great. I'll be waiting.] Kandel stated as Danny and Faye kept walking.

Reaching the next intersection, they quickly removed a small group of Rioters before looting them. They found some grenades and guns, but Danny managed to find a new pistol. It was a Px4 Storm Type F and he quickly switched his Ti-RANT Suppressor to it before stowing his old sidearm.

They moved on after scavenging the scattered police cruisers knowing that ammo, guns, and other supplies could have been left behind. Faye found a Colt 1911 and swapped her suppressor to it before giving Danny her traded out sidearm.

Approaching the location, Danny took cover behind a car on the left while Faye crossed the street and took cover behind a planter. "This is Agent Wraith, we are on site, have a JTF escort ready and enroute to retrieve hostages." Danny stated getting confirmation from Officer Shelly.

Using Pulse Danny found there were 8 hostiles: 5 grunts, 2 grenadiers, and 1 marksman. Danny quickly took aim and took out the marksman with a round to the head before he fired on the two grenadiers killing them instantly before he was forced into cover.

Faye, of course, then popped up and fired on the five grunts killing three before they could react while the other two managed to take cover. One though was behind a truck, which meant Danny quickly shot him in the foot and then in the head while Faye moved in and quickly dispatched the last grunt.

Moving into the building, which was a Kerman Coffee house, they quickly found the key and freed the hostages. "Hostages are safe, all hostiles eliminated." Danny reported getting confirmation.

[Good job saving those civilians, I'm tired of losing people to this shitstorm.] Shelly responded as the hostages took seats and tried to relax. Faye nodded to him as he began scavenging the place finding a weapons case, with a subpar weapon inside sadly, and he stored it along with several boxes of water, cream, sugar, and coffee from the storage room.

Once the escort arrived, Danny and Faye gathered the guns from their enemies before heading down West 34th so they could swing around 9th Avenue and easily reach the enemy location on West 33rd street.

However, along the way they passed a car lot and Danny went in to scavenge any tools before finding another phone. "Accessing mobile device. Access achieved, playing audio recording now." ISAC stated before said recording began.

[John, it's Vic. I just got a call from Deb on the night shift. The inmates are starting to look sick. One of the guards must have brought it in, and it looks like the supply ferry isn't going to make it over. So I don't want you or Travis coming in.] Vic stated in what was clearly an uncaring tone towards the inmates.

[The Jail's already understaffed. They'll riot.] John replied concern clear in his voice.

[Yeah. I don't know about you but I'm not paid enough to be stuck on Rikers' Island with twenty thousand cons with fuckin' Ebola or whatever. Don't go to work today, John. It's not worth it.] Vic stated before the message ended.

"Dammit, if they had the full security there, the Rikers may not have broken out." Faye stated with a sigh.

"No sight of the big picture, unfortunately." Danny stated before he saw a ladder and motioned to it. "You thinking, what I'm thinking?" Danny asked with a smirk.

"Maybe drop in on the Rioters base?" Faye stated as Danny nodded before they moved and scaled the ladder to a nearby roof, which sure enough led to where the Rioters were set up and none of them were paying attention to the roof access.

"I'll go far, you go close." Danny stated making Faye nod as they saw three by the street, four closer to them, and then one guy wearing some body armor directly under them.

Danny aimed his sticky bomb launcher at the street ones while Faye aimed hers closer to them before both fired and detonated killing six of the enemies. Danny then dropped on the leader and quickly plunged his knife into said enemy's neck while Faye shot the last thug.

Nodding to her, Danny quickly grabbed any useable gear including some weapon part boxes and two gear boxes. There was nothing worth keeping on him, so he stored it all.

However, before Faye could jump down to him, ISAC came up again, "ALERT: Damaged reconnaissance drone detected nearby. Recommended action: Acquire Black Box." ISAC stated before Danny looked up and saw the drone hanging on a ledge by a parachute right over where they came over.

Pulling his sidearm, Danny shot the plane a few times causing it to explode and pieces to fall to the rooftop below it.

Faye dug through the wreckage a bit before finding the black box allowing ISAC to access it as Faye made her way down to Danny before an infrared image of the street appeared, "Civil disturbances arose throughout the city in response to the lack of medical support and supplies. The JTF responded with controlled measures of force. Last recorded image shows a group of JTF personnel holding the line against violent attackers." ISAC informed before storing the data to transmit to the Base once they had it fully operational.

"Poor bastards, not enough supplies coming in when assholes are hoarding and stealing from others. The gangs only made it worse." Faye stated as Danny nodded before Faye got on the comms, "This is Agent Lau, hostile stronghold on West 33rd has been eliminated."

[Copy that Agent, thanks for that, our patrols will feel safer now that those bastards are gone.] Shelly stated before they continued on heading for the quarantine zone at 8th and West 36th.

However, along the way they had to take cover as a group of Rioters were having a fire fight with a group of Cleaners. [Agents, satellite coverage shows that there's an unusual heat bloom in the quarantine area. That means one of two things: Either the virus could have possibly mutated or those Cleaner assholes may be there. Either way, get there quickly and be on the lookout just in case.] Kandel came on over the radio.

"Roger that, we just encountered some Cleaners in the area, so most likely it's the latter. We'll hurry before they can burn any data or victims." Danny stated before he quickly popped two of the Cleaners in the head while Faye shot three of the Rioters.

Danny then stayed up and shot a third Cleaner, one who had a suspicious bag on him, before finally ducking as a bullet grazed his arm.

A shout from nearby made Danny turn and drop his gun to catch a fireman's axe from another Cleaner who had a plexiglass shield as well. Danny quickly pushed the axe away and headbutted the attacker, before kicking his knee, causing it to dislocate. Danny then twisted the axe away and spun before slamming the head into the attacker's head killing him.

Looking over, he saw Faye had finished off the Rioters before she came over and he handed her a stapler and some gauze to cover his wound. Once he was bandaged up, they quickly scavenged the bodies with Faye noting he was stripping the Cleaners, "What are you doing?" Faye asked as she came over with some guns and grenades.

"These fire suits aren't half bad; they can serve as makeshift hazmat suits. Plus, these oxygen tanks can only be useful both for hazmat gear and to help patients." Danny stated as he stored the items before digging into the one Cleaner's bag and pulled out some modified grenades.

Frowning, he pulled it up and smelled them, "Wow, they actually made their own incendiary grenades. Someone knows what they're doing." Danny stated as he pocketed those rather than storing them. "Let's check these CERA trucks and the Ambulances here, can't be too careful." Danny stated making Faye nod.

"Right, and some of these may be Hazmat squads too." Faye stated as they quickly searched the vehicles for anything and everything along with a nearby electronics store grabbing all the parts and pieces that were there.

AS they entered the quarantine zone, ISAC came online, "ALERT: Possible Intelligence located." ISAC stated as it pinged near an ambulance down a ways from them.

Finding the source, they found a laptop with a recorded conversation on it marked Rule Number 2, [Now, sometimes they wanna hold onto their shit at any costs. Might even try to kill you to protect it.] A male stated, apparently teaching a new guy how to rob people.

[Yeah, I've seen that.] Said new guy responded.

[In that case, measure up the biggest guy they got and shoot them in the head. Just drop that guy and the others will listen. Remember: he'd do the same to you if he could. Point blank, right in the head.] The first male stated in complete seriousness.

[Got it.] Mane 2 stated with determination.

[With kids, it's even easier. Just aim at the kid, and they'll back down. No need to waste the ammo. If they got a dog, you can either threaten the dog or take it out. And if you've got the guts to do it, you can even bring it back here and roast it.] Man 1 stated still serious.

[Wait, you mean eat the dog?] Man 2 asked incredulously.

[Hey, it actually tastes alright, if it's lean.] Man 1 laughed,

"They've actually got a playbook now, sonovabitch." Faye stated as Danny nodded before they entered the building that Kandel wanted looked into.

"WARNING: area contaminated. Scanning… Scans show current equipment acceptable for environment." ISAC intoned before speaking again, "ALERT: Scanning equipment detected. Scans show that calibration is needed to do a complete scan of area." He informed as they entered before finding the first scanner, which Danny accessed and started it up. "ALERT: Scan initiated. WARNING: Two more scanners detected, unit calibration requires all three scanners to be activated for data to be transmitted. Failure to have all three scanners activated within the scanning timeframe will result in failure and a reset of the whole system. Scanning time estimated: 4 minutes and 48 seconds." ISAC stated as they moved.

Pushing through the back of the building, they came to an alleyway between the buildings where they found the second scanner and activated it. Having no other choice, they then climbed a ladder up a scaffolding to a nearby rooftop where they entered through another building via an opened window.

Moving past the waste that littered the hallway, they moved up the stairs and found the third scanner unit. "ALERT: All scanners activated. Uploading Data… Error, uplink blocked, proceed to interface terminal and transmit data to CERA cloud server for review. Time remaining: 3 minutes 4 seconds." ISAC stated as they moved to the roof access and saw a waypoint a few roofs away.

The duo moved across three roofs before taking cover as a team of Cleaners was there, "Remember, once we find the structural points, we need to call into base and request the napalm bombs to ensure this whole place burns." One of them stated and Danny just sighed before he drew his sidearm and quickly popped four of them in the head before they could react while Faye came up and shot the other three.

Faye then quickly moved to the console and transmitted the data while Danny scavenged their opponents. "Transmission sent… received. Data fully uploaded and documented." ISAC stated before the comms came on again.

[Agents, I just got the data, we'll begin processing it now. Also, good news, those hostages you saved, one's a chemist and two have medical experience, they're being put to work as we speak.] Kandel stated before the comms switched.

[Yeah, thanks, we're low on hazmat gear, no way we could have gotten a team in there to run the scan.] Shelly stated before Danny found another weapons case and opened it before grabbing classic AK-47 that had been modified and looked to be in better condition than the Survivor one he had.

After swapping them, they began moving back to street level back the way they came. Along the way, they helped out a few people by giving them water or food that they had on hand before directing them to the BoO since more people was both a gift and a curse; more mouths to feed and help, but more bodies that could help keep the base running.

However, when they were just about to hit West 33rd again, Danny stopped and looked at a store front that they hadn't noticed before, probably in their haste to get the hostages to safety. The reason he stopped, there were literal pallets of canned food, sacks of flour and sugar, and other cases and crates from CERA and food distributors.

Needless to say, they looted the whole place counting the shelves, before ISAC spoke, "Mobile device detected." It stated before the phone was pinged in a small park area between buildings next to the store.

[Hello, this is Naomi.] A little girl's voice stated over the line.

[Hi again Naomi! This is Ali from 89.8 again! And I have some good news for you!] A male radio host stated.

[What?] Naomi asked in excitement.

[Princess, you are going to see The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center!] Ali stated in excitement.

[Grandma! We won, we won!] Naomi shouted in happiness.

[So who are you going to take with you?] Ali asked with amusement clear.

[My grandma!] Naomi said proudly.

[Well, you tell grandma to make sure you have a great time, okay?] Ali stated with a laugh.

[Okay.] Naomi stated not catching his tone of being humor filled.

[Now put your grandma on the line so we can get her those tickets for you.] Ali stated encouragingly.

[Okay. Grandma!] Naomi shouted before the recording ended.

"Poor kid, I hope she got to see the show before all this shit was happening." Faye stated as Danny nodded before the comms came online.

[Agents, just got word of a mercy drop being dropped in, it should have landed at the corner of West 31st and 7th. I recommend grabbing it before the local assholes do.] Shelly stated in an annoyed tone.

"Roger that, we're on the way now." Danny stated as they began moving down 33rd to 7th before they'd head down to 31st.

[This is Viper 3, we will be enroute once you've given the all clear, agent." A pilot stated over the comms.

"Negative Viper 3, we'll transport the drop ourselves. The area of the drop is narrow and there's too much risk of hostiles ambushing as we try to get it loaded up. There's also the fact that someone used a SAM on our ride out of Brooklyn, there's no telling if there are more missiles or not. The most basic reason is fuel, no reason to waste it on this supply run that we can transport ourselves." Danny stated since he didn't want to risk a helicopter or good pilots on something they could handle themselves.

It was different in Brooklyn since the hostiles only really had small arms, but there were more guns and the risk of a SAM being in play to risk the helicopter right now.

[Copy that, agent, we'll hang tight then. Best of luck.] The pilot responded knowing he brought up good points and if they didn't need to use the fuel then no point in doing so.

Approaching the location, the two paused a brief moment at the sound of gunfire going off before sprinting for the site, [This is unit 7, we're under fire! We secured the supply drop when Rioters came out of nowhere and began attacking, we need back up now!] An officer called over the radio.

[Unit 7, hold tight, we got two Division Agents enroute to you right now. Dig in and keep your heads down as long as you can. They shouldn't be more than two mikes out.] Snake came on the line as Faye and Danny double timed it.

Arriving, they saw unit 7 pinned down by the drop and quickly opened fire on the Rioters killing several before they could truly react. By the time they did react, Danny had popped 5 more in the head before ducking down to reload his rifle before switching to his AK.

Faye quickly flanked them and had her Shotgun out before she ambushed a couple grenadiers and shot them in the head or chest before moving into cover.

Of course, they're distraction at Faye and Danny being there also allowed for the JTF unit to return fire taking out a couple more of them. Danny then opened fire with his AK, releasing controlled bursts on the hostiles, dropping one after another.

Danny then grunted as a bullet hit his vest making him have to take cover again as he reloaded the AK and waited a moment.

Said moment was to give Faye the chance to ambush their marksman a short distance off and put a blast through his head. From there, it was a pincer movement of Danny hitting one side, Faye hitting another, and the JTF hitting them from a third side.

The rest of the fight didn't take long to wrap up, "Everyone all right?" Danny asked as he stepped out from cover checking his magazines and ammo.

"We're all right, sir." The unit leader, a sergeant by the looks, stated as his men took stock of their own munitions.

"I'm good, you all right?" Faye asked motioning to where he was hit.

"Yeah, bullet didn't get through the armor." Danny stated sticking his fingers into the spot and pulling the bullet out showing it was mushroomed and clean of blood.

Danny then moved to the supplies and checked them finding them to be different electronic and repair kits, which would go a long way to the tech wing once they got Rhodes back. Pulling out a new cube, Danny stored the whole drop inside before helping Faye scavenge the area for any usable gear or supplies.

Once that was done, they nodded to the unit before continuing on their way with the unit finishing their patrol before they'd head back to base.

On the way to the next location, an area on West 29th, the comms lit up, [This is unit 15! We need back up right now; we are engaged at an ODEA on West 29th! They're hitting us hard here!] A soldier called as Faye and Danny took off down the street as they were literally just down the block.

"This is agent Lau, we're approaching from your east, we will be there momentarily." Faye replied as they came upon the sight of several Rioters shooting up the ODEA Electronics and quickly opened fire on them with Danny still using his AK and Faye using her MP-5. The Rioters were just a bunch of grunts and thugs, so they weren't much in the way of a challenge.

Once they were done, they grabbed the guns and then Danny grabbed the still usable electronics while Faye went to the Lieutenant. "I'm glad you two showed up, based on what those thugs were bragging about, the rest of their crew is coming this way right now." He stated as Danny came up after grabbing the laptops, cell phones, and any useable parts.

"All right, we'll take the front outside, you guys stay in the store and at least two of you need to watch the back door to make sure we're not flanked." Danny stated making them nod already hearing about what they'd done so far.

Far as they were concerned, unless Benitez or Gray said otherwise, they were following their orders in this.

Danny and Faye then both took cover and waited before ISAC alerted them to incoming enemy combatants and a quick Pulse showed they were coming from the same direction that Faye and Danny had come from. It was more grunts and they were easily mowed down by both Danny and Faye before more came.

This time a few grenadiers were among them, who Danny quickly popped in the head to ensure no grenades were thrown in this engagement by the enemy.

These Rioters were clearly just a bunch of thugs that banded together as they literally ran down the street at them not even trying to use cover of the cars, planters, or anything else.

Once the area was clear, they once again collected everything counting several JTF and CERA boxes that were in the area, including several boxes off an army truck that had weapons, ammo, and parts to build guns, all of which would help the security wing once they had Benitez back.

"All right, we're gonna continue on. You guys stay safe." Danny stated making them men nod at him before ISAC came up.

"ALERT: Mobile device and audio recording detected." ISAC stated before pinging to spots in the alleyway behind the ODEA.

Shrugging to each other, Faye and Danny went to the alleyway and went to the east first and found an ambulance, which Danny scavenged while Faye took a laptop and accessed it finding an audio log marked as Rule Number 1:

[Regroup was twenty minutes ago. What took you so long?] A man asked angrily.

[Sorry, man. I ran into some trouble and had to take a detour.] A more nervous man stated in response.

[So what'd you bring back?] The first asked expectantly.

[I... I got nothing. There were too many. Had to drop it and run.] The second man stated nervously/

[Nothing? You think this is some kinda welfare gig? You think we put our asses on the line so you can get protection and a free meal?] The first stated obviously pissed off.

[No... no... I'm sorry.] The second stated with fear evident in his voice.

[Get your shit together, or you're gonna find out what it's like to be on the outside looking in. Got no room for dead weight. That's your last warning.] The first stated in a warning tone.

"Guess that was rule one." Danny stated as he grabbed what supplies were available, making Faye nod.

"Right." Faye stated with a sigh as they moved westward in the alley and found the phone not far from the backdoor to the ODEA.

[Yeah, it's Rick.] A man's voice stated before a woman's exaggerated breaths were heard. [Uh... Hello?] Rick asked only for the panting and breathing to continue. [Who's there?] Rick demanded getting a bit freaked out.
[You like that, huh? Having someone call you at four o'clock in the morning?!] A woman demanded finally making Faye and Danny look at each other.

"Guess she was being stalked and found whoever was doing it." Danny stated making Faye nod.

[Agents, the supply drop of medical supplies has been released. Sending you the coordinates now… sure glad it's you doing this and not me. Just remember that you're special, ha, because most people just don't survive against such heavily armed hostiles in such large numbers. Good luck.] Shelly stated making Danny and Faye sweatdrop before shaking their heads and moving out.

"Copy that, we'll secure and retrieve the supplies." Danny stated as they moved to 8th Avenue and them moved up to West 29th street before moving west.

They arrived at a park/playground for some apartment buildings on West 29th street. Danny quickly tossed Faye a cube, "Grab the supplies, I'll handle any looters that come." Danny stated making Faye nod as she began loading up the crates while Danny moved to a center location as ISAC came online.

"WARNING: Hostiles approaching!" ISAC informed before tagging several approaching enemies coming from the south.

Danny didn't worry, he just set up on the ledge and picked them off with his rifle before they could even try to get to the supplies just below him.

Danny had to reload his rifle afterwards, and idly noted he needed more ammo before they headed out deeper into the city. "Heads up." Faye stated as she tossed Danny back his cube, "Got two thirds, just need the last one." Faye stated and Danny nodded.

"Okay, be back in a second." Danny stated as he jumped down and loaded the boxes into the cube before storing it as he heard gunfire and assumed Faye was handling more looters.

Coming up the steps, Danny found quite a few dead looters while Faye was taking cover behind a small wall before Danny moved beside her and activated his Pulse and quickly helped pick off the others. "Good thing they didn't join with Hutch's crew, can't imagine how much more annoying it would have been to take back the Garden." Faye absently stated as she shot another idiot trying to rush them head on with a baseball bat.

"Agreed, though would have been nice to have all the cockroaches in one place to sanitize at once." Danny stated as he shot a grenade while it was still in the grenadier's hand blowing him and the two guys next to him up.

"Can't ever be easy, right?" Faye stated as she ducked and reloaded her SMG before coming back up.

"Be boring if it was." Danny stated as he swapped to his AK and shot three more before ISAC gave the all clear.

"All right, this is Wraith, we got the supplies secured. Any other situations to act on?" Danny asked as he and Faye scavenged again.

[Good job agents. You know, some of the boys here wanted to bet me that you wouldn't make it through that alive. I didn't take those bets though since I had complete faith in you.] Shelly stated making them roll their eyes, [As for other situations, only thing on my list is that missing persons request, but I –] Shelly was cut off as the ISAC came up.

"ALERT: JTF Radio Chatter intercepted. Location confirmed as Lincoln Tunnel Checkpoint." ISAC stated before it switched to a different comms channel.

[Captain! We're being overrun! They're killing everyone in sight!] A distressed soldier stated over the comms.

[Dammit, if they blow the floodgates, then –] A man, assumed to be Benitez, stated before the soldier came back on.

[Captain! They've got a – ahhhh!] The soldier stated before screaming in pain before the line went dead.

[Wraith, Lau, get your asses moving to the Lincoln Tunnel NOW! We can't afford to lose that tunnel or Benitez; one is important and the other is vital.] Snake ordered making Fay and Danny take off for 9th Avenue, which they'd follow until West 34th street where they'd head straight for the Lincoln Tunnel.

"We're on our way. We'll drop the supplies off after we save Benitez!" Danny stated as he and Faye moved, both hoping they'd get there in time to save both the checkpoint and Benitez.

DONE!

And with that the Base is beginning to start running again and Pennsylvania Plaza has been cleared. Next time we go searching for Captain Benitez and Paul Rhodes.

#1 I crafted some of these from supplies I had looted from different areas in Chelsea.

For those wondering why Danny searched vehicles and such and not the Garden, the vehicles and the like are a quick sweep, but the ENTIRE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN was used as a makeshift hospital, means they'd have to search every room and section of the building to thoroughly sweep it. Said building is 820,000 square feet to search.

DANNY'S CURRENT GEAR (identified/confirmed):

Primary Weapon: Military SCAR-H with a 552 Holosight, extended magazine (adds 3 bullets meaning Danny has 18 rounds before he must reload), a Handstop, and an Omega Rifle Suppressor.

Secondary: Classic AK-47 that has a bronze colored ACOG Scope (4X), Extended Magazine (gives Danny an additional 7 bullets bringing his count to 37), a handstop, and an Omega rifle Suppressor.

Sidearm: Px4 Storm Type F with a Ti-RANT Suppressor and comes with a 17 round clip.

Chest: Heavy Duty Vest

Backpack: National Guard Backpack

Mask: Heavy Duty Mask

Gloves: Heavy Duty Gloves

Sidearm Holster: Hunting Holster

Knee's: Heavy Duty Pads

FAYE'S CURRENT GEAR (identified/confirmed):

Primary Weapon: Burst fire MP-5 A4 SMG with a T2 Micro red dot sight, Extended Magazine (gives her 6 more rounds bringing it to 38), and a Coyote Tan vertical grip.

Secondary Weapon: Super 90 shotgun with a coyote tan vertical grip, Heavy magazine spring, and a C79 scope with a 3.4x zoom.

Sidearm: Colt 1911 with a Ti-RANT Suppressor and comes with a 12 round magazine.

Chest: Heavy Duty Vest

Knee's: Heavy Duty Pads

New Enemies: Heavies: In normal/accepted cliché fashion, they are the biggest enemies and carry the heavy weapons and take the second most damage before dying. Usually it's an LMG, but other enemy groups have different variations of them. However, they all share the same weakness in that they always have a pack or container that can be shot and made to explode dealing heavy damage to the enemy and those in a close enough proximity.
Marksman: The snipers of the enemy groups. They retreat and move quickly to a cover, usually elevated cover if they can, and they will wait to pick shots at you and will immediately take cover if you shoot at them regardless of if you hit or not. Usually, the best method is being the better marksman or keeping them suppressed in cover until you can get closer and kill them.

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