Prolog

Another one went off in the distance. Stumbling and swearing, the last of those who could, climbed the ramp on to the plane. Some carried wounded, some were wounded themselves. There was another bright flash and a building in front to the ramp collapsed. Two men standing at the end of the ramp opened fire at enemy's that I couldn't see. I watched as the ramp slowly pulled itself up, and as the used shells, of the massive chain guns on of those men was holding, littered the floor. Liquid green Fire found its way in, to the now closed ramp way, at the last second. On of the men fell over screaming and clutching the new stump that was once his arm. The other fellow, the on with the chain gun, wasn't as lucky... not even his shoes survived the plasma blast. As the ships engines started, I looked around. That made 7, 7 dead on that last mission, and 3 more badly wounded, like the whimpering man in the corner. Only 4 of us got away with scrapes and bruised. We thought it wound have been easy, but we lacked focus and motivation. Surprising where one finds motivation. Revenge is probably what will drive the 4 of us back on to those battle fields yet to come. Revenge will get us killed, but it will be worth it as long as we win in the end.
It had been a month, just a month. Yet, that one month seemed liked 20 years to me. My Name is Benjamin Robinson; I'm the leader of the mercenary team "Frozen Blades". For the last month we have gotten more work then the last 2 years. It funny actually, at first everyone thought it was a joke. I remember laughing at the news report; I thought someone had bribed the anchor man. We all laughed at first. That ended quickly. Before I tell my story, let me tell about my 5 person team; First there is me, then there is Sam Robinson, he is my younger brother, he is a great shot, I've only seen him miss twice, he and I started this group. He is more of a co-leader then a member. Andrew Tucker, a great friend and companion. He fought the longest and hardest out of anyone I ever knew. Then there was Kerri Conroy, she was married for 5 years before all this started, but she never changed her name. She would do what ever it takes for two reasons; on she thinks it's the right thing, and two she will never back now if she wants something. Last of all was Nik Holm, He was our weapon expert and supply "gatherer". If you needed it he could find it.
We had all been doing mercenary work together for about 9 years, we used to have other members, such as, Alison spokes, Shawn Merkley, Devin McKilligan, Nathan Topper, Russell Boyd, Tracy Spokes, Chris Cole, AJ Gionette, and a few others but they broke off and formed their own groups or retired. So only the five of us were left when this war broke out. It's kind of funny really, after all we were mercenaries, we sold ourselves to the highest bidder during a war, and then we eliminated the opposition. But this time, not one mercenary group would work for the other side, only our side. You see I'm guessing this all started just before the turn of the century. The clock rolled over on to 1999, and bang the war started. Of course all the governments kept it a secret for 2 months. That is until Paris was destroyed. Again, I laughed when I heard it on the news, who would have thought aliens really existed, let alone want us all wiped out.
It was March 12, 1999 when in heard the news, from I source that I could believe. I quickly called a team session. I normally only did this when we had a job offer. It took a while but they all came. Kerri and tucker showed up looking worried... I guess they were watching the news. Andrew is 5"11, slim but muscled, he has wavy blond hair. Kerri is about 5"7, slim with dyed red hair cut short. "Didn't start with out me, did you?" Sam said as he walked in. Sam is 5"9, he has dirty blonde hair. Nik came last. He is 6"2 and has light brown hair, like myself. "So, I'm here to tell you about a job unlike any we have ever taken. If you have been watching the news, the government still denies everything, but the news reported that Paris has fallen to some sort of Alien invasion." Sam Laughed at that. "If the government is saying it didn't happen that means they were whipped in the fight, which means they need help." Nik and Sam look shocked at what I was saying, Kerri looked worried, and Andrew was already planning. "We approach the government, we tell them our price, our needs and we want control, were no some private they can boss around." Again Sam laughed, but this time it was full of spite, he was not pleased but he was thinking of the money. With the government licked we could charge anything, anything at all.
So that's how it all started, Andrew approached the officials, who were surprisingly pleased to meet us. They told us that we would be paid and that we would get the latest weaponry, armor and what ever else we picked up. They met almost every demand, except in their eyes we were all rookies, and we have to prove ourselves. That and we had to move in to their base. We had no idea what lay ahead of us, no idea at all.