The World Has Fallen
Chapter 8
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Crusader HQ
Time: Monday 1000 UTC -7
"And that should do it," said a simple Crusader Industries worker as he and his crew finished fixing the hole in the side of the building caused by the explosion. This time they reinforced all the walls with injection concrete and Crusader Iron. A more robust, powerful, lightweight, worth more than gold metal that Crusader Industries invented.
"Good work, ladies and gentlemen. Now our enemies will think twice in-" the contractor was interrupted by several hidden point defense weapons activating and instantly firing.
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The sky would light up with explosions as Fort Carson, the US Air Force Academy, and the regional Airport of Colorado Springs would have all their defenses activated. Patriot Missile Batteries, Crusader Hades-5 anti-missile missile batteries, and CRAM systems would begin to fire up into the sky.
The city would turn into a war zone quickly, with Air Raid Sirens going off and Fort Carson scrambling to get air assets into the air. People in the city would scream and run for cover as the city defenses opened up.
This same scene would be playing out in multiple cities across the nation as well as her allies. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Las Vegas, Big Sky, Phoenix, Paris, France, London UK, Berlin, Germany, Warsaw, Poland, Rome, Italy, Washington DC., New York City, Atlanta, Charleston, St. Louis, Little Rock, Cheyenne, etc. Many cities didn't have as much defense as the center of the United States, for the most critical assets were in the interior. Denver, Cheyenne, Colorado Springs, and other interior strategic cities would be protected more effectively. However, the coastal cities would have had help from the navy and coast guard to shoot down many of the missiles before they could hit their targets. On a worldwide scale, China thought they would catch the US and her allies by surprise, but they were dead wrong.
The missiles in question are China's new and old DF-26 and DF-31 ICBMs with conventional warheads, not nukes. These missiles would be fast, but due to recent technology improvements in radar tracking, firing, and neutralizing by Crusader, all but one of the missiles would be shot out of the sky in the air of Colorado Springs. The one that made it through would hit Chyenne Mountain. Still, it is a big old bunker designed to withstand a nuclear attack. The missile's warhead would do no damage except create a rock slide that would kill three people below in their house and injure another six.
After the missile attack was over, everything started moving. Army, Air Force, and Naval assets would begin to deploy. Guard units in all the states would start digging in to defend their states.
Morgan would be in his office and have watched the whole thing while sipping a cup of cocoa, "Well," he said, "The money train is about to ram the station." As he said that America would respond in kind to China's attack, "Welp, this is going to be interesting."
In response to the attack, America would launch counter-attacks on Chinese warships that had gotten way too close with their brand new arsenal of Zeus-3 hypersonic anti-ship missiles launched from American Arley Burke Class Destroyers. These missiles would have devastating effects on their targets. America would also say, 'screw it, just blow it up,' on all of the warehouses identified as Storm's and his goons' places where they store all sorts of things by all kinds of artillery.
The storm was not ready, but neither were Syliva and Russia for China to attack. Most significantly, they were unprepared for America's immediate counter-attack, destroying most of what they thought was secret. American intelligence was more capable than they initially thought. China attacked too early from what; Russia was planning, and because of the swift change of plans, Russia was not all too happy. Most importantly, neither was Abstergo.
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Only hours after China's initial attack, they would have lost a good chunk of their Pacific naval assets from American anti-ship missiles. Lupe would have ordered attacks on Abstergo convoys and warehouses. These attacks would surprise the enemy, for they thought the Atlas Wolves Militia were taken care of. These convoys and warehouses were ransacked, and all sorts of technology were stolen, for everyone was killed and other things destroyed. The commanders would report to Lupe and send him more secrets in encryption for Lupe to redirect to the US government and military.
China and Russia would also suffer from the AWM attacks, for they would sabotage railways and roads, making Russia's already poor logistics worse than they already were. At the same time, a bunch of Chinese manufacturing centers would be blown to bits by secret car bombs the AWM China Branch made.
Lupe would have had the attack keep going with no remorse until he was told to stop by Atlas.
On the other hand, Morgan would just be watching his computer as orders from America, Germany, France, the UK, and many other allies would start coming in. They all wanted the same things. Crusader's brand new missiles and their systems, new rifles, vehicles, and more cyber attack and defense. He would confirm his orders, and his factories would get to work. They were ready for war production, and it was time to go full speed.
Morgan would sip his cocoa, letting the money start flowing like water. He would be calm even after such an attack. He would then call up his most trusted engineer in the civilian sector, "Get Ms. Polska here, please," he would ask his receptionist outside his office doors.
"Yes sir, right away sir," the receptionist would say on the other end of the phone.
Moments later, a female white German Shepherd entered the office. This time Morgan would be looking out the window to view the Rocky Mountains to the west, having finished his cocoa. He would be standing with his arms crossed.
"You called for me, sir?" The white shepherd asked in a beautiful polish accent.
Morgan would turn and then head back to his desk, saying, "Yes, Ms. Polska." He would then hit a button that would put his office into lockdown mode. The windows would have shudders close while the door would lock. The room was isolated from the rest of the world at that moment. "How has the serum been treating you?"
The shepherd's eyes would go wide, "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean to. It was an accident, and I honestly didn't tell him. I didn't know-" she was cut off while tears started to form in her eyes as her accent was taking over. She thought she was about to be fired and kicked out.
"You're not in trouble," Morgan calmly said.
"Huh?" She would look up to her boss.
Morgan would then chuckle, "I would never fire someone with talents like you. Unless you like, betray me and defect to the other side," He was serious for that last part, "Anyway. I got word just moments ago that while you were testing technology, you somehow got knocked over into Edmund's work. You were knocked out, and Edmund tried to help you in a rush but injected you with the wrong vile. It is not your fault, for it was just an accident."
"I was just informed by Edmund after the attack yesterday. That is after Chase and Everest had their formal procedure," Ms. Polska informed Morgan.
"Meanwhile, I was told not long before the missile attack," Morgan inquired.
"If I would have known that Mr. Rockefeller didn't have his stuff secured. I wouldn't have done the test," the shepherd said, still trying to put fault on her.
"Robyn. Just stop trying to put the blame on anyone. No one is getting punished. No one else got hurt except you, which by the looks of it, the serum helps with healing," Morgan stated, trying to stop the shepherd from tearing herself apart, "Back to my first question. How has it been treating you?"
"Uh… I have noticed that I could do much more than I usually could. Don't get me wrong, I go to the gym every day before work, but I have noticed I have started lifting the same weights, but they seem like they are only a pound, if not just a bit more. I had to increase the weights drastically," Robyn would explain.
"How drastically?" Morgan would question.
"I went from my usual 250 pounds to the max amount of weight the gym has at 2000, and I'm afraid that even that isn't enough. From there, I have shaved my usual mile time in half from a 6-minute to a freakin' 2-minute 53 seconds. My times in all my timed events have decreased, and the number of backtracks (dog style sit-ups) and side pushes (dog push-ups) has only increased."
"Interesting," Morgan would write it down, "Chase and Everest have had similar experiences. That is outstanding."
Robyn would then say, "Because of Chase and Everest, have I become the new guinea pig for you and other scientists?"
"Lord no," Morgan would say, shocked, "No one experiments on my friends and employees. That reminds me, though, do you have any police, alphabet boys, or military experience?"
"Oh, ok. To your other question, me personally, some but not a lot. I was just a foot soldier for the Polish Military because I was required to. I never really trained in a tactical environment, and it has been a while since I immigrated to the US. Still trying to get my citizenship," Robyn would answer.
"Well, just to let you know, your visa and job are secured here, and you don't have to worry about returning to serve as this war kicks off," Morgan would assure the Polish White German Shepherd.
"Thank you, Mr. Zanavich," she would thank her boss.
"Please call me Morgan," Morgan would correct her.
She would nod. Then say, "Is there anything else you need from me?"
"Not that I can think of at this moment in time. Just be ready to be activated by Crusader Security if needed. There is one thing you could do," Morgan stated.
"What is that?" Robyn asked curiously.
"Start going to the Crusader Security Training sessions. All the gear that you helped design, by the way, will be provided as well as uniforms. We can't rely on the government to protect us now. We will have to take our protection into our own hands and paws," Morgan explained, "If you don't want to do it, I won't hold it against you," He would then smirk, "The Nightwatchers are scheduled to come later this week to help train members so we could be an adequate militia if needed to be called upon. If that happens, they would be one of the most powerful militias ever with our technology backing them up."
Robyn wouldn't have heard anything else but that the Nightwatchers will be in the building again later this week. She would say, "I'll look into it. Thank you again, Morgan."
"Of course, Robyn. If you need anything, just like any of your subordinates, please come to me," Morgan smiled as she unlocked the room.
"I will," Robyn would then leave the room smiling.
"Oh, and by the way," Morgan would catch her one more look, "Your secrets are safe with me." He would wink, and the doors would close behind the white German Shepherd.
She would smile and return to her office, which was not far.
Moscow, Russia
Secret Base of the Blackgate Hellfire Club
2100 Hours UTC 3
Deckard and Rocky were suspended in the air with their front paws chained to the ceiling. They've been here for how long; of course, Deckard could have already freed him and his brother, but they were having too much fun messing with their traitorous brothers. Also, on the positive side of their captivity is that Deckard finally found the leader of the Blackgate Hellfire Club, Slasher the Obstagoon Pokémon, that arrived here with Killshot.
While the two brothers waited until their host returned, Deckard remembered how they got into this situation.
Flashback
Timberwood, North Dakota
Old Lennox's Home - Temporary Base of Operations of the SWCU
1000 Hours UTC -6
Deckard had just gone through a procedure to fix his unstable demonic wolf form and was now known as the Demonic Wolf King. Deckard was busy talking to Chase, Everest, Lupe, and Artemis when an alarm went off warning of a missile. As a rocket struck the building, Deckard looked towards the front of the house.
After the smoke cleared and multiple arm forces swarmed the destroyed house, the soldiers found Deckard, Rocky, Scout, and Mr. Beretta within the rubble, but everyone else seemed to have vanished. The soldiers dragged the bodies of Deckard, Rocky, Scout, and Beretta to where Glacier and Ash were waiting for them. Once Glacier and Ash laid eyes on the four captives in front of them, Glacier took out an Arsenal Firearms "Strike One" pistol and proceeded to execute Mr. Beretta. At the same time, Ash also took out an Arsenal Firearms "Strike One" pistol and, with a sick evil grin, proceeded to kill Scout. Deckard watched helplessly as his closest friend and brother-in-arms since the very beginning of their military careers fell to the grass dead.
"You're lucky that someone wants to see you two. Otherwise, you would have joined them," said Glacier as he pointed to the dead bodies of Beretta and Scout.
That said, Deckard and Rocky felt a solid hit to the back of their heads, knocking them out cold and being dragged off to who knows where. However unknown to everyone, two cyber-animals, one being a cat-like jaguar, and the other being a bird-like condor were watching the whole scene play out in front of them. Both of them felt an extreme amount of pain when they saw their creator get killed, but remain hidden. After Deckard and Rocky were knocked unconscious and thrown into a large wooden box, the two cyber-animals waited until the right moment to sneak into another large wooden box, and before anyone realized them, the two cyber-animals activated something on each other before transforming into small circular electronic devices and hiding in plain sight in what turned out to be a box used in storing weapons like guns and explosives. A little bit later, both wooden boxes were shipped off to Moscow, Russia.
Meanwhile, everyone that was with them was in a very deep underground watching the whole scene play out in front of them via a satellite on a large screen. Right before the missile blew up Deckard pushed a button that caused a trapped door to open up and one by one everyone jumped except for Deckard, Rocky, Scout, and Beretta, because of the missile strike. Killshot and the others were about to go out and help their teammates when some message appeared on the screen.
"We'll take care of Deckard and Rocky. Split into two teams to warn Chase, Lupe, and Saudi Arabia about the inmate attack by the Blackgate Hellfire Club." - Ripfang.
"Sweetie and Delta, find out who the mole is, look for people high up on the country's national security team. Deckard believes it could be either the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Devon Woodrow, or Vice President John McCallen." - Skyclaw.
"This is what Deckard wanted us to relay to you guys, remember we can communicate with Deckard telepathically. We'll send status updates whenever we can." - Ripfang.
"Besides with us going to Russia, we might be able to find the head honcho of the Blackgate Hellfire Club and do some serious damage to his operations, maybe even delay it long enough to give you guys enough time to warn our allies and get ready for a counterdefense on Russia and Chinese forces. We'll also try to send new information if we find anything, Skyclaw and Ripfang out." - Skyclaw.
After reading the messages that were sent by Deckard's new spies, the remaining ShadoWolf Combat Unit members understand what they had to do.
"Alright listen up here's what we're going to do," said Killshot. "Me, Sidian, Cyanide, Shadow, Smokey, Delgado, Zephyr, Frostbite, Echo, Smoke, and Danny will head to Saudi Arabia to help them fend off any attacks from our enemies. Sweetie and Delta, Deckard entrusted you two to find the mole in our government. I'll alert Chase and Lupe that we're alive and what we're doing."
"Not all of us made it, Scout and Mr. Beretta got killed, and we all know how close Deckard and Scout were with each other, they were like brothers," said Frostbite, not happy on seeing another one of his brothers being killed.
"We'll avenge them along with all of our other fallen brothers and sisters," said Cyanide.
"Cyanide's right, but let's make Deckard proud and take care of our assignments," said Smokey.
The SWCU team made their way down a long tunnel and at the end, they came to a massive underground hangar where a private military jet and a pure black Chevrolet Corvette C8 Z06 with a 5.5L LT6 V8 engine, a 10-Speed Dual-Clutch transmission, and Rear-Wheel-Drive drive wheels.
"Damn you girls get one heck of a car," said Shadow, as he admired the car.
"Apparently that's not the only car he has," said Zephyr, flipping a light switch and revealing a bunch of highly modified cars that looked expensive as hell, some clearly from overseas.
"God damn," said Echo.
"Alright, alright, alright, we can look at the cars later right now we got an assignment to do," said Danny, as all the boys got into the private military plane and Sweetie and Delta got into the black Chevrolet Corvette C8 Z06, and together they took off for their separate destinations. The boys heading for Saudi Arabia and the girls heading for Washington D.C.
Flashback Ends
Nightwatcher's Bunker, Colorado
Time: 1200 UTC -7
Chase and Everest would be on a new call with Lupe and Artemis after the attack and counterattack.
"So, China attacked, and as a result, America destroyed most of their fleet capability and took out way more of Storm's gang than we never even thought of. Hate to admit it, but America is one hell of a beast," Lupe said after getting the order from Atlas to stop his Militia from attacking everything, "My forces have already caused lots of internal damage that is going to take some time to fix."
"Well, you slowed them down from responding. European forces are getting ready to hold off and invade Russia. This time, they might be overwhelmed due to our advancements. Abstergo's technology is advanced but only in small numbers," Chase would state, "Your retaliation attacks, after looking over some of these reports, have damaged most of their already terrible logistics and are going to cause them lots of problems in the future."
Lupe would smile a bit devilish, knowing his forces are some of the best and have caused lots of damage and hopefully delayed the inevitable a bit longer.
"So, what is the plan now?" Everest would ask.
"Well, we need to find out if Deckard, Rocky, and their team survived," stated Chase, "But tomorrow morning, we are to help Crusader in a training session for their up-and-coming militia. Lupe, what are you going to do?"
"We will probably consult with the Crusaders and see if we can get some weapons from them to supplement our waning numbers of weapons and outdated vehicles. We have the funds," Lupe suggested.
"You also have your private navy," Chase added.
"We will use that to harass Vladivostok, Russia, and other coastal cities near Alaska," Lupe continued.
There would be silence for the next minute before Chase would say, "Then good luck to you and GodSpeed."
"Will do, Chase. Will do," Lupe ended the call, and all that was left was Chase and Everest in their CIC of the Nightwatcher's base.
"So now what?" Everest would ask Chase. Fuchs and Rosalie would also enter the room with the same question.
"Now… We prepare to be deployed to Russia to try and save Deckard and Rocky's asses," Chase would say as he pulled up a map of Moscow, Russia, "Our spies have found not only them but also the headquarters of the so-called Blackgate Hellfire Club. They have also said that Strom is there along with Sylvia. No doubt Deckard's team will ignore their orders and go there anyway. Meanwhile, we are a smaller, more maneuverable team that can be moved within a moment's notice due to our light attack tactics. They'll go in guns blazing, risking everything on the potential opportunity to capture my brother and Syliva."
Fuchs, Rosalie, and Everest would listen intently as Chase started to formulate a plan in his head. Seeing this, Fuchs would ask with a smile, "What's the plan, Chase?"
Chase would breathe, then explain, "The plan, for now, is to make our way into Russia. We will be sent to Ukraine, where the fighting is most relevant, and support a plan that the Ukrainians want to pull. From there, in the chaos we cause, we will sneak behind enemy lines and 'do what is necessary,' to get to Moscow. That is a very veg way of saying hijack a car or some vehicle and go to Moscow.'" He would then look to Everest. "Have you been practicing your Russian and accent?"
"I have, yes," Everest would answer.
"Good, because we are going to have you get fluent at it so you can pose as a driver," Chase would then pull up a fake profile for Everest, "Your name will be Anastasia Rostova. You are an operative for the Russian MVD. You lived in Kursk, Russia, raised by two Russian nationalists." Chase would then print her fake papers, Russian ID, and Passport. "God forbid your looks may seduce them as well."
"So we are going with Morgan's suggestion?" Everest would ask.
Fuchs would reply, "Everest, you are a Siberian Husky. You have Russian in your blood, and with those looks, thanks to the serum, you can fool them."
Everest would take that as a compliment more than an offensive remark.
"Anyway," Chase continued. "Once in Moscow, we will find the headquarters, which shouldn't be hard since we have been given the direct coordinates of the building. From there, we will report our progress to Atlas, who will then advise coalition forces to do a full-on invasion of Russia. This will send panic throughout the nation as they have failed miserably in Ukraine and will most likely not be able to stop the invasion without resorting to tactical nukes. If we succeed and get Deckard and Rocky back, if they are even there, we will be in the position to neutralize their nuclear threat by cutting off the head of the snake. From there, commanders who, at this point, are not loyal to the Kremlin will probably surrender. That would kick Russia out of the war before it even really began. From there, Abstergo and other major entities like China will be the only major threat left and easier for the coalition to handle," Chase would finish explaining his plan. "But we all know how plans usually change, and this is more of a hope than a plan. However, that is what makes us strong. Being able to adapt."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Fuchs would say.
"Good. Now get our stuff ready. We leave after the training session tomorrow," Chase ordered.
Everyone would leave the room, and Chase would go over his plan. Everest would look back to Chase as she exited, who would nod and then go back to the screens. She would look away and head to her room to get her new gear ready.
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Everest would have gotten her Nightwatcher uniform and armor just a few days before the war. Morgan would have made sure it fit her, especially after the procedure. Chase also had to get a new uniform and armor because of the procedure.
Everest would be getting dressed in her tactical gear, which would be much different from her predecessor Skye. Unlike Skye, who was only really armed with pistols and had a backpack that would get her around with the grappling line and thrusters, Everest would take a new role entirely. Like everyone, she would have a grappling line, but this one, including Chase's, would be a bit more heavy duty, so they could lift a bit more since they can carry more due to their super dog strength. The grappling hooks, lines, and winches are rated to hold up to a ton of weight, just in case. As for Everest, she would specialize with rifles and winter environments, and her Russian appearance and language skills. Due to this, she has been designated as the undercover agent.
She is also armed with a Sig Sauer MCX Rifle (M5) with a Sig Romeo Green dot and Juliet 4x magnification optics. She would use a Sig Sauer P220 10mm full-size pistol for a secondary. Like Chase, she would have a grenade launcher, a blinding light, and for her sake, a claw to grab things, if not people, and keep them at bay while Chase interrogates them.
One thing unique to her would be her claws on her paws being sharper and reinforced with Crusader Steel and she could rip out throats with them. But why do that when they are also leased with a toxin that kills within minutes. That toxin being a special kind that is tuned to the Nightwaters genes so it doesn't kill them but everyone else including other operatives. More notably being Deckard and any of his team members that could go rogue. This toxin is serious and the man who made it for the Nightwatchers has no plans to make an antidote… because he is dead. The toxin is only known by the Nightwatchers, the President, and Atlas. Not even Crusader knows about it for once.
She would pack any extra gear and some of Chase's equipment into a black box and lock it. She would head back to the command room. There, she would see Chase in his gear and loading 7.62 rounds into magazines for his MDR.
"Chase?" She would ask him.
He would finish his last mag and would put it into his backpack. He would then look to Everest as she said his name, "What's up?"
"All of my gear and yours are packed and ready to go," Everest reported
"Good," He would look her up and down, checking out her in her new uniform and armor, "You look great in that uniform. Downright sexy."
She would smile, taking the compliment, "Thank you. I thought I would look good in this."
"Now, we do our prechecks. We leave early tomorrow to go and go to the Training with Crusader. From there, we will leave for Ukraine, and hopefully, the plan will fall into place."
Everest was nervous. She would have just been dropped into a war with an elite team of operatives. "Can't wait."
Moscow, Russia
Blackgate Hellfire Club
2200 Hours UTC 3
Alarms were going off as Danny and Killshot lead the SWCU on a raid of the Blackgate's Hellfire Club's base. Killshot knowing what his orders were decided to ignore them and him, along with the other members of the ShadoWolf Combat Unit staged a massive assault on the base with the help of Ripfang and Skyclaw, who were able to disable the air defense systems just for a few minutes. Of course, Deckard and Rocky had already put a stealth operation in place and Deckard was sure going to let his team have it when they met up. However, Deckard and Rocky were standing face-to-face with their backstabbing ex-brothers, Glacier and Ash.
Flashback
Moscow, Russia
Blackgate Hellfire Club
1500 Hours UTC 3: 7 Hours Ago
Ripfang and Skyclaw's censors notified them when the close was clear and it was safe to come out. Ripfang and Skyclaw transform into their robot mode, and quietly made their way through the base to try and find Deckard or Rocky. The two cyber animals were making great progress when they received a communication from the Night Raven.
"Skyclaw, Ripfang, this is Killshot were coming up on the base of the Blackgate Hellfire Club, can you deactivate the air defense systems so we can approach?" Asked Killshot.
"Killshot! What in the hell are you and the others doing? You're supposed to be in Saudi Arabia preparing the defense systems, and preparing for an inmate attack!" Ripfang quietly yelled, not wanting to alert the base of his or Skyclaws location in the base.
"We're not leaving our king and his brother behind, no matter what," said Danny.
"Huff, find, just give us a moment," said Skyclaw.
Skyclaw and Ripfang proceeded to sneak into a room with a terminal computer where a lone canine was working. Sneaking in quietly, Ripfang proceeded to use the blade on his tail and stabbed the canine through the throat before Skyclaw took his feet and snapped his neck. With the guard dead Skyclaw transformed into a memory stick and Ripfang inserted Skyclaw into a port before hacking the system to deactivate the air defense system.
"Preparing to deactivate the defense system, however, when we do it's going to sound the alarm, so prepare for fight," said Ripfang.
"Understood," said Danny.
"Deactivating in 3…2…1…and air defense systems down" said Ripfang, as he took out the air defense systems, but at the same time an alarm sounded. Skyclaw ejected himself and transformed back into his bird mode, before him and Ripfang bolted from the room to find Deckard and Rocky.
Speaking of the two brothers, Deckard and Rocky had decided on a plan to destroy the base, Deckard knowing that Ripfang and Skyclaw were close, due to the bond, but was unable to telepathically communicate with them. Deckard had used his claws to slice his chains to free himself before freeing Rocky. Just as the two were about to put their plan into action, an alarm sounded off, startling both of them.
"BLARE, BLARE, BLARE, BLARE, BLARE, Attention all personnel, report to your stations immediately! We are under attack, I repeat we are under attack!" said the A.I. voice.
"Chase? Lupe?" Asked Rocky.
"Might be, I mean my team is…" said Deckard, but was cut off.
"It's Cemetery Wind AKA the ShadoWolf Combat Unit" said the A.I.
"I stand corrected, come on we need to get out of here" said Deckard, making a break for the door.
"What about the plan?" Asked Rocky.
"My team just blew up the plan when they defied my orders and attacked this base. Now come on, we need to find Ripfang and Skyclaw and get the hell out of here" said Deckard, running out the door with Rocky right behind him.
"The Night Raven was able to land in the base without any problems, but the SWCU members came out guns drawn not knowing what to expect. Echo and Delgado open the door from the hangar to the rest of the base and came across the sight of Skyclaw and Ripfang engaging the Blackgate Hellfire Club operatives.
"Let em' have it boys" said Killshot, as he and the others aided Ripfang and Skyclaw in dealing with the enemy.
Meanwhile Deckard and Rocky were making excellent progress on tracking the others location when they came across a room with multiple catwalks, chains hanging from the ceilings and by the looks of it this whole room was unstable, however, they weren't the only ones in the room.
Deckard and Rocky were standing face-to-face with Ash, Glacier was standing on another catwalk high above them.
"We had a feeling you two might show up here" said Ash, looking at the two canines he was forced to call brothers.
"So what" said Deckard as he climbed his way up to where Glacier was, while Rocky remained below with Ash.
"We want to offer you guys another chance to have a seat at the table. A chance to have a place by our Lord and Master's side. To be a part of a new world order." Glacier said, as he came face-to-face with Deckard.
"Not going to happen, however, we're going to give you two one chance to tell us where Slasher is and help us end this once and for all," said Deckard.
"NEVER!" Yelled Ash, as he and Glacier charge at Rocky and Deckard respectively.
"So be it" said Rocky, as he collided with Ash and Deckard brawled with Glacier.
Flashback Ends
Washington D.C.
Unspecific Location
0900 Hours UTC -5
Meanwhile, a few hours earlier, due to the stealth tech of the car and a secret underground location, Sweetie and Delta were able to slip into D.C. unnoticed. Sweetie and Delta had split up, with Sweetie tracking the whereabouts of the Vice President while Delta gathered information on the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After they had gathered all of the information that they needed, by using their hacking skills along with the high-tech computers in the underground base, Sweetie and Delta could confirm that the Vice President was the mole; they just needed a way to find the hardest concrete pieces of evidence that would prove that the Vice President was the mole. However, that was going to be a challenge.
Moscow, Russia
Blackgate Hellfire Club Base of Operations
2100 Hours UTC 3
WARNING! HIGH LEVELS OF BLOOD AND GORE IN THIS AREA!
Back to the present time, Deckard and Rocky had come across their backstabbing ex-brothers, and after a brief exchange of words, a bloody cage fight started with Rocky fighting Ash and Deckard brawling with Glacier. Despite Glacier and Ash having some serious training, they were having a hard time trying to kill Deckard and Rocky. Deckard had a large list of different fighting styles and trained Rocky very well in some of them, both Deckard and Rocky were holding their own for now.
Deckard and Glacier were battling on the upper levels of the room while Ash and Rocky were down further below. Of course, multiple explosions from the battle between the ShadoWolf Combat Unit and the Blackgate Hellfire Club were causing pieces of rubble to fall everywhere making the fight a bit more dangerous than the four originally thought.
Rocky kicked Ash in the left side of his head before punching him twice on the right side of his head. Rocky then went all Balboa on Ash, delivering multiple punches to Ash's midsection before throwing Ash into the opposite wall. Ash responded by biting Rocky on the back of his neck drawing blood before throwing Rocky into the nearest wall. Before Rocky could get back up, Ash grabbed Rocky and started to dig his claws into the wound on Rocky's neck making it bigger. Ash followed up with slamming Rocky's head into the corner of the wall, busting his head open.
"Imagine how your brother would feel when I drop your cold, bloody, broken body at his feet," said Ash.
"I'm not going to be that easy to kill," said Rocky, as he wiped the blood from his face.
Ash went to punch Rocky with his right paw, but Rocky grabbed it, and proceeded to bite down on the shoulder, and proceeded to tear Ash's right front arm completely off, causing Ash to yell out in pain. As Ash tried to put pressure on his wound where his missing limb would be, Rocky jumped up, spun around, and proceeded to kick Ash in his chest with his left back leg. Ash stumbled backward and tripped over a piece of rubble causing exposed rebar to pierce right through Ash's body. Ash looked at his mortal wound, then he looked at Rocky.
"Well played pup, well played," said Ash, as blood started to leak out of his mouth before Ash went limp.
Rocky sighed as he rested his body against the wall and proceeded to look up to see how the fight was going between his brother and Glacier only to see them both falling towards him.
During the fight between Rocky and Ash.
Glacier and Deckard charged at each other as their little brother's fought down below. Deckard delivered a spinning heel kick to Glacier, hitting him across his face before delivering a right hook followed by a left hook across his face. Glacier retaliated by roundhouse kicking Deckard in his nose, breaking it. Glacier went for a boxing-style punch to Deckard's face, but Deckard countered it by using his right elbow and bashing it across Glacier's jaw, dislocating it.
Deckard and Glacier stumbled back from each other as an explosion shooked the room. Deckard examines his broken nose while Glacier popped his jaw back into place.
"Shall we continue our dance," said Glacier, in a mocking tone.
"Take your best shot you little bitch," Deckard retorted.
Glacier lunged at Deckard and swiped at him multiple times with his claws, Deckard dodged or blocked every swipe until Glacier got lucky hit, and delivered a nasty slash to Deckard's left eye. Deckard reeled back in pain, putting his front left paw as blood poured from the wound. Glacier took advantage and charged at Deckard, but despite his injury, Deckard countered it by grabbing Glacier's head and biting down on the right side of it, tearing off his right ear, but Decakrd wasn't finished as Deckard took his right front paw and with all his strength he slammed it into Glacier's body. Deckard's claws tore a massive hole in Glacier's right side, blood poured from the wound like a waterfall. As Glacier howled in pain and stumbled backwards, Deckard charged at the injured canine, tackling him through the railing causing them both to fall to the floors below.
Rocky had just finished his fight with Ash and when he looked up to see how Deckard was doing against Glacier, he was shocked to see them both come crashing down to the floor. Rocky ran over to his brother and helped him to his feet as Deckard and Rocky started to fully feel the pain of their injuries due to the adrenaline wearing off. As the two brothers embraced themselves they heard a chuckling and saw Glacier and Ash looking at them with smiles, despite their mortal wounds.
"You two are very special, more special than you realized," said Ash.
"Since you two won the fights, I guess you deserve to know a little secret," said Glacier.
"What type of secret?" Asked Rocky, wondering what these two could still be hiding.
"We were never brothers, and I'm not referring to the fact that we betrayed you all in Alaska, but due to the fact that we're not blood-related," said Glacier.
Both Deckard and Rocky's eyes went wide with what Glacier just said not wanting to believe him, but lately, Deckard didn't know who he could really trust or not.
"What are you talking about, what do you mean we're not blood-related?" Asked Deckard, ready to pound the answers out of them if needed to be.
"I'm afraid that we don't know, all that we do know is that Ethan and Maria were top Russian spies who killed your biological parents and took you both as their own, they wanted to train you two to as the best undercover assassins there could be, but when you two started to show signs of doubt in your lives, top Russian officials order for you two to be killed and for them to start over with two new pups. That's how the situation between them and Lupe's pack started and that's also how we came about," said Ash.
"I'm afraid the only ones who could give you two the answers you guys need are Ethan and Maria, however, it's possible that the President of the United States might have your answers as well, who knows," said Glacier.
"How can we be certain that you two are telling us the truth, and that this isn't some sick trick," said Rocky.
Glacier and Ash said nothing as they both held up a USB drive, Rocky and Deckard eyed them carefully before taking them.
"We hope you two find the answers you're looking for," said Ash, as he and Glacier finally succumb to their wounds and die.
Rocky and Deckard looked at the dead bodies of Glacier and Ash one final time before making their way to Deckard's team to get their wounds treated…and for Deckard to yell at them for disobeying his orders.
Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Front Lines
Time: 0100 UTC 2
The Nightwatchers would have had to cancel their session with Crusader after getting the report that, like Chase predicted, Deckard's team disobeyed orders and attacked what would have been their target. More to Chase's prediction they went in guns blazing putting so many things in jeopardy. Politics move fast and because of their not so subtle tactics, this has caused outrage in the Federation and has already blamed America. That would then cause them to make their efforts and try to invade Finland and Estonia. That would then cause all of NATO to launch a counter-attack and have already pushed the Russian forces out of all the countries.
The 10th Mountain Infantry Division would be in Finland and would help the Finnish push back and even capture the vital E105 Highway that connected Russia to its submarine base in Murmansk. Other forces from Estonia would have pushed all the way to St. Petersburg and laid siege to the city.
"Deckard really needs to control his team. Otherwise, they could make us lose or get others killed that could have been avoided," Fuchs would complain as he, Chase, and Rosalie would be in the back of a stolen truck. Everest would be driving. She would be in full disguise and in her character of Ms. Rostova.
"Calm yourself, Fuchs. Unfortunately what they do is out of our control let alone Atlas's since they seem to ignore him. All we can do is get there as soon as possible and finish our part of the plan," Chase would remind the arctic fox.
"That is if the Russians haven't already deployed forces to deal with the SWCU. Again with the name change. Why do they keep doing that?" Fuchs would continue.
"I don't know," Chase would answer as he racked his MDR.
Soon enough the truck would begin to slow and Everest would pipe up on the radio, "Approaching a Russian checkpoint."
"Good luck Everest," Rosalie would say as the three of them in the back got down and made themselves invisible in the night with their suits going into stealth mode. Not make them literally invisible but would mask their scent, lower their infrared signature and keep their breathing to a low.
Everest would approach the checkpoint and would get her documents and badge out and ready. She would be nervous but then her training kicked in and she became a robot.
She would get to the checkpoint and three Russian guards would get out of a little box with AK-74s in their hands. She would come to a stop next to the first guard and they would greet her.
"Что ты здесь делаешь? (What are you doing here?)." said the guard.
"Бизнес, который вы не можете знать," Everest would reply in a more than displeased tone. She would hand over her papers and badge.
The Russian guard would take them and upon closer inspection, his eyes would go wide. He would then say, "Очень хорошо. (Very well.)," He would then turn to the other guards, and wave his hands, "Пропустите ее. (Let her through.)."
They would comply and get out of the way of Everest's truck. She would slowly accelerate and once she was out of sight she would floor it and get underway to Moscow.
"We are clear," Everest would say.
"Understood," Chase would answer on the radio. Just drive to Moscow until we see chaos."
Everest would then head to Moscow. Time to save SWCU from the problem they have dug themselves into.
Moscow, Russia
Blackgate Hellfire Club Base of Operations
Time: 0300
"HAVE YOU ALL LOST YOUR MINDS!," Deckard yelled.
Deckard was not in a very good mood due to multiple things and his team disobeying him and causing a massive firefight within the base was at the very top of the list. All of the Blackgate Hellfire Club operatives including Ash and Glacier were dead. Good news, Ripfang and Skyclaw manage to take complete control of all of the base's weapon defense systems and were able to purge and download all of the data from the base's mainframe. After Deckard and Rocky got their wounds treated from their fight with Glacier and Ash.
"I gave you specific instructions to go to Saudi Arabia and assist with the defenses in repelling the attacks, did I or did I not," said Deckard, "Atlas will have my ass for this."
"Okay, look, I know we messed up, but the people that these bastards killed were our brothers too," said Killshot.
"They killed my actual brother," said Frostbite
"Alright, look I know it's hard on all of you to see friends and family die, but we can no longer go in guns blazing and cause a mess like we used to do when we first started out," Deckard explained.
"We're sorry, we didn't mean to cause any problems," said Danny.
"It's fine, but from here on out you follow my orders without question, so get your asses to Saudi Arabia and assist with the defense of the Middle East," said Deckard.
"YES SIR!" Yelled everyone in the ShadoWolf Combat Unit.
After Deckard watches his team leave the base he returns to where Skyclaw and Ripfang were waiting for him.
"Skyclaw, Ripfang, monitor the surrounding areas and let me know if anything or anyone approaches the base," said Deckard, as he walked right by them.
"Yes, Master," said Skyclaw.
"As you wish, Master," said Ripfang.
Deckard entered a room where Rocky was waiting for him with a laptop and the two flash drives. Deckard made sure that the door was locked before walking over to his brother.
"Are you ready for this?" Asked Rocky, looking at Deckard.
"We find the truth about who we truly are, right here, right now," said Deckard.
Rocky, who nodded his head in understanding, turned the laptop and plugged in the black USB drive. Deckard saw that only one file was stored on the USB drive, looking at Rocky who had a look of determination on his face, Deckard opened the file and saw everything that they wanted to see.