Note: I've rewritten most of this chapter, so the majority of it is actually my work, save the beginning. Everything after Gabe checks his watch is my work.

Chapter 2: Georgia Street

Logan was checking his equipment one last time as they came up to the drop- off point. He had his silenced 9mm, his sniper rifle, a few grenades, his taser, and a flashlight. After he finished he looked out the window through a pair of binoculars. He could see the CBDC trading fire with the terrorist at the Subway entrance and at the National Bank. He wondered what they were doing over there. He decided to check that place out first. Lian turned towards him and gave the low down on the mission operations. "While you find and eliminate terrorists, I will monitor your progress and the terrorists movements. I'll have I.D matches for you in a few moments on where they are," she told him. When they came to the spot he turned back to Lian and said, "I'm going down. Call me as soon as you have a location on the terrorists." After she nodded he strapped the rope to his belt and lowered himself down to the street. When he landed on the road, he unhooked the rope and the helicopter lifted off. As he got ready to move out Lian's voice came on his radio. "I've got an I.D. match for Rhoemer on level 1. Girdeaux is on level 2. No location, yet, for Kravitch, and I don't see any sign of Aramov." "Copy. I'm on my way," Gabe replied. He looked down at his watch. It read 10:45. He was right on time. He pulled out his 9mm and ran forwards. As he neared the cop car on the corner, he noticed one of the members of CBDC, in his yellow biohazard uniform, hiding from enemy fire behind the car. The man quickly realized the danger of his position, and rolled away, just as a few stray bullets hit the car's fuel tank, and it flew into the air in an explosion of light and heat. "What's the situation?" asked Logan as the man neared him for the more favorable protection of the brick wall. "There's two terrorists down that street, and some more are jumping over the brick wall at the end. The subway entrance is on the left down that street," replied the man. "Okay," said Gabe, "you start running for the subway entrance, and I'll provide sniper cover from back here." "Fine by me," said the man as Gabe unstrapped his sniper rifle and loaded it. They ran to the edge of the wall. "Ready?" asked Gabe. The man nodded. "GO!" The cleanup agent ran out into the open, his gun blazing, while Gabe pointed his rifle down the street. The man's machine fire hit the right terrorist in the shin, dropping him, and Gabe shot the other one in the head. Then he pointed the rifle back to the one on the ground and finished him off. Two more leaped down from the wall, but Logan quickly shot both of them in the chest. One more was firing a shotgun from the top of the wall. Gabe quickly shot him in the head, and the terrorist fell from the wall and hit the pavement with a dull thud. Logan ran forwards, grabbed the ammo, and the shotgun. Then he ran over to the CBDC agent and tossed him the shotgun. The man caught it, and pumped it. "What's your name, by the way?" asked the man. "Gabe Logan, what's yours?" "I'm Randy Trent." After the introduction, Gabe put his rifle away and drew him 9mm. They descended into the subway station. The lights were all either out or sparking with electricity, making the room very dark, with an occasional burst of electric light. Gabe turned his flashlight on, and used it to guide them towards a locked door. "Lian," he said into his communicator, "the door's locked. We can't get in." "Hold on," she said. A few seconds later, she said, "there's an underground substation not far from here. You can reroute the power from the station to the electric locks, and short-circuit them. That should open the door." "Okay, but first, we're going to back up the CBDC at the bank." "Copy that," and the radio link switched off. He turned to Randy and motioned for him to follow. They left the subway and ran down the street, towards the alley. They ran through, and were back on the main street. They could see the bank in the distance. Suddenly, a bullet hit the ground near Randy. There were snipers on the rooftops. Gabe shot at them. Luckily, there were only two, and neither of them were too far up that he needed to use his sniper rifle to kill them. He shot one in the chest, and he collapsed, and Randy's M-16 hit the other on in the arm, but the man fell from the roof in pain, and landed with a sickening crack on his head. They continued down the street, both reloading, when they saw two other CBDC guys outside the bank. They were both hiding behind a cop car, firing at terrorists. Gabe shot the terrorist standing in front of the doors to the bank, and then spun around and shot the sniper on the roof. Then he turned to the CBDC men. "What's going on inside there?" asked Gabe. "There's a viral bomb inside, and we have one of our best men diffusing it, but we think he's ran into trouble." "We'll go help him," replied Randy, and they ran for the doors. Once inside, they ran through the corridors, and quickly came upon a room full of pillars. There were three terrorists firing at a CBDC man trying to disarm a bomb. Logan and Randy opened fire, and the three men collapsed dead, all with holes in their chests. They ran up to the man just as he finished disarming the bomb. "All clear here," he said. "Okay, Randy, give me your M-16, but keep the shotgun," said Gabe. "Okay," replied Randy as he handed him the machinegun, and pulled out the shotgun. "Lian, where's the substation?" asked Logan into his communicator. "There's an old elevator that leads to it in the alley behind the restaurant." "Thanks." Randy and him ran back to the subway station, and into the restaurant that was right near it. They ran into the back and found a window to the alleyway. Gabe shot it out, and they climbed through. Suddenly, a terrorist fired his machinegun from up on a fire escape above them. Gabe unloaded his own machinegun into the enemy, and he fell from the fire escape. Logan came up to a chain link fence, and saw the elevator behind it. He shot the lock on the gate out, and Randy and him got on the elevator and rode it down. The substation was much like the subway. It was dark, with crackling lights. Gabe turned his flashlight on and looked around the room, until he found the power relay switch on the wall. He flipped it up, and all the working lights in the room shut off. He got a transmission from Lian. "That did it, Gabe. The subway gates are open!" "Copy," replied Logan, as Randy and him rode the elevator back up. As they reentered the restaurant, Lian contacted him again. "Gabe, I'm getting interference. You must be near the communications array." "Kravitch," said Logan, and shut the communicator off. He motioned for Randy to cover him, and walked towards the dining room. As he entered, he saw Kravitch, sitting behind a counter. The communications expert pulled out an M-16 and ducked behind the counter. Gabe rolled behind a table, and he saw Randy do the same. Kravitch got up and fired at him. He got up as well and fired his machinegun, while moving to the left. He heard Randy's powerful shotgun blasts join in. Kravitch rolled behind a glass window that stood on a wall in the middle of the room. He fired through the window at Randy, shattering it. Randy fired back, and got Kravitch in the arm. Cursing, he rolled to the other side and fired at Gabe. Gabe rolled behind the counter that Kravitch had started behind, and fired back. His bullets hit Kravitch in the chest, but they didn't seem to hurt him. He must have been wearing a flak jacket. Kravitch ran behind the other window and fired at Gabe from the side, so that the bullets missed the window entirely and went straight for Logan. But Kravitch didn't noticed Randy behind him. Randy fired the shotgun at Kravitch's back. The shell was so powerful up close that it shredded through the body armor and went into his body. The force of the blast blew him forwards, and he crashed through the window, flipped over the wall, and landed dead on the restaurant floor. Gabe got up and thanked Randy, before taking Kravitch's clips and loading his M-16 back up. He looked over and saw the communications array. Gabe shot it out, and contacted Lian. "Lian, I've taken out Kravitch and the communications array, but I don't see the up-link dish," he said. "I'll trace it," she replied. He clicked it off and ran back to the subway, Randy close behind. Once there, they found that the subway entrance had indeed opened. "Okay, Randy, I want you stay here and radio for more CBDC support. I'm going in and tagging the last bombs. I want you and whoever else shows up to follow me in and diffuse the bombs." "Okay," replied Randy, and Logan ran into the subway. There were a few guards standing near the tracks, but Gabe quickly took them out. He soon found the first bomb lying near the right-hand tracks. He tagged it, and then ran forwards. He found the stairs to the lower level, but the door there was still locked. "Lian, this door's still locked." "Hold on, there's a small elevator behind the right tracks that will take you to the lower level. "Okay," he said. He found the elevator and rode it down, and then started searching the lower level for the last bomb. He soon found it at the end, and started to tag it. That's when he noticed something was wrong. The bomb was set to go off in five seconds. "Lian, this bomb has a shorter timer!" he yelled into his communicator as he ran away. The last thing he heard was Lian telling him that it wasn't viral, when the explosion heaved him off his feet. He was pushed through the air as the subway collapsed around him. An approaching subway train derailed and crashed into the walls. The whole place was burning. Gabe slammed into a wall, and fell unconscious.

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