Fort Triggering

--An Advance Wars Fan Fiction by StarFoxRocks--

Chapter XI: The Morning Patrol

It was early morning, possible 6 AM, when the troops assigned were woken and taken outside. A white, eerie fog covered almost everything from sight.

"Whats going on?" said a soldier, looking around.

"Yeah, whats the problem?" Tom Meyer asked, rubbing his eyes.

"What about the others? Why weren't they woken up?"

"Everyone! Shut up!" Sergeant Bowser stood before them. "Me, Corporal Thompson, and Corporal Tucker have woken you pair for a specific reason: you soldier were chosen to go for the three morning patrols. The lists are on the lounge door."

Everyone crowded over to look at the lists.

Morning Patrols
Thursday, 7th of September

Squad Alpha
Leader: Sgt. Ryan Bowser
Asi. Soldiers
Pvt. Karl Atserya
Pvt. Wilson Den
Cpl. Ray Ervant
Pvt. Seth James
Pvt. James Rocco
Cpl. Dana Willems

Squad Beta
Leader: Cpl. Joseph Tucker
Asi. Soldiers
Pvt. Jack Brady
Pvt. Nelson Bwick
Cpl. Crystian Evans
Pvt. Cliff Kinnear
Cpl. Jason Levanoe
Cpl. Mark Rin

Squad Delta
Leader: Cpl. Paul Thompson
Asi. Soldiers
Pvt. Quintin Armando
Pvt. Zacharias Clamendo
Cpl. Pvt. Tom Meyer
Cpl. Carl Smith
Pvt. Danny Smith
Pvt. Henry Truman
Cpl. John Zuck

After everyone saw their name, they went to the leader of their squad.

"Looks like we're together again," Crystian said to Jack as they walked over to Corporal Tucker.

"Yup," Jack nodded.

"Me, too!" Cliff jumped swiftly over to them. "Ha ha!"

"Just don't talk too loud," Jack said. "You'll blow our cover."

"I know..." Cliff pretended to be sad.

"Alright, listen up!"

Corporal Joseph Tucker was a dark skinned man. He wore a green bandana, visible on his forehead and the back of his head over his dark, black hair. He had two long bangs, and his brown eyes bore into the troops, waiting for his command.

"Alright, I was assigned leader for the rest of this week because I have the skills. You're all under my command. Is that clear?"

The soldiers nodded.

Joseph smiled. "Great! Lets get moving."

As they left through the gates with the other groups, Tucker said, "Alright, we're going downt the path through the woods, until we reach the town of Gilbert. We walk around there for a while, then go to the area around Fermanta to sight any Blue Moon troops that could be on the move. Down that path, lets go!"

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"This is boring..." Private Bwick muttered.

"Hey, things could be more boring," Corporal Levanoe said.

"Don't doubt anything, boys," Joseph said. "They're be action soon enough... I'm sure of it."

"Yeah... uh... what he said," Cliff said, pointing with his thumb.

They soon were out of the forest. In the far distance, Squad Delta could be seen going down the hill. Joseph waved at Paul, who waved back, making it clear that the signal was clear.

"Alright guys, follow me," Joseph whispered.

They snuck down the side of a rather large building, then through an alley into the city streets. All down the streetsides were tall buildings and cars against the sidewalk. A few feet ahead, a turn into another street was visible.

"Okay..." Tucker said. "Down the sidewalk, then across the street. We'll get to that alley down there, and discuss what we'll do while we're here."

They walked down the sidewalk, looking around for any signs of trouble.

"It sure is quiet today..." Corporal Rin said.

"Maybe nobody's up yet," Crystian said.

"Are you kidding? Its seven," Private Levanoe said. "You'd think at least a few people were up..."

They reached the crosswalk, then began to cross it. At that moment, a loud bang shattered the silence, and Private Bwick fell to the street.

"Sniper!" Joseph shouted. "Quick! To the alley!"

Instantly, more bangs were heard as even more snipers began to fire from high building windows.

"No wonder nobodys around!" shouted Corporal Rin.

They ran into the alley and fell against the wall, taking out their selected weapons for the trip.

"Listen up, guys," Joseph said, loading his machine gun. "Who here have rifles?"

Crystian, Corporal Rin, and Corporal Levanoe raised their hands.

"Try to pick off those snipers," Joseph continued. "Meanwhile, if Blue Moon soldiers are charging through the streets, we'll take care of them and try to storm the sniper buildings. Go, go, go!"

As the troops got up and began to move, Jack looked down the street from the alley.

"Oh, shit."

Recons. At least three were racing down the road towards the arena.

"Men! Get off the road!" Joseph shouted.

Private Bwick was still alive. He was struck in the body, and he was twitching and moaning loudly.

"Help me!" he moaned.

"Oh, Jesus!" Corporal Rin ran up to him. "Crys! I need help here!"

Crystian turned and looked at them. Just then, Rin was struck by a sniper bullet, and he fell dead without a sound by Bwick.

"Don't leave me!" he shouted as he saw the recons approach.

Crystian grabbed Bwick's neck collar, and began to drag him towards the alley. The sniper would have shot him, but Corporal Levanoe picked him off with the rifle.

"We're almost there!" Crystian said.

Corporal Levanoe ran off the road. The recons skidded to a stop, except for one, which kept speeding towards Private Bwick.

Bwick let out a scream. The recon passed, and it was all over. The force send Crystian sprawling over to the ground.

"Charge, damn it, charge!" Joseph shouted seconds after.

They ran out of the alley again, firing their machine guns and rifles at the troops getting out of the recons. Some were able to get into different alleys, others weren't so lucky. The recons took off down the road, and turned onto another. Crystian, Joseph, and Corporal Levanoe proceeded to have sniper wars with the ones hiding in the buildings.

Jack and Cliff were rushing to the other street to take out the recons. Seeing them approach, Jack opened fire, then Cliff followed suit.

One recon took too many bullets. A tire blew off, and the car skidded down the road until it finally flipped over and rolled down the road until it came to a stop. The other two, however, still moved. The gunners opened fire, but Jack and Cliff ducked, and weren't harmed.

The recons proceeded down the road out of sight, until they would come by another turn back to the other road. Jack and Cliff ran back and fell against the wall, right by Joseph.

Just then, two Blue Moon infantry ran into sight, pointing their machine guns. Quickly, Jack took one down and Cliff the other.

"Ha ha, this is easy!" Cliff laughed.

"It wasn't for those two," Jack said, seeing Corporal Rin's corpse.

Just then, he had an idea. "Cover us, we're gonna storm the buildings!" he shouted to the riflemen, who were doing their job just fine.

"I hear that!" yelled Crystian.

"Wait for them to reload!" Joseph shouted. "On my mark... ready, one, two, three, go!"

Quickly, Jack and Cliff ran across the street, through the door, into the first building.

"Wheres the staircase?" Cliff asked.

"Over there!" Jack pointed. They ran, opened the door, and found themselves in a large stairway hall.

"After you," Cliff said. They began to ascend up the stairs quickly.