Rainbow Six: The New Recruits
By: Ominae
Rating: Most is PG-13
Disclaimer: This story takes place after Raven Shield and Athena Sword
NOTE:
RAINBOW SIX is the exclusive copyrights of Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft and Tom Clancy from their respective years. The rest of the other characters are under my jurisdiction.
I have done some extensive research regarding real-life events and/or actual special/elite units. If there are some discrepancies, please let me know so's I can correct them. Thanks.
Previously:
With the recent discovery of attacks coming from an unknown terrorist group, John Clark was summoned by Alistair Stanley to help mobilize the entire RAINBOW team and find the perpetrators. Will they be able to find out who's responsible for the attacks in Vancouver and in Ichigaya? Stay tune on this chapter to find out.
Note to Cheah - Yes, the STAR Unit did have some training with Unit YAMAM, particularly with the unit's influence in the use of IWI Uzis and the anti-suicide bomber response unit. And as for the bullet casing analysis, I'm definetely sure about it.
Chapter 3: The enemy
Date: April 19, 2008
Location: Outskirts of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
It was 11:00 in the evening. Most of the streets are deserted, but it's not quiet. Just on the east side of Vancouver city, two Vancouver Police Department cruisers are seen burning in the so-called quiet streets. The cruisers are 2003 Ford Crown Victoria cars topped with sirens as a requirement for marked police cruisers. Unfortunately, the two cruisers in the streets are riddled with bullets.
Four officers were on the street floor. It all began when the tires of both police cruisers were gunned down by an unseen man. The officers then tried to apprehend a lone gunman after they saw him taking cover in a nearby parked car.
"Hey you. You're under arrest!" shouted Constable Mark Cameron, who was the first man to exit from his vehicle and tried to pursue the man, but was shot moments after emerging out of the car with an unknown assault rifle. Constable Jeffrey Wang halted the car and radioed dispatch that a masked assailant has shot his cruiser's tires and needed help. Minutes later, another police cruiser came behind him. Constables Micheal Robinson and Alex Gonzales came out of the other cruiser and approached Constable Wang, who was taking cover from behind the car.
"Hey Jeff, what happened?"
"I don't know. It all happened so fast. Mark was shot in the chest after he got out the car."
A few minutes later, gunshots rang out in the dark.
Constable Robinson drew out his 9 x 19 Parabellum Glock 17 pistol, followed by Constable Gonzales. Constable Wang had his drawn out since he was the first officer to come under attack from automatic gunfire.
"You two better get cover from behind the other car. I'll draw their fire." The two nodded in agreement while Constable Robinson checked his pistol to make sure that it was not in safe mode.
"GO! GO! GO!" were the words uttered from Constable Robinson's mouth as he rose from cover and began to shoot the unknown figures. The two constables ran to the other unmanned cruiser for cover with pistols in their hand. Automatic gunfire rang out and they heard a thump sound. They turned their heads to see Constable Robinson's body on the street floor; he was fatally shot with gunshot wounds to the chest. Before they could duck behind the other police cruiser, masked gunmen stepped out of the darkness and started to shoot the two cruisers with their IZHMASH AK-74 and Heckler & Koch G41 assault rifles. Constable Gonzales was killed when two men armed with the G41 rifle shot him in the chest and the legs as he fired his pistol at the assailants when he approached the other cruiser for cover.
Constable Wang panicked at the sight of their corpses, but was determined to get out alive. He took a last stand position and aimed his Glock 17 pistol at the armed gunmen, but was out of luck since he fired from cover and their shots did not make their mark at the gunmen. Moments later, he was shot in the shoulder, chest and legs. He was the last officer to be gunned down, but he was lucky since he only sustained major injuries. The other constables before him were not so lucky. Constable Wang reflected on what took place for the past few minutes while he was clutching his leg wounds while he shouted in pain.
Soon enough, Constable Wang managed to eye one of the armed assailants approaching him. He had a Diemaco C7 assault rifle with a canvas sling in his hands. He knelt down next to him and used the C7's gun barrel on his face so that he could see him.
"What do you want?" asked the injured Constable.
"We want to send a message to your government." replied the gunman.
"Are you making a demand? We will never accept any demands from you! AAGGGHH!" objected the injured Constable as he tries to clutch his wound. The masked gunman was stepping on the gunshot wound inflicted on his chest.
"No! We want to send a warning. You'll see it... when you're in the next life already." The masked assailant then stood up, placed his hand in the selector switch and chose single shot mode, aimed the Diemaco C7 rifle at the downed officer. He then pulled the trigger and...
BAM!
The downed officer made no further attempt to move. He then got a paper from his jacket pocket, unfolded it and placed it at his hand before reverting the rifle's selector switch to full automatic mode.
From the calm tranquility of the evening skills, wails of police and ambulance sirens are heard in the air. A 2005 Hyundai Tucson SUV in a red colored finish and a 2005 Dodge Caravan in a green colored finish came near the armed gunmen and screeched.
The door of the Hyundai Tucson opened to reveal a masked person and he had a FEGARMY Arms factory, Ltd. P9M pistol, which was a copy of the famous 9 x 19 Parabellum Browning High Power pistol, in his lap. He then gestured the masked gunmen to head inside since the police were coming to investigate their work.
"Come on, Thomas! We're going to be caught!" yelled the driver.
"Relax, Michel! Our message will get through to them. Just wait for them to read our manifesto." responded the masked man as he opened the passenger side door behind the driver and went inside, but not before he rallied all of them to leave once every masked gunman is accounted for. Everyone else has managed to scramble inside the two cars and both departed in the middle of the night without a trace.
Date: April 20, 2008
Location: Ichigaya, Japan
The tranquil air in Ichigaya Hill was abruptly interrupted when masked gunmen, armed with Norinco QSZ-92 pistols, chambered in 9 x 19 Parabellum, Armalite-180 B and IMBEL LAR rifles, which was made under license from the FN FAL, stormed the Japanese Defense Agency building by ramming a 2005 Nissan Caravan to the gates. Swarms of armed gunmen poured out of three 2005 Nissan Caravan Coach vehicles posted outside the building and have managed to kill some of the Defense Agency guards when they tried to check out the smashed van. Although the rest of the Defense Agency guards inside the facility have tried to put up a fight against the invaders, the masked gunmen have eventually gunned down every single uniformed security officer on duty. Later, they've managed to burn down the B-Wing, which was the Defense Agency's communications wing and the C-Wing, which was the Agency's intelligence wing. They've managed to toss molotov cocktails at the D-Wing branch, which was slowly burning from the molotov attacks.
"Kenji, tack the manifesto on the doors. We'll take care of the cops."
While one of the masked gunmen secured the manifesto, they hear police sirens and some of the armed assailants outside the Defense Agency building have noticed that a 2004 Toyota Crown with police markings was approaching the Agency. The car had activated its megaphone system and urged the attackers to cease their actions at once.
"Put down your weapons and come out with your hands up." shouted the Crown's megaphone system.
"With pleasure!" quipped the armed gunman as he whiped out an RPG-7V1 bazooka from a black gym bag located in one of the Nissan Caravan coaches and places a 40mm PG-7VL warhead from the bag into the weapon. Removing the protective len covers of the RPG's optical sights, he focused the weapon's sights on the center of the marked Toyota Crown squad car. With the green target sights well placed on the car, he placed his finger on the trigger and pulled it. The PG-7VL warheads zoomed out of the RPG and rushed to its target while leaving a loud backblast.
"Akira! Look out!" yelled the car's passenger at the driver as he tried to avoid getting hit by the rocket. But it was too late for him to outmanoeuvre the PG-7VL warhead as it smacked itself into the Toyota Crown's engine and turned the car into a smoldering wreck.
"Kenji, let's get out of here. We have to meet with the rest at the safehouse." shouted the masked gunman as he discarded the used RPG-7V1 rocket launcher by chucking it into one of the Nissan Caravan coach vans before hopping inside. The other gunmen eventually were able to enter their respective Nissan Caravan coach vans before leaving the area in a hurry since they don't want to be caught. They departed in the middle of the night with a smoldering squad car just a few kilometers away from the Defense Agency building, which was also on fire.
Date: April 21, 2008
Location: SAS Headquarters, Hereford, Britain
John had gone to the toilet in order to relieve himself. Kevin had just went inside the briefing room and managed to prepare his papers for debriefing while Alistair Stanley waited outside the toilet for John to come out. A few minutes later, he went out and walked to the briefing room alongside Alistair and asked him som questions,
"Who's going to lead the briefing today?"
"Kevin's going to first, then you."
"Are all the recruits accounted for?"
"They're all there."
"And the other RAINBOW members?"
"They're there too. In fact, they're all waiting for you."
"Okay, let's get this show on the road."
When they arrived inside the room, Kevin Sweeney was standing near the projector screen as Alistair stood next to him alongside the rest of the administrative staff. John eyed all of the new recruits, who were standing in front near the podium. Behind the recruits, John managed to eye the rest of the RAINBOW team and all of them were wearing gray jumpsuits with kevlar vests. He remembers Chavez, Haider, Novikov, Renee, Yacoby, Woo and the rest of the original RAINBOW team that went through with him from 1998 onwards. John had some good memories of leading the entire team, from the debriefing to their mission by relaying mission orders. But John knows that today is not the time to recall the good times. Right now, they have to save some nations from a group of hardened terrorists. He then approached the podium, which had a pitcher of water and a clear glass next to it, and began to speak to the recruits with pride and dignity as he was delighted to meet them once more.
"At ease, everyone."
The RAINBOW operatives, both recruits and veterans, and the administrative staff took their seat. John then began to address to the RAINBOW team,
"People, it's good to be here once again after we have accomplished our mission a few years ago in Europe and South America. But first, I would like to extend my congratulations to the new recruits who have passed their basic RAINBOW training. Welcome abroad, ladies and gentlemen. Now let's get down to business."
John proceeded to shuffle his papers and once more, addressed the entire RAINBOW team.
"As you may or may not all know, two terrorist incidents have been in the headlines once more. CNN, BBC and the rest of the news networks have been keeping an eye of these two unique incidents in the past few days. While these are fresh events, news media has reported that terrorists have struck in Canada and in Japan. Kevin Sweeney will run you down on the details."
John stepped back from the podium and Kevin Sweeney came near the podium. A RAINBOW intelligence officer for 5 years running, he's used to the hectic schedule of debriefing the RAINBOW team before they venture into their latest mission.While Kevin began his debriefing session, John kept pace with him by reading his DEBRIEFING REPORT folder that Alistair had given to him with the bio data reports of the new RAINBOW operatives.
"At 2320 hours on April 19, we have received information from the Vancouver Police Department that armed gunmen have ambushed 2 police cruisers in the east of Vancouver. Four officers have been fatally shot with gunshots to the chest and were dead on the spot. Based from analysis on the bullet casings, they were Russian AK-74 and from Heckler and Koch G41 assault rifles. And at 2210 hours on April 20, we have also received word from the Japanese Metropolitan Police that the Defense Agency building came under attack from masked gunmen. Most of the Defense Agency security personnel were killed on duty while defending their posts and what happened next was a Ichigaya Police cruiser was blown up thanks to a Russian PG-7VL warhead, which was from an RPG-7VI rocket launcher. Both officers were fatally killed in the blast. Based from these two events, RAINBOW intelligence has concluded that these attacks were a result of massive surveillance activities employed by these gunmen before they took out their targets."
Kevin then folded his report to the next page while he drank a glass of water before resuming his debriefing.
"From both scenes, Vancouver and Ichigaya police have discovered manifestos and the terrorists call themselves the "People's Democratic League". As for the weapons, we are not sure on their status, though we can safely assume that their serial numbers were removed in order to avoid detection. We are still working on the status of the group, but from prelimenary intelligence, we believe that its top leaders have leftist leanings. We'll let you know as soon as possible. I'll also inform on the contents on each of the manifestos as soon as possible in the next debriefing."
Kevin then left the podium and Alistair took over his place. He also began to address the entire RAINBOW team.
"As for the recruits, you'll proceed to the training hall and from there, you'll be placed under observation and later on, specialists will come by the training hall and advise you on the basic parts of your specialty, whether it would be assault, recon, sniper, demolition or explosive experts. Dismissed!"
The recruits then stood up from their seats and went out of the briefing room in a single file. When they were all gone, Alistair turned his attention to the veteran RAINBOW operatives and addressed them for their next assignment.
"As for the rest of you, you'll have to wait for another briefing anytime in the week on when you guys will be deployed. RAINBOW intelligence is still working on the leads on potential terrorist hideouts following the terrorist strikes in Canada and Japan. Dismissed!"
The rest of the RAINBOW team and administrative staff began to depart from the briefing room too. John left the briefing room and walked on the corridor when Alistair approached him from behind.
"What now, John?"
"We wait until intelligence has compiled the needed information before we can strike next."
"I see. Do you think that we can stop the terrorists from making a big move?"
"Let's just hope so." He then looked out the window and the bright sunlight of a sunny afternoon before he told Alistair, "Let's just hope that we can do so."
Chapter 3 END