Chapter 4- Entering the Palace
Walder and his team, which was nine, arrived a moment later.
"Sir, they have SAW's. Team fourteen got slaughtered. Junes was the only one they left alive. We sent him back." said Walder.
"Dam nit." said Hanz gruffly. "Yeah, we found that out the hard way. Luckily, Shep found one in the armory so we can at least can do some damage." Adrian lifted the barrel up a little to show them.
"What are they doing in there?" asked Frankfurt.
"They're trying to get the king." said Adrian. "They took out Fine and Lorenz."
"Yeah, we heard."
"Walder, you were on an anti-terror squad right?" asked Hanz. Walder nodded.
"I want you to take your team and move around and go through the lake entrance. Standard entrance tactics."
"Yes sir."
"Don't kill anyone if you don't have to. If you engage Dels and his team, shoot to kill. We don't take any chances."
"Yes sir." He turned to his team and led them around the wall toward the lake entrance on the other side of the palace.
"Breckinridge, wait." he stopped. "I'm going to need you to come with us to translate. He walked back and joined Adrian and Hanz.
"Ready?" asked Hanz to Shephard. He nodded and buried the SAW in his robes. They walked across the court yard just as the sun became brighter and turned into day.
Hanz approached the guards holding Adrian in a powerful way to give the illusion that he was a slave.
"Ka'lamon ty jupds?" asked one of the guards. His earpiece was quick to translate. "Where are you taking this traveler?"
"Tpy dren freet." said Breckinridge. "Duer wenf dewas." "He is a slave. We are taking him to see the prince."
"Fre tup gew?" "Do you have a pass?"
"Me. Timo poi newu." "No, we were invited."
The guard looked at them and seemed to be deciding something. He and the other guard opened the door. The tree soldiers walked in.
"Her desa." said Breckinridge. "Thank you."
The guard nodded. They entered the main hall which was full of soldiers holding spears and swords guarding entrances to different halls and doors. Hanz led Adrian and Breckinridge across the main hall and through a door that led to the main greeting room.
"Which way do we need to go?" asked Breckinridge. Hanz took out his PDA and pulled up the map of the palace.
"Through here." Hanz tried to open a door. "It's locked."
"Move." said Adrian. Hanz moved to the side and with one swift kick, Adrian kicked the door in. They hurried through it and closed it so they would not attract attention. They walked down a narrow corridor and emerged in the palace kitchen.
"Okay, we're right below the kings chamber. There should be a staircase that will lead to right outside the main door."
"Sir, we're ready to enter on your command." said Walder over the radio.
"Rodger. Wait there. We may need backup in a moment."
"Rodger."
"Hey you! Your not supposed to be back here!" said a guard from behind them. The translator was working faster now. Breckinridge turned around and fired one silenced Desert Eagle round into his head. He landed with a sickening thud.
"Oh! Guards!" yelled a cook. Breckinridge turned and fired at him. The other cooks ducked and ran.
Hanz turned and grabbed Breckinridge. "Is that your answer to everything? Killing it?"
"Sorry sir." Two guards came into the hall and Hanz mowed them down with his MP5. The bullets tore through them spattering blood all over the wall. Adrian whipped out the SAW and got ready for trouble.
Bells started ringing throughout the palace. Breckinridge holstered his pistol and got out his MP5. They moved out and into the kitchen.
"Don't kill them unless they are a threat. Civies are off limits." A guard smashed in and charged at them with his sword in the air. The room echoed from the overly loud SAW. The guard flew off his feet and thumped onto the ground. They went through the door and found them selves in a large room with about ten guards and at least five archers. They dove behind a pillar just as the archers opened fire. The guards scattered also, covered by the archers.
Adrian looked up and saw men dressed in black, their faces covered by scarves, running across the edge of the platform above.
"Assassins!" he yelled to let the other's know. They looked around.
"Where?" asked Breckinridge. Hanz was behind him and opened fire at one of the guards that was running across the room. He dropped and Hanz ducked back behind just before and arrow bounced off the pillar.
Adrian brought the SAW around and fired upward trying to at least scare them off. It didn't work. One of them threw a small bade at him which stuck into his vest. Adrian fired again knew he had hit him because he left blood on the wall when he moved. Breckinridge turned and tossed a grenade onto the ledge. It detonated and sent bloody shrapnel raining down on them. The assassins body fell and landed on the floor.
"One more!" yelled Breckinridge over gunfire from Hanz. Adrian spotted the assassin jump down from the ledge and land next to Hanz. He turned and blew half his head away with the powerful fifty caliber bullets.
Loud gunfire filled the room but it wasn't coming from Adrian. The guards started running around and trying to escape. Breckinridge ducked around the pillar to see what was going on. fifty caliber bullets ripped into him tearing through his vest and into his flesh. He dropped to the ground with out a sound.
"No!" yelled Hanz. He turned and fired. Adrian turned also and saw a burly Chinese man holding a SAW. He stepped back as the MP5 bullets slammed into his vest. Adrian opened fire and the man ducked down and disappeared behind a pillar.
"Let's go. We can't get through here!" yelled Hanz. A grenade appeared from behind the pillar and landed near Adrian. He kicked it away and took cover behind the pillar from the shrapnel. Hanz went back through the door and Adrian followed him keeping his SAW trained on the pillar that the man was behind.
Hanz closed the door after Adrian was clear of it and shoved Breckinridge's MP5 into the handle. He ran to the small staircase and Adrian followed. When they got to the top Adrian went first with the heavy gun at eye level.
"Clear." Hanz came out into the sunny hall way. Bodies of guards were lying on the floor covered in blood. "Where are we?" asked Adrian. Hanz reached into his pocket and pulled out the PDA. He tapped it with the small pointer.
"The kings chamber is just next door. We have to follow the hall around though." Adrian immediately started moving up the hall, stepping over bodies and trying not to slip on shell casings and blood.
They heard footsteps coming down the hallway quickly. Hanz and Adrian crouched down next to the window. The king appeared a moment later surrounded by at least twenty guards.
"Frtye!" said one of them as they spotted the two soldiers. The guards readied their swords and started moving slowly toward them. Adrian could tell they were being cautious because if they wanted the king dead, he would be by now, and the guards knew that.
"Don't come any closer!" said Hanz trying to sound threatening.
"Speak- English, yes?" said the king. Hanz and Adrian froze.
"You speak English?" asked Hanz. The guards drew closer.
"Cvds." said the king. The guards stopped. "Why do you not kill I?"
"We are saving you." said Hanz slowly so the king could understand. He blinked.
"Save?" Hanz nodded.
"Yes. Uh, fre." he said trying to say yes in their language.
"The magic men, coming." he said.
"Yes, we are here to stop them."
"Gher toyu yeres." said the king to his body guards. "You save me and men?"
"Fre." Adrian slowly approached the king.
"We are going to keep you from the magic men." he said. Hanz smashed the window out. He pulled the rope for the pocket on his vest. He tossed it out and tied it to the window frame. The rope went tight and his stomach dropped. He pocked his head out and saw a soldier hold it from the bottom.
"Come on!" yelled a familiar voice. They helped the king climb down the rope. and waited for the guards to climb down as well. Adrian and Hanz used their expertise to simply zip down.
"Team nine, we have the king secured. Meet us at the west hall at ground level."
"Yes sir." They had helped the king escape with his life. Adrian planned to find out why the king knew English also.