Next Chapter has arrived! Well no long speech here, just read and enjoy.
Disclaimer: I still don't own CL, just this story and my OC's
A week later the squad was supposed to meet at the center of base and then go meet Tinzo for some mission.
"All I'm saying is that the Red Sox should have kept Johnny Damon."
"Yeah but if he wanted to go, do you really want him?"
"Yes!"
Ulrich walked over to Chance and Jesse, "So what are you guys up to?"
"Well we are having a very heated debate of much importance, and we need your help." Jesse said.
"What's up?"
Chance frowned at Jesse and then presented his case, "I believe that Johnny Damon should have stayed with the Red Sox and Jesse says it was best for him to leave, what do you say?"
"Umm…I don't know, we are talking baseball right?" Ulrich asked sheepishly.
"Great, I forgot we aren't in the U.S. it's all about soccer now." Chance muttered.
"I'd say he should've stayed."
The three turned to see Ivan standing under a tree a few feet away.
"You follow baseball?" Chance asked.
The Russian left the shade and sat down on an ammo crate next to the others, "Of course, you know ESPN isn't just broadcasted in the U.S.A."
"I learn something knew every day." Chance said a little embarrassed.
"Guys, come on we got a practice mission in ten minutes." Odd yelled running up followed closely by Artur and Vladimir.
"Where's Nic?" Ulrich asked.
"I don't know, maybe aliens abducted him."
"Odd seriously we need to find him and get going."
Ulrich felt a finger tap him on the shoulder and turned to see Nicolas standing right behind him.
"Jeez, you really took that stealthy stuff to heart didn't you?" Ulrich exclaimed jumping back.
Everyone laughed and then hustled off to their practice mission; it was time to get serious.
"Ah glad everyone could make it." Tinzo said sarcastically as the squad arrived.
The boys came to attention in front of their drill sergeant, and Tinzo continued.
"This is the mission, you will be tasked with clearing a bunker. It is solely up to you on how you act, and you will be using live rounds, so don't shoot each other."
"Sir?" Nicolas asked.
"Yes?"
"What are we shooting?"
Tinzo smiled, "There are human like targets inside, robotic figures to be precise. They are programmed to respond as close to a soldier as possible, so don't think you can just walk in and shoot."
"Are they shooting at us?" Odd asked, a little worried about the answer.
"Yes they are, not bullets, but a very powerful tranquilizer, that can puncture your vests, so I recommend not getting hit."
The squad nodded and headed to the top of the hill to plan their assault on the bunker that was positioned at the bottom.
"A frontal assault is no good, look at the gun emplacements, we have to go through the side." Ulrich stated.
"I agree, how should we do this? I'm thinking two man teams from both sides, each breaks to his left when he enters the room we won't be firing at each other than." Ivan said.
The others nodded in agreement.
"And what do we do?" Chance asked checking the safety on his sniper rifle.
"You pick off anything that moves, that's not us." Odd said cheerfully.
"And us?" The Russian brothers said at once, as they double-checked their machine gun.
"Uhh…I don't know?" Ulrich said.
Artur frowned and then had a thought, "What if we stay right here and unload on the front of the bunker as you go in, it will distract them from you and give you a better chance."
That said, Artur and Vlad, set the machine gun up and everyone else headed off quietly, out of site of the bunker, to their positions. Chance and Jesse took up spots a hundred yards on either side of the bunker, both with clear lines of fire. Nicolas and Ivan went to the right and Ulrich and Odd went to the left.
Once everyone was in position, Ulrich looked over at Odd, "Ok, shoot straight, and no hero stuff, ok?" Odd flashed a mischievous grin and Ulrich sighed and gave a thumbs up to Vlad.
"Ok brother, let's cut loose." Vlad said, and Artur squeezed the trigger emptying several hundred rounds into the front of the bunker.
At the sound of the first shot, both side entrances to the bunker exploded and the four soldiers rushed in to find it empty.
"What the heck?" Odd said.
"Guys, we have what looks like mechanical men coming your way, either get out of their or prepare to defend." Chance said as he saw what looked like statues on wheels rolling across the field towards the bunker.
"Roger that, we can't get out, they would shoot us easily, take your shots." Ulrich muttered over the radio.
Chance and Jesse didn't wait any longer, and two loud shots rang out. Ulrich sneaked a quick glance through a slit and saw five mechanicals still rolling. Two more blew up with direct hits from the snipers.
"Ok guys, we can go now!" Ulrich said and the four rushed out the door and towards the remaining three bots. They were taken down with precision shooting.
"All clear!" Ulrich shouted.
A shot rang out and the four dropped to the ground crawling for the bunker.
"I said clear!" Ulrich shouted.
"I know, but I had to take the one that got Vlad." Jesse said over the radio.
"What do you mean?"
"One mechanical snuck up on the machine gun, and got a shot off at Vlad, I took him out before he shot Artur."
"Damn, my foolish brothers didn't watch their backs, we should have thought of that." Ivan said in disgust.
The four stood up and along with the snipers made their way to the hill they started on. When they got there they found Artur in a very foul mood as he looked at the machine that had shot the dart into Vladimir's leg.
"I should have seen him." Artur said as Ivan bent down and threw Vlad's unconscious body over his back.
"Yes you should have, but that is why we train now, and live later." Drill Sergeant Tinzo said walking up behind them.
Ivan laid his sleeping brother back on the grass and stood at attention.
"At ease men, I do have to compliment you on one thing. You are the only squad that placed snipers to cover you. Most squads saw that it was a bunker and sent six men in with only a machine gun to cover. Good work, and tell Vlad the good news when he wakes up."
"What good news?" Odd asked.
Tinzo smiled a true smile, one full of pride. "You have completed training, you have a three day leave as of tomorrow to visit friends or family."
The boys cheered and headed to their barrack.
"A truck will pick you up in the morning!" Tinzo yelled after the squad. "Oh and one more thing."
The group stopped and turned to look at their commander. "You might want to take Vlad with you." Tinzo yelled pointing at the unconscious soldier at his feet.
"Ooops!" Nicolas laughed and they all sprinted up the hill and grabbed Vlad and his gear. They soon got Vlad in bed and were excited about the chance to go home.
"I can't wait to see Kasey!" Odd laughed.
"I know, it seems like forever since I've seen Yumi, I can't wait."
Ulrich looked over and saw Nicolas looked just as eager to return to Kadic. Then Ulrich noticed the others, Chance and Jesse were talking quietly off to the side and Ivan was still trying to convince Artur that Vlad would not be knocked out forever.
"Hey guys, what are you going to do?"
The others turned to face Odd and Ulrich and Jesse answered for everyone, "I guess stay here, we can't go home, it's too far."
Odd walked over to the two Americans, "No my friends you two are coming home with us, same for you three." He said turning to Ivan and his brothers.
"You sure?" Jesse asked, "I don't want to be a bother."
"It's not a problem, there's plenty of room for you at the school, and I know my friends would love to meet you all." Ulrich said and the morale of the group lifted. A few hours later Vladimir woke up and everything was explained to him. He was pretty mad at himself for getting shot, but after he was told it was in the leg, he relaxed.
"I could have survived that." He said, and the others smiled.
"Yeah, just don't make a habit out of getting hit, ok?" Odd said tossing a bottle of Tylenol over to Vlad.
"Sure thing."
Yumi heard her cell phone ring and answered it, "Hello?"
The voice on the other end took her breath away for a moment. "Yumi it's me."
"Ulrich! Oh my goodness, is everything alright?"
"It's better than that, I have good news."
"What is it? Did you finish training?"
"Yeah, but it gets better, we get to come visit you and the others for three days."
Tears began streaming down Yumi's face, she would soon be in Ulrich's arms. The last three weeks had gone by way too slow. She couldn't wait to see him.
"That's great! I can't wait to see you."
"I just need you to do one thing." Ulrich said.
"Yeah what is it?"
"Tell the others for us and tell Kasey for Odd, we only get one phone call and…well they decided I could make this one."
"I will Ulrich, I will, I'll see you soon. I love you."
Ulrich couldn't hold back the goofy smile that lit up his face when he heard Yumi say that. "I love you too." He said and then he hung up the phone. Odd came walking out of the restroom and saw the look on Ulrich's face.
"She told you she loved you didn't she?"
"Yeah, why?" Ulrich asked.
"Cause you got that idiotic grin on your face again." Odd laughed and Ulrich jumped up and chased Odd around the barrack, while the others sat back and enjoyed the show. Eventually they got tired and everyone left to eat dinner. They ate quickly and went back to their barrack to pack and go to sleep.
'I'm going home' thought Odd as he fell asleep. A few minutes later he was woken up by a pillow to the face.
"What?"
"You got to let us go to sleep first man, we fall asleep with your snoring." Chance said as he held his pillow high above Odd ready to strike again.
"Fine, go get your precious sleep." Odd groaned and he once again waited a few minutes for everyone to fall asleep.
He lay back down and had trouble falling asleep because of his excitement about going home.
'Come on Odd don't stay up all night.' Soon Odd grew tired and fell asleep.
Yep, the boys are going home! I hope you like it, and I think I can have some fun with the other squad members going back with them. Please read and review, I like it when I get reviews.