I hope every one is doing good. 2016 is here and their is a lot going to happen this year for many of us. Well here I go once again and I got more another part which is going to have a twist to it. Enjoy.

Day 5

08:35hrs

Navy Carrier Washington, Sick Bay

45 miles from main land, Venom

Fox was at the entrance of sick bay and he was looking at his father who some how was alive and not dead. The doctors were checking up on him to see if their were no problems at all. Roach went in and spoke to James McCloud and the doctors told him that he was cleared. James said to Roach that he had very important intel that needs to be told. He gets off the bed. Roach heads back to get in contact with Peppy, while James walks up to his son. They both were in sand digital combat uniform and sand tactical boots. Fox was in shock that he was looking at his father right now. James then speaks to him. "It's great to see you again son." Fox looks at him with tears in his eyes and quickly hugs him and James was surprised, but he responded to his hug and embraces his son. This happened to be a great day for Fox so far since he gets to be with his father once again. Still Fox knows that this wasn't the time to celebrate his return they were still on mission. James then speaks. "Walk with me." The father and son began to walk through the carrier. Fox saw that his father's left arm had a tattoo which happens to be his mother's name Vixy McCloud. His left arm has a flag tattoo, somehow James has the tattoo of the American flag. Fox was confused on that one but he believes that he did it to honor them for helping them out over the years now. James then speaks. "Son I know that I missed a lot over these two decades which I should of been their but this happened." Fox spoke. "It's not your fault dad. I'm glad that your still alive, just wish that mom was here, but I know that she's gone. I thought you were gone when Peppy told me that your arwing was destroyed." James responded. "Some how I survived thanks to a device that transported me out of the ship before I was shot at, but it transported me in enemy territory. I was captured by Andross' men five months later and I was held prisoner. Andross tried everything to get info, but I never did break. So how have things been for you?" Fox begins to explain what has happened to him.

James was amazed but also disappointed. When he heard about the vixen named Krystal and he told him what he did which disappointed him, James already knew never to kick someone of the team never even if it gets dangerous or tougher down the line. He always respected his teammates and also knows that their are times that they may not return home at all. He also heard about Fara's death which sadden him, but he doesn't know that he was a grandfather. Fox plans on telling him soon. They both headed out on top and they walked on near one of the ends of the carrier and were looking out in the open and they were able to see ocean. Fox then spoke. "Dad their is something you should." James looks at his son and says. "Go ahead." Fox sighs and begins to talk. "I know I told you about Fara, but about 2 years ago we had a kit, a son pretty much, you a grandfather dad." James was in heavy shock, he was looking at the ground and Fox looks at him and says. "Dad?" James then looks at his son with a smile on his face and says. "I'm proud of you." He then embraces his son and Fox hugs him knowing that he is wanting to see him right away, but he knows that their isn't any time right now until they finish the assignment they will be able to go home. Fox then asks him if he's want to see him by contacting Fara's parents. James spoke. "We still have some time before Roach contacts us for the intel that I need to give out." They both head back inside the carrier and head towards Fox's assigned room. They go in and Fox contacts Fara's parents. The screen comes on and is shows Fara's father with Fox's son on his lap and Fara's father speaks. "Hi Fox, what brings you today?" Fox responds. "Not much we already finished two missions today and rescued somebody I'm sure my son wants to see and know." Fox's son readjust him self on screen and looks at his father and says. "Hi daddy." Fox smiles and responds. "Hi son, I want you to meet someone." Fox's signals his father to come up and he looks at the screen and looks at the tod. Fox speaks to his father and to his son. "Dad this is my son, James Phoenix McCloud. James this is your grandfather, Captain James McCloud. Fox's son and his father were both looking at each other and then his son places his hand on the screen and then his father places his hand on the screen and Fox's son says one word. "Grandpa." James face was surprised but he had tears and says to his grandson. "My grandson." Fox then says to his father. "I named him after you but also to honor the Phoenix family as well. James looks at his son and smiles. Fox then speaks to his son. "Alright son, we can't stay for long we got more to do where we are. I promise you that no matter what happens to us, me and your grandfather are going to be home soon." Fox's son nods and says to them "I love you daddy. I love you grandpa." Fox then spoke. "We love you too son. We got to go." Fox's son waved his little hand at them and the connection was shut off and the screen went black. Roach contacted James on the speaker to head for the briefing room. Fox and James both left the room and headed to the meet up with Roach.

They entered the briefing room where Roach was in contact with Peppy and Peppy need to hear what James has to say. Roach spoke. "Captain McCloud you have some intel to give us." James responded. "Yes sir, I do." James began to tell them what he got.

30 minutes later

James finished talking and Roach spoke. "If what you gave us is true, then Wolf has a sub armed with missiles that can level Corneria. The mission is to capture sub and use it when ever we have chance to counter the enemy's attack. We also need to know if they are nuclear or not, take the radiation detector to make sure their are no spikes coming out from the sub." James, and Fox nod and know that they will have a big assignment for this but the problem is where is that target at? James spoke. "I heard that the sub is possibly here on Venom on an island about 20 miles from the prison." Roach contacted for a UAV recon drone to search on a 20 mile radius from the prison.

Peppy then spoke to Roach. "Sir once we get this done, we have to worry about getting Andrew again, correct?" Roach responded. "Yeah we do, Andross has terrorized this system for far too long. Once this is done, we are going to stop everything that he has left." Peppy nodded and ended his transmission.

About 25 minutes later the UAV spotted the island and it confirmed that the sub was their. The area was covered in snow which was a perfect time to do stealth and this would give them the advantage that they need. Roach then spoke. "For this mission you guys will have to travel light, no bullet proof vest or body armor at all, I recommend you guys take chest rigs with you and get to the sub fast." Both Fox and James nodded and Roach dismissed them. They both went to their assigned rooms and went to get prepped and ready. They had their choice of thermal jackets, and what else.

Fox chose the snow camo thermal soft shell jacket, acu camo pants, sand tactical boots, and black thermal tactical gloves. He looked at the chest rigs and their were about five different load outs that he can choose. Two were assault load out, one SMG load out, one shotgunner load out, and one support LMG load out. Fox chose the assault and was checking in which one he wants to use. The first version had three double stack M4/M16 pouches on front while the left and right side of the chest rig and different bags and pouches to carry additional equipment. The second version was a bit different in front had three pistol pouches and to the left of it has a radio pouch and double stack M4/M16 pouch and on the right side was two double stack M4/M16 pouches and on the sides had accessory pouches and grenade pouches. It also went with a right leg pistol holster and and the left one contained a two double stack M4/M16 pouches drop leg.

Fox chose the first load out since it's likely that his father would have chosen as well. He placed it on and decided to place on the right leg holster and chose the 1911A2 they were going to be leaving soon and they had a lot of work to do for this. After getting his gear on he headed towards the armory and sees his father, Falco, Black and three other operatives. James was pretty much wearing the same gear and clothes like Fox. Black chose the the grey and white fleece thermal jacket, acu camo pants, sand tactical boots, and grey thermal tactical gloves. He chose the second assault load out. Falco had the dark grey fleece thermal jacket, acu camo pants, sand tactical boots, and black thermal tactical gloves. He chose the second assault load out as well. The three others were either dressed like Fox, Falco, or Black and wore the same gear like them. Roach then came in and spoke. "Alright you guys, their will be lots of Wolf's men out their, probably patrolling the outer area and also possible armor patrols. Once you guys get to the target make sure to clear the area and make sure you send the controls on the ship so they can bring the sub to us." James spoke. "Your not coming sir?" Roach spoke. "I'll sit this one out so I can coordinate your resources to make sure you guys are going the right way." James nodded and the team continued to get prepped up.

Outnumbered, but Not Out Matched

Day 5 11:21 hrs

Task Force 221

15 miles S SE from mainland, Venom

Roach contacted James. "Captain I can barely see Redcell's chute in my satellite feed. Too much interference. Do you see him, over? James was running and met up with his son near a river and a bridge on the left. James got to hi Fox and responded. "Roger that sir. I found Fox, he appears to be intact. Were going to head north west to the sub base. Over." Roach came up. "Roger that the rest of the team landed near Black, pretty far to the East." James spoke. "Tell them to proceed with the mission. We'll regroup if possible." Fox and James were armed with M14 EBR Scoped Silenced since they were in an area where they were going to avoid patrols. James spoke to Fox. "Fox follow me and stay out of sight." James led the way slowly with Fox following him. James was wearing a grey beanie to keep his head warm. As the were moving towards the road, James spoke up. "Contact. Enemy patrol thirty meters to our front." The both ran to the left behind a tree and James looked and spoke. "Five men, armed with blaster rifles, grenades." Roach came up. "Seems that they are well armed." James responded. "It seems that the Inner Circle is ready if we were already here." Roach contacted James. "It's good to have you back old man." James spoke. "Roger that. Let's follow them quietly and pick of any stragglers." Both James and Fox move up and see that their was bush cover to the right corner near the road. James spoke. "Patience, don't do anything stupid. We'll have to take them out at the same time." As they entered the bushes and the trees James spoke. "Covey coming get out of sight." They both crouched down into the bushes and they heard engine noises coming close and James spoke. "Let them pass." Two transport trucks filled with Inner Circle hostiles passed by them going down the road. After that they got up and moved up just outside of the bushes and two hostiles were in front and James spoke. "Two of them stopped for a smoke. Take one, I'll take out the other." Fox looked through the scope and chose which hostile to take out and fired. James fired and they both took out the first two hostiles and they moved up. As they got closer to the next three hostiles they stopped and James spoke. "I'm ready, let's take them all out at once. You take care of the one on the left." They both looked through their scopes and Fox engaged first. He took care of the hostile on the left and James fired at one of the two hostiles on the right side. Fox fired on the other hostile and they cleared the area. They both moved up and were crossing the bridge.

After crossing the bridge they continued up the road. As they moved up they saw enemy aircrafts go by with armored vehicles and James contacts Roach. "Sir our intel was off, it appears that they have Mobile SAM sites." Roach responded. "Roger that, they must of made them not too long ago and they are new." James contacts him again. "Have you found us some transport?" Roach responds. "I'm working on it. Out." They both continued moving up the road, their was a woods to the right of them as they got closer, but James stopped and so did Fox. Just then two landmasters tanks came out up the road and James shouted and ran. "Incoming look out! Follow me! Into the woods! Let's go! Let's go!" Fox and James ran to the right into the woods as the two landmasters fired what appeared to be 30mms at them. They continued to run deeper into the woods as the landmasters were behind them, but the tanks stopped since they couldn't go any further but fire at them still. Fox and James continued to run until they were out of sight and James spoke. "Slow down. Their vehicles can't follow us this far." They stopped and were finally able to catch their breath. James contacted Roach. "Sir, we were chased by landmasters, but these tanks are new and modified." Roach came up. "Solid copy. I saw them, it appears that these tanks have a modified main gun, but it's still no match for our M1A3 Abrams, it's secondary is no much of a problem. A 30mm gun which still can cause serious damage to our infantries. Keep going, you two are almost there. Out."

After catching their breaths Fox and James moved up but they had to go through the woods and their were more patrols in the woods then on the road. They both were on the right side and James stopped by some trees and spoke. "Let them pass. Looks like their searching for us." Fox saw a six man patrol and they were coming their way but they were on the left side searching for them. As the patrol passed by, James and Fox move up and continued to try and avoid any more patrols.

They continued to move up and were close to the village. However, they had to get pass some patrols to get to the village where the rest of the team should be heading at soon. As they moved up they stopped and saw a patrol on the move, it seemed that they were circling the same place. James spoke out. "Patrol, take them out or try to slip pass. Your call." It was a four man patrol that were circling the same area and Fox waited for the right time to take them out. They both looked through their scopes and Fox fired at the patrol and so did James. They took them out and they both moved up. They approached a ridge and went up the ridge and James contacted Roach. "Sir what's that state of our air support. Over." Roach responds. "A UAV loaded with AGMs is on route to your position." James spoke. "Roget that." They reached the top of the ridge and they went prone and they saw the village. James spoke to Fox. "Fox, take control of the predator drone." Fox pulled out the control rig and opened it up and was looking at the screen just then a missile came on screen and it headed towards the drone. The missile hit the drone and Fox lost footage and James spoke. "Bollocks!" Roach came up. "What just happened?" James contacted him. "Their's a mobile SAM site in the village, it just shot down our Predator. Sir, we need another Predator." Fox and James got up and James spoke. "Fox, let's go." The both hit the down part of the ridge and slid down the ridge. They hit the ground and got up but now they changed from the M14's they were using. Fox pulled out his M16A3 ACOG sight. James pulled out his M4A1 Grenadier.

As they went in the village more hostiles popped out and then out from another point. Black and the other came and Black shouted out. "Stand back!" Falco pulled out an AT4 and fired at the SAM site and the rocket destroyed the target and the rest of the team came in and joined up with Fox and James. Black was armed with an ACR ACOG sight. Falco chose the TAR-21 Red dot sight. The three operatives were known as, 'Jester,' 'Ogre,' and 'Utah.' Jester was from the S.A.S while Ogre and Utah were from the U.S Army. They were wearing helmets while the rest weren't, Ogre was armed with a SCAR-H ACOG sight, Utah was armed with an M4A1 Grenadier /w Holographic, Jester was armed with ACR. James spoke as the rest of the team came up to them. "Nice work on the SAM site." Black spoke. "Thanks, but we better keep moving, that explosion is going to attract a lot of attention." The team all began to run to the right as more hostiles came out. James and the others fired at them while the were running for cover. The second predator drone arrived, they had air support again. The hostiles that were coming at them returned fire at them, however O'Donnell's men were not that experienced. James and the others continued to move up slowly trying to reach the base.

As they continued to clear a path, a few more hostiles came in. As they got closer to the area they had to clear the area that they were currently at. Hostiles were also coming in from the left flank and Fox took the flank and engaged them while the rest of the team continued to engage what was left. Fox cleared the left flank and regrouped with the team and they cleared the village. They all moved up and entered the base's perimeter. James contacted Roach. "Sir we've linked up with Black and the rest of the team." Roach responded. "Roger that, the second predator is almost in position. Make it count, these things don't grow on trees." They were behind some down tree logs and saw the base and it had tons of hostiles and James spoke out. "There's the submarine right below that crane! Fox soften up their defenses with the Predator. Watch for the flashing strobes, that's us." Fox pulled out the control rig and looked at the screen and saw multiple heat signatures including a Landmaster tank, plus a enemy Wolfen. He fired an AGM and aimed it at the aircraft. The missile hit the target and then the base's alarms went off. Roach contacted the team. "That got their attention. The whole base is on alert. You guys better hurry, we only got a few minutes before that submarine dives." James responded. "We're moving." The team took a the detour to get into the base and engaged the hostiles and were moving up. They used any cover as possible and engaged more hostiles. Roach came up. "AMG missile is online." Fox pulled out the control rig and fired another missile, this time on the enemy tank. The missile hit the tank and destroyed it. Roach came up. "Good effect on target, enemy armor destroyed." The team continued to advance slowly engaging hostiles as they did.

The team held their position and engaged more hostiles that were coming at them. They needed to hurry before they lose their window to get to the sub. Roach came up. AGM missile is online." Fox pulled out the control rig and saw that there were multiple heat signatures up ahead and he fired the AGM at the hostiles. The missile hit the targets taking out many of them and Roach came up. "Multiple contacts down. Nice job, Redcell." The team moved up and Roach contacted them. "Your half way there!" The team began to spread out using destroyed vehicles and crates for cover. Their were still more hostiles coming to try and hold them off, the team returned fire at them and were getting more room to advance. They cleared a path to moved up just a bit, but they were still engaging contacts.

Roach came up. "AGM missile is online." Fox pulled out the control rig and fired another missile at the hostiles. The missile hit and took out any one in it's radius. Roach came up. "Their down." The path was now clear and the team managed to move up to some crates that were near the sub. More contacts came out and a transport truck came out and was coming from the right. The truck had fifteen plus foot mobiles coming at them. The truck stopped and the hostiles dismounted from the vehicle and the team engaged them. They moved up slowly and continued to engage the hostiles. Roach came up. "AGM missile is online." Fox pulled out the control rig and fired the missile. He aimed the missile to the truck and the missile destroyed the truck and taking out anyone else that was near the hit. Roach came up. "10 plus KIAs. Nice work." The path was clear to reach the sub and their was no time to waist. The team all moved towards the hatch of the sub and jumped down. They checked the whole sub out making sure their were no contacts inside.

The sub was cleared from every section and James contacted Roach. "Sir, sub is clear. The detector hasn't picked up any readings of radiation at all. The missiles seem to be harmless." Roach came up. "Copy that. The missiles appear to be of a different design. Once they are launched they can do catastrophic damage to a city or a town. These missile may come to our help. Get the override in and I'll establish connection and control the sub out of the area and into the gate coordinates to Corneria's Harbor. Extraction chopper is on route now ETA 3 minutes. Get it done. Out."

James ran to the bridge of the sub and got on the console and placed in the override sequence. The override was done and the connection for the controls were now going to Roach. James shouted out. "Team, let's get out of here!" The team and headed towards the hatch that they came in and went down the harbor towards the LZ. The last operative that got out closed the hatch and locked it.

The team arrived and they saw their chopper coming in, the helo landed and the team got in and James signaled the pilot that they were all on board. The helo lifted off and left the area. James and Fox saw the sub dive, that meant that Roach has complete control of the sub. The mission was complete and they were now able to get some rest when they return to the ship.

Another chapter done. Their is still more to come when I get another opportunity at the next chapter, right now I'll will be on the drawing board for the next one. Until then take care, and stay safe. Signing off.