Love Struck Delusion

Chapter 63 – I Saw For The First Time What It Was Like.

Mason's POV, Afghanistan Capital, Two Hours Later.

The doctor I had was working his very best right now. God I hope Alicia stays strong.

Sitting outside the waiting room with my feet crossed and my hopes high, I also thought for Raptor's sake. I honestly don't know the state he is in right now. If Alicia were to leave us he might as well. And that could be very bad.

I had a feeling Raptor didn't want to leave Iraq though. I can see why. He's got so much to worry about, and a trip like this could throw him off course, but for fucks sake man it's his own wife who is asking for help. I hope he remembers what he is when it comes to being her husband. I couldn't imagine what it would be like if this war was all that mattered to him now.

Keeping my eyes on the clock, I wondered where he was at. He had to be flying by Pakistan now. As long as things keep going smooth he should be here within the next two hours tops.

Raptor's POV, 10 kilometers outside Pakistan.

I was getting really tired now. I could see my vision getting blurry at some points as I kept my eyes in the sky. I can't let this helicopter drop just cause I fell asleep at the helm.

Letting out a chuckle, I looked out the right side of my cockpit to see Pakistan. The Capital could be seen from miles away as I kept my eyes on the border. I didn't want any surprises. Not like they were to know I was flying by, I just get paranoid at times like this.

Looking in my rear view, I saw Char and his men were all but asleep. They've been out cold for some time now. I knew I was working them hard, but right now I have no one else to trust to watch my back.

As I kept my eyes on Char himself, I instantly looked to my controls as one system began to beep.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

"What the fuck?" I asked myself as everyone began to wake up.

"What's going on?" Wondered Char as he looked around to see the noise was coming from me.

Still trying to figure it all out, I began to look out the windows. I couldn't see a fucking thing. The dunes were pitch dark at this hour.

"Commander?" He said in confusion as I watched him get out of his seat. Instantly I ordered.

"Stay seated!"

Instantly Char got back down and asked.

"Why? What's going on?"

Char men began to get panicked as I looked to a specific area not that far from our right. My heart jolted as a flash went off and a bright ball began to fly at us. I knew instantly what it was and shouted.

"Stinger! Hold on!"

Everyone grabbed a hold of something close as I triggered our flares.

The rocket got so fucking close, but the flares distracted it and I watched as it went off no more then a few meters away from us.

"I'm getting us out of here!" I stated as I began to fly as fast as I could away from the spot it came from.

With no more then a few seconds passing, I listened as the beeping began to go off again.

"Fuck!" I shouted as I looked to see it coming from our other side now.

Hitting the flares once more, I watched as it was pulled to our left. But as my flares left us I heard.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

Looking right, a second missile came at us. I had nothing to defend against it this time. My flares were down and it was coming in too fast to dodge.

"Hold on!" I ordered as I looked in the rear view to watch as the missile hit Char's side of the bird.

Falling face forward out of his seat, I ordered.

"Move!"

I'm sure his ears were ringing, but in speed he crawled over to the other side to get back into a seat.

Refocusing on the flying, I knew it was going to be bad. That hit took out most of my control. If another one were too...!

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

Looking left once again, it was already too late. With my mind in a panic, I shouted.

"We're going down!"

Unable to really act, I watched as the missile came right for me.

"BOOM!"

Hitting my cockpit as I tried to get out of my seat, I was sent forward into the cargo to hear from my right.

"Commander!"

I barely could hear a thing as I looked right to see Char's hand.

Taking him, I quickly pulled myself up to sit down next him as the helicopter began to spin out of control.

"Hold on and we'll make it!" I stated as I grabbed a cargo latch.

I had no other choice but to hold on for my life now as we came crashing down into the dunes.

Lieutenant Young's POV.

The bird came crashing down a good five kilometers out. Now was the time to move. They wouldn't be able to go far after that. Going to my comm I ordered.

"All teams move in on the chopper. Capture Voltz if he's still alive and kill the rest."

Watching from my Humvee as my men moved out, I got inside to order my driver.

"Let's go."

"Yes sir." He replied as we began our drive to the chopper.

Char's POV.

We came down hard. But I could still feel myself. I somehow didn't die from that.

Opening my eyes, I found myself still in the chopper. But everyone else had scattered somewhere. Crawling to my hands and knees, I looked around for a rifle. Luckily I found one nearby. After checking the clip, I got up to proceed for the large hole that was craved into the helicopter. As I came out I widened my eyes.

Around me were my men. My brothers. The people I knew since I was a kid.

"Guys?" I muttered in utter shock as I looked to their bodies. The crash was so sudden to everyone. How were they to know? I asked myself as I looked to my friends who didn't move.

Some were missing arms, others legs. Even my brother Jeremy was missing his head. It must have gotten taken off on impact.

Falling forward out of fear and confusion of how to react, I asked around.

"Commander? Commander!?"

I got nothing. Where is he? I asked myself as I tried to move.

My leg was cut wide open. It was hard to move. Taking a step forward, I panicked as I lost control and began to roll down the dune.

Hitting shreds of metal and more sand then I could ever dream of, I finally came to a stop at the bottom.

"Ughhh." I groaned as I did my best to shout again.

"Raptor! Where are you!?"

I still got nothing back. He better be okay. I told myself as I struggled back on my feet.

Covered in blood and sand, I looked around to see another set of what appeared to be a roll going down another end of the dune. As fast as I could I began to limp for it to find a gray hedgehog resting in the sand.

"Raptor!" I shouted as I now ran to him. Blood continued to leave my leg as I got down on his side to see he was okay. His head had been cracked open slightly, but he wasn't dead. Moving his face to my side, I began to shake him by the shoulders.

"Raptor?! Get up please!" I begged him as I saw his eyes twitch.

"Come on!" I shouted as he began to come through.

"Char?"

"Thank god!" I stated as I smiled and was asked.

"Are you okay? What happened?"

"We came down hard. I tried to find you as fast as I could sir."

"Where are the others?" He asked me as I gulped and replied in sadness.

"Their gone. All of them."

Raptor immediately tried to get up as I took hold of his hand for support. Leaning up on his butt, he replied.

"I'm so sorry Char. They were good men. They'll be remembered I swear to you."

"It's okay Commander. We have to get you to safety now. Whoever did that is probably on their way." I stated as he nodded and got up on his feet to reply.

"It's G.U.N. It has to be. They had to have found out somehow."

"How?" I asked in confusion as he shook his head to reply.

"I don't know. But you need to go now."

In loss for words I replied.

"I'm not leaving you."

"They weren't that far out when they hit us. And if I know what's going to happen they ordered my capture. As for you, they'll kill you." He stated as I widened my eyes.

"The shots came from the east and west. Head north. They won't expect it. Find the road and get to Mason in Afghanistan."

"I'm not fucking leaving!" I stated as he pushed off me to reply in force.

"Your men are dead! You hear me!?"

Standing his ground he went on to say.

"They're coming now! You have this one chance to leave! Otherwise I can't help you Char! Go north and run for Afghanistan! I know you can do this! I'll be okay. I promise."

"They'll kill you Raptor." I stated in loss as he shook his head.

"They won't do anything they can't get away with."

Watching as he went to his belt, I widened my eyes as he handed me Shadow's M1911 to order.

"Take this. Mason will know you were with me."

"What do I tell him?" I asked as I took his hand.

Raptor's POV.

Char took the gun as I replied.

"Tell him I'm sorry, but I got delayed. Tell him to call Wreak and tell him to watch over the Rebellion while I'm gone. I'll be back though. You make sure to tell him that." I urged him as we disconnected hands.

Watching as Shadow's gun went to his side, he replied.

"Yes sir. I will."

"Now go. You don't have long. Hide in the sand if you have too. But get out of here Char."

Slowly he began to back away.

"I'll see you again Char. I promise."

"Thank you sir. For everything."

Turning to run, I watched as Char ran north. Letting out a sigh, I backed myself into the nearby dune. Reaching in my pocket I took out my phone to smashed it under my feet. I couldn't let them get anything from me. Covering the remains in sand, I let out a thick breath of pain to look around. I heard engines and began to see lights coming from the west and east.

Someone told them I was inbound to Afghanistan. I had three people in mind. Hannon, but how was he to know? Archer, but I didn't want to believe he could betray me like this. Or Shadow. Maybe that kid was better then I thought. None the less; I was out of options on this one. My only hope was that Char would make it out and get to Mason. It's a long walk and water will most likely kill him, but if he's half as good as I think he is he'll do it. Somehow.

Letting out another sigh, I lost control over my legs and fell back down on my ass. This time I didn't plan on moving. I was going to wait for this to happen.

With the engines drawling closer and the lights getting brighter, I accepted my fate as of now.

Lieutenant Young's POV.

The helicopter could be seen burning as we pulled up to get out.

"Scatter." I ordered over comm as I took hold of my rifle to walk towards the crash.

It was hard to believe anyone could survive that landing, but as I walked over the dune, I came to realize I was wrong. With teams two and three searching the actual crash, my team came face to face with the man of the hour. He sat at the bottom of the crash site. He must have rolled out on impact. Lucky man to even be alive.

"Stand down!" Ordered my men as they ran down the dune to aim at him. As I approached, I came to a stop no more then five feet away to look at him.

A gray hedgehog with green mixed around his quills. Along with the natural look there was blood gushing out of his skull and I think I saw a broken ankle. Hard to tell as he sat there and ignored us.

"Raptor Voltz." I said as he slowly looked up at me.

"Your lucky. You know that?" I asked him as our eyes locked. His green eyes were filled with nothing but lack of hope as his face showed another whole story.

The man kept silent as I stated.

"Your coming with us."

Voltz kept his mouth shut as my men continued to aim at him.

"Help him up." I ordered them as they lowered guns. Two of my men got down to search him first. God knows if he was hiding anything.

"He's clean." Stated one of them as they got under his arms to lift him up.

"Ugh!" Voltz seemed to be in pain. I felt nothing for him in means of feeling sorry as my men waited for an order.

Getting in his face I asked.

"You know what's coming next don't you?"

Lifting back up his head, he replied with a smile.

"You gonna kiss me big guy? Gonna go back to Linnen and suck on his lazy dick for not doing this himself? Or are you just going to shut the fuck up and get done with your job?"

That brought a chuckle to me as I wondered.

"Are you in any position to talk like that?"

Looking me over he replied.

"The way I see it I'll be dead withing a week. The least I can do is have a little fun. Hehehe."

Nodding my head, as he shut his eyes in laughter, I replied.

"We'll see how much fun you have, won't we?"

Stopping in his laughter, Voltz looked back at me as I sent my elbow into his head.

Immediately he was knocked out as my men carried his limp body.

"Get him to the Humvee. We're going back to base."

"Yes sir." They replied as I went to comm.

"Voltz has been captured. I want this site swept and any dead left to rot. Leave them for the sand."

My men would obey my orders. And now that we have Voltz, this war would be ended shortly. I'll make sure of it.

Tossing Voltz in the back, I got in to look at him. Fucker would suffer now.

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mT Shadow.