Love Struck Delusion

Chapter 265 - We got a message to make.

Hecan's POV, Thirty minutes later, Iraq airport.

I saw Zeta off as I entered my plane ride back to Pakistan. Thankfully from there it didn't take too long for us to get moving and soon to be in the sky itself. A few of my men were resting in the cabin as I got myself ready for liftoff. Strapping into my seat, I got out my phone and began to look over any calls or texts I may have missed since the meeting. For once it wasn't a lot. Things were quiet up till liftoff was over, but once in the air and on our ways, I looked up to see Drake coming into the cabin with me. He took a seat next to me to say calmly.

"It'll be about an hour and a half till we get there. Mind if I rest my eyes for it?"

"Be my guest." I replied to him as he let out a long sigh and sat down to rest.

For the next few minutes the plane ride was smooth and I was just focused enough to do the same thing Drake was. However once my eyes shut, I heard what sounded like something falling on the ground just outside the cabin door. I looked up for a second to see nothing out of the ordinary then tried to refocus on resting. My imagination was running wild as I tried to think ahead. What to make of Raptor's sucide plan. Yet it was all cut short when out of nowhere the cabin door opened and in ran two men who were wearing rebellion gear. My eyes widened when one of them pointed a shotgun at me to order.

"Hands where I can see them!"

My head flicked over towards Drake in utter confusion and watched as the wolf went for his revolver. The man however who was aiming us down didn't hesitate at pulling the trigger once the weapon was in the open for him to see.

"Boof!"

My head shot down between my legs as Drake took what appeared to be a beanbag round to his chest, which knocked him out of his seat and onto the ground gasping in pain and in the need to now breathe. The other man quickly came forward to grab the gun and once in his hand he pointed it at me to order.

"Stand up! Come on! Now!"

I did as I was told and was quickly taken by the man with the shotgun. In force he tossed me out into the hallway where I rested my eyes on more rebellion soldiers. All armed and keeping what few men I had on the plane at bay. However I was stunned when the guy with the shotgun hit me in the side of my head with the butt. I dropped like a sack of potatoes and listened as he ordered.

"Get back up!"

Struggling to do that at my old age, I barely got back to my feet. By then Drake was tied up and being dragged out of the cabin. Together we were taken to where they had the rest of my men waiting, all tied up and minorly injured at what I could assume to be a hostile takeover of my trip back home. Once they had Drake and I both down, I asked the man in charge who had Drake's revolver.

"What is the meaning of this!? Do you….?"

Again I was hit in the head but this time I couldn't hold on.

Linnen's POV.

Hecan was knocked out when he tried to speak up towards these terrorists. I could barely breathe thanks to the beating they gave me and seeing that the damage had been done, one of the men asked.

"Are we secure?"

My eyes saw a few more soldiers down the tube. They had control of the plane and with one of the men shouting back that they were all safe and sound, the man holding my revolver shouted.

"So let's make this real simple so everyone here understands what's happening! This is most definitely a hostile takeover of your plane and your lives! You will all remain silent or be met with the same blunt force trauma your great leader here just got acquainted with! Now do as I instruct and we'll be where we need to be in less then a few hours! Anyone tries anything and you'll be promptly shot! Am I clear!?" He asked as I questioned seeing he was indeed a rebellion soldier.

"Do you have any idea what you're doing right now? We're on the same side now."

The man gave me this chuckle and promptly hit me again for speaking out of line. With blood leaving my mouth after the ordeal he replied.

"Now that's where you're mistaken! We aren't on the same side! The only side you're on is Raptor Voltz's side! The side of the rebellion that's forgotten it's way! You deal with a broken man and an even more deluded leader!"

I quickly shifted my mind away from Voltz and came up with the next best option for this problem we're now in. Looking the man in the eyes I questioned.

"You're with Archer? Aren't you? You fucking animal. The war is over! You've lost!"

Chuckling, he replied shortly after placing my own gun to my head.

"That's again where you are wrong. The war isn't over. Not till someone dies. Archer isn't dying anytime soon and thanks to this we have more than enough leverage now to see this through right. Raptor can't save you and once we get to Afghanistan you and your men will be tried and will probably be shot. It's not important to me enough to care. You and him however?" The gun now shifted to Hecan who was out cold on the ground. My eyes never left this man's as he whispered.

"You're the only two that matter. You know things. Lots of things. Things Archer himself will want to know about. And at the very least if you don't talk, you'll be nothing more than a statement to the world. One we have to make."

"You can't kill us." I replied as he urged me next.

"Try me."

I shut my mouth as he took my gun away and tucked it in his belt. From there he looked to the cockpit to order out.

"Turn the plane around and get us back home! The rest of you! Watch these fucks and make sure they don't move a muscle!"

I was pissed. Pissed I let this happen. How the fuck did these assholes get this far without anyone knowing? What was going to happen now and what would happen once we get to where we're going? For once in my life I was scared of what was to come. Hecan can't die. I can but not him. But the issue wasn't that. Who the hell was going to know this happened to us? They'd only find out once the plane goes off course. From there it would be a scramble to find out what happened. God knows what will come of this now. I pray for safety and the ability to kill this fucker standing before me.

Raptor's POV, Four hours later.

Zandro and I were only starting to understand each other. A conversation I knew would take hours; would turn out to be days if we kept at this pace. Which I was fine with. I wanted to know everything. Same as him. Pepper by this point was at the door merely listening as Zandro finished describing what his company was currently capable of outputting in terms of contracts. What operators were good at what and the finer details involving the move. A few minutes passed however after some more talk between us. Just as we finished up, the door to the conference room opened up. We both looked over to see Cody. A weird look on his face as he lifted up my cell phone which I left him in charge of monitoring. In concern, he said to me as he approached.

"Sorry to interrupt you guys but we got a huge problem Raptor. You need to take this call."

"Who is it?" I asked as I got up to take the phone from his hands. He patted my back as I answered and began to walk my way to the other side of the table.

"Voltz here."

Almost instantly I got back a voice that was unknown to me. Yet it was old enough to remind me of Mason and panicked enough to have me listening close as he replied.

"Raptor Voltz? This is G.U.N General Robert Shafer. I believe you just got done meeting with the man himself, Commander and acting president Hecan Moore is that correct?"

"Wouldn't say just. The meeting itself was well over four hours ago. What seems to be the problem General?"

"The problem is he was scheduled back here in the states later tonight. His plane was supposed to take him to Pakistan with Commander Drake Linnen Then see to it he got back to the states in reasonable time. Yet we just got word from our intelligence team that said plane? That plane made a change of course a few hours ago."

"Where to?" I asked in confusion as he calmly replied.

"Afghanistan."

Widening my eyes I questioned.

"Excuse me? You're going to have to run that by me again. What happened?"

Sensing I was lost the General replied.

"Something happened to the plane during flight. Everyone on it has gone dark. Including both Hecan Moore and Drake Linnen. Not a word from anyone yet, but it's safe to assume the plane was hijacked. By men we can only assume are connected to the rebellion military."

"Those aren't my men, General. If they're in Afghanistan then that means….?" Cutting me off he muttered in a serious tone.

"Then they belong to that deranged warlord. That's why I called you. This has become a matter of world wide safety. G.U.N is the largest army and ruler of the free world to this day commander. Hecan himself is a man of great importance and if he's been captured or killed then we have a huge problem on our hands."

I looked away from the wall I was staring at to see Zandro looking at me in concern for what I was being told. Regaining some ground, I asked to be sure.

"Are you sure?"

"I wouldn't be calling you if I wasn't."

"Shit." I mumbled as he went on to say to me.

"It's still too early to rule him out as being dead. If he's being held by Archer then he probably will use him to get something very valuable. Be that his freedom or whatever."

"He might just kill him to make a point. Doing that kind of thing would shake the world. He'd be…?"

"He'd be hunted down and killed. If he was to do such a thing I can assure you right now commander there would be all of G.U.N coming down there to see to it. We'd level the city till we found him. But like I said…..it's too early still. Command here is keeping the situation under wraps till we can't any longer."

"How long would that be?" I wondered as he quickly replied.

"A few hours tops."

Instantly I took a second to breathe. What was I to do with this kind of massive issue now? If Archer really did somehow get his hands on Hecan and Drake, then he for sure could make them talk. Say things the world can't hear. And on the other hand if he killed Hecan now there would be no way for me to keep back the flood of full scale invasion and war to come with it. Everything could be ruined.

Looking towards the door where Pepper was standing, I asked the General.

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

In seconds he replied

"Maybe. I'm aware that things involving the war were coming to a close. Hecan and Linnen were both in charge of helping you mount an attack to retake the city. With them gone for now, Pakistan is leaderless. Now G.U.N is more than capable of supplying whatever you need, but we're asking that you step in and fill the shoes Linnen left."

"What?" I asked in utter shock as he quickly replied back.

"Let's not pull hairs. You yourself were G.U.N at a time. You know how it works and you currently don't have much of a rebellion to control. Your troops are slim, if any, due to the breakup from Archer's branch. The attack to come would have been supplied with our men and women either way we look at things. Go to Pakistan and by the time you arrive all the officers in charge of the war effort will have been informed of the change."

"No one is going to question me? You have to give them some sort of reason."

"Leave that to command. I'm currently in the process of sending back Hecan's protection detail. Captain Pierce has been informed of the situation and will be on his way over to you by the end of the night. Keep everyone on standby till we learn more about the situation and if Hecan and Drake are alive."

"Is there a plan for that if they are?"

I lost full when this guy replied.

"That all depends on what Archer wants and what he does over the next few hours. If Hecan is dead then we're sending in everyone. If he's alive, then we'll figure something out. I have to let you go now Commander. We'll be in contact when we learn more."

He hung up right after, leaving me to put my phone down and shout.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"

"What's wrong?" Zandro asked me as I looked to Pepper to order.

"Go find your sister. Right now. While you're at it, gather everyone. Cody, Peek, Roz, any and every officer I got. Go!" Pepper kicked her legs into high gear and left the room like a bullet. By then Zandro asked again.

"What's going on Commander?"

Looking back at him I replied.

"Hecan Moore and Drake Linnen have both been captured by Archer and the rebellion."

His eyes widened up instantly as I nodded and approached the table to ask.

"Can you get any of your operators here to help us? G.U.N wants me to head down to Pakistan now and secure the army. Looks like irony came back to hit me in the face."

Nodding Zandro replied.

"I can see who I got available, but that could still be no one. My men work twenty four seven. I can't promise you they'll put down what they're doing to come here."

Taking my seat once more I asked.

"This war between two nations is about to become a war between everyone. If Archer kills Hecan, I won't have a chance to make things right. What the fuck do I do now?"

Looking me right in the face, Zandro replied.

"You can start to think ahead. You know Pakistan like it's your home right? Once we get everyone together, we can figure a course of action. Surely once we know if he's safe and sound, we can come up with a plan of rescue."

"How the hell did they do it?" I had to wonder as Zandro sat back and now waited for the gathering.

Pakistan, Four hours later.

The escort I had waiting for me at the gates was massive. Hecan wasn't joking when he said he had sent backup. Security out the ass and I was happy to say most of the soldiers I saw walking around on the way to the capital; were at least busy trying to restore power. In my truck sat Zeta, Pepper, Cody, and Peek. Along with one more G.U.N driver in charge of getting us to the capital. Once there we were greeted by a very familiar face. All dressed again in his red and black uniform. I took Pierce's hand as he said with a small smile.

"Nice to see you again. How have things gone, apart from this?"

We were focused on getting inside, and as I did I replied.

"Pretty fucking awful. Thanks for asking. What's the status on Hecan?"

"Status is Archer for sure has him and Linnen at the capital. He made a statement a few hours ago telling us what he wanted in return for his safety."

"Which was what?" I wondered as Pierce guided our group up to the second floor where we came to a room packed with G.U.N officers of all shapes and sizes. I counted at least thirty men and fifthteen women. Juper and the other men from Pierce's team were here too. I urged my people to stay away from the table, as Pierce went to shut and lock the door with all of us in here. Once it was locked and I found my seat near the head of the table, he ignored my question and went on to ask around the room.

"How many of you have been briefed?"

Everyone raised their hands and that got Pierce to quickly state.

"Bout time command did something right for once. Well then you all know why we're here. Why Commander Voltz is here. This problem we got? It's a pretty big fucking issue. Security slipped and now our president is in the hands of probably the world's biggest threat right now. The only things we have going for us are this. He's alive. Him and Linnen are both alive. They also may hold all the cards, but that doesn't mean their security is any better. Archer has anywhere from one hundred to two hundred fighters left with him over there. We could take that city and kill that prick before breakfast. But…..that's not the point. We attack and there is a good chance they die. They die and you can bet your asses the entire G.U.N military will be coming in like hell fire. Killing anyone and everyone. We can't have that."

Pierce turned his attention to me to say.

"That's not what we are. But it's stuipd to pretend like that's not what will happen if our leader falls. And god knows how far they've already gone to get answers to questions that have. Classified and potentially life threatening information could be falling into Archer's hands and god knows what he'd do with it. He's already warned us not to try anything. Not until the higher ups have no other options. Archer want's a complete withdrawal from the middle east. That includes G.U.N and all our assets. He also wants your head Voltz. Says if we hand you over we can at least get Linnen back unharmed."

Looking Pierce right in the eyes, I asked in concern.

"Well what's our options then? Apart from turning me over and leaving the middle east?"

"Options are this. Plan A. We take our chances and mount an assault from all sides. We send in everyone here. All our tanks, helicopters, troops, ect. We take the city by force till we reach the capital and find them. One way or the other way."

"Plan B?" I asked next as he replied.

"Plan B is we send a team of the best men we got. They're orders would be to sneak into the city, get to the capital, and locate and extract both Hecan Moore and Drake Linnen. Dead or alive." I nodded my head as he went on to finish.

"Or Plan C. We put all our chips out there and let command take over. The city will burn in a matter of hours. Casualties would be the least of their concern, but the job would be done."

Eyes went to me as Pierce wondered.

"So what are you thinking?"

mT Shadow.