Alright, a little romance going on in this chap.
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Two months of running was helpful. With a few odd jobs here and there, they had worked up somewhat of a new Armory.
Sitting in their compound, the 141 and the Crüe went over the intel they had on Makarov, hellbent on trying to find the man.
Wolf clicked the remote to turn on the TV, and was absolutely stunned by what showed up on screen. "Oh shit..."
Zero looked up from what she was doing, rubbing her hand over the new tattoo she had penned on Yuri's exposed arm.
The TV news showed that the Russian President, Boris Vorshevsky, had gone missing.
"Not good.." Micro whispered.
"RUSSIAN PRESIDENT IS MISSING; Disappeared only hours ago... US government are in talks. Evidence points to extremist groups."
"Gotta be him..." Wolf said, shaking his head.
'The Russian President never arrived in Hamburg for the peace summit. With his whereabouts currently unknown, no one is certain what this means for the peace treaty...'
As Price, a recovered Soap, and Yuri discussed Makarov's next move, the world stood still for the group, each and every one of them looking away from intel - maps, pictures, and notes that littered the wall
"Looks like Makarov just played his next hand." Soap said as he stuck a blade into a picture of Makarov's face.
"If he puts himself back on the grid, he wants it to be known." Wolf hissed, standing from his seat.
"So where do we start hunting?" Soap looked over to Price, who nodded at Micro.
Micro, who sat at a computer brought up images of an African militia group in Sierra Leone, the PRF.
"Yuri... Where are we looking at?" the Canadian turned, looking at the Russian.
"Africa. Makarov's been using a local paramilitary group to move shipments into Sierra Leone. From there, they go towards Morocco, and into Spain." Yuri said drawing key locations of Makarov's shipments on the map – Sierra Leone, to Morocco, to Spain, indicating his next target to be London, UK.
"He's moving north..." Reaper declared.
"Right towards her majesty's doorstep. What's the cargo?" Price questioned, crossing his arms while Micro typed abit more.
A manifest was shown, highlighting Makarov's cargo.
"I don't know... but it's important to him." Yuri sighed as Zero leaned on him.
Price smirked at them, before looking at the manifest. "Then I want it."
Soap pointed on the map an airport in Sherbro, Sierra Leone, and marked a river that slithered inland. Pictures of a factory in a camp popped up on screen, the factory that held Makarov's cargo.
"We can use the river to get in close. There's a factory in the camp where they store the shipments... But..."
Pictures of the PRF were pulled up
"The PRF's been waging genocide in the highlands for months. They'll be everywhere." Soap finished.
Price linked pictures of Makarov's associates and security feeds from the massacre are shown.
"Makarov wouldn't let this travel lightly if it didn't serve a greater purpose... and chances are the bastard will be there personally to see things off. If he's back on the grid, then so are we." Price said, walking off. "Soap, Yuri, Zero. On me. Wolf, you and Micro coordinate with Nikolai.
["Back on the Grid"]
[October 5th – 18:27:39]
[Task Force 141 Skeleton Crüe- Disavowed]
[Sierra Leone, Africa]
Yuri and Zero surfaced from the river in Sierra Leone. He pulled out his suppressed M14 EBR Scoped and quietly locked and loaded. Soap and Captain Price surface from the water a few seconds later, also ready with suppressed M14s.
"Lads, we're just outside the village." Price commed.
'Copy. I'll pick you up in one hour.' Nikolai replied
"The factory isn't far from here. Makarov's cargo should be there. Keep it silent. Let's move." Price nodded at the other three.
They slowly began to trudged out of the river and made their way to the village.
"Maintain a low profile. The militia's all over this area." Soap whispered as he got up on the bank of the river.
"Soap, try not to die this time." Price snickered, also walked up on shore.
Soap threw up his middle finger, a sour expression on his face "You worry about yourself, old man."
They came to a small bridge after walking for a few minutes, a couple vehicles carrying militia rolled in from the road.
Zero stopped dead and crouched quickly, holding her suppressed ACR 6.8 with an M203 up to look through the Red Dot sight. "Vehicles approaching." She whispered.
"Get down." Price said, diving down into the tall grass with everyone getting down next to him. The vehicles rolled stop and dropped off one soldier, who turned to the driver.
"I think I saw something. You guys go on ahead. I'll stay and patrol." The Militia soldier said, pounding on the truck.
The vehicles left and the soldier walked down towards the river, trying to spot anything odd. The soldier spotted Yuri, but before he could react, Zero shot a ballistic knife into the soldier's throat and pulled his body into the river.
"Move." Price whispered, sitting up and slowly moving up to the road but remained hidden in the tall grass. They spotted two soldiers near a shed moving bodies.
"Two x-rays, eleven o'clock." Zero whispered, looking through her RSASS scope.
"Take 'em out." Price ordered
Yuri and Zero quietly sniped them out, scaring the hyena barking behind the fence. Soap quickly silenced the dog. "Clear." He confirmed, motioning for them to move forward.
As they moved through the shed, they overheard a group of militia getting prepared to execute a villager.
Soap peeked through and clenched his jaw. "They're gonna torch the poor bastard." He hissed
"Let's light them up before they light him up." Zero said, lining her sights up on a Militia soldier.
"Take them out." Price said and then, the militia were eliminated quickly as the four took shots at each soldier, all head shots., "Nice. Let's move."
As they moved on up, Price spotted two militias and a couple villagers, hands tied.
"Tangos up ahead." He whispered, about to line up his sights but vehicles came from the left.
"Hold your fire. There's too many of them." Soap said, getting from the line of sight as the vehicles drove down the road.
"Don't do anything stupid, lads and lass." Price warned.
"I've heard that so many times from Wolf, it ain't even funny." Zero responded.
After the vehicles drove away, they saw the two militia talk to the two villagers and then coldly executed them.
"Bastards..." Yuri muttered, disgusted by the brutality
Price also winced as the villagers were shot but he didn't let it distract him. "Alright, get ready...Move"
They stealthily moved past them, only to hear vehicles coming down on the road ahead.
"Get off the road!" Zero hissed, diving down.
"Get down! Now!" Soap exclaimed quietly, getting down next to Yuri and Price, all hidden in the tall grass.
"Easy." Price whispered, watching the vehicles pass them slowly, their stereos booming with rap music.
'Nice music...' Wolf said jokingly into the comms, earning a chuckle from the four.
"All clear." Soap confirmed.
"Copy..." Zero whispered.
They came from out of the grass and move into a shed by the road, Zero holding her fist up and pressing her back against the wall, the rest following suite. Just then, group of militia walked past, not even bothering to notice.
"Clear?" Yuri asked.
"Rog'. All clear." She said, motioning for the Captains to move ahead.
They moved on up for a moment, until Price held up his fist, pointing at the two militia that stood on a bridge.
"Two on the bridge." Price declared.
"We'll have to take them down." Yuri whispered as he took aim.
"Wait for the truck to pass." Zero whispered, the truck driving past the bridge.
"Drop 'em." Zero said, her RSASS making a soft sound as the sniped the first one, Yuri topping the other man a millisecond later.
"Impressive. Move up." Price said, smiling at the two's sniping skills.
Price and Soap drug the two bodies off the bridge and hid them in the river and then fell in behind Zero and Yuri. They came to the edge of the village Soap motioning Yuri and Zero to hold as Price held at the entrance and a militia patrolled by. Price then took out his knife, threw the militia at the wall and plunged his knife brutally into the back of the Militia's neck, killing him. Removing his knife and flicking the blood off, they then enter the village.
"Alright, I see the factory. It's just up the road." Soap pointed.
"Right. Soap and I will advance. Yuri, Zero, you're on overwatch. Get to a position on the roof and cover us." Price ordered as he and Soap move further into the village while Zero climbed the ladder to the roof, Yuri looking at a specific area of his female ex-Spetsnaz counterpart as she climbed up. On top, a militia slept in a chair, Zero bringing out her knife and slashed hard, removing his head. Zero whistled as she got in position, Yuri joining her and also got in position. They watched Price and Soap take out a couple militias and hide in a house.
'Hostiles approaching, 5 meters.' He Price commed quietly.
Scoping the area, Zero spotted two militias walk out of a house ahead, nudging her barrel in their direction, Yuri took them out.
'Two more from the west. Take 'em down.' Soap said into the comms.
Two more walked out of a house on the left and this time Zero took them down with one shot from her sniper.
'Moving up.' Soap commed as they made their way on further into the village.
'Another patrol on the road. Take 'em out quick.' Soap said, crouching.
Three militias walked onto the road ahead from the left. Zero and Yuri quickly topped the three men.
"Next time you look at my ass, take a picture. They'll last longer." She smirked, reloading her weapon
"Why, my memory is just fine." Yuri laughed quietly.
'Moving.' Price said, not hearing their conversation, which forced the two to look up into their scopes at Price and Soap as they ran up to the factory at the end of the village road.
'Breaching now.' Price said as he kicked in the door, both him and Soap enter the factory.
'Clear.'
'Clear? This place is bloody empty.' Soap responded disdainfully.
'Nikolai, the factory is a dead end. No sign of Makarov.' Price commed.
'He must have moved to the militia's headquarters at the center of town.' Nikolai said.
'We're moving there now.'
"Heads up, we've got company." Yuri warned, lining his scope up with large numbers of militia coming out of the village and moving towards the factory.
"Shit! We're compromised!" Zero shouted, jumping down.
Yuri jumped off the roof behind her, reloading as they moved to regroup with Price.
'Switch to your AK. You're gonna need it!' Soap commed.
Yuri swapped to his AK-47 Suppressed w/ Red Dot while Zero pulled out her ACR, Militia appearing in front of them and firing at them.
'Zero, Yuri, Rally on me!' They heard Price yell into the comms.
They made their way to the factory, returning fire at the Militia. They met up with Price and Soap, who barely get away from an explosion, and they engaged more militia.
"Push forward." Price said, rolling into cover.
They continued to engage militia and push forward into the village, bullets raining all around them. Time slowed for them as Zero stood up next to Soap, both sending a round into their target's heads.
"Area clear. Through here! Let's go!" Soap cried out, reloading.
They the moved into a house and climbed up a ladder, bullets flying past like steel bees. Zero wasted no time and launched a grenade into a house, killing all inside.
"Oi! This way!" Price yelled as they moved up, returning fire.
"I think they know we're here." Soap said, face sour
"No, I thought they were blind as fucking bats, Soap!" Zero joked, pushing into cover.
"All that matters is Makarov's cargo. Keep moving." Price declared, putting in a fresh magazine.
A truck appeared from the left, right infront of them.
"Technical!" Yuri shouted as fired upon the gunner and got a full burst in him, more militia coming in from the right.
"Yuri, man the .50 cal. and lay down cover fire!" Price ordered, staying in cover as Zero burst into a shack, pulling out a Thermal scope and swapping out scopes on her RSASS, laying on her back and scanning through a hole big enough for her to take shots from.
Yuri climbed up the back of the truck, pushed the dead body away, and manned the .50 cal. turret. He locked in the belt, looked straight down the old sights and fired on the incoming militia.
"Enemy, rooftop, right!" Price shouted, getting into cover near Zero.
Yuri shifted fire at the enemies on the rooftop on the right, some of them falling to Zero's sniping, the others falling from his hail of .50 Cal rounds.
"Contact front!" Soap cried, throwing a grenade.
"Where are these cockroaches coming from!?" Zero yelled, sniping more that had started to fire at Yuri from his nine o'clock.
Yuri shifted fire to the front once more at the Militia in front of the Technical.
"Contact left!" Yuri heard from Price, shifting fire to the left.
Zero put in a new 40mm grenade, tossing her empty sniper into the corner and drawing her G18, spraying a burst into a brave Militia that tried to bum rush her.
"Another technical incoming! Take it out!" Soap warned as he drew the Ranger from his back, a pair of shotgun slugs zipping from the twin barrels and into a Militia and sending him bodily flying through a shack.
"Contact front!" Price called, tossing a frag into the masses.
"Right!" Yuri replied with the MG aimed at the technical, a burst killing the gunner and destroying the vehicle. He continued to fire the machine gun at the militia that were swarming the four. Then, large explosions began to blossom around him.
"Mortar fire inbound! Hold on!" Soap shouted, moving to get Yuri.
As soon as Zero came from cover, a mortar exploded on Yuri's vehicle, knocking him off. The wrecked vehicle lands feet in front of him, heat and flames licking at his boots. Soap and Zero ran to him, taking down more Militia as they got to him.
"Get up, osel!" Zero shouted over the mortar fire.
"We gotta get the hell out of here!" Soap stated, pulling the man up from the ground.
Yuri got on his feet, eyes wide as he spotted a large group of militia coming.
"Shite! The whole militia is headed straight for us!" Soap warned as he backed up, firing at Militia.
"Don't stop moving, or they'll dial us in!" Price shouted, turning tail and running.
The rest of them didn't miss a beat, beginning to run through the village while they dodged incoming mortar fire. "Mortar incoming right!" Soap shouted.
Said mortar blew up a house on the right corner as they turned left through a shed.
"Incoming left!" Price warned, mortar exploding in a house ahead of them as they continued to run through the village.
"Go, go, go!" Yuri shouted, mortar exploding behind him.
They quickly moved into an alleyway and Price climbed up a ladder.
"Keep moving!" Soap said as he got on the roof, pulling Zero and Yuri up behind him. Not skipping a beat, the four ran on rooftops, dodging more mortar fire.
Yuri jumped down on another rooftop, but it collapsed and he fell in, landing flat on his front on the ground. When he looked up, he saw a militia bring up a machete blade.
"Yuri!" Zero cried as she too dove in on top of the man, punching at him. He grabbed her wrist, pivoting her over him and he stood, about to stab down at her.
Yuri wouldn't allow that as he quickly pulled out his Five Seven and fired a single shot through the man's head, killing the militia.
'Yuri, Zero, I see you! Just keep moving!' Price commed, jumping down onto the ground.
Yuri reached down and took Zero's hand, the woman shaking slightly. "Come on, Krasivyy." He whispered, helping her up. She smiled and drew her ACR, joining Yuri as they ran up the slope and regrouped with Price and Soap. As they did up Soap pointed at a tower where the militia were firing mortars.
"They're firing mortars from that tower!" He shouted, diving for cover.
"Yuri, slot the bastards!" Price pointed.
With a wide grin, Yuri obliged, hefting his M14 and targeting the two militias at the tower. Two suppressed rounds found home in the two men's chests.
"They're down." Yuri affirmed
"We got a large group of militia headed our way." Zero said, looking back.
"Then let's give them a proper welcome. Yuri – man the mortar on the roof." Price smirked at the ex-Spetsnaz.
Yuri nodded and ran up the stairs to the tower, Zero in tow with her ACR on semi-auto.
"Use the mortar and hose those bastards down! Start putting shells downrange!" Price shouted up as he and Soap took to spotting from the ground, Zero spotting from above.
Yuri manned the mortar cannon, dialing and turning it to the right position. Dropping in a mortar, he ducked below the barrel as the warhead flew out and rained down on a sniper. He then turned it, aimed, and fired another mortar on a group of militia.
"Looks like two technicals and a bunch of troops. Light 'em up!" Zero said, pointing to the left.
Yuri spotted the two trucks moving in from the left, aimed the mortar and fired, the warhead exploding between the two.
"All targets in the village are hostile! If it moves, put a mortar shell on it!" Zero relayed.
"Well fuck it then!" He shouted, dialing in on more targets and letting the shells fly.
'Keep firing the mortar like that!' Soap commed.
After a few moments, the shells were gone and Yuri had eliminated everything in the village.
"That's good for now! Let's move! We need to hit the church. We're running out of time." Price shouted up as they moved, Zero walking towards the stairs before landing a flip off of the tower.
Took the scenic route? Here." Soap tossed her a couple extra mags and an AK.
Yuri rejoined a few moments later at a drain tunnel, Soap moving up to remove the cover and went in, Price behind him.
Zero followed Yuri as he moved in behind Price and Soap, placing her ACR on her back and loaded the AK, calming herself after the incident with the Machete wielding Militia.
"Nikolai, approaching the church now. And you're sure the cargo will be there?" Price asked, rather mellowed out.
'It's the only area they could have moved it to.' Nikolai responded.
'If it ain't there, then it's already on its way to Europe.' Wolf said.
"Let's hope Nikolai's right." Soap sighed.
They came out of the tunnel and moved further into the village before they heard the Militia. They engaged more militia, but they were quickly eliminated by the time they reached the end of the area.
"Clear." Zero said softly.
"Soap, door!" Price said as they came to a house on the left. Soap bodily rammed the door down and they entered into a burned basement. When they came out of the other side, they spotted the church ahead. But their hope to find the cargo dimmed slightly as helicopter flew above towards the back of the church.
"Price! There's the bird!" Soap yelled, pointing.
"They're moving the cargo!" Yuri growled, aiming at the church.
"We're out of time! Get to that church now!" Price ordered and the four stormed forward, engaging militia coming out of the surrounding buildings.
"Push forward to the church!" Soap cried out as they dodged through bullets that whizzed over them. These guys were more sloppy than before, which made the quartet's job much easier as they near the entrance of the church.
"Zero, on Yuri.." Price nodded as he knifed a militia that got too close. The two moved up, reaching the church as some militia and a couple hyenas came out of it, rushing at the two Russians. They eliminated them quickly, and all it took was two controlled bursts on the advancing enemies.
Soap came along side them, throwing a couple flashbangs into the open door. Shielding their eyes, the two Russians stormed in, taking down targets quickly. "Church is clear!" Soap confirmed after they went in. "Stack up on the door!" He said as he and Price made their way to the back.
"Alright, lads and lass. Let's do this." Price nodded to Yuri as they stacked up on the door. Yuri kicked it down, and as soon as he did, a hyena jumped and latched on to his right hand. Yuri freed his hand, held back the hyena with his left and with his right pulled out his Five Seven, killing two militias and then fires three bullets into the hyena's head. As Yuri got back up, the helicopter lifted off with a load of boxes underneath it.
"They're getting away with the cargo!" Zero screamed as she fired off her clip. They fired at the helicopter with her in an attempt to shoot it down, but to no avail. The helicopter escaped. In anger, Price kills a wounded militia, repeatedly kicking the body.
"Damn it! Son of a...! Nikolai, the shipment's gone. We missed our window." He sighed, dropping his now empty weapon.
A racket and various expletives were heard on the other end of the line behind Nikolai's response. 'What about Makarov?'
"Must've done a runner. Just get us out of here." Price said, walking over to Soap, Yuri and Zero as they opened a crate, only to find it empty.
"Ah fuck..." Zero whispered.
"Empty..." Yuri kicked the crate.
"What do you think Makarov was after?" Soap looked up at Price, pulling out a water tight bag.
Price sighed, rubbing his temples. "We'll ask the bastard when we find him. Light me up one..." He said as Soap pulled out two Villa Clara cigars.
Zero laid her head over her arms. "Are you alright?" She heard Soap ask, causing her to look up at the Scot.
"I hesitated... That was my second time to hesitate..." She whispered, staring at the smoke of the leveled village.
Zero awoke on the shore of the river's reservoir, hypothermia nearly ready to set in. She looked around, searching for the American they had rescued almost three months ago, the man she honestly couldn't stand.
"Desmend..." She groaned, clutching her chest.
No response came. She got back up and stumbled forward, her AK nowhere to be found. She did, however, find his signature G36C laying next to where she awoke.
"Desmend..." She called, picking up his weapon.
Suddenly, she found herself being slammed on the ground once more, a gun to the back of her head. She looked past the gun and felt betrayed by one of her close friends. "Torvik... What are you doing?!" She exclaimed, staring into the man's eyes.
"I am sorry, Liv... It's just a job, nothing personal..." The man said sadly.
Zero closed her eyes, knowing her death was coming. The shot from the pistol never came as a high powered shot rang out, causing her to flinch as blood splattered on her. She opened her eyes, seeing Wolf with his MSR at his hip, barrel smoking.
Zero sighed, closing her eyes again before heaving, the MRE she ate earlier splattering on the ground.
"Are you alright..,?" Wolf said, kneeling by her.
"...I don't do that... Ever..." She said, gagging slightly.
"Come on, Liv... We gotta go... They're going to wait for us at the bridge.." Wolf whispered, handing her an AK-74u.
She accepted the weapon and stood shakily. "Thank you..." She smiled, walking with the Captain.
"Everyone hesitates, lassie... It's human nature..." Soap placed a hand on her shoulder, smiling softly. "Ask Wolf about it when we get back home... He'll tell ya about what happened after what had happened in '15..." He said, knowing it was somewhat a sore subject for them.
"If you say so..." She muttered.