MY FRIENDZU lol i am back after a month on hiatus. i have been quite busy with school but i decided to spend my friday writing this story for you XD. anyway a few notes before i begin. one i made a mistake in chapter one that i can't fix now because the Doc deleted itself and i deleted the original file off my computer but Eila's familiar is a black fox not a wolf. that was a case of damn you Wikipedia you lied to me again! and as for the second note i have had this story planned out for a while now and i have the ending and everything in mind since about early december that being said if there is any simliarties between my story and Bruce's story which is Witches Rangers and the 141 it is just a coincidence anyway so this is an action heavy chapter that is quite bloody so be for warned anyway so here it is i present to you chapter 6
The Killing Fields
Washington DC USA
Flight Lieutenant Charlotte "Shirley" Yeager.
13:05 Local Time
Everyone had just finished their post mission chit chat and began to move to the various artillery pieces that they had been assigned to destroy. Shirley looked around for a moment and saw that Francesca was just staring off into space. She looked dazed and perhaps in shock at what had happened. Shirley walked over to Francesca and put her hand on her shoulder.
"Hey there are you alright?" Shirley asked her companion, who looked up at her and quickly looked away.
"Yeah I am fine; I am just looking out for any Russians." She quickly responded. Shirley had been friends with Francesca long enough that she could tell when she was lying to her.
"Are you sure that is it? Look if you are having a hard time with this mission its ok, I won't judge you for it or anything." Shirley reassured Francesca who scowled.
"I said I am fine alright? I just want to get this mission done and go home as soon as I can ok? I will do what I have to do in order to end this nightmare as soon as I possibly can. I just want to get back to Romagna and go back to fighting the Neuroi." Francesca shot back to her. Shirley was taken by surprise by her sharp tone. Shirley's friend's usually had a happy go lucky tone of voice; now it almost seemed like Francesca had become another person entirely within the last few hours.
"Well if you need to talk I am her for you." Shirley told her. Francesca was still looking away from her.
"Well I don't want to talk ok let's just finish this mission and go home." Francesca told her.
"Ok we will I promise." Shirley told her. Francesca didn't respond. Shirley sighed and decided that even though she couldn't protect Francesca from all of the horrors she would see on this mission, at least she could protect her from having to kill people. Shirley walked over to Sandman who was standing lookout on some debris; he looked over to her.
"What is it Yeager?" Sandman asked her.
"Hey can I ask you a favor? Can you please keep Lucchini out of the fighting; I can tell she is having a really hard time with this and for god's sake she is only thirteen years old; she is too young for this shit. I didn't say anything earlier because I didn't want to question your command in front of the rest of the unit. But now that we are alone I felt it was best to tell you." Shirley told him. Sandman sighed and put his hand to his forehead.
"Fuck I forgot about that… Shit yeah that was a stupid move of me to make her go out there with you and Frost. I will keep her in the back with Yoshika from now on." Sandman told her.
"Thanks Sandman." Shirley said to him. Sandman nodded and looked over to where the rocket launchers where.
"It's alright just go rig up that SMERCH over there with C4 so we can blow these guns and move on with our mission." Sandman said to her. Shirley nodded and headed over to the BM-30 and slid under it. Shirley took out her C4 and started to place it under the gas tank of the truck. Shirley was surprised this C4 wasn't that much different than the plastic explosives she used in her time. She spent about two or three minutes rigging the explosives when she noticed someone walking up to her. Shirley looked out from under the truck and saw Trudy walking up to her.
"Hey do you need a hand?" Gertrude asked to her with a smile. Shirley smiled back and waved her off.
"Nah it's alright, this isn't too hard. So what is up?" Shirley responded to the young Karlslander.
"Nothing. Erica and I finished placing the explosives on our truck and we were just waiting for everyone else to finish." Gertrude told her.
"Hmm alright. Hey can I ask you something?" Charlotte inquired.
"Of course ask away." Trude responded. Shirley began to rig the primer cord on the C4.
"So how do you feel about all of this, I mean this mission, this world, everything really." Shirley asked her.
"Well frankly I don't like this world one bit. I mean people fighting people it's just barbaric really. I will kill these Russian bastards because they deserve it but at the same time it just hurts a little on the inside each time I do. What about you where is your head at?" Gertrude asked her.
"About the same I really wish we were back in our world just fighting the Neuroi but sadly we are stuck here until further notice. Frankly I am concerned about Lucchini she isn't taking this well; and I am worried what will become of her if she is forced to stay here any longer." Charlotte confessed to Gertrude who nodded in agreement.
"Yes she hasn't seemed herself lately. But I am worried about how long we are going to stay in this world. Remember how long Marseille said had passed in our world since we left? I am worried about how much time has passed in our world when we get back. What if Chris is an old woman by the time we return? I couldn't live with myself knowing that I had left her alone in our world for so long." Gertrude told her. Shirley finished planting the C4 and pulled herself out from under the truck. She stood up and put a hand on Trudy's shoulder.
"Hey we will get back to our world before that happens; I promise you that. And when we do we will see Chris again, then we will go and liberate Karlsland." Charlotte told her. Trudy smiled.
"Yeah we will liberate Berlin in no time and we can finally be able to live in peace." Trudy said.
"Yeah and when we liberate Berlin the two of us can go out drinking together in one of those pubs you are so found of." Shirley told her. Trude smirked.
"Just the two of us?" She asked Shirley who nodded.
"Yup just the two of us." She said. Gertrude grinned.
"Careful I will hold you to that." She told Charlotte who smiled back at her.
"Hey when have I ever missed the chance for a nice drink." She said to her. Gertrude laughed.
"Yeah good point." Charlotte then heard Hanna saying something; Trude and Shirley looked over to see Hanna trying to get Frost to smoke a cigarette with her. Frost looked like he was resisting but Hanna wasn't taking no for an answer.
"She is really pushy isn't she?" Shirley asked Gertrude who huffed in frustration.
"You have no idea that damn girl is so stuck on herself. I mean honestly can't she show a little restraint once in a while we are on a mission for god's sake. Hell at least Minna and Major Sakamoto have the common decency to be professional in public." Gertrude vented to her.
"Yeah I know; Hanna strikes me as a girl who has poor impulse control." Shirley said to Gertrude who nodded. Then Erica approached them.
"Hey you two quit screwing around and get over here we are going to blow the rocket launchers in a few seconds." Erica said to them.
"Alright we are coming." Shirley yelled to Erica. The two of them then headed back to the rest of the group. Once they got to a safe distance Sandman pulled out a detonator.
"Ok detonating in 3…2…1… Fire in the hole." Sandman said as he squeezed the detonator trigger. Several loud explosions erupted and spewed debris in all directions.
"There goes the neighborhood." Truck said sarcastically.
"OK people lets precede to our next objective." Sandman said as they began to head to their next target.
Washington DC USA
Sergeant Boris "The Beast" Illich
15:17 Local Time
The barrel of Boris's PKP was glowing bright red as he stared at his latest victims. The other soldiers in his "Punishment Detail" reloaded their weapons.
"You three drag their bodies to a place where we can dispose of them." Boris ordered his men who nodded and began to head over to the bodies and begin to carry them off. Boris looked over his shoulder and saw Colonel Churnov walked towards him. The short fat man looked down right comical in his military uniform. "What is it sir?" Boris asked him.
"I wanted to warn you to be extra vigilant today. I have been getting some disturbing reports from the other units in other sectors of the city." Ivan told Boris who chuckled.
"Oh really what kind of reports?" Boris asked him.
"I have been hearing that the Americans are deploying some kind of super soldiers against us in another sector. They appear to be young women with super natural abilities." Churnov told him. Boris let out a deep booming laugh.
"Ha super soldiers I am the only super soldier here. And the fact that they are women should give us no cause for alarm." Boris said to his superior. Standing at 213cm tall and weighing over 135kg of pure muscle Boris towered over most other men let alone a bunch of girls. And if that wasn't enough to intimidate his opponents he was clad in a custom built suit of armor weighing 77kg consisting of several plates of Kevlar and metal. Even Boris's face was protected by a top of the line ballistic mask. Bullets were like misquotes to him.
"Yes but I heard they wiped out an entire company of soldiers with tank support by themselves." Churnov warned him. Boris laughed again. There was no human he couldn't kill. Before the Russian Civil war five years ago he was an infamous street thug in Moscow. By the time he turned fifteen he had killed as many people with his bare hands. He was on death row when the Ultranationalists freed him from his cell on the condition he would fight for them. Boris had gleefully accepted. Boris loved fighting and killing. The power he felt as he crushed the life out of his opponent got him through the day.
"Let them come then I will show these 'super soldiers' who the real superman is when I smash their tiny skulls with my fists." Boris said with a laugh. Boris thought to himself that he was invincible and there was no way that a bunch of little girls could possibly stand against him.
Fort Campbell USA
General Hershel Von Shepherd the third
15:21 local time
General Shepherd looked at the battle map of Washington DC. For now things looked grim for the Americans in the city. The Russians were throwing everything they had at the city and the US forces were thin on the ground. Most of America's fighting men and women were overseas or in other parts of the country. The Russians in the city were killing everyone they could get their hands on, civilian or military. Shepherd smiled everything was going according to his plans. However Shepherd had two variables he could not account for. The first and most unexpected were the witches. Shepherd admittedly hadn't anticipated their arrival to this world; and he hadn't thought of a way to eliminate them yet. The second concern was Makarov. Vladimir was always a wild card and after learning of the full extent of his plan Shepherd need to make a hasty plan B. Fortunately he had the Tacticus Corporation on hand to give him the means to have a backup plan. Shepherd got on his computer and dialed Mattias' number. After a few seconds the Swedish American Mercenary answered him.
"Yeah what is it boss?" Mattias asked him.
"What is the status of the new sensor equipment we received from the Tacticus Corporation?" Shepherd simply asked him.
"Well your fancy new censors are being loaded into the drones now. Not sure why you are spending so much money on some new detection equipment though." Mattias told him.
"If it comes to it we will need every advantage against Makarov that we can get. However I don't intend to let Makarov to be in a position where we will need to use these new sensors." General Shepherd told the Mercenary who smiled.
"Yeah whatever you say but if it comes down to it I want triple pay for killing them." Mattias told Shepherd who nodded.
"If it comes to that I will give you your money." Shepherd said to him. Shepherd disconnected his call. Basically these new sensors would act like mini AWACSs and ELINT craft; these powerful new sensors should be able to give troops on the ground more time to prepare for an incoming attack. General Shepherd let out a long sigh. He pulled out a compartment in his desk and pulled out a file. He looked over it. Even if Shepherd had to use his plan B there was no way that conventional means would stop them. That was why Shepherd had ordered his men on the inside of the Tacticus Corporation to spearhead development of a new weapon system that would give him the edge in the coming war. Shepherd began to read the file on the new weapon system a cruise missile by the codename Jackhammer. The Jackhammer missile has thus far proven to be an exceptionally deadly weapon system. Using state of the art Radar Absorbent Material we have reduced its radar cross section to the size of a common fly. The new ramjet propulsion system has given it the ability to reach speeds in excess of Mach 5 and the range of two thousand kilometers. The weapon is equipped with two different warheads. The first warhead consists of two hundred and fifty tungsten slugs that are shot out of the nose of the missile in a cone shape; the slugs are then propelled at hyper-velocity and can atomized anything within a seven hundred meter radius. This can be used to crack open the most well protected bunker or various soft targets in the radius. At this point the missile can either move on to a secondary target or detonate its second warhead which is a sub nuclear plasma yield warhead which has in tests conducted at the China Lake weapons range been shown to have a lethal radius of approximately five kilometers with a seven and a half kilometer shockwave which is lethal to any soft targets in the area of detonation. We believe that any target this missile is launched at can be destroyed. As of this month five production rate missiles are available for your use in the field. Mobile launch vehicles are also available as you have requested but the primary platform that the missile is intended to launch from is the Zummwalt class stealth destroyer. This new weapon was crucial to his plan. But if he was unable to take out Makarov before his plans came to fruition at least the U.S. military would have weapons that could level the playing field against this new threat. General Shepherd had ordered his associates in the Tacticus Corporation to conduct simulations of a standard battle against this new threat Shepherd would be facing. It was shown that even with 21st Century weapons tech an entire division of normal soldiers with air and artillery support would only be able to win a battle against an equal sized force of the enemy after sustaining unacceptably high casualties. However when the Jackhammer missile was added into the U.S. military's arsenal the death toll from an engagement approached an acceptable level. Just then Marquez knocked on his door. Shepherd quickly stashed the file away and told Marquez to enter.
"Sir I have the Phyce profiles for the 501st here." Isabella told him. She held up a thick file and handed it to him.
"Thank you Marquez excellent work." Shepherd told her. She nodded and stepped out of the room. Shepherd skimmed over their profiles and was unimpressed with them. Frankly they struck him as a bunch of undisciplined kids; not to mention some of their "personal" relationships were hardly acceptable. Shepherd put the files down as he got a phone call from his sat uplink with Mactavish's unit in Siberia. "Mactavish did you rescue 627?" Shepherd asked him.
"Yes sir he is right here he wants to speak with you." John told him.
"Shepherd it has been a while hasn't it?" the unmistakable voice of Captain Price spoke back to him. Shepherd lifted an eyebrow and thought to himself. Things have just gotten interesting.
Washington DC USA
Sergeant Lynnette Bishop
16:02 Local Time
The Task Force had been walking for some time now and so far they had not encounter any resistance. Lynne had a nagging thought at the back of her mind for awhile now. She was no master of logistics but she knew from her experience in her geography class that Liberion was a great distance away from Orussia presumably the same held true for the distance between America and Russia. The logistical challenges of carrying out an invasion of either country from the other of the planet would be damn near impossible. And with the forces the Russians had so far deployed to the warzone it seemed that they had nowhere near the amount of troops in America to occupy this state let alone this entire country. Why on earth then would the Russians be stupid enough to send troops into this country when there was no way they could win this battle or this war for that matter. She was a few steps in front of Grinch her de-facto partner on this mission. She decided to ask him on his opinion of the Russians thought process behind this war.
"Hey Grinch I got a question I want to ask you." Lynnette said to him. Grinch raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah what is it?" Grinch responded.
"Well this invasion doesn't make any sense the Russians don't have enough troops to occupy this entire country or even this region for that matter. And once the full weight of the U.S. military is brought against them there is no way that even with substantial reinforcements that they will be able to hold onto their gains even if they do take this city." Lynnette told him.
"Yeah so what's your point?" Grinch asked.
"Well then why would the Russians throw away so many lives for a battle that they must surely know they can't win?" Lynnette inquired. Grinch shook his head.
"Taking over this country isn't what this invasion is about Sergeant Bishop." Grinch told her. Then Yoshika spoke.
"Then what is the purpose of all of this destruction for then?" Yoshika asked him.
"It's about revenge. Plain and simple they want to kill as many people as they possibly can. Why else would they have attacked Arcadia or DC there is no real military objective in either of these places. The Russians simply want to kill as many people as they can in order to avenge the people who died in the Moscow Airport attack." Grinch said to them. Lynnette was stunned how could anyone have that much hate in their hearts that they would willingly throw away their lives to just kill as many people as they could.
"What that can't be! No there has to be a better reason then simple blood lust people aren't that evil we are better than that!" Yoshika practically yelled.
"Keep your voice down we are in a warzone remember. And yes I agree with you it doesn't make sense but let's face it the Russians are not thinking rationally right now. And if there was any other objective then revenge, why would the Russians be going out of their way to attack civilian targets and massacre people for no reason?" Grinch said to her. Yoshika seemed at a loss for words. "I am sorry Sergeant Miyafuji I don't like it either but it's the truth. Trust me I have seen no shortage of events like this when I was in Afghanistan and Russia." Grinch said to her. Lynnette went over to Yoshika and put her arm around her.
"Hey it's ok I am here for you." Lynne told her best friend who looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"Thanks Lynne this is just a lot for me to take in. all of this senseless destruction and death. It's just too much I don't think I can put up with this any longer." Yoshika told her.
"I know it's alright once we finish this mission we can go back to base we are almost done." Lynne told her.
"Thanks Lynne…. I just need someone to talk to right now." Yoshika said to her.
"Ok I am here you can tell me anything you want." Lynnette said to her.
"Don't you find it difficult to comprehend? I mean the Russians motivation; I just find it difficult to understand why someone could have so much hate in their hearts that they would do such a thing." Yoshika said to her. Lynnette nodded.
"Yeah I have a hard time understanding it to. Just the level of violence that the Russians are unleashing on these poor people it's just downright evil no if ands or buts about it. I find it really hard to not hate them frankly." Lynnette confessed to her. Yoshika looked shocked.
"No Lynne please don't give in to hatred you are better than that. I know you Lynne you don't have a hateful bone in your body don't let this world change you." Yoshika pleaded to her. Lynne was stunned by her friend's passionate response to her. Lynne was at a loss for words.
"O… ok I won't I promise you I won't hate anyone." Lynnette told her. Yoshika sighed in relief.
"That's good I don't want to lose you to this war Lynne I want to stay friends with you forever." Yoshika told her. Lynne hoped she misunderstood Yoshika.
"Just friends. You just want to stay friends with me?" Lynnette asked her. Yoshika stumbled through a response. Yoshika looked surprised it seemed that Lynne had caught her off guard.
"No I mean uh… well I…. I uh…" Yoshika was saying before Major Sakamoto cut her off.
"Miyafuji, Sergeant Bishop, stop shooting your mouths off this is war remember? You can talk when you get back to base." Major Sakamoto growled to them.
"Right Major." They said in unison. The group rounded a corner and Lynnette saw in front of them was some kind of car lot. Most of the vehicles had been destroyed and had burned out.
"Alright the quickest way to our objective is through the lot come on people." Sandman told the group. Everyone began to walk through the field of cars. Lynnette thought to herself. What was Yoshika going to say when the Major cut her off? Was she going to say that she just wanted to stay friends or was she going to say something else? Lynnette hoped to herself that Yoshika was going to say something other than wanting to stay friends. Lynne had gotten some mixed signals from Yoshika for a while now. Sometimes she wondered if Yoshika wanted more than just friendship with her. Other times it seemed like she was interested in someone else. Like that time that Fusan sailor gave her the love letter. What was she going to say to him? For that matter did Yoshika even like girls? Ok scratch that it was pretty obvious that Yoshika like both men and women. But did Yoshika like her in that way and if Yoshika didn't would Lynnette be ok with just being her friend? Perhaps now was not the time to dwell on it they were still in mortal danger. They were about half way through the lot which must have been a good kilometer long or something when they began to hear the rotor blades of helicopters approaching them. Lynnette looked to the sky to see if she could see them. Six helicopters were approaching from the west. It took a few moments for Lynne to recognize them but they were unmistakably Russians she had seen the type yesterday when their helicopter attacked them on the way to the mall. The helicopters turned in their direction.
"Ah shit, get ready for a fight people!" Truck shouted as he got into cover. Lynnette hid behind a car with the windows smashed out and stuck the barrel of her M40A5 out of it. Two of the Russian helicopters began to hover about a hundred meters away from then and soldiers began to rope down. Sanya fired a grenade at one of the helicopters. The grenade flew through the open door and detonated inside the cockpit. The Russian chopper began smoking and flew out of control smashing into the ground. "Fuck yeah nice shot!" Truck shouted. The Russians already on the ground began to fire at them. Bullets impacted the car she was hiding behind. Lynnette summoned her familiar and steadied her aim. She saw a Russian soldier through some of the car windows. She squeezed the trigger and a .308 caliber bullet slammed through his chest. Lynnette saw the other choppers landing troops. A good fifty or more Russians were now in the lot with them. Everyone began to open fire.
Washington DC USA
Flight Lieutenant Gertrude "Trudy" Barkhorn
16:25 local time
Gertrude fired a short burst at a Russian soldier caught in the open. Three rounds impacted him dead center; the stricken Russian feel down like a sack of bricks. Near her Charlotte fired a long twenty round burst into a group of Russians that had bunched up. The high caliber bullets of her M27 shredded their fragile bodies. These troops must be wearing light body armor. Trudy thought to herself. They could run faster than the other troops but when they were hit they went down. Gertrude spotted a Russian setting up a LMG on the hood of a car. She lined his head up in her electronic sight and fired a single shot. The bullet slammed into his skull; his head jerked back and a shower of blood and brain matter flew out of the back of his head.
"Charlotte cover me, I am advancing!" Gertrude told her.
"Got you." Shirley said as she slammed another clip home and fired a long suppressing burst at the Russians. Gertrude ran out from between the cars to a damaged truck thirty meters away. She activated her shield to deflect about a dozen rounds that would've hit her. Gertrude pulled out a grenade and pulled the pin. She tossed it at three Russian soldiers hiding behind an overturned pickup. The grenade detonated with bone shattering force. The truck and the Russians were utterly obliterated by the grenade. Pieces of the truck and the Russians littered the surrounding area. It was more than a little sickening to know that she was the one who did that. Gertrude fired ten rounds at a Russian with an RPG trying to get into firing position. The bullets knocked him off of his feet. Gertrude was out of ammo she ejected the clip and was about to reload when a Russian with a sub machine gun rounded the corner and took aim. Suddenly his head atomized in an explosion of gore. Gertrude looked back and gave a brief salute to Lynnette in thanks. Gertrude looked out to her right to see Marseille and Frost covering each other's advance with quick three round bursts from their assault rifles. Major Sakamoto and Commander Minna fired full auto at a squad of Russian soldiers trying to flank the group. Eila and Sanya were hanging back with Truck trying to suppress the Russians with their heavy weapons. Yoshika and Lucchini were in the rear watching Lynnette and Grinch's back. Perrine and Erica were advancing towards her with Shirley leading the way. Finally Sandman was moving up through the middle firing his HK416 on full auto. With each burst a Russian soldier fell to the ground ventilated by multiple bullet wounds. Shirley leaped over a car and slammed into cover next to Gertrude.
"Hey got any plans?" Shirley asked her.
"Yeah I got one. Erica, Clostermann we will cover you while you advance. Move up to the row of destroyed cars to your left flank!" Gertrude ordered.
"Understood we will move out on your mark." Perrine said to her. Gertrude held up her hand and put up three fingers. She counted down from there when she reached zero she leaned out and fired her G36C full auto at a group of Russians moving between cover.
"Go now!" Gertrude yelled to them. Gertrude and Shirley fired their weapons at any targets that presented themselves. Perrine and Erica moved up firing short bursts as they went. Gertrude saw another flight of three helicopters fly in off loading more troops. Shirley fired into one as soldiers disembarked killing about five of them. Gertrude then spoke again. "Ok now cover Yeager and I as we move to another location." Gertrude ordered after she saw that Erica and Perrine were in cover. Gertrude saw that even with the reinforcements the Russians were getting pushed back. Apparently they were totally unprepared to face opponents with shields that could deflect their bullets.
"Understood!" Erica shouted as her Perrine leaned out and fired full auto at the Russians to keep their heads down. Shirley sprinted behind a sedan fifty meters ahead; her enhanced speed allowed her to cover the distance in mere seconds. Gertrude slid over the hood of a car and rushed a Russian fire team hiding behind a destroyed truck. Her shield activated as they fired hopelessly at her. She fired five round from her G36 catching two of them in the chest and head. She slung the weapon and leapt up and kicked a Russian in the forehead using her enhanced strength. Her boot caught him in his left temple and struck him with enough force that his skull caved in and an eyeball came out of its socket. The two remaining Russians looked at her in terror as she lashed out and ripped the rifle out of one of the Russians hands and used it as a club to bludgeon him in the throat with. The poor Russian's windpipe was instantly crushed and he fell to the ground choking. Gertrude then saw the remaining Russian pull out his combat knife and lunge for her. Gertrude sidestepped and grabbed his outstretched knife arm and struck him at the elbow with enough power to literally pop his bone outside his skin. The Russian screamed in pain as Gertrude let go of his arm and pivoted on her back foot and delivered a right hook to his chest breaking three of his ribs. She then struck him in the mouth with a left cross. Gertrude felt his jaw give way and several teeth were knocked loose. His head slammed against the side of the truck fracturing his skull. Gertrude saw out of the corner of her eye a Russian with a battle rifle raising his weapon towards her; just as she was about to raise her shield a dozen bullets slammed into him. Gertrude turned around to see Yeager advancing towards her.
"Hey what is your ammo count?" Shirley asked her. She patted her ammo pouches.
"I have about two thirds left you?" Gertrude asked her.
"About the same but I am carrying a lot more ammo then you." Shirley said.
"Really how much?" Gertrude asked.
"About 1200." Shirley responded. That was about three times as much ammo as Gertrude was carrying. But then again Shirley was carrying a support weapon so it made sense that she carried as much. Suddenly another four helicopters flew in and the Russian troops on the ground put up a smoke screen as they fell back. It became quite for a few seconds. Then three dozen Russian soldiers wearing heavy body armor and carrying a shield of some kind rushed out firing MP5s on full auto at them. Gertrude and Shirley fired at them only to have their bullets ricochet off of them.
"Shit there bullet proof shields." Gertrude growled.
"We can't attack these guys head on we are going to have to flank them." Shirley said.
"I have an idea. Perrine move up with Frost and Marseille and use your lightening spell on them." Gertrude said to Perrine over the radio.
"Yes Ma'am!" Perrine shouted as she moved up. Gertrude leaned out and began to fire at the Russian heavy infantry.
Washington DC USA
Flying Officer Perrine H. Clostermann
16:42 Local time
Perrine fired at a Russian soldier with a shotgun that was in front of her. Six 9mm rounds smashed into his upper chest and neck. The Russian fell back in a spray of blood. Frost and Marseille were to her left providing covering fire.
"Perrine we are about to throw flash grenades cover your eyes!" Frost shouted to her. Perrine hid behind a car and closed her eyes as a loud series of banging erupted. She got out from cover and rushed a dazed shield wielding Russian; Perrine jump kicked his shield causing him to fall back. Perrine jumped onto his shield to prevent him from getting up as she pivoted to her right and fired ten rounds from her MP5K into the flanks of an exposed shield using Russian who was flung to his side by the force of her bullets. Perrine then looked down to the Russian she was standing on and pointed her left hand at him.
"TONERRE!" Perrine shouted as a blot of lightening shot from her fingertips into the Russian's exposed arm sending electricity throughout his body burning him to a crisp. Perrine leapt off his shield and turned to the left spotting two regular Russian soldiers. She fired the remaining fifteen shots in her SMG into them. Perrine saw the bullets impacting into their bodies. She then turned to her right as bullets whizzed by her. She activated her shield and stuck her hand out and shouted. "TONERRE!" she shouted as a lightning bolt leapt out from her fingers impacting a shield wielding Russian soldier. He flew back stunned but not dead. Perrine quickly reloaded and fired four rounds into the stunned Russian. Perrine sensed someone approaching her from behind. She whipped around and fired another lightning bolt at a knife wielding Russian soldier causing him to fly back as his clothes caught fire from the lightening. Perrine then saw out of the corner of her eye another Russian trying to do the same thing; this time however he was too close to use her spell on. Perrine threw herself at the Russian slamming her shoulder into his chest knocking him to the ground. Perrine was on top of him; she pulled out her knife and stabbed him in the forehead repeatedly. Warm blood splashed onto her face and got on her glasses momentarily blinding her. Perrine whipped the blood off her glasses and got up. She dashed to cover to take in the situation. Perrine saw a grenade from Sanya's XM25 detonate between two shield using Russians blowing them to pieces. Two Russian soldier's heads blew apart, more than likely caused by Grinch and Lynnette. Frost and Hanna were advancing towards some Russians. Hanna had switched to her shotgun and with each shot she sent twelve pellets through a Russian soldier's body. Her Idol Major Sakamoto jumped in between three Russian troops and within moments had cut them to pieces with her sword. Perrine got up and fired at a Russian who was trying to set up a LMG. The Task Force was amongst the Russians lines and the enemy was in complete disarray. Erica was nearby; she tossed a Fragmentation grenade at two Russian's with shields blowing them to pieces. Perrine looked to Frost who tossed a Stun grenade at some shield using enemies. He jumped up on a car and fired his rifle at one of them sending several rounds through his body. The other Russian however fired his MP5 wildly striking Frost in the chest tossing him back. "Frost!" Perrine shouted.
"Shit, Frost is hit!" Sandman shouted over the radio as he rushed out pistol in one hand rifle in the other. Hanna looked back to see Frost on his back not moving and rushed back in his direction. Perrine saw Grinch moving up towards them, he had slung his sniper rifle and pulled out a pair of enormous pistols firing them simultaneously. The Russians were dropping like flies within moments at least ten of them were dead. Suddenly some of the Russians dropped their shields and began to flee in terror from the Task Force's onslaught. Truck had taken up a firing position with a line of sight on their retreat; he fired a long fifty round burst into the backs of the retreating Russians. Perrine leveled her MP5K and fired at some of the retreating soldiers. After the last Russian had either retreated or was killed the shooting had stopped. Perrine looked over to Frost who was still lying motionless on the ground. He may be a brutish male and an American on top of that; but he was still her teammate and she was scarred that he was hurt.
"Frost! Frost, are you alright?" Hanna Marseille shouted to Frost. Sandman and Hanna ran up to him. Just then Frost started to move.
"Owe fuck that hurt." Frost said as he started to get up. He clearly winced in pain as he stood up. Hanna then started laughing.
"Nice one Frost I saw you take on those Russians that was bad ass!" Hanna said as she slapped him on the back. Frost yelped in pain. Sandman looked less then amused.
"Damn it Frost this isn't one of your fucking video game you can't just go rushing out there like you're the man of steel or something!" Sandman shouted at Frost who still looked in pain. Perrine started to walk over to them.
"Yeah I know but I thought since I blinded them I would be alright." Frost said to Sandman who still looked annoyed.
"You never ever attack riot shielders head on that is a recipe for disaster what would Captain Price say if he saw you acting like a God damn idiot!?" Sandman growled to him.
"Ah don't be too hard on Frost he was just showing off how much of a badass." Hanna said as she slapped Frost on the ass much to Sandman's annoyance. Sandman glared at her.
"And you Marseille stop flirting with Frost. 1) it's annoying, 2) you are under aged and 3) we are on a mission god damn it I could tolerate it if we were back at base but in the field it is not only distracting but potentially dangerous!" Sandman shot to her. Hanna just smirked and lifted an eyebrow.
"Awe are you jealous that I am flirting with Frost and you're not?" Hanna said sarcastically to him. The Frost spoke.
"Uh gross Sandman is like an older brother to me and besides I don't swing that way." Frost said to Hanna who smiled at him.
"Well that is good to know, I guess I have you all to myself then." Hanna chuckled. Sandman huffed.
"Urgh you are unbelievable Marseille." He said to her. Just then Miyafuji, Lynnette and Francesca joined the group.
"Frost I heard over the radio that you were shot are you alright?" Yoshika asked. Frost nodded to her.
"Yeah I am I think I might have a broken rib though." He told her. Yoshika nodded and went over to him. Yoshika summoned her familiar.
"Ok hold still let me use my magic on you." Yoshika told him. Frost leaned back against a car and she began to go to work on him. Within a few minutes she was finished. "All done, how does it feel?" Yoshika asked him.
"I feel alright, it's like I was never shot." Frost said to her. Yoshika smiled.
"Good I am happy to be of service to the Task Force." She told him. Just then Sandman reached into one of his pouches on his vest and pulled out a phone of some kind.
"Damn thing has been ringing for the last few minutes." Sandman said as he flipped it open and put the thing up to his ear. "Hello? Mactavish it's good to hear from you… Yeah we joined the Task Force we are with another unit actually I am sure you will meet them next time we meet. How did the raid go did you get 627… What Price is alive, shit can I talk to him?... Price it is good to hear from you again… yeah I have been doing fine what is the situation on your end?... Ok well good luck then…. Yeah the rest of the team is fine… Yeah Frost has turned out to be a fine soldier…. ok see you soon." Sandman hung up the phone and put it back in his pouch. "Well guess what guys it turns out that old man Price is still alive and kicking. He is now leading an assault on a Russian Naval Base." Sandman told everyone.
"Wasn't he your leader before you thought he got killed?" Minna asked Sandman.
"Yeah he was the one who initially led the Task Force before we though he was killed during Operation Kingfish." Sandman told her. Minna nodded.
"Well did he say how he survived?" Minna inquired.
"Yeah apparently they decided to take him alive and they threw him in a gulag." Sandman told them.
"Shit well I am just glad that Price is alive I felt like shit for leaving him behind during that Kingfish disaster." Grinch said to Sandman.
"Yeah well either way it was still better then Beirut." Sandman said.
"To right man." Grinch said.
"You know you guys never told me what happened in Beirut." Frost said to them.
"Yeah well I will tell you what I will tell all of you guys after Price gets back. Besides he tells the story better than I do anyway." Sandman told them.
"Hmm that should be an interesting story." Minna said to Sandman.
"Alright people see if you can get some more ammo off these guys and let's get a move on we don't have all day." Sandman said to the group. Perrine went over to a dead Russian who was using an MP5 and pulled out some spare magazines from his vest. Frost was next to her searching the corpse of a dead Russian soldier. He pulled out a few spare magazines.
"Hey he is using a different gun then you, why are you taking ammo away from him?" Perrine asked him. He looked to her.
"Oh well the weapon he is using, the TAR-21 uses a standard NATO magazine and fires the same round that my HK416 uses so I am able to use the same ammo that he does." Frost said to her. Perrine thought that was interesting in her time most weapons used different magazines and ammo types so rarely weapons could swap ammo between each other. Frankly according to Minna it was a logistical nightmare dealing with all of the different weapons the 501st used in the field. But apparently in the future or at least in this world they decided to use a common type of ammo for all of their weapons.
"So Frost if you don't mind me asking what is your relationship with Sandman and the other two members of your original team? I have noticed that you seem rather close to each other." Perrine asked him. Frost thought for a moment.
"Well I guess we are just really good friends. We have fought alongside each other for three years now and save each other's lives on more than one occasion. But the others still think of me as the kid of the group. Basically Sandman is like an older brother to me. Same with the others really, I was an orphan so I really didn't have much of a family and frankly Metal Team and the Task Force are the closest thing I have to a family so I guess naturally I would be very close to them." Frost told her.
"Ah interesting well I do think it is important to have friends in the unit you are part of. Frankly I didn't get along with many people in the 501st at first I thought I was better than them really. I am a noble of Gallia and I didn't think it was worth my time to deal with commoners. But as I fought alongside them I realized that I needed some support; emotional support that is, and the other girls were there for me. Even that Yoshika Miyafuji is alright really, though she is my rival I do think of her as a friend." Perrine told him.
"Huh rival?" Frost asked her.
"It's nothing really just well I think we like the same person is all." Perrine told him.
"Ah there is a guy that you like back in your world?" Frost inquired.
"She isn't a man." Perrine told him.
"Oh I see. If you don't mind me asking is it alright in your world for someone to be, you know." Frost stumbled for the right words.
"Homosexual? Yes it is I do know of at least a pair of witches that are married to each other in the 504th." Perrine told him "Why is Homosexuality taboo in your world?" Perrine asked him. Frost shook his head.
"No, well there are certain groups that are against Homosexuals in this world but they are mostly a bunch of right wing bible thumpers. Actually in the military we repealed an act that basically barred openly gay people from serving in the military. Personally I have nothing against it, I know Grinch and Truck don't support gay marriage but they are kind of conservative." Frost told her.
"Ah I see so I probably shouldn't out myself in front of them should I?" Perrine asked him.
"Well I don't think they would look down on you if you did, and I know they aren't homophobic are anything." Frost told her.
"Hmm good to know. Hey Frost can I tell you something?" Perrine asked him.
"Yeah sure whatever it is I won't judge." Frost responded to her.
"God I am not sure why I am telling you this but well here it goes. The person I like, she is in the 501st, I don't want to say who but I have like her for some time now, I just haven't had the courage to tell her how I feel really." Perrine told him.
"Ah I see well that does complicate things doesn't it. Well I can't say I have had much experience in the romance department myself. I went to an all boys military school after I got out of the orphanage. And you know the military is still I male dominated field so frankly I haven't really met anyone yet." Frost informed her.
"Ah I see so you haven't dated before, I guess that puts us in the same boat then." Perrine said to him.
"I guess, well what sucks worse is Truck, Grinch and Sandman are all married, and from what I can recall Soap was engaged to someone at some point before she broke it off with him for some reason." Frost responded. Perrine nodded.
"Yes well it seems Marseille has taken a liking to you. But the person I like hasn't ever acknowledged my feelings yet." Perrine said.
"Ah I see well Hanna is a minor so I can't really do anything with her until she turns eighteen and becomes an adult. But for you have you ever told this girl how you feel about her?" Frost asked. Perrine shook her head.
"No I haven't I have tried but each time I do I get butterflies in my stomach and chicken out." Perrine said. Frost nodded.
"Ah I see well I guess we can talk about this later then it looks like the rest of the group is forming up." Frost told her.
"Ok, oh and thanks for talking to me Frost I do appreciate it." Perrine said to him.
"Hey don't mention it anytime you want to talk let me know alright?" Frost said to her. And with that they headed back for the rest of the group and continued on with their mission.
Washington DC USA
Flight Officer Sanya V. Litvyak
17:42 local time
Sanya and Eila were on point. They stood out about thirty meters in front of the group. If they saw anything they were to report it to the others. Fortunately it gave Sanya and Eila a chance to talk.
"So Eila I have to ask what happened with the bruises on your neck it looked like someone had tried to choke you are something?" Sanya asked her. Eila looked nervous.
"Oh it was nothing I must have just hit something that caused those bruises. Don't worry Sanya its nothing to be concerned about." Eila replied nervously. Sanya wasn't convinced; she had known Eila long enough to tell when she was lying.
"Really I didn't see them when we walked into the bunker with Colonel Marshal? And when I lied down I didn't feel you get up. It was like they just mysteriously appeared on your neck or something." Sanya said to her. Eila's face got serious.
"Look I don't want to talk about it ok. I will tell you later when get back to base." Eila told her.
"Eila I am concerned about you. If something is the matter I want to know. I couldn't think of what I would be like if I lost you alright?" Sanya said to her. Eila looked away and then sighed. She looked back to Sanya and began to speak.
"Do you remember when I told you that Makarov saw me in my vision?" Eila asked her. Sanya nodded her head.
"Yes I do, did you have another vision?" Sanya asked.
"I did but this vision was different then the last one. I Saw him with some other people those Al-Qaeda people Frost told us about the ones who blew up those buildings in New York. Makarov was there he was trading a nuclear weapon to them in exchange for an artifact of some kind. Just as I was about to see it the vision ended and Makarov attacked me. He grabbed me by the neck and tossed me to the ground." Eila paused for a moment to compose herself. "He told me that our presence here didn't change anything and that he had plans for us." Eila confessed to her.
"Plans what do you mean?" Sanya asked. Sanya was really getting concerned now what could Makarov mean by that.
"I don't know but what I find most concerning was my next vision I had when I got separated from the group." Eila said to her. Eila took a deep breath before continuing. "When I got separated from you guys I was knocked out by some debris. When I was unconscious I had another vision. In the vision we were fighting the Russians in Berlin. It looked like we were in a losing battle. We were running out of ammo and the Russians had us surrounded. But then… the sky began raining blood. And after a few seconds the sky ripped open and I heard a screech of some kind. Then I woke up." Eila said to her.
"What could that vision mean? I have never heard of the sky raining blood before." Sanya said to Eila.
"Neither have I but I am worried that Makarov might be behind it. I think he might be more than just a simple terrorist like the rest of the team thinks." Eila said to her.
"Yes perhaps we are in more trouble then we initially thought. Should we tell commander Minna?" Sanya asked her.
"Maybe when the mission is over and we are out of danger; but for now I don't want her to worry or call Metal Team out or something." Eila told her.
"I don't think we would have to worry about that I think Minna is more level headed then that." Sanya said to her. Eila nodded. Just then Hanna Marseille walked up beside them.
"Hey you two what's up?" She asked them. Sanya smiled to her.
"Oh nothing just some idle chit chat." Sanya said to her.
"Well I just wanted to ask you a few questions about Frost. You guys have been around him longer then I have so I figured he might of told you more about himself." Hanna informed them.
"Well I know a little bit about Frost but I don't think I could tell you anything useful." Eila said to Hanna who smirked.
"Oh I am sure you can tell me something of use. I don't know if you have noticed but I have taken a bit of a liking to him, and let me put it this way I don't take no for an answer." Hanna said to them. Well that was obvious she made it clear that she wanted to sleep with Frost the moment she saw him. Sanya wasn't particularly interested in the opposite sex but objectively speaking she could tell Frost was decent looking. And Hanna was known to like people who showed bravery in battle, guy or girl really. It was rumored that she had slept with a few other witches in the Afrika Corp, along with one or two male soldiers in the same unit. But Hanna didn't strike Sanya as the type of girl who wanted a relationship, just someone who liked to have sex with as many people as she wanted.
"Well I can tell you his real name is Derek Westbrook. And he is an Orphan." Sanya said to her.
"Oh how interesting I am sure he is angsty about that. I bet I could seduce him by being the sympathetic shoulder to cry on." Hanna laughed. Eila lifted an eyebrow.
"Well from what I have seen both Grinch and Sandman have told you that you can't date him." Eila said to her. Hanna laughed.
"Like I give a flying fuck about what either of those two geezers say. Besides I can tell that Frost is interested in me. And I do have my ways when it comes to getting people into bed with me." Hanna informed then.
"What do you mean by 'ways'?" Sanya asked her. Hanna gave her a devious look.
"Do you care to find out?" Hanna said seductively to her. Eila stood between the two of them.
"No she doesn't, she is taken." Eila said as she glared at Hanna.
"Oh I see well if you ever want some company when you two are…. Enjoying each other just let me know." She said with a seductive grin.
"Noted but Sanya's mine remember that." Eila said to Hanna who chuckled as she started to fall back in with the rest of the group.
"Whatever you say." Hanna said with a smile.
"Fucking slut. Can you believe that Sanya, the nerve of that girl." Eila fumed.
"Yeah I guess when you are treated like a celebrity by your peers and everyone thinks you are drop dead gorgeous it all goes to your head." Sanya said. Eila nodded they approached a corner and looked around it. They saw about a hundred meters away a Russian strong point one tank and about a dozen soldiers stood guard probably to protect the HVT they were after who was only a few blocks away. Sanya held her hand up and gestured for Sandman to come up towards them. Sandman jogged up to them.
"What is the situation?" He asked them.
"We got an enemy tank and some infantry ahead. No way to get around them only through them." Eila told him.
"Ok hold on a sec I will clear the way." Sandman said as he tapped his earpiece containing his radio. "Gunslinger 1-1 we have requesting gun run in grid sector bravo 17." Sandman told someone on the radio. "Alright ladies sit here and watch the fireworks." A few minutes later Sanya could hear the sound of a helicopters rotors approaching. Then from behind her a dark green painted helicopter soared overhead. The helicopter unleashed a barrage of rocket fire at the tank obliterating it and killing all of the soldiers that were near it. "Ok well it looks like the way is clear now. Let's keep moving we aren't far from our final objective." Sandman told them. They nodded and began to head up the street.
Washington DC USA
Flying Officer Erica Hartmann
18:04 Local time
Erica and the others were lining up on a pile of debris close to their objective. They got a good vantage point on their target. Erica took out a pair of binoculars to get a closer look at the target. She saw two dozen plus Russian soldiers with some heavy weapons. Out from a courtyard she spotted their target. Ivan Churnov was a short fat man in his fifties by the looks of things. He looked like he would be a push over but standing next to him was a man nearly twice his size wearing the heaviest armor Erica had ever seen.
"Holy shit look at that guy by Churnov who the hell is he?" Erica asked Sandman.
"His name is Boris Illich he is an infamous thug working for the Ultranationalist. He is someone you don't want to piss off. Ok let's figure out a plan. I want four teams to form. Hartmann, Yeager and Barkhorn you are with me; we are going to flank up the left side and into that wing of the building there where there is the destroyed wall. Wilcke, Sakamoto, Marseille and Frost I want you to attack up through the middle when Truck's team starts their diversion. Truck I want you with Eila, Sanya and Perrine to hit their right flank with everything you got ok. And Grinch I want you and Bishop to provide sniper cover for us. Lucchini and Miyafuji I want you to watch their backs. Everyone understood?" Sandman asked them. Everyone nodded. Just then Erica saw Chrunov gesture for something to come out of the courtyard. A large construction vehicle used to dig up dirt for construction sites came out. Erica looked to see what it was carrying and nearly threw up. Dozens of mutilated bodies were in the container.
"Oh…my…god." Was all Commander Minna could say as she watched the vehicle approach.
"Those mother fuckers." Hanna said with barely contained shock. Yoshika actually looked like she was about to throw up as the vehicle dumped the bodies in a large pit. Erica looked in the pit to see that it was filled with human corpses. "Those fucking sons of bitches, murdering people and dumping their bodies in a pit like they are nothing but trash…" Hanna's voice trembled with rage "YOU MOTHER FUCKERS!" Hanna shouted as she charged down the hill of Debris rifle blazing on full auto.
"Shit everyone attack!" Sandman yelled. Everyone charged down the hill after Hanna fortunately it looked like they had caught the Russians off guard or they would have been cut down by them. Erica saw Churnov run inside the courtyard and Boris headed into the side of the building where her group was suppose to attack. Erica fired her MTAR-21 in three round bursts as she ran towards her objective with the others. The Russians still caught off guard were scrambling to put up a defense. Within seconds the Task Force was on them. Erica fired three rounds into a Russian soldier raising his SMG at her. The bullets slammed into his chest throwing him back. Erica then turned and fired another three rounds at a Russian trying to get to an emplaced machine gun. She activated her familiar as several rounds impacted her shield. Sandman killed the person who shot at her. Erica and the others went into the building, the west wing of the complex. Several Russians were waiting for them. Erica switched to full auto and dove into cover. She fired six rounds into a Russian behind a desk and another two into one hiding behind a couch. Gertrude and Shirley fired at some other Russians in the room killing them. Erica ran forward into the next room. It was some kind of gymnasium, and in the center of the room a giant of a man was waiting for her. He fired some kind of grenade at the ceiling and caused debris to fall down and block the entrance she just came from, cutting her off from her comrades.
"Shit Erica hold on we will be there in a few seconds just hold on!" Trudy said to her.
"Right!" Erica said as she fired an entire magazine into Boris. Every round struck home. Erica smiled as she thought he was dead but Boris was unharmed in perfect Britanish he spoke to her.
"Was that all?" He simply said.
"Oh shit." Was all Erica could say as he stood there.
"My turn." Boris said as he pulled out a nasty looking light machine gun from his back. He fired his gun on full auto. The bullets felt like hammer blows against her shield. After a few seconds his gun clicked empty and he howled in rage. He charged her like an angry bull. Erica tried to jump out of the way but he was to fast he swung his machine gun like a club hitting her shield and tossing her to the ground. He stood over her and began to repeatedly hit her shield over and over again. Erica noticed an unarmored section of his suit. Right between his legs. Erica lashed out and kicked him in the groin. He let out a labored grunt she quickly took the moment of respite to get up and tackle him. But even with her enhanced strength she could throw him to the ground. Erica then kicked him in the side of his leg at the knee to see if she could break it. On the first kick it didn't give out. Boris swung a left hook at her which she ducked. Then she struck him in the leg again this time she felt the bone give way. She then threw her weight at him knocking him to the floor. She pulled out her M9 and put it under his chin which was not armored by his mask. She pulled the trigger three times and Boris finally stopped moving. Erica let out a sigh of relief as she stood up. Just then a door at the other end of the room swung open and Gertrude, Shirley and Sandman fanned out.
"Erica are you alright?" Trudy asked her. Erica nodded.
"Yeah I am ok he was just a bit tougher then I thought he would be is all." Erica said as she picked up her main weapon.
"Alright well let's get going and meet up with the other unit." Sandman said and with that they began to head out the nearest door to link up with the rest of the Task Force.
Washington DC USA
Flight Lieutenant Hanna Justina Marseille
18:15 Local Time
Hanna fired a round into a Russian soldier's leg sending him to the ground. He clutched his wound as she walked over to him. He looked up at her just in time to see her aim her rifle at his forehead and pull the trigger. The Russians head exploded as a 5.56mm NATO round smashed into his skull at point blank. She was out of ammo for her SCAR. Hanna switched to her shotgun and took aim at a hapless Russian who was struggling with a weapon jam. She gut shot him blowing chunks of flesh and blood all over a nearby comrade of his. Hanna noticed that Major Sakamoto was chopping up two Russians with her sword as Minna suppressed some Russians behind a bench. Frost was behind Hanna firing at some Russians who were rushing out to help their allies. Hanna took aim and fired at another Russian this time sending a twelve gauge slug through his head. Hanna advanced on a helpless Russian soldier who fired his pistol at her in vain as the bullets bounced off her shield. Hanna smacked him in the forehead with her gun and he fell to the ground. Hanna then proceeded to stomp on the fallen foe's head several time until her boots and uniform were stained in blood and brain matter as his head had been reduced to a fine pulp. Hanna then saw some Russians taking cover behind some plants.
"YOU MOTHER FUCKERS THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THE SHIT YOU HAVE DONE THINK AGAIN YOU FUCKING COWARDS!" Hanna shouted as she charged the Russians firing her last three shells at them. One of the shells caught a Russian in the arm blowing it clean off the others struck the second one in the chest punching holes straight through him. The Russian with the missing arm spurted blood and screamed in pain. Hanna loaded one remaining shell into her shotgun and stood over the wounded Russian. He looked up at her. Hanna shoved her shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. His blood splattered onto her face as she stood up. Frost was beside her firing at some Russians near a vending machine. Hanna saw Churnov the man responsible for this blood bath run into a nearby room slamming the door in the face of two of his men. The Russians pounded on the door fearing for their lives. Hanna went behind Frost and pulled the grenade launcher off his back and aimed it at the Russians by the door. She fired a high explosive grenade at the door blowing them and the obstruction to her vengeance away. Hanna pulled out her two M9 pistols and slowly started to walk towards the destroyed door. Sandman spoke over the radio.
"Hanna do not shoot Churnov I repeat do not shoot him." Sandman ordered her.
"OK I got you I won't shoot him." Hanna said with an ear to ear smile on her face. She walked into the room where Chrunov was hiding a basketball court or something. Three of Chrunov's men were in the room with him; Hanna fired her pistols at them cutting them down in a hailstorm of gunfire. Chrunov had nowhere to escape so he stuck his hands up and shouted.
"I surrender!" Chrunov shouted. Hanna shot him in the right shoulder and left kneecap.
"What sorry I can't hear you I must have lost my hearing when I was killing all of your men." Hanna said with a sadistic smile on her face.
"Please have mercy on me!" Chrunov pleaded to her. Hanna continued to approach him. Hanna shot the fat Russian in the foot this time.
"Oh mercy like the mercy you showed all of those people that you killed?" Hanna asked him sarcastically.
"Please don't shoot me!" He begged her as she stood over him. Hanna holstered her pistols.
"Ok I won't shoot you." Hanna said to him. He looked relieved for a moment until Hanna pulled her K-Bar from its scabbard. "I am going to gut you like a fish." Hanna said to him. His eyes widened in terror as she leaned down and shoved her knife into his stomach. She then pulled her knife up closer to his heart disemboweling the Russian Officer. He looked up at her as he died blood running from his mouth as he coughed his last breaths of life away. Hanna then overcome with raged slammed her knee into his chest and started stabbing him in the face with her knife until his face resembled hamburger. She finally stood up panting in rage. Frost came up beside her.
"Jesus Christ Hanna…. Fuck…." Frost was actually at a loss for words. Just then Sandman walked into the room.
"Ah what the fuck Hanna!?" He yelled at her. "How the fuck are we suppose to interrogate him now?" Sandman asked her.
"Fuck you; do you honestly think that bastard deserved to live after what he did?" Hanna shot back.
"I know trust me I feel the same way that you do, but we had our orders we needed him alive so he could tell us what the Reds next move was." Sandman said to her.
"Well I guess we are just going to have to deal with them the old fashion way now won't we." Hanna said to him.
"Fuck just Fuck!" Sandman said as he kicked a Russian corpse in frustration.
"Hey Hanna are you alright?" Frost said as he put a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah I am fine… well I will be now." Hanna said to him.
"Yeah shit man… remind me not to get you angry." Frost said to her. Hanna nodded.
"Guys we got a problem here. We have a battalion sized force of Russian infantry heading towards this location from the east; they will be here in three mikes." Grinch said to them.
"Shit ok people stock up on ammo and get to a defensive position. I will call for extraction but we will have to hold this place for a good ten minutes or so." Sandman said to them. Hanna huffed in frustration and walked over to an ammo crate to get more ammo for the coming fight.
Fort Campbell USA
General Hershel Von Shepherd the third
18:37 local time
Shepherd was pissed he had just gotten off the phone with Defense Secretary Hagel after he was informed of Price's little stunt. Actually perhaps this gave Shepherd a golden opportunity to kick his plan into high gear. He sent a video chat request to Secretary Hagel to tell him what his plan was. After a few seconds Chuck Hagel answered the comm link.
"Yes General what is it?" He asked Shepherd.
"Sir I am sending you a list of targets for America's retaliatory strike against the Russians. We signed a no first use policy with regards to nuclear weapons but now Pandora 's Box is open and we must strike them back with our nuclear arsenal." General Shepherd said to the Secretary of Defense. Chuck Hagel looked over the list of targets.
"General half of these targets are in China and North Korea. Why strike them they have not attacked America?" Chuck Hagel asked him.
"Sir those nations are Americas future enemies we must destroy them before they become too powerful. Once China and North Korea have been dealt with alongside of Russia peace can be restored." General Shepherd informed his boss. Well that is until I start rolling troops into the Middle East to take over the oil fields. But that little surprise you won't be around long enough to see. General Shepherd thought to himself.
"Well I will need to get the president's permission he is the only one who can authorize a nuclear strike." Chuck told him. General Shepherd could hardly hide his rage. Obama that spineless coward doesn't have the stomach to do it. He doesn't have what it takes to make America great again that is why he will soon be reduced to ash along with the rest of the incompetent civilian government. Shepherd thought to himself.
"That is fine but I don't think he will object to my plan after the capitol is reduced to ashes by a Russian nuke."Shepherd said to the Secretary of Defense. Chuck Hagel nodded.
"Ok I will get back to you with the president's answer as soon as I can." He told him. The call ended and Shepherd was again alone. Soon my brothers; after decades of waiting it is almost time to strike. By the end of the month ODESSA will be the ones ruling this country. An America will be the seat of our new empire. Shepherd smiled as he pulled out a cigar. Yes everything was going according to plan.
Washington DC USA
Staff Sergeant Derek Westbrook "Frost"
18:46 Local time
They had been in a fire fight for some time now. Dozens of Russian corpses littered the ground as they charged their defenses. Frost fired round after round from his 416 into the advancing enemies. Just as things began to get dire the saving grace of a Pave Low's engines could be heard.
"Alright that is our ride people get to the chopper!" Sandman shouted. They fell back in an orderly fashion. A crew chief beckoned then to come onto the chopper. Just as Frost was running up the ramp a bullet slammed into the crew chief's head killing him. "Frost get on the 50 cal!" Sandman shouted.
"Yes sir!" Frost responded as he grabbed the M2 HMG. He traversed it over to the right and fired a long burst at the Russians. After everyone got aboard the chopper; the helicopter took off. Just as Frost was starting to think they were safe two Russian Hinds flew into view. "Ah crap we got enemy Helos incoming." Frost said as he began to fire at the nearest one. Armor piercing high explosive rounds smashed into the Hind. Frost aimed for the rotor blades trying to knock a critical component loose. Frost knew that the Hind was armored against his type of weapon so only a lucky hit would bring them down. The Hinds fired rockets at them just barely missing them. Frost fired another burst at the lead Helicopter. The bullets struck home and the chopper began to smoke. Frost saw that the rotor was wobbling and finally the Helicopter went out of control. Frost shouted in celebration. Just then the second Hind fired rockets and one struck the tail rotor of the Pave Low. The helicopter began to enter a death spiral and Frost was nearly flung from the chopper, but Eila grabbed onto his wrist as he was flung about. Suddenly the chopper smacked into the ground and Frost blacked out.
Washington DC USA
Flying Officer Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen
18:54 Local time
Ouch that hurt. Eila looked around groggily. It looked like the Task Force was alright but she couldn't be sure about the pilots. A bullet whizzed through the helicopter.
"Shit." Eila said as she pulled up her weapon and fire in the general direction of the Russians. Everyone was awake now and was scrambling for their weapons. There were twenty plus Russians out there and the enemy helicopter was circling around for another pass.
"We got a helluva fight on our hands." Truck said as he shouldered his weapon and unleashed a volley of MG fire. Eila fired more rounds from her SMG at the Russians killing at least one. Then to Eila's horror she saw down the street an enemy tank approaching. It fired its main cannon which missed the chopper by a mere few meters and instead struck a store front. The situation looked grim for them. They were going to need a miracle to survive. Then suddenly there was a bright flash in the sky; and a second sun was born.
Wow that was an exciting chapter wasn't it. and so many new questions have been brought up what is this ODESSA that Shepherd speaks of. and what does he mean by new enemy. also why does he need such a blatantly OP missile for his plans hmmm so many questions. oh and i hope you got a few references that i made in this chapter to other works and i hope you didn't mind the appearance of real life character in my story they will show up every once in awhile but not often anyway i will try to write the next chapter of my story in two weeks because that is when my spring break is an i will have free time. FYI the DC arc only has one more chapter in it before its on to the next story arc. anyway next chapter will be titled second sun. see you soon :)