It's true, I love my Modern Warfare. One of the better Call of Duties in both campaign and multiplayer in my opinion. My friends and I have had many late nights with that game. And speaking of games, who else is ready to slay some bodies in Injustice 2? And by that I mean mashing buttons to see what happens, cause I'm terrible at fighting games but I managed to bullshit my way through the first game and I'll do it again, Rah?
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"I've got eyes on armed personnel five-hundred meters to your twelve o'clock. Looks to be about a platoon sized element."
"Roger Watcher. Once we get fifty meters out light em' up with that Minigun."
"Copy."
Alex and his team moved through the rows of warehouses and shipping containers littering the docks, the storm obscuring them from any form of detection. Up above Watcher 1-5 circled, it's crew ready to fire on the unsuspecting thugs down below. Once the ground team was within fifty meters of the building Penguin's thugs were guarding Watcher 1-5 opened up with its Minigun.
The first group of thugs were instantly killed as a flurry of bullets tore them to pieces, the guns "BRRRT" audible over the raging storm. Those not cut down immediately looked to the sky to find the source of the fire but the noise and sparks of the Miniguns tracers were the only thing that made the Black Hawk detectable.
While they looked for the helicopter Alex, Harley, and Ivy got into position and ambushed the thugs. Caught between Watcher 1-5's Minigun and the gunfire from the ground team Penguin's thugs had nowhere to run as they were cut down.
"Perimeter guard neutralized. We'll keep circling while you guys clear out the target building. Happy hunting guys."
"Roger One-Five, making our way in now." Alex replied as they broke cover and headed towards the building the thugs had been guarding.
A feeling of Deja-vu overcame Alex as he remembered his first mission in Gotham, when he had killed the Riddler and his goons, going similar to the op he was conducting.
Alex and Ivy stacked up on one side of the warehouses door while Harley withdrew a sledgehammer and took the other side. After a quick nod from Alex, Harley swung her hammer at the door, caving in the center and breaking it off its hinges. Alex and Ivy quickly rushed in, neutralizing any guards in the immediate area and giving Harley time to reequip her weapon and join them.
"Fan out and secure the building, use of deadly force is authorized." Alex ordered as he headed towards the rows of containers held in the building. Harley nodded and took off, climbing the containers up to the catwalks leaving Ivy to wander towards the small rows of offices adjacent to the storage area.
As she navigated the offices Ivy heard the shouting, the reports of the goons AK's and muffled PFFTS of her comrade's weapons. Somewhere in the building she heard a hand grenade explode followed by the screams of those caught in the blast. While the battle seemed to be picking up she was confident in the Sergeant's abilities to keep himself and Harley alive while she searched, for what she did not know.
The offices where mostly empty and Ivy was about to leave when she heard a cough coming from a nearby supply closet. She quickly whirled around, weapon raised, and fired a single shot through the door, a cry of pain echoing inside the closet. Keeping her weapon raised Ivy shot a vine from her off hand and ripped the door from its hinges, revealing a middle-aged man in a disheveled suit nursing his leg were Ivy had shot him. Ivy willed her vine to wrap around the man's ankle and dragged him out of the closet, depositing him at her feet where he cowered in fear.
"What do you know about Penguins operations!?" Ivy demanded, her eyes boring into the man.
"I don't know nothing lady, honest!" He whimpered.
"Don't fuck with me! I know Penguin runs his trafficking business from here, now tell me what you know!" She shouted angrily, driving her heel into the bullet wound on his leg for emphasis. The man howled in pain and grasped at the wound.
"Ok ok! This is the only port Penguin runs his trafficking out of, I swear! Once you and your buddies take it out that's it!"
"Not good enough!"
"Ok, listen! Last time I was at the Iceberg I overheard Penguin talking to some lady about a meeting. Something about setting up a supply trade."
"Who was this woman?"
"I didn't get a name, but she said she worked for a something era."
"The New Era?" Her eyes widened as she processed this new information. They hadn't had a run in with the group since Alex had been shot some months ago, probably staying low after being publicly declared a terrorist organization by the Department of Defense. But now it appeared that they were ready to resume their operations, if what this man was saying was true.
"Yeah, that was it! They're moving in and need asked Penguin to supply em' with ammo and what not!"
"Where is the meeting taking place at?"
"A few clicks north of that town on the outskirts the military bombed some months back. Here I'll write down the details fer ya."
Ivy nodded but kept her eyes on the man as he crawled over to a desk and rummaged around for a scrap of paper and something to write with. Finding what he needed he hastily scribbled down the information and offered the paper to Ivy, who snatched it from the man and quickly read it over before stashing it away for later.
"So, you'll let me go, right?" The man asked nervously after Ivy stashed the paper away. Her response was to quickly snap his neck with the vine protruding from her wrist.
As she left the body behind Ivy noticed that the sounds of battle had died down and as she navigated her way through the rows of containers, stepping over several bodies along the way, she found Alex and Harley finishing off the last of Penguins thugs.
"Ah, there you are. Everything alright?" Alex asked as Ivy joined the two.
"Yeah, I'm fine Sergeant. What about you two?"
"We're good to grow Red! Get it? Good to grow, cause your a plant..?" Harley replied cheerfully, laughing at the pun she'd made as Alex and Ivy stared at her with raised brows. "No…? I thought it was funny…"
"Don't make stupid puns like that again please, your Pros and Cons will be reflecting by the way." Alex chided as he shook his head in embarrassment.
"Fuck…"
"Now, if we're done we should get back to the bird and get outta here before local PD shows up."
They left the warehouse to find Watcher 1-5 already waiting for them and they quickly boarded as the sounds of distant police sirens began to draw closer. Once safely in the air the three relaxed and watched as the police swarmed the warehouse they'd just vacated moments ago. It was a short flight home and the three were grateful to drop their gear in Alex's apartment after such a long night, the wall mounted clock showing it was several hours past midnight. Alex offered Ivy his couch for the night which she thankfully accepted, too tired to make the journey to her own home at such a late hour.
Ivy laid on the couch and waited for Alex and Harley to wander off to their now shared bedroom before pulling out the scrap of paper she'd obtained from Penguins goon. She reread the information, noting the meeting was taking place in a few days from now, the grid coordinates scrawled down below the time and date. Ivy knew she should probably tell the others about it, but a part of her wanted to handle the situation on her own, to prove to her superiors that she was indeed worthy of the trust they placed in her. After all, Alex wouldn't have pushed so hard for her to be promoted two whole grades and name her his second if he didn't fully trust her judgement.
So, she'd apply for a leave of absence and figure out what Penguin and the New Era where planning before they could gain a foot hold in the city. But that would have to wait for a few more days, for now the former villain drifted off into a peaceful sleep knowing she had helped save the lives of innocent children and punished those that would have abused them for their own gain.
She knew now more than ever that she had made the right choice in joining this ragtag team of misfits. She was helping to save the world, maybe not in the way she had originally envisioned herself doing so, but it was a start.
…Mission Complete…