Author's Note: I'd like to take a moment to say Rest In Peace Carrie Fisher. You will be missed.
Carrie Fisher for those of you who have not heard, she passed away today (27/12/16).
Carrie Fisher played Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies Episodes 4, 5, 6, 7, and Rogue One.
So in saying all that, I am going to dedicate this chapter of Matt 038 in honor of the memory of Carrie Fisher.
R.I.P Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)
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WARNING: This story contains some MATURE LANGUAGE
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Chapter 14: Ghillie In The Mist
Location: Epsilon Eridani System, planet Earth - Outskirts of Mombasa
August 4, 2537
0500 hours
Matt snapped his one eye open and grabbed for one of his two kukri knives and jumped to his feet, anticipating an attack. He saw a person standing in front of him and tackled him. He then put his knife against the man's throat, ready to kill the man. But he then remembered where he was. He was on a mission to assassinate a black arms dealer. They were on the outskirts of Mombasa. He looked and saw Jack under him holding his hands up in mock surrender.
"Easy Matt, it's just me. Here," Jack said as Matt helped him up. "I was only bringing you some foliage. Start making your ghillie suit. We move out in an hour."
"I'll get right on it and sorry about almost killing you," Matt said.
"Hey don't mention it. It's fine. I know it's just because of the stuff I taught you," Jack replied as he cleared his throat. "Anyway like I said, start making your ghillie suit."
Matt nodded, stretched, then got to work making his ghillie suit. He reached into his bag and pulled out netting and burlap straps. He then took the burlap and wove it into the netting; then he added the foliage on top. Once he wa finished making the ghillie suit. For this mission he wasn't wearing his MJOLNIR armor. He was wearing a modified ODST uniform. It was modified to fit him, since the largest size uniform didn't fit him. He put it around his uniform snd started to gather his weapons. He took out his DMR and slapped a fresh clip in the rifle, then he took out his two M6 sidearms with suppressors and holestered them on his either side of his hips. He then took his kukri knives and strapped them to shoulder holsters on either side. He took out the SRS99 sniper rifle and put it on his back. He looked up when he heard Jack approaching.
"You ready to get this done?" he asked.
Matt nodded. "Ready as I'll ever be." he replied confidently.
"Good. Let's move out," Jack said.
They began walking north-northwest until they saw a shack in the distance.
"Get down." Jack said quietly as he went prone.
They began crawling their way toward the shack until they were 10 meters away from the shack.
They waited in the grass for a few minutes to see if any enemies were approaching, which there were none.
"Too much radiation. We'll have to go around." Jack said as he studied the area and pulled out his DMR.
Matt crouched and pulled out his own DMR.
"Follow me, and keep low." Jack said as he came out of the tall grass. "Careful.. there's pockets of radiation all over this area. If you absorb too much. Your a dead man."
They moved up to the shack and prepared to enter.
Jack held up his hand in a fist, indicating that Matt freeze.
"Standby."
Jack then motioned to move forward and they moved through the shack and reached the exit.
They stopped at the exit.
Jack pointed to his eyes and then to the enemies, "Contact. Enemy patrol dead ahead," he said as he went prone."Stay low and move slowly. We'll be impossible to spot in our ghillie suits."
Once they went prone they started to crawl their way through the grass.
"Take one out when the other's not looking," Jack said quietly.
Matt raised his DMR to his face and looked through the EVOD-D 3x scope. He aimed at the guard that was walking to the left. He steadied his breathing and squeezed the trigger slowly, the bullet left the gun and hit the insurgent in the head.
"He's down," Matt reported.
A second later, Jack fired. "Good night. Move."
They moved up to another shack by an old looking house.
"Hold up," Jack said as he took cover behind the wooden planks in front of them. He scanned the area then said, "There's more cover if we go around."
They moved left around the shack, since the right side was wide open and provided little to no cover at all. They moved towards the house and peeked through the small window. Inside, they saw four insurgents playing some sort of card game and a dog was sleeping on the couch.
Jack pointed to his own eyes, then at the insurgents inside the house. "Four tangos inside. Don't even think about it..."
'Not a chance would I think about blowing our cover like that, Jack. I'm not that stupid.' Matt thought to himself.
They moved a short distance to the side of the house and hid behind a corner.
Jack peeked out and said, "Wait there. Tango by the car." He pointed to a position nearby.
Matt went to here Jack told him to and waited. He raiseed his rifle when he saw the insurgent by a very beat up car. There was a tree next to the car and Matt saw a clear angle he could shoot though. The tree had a small gap through that branches that looked like a V.
"Take him out quietly, or just let him pass. Your call," Jack said.
Matt fired and killed the insurgent through the gap in the tree.
"He's down," he reported.
"Ok - go! Move up," Jack said.
They traveled past the dead insurgent, jumped over a fence and headed towards a church.
Suddenly, Jack stopped and and got behind a tree. Matt followed.
"Don't move. We've got a lookout in the church tower... and a patrol coming in from the north. Let's move up for a better view," Jack said.
They slowly moved up to the next tree.
"Do you have a shot on the lookout?" Jack asked.
"Aye." Matt said as he shot and killed the lookout in the church tower.
"Beautiful. Target approaching from the north. Take him out quietly or just let him pass. Your call," Jack said.
'Well, I already killed the lookout in the tower. If that patrol to the north goes inside the church and sees the body, we'll be compromised. I'll have to drop him, and fast' Matt thought tohimself.
Matt raised his DMR and easily took the patrolling insurgent. "Tango down," he said.
"Go!" Jack said as they moved up and hid behind a blue car. "Forward area clear."
They moved to the door to the church. Jack slowly opened the door and inspected the area for any hostiles. Matt covered their six. At the end of the hallway was a side door that led to a cemetery.
Jack peeked out and checked the area. "The coast is clear."
They walked past the cemetery and were about to exit when they heard the sound of a UH-144 Falcon in the distance.
"You hear that?" Matt asked.
"Enemy falcon, get down," Jack said as they quickly ran to a wall that could hide behind.
"Stay in the shadows," Jack advised.
The enemy falcon flew past them.
"Whew, that was close," Matt said.
"Indeed," Jack said. "Let's go."
They moved through a field and up to a road. They approached another field and jumped over the fence.
Matt heard a rumbling sound in the distance.
"Get down, now!" Jack said.
They both immediately went prone and began crawling through the grass. They saw a convey of scorpion tanks and insurgents approaching them, but the two UNSC soldiers went unseen.
"Easy lad... There's too many of them, let them go. Keep a low profile and hold your fire." Jack said quietly as they crawled through the grass. "Try to anticipate their paths. If you have to maneuver, do it slow and steady, no quick movements."
They stopped moving and let the convey pass by them, unaware of their presence. As the convey was passing by, Matt could hear his heart beating a million miles a minute.
"Ok, let's move. Nice and slow." Jack said as the convey passed by them.
They moved clear of the convey snd approached a junkyard.
Jack stood up. "Follow me." he said.
Matt stood up and followed him.
They saw two soldiers up ahead throwing dead bodies into a river. They could see a conversation going on between the two soldiers, but the two UNSC soldiers ignored them for the time being. They would come back to them later. Matt was sure they would come back and take them out soon enough.
Matt looked towards the two insurgents throwing the bodies into the river. "Looks like they've already eliminated the the men they couldn't buy out," he said.
Jack nodded in agreement and said, "Let's move up for a better view."
As they moved closer, they saw two insurgents patrolling the area. Jack spotted another group sitting around a table inside a container.
They moved behind a yellow tractor for cover.
"Taking 'em out without alerting the rest isn't going to be easy... But then again, neither is sneaking past them. Your call," Jack said.
Matt took aim at the insurgent that was further away and dropped him with an easy headshot. "Target eliminated," he said.
Jack shot the other one before he could notice his friend was dead. "Topped him. Don't fire on the two by the truck. We'll have to take them out at the same time. Wait for me to get into position."
Jack crawled a short distsnce to a nearly destroyed tank.
"I'm in position." He said as he moved to a crouch stance. "Take the shot when your ready."
Matt raised his DMR and shot the insurgent on the right side of the truck. Jack took out the other one a split second later.
"Good night," Jack said.
They ordered to move further into the junkyard.
"Stay in the shadows," Jack said as they moved behind a crate that had some shade.
"Stay back," Jack said as he spotted a guard up ahead. "Stay low, he's mine."
Jack snuck up behind the guard. "Oi, Suzy!" he said.
The guard turned around at the sound of the voice, but Jack ran up to him and hit the guard in the head with the butt of his DMR.
"That's how it's done." Jack said with a smile. "Let's go."
They moved up to another set of containers. They heard a guard approaching.
"Hold up. Wait here," Jack said as he quickly and quietly moved behind a nearly container across from Matt.
"We should wait a bit, let's see if the guard makes another pass... Patrol coming this, stay back," he warned.
The guard walked into an open container. Jack easily killed him.
"Tango down. Forward area clear. Go," Jack said.
They advanced, sticking to the shadows. Around another container, they saw a group of insurgents having a smoke.
"Shhh," Jack hissed. "Stay hidden. Move up. This way. Let's go."
Mat saw a laptop nearby. "Jack, I see Intel," he hissed.
"If you can grab without alerting the guards, go for it," Jack replied.
Matt managed to sneak behind the guards quietly and and snagged the Intel.
When he returned to where Jack was standing, he nodded in approval and smiled. "I'll say one thing, you certainly got the minerals."
They then moved through a shipping container. Jack quietly nudged the shipping container open.
"It's a fucking convention out there. Get ready to move in my signal. Stay right behind me.," Jack said. "Hold... Ok - go!"
They quickly sprinted through the convey and hid behind some jeeps. Then they went prone and crawled under the vehicles.
"Let's go. There's a truck coming, we'll use it for cover. Keep moving," Jack said.
As they kept crawling under the jeeps, the truck stopped snd parked behind the jeeps. So they crawled further in, they saw another convoy approaching.
"Just wait for a moment. When they leave, crawl out and stay low," Jack said. "Patience... Don't do anything stupid."
As the soldiers left, Jack said, "Standby. Standby... Go!"
They crawled out from under the the cover of the trucks.
"Ready? Go!" Jack said as they sprinted away from the convoy and hid behind another shipping container.
"Hold fast." Jack said as peeked out to see if any insurgents had spotted them. "No one saw us, let's keep moving. This way..."
They came up to a large brick wall as they approached Mombasa. There was an four story apartment building right in front of them.
Suddenly, a sniper appeared at the top of the apartment building.
"Don't move. Sniper. Fire escape, fourth floor, dead ahead." Jack said as he pointed to the sniper. "Take him out, or he'll give away our position."
Matt took aim once more and blew the sniper's head off. The force of the shot caused the sniper to fall off the fire escape and he hit the ground with a sickening thud.
"Tango eliminated," Matt said softly.
"Beautiful," Jack remarked. "Move out. Go."
The two UNSC soldiers moved up and entered the apartment building.
"Area clear," Jack said as moved through the building.
They came to a hole in the wall and jumped down and onto the street. They continued moving to the hotel.
"Don't let your guard down. We're not there yet," Jack said.
'I'm always on guard for anything, Jack. It's what one of many things you taught me, wasn't it?' Matt thought.
As they approached a building, they saw a wild dog up ahead that was feeding on a dead body.
Jack held his hand in a fist. "Stop. Leave it alone. It's a wild dog. Pooch doesn't look too friendly. Keep your distance. No need to attract any unnessassary attention." he said.
They started to move past the dog. The dog saw them and started to bark and growl when it saw them, but it didn't attack them, much to Matt's relief.
As they entered what appeared be to a school at first glance, but it wasn't a school. It was the Palace of Culture.
Jack peeked around the corner and said, "Clear right. Go."
They moved up to another wall, in which Jack did the same thing.
"Move up," he said when he saw no one.
They walked up a set of stairs and moved through the building. As they proceeded through the Palace of Culture, Matt could hear the ghostly sounds of children playing. He also had a clear view of some abandoned buildings across Mombasa.
"Look at this place... Fifty thousand people used to live in this city. Now it's a ghost town... I've never seem anything like it." Jack remarked, astonished.
'Holy shit. Fifty thousand people used to live here and now they're all gone," Matt thought sadly.
They stuck close to a wall. They approached a stairwell. Jack once again peeked around the corner and said, "Move."
They continued to move through the building.
"This way. Let's go." Jack said as they walked down some stairs and approached the exit.
They exited the building and saw the hotel in the distance. They stopped for a second to study the hotel.
"There's the hotel." Jack pointed. "We should be able to observe the exchange from the top floor up there. Let's move."
After observing the hotel for a few more seconds, the duo began making their way to the hotel.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
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