Guys, welcome to chapter 7 of the Friends or Lovers Series. I am going to finish this series and will get to the end of this series so that I can continue with my other stories.

If you might have forgotten the previous chapter of the series, the team known as the Underdogs are briefed on a mission to do a rescue of two hostages and a takeover of the Cleaner's base but during the briefing, Operative and Ninja have gone into a fight and argument of each other after they found out that one of the hostages has a cousin that works for Blackwatch, a terrorist organization that is bent on world domination.

Keep in mind that I don't own the elements of the story but the story of this is mine.

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Chapter 7: Allied Underdogs: Ready for Action.

POV: Phil Eggtree.

Location: DCPD Armory, Danville.

I walk slowly to the exit as I already got the AK-47 with the Coyote Sight, Shotgun Attachment, and the Delta Canted Sight. I walk to the hallways to get to the garage to meet with the others and get on with this mission. Daniel and Christine are not talking to each other anymore after their argument, Smiley was being quiet during the briefing, and Scout was at the cafeteria getting his soda. When I reach to the Police Parking Lot, I found the three waiting inside the van and are being ready.

POV: Smiley Sundae.

Callsign: Batter

Location: DCPD Parking Lot, Danville.

I watch Daniel and Christine still staring at each other in an anger mood as they kept on doing that for 2 long hours, which sickens me when they stare at me like that when I tried to intervene. As I kept on looking at them in annoyance, I noticed Phil walking to the van and I got up to hug him. I then told Phil about this situation that I am dealing.

"Oh, I am happy to see you here." I said in relief.

"What's wrong?" said Phil in concern.

"It's those two, we don't know how to get rid of their anger and the only thing we did was not do anything. Like, I am a little offended that we are not helping with this situation because I live to help people, until I was delayed to that when I was a cadet at Zone 5.1." I said in annoyance.

"Yeah, I know. How are we going to do anything about this?" said Phil in concern.

I then do my thinking-head gesture and think of a way to solve this situation, I then go through my powers to find a way and not mess my reality. My first try was to look through the files but went to a fail when Officer John came in and hesitantly fire his Pistol and shoot me in the eye, which made me get back to the start. My second try was to sneak out of the Police Station and go to the Cleaner's Base on my own but results me to be captured and get killed but before they killed me, I was taken where the hostages are. When I was there, I've got to speak with Jillianne and tell her that my friend was going to kill her but she took it as a threat and she got out of her chair and fire the gun at me in the eye. (Again!) When I went back to reality, I went to the cafeteria, grab a bucket of ice cream, and went back to the Parking Lot to eat my ice cream after witnessing getting shot in my eye two times.

"That is the most crumbed up ship that I have to witness in my entire life, I will never do that too much or my heart will crack like a crumbling egg." I said in fear as I witness being killed two times.

"Yeah, it wasn't easy to get that off your head. Take Spy for example, he survived the war when he was using his Dead Ringer and he was in a total shock when he fakes his death for like you know, 9,000 times." said Phil calmly which shocked me and made me stop eating my ice cream.

"9,000 times, is he like crumbling Goku!?" I said in shock.

"Oh please, don't go with that meme, Spy has a phobia for memes." said Phil as he showed me a picture of Spy running away from Spies with boxes because they refer to the meme, "The Boxtrot Spy."

"Ok, how is this helping with our situation now?" I said in concern.

"Yeah, we should stick to what we are having a problem, not talk about random things." said Phil calmly as he did hand gestures while talking.

"Hmmm, maybe we should do the hostage rescue without the two. That way, she won't kill Jillianne and Daniel not getting mad at her for killing her." said Phil with an idea.

"Well there's one flaw of your idea, Christine will kill Jillianne, not matter the cause." I said in an answer mood.

"Ok, maybe we have to find proof so that Christine doesn't have an urge to kill Jillianne and Daniel would be relieve of this." said Phil calmly which I felt was a good idea.

"Great idea Philly!" I said as I hugged him tightly, which got him to feel choked and Scout witnessing it.

"Philly?" said Scout in confusion about the name I called him.

"Oh Scout, it was a nickname that me and Smiley used and is a name that sounds like Smiley's name. For example, I called Smiley "Smile" because it sounds just like my name." said Phil kindly.

"Yeah, we call each other with those names and if anyone calls us with insult names, we hit them." said Smiley kindly which made Scout tested insult names.

"So, calling Smiley "Frowney" and Phil "Egghead" is insulting. Right guys?" said Scout which ticked off my trigger and anger.

I then pulled out my Baseball Bat and hit it at my hand and again to show Scout that I'm ticked off.

"Woah there Smiley, I was just joking." said Scout in shock as he saw me doing that.

Phil then pulled out his phone and transformed it into a Glock 18 and relaxed it angrily and stared at Scout menacingly.

"Ok, I think I am in a pickle here." said Scout as he backed off slowly when he realized he is crumbed.

(Fast Forward to Important Event)

POV: Phil Eggtree.

Location: 29 miles to the Train Station (Cleaner's Base), Danville.

The time strikes at 11:24 P.M. and me, Daniel, and Hannah are up on the Abandoned Vacuum Cleaner Factory to provide sniper support above with the Long Ranger. Daniel was observing the area so he can keep tabs on me to find the targets and Hannah provides as a second sniper support as she uses her Hunting Sniper Rifle with a LRS MK2. As I kept my aim at the Train Station, I then saw two soldiers guarding the gates and I told Hannah about the guards at the gate.

"Hannah, two guards are standing still at the gate. I think that area is a good entrance for our team to march through there when we snipe them." I said calmly to Hannah.

"Nah too risky, tell our team to bring in Bolt Cutters to cut through the metal fence and sneak inside without shooting the guards." said Hannah as she pointed her Laser at the metal fence that is clearly a good place to start their assault.

"That is a good spot on there, Hannah." I said calmly as I kept scoping the view.

While I was scoping, I then noticed Daniel looking at something else in a different view, I then switch the scope to X-Ray Mode and look at the invisible laser that I attached on his binoculars. As I look through the laser, I then noticed that he was looking at the SWAT Team and the laser was pointing at Christine as she was leaning on the wall while Smiley was telling the team about their assault on the base. As I noticed it, I got out of my position and walk towards Daniel and tell him about it.

"Daniel, what's the big deal?!" I said angrily and he noticed my angry voice.

"What do you mean?" said Daniel in question.

"You are looking at the SWAT Team and I notice that you were looking at your sister with an angry mood!" I said angrily to Daniel.

"So what!?" said Daniel angrily.

"Your anger with your sister is a waste of our time! Just let it go." I said angrily which I made a big mistake on saying that, I know his reason of his anger because Christine was threatening him to kill his girlfriend, Jillianne.

"A waste of my time, do you even realize that my sister is going to threaten Jillianne if she gets her hands on her!?" said Daniel angrily which made me worried and stupid at the same time as I wish I could have said that.

"I'm…I'm sorry that I did not realize that." I said worriedly as I felt my stupid brain.

"You should be." said Daniel angrily as he shoved me to the right when he walked passed me.

I then noticed that Hannah was listening our argument and she was ashamed about it.

"Having troubles with your partner?" said Hannah calmly in a sad mood.

"Yeah, he was mad about his sister, Christine because she will threaten Daniel to kill his girlfriend, Jillianne since she is the hostage on this operation." I said sadly.

"Me too, I had troubles with Recker and Irish as they did not know that my betrayal to Tombstone Squad was just a way to infiltrate the enemy base and take their Intel. I did tried to free them but they managed to get out with a friend and I was relieved that they got out but was soon given an unpleasant welcome of Irish as he thought that I betrayed him." said Hannah sadly which made me felt sad for her.

"Wow, seems you and Tombstone Squad had a bad history with each other during your fake betrayal." I said sadly.

"Well not really, the General knew about my plans and did not tell Recker and Irish about it since it will ruin the plan." said Hannah calmly.

"Oh." I said calmly when she said that. (I knew that the General would not have shot her if she returned to his ship if he knew about her plans.)

POV: Smiley Sundae.

Callsign: Batter.

Location: 500 centimeters near the Train Station (Cleaner's Base), Danville.

"Does everyone get the mission?" I said seriously to the SWAT Team as I have told them about the plans for this mission.

The SWAT Soldiers did not answer, confirming that they know, but one soldier asked a question to me.

"I got one question for you?" said the SWAT Soldier.

"What is it?" I said calmly to the soldier.

"Is mayonnaise a weapon?" said the SWAT Soldier with a funny smirking face which I got annoyed.

"No Rick. Mayonnaise is not a weapon, unless it is used for self-defense." I said in an annoying mood as I answered his question.

"Good. Heh heh heh." said the SWAT Soldier with a little laugh on his mouth.

As the soldiers leave to ready up their weapons before the mission starts, I then go look for that SWAT Soldier and beat the bark out of him.

"When I find that little ship somewhere, he is going to pay for making that joke right at my face." I said angrily as I walked with my Baseball Bat and find that joker.

As I walked menacingly to find that joker, I stumbled upon with Christine, who is cleaning her Katana with a cloth. I notice that she was going to use it on Jillianne since she hated Jillianne for her whole life after she realized that Jillianne's cousin is working for Blackwatch. I then march towards her and tell her about her warning.

"Christine I warned you, do not kill the hostage." I said in concern.

"Smiley, you know about the hostage; her cousin works for Blackwatch, meaning that she is one of them." said Christine in annoyance.

"Christine, you should also know that even if one is working for the wrong side, not all of them are bad, it's the same thing as blaming Muslims because ISIS has Muslims in the group but it does not mean that every Muslims are terrorists." I said in concern with Christine.

"But these people are the ones that killed our family and I will kill one that will make things right." said Christine menacingly which made me worried.

I soon became annoyed of her menacing addiction and I went serious.

"But what makes it right at first? You are going to kill an innocent instead of the guilty." I said seriously.

"You think that she is innocent? She is my brother's girlfriend and her cousin works for Blackwatch so…" said Christine which ticked me off.

"You know what I think about you… You're jealous of your brother because he has gotten a girlfriend and you don't have a boyfriend!" I said angrily as I formed fist at my hands.

"How do you know about my secret?!" said Christine menacingly and angrily as I realized that was her secret.

"I know about you since the day I came to Danville, I keep track of everyone's secret, life, and location. You should realize that I am a cadet for Zone 5.1." I said angrily serious as I pulled out a hard drive that contains everyone's secrets, including hers.

"Give me that!" said Christine angrily but I refused.

"Not until you promise me to not kill Jillianne and I will delete your secrets out of my drive." I said seriously to her.

"I will never let her live." said Christine which I recorded secretly behind my back.

"Then you will not do the mission if you are just going there and kill Jillianne. I'm sorry but you are not coming on this rescue mission with that attitude." I said seriously as I walked away from her.

As I walked away from her, I then sensed something coming behind me. When I turned around, I saw a Katana flying fast towards me and hit the wall instead of me. As the Katana hit the wall, I then heard Christine's anger raging out on the background and I know I did something worse when I told her that she is not coming with us at the rescue mission and she is only going to defend the enemy base from incoming enemies that will assault the area soon once we take it. I pulled out my Walkie Talkie and contacted Phil to tell him about what I did.

"Phil, I think I made a bad mistake." I said in concern.

"Yeah, I saw it when I was having a conversation with Hannah. That was tough." said Phil calmly as he looked at the location where me, Christine, and the SWAT Team are.

"Listen Smiley, even if you let her off the rescue mission, she will plan on something after you rescue them so I think I will stay outside and make sure she doesn't plan any area where she can attack Jillianne and occupy the area with SWAT Soldiers guarding the area and vigilante to find her doing anything bad." said Phil in concern as he decided to be left behind and guard the Cleaner's Base.

"Wait, you are not coming?" I said in shock.

"Yeah, I have to make sure she doesn't come inside the tunnels and kill her without noticing it." said Phil seriously.

"Ok, just be safe." I said in concern.

"Don't worry, I'll be alright." said Phil calmly as he ended his call.

As the call ended, I then noticed Jack Mitchell and War Pig listening about our conversation.

"What are you doing?" I said in question to the two.

"What would you expect, listening your conversation to Phil." said Jack Mitchell calmly as he began fixing his robotic arm.

"I don't know what you're saying but it is kind of boring for me." said War Pig in an energized mood as he readied his Liberty Launcher.

"Wait, you think that's boring?" said Jack Mitchell in question.

"Yeah, why?" said War Pig in confusion.

"Ok, nevermind." said Jack Mitchell after he realized it.

"Anyway, we were listening your conversation with Phil because we also have a problem with Christine as well." said Jack Mitchell as he was talking about Christine being in an anger state.

"Yeah, look what she did to my Shotgun!" said War Pig as he showed me his broken Shotgun that was cut in half.

"Uh, are you sure you just broke it cleaned off instead of her cutting your shotgun?" I said in dull mood.

"No, she really sliced my gun in half." said War Pig eagerly.

"Oh my, can someone please speed up the time!?" I said in annoyance.

(Fast Forward to Important Event)

POV: Phil Eggtree.

Location: Old Vacuum Cleaner Factory Building, Danville.

I steadily aim the Long Ranger at the moving target and sniped him in the decimated area. I then saw an enemy soldier sneaking at the SWAT Team and sniped him from behind and sniped the other guy on the rooftop as he was causing the SWAT Team to take cover. As I found anything under control, I then told Daniel and Hannah to get ready with their Grappling Cannons and shoot them at the Cleaner's base and get down there.

"Alright guys, let's get to the Grappling Cannons." I said seriously as I went forward to get to the cannons.

"Copy that, Phil." said Daniel as he and Hannah followed me to the cannons.

As we climbed up to the next layer and reached to the Big Boxes, we pull the handle at the back of our boxes and transformed them into Grappling Cannons, we then point our cannons to the Cleaner's Base and shoot them, getting us ready to deploy our Zipliners and slide to the Cleaner's Base as quick as possible.

POV: Smiley Sundae

Callsign: Batter

Location: Train Station (Cleaner's Base), Danville.

Me, Jack Mitchell, and War Pig are taking cover behind the train as an enemy sniper keeps firing us from below. I brought out my Walkie-Talkie and made contacts with Scout, who is leading a second group towards the train station.

"Scout, I need assistance on taking that sniper out." I said seriously to Scout.

"Which window, Smiley?" said Scout in question.

"Second floor, big window." I said as I marked the location of the sniper.

"Copy that." said Scout as I heard a gunfire coming from our side.

As I looked at the big window, the sniper was knocked out and we are allowed to move forward. War Pig and Jack M. moved forward inside via the top while I go inside the ground door. As we entered the area, we see that the Cleaners and Blackwatch members are talking about something that I cannot hear, so I have to activate a Roller Drone to eavesdrop their conversation.

"Guys, this is bad news." said a Cleaner soldier.

"Yeah, we are going to keep fighting till your guys get loaded up out of here." said a Blackwatch soldier.

"Yeah, we are going to move to a secured location somewhere out of town. By the way, command has already told us to bring some of your lieutenants back at the Blackwatch base because they got a mission for them." said a Cleaner soldier.

"Yeah, we heard." said a Blackwatch soldier as he and the others soldiers begin to head out of the warehouse and defend outside.

While they are finished with their conversation, the Cleaners begin to run towards the trucks and escape the area before they got inside. I then contact Christine about the mission I am about to give her because I exclude her out of this mission. When I got contact with Christine, I heard over the radio that she was driving a motorcycle already.

"Christine, what are you doing?" I said as I was concern.

"Going after the trucks, I will be back." said Christine seriously as she ended the connection.

While I was trying to reconnect the connection, I noticed a shadow coming from behind me and I pulled out my M9 quickly to point my gun at the shadowy figure, only to find out that it was Phil standing behind me. (Embarrassing moment…)

"Woah, careful Smiley, it's just me." said Phil calmly and shocked at the same time.

"Crumb, sorry Phil." I said in a little embarrassment of myself.

"It's ok, at least it was only shocking bullets." said Phil in a fine mood and I smiled a bit until I got back to the point.

"What are you doing here?" I said in concern.

"Oh yeah, we have taken control of the train station and we are going to begin the rescue mission." said Phil as he walked out of the warehouse and I followed him through the liberated zone.

"Ok, but what about those Blackwatch soldiers that were went out of the warehouse when I was there?" I said in concern.

"Don't worry, they have no problem for us now." replied Phil in a calm way.

"Ok…" I said until Daniel showed up with a surviving member of Blackwatch, which made me and Phil shocked.

"Phil and Smiley, I caught one trying to escape the train station but I got him right where we need him." said Daniel as he dropped the soldier to the ground.

"I thought you said they don't have a problem with us?" I said in a funny mood.

"Yeah, but I mean that they are not going to deal damage to us." said Phil trying to defend himself.

"Hehe, nice try." I said happily.

POV: Phil Eggtree

Location: Train Station (now Police Territory), Danville.

(A few minutes later)

I was leaning calmly over a broken wall and overhear their conversation, since I am not joining them on this rescue mission (which I am fine), I can focus on keeping my eye on Christine because if she comes back and runs towards the tunnel that I was guarding, I will have to be ready with what I can. Jack M. and War Pig are happy to accompany me with this defense but I am worried that they will get hurt and I don't want the new guys to be first to have a shuriken on their helmets. While I was thinking about that, I forget about my question and keep listening to Smiley about the game plan.

"Ok, so here is the game plan. The tunnel that we are going leads to an abandoned tunnel highway, which was completely occupied by Blackwatch soldiers and Gentek scientists with high powered monsters that they are keeping in there. So before we rescue the two hostages, each and every one of you must place these explosives on the support pillars, turn up the water pressures so the tunnel can be flooded, and keep the monster doors shut completely so that they can die by drowning." said Smiley seriously as she pointed and marked the locations that they must go to destroy the tunnels for good.

"Then what are we going to do with Christine, she will blow the mission if she is going after Jillianne and kill her." said Daniel in doubt as he knew that Jillianne and Christine have unfinished business.

"That is why Phil, Jack M, and War Pig are going to guard the tunnel till we come back." said Smiley and she called upon us to tell us the game plan for defense.

"What is it, Smiley?" I said as I walk close to her and the rescue team.

"I need you, Jack M, and War Pig to set up traps across the train yard and set them to only focus on Christine." said Smiley as she gave us Shocking IEDs that will certainly stun her down if she gets too close to them.

"Don't worry; we will do the defensive work while you and the others will do the offensive work down there." I said calmly as I reload my M9A1.

"Phil, this is serious, we need her alive and we don't want to fail this if she breaks inside." said Smiley worriedly.

"I know it's serious and I know that you need to redeem yourself after what happened a while ago. I just want you to know that I am ready to take the seriousness and I believe you will survive this as well." I said in concern as I walk away to do defense.

"Wait…" said Smiley in concern as I stopped to look around, only to get surprise of Smiley's kiss and I felt to keep it up for a little second until broke out gently.

"Stay safe, Phil." said Smiley in concern.

"You too." I said in concern as I do a handshake taunt for Smiley.

"Yeah." said Smiley with a little smile.

After that, we walk away from each other and continue on with our missions. I felt blushed after that surprise and I felt we would be like that together.

POV: Smiley Sundae

Callsign: Batter

Location: Train Station (now Police territory), Danville

I hope he gets it because I am really concern of him. Even if I don't make it, I will always feel that last moment that I will ever remember on my soul. Be safe Phil, be safe.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Okay, thank you for reading and I will see you soon on the next one.

Bye, Comrades.