Chapter Five
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." – Albert Einstein
Rainbow found themselves completely surrounded; their backs were to a ledge that had about 3,500 foot drop. And blocking the only real path and exit was Gary, Sydney and Dixon and all of their men.
Arizona knew when it was time to fight and when it was time to do what she was told. There was no real place for the other members to hide and take cover if she were to start a gun fight. She didn't want to risk losing another member of Rainbow so she dropped her weapon. Not soon after everyone else followed.
"Gary, Sydney," Dixon said as she pointed over towards Arizona and Izzie.
Gary took the chemical device from Arizona, while Sydney walked up to Izzie and took the laser from her.
"Thank you General Robbins for doing all the hard work for me," Dixon said with smile.
"You're mistaken if you think we're going to let you walk out of here with all of our components." Arizona hissed at Dixon as she glared at her.
"Give it a rest Robbins, not only do I have all of your father's components I have your guns. I know Rainbow is good at hand to hand combat, but I'm sorry this is a gun fight and I have all of the guns." Dixon paused "Granted I thought we would only have deal with Alpha team." Dixon glared over to Sydney, who just shrugged.
"I tried," Sydney whispered.
Dixon looked over to Callie, "you were supposed to die in the blizzard, and Sydney was supposed to shoot you if you survived while taking out the rest of Bravo team. Other than that little hiccup everything else was easy for me because you guys are so predictable." Dixon gave a light chuckle as she started to turn her back towards the team.
"Hey Dixon," Derek said over the radio. "Did you predict this?"
Virginia turned around was greeted by Derek in his Blackhawk. Derek fired a missile at Dixon and her men while every member of Rainbow dove in different directions taking cover. Derek's missile did miss Dixon, Sydney and Gary, but it did get a good majority of their men.
Most of the Rainbow team had dove away from their primary weapons and were forced to shoot the best they could using their secondary weapons. Teddy, Arizona, and Izzie had had been in similar situations like this so when they were running to take cover they were able to grab a primary weapon as they took cover behind some trees that were located to their left. The three of them were shooting at the three men that were close to them.
As Izzie dove to hide behind a small tree she was able to hit one of the men who stumbling on this hands and knees. Teddy shot one of the men who was trying to run away from the scene while Arizona shot the man that was trying to sneak up on them from their right side.
Addison, Cristina and Callie dove to the right side, which was where most of primary weapons were located at. There were only two people on their side which only took seconds for the three of them to shoot the two of them down.
As for the remaining members of Rainbow they were forced to use their secondary weapons, which really didn't hurt them because most of Dixon's men were out in the open they didn't know how to use the location to their advantage like Rainbow did. So with their secondary weapons the remaining members of Rainbow took out Dixon's men who were standing out in the open.
Rainbow with the help of Derek and his guns were able to kill all of Dixon's men. When everything was quiet, Rainbow came out from their hiding spots. Not more than two seconds after everyone in Rainbow emerged an RPG came out from the west and hit Derek's helicopter.
"DEREK!" Meredith yelled before she took off for the ledge.
It took both Cristina and Addison to hold her back from jumping down the ledge towards him.
Every member in Rainbow looked over towards Derek and watched as his helicopter spun out of the control and crashed into the ground with a small explosion by the tail of the helicopter. "NO!" Meredith screamed.
Arizona was the only one who turned back around in the direction from where the RPG came from. She saw Dixon with a smile on her face holding a rocket launcher. The two women made eye contact for a second, which felt like hours to Arizona, before Dixon winked at her and turned around and left.
Arizona joined the group and looked and at the mess that Derek's helicopter made. Movement in the corner of her eye got her attention; she looked over to her right to see the trees moving. Soon after that there was movement from 15 feet behind it and more movement from left about 40 to 50 feet away. "He's still alive," Arizona said before took off on the path that was next to the ledge. She didn't have look back she could hear the footsteps of her team right behind her.
It took Rainbow a total of 20 minutes to make it to the crash site. When they got there they were greeted with somewhat silence. The fire from the helicopter could be heard clearly and other signs of wildlife that was around them as well. As for signs of Derek, he was nowhere to been seen. Rainbow searched high and low for Derek but he was gone.
"I found something!" Mark yelled. He was facing a path that lead to the south.
Arizona and Meredith were the first to join his side. Mark didn't say anything to them when they joined him. All he did was point to path. There in front of them were not only foot prints but drag marks as well. Someone found and caught him.
"Bravo," Arizona pointed to the right side of the path. "Alpha," she said as she walked to the tree line on the left side of the path.
Both teams were quiet as they stayed hidden in the woods following the path. It took them a few miles but after their hike they were greeted by a large compound with a chin linked fence around it. On the chin linked fence there were dead bodies hanging off of it to prove as a warning to anyone that was thinking about stepping foot on the property.
"How do you want to handle this, Arizona?" Teddy said as she looked at the semi empty compound.
"We take out the two guards at the entrance, and push our way through the compound. We don't know how large it is. It looks pretty empty at the moment, but the bodies handing off the fence suggest that we don't have the time to flank them." Arizona paused as she continued to scan the compound. "Addison and Meredith, you know the routine."
Addison and Meredith positioned themselves so they were both sitting on one knee. They took out their snipers and looked through the scope of the gun. "I've got the one on left," Addison said as she took the time to line up her sight. "On my count," both Addison and Meredith readied their guns. Not more than two seconds later two silent rings were heard and the two guards fell to the ground, dead before they hit the ground.
Arizona and Teddy were the first to emerge from the trees; the rest of their team soon followed them. "Let's fan out but keep a straight line." Arizona said as she and the members of Alpha team took up the left side of the compound, while Bravo took up the right side.
Together they stayed hidden and pushed their way deep into the compound. Bravo was the first team to come up to a building. It was in right in the path for Callie and Cristina. The building was an off white color and had a black roof, it was only one story and couldn't be any larger than 20x20. Something Callie and Cristina could clear together without any help from their teammates.
"I don't see anything," Cristina whispered as she put her snake cam away.
While Cristina up her camera away Callie reached for the door and had her hand on the handle. "Ready whenever you are." Callie said as she looked over to Cristina.
Once everything was put away and Cristina had her gun out she gave Callie a small head nod. Callie opened the door and together both Cristina and Callie entered the building. Cristina covered the left side of the room while Callie covered right side.
The building was dark and empty. There were a few tables and chairs, but other than that there was nothing or no one in the room. "Building's clear," Cristina said as she slowly peered her head out of the other side of the building to see if the coast was clear, which it was.
Just like before Rainbow pushed forward until it was Alpha teams turn to come up to a building. Unlike the one that Callie and Cristina cleared, this building was larger. It was two stories and a lot wider than the previous building.
Alex, Addison and Mark were right by the doorway, waiting for Arizona to give them the word. "It looks empty," Arizona said as she reached for the door and opened it. Once the door was opened Alex and Mark where the first to enter with Addison and Arizona right behind them. The building had a similar set up as the other building but on the right side of the room there were a set of stairs that both Mark and Addison were climbing up with guns drawn. While Addison, Mark, Arizona and Alex were inside, Meredith and Owen kept watch outside.
The first floor had a number of the tables and chairs. Scattered on the tables were pictures and blueprints of the Return to Sender and the EMP device. "I think it's safe to say that this is Dixon's compound." Alex said as he tossed some pictures back on the table. "Dixon is smart; we aren't going to find any signs of life here. The moment she outed herself was the moment this place became useless to her."
"Why would she still have guards at the front gate?" Arizona questioned.
Alex just shrugged, "there could be a small group people that are being evacuated right now."
"Upstairs is clear; there is nothing but a bunch of cots up there. Some clothes scattered around on the floor, whoever was here left in a hurry." Addison said as she and Mark joined Alex and Arizona downstairs.
"She has to be a spy for another country," Arizona turned back around and looked at the pictures on one of the tables. "She has the chemicals for a weapon that could take out the half the United States. And she has the laser to help protect her against any missile that heading her way." Arizona let out a loud sigh. "We don't have time to think about this now, we need to find Derek because if Dixon does have him she will kill him."
After they left the building Rainbow continued on their sweep of the compound. They were greeted by other buildings and just like the ones before them they were empty. It was another 30 minutes of walking through the compound before they made it to the end. At the end of the compound they were greeted by a large hanger, the doors were wide open and Derek was tied to a chair right in the middle of the hanger unconscious.
For a moment the hanger looked empty like Dixon just left him there to die, but a 6x6 M39 military truck pulled up with men inside. Before Arizona could come up with a plan of attack a single gunshot rang out, and a huge explosion was soon followed.
Without waiting for Arizona's command Meredith shot a propane tank that was next to one of the trucks causing it explode and blow up the other tanks around it. In the explosion the military truck and its crew were destroyed.
Arizona slowly turned her head to look over at Meredith, "if you ever pull a stunt like that again will stop what I'm doing and beat the shit out of you."
"Sorry ma'am," was all Meredith said.
"No point in hiding now, Rainbow. Meredith just blew our cover." Arizona said in a dry monotone voice.
Without hiding in the shadows Rainbow made their way over to Derek. Arizona and Callie were the ones who made it up to him and untied him while everyone else kept guard.
Derek gave a light groan before he slowly opened his eyes to see Arizona right in front of him. "Hey Pixy," Derek said in a weak voice.
All Callie could do was raise an eyebrow at Arizona. She knew about Ari, Zona, and Robbie but she had never heard anyone call her Pixy before. "Hey Chopper, how are you feeling?" she asked.
"Alright,"
"Robbie!" Addison yelled from the doorway.
Arizona's head snapped back over to Addison so see her pointing at a helicopter that could get them out of the area. "Good enough to fly a helicopter?" Arizona asked.
"I don't think I would be Rainbow material if I couldn't fly a plane in any condition." Derek tried to chuckle but stopped from the pain as Arizona and Callie helped him up.
Together everyone made it to the helicopter. Derek was able to start the helicopter and take off successfully when another military truck showed up.
"We've got company!" Jackson yelled.
Arizona along with everyone else looked down to see the men in the truck run out and start firing at them. "Let's get out of their sight, Derek. Because with my luck they probably have an RPG." As soon as RPG left Arizona's mouth a missile flew past them. "Fire back, Rainbow!" Arizona ordered.
Rainbow did as they were told, and didn't stop shooting until the compound was out of sight. Derek flew the helicopter for a few miles before he was forced to land. "The helicopter is too heavy with all of us so I have to do a forced landing because we are out of fuel." Derek played with some buttons before the helicopter touched the ground. "According to the GPS we are in the Amazon just outside of Quito."
Arizona along with everyone else on Rainbow got out of the helicopter and looked around wooded area that was surrounding them at the moment. Derek powered down the helicopter before he joined the others looking around making sure all was clear. "I would ask Henry if there is a safe house close by, but I'm willing to bet that Dixon took it over." Derek said as he turned around to face the helicopter.
"That could be true, but then the next question would be why is Dixon in Quito?" Teddy said as she lowered her weapon when she cleared her section of the woods.
"Dixon had a lot men with her. She has to be working for another country to get that all that man power and all those weapons." Izzie added.
One by one each member of Rainbow lowered their weapons and turned back around to face the helicopter in a small circle. Callie was just about to lower her weapon and turn around as well but movement in the far distance got her attention.
"I think we might have company," Callie half yelled half whispered. Arizona, Cristina and Meredith were closest to her so they were the ones that were at her side, while everyone else stayed were they were.
"Time to disappear Rainbow," Arizona said as she and the others did what they do best, hide.
A few minutes later they found that Callie was right. Some of Dixon's men who were posted just outside the city saw Derek land the helicopter in the Amazon, and they came to check out the area. There were four men total armed with semi-automatic weapons.
They made it to the helicopter with their weapons drawn looking for any signs of life, but to them all was quiet. The men lowered their weapons and one of them was about to radio back to their boss when Arizona, Callie, Cristina and Meredith decided to strike.
Callie and Arizona were the first to strike taking out two men that were standing in the back. The girls were able to quietly crawl up to the men without them knowing. Together they grabbed the men's ankles and brought them down so their bodies were completely covered by the plants that were on the Amazon floor.
The movement and wrestling sounds that came from the men that were standing in the back got the attention of the two men that were standing in the front. When the men noticed that the other two were missing it was too late. They had turned their backs to Cristina and Meredith who blended in perfectly with the trees that were right next to the men. Before the men could even raise their weapon they were on the ground dead.
"All clear," Arizona said as she and Callie stood up. A few seconds later the rest of Rainbow emerged from their hiding spots and regrouped by the helicopter again. Only this time they were a little more alert about their surroundings because they knew that enemy was close by, and could be sending more people for the four people that they took out.
"Where do we go?" April asked looking at both Teddy and Arizona who were now standing next to each other.
'Phase three is compete, time to initiate bright lights on Quito' Dixon's voice said over one of the guards radio.
"We go to Quito because that is where Dixon is." Callie said as she walked back up the group holding the guard's radio.
"Henry?" Teddy asked.
"Quito is 5 klicks west of your position, loading it to your GPS right now. Ben is about 10 minutes away from your position. He will prove you air support and will be your eyes when you get there."
"Alright let's move out Rainbow." Arizona said as she started the hike towards Quito.
Although the hike was short it was still long and strenuous. There was no clear path so Rainbow had to make one of their own. They had to climb over and through trees, and walk through marshes until they made it to a large alley that was clearly used for water draining when it rained. There was really no place for them to hide as they continued to follow the alley.
Finally after their hike they made it to the end of the alley. Right at the end of the alley Rainbow was greeted by a giant 5 story building that had seen better days. The building had a light tan color and the back of the building was missing completely and the roof was gone as well. When you looked at the building you could see straight through it which meant that the front was in the same shape as the back. There weren't a lot of people on the floors of the building which lead Arizona to believe that they killed the other guards at the helicopter sight.
"Looks there are two people on every other floor. Callie, Addison, Meredith, and April you know what to do." Arizona said as she continued to scale the area through the scope of her gun. Callie and Addison moved to the right side of the alley while Meredith and April stayed where they were.
From their positions Meredith and April had the people that were on the top floors while Addison and Callie took the people on the first two floors. Like any other time Addison led them in a countdown and together all four of the shot at the same time. This scenarios was shaping up to the be like every other time expect this time at the last second the man that April had chosen to take out moved. She was still able to hit him, she got him in the neck which still killed him, but when the man fell to the ground he stumbled backwards and fell from the forth story down to the ground. The sound of his body hitting ground alerted the others that were around the area and soon Rainbow found themselves in another gun fight.
Together they pushed their way over to the building while keeping an eye out on the top floors making sure that no one could sneak up on them. Once they made it to the building they noticed that there was no one else around them anymore. They could hear the voices and it sounded like they were off in the distance and sounded like they were going away from them. Rainbow wasn't stupid, they knew the enemy was up to something so as they slowly scanned and walked through the building, they kept their guns up and remained on high alert.
Arizona and Mark were the first two people out of building; Arizona was scanning the area to her right when Mark lifted his head up from his scope. "That's why they are running away." Mark pointed at the incoming tanks and armed cars.
"Shit, stay inside Rainbow!" Arizona said as she and Mark dove out of the way of an incoming missile from the tank.
"What are we going to do?" Mark yelled as another tank starting to rain down bullets on them. "We won't be able to do any damage to them. We will be wasting ammo if we do!"
Arizona gave a heavy sigh before she peaked her head up a little bit to see how Rainbow was going to get out of this. Right as she lifted her head, a missile hit one of tanks causing it to flip in the air and land on top of one of the armed cars. The explosion from both the tank and car took out several people around it.
"You miss me, Rainbow." Ben said as he fired another missile at the second tank keeping its attention long enough for Rainbow to move closer so they could actually do damage.
Throughout the gun fight Ben took on the task of taking out the remaining two tanks while Rainbow fought with the actual people on the ground. This time both Alpha and Bravo team were scattered along the storm drain alley. Meredith, Addison, April and Callie found themselves taking out the people that were on the roof of other buildings while everyone else focused on the people in front of them. The girls managed to clear out the roof tops and were about to help out the others when they noticed that the remaining people on the ground were running away from them.
"There're retreating! Keep pushing forward!" Teddy yelled as Rainbow pushed their way past the storm drain alley. They were out in the open and moving more quickly in the same direction that their enemy seemed to be running in.
"There're retreating for good reason," Ben said as he banked his helicopter hard to the left. "Mortar shells!"
The ground around Rainbow began to shake and every which way they turned they were met with explosion. Rainbow scattered in different directions, getting lost was the last thing on their mind. They were focused on not being blown up at the moment.
"Henry or Ben, we could use your help right about now!" Arizona yelled from a small hole where a house once stood.
"Working on it," Henry said right before another set of shells started to rain down on Rainbow causing some of the members to move from their hiding spots.
"There should be a sewage tunnel 2 in a half miles in front of you to the left." Henry said right as ground settled from the last set of explosions.
Arizona peaked up from her hole and couldn't see anything. The area around them was different shades of grey and light brown. There were mountains of rubble and the area was completely covered in dust which hadn't settled yet. "I can't see a damn thing, Henry."
"Ok," there was slight pause in his voice. "Look to your right you should see a red building that is 40 feet away from you, when it is clear make a run for it."
"Did everyone hear that?" Arizona asked.
Everyone conformed to Arizona right before another round of mortar shells found them. They waited a few seconds for the mortar shells to do their job before Arizona and the other members of Rainbow made a run for the small rubble that was the red building that Henry was taking about. "We are here," Arizona said right as round 4 of mortar shells found them again.
They waited another 30 seconds before all was quiet, "look down to your left, you should see another building that is yellow. When the coast is clear make a run for it."
"Rog," Arizona said as she and Rainbow made a run for the remains of the yellow building. Just like before Rainbow made it in time before round 5 started.
"The last building should be a dark green color and to your right."
When all was quiet, Rainbow made a run for it again. When they made it to the building Arizona was able to see the entrance to the sewage tunnel clearly. "I see the sewage tunnel, I'll you know when we are there." Arizona said.
When everything was quiet Rainbow ran to their last checkpoint, only this time when they made it to sewage drain there were not met with another round mortar shells.
"Either they ran out of ammo or they think that we are dead." Callie said looking back at the entrance of the tunnel.
"She has a point," Teddy said while she walked up Arizona.
"Ok," Arizona lightly shook her head. "They will probably send people to make sure that we are dead so Callie, Mark, Cristina and Jackson watch the back and everyone else watch the front." Arizona said. "Henry where are we going?"
Henry spent the next 25 minutes guiding them through the tunnel. The tunnel lead them right to the tree line boarder to Quito. Once everyone got out of the tunnel they stood in a straight line at the boarder looking over the city of Quito in shock.
The city was a giant war zone, helicopters and fighter jets having dog fights in the air. Guns and missiles could be heard from the ground. Rainbow was witnessing a war that they had no idea was happening.
"What the fuck is Dixon up to?" Teddy said under breath as she looked out over the city.
Arizona just shook her head, her eyes were wide and she was pretty sure that since she stepped out of that tunnel she hadn't blinked yet. "I have no idea," Arizona whispered back. "Why would she start a civil war in Quito? And why isn't it all over the news?"
"Better question, why is that plane glowing over there on the runway?" Cristina pointed to a 747 sitting at the end of the runway, which seemed to be glowing a bright white color and getting brighter as time passed.
"Duck," Arizona yelled as the plane gave off low to high pitch buzz before emitting a light. Everyone on Rainbow was able to duck down as plane did its job.
Arizona waited another 30 seconds before she stood up again, and once again she looked out over at the city of Quito in shock. Everything on the ground was quiet, and there was an explosion here and there as the planes and helicopters that were in the sky fell to ground like lawn darts.
"We just witnessed your father's EMP." Callie said from Arizona's left side.
Arizona looked down at her sleeve to see the GPS screen was black and was showing no signs of life. She took a few moment to play with her radio and got the same results. Callie was right they had just witness her father's EMP and were at the moment stranded in Quito.
"I don't know what Dixon is up to but she is about to get away," Derek pointed back over to the plane. "It's going through the takeoff checklist."
"How are we going to get down there?" Izzie questioned.
"Jeep," Teddy snapped her head over to the tunnel that they had used to get to Quito.
"A Jeep isn't going to work, an EMP kills everything with a battery." Arizona said in a monotone voice.
"This Jeep will work," Teddy said as she made her way over to the Jeep that right next to the tunnel. "It has a special armor over it protecting it from an EMP blast. Henry explained to me once but it was like white noise to me, but I got the morale of the story. It will work." Teddy took the key and turned it. Without hesitation the Jeep started and soon Arizona was right next Teddy in the driver sit with Alex, Cristina and Meredith in the back.
Arizona drove the Jeep back into the tunnel, she was at a slight disadvantage since she didn't have Henry in her ear telling her were to go. She remembered that the airport was in the northeastward direction, and she tried to her best to drive in that direction. She didn't know how it happened or why Quito had a sewage tunnel that led to their runway but after 15 minutes of driving Arizona was on the runway trying to catch up to the 747 as it started take off down the runway.
Arizona's foot was to ground and the Jeep was doing its max speed 105 mph, they had to get on that plane before it picked up speed. Arizona managed to pull right next to the back landing gear on the left side of the plane. Cristina was the first one to jump on the landing gear and climb up into the plane soon followed by Meredith, Alex and Teddy.
It was going to be a little bit tricky for Arizona because she had slow down a little so she could maneuver the Jeep so it was on the other side of the landing gear making it somewhat easier for her jump on to it. She tried to catch up to plane again, and she noticed that it was getting harder to do because the plane was picking up speed. She just barely made it back to the landing gear when she put on cruise control and then lifted herself up to jump on to the landing gear. She made it over successfully right as the Jeep lost control and flipped several times behind the plane on the runway.
Arizona climbed her way up the landing gear and through the small opening that lead to the cargo area of the plane.
Ben was high enough to see the EMP go off, and he was far away so it didn't affect him. He took his helicopter and made his back to were the he left the group. As he scanned the area he tired continuously to radio group but he got no response, and the scene that he saw below wasn't better.
He was about to leave thinking that Rainbow finally met their final mission when a signaling mirror from Derek got his attention. The area were Rainbow was standing was too small for him to land his helicopter so he hovered as low as he could while he dropped his ladder.
Slowly the remaining members of Rainbow made their way into the helicopter. Derek was the last person in the helicopter, he made his way up to the co pilot seat and put on the extra helmet and microphone. "Follow that 747, but be careful it has a powerful EMP that can kill us." Derek said. Ben shook his head before he flew the helicopter in the same direction as the 747.
On board the plane Arizona found herself in the far back of the cargo area, she and others stayed in the shadows as they made their way towards the only door at the front of the cargo area. Standing in front of the only exit out of the cargo area were two men armed with semi automatic weapons.
Arizona turned around to face the rest of her group, she didn't have a radio and talking would give away their position so she used hand signals to tell the others that at the moment they would be using secondary weapons. Once everyone got message Arizona emerged from the darkness and with hesitation and warning she shot and killed the two men blocking the door.
Once the men were down the others emerged from their hiding places. "It's our turn to do a hostile takeover. Any one who gets in our way of destroying that EMP you shot to kill, understand." Arizona voice and tone were laced with venom and Teddy, Meredith, Cristina and Alex knew she was not playing around. To say that Arizona was pissed would be the understatement of the century.
"Yes ma'am," the four of them said in unison.
Together the five of them moved up to main seating area of the plane, as they moved throughout the plane they noticed that the plane was empty which made them both happy and a little nervous at the same time. If Dixon's men weren't on the plane, where were they and what were they doing.
Arizona and others made it to a doorway to see six more men in the large seated area. Arizona and Teddy are standing on either side of the doorway when Meredith and Cristina entered hiding behind a row of seats on either side of the aisle while Alex shot his way through the middle. It took the five of them exactly 1 minute to clear the room; they stayed frozen waiting to see if anyone else would come out to see about all the noise that they just created. After about 5 minutes of silence they continued on their search of the plane.
They were in the middle of the plane that should have been for seating, but instead was stripped bare. On the other end of the area behind a solid glass wall was a large machine that seemed to have a glow to it. The closer they got to the machine the more they noticed that it was large and took up the whole wall, not to mention that it stuck out about 15 to 20 feet. Standing on the left side of the machine behind a laptop was Gary Clark. He was heavily engrossed in his work, and it wasn't until he saw a figure move out of the corner of his when he finally lifted up his head.
"Come to witness this thing first hand, General Robbins?" Gary said with a smile on his face as he stepped down from his platform. "We'll be over Miami in about 7 hours so sit back and relax, and when it's time I'll show you what this baby can do."
"I've already seen what it can, and I don't like it. So we're going to stop you." Arizona replied.
Gary just gave a light chuckle, "you know I think I would like to see try and stop me more than I would like to see the United States crumble."
Arizona raised her gun and started to fire at the glass, but nothing happened. There wasn't even a dent where her bullets hit.
"Bulletproof glass, Dixon suggested it." Gary pointed at the barrier between them. "Good thing she did." He said as he turned around went back to his post.
Arizona noticed the staircase to her right and without saying anything she went over to it and started to climb it, with the others close behind. When she made it to the top of the staircase she was greeted by a door, which she promptly kicked open. She entered the cockpit with her gun drawn but there was nobody inside. The plane was a UAV, Arizona sat in the captain's seat and looked around the cockpit for way to override the system, and to switch it to manual so she could fly it, but she had no luck. One it had been years since she had been in the cockpit of airplane, and two all of her type ratings were for military aircraft not commercial airplanes so even if she did control the plane it would be a dangerous landing if not deadly.
Arizona gave a heavy sigh before she grabbed Cristina's bag, which was sitting on the floor, and made her way back downstairs.
"That's not going to help you, General Robbins." Cristina said in a formal voice.
"Why not?" Arizona stopped to address her.
"All I brought was C4 and ammo," Cristina gave a big shallow waiting for Arizona to rip in to her, but she didn't.
"The C4 will actually help a lot," Arizona said as she turned back around and went downstairs.
Once she was downstairs she walked back over of to the glass, and started to plant the C4 all over the wall. "Are you crazy?" Teddy all but yelled.
"What? Do you know how to fly a plane? Because I can't fly this thing and I know they can't fly it either." Arizona pointed over to Cristina and Alex who were just watching them argue while Meredith looked around for something. "No matter how you look at it, this plane is going to crash, and I would rather have it crash in the jungle instead of somewhere in the United States after it kills millions of innocent people."
Teddy paused as she thought about Arizona's words. "You need any help?"
"I've got the C4, when I blow that screen you guys take out your primary weapons and fire at that machine until you are out of ammo. If Gary gets in your way, too bad for him." Arizona said to Teddy and others.
"I found parachutes," Meredith came back to the group with five parachutes.
"Alright guys lets destroy this thing." Arizona said as she grabbed the controller for the C4.
"What are you doing?" Gary asked when he looked up to see that his company had returned.
Arizona made eye contact with Gary and she just smiled at him as she pushed the button to detonate the C4. There was a small explosion, which ripped a hole in the haul of the aircraft and completely shattered the glass that was protecting the EMP.
Once the glass was gone Arizona, Teddy, Meredith, Cristina and Alex opened fire on the EMP for 5 minutes until the machine broke and exploded completely destroying itself. The explosion ripped another hole in the haul letting the five of them know that it was time for them to leave.
Through the hole on the left side of the plane, Teddy, Cristina, Meredith and Alex jumped out. Arizona grabbed her parachute and was about to jump out of the plane when she felt a firm hand on her shoulder causing her to turn around. When she turned around she was greeted with a punch to the right side of her face from Gary.
5 miles way and 10,000 feet lower than the 747 was Ben and the others. Together they watched as the plane slowly started explode and break apart in small pieces. "Right there," Derek pointed as he saw four small figures jump from the plane.
Ben kept a safe distance from them to make sure that Teddy, Meredith, Cristina and Alex didn't get tangled up in his blades. The four of them were the first to land followed by Ben in the helicopter.
"Where's Arizona?" Callie questioned as she looked around for the blonde.
"She got into a fist fight with Gary before she could jump from the plane." Alex said, "I saw him come up behind her when it was too late. I had already jumped and couldn't go back, I tried."
Before anyone could say anything else there was a bone-crushing thud. There was no mistaking that it was the sound of a body falling to ground, but they didn't know who it was. Callie was the first to takeoff running towards the noise hoping that it wasn't Arizona.