Road Rovers: Trouble In Tehran Chapter 5: Soldiers of Freedom, a road rovers fanfic

Road Rovers: Trouble in Tehran

Story by: Phoenix710

Summary: With the outer defenses neutralized, the Rovers turn their attention to Ahmedinejad's military command base, and the radar installations which allow it to prevent the palace from coming under attack. With momentum on their side, the heroic canines engage the final pocket of enemy resistance, before pushing their way on to confront the dictator.

Disclaimer: I do not claim any rights whatsoever to Road Rovers, or to any of the characters associated with the series. Road Rovers, and all associated characters, are registered trademarks of Warner Brothers. All original characters are products of my imagination.

Song for this chapter: 'Invincible'-Pat Benatar

Chapter Five: Soldiers of Freedom

With the supply depot and all of the stockpiled weapons reduced to a bombed-out junkyard, the Rovers quickly made their way to the central command facility for Iran's military forces. Due to the radar sites, they were flying under cloak, and Hunter studied the terrain map on the tactical display, while Colleen waited for his signal to take the safeties off of the long-range AGM-88A HARM missiles. Hunter planned on doing a recon run around the radar sites, so that he could map out their positions. Once he'd flown to within forty miles of the radar units, he said, "Colleen, warm up the HARM's. It's time to poke out their electronic eyes." She replied, "Gotcha, Huntie…AGM-88's coming on line…now!" The main tactical display read, 'AGM-88A HARM LONG-RANGE ANTI-RADAR MISSILES-READY. The HARM (High-speed Anti Radiation Missile) was 13.8 feet long, weighed a total of 800lbs, and had an incredible range of 80 miles. The missile could travel at speeds up to Mach 2, and packed a 150lb warhead. Hunter zeroed in on the first of the enemy radar sites, and when the missile lock tone sounded in his ear, he called out, "ROVER ONE…MAGNUM!!" The missile roared off the launch rail, and sped straight at the target. The Iranian ground crew had only a brief glimpse, before they all ran away. The missile hit home, and blew the radar unit into a molten heap of scrap. The blast radius caught two more radar vehicles, leaving just three more. Hunter knew that staying cloaked would be useless now, so he deactivated the system, causing the Stealth Rover to shimmer into view, like a mirage. Not waiting for the Iranians to figure out what was going on, Hunter let loose with a pair of Brimstone missiles, removing radar sites four and five from the picture. The final site got a heavy dose of 30mm cannon fire, and once the radar units were confirmed silenced, the Rovers headed off towards the Iranian military command center, where Ahmedinejad's elite troops were stationed.

Over at the enemy base, the Iranian general, Sahib Kalawhiri, was screaming at the men who had fled from the other two destroyed bases. He shouted, "YOU INCOMPETENT FOOLS!! DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?! THOSE BLASTED INFIDELS WILL BE HERE ANY SECOND, AND IF THEY GET PAST US, OUR MIGHTY LEADER AND THE GREAT SWORD OF VENGEANCE WILL BE IN DANGER!! GET TO YOUR POSITIONS, AND DESTROY THOSE AMERICAN PIGS, BEFORE I SHOOT YOU ALL MYSELF!!" Terrified about having to deal with the Rovers again, the men ran to their defensive positions, and moments later, they heard the whisper-like sound of the Stealth Rover's engines, as the big fighter flew overhead. Hunter dropped a pair of Durandal anti-runway bombs onto the runway. The powerful rocket-boosted BLU-107 bombs were 8.2 feet long, and weighed in at 450lbs. The bombs punched clean through the concrete of the runway, and then detonated, blasted a pair of enormous craters in the runway, both 15 feet deep and 48 feet wide. Enemy soldiers tried to fire up at them with AK-47's, but the rounds were useless against the Stealth Rover's armor. Hunter hovered the fighter over them, and the goons ran away in panic, knowing that they were about to have their world brought down around them. The Rovers came out, and immediately began doing what they did best, making the bad guys wish they'd all stayed in bed.

'This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won't anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible!

This shattered dream you cannot justify
W'ere gonna scream until we're satisified
What are we running for?
We've got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When there's no where we can run to anymore

We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible!

Won't anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore

Hunter jumped up onto the back of a T-90 tank, as the goons inside got set to aim the 125mm cannon at Colleen. He knocked on the hatch, and when the tank commander popped the hatch open and looked around, he caught Hunter's fist right in the nose. Hunter tossed him aside, and then he dropped down into the tank. He looked at the three startled Iranians, and said, "Excuse me…I'm gonna have to revoke your driver's license. NOBODY TRIES TO KILL THE ONE I LOVE, YOU DUMB PUNKS!!" Hunter banged the driver's head off of the side of the turret interior, the gunner got Hunter's foot to the face, and the man in charge of loading the shells into the turret got whacked over the head by the buttstock of Hunter's XM-29 rifle. He drove up to where the other Rovers were, and said, "Hey guys, check out this baby!" Colleen whistled, and said, "Blimey…a T-90! Huntie, are you saying that…you took out that whole tank crew by yourself?" He replied, "Yeah, I did. They made the mistake of aiming the main cannon at you, and I'm not about to let them take away my soulmate, who I promised to stay with until the day I die." Colleen climbed up onto one of the treads, and Hunter reached down to help her climb in. She got herself settled into the gunner position, while Blitz took the loader position. Sam manned the driver's seat, and Hunter said, "Exile, I want you to take Kasha, Shag, and Muzzle over to the secondary airfield, over on the east side of the base. Blow up or sabotage any planes, helicopters, or whatever else you find, and then make sure you render that runway useless." Exile replied, "Da, Comrade Hunter. What about you?" Hunter smiled, and replied, "We're gonna take this baby here over to the base's motor pool, and have a little fun with them. After you're done, come and meet us outside the command bunker. Once we capture the General in charge of this base, we'll interrogate him as to where Ahmedinejad's hiding with his bomber, and then we can go and pay him a visit." Exile flashed the thumbs-up, and then he said, "Let us be going, Kasha. We have planes to blow up, and runway to make kaputski." Kasha replied, "Da…Good Luck, Comrades. We see you soon." Hunter waved to them, and then he dropped the hatch, and settled himself into the commander's chair. He said, "Okay Sam…take us out. Blitz, get a shell loaded into the gun. Colleen, get ready to fire on my signal." Sam said, "Hunter, we've got visitors. Looks like a pair of Mi-24 Hind-D's." Hunter knew that the helicopters could really pose a problem. The Hind-D packed a 30mm twin-barreled autocannon on the underside of the nose, and it also carried wing-mounted S-24 240mm rocket pods, and 8 'Ingwe' guided anti-tank missiles, along with a pair of wingtip-mounted R-73 heat-seeking missiles. Hunter said, "Blitz, man the rear-mounted AA machine gun turret. I'll take the front. Sam, pop the smoke dispensers. Colleen, see what you can do about arming the ECM system on this tank." Colleen looked around, and said, "Ahh, here it is…one ECM field, coming up!" She flipped the switch, and said, "There. Now they've only got their guns and rockets." Hunter replied, "Yeah, but those rockets are just as deadly as a missile. Blitz, get ready." The Doberman replied, "Ja…let those girly-boys come!" The first Mi-24 came in from the rear, intent on peppering them with the cannon. However, Blitz fired a burst from his 12.7mm machine gun, and sawed off the right wing, along with damaging the right engine. The pilots bailed, and Blitz called out, "Scratch one!" Hunter replied, "Good shooting buddy…my turn!" Hunter ran a buzzsaw across the left side of the other chopper, and the bad guys popped their parachutes. With the airborne threat gone, Hunter and Blitz took their positions, and Sam drove the tank towards the motor pool. As soon as he saw the fuel tanks, Hunter said, "Blitz, load one. Colleen, fire when ready." Blitz called out, "Locked and loaded." Colleen said, "Time for some fireworks!" She pressed the firing controls, and the massive 125mm cannon caused the entire tank to shudder, as the huge shell roared downrange, and struck the fuel tanks like a meteor. A massive fireball erupted, and flaming fuel touched off explosions of numerous jeeps and tanks. Sam drove over a pair of jeeps, and she caught sight of a pair of T-55's coming out of one of the garages. She said, "Hunter, we've stirred up the hornets' nest." Hunter took a look through the rangefinder, and said, "Colleen, take that one on the left first, and then we'll see what his buddy does." She replied, "Right on, Huntie…one dead tank, comin' up!" Blitz enabled the Autoloader, and said, "Autoloader on, Hunter. Colleen should have an easier time of firing now. I've also engaged the turret stabilizer gyros." Hunter replied, "Great. Let's light 'em up!!" Colleen fired, and the enemy tank crew bailed, as their battlewagon was blasted into a million pieces. The other tank started to aim its turret, but Colleen fired first, blowing it in half. She sent a pair of shells into the tank bunkers, setting off massive explosions from the stored ammo and fuel. For the next few minutes, massive explosions rocked the base, as the Rovers used their captured tank to wreak absolute havoc.

Over on the other side of the base, Exile could hear the enormous explosions, and he could see the fireballs erupting all around the place. He said, "Mother Russia…Comrade Hunter…he is going to townski on the bad guys." Kasha replied, "Da…we have our own work, Exile. Let us be going, so that planes and copters do not make trouble for our friends." With a quick hug, Exile and Kasha set off at a light jog, with Shag and Muzzle bringing up the rear. They soon arrived at the helicopter staging area, and Kasha started things off in a rather creative fashion. She removed one of the 240mm rockets from storage, armed it, and then she ran for cover. The rocket detonated, blowing apart one of the three chopper hangars. Exile said, "Nice work, my little snowflower. Comrade Hunter will be proud of that." Kasha spotted some goons coming out, and she said, "Here come some more bad guys, Exile." He saw them, and said, "I think is time to roll out the big guns." Kasha knew what he meant, and replied, "Da…let's Muzzle them!!" The two Huskies released Muzzle's restraints, and with a savage growl, the Rottweiller launched himself right into the middle of the goons, and the reaction was one of sheer panic. For the next five minutes, all that could be heard was screaming, ripping, and loud, savage growls. Exile said, "Mother Russia…this is too much…" Kasha replied, "Da…is like watching Michael Moore movies." Finally, the sounds of mayhem ended, and the two Huskies saw Muzzle laying on his back, with a rather contented look on his face. He burped, and Exile patted him, while Kasha said, "Nicely done, Comrade. We have clear shot to hangars now." Muzzle was placed back in his cart, while Shag lobbed a frag grenade into the second hangar. Exile used his heat vision to touch off the ammo in the last one, and then they lit the chopper landing pads on fire, by dumping jet fuel on them and lighting the stuff up with incendiary grenades. They made their way to the runway, and began planting runway-demolishing explosive charges. When they were ready, Exile triggered the bombs, and blasted both runways, and the jets on them, into a miniature moonscape. With their job done, they headed off to link up with Hunter and his group.

Gen. Kalawhiri was shouting at the top of his lungs at his few remaining soldiers. He screamed, "FOOLS!! CAN YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT?! ALL I ASK OF YOU, IS TO STOP A GROUP OF MANGY INFIDEL MUTTS, AND YOU FAIL AT THAT…MISERABLY!! WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT STOPPING A PACK OF STUPID DOGS?!" One of his soldiers was about to reply, when the wall exploded, courtesy of Sam plowing their captured tank through it. She said, "Oops…looks like I missed the parking lot." Hunter popped the hatch, and said, "General Kalawhiri, I stand here on behalf of the United States Government. As such, I have full authority to place you and your soldiers under arrest for crimes against humanity. Give up now, or I'm gonna come down there and make you wish you'd never met me." The goon smirked, and replied, "How about I kill you first, infidel American mongrel! I'm rather fond of dog meat soup, especially stupid ones like you!" Colleen popped out, and replied, "BAD IDEA, GENERAL…YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE SOUP OUTTA MY HUNTIE-WUNTIE!!" Before the idiot could react, Colleen flattened him with a flying kick, to the yell of, "HIYA…KRISTI YAMAGUCHI!!" Gen. Kalawhiri flew backwards, and slammed up against the wall, with his lip split, and a sizeable boot print on his face. Hunter picked him up, and said, "Unless you wanna go round two with my wife, Where's Ahmedinejad, and the bomber?" The goon replied, "H-he's at his palace, surrounded by his elite soldiers. That's all I'm saying, so you and your little fleabag can go and…" Hunter punched the goon in the face, and said, "Don't you ever call my wife a fleabag, you piece of trash!" Blitz tied the General up, and slung him over his shoulder, while Kasha downloaded the data from the servers. Once that was done, Hunter set the generators on overload, and then they all ran back to the Stealth Rover. Hunter punched the afterburners, and the team flew off towards Ahmedinejad's palace, as the command center blew up behind them.

Next Chapter: The Rovers make their way onto the grounds of Ahmedinejad's palace, and they begin dismantling his elite guards, before heading inside to pay the stupid warmonger a long overdue visit. Be here next time for Chapter Six: Palace Pandemonium.