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Chapter Six

Base

Carpentaria

The shuttle landed in the Zaft base of Carpentaria, since it was the closest one they had to panama. Kira smiled as it was only a few days since he was last at this base. Rau never told them anything when they were on the shuttle; he was saving that until they were ready to depart. As soon as the shuttle landed some of the soldiers that were with Zala immediately unloaded their equipment and placed it in one of the buildings. The four members were ordered to prepare and set up all of what they needed and they did that. Since Kira carried everything he uses, he would remain with Rau and change on the way to the mission.

Kira and Rau walked away and spotted the base commander. They stopped and the man saluted Rau, none knew about Kira being in the military except a few so he remained still.

"I just got the brief a little while sir, I understand you want a submarine ready to leave immediately?" the man asked.

Rau smiled, "I can not give you the details, but yes, I will inform the crew where to take us…is everything I asked for on that sub?"

"Yes sir, all equipment needed is already aboard, and the small unit you requested is also aboard."

Rau smiled as he knew it was one of their smaller units; they did need help transporting the warhead so Patrick had one of his small loyal units to help in this mission.

The captain looked over at Kira confused, "Testing another weapon, I thought you would be up at the Plants for awhile?" the man said as he thought it was strange for an engineer to always go into a combat zone.

Kira smiled, "There is always work in my field, and I need data," Kira replied as Rau jumped in.

"In any case commander my sub is prepared so we must get aboard," Rau told him.

The man saluted, "I understand sir, if you need anything else just inform me."

Rau and Kira started walking away, "We will indeed commander." Rau said as they walked over to the sub.

The sub was only going to be able to take them about a third of the way, they would go as far as the earth forces territory and then Kira and the rest of the squad would board a smaller boat only capable of a few people, they would head through the rivers and into the panama area. The Blue cosmos base was luckily located near the ocean so it made their job easier. They would unfortunately have to make the trip in day light, so they could work in the night, but they have done it before and Kira didn't worry about that. As they boarded the ship Kira went to his assigned quarters and laid his equipment down, he would wait until they were almost there to get it on.

Back in one of the barracks of the base, the rest of the Zala squad didn't have that luxury. They had no choice but to prepare now, as Patrick wanted to make their presence known to the base. As they first walked into the barracks all of their equipment was bagged up and they immediately started preparing it.

Yzak couldn't wait as he was the first one to start; he changed into his camouflage clothing and strapped his assault vest on. Yzak then prepared his main weapon; it was the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). The saw was without a doubt the most powerful weapon out there as it was equipped with over 200 rounds. Yzak clamped the box in and it was fully ready. He placed it back down and picked up his two USP Tactical handguns. He placed the twelve round clips in both of them and placed them in the holsters, he had one to his side and the other on his back. Yzak placed the extra clips in his assault vest and loaded two extra boxes for his saw, and he clamped them on to his vest, it would slow his movements down, but now he had over 600 hundred rounds for his main weapon. Yzak also placed three regular hand grenades on his vest and that was all he wanted, but one last thing was his knife. He put his helmet on, which was assembled with night vision, and a built in radio so he could communicate, Yzak was not one for stealth and none of his weapons were silenced.

Dearka slowly followed Yzak's lead and changed into his camouflage clothes, after they were on he also strapped on his assault vest. Dearka's equipment was very different as he was the sniper of the group. Dearka's main weapon was the M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS). On top to his weapon was a long range scope that had built in night vision. This weapon easily added in his range, but it could only fire one shot at a time, and then he would have to reload, but that was alright as Dearka never failed to hit his target. Dearka was satisfied wit his main weapon and switched over to his secondary weapon which was a M840 12 gauge shotgun. This shotgun was not very heavy and was easily able to strap on to his back, he needed an extra rifle just in case something ever went wrong and he choose this. He loaded it and strapped it to the back of his assault vest, switching over to his smaller weapons. Dearka only had one and that was the .45 ACP handgun, it had a weapon clip of only eight and Dearka strapped it to his side in its holster after he clamped the clip in, after that he placed his knife in its holster and grabbed his helmet, it also had night vision on the top and a built in head set. Lastly Dearka placed all his sniper shells in on spot and the extra clips for his handguns in another place on his vest.

Nicol was the third to follow as he changed into his camouflage clothes, and strapped his assault vest on. After that he picked up his weapon of choice and that was the MP5-N Submachine gun. It was smaller than Kira's main weapon the UMP but it was light and he always carried the extra load. Nicol placed the clip in of about twenty and placed it back down. His secondary weapons were like Dearka's he had two .45 ACP handguns. They were also smaller than the other hand guns. Nicol checked them over and placed one to his side and the other around his leg. Nicol's weapons were small but he was the explosion specialists, he had numerous grenades, and demolition equipment strapped to his vest. He had numerous remote time explosive devices and C4. Nicol was always good with setting up traps and such for enemies. Nicol placed everything in its spots and grabbed his helmet that was like Yzak's and Dearka's. Lastly were his knife and all the clips for his guns, all of which were equipped with a custom made silence suppressors.

Athrun was the last to prepare as he was always that way; he changed into his camouflage clothes and strapped his assault vest on. Athrun turned to his main rife the M4. It was a standard issue but it had a few adjustments, he placed the attachment the M208 grenade launcher on the bottom of it, and placed his laser pointer on the top, Athrun as well had a silence suppressor on his rifle and guns. Satisfied with his main weapon, Athrun turned to his two hand guns which were the same as Kira's the two M9's. Athrun placed the clips in them and strapped on a few grenades. Athrun holstered his handguns to his side and to his back. Athrun placed the grenade shells for his launcher in a certain place where he could easily reach them and placed extra clips on his assault vest along with his knife. Athrun grabbed his helmet that was like the others and they were now all ready.

As they were now fully prepared they left the barracks and immediately headed over to the sub that was to take them the coast of Panama.

Inside the sub Kira was awaiting departure, this was without a doubt going to be one of his, if not his most dangerous mission.

Submarine

The Zala squad boarded the sub and not long after, Rau gave the order for them to set sail. The sub left with no escort, this was a covert operation so they were going to have to do it alone. The sub could only go so far before they would have to switch over to the small boat that would be launched from the right debt to make their way to the base. The sub set its course and immediately submerged, after that Rau called all together for their final briefing.

They were down in the conference room, and all were sitting at the table, there were no words spoken as the squad really didn't like each other that much. Athrun and Nicol sat on one side, Dearka and Yzak on the other, with Kira on one of the ends, and the other spot on the end was for the commander. After a few minutes after all of them arrived Rau finally entered the room and sat in his seat.

"Now let's begin," he said as all looked at him closely.

"We have very little intelligence on this base's interior, we don't know the exact number of personal inside it either, but I'm sure that won't be a problem," Rau said looking at Kira.

Kira just listened.

"Your code names for this operation will be the same as always alpha one," Rau said looking at Athrun and Nicol, "You two will help secure the nuclear warhead.

"Yes sir," Athrun and Nicol said in unison.

"Bravo two," Rau said looking at Yzak and Dearka, "You two will provide support for our main unit and for the escape."

"Yes sir," Yzak and Dearka said, but Yzak was not happy with it.

"Finally our main operative Nighthawk," Rau said looking at Kira, nighthawk was a name given to him after his second mission, it was a fitting nick name as he would quietly strike and before the prey knew what hit them they were already dead, "You know your part."

"Yes sir," Kira told him as Rau went on to explain.

"Once you arrive at the base, find a way inside, and radio in from there, stay as stealthy as possible until we have the warhead in our possession," Rau told them as he was looking at Kira, it was more for him at this part.

"Your first priority once inside is to secure the nuclear armaments, clear a path so the unit can retrieve the remaining warhead, make sure you do not do anything to trigger the remaining warheads when you detonate the base," Rau said.

"Do we have any idea of the power source for the base sir?" Kira asked.

Rau looked at him, "We have no such information, all we can tell about the interior is what he got from thermal scans and you can see the nuclear warheads are located a few clicks inside the base."

Kira knew this was going to be a little more difficult then he thought.

"Make sure our team has a secure path to the weapon for safe transport, once you get to it, radio alpha one, to secure the nuke and help our arriving force load it, we will arrive at 0400, you will have to then to have the nuke ready for shipping, our this mission is a failure," Rau told them as Kira was used to working with a time limit.

"Once the weapon is secured, you take out the rest of the base, use whatever means necessary to bring it down, and I know you remember what the leader told you," Rau told him.

"Consider it done sir," Kira told him.

"You will have an additional hour to achieve this, after 0500 you are to be back at the second boat that will arrive to take your team home, I trust you will be capable of handling this," Rau told him.

"Yes sir," Kira replied.

Rau looked at Athrun and Nicol.

"Your mission is simple, secure the entrance and once nighthawk radios in, you are to charge in and secure the weapon, once our first team arrives, you will assist them in loading the warhead…after they are gone, return and help secure nighthawks escape," Rau told them.

"Yes sir," Athrun and Nicol said as it was easy enough.

Rau looked at Dearka and Yzak, "Your mission is even simpler, find an elevated spot and cover from a distance, when they come out with the warhead keep an eye on anyone coming out of the base, once alpha one returns move in closer and help with the escape, set all personal feelings aside and make sure you complete this mission."

"Yes sir," Yzak and Dearka said as they were ready to go.

"As for you, just remember what was said earlier and make sure this is complete," Rau told Kira.

"I understand sir," Kira replied as he was going to put everything into this mission, he was not going to fail this one, it was essential he succeed this mission.

Kira was going in on no intelligence, retrieving and disabling the nukes was not the hardest part, it was finding a way to bring down the base, Kira was handy with explosives but he would need more than they had to bring down an entire base, but once he had a look around he knew he could come up with something.

"I will say this one last time, we don't know how many are in this base, and we don't know what the inside looks like, all we have is the scan, but I have faith that will be enough," Rau said as he saw Kira looking closely at the map, it wouldn't be hard for him to figure something out.

"We understand sir," All five said in unison.

Rau smiled, "Good…dismissed."

All stood up and saluted as Rau left to prepare for this mission, he had to brief the small unit that was going in on this as well, but he had to split them into two teams so he needed to spend more time on them, Rau left and Athrun wanted to talk to Kira, but Kira left to quickly to return to his quarters to prepare. Athrun decided to leave him alone and he and Nicol went off to check their stuff one last time.

Kira's quarters

Kira walked into his quarters and immediately started changing, he put on his black military clothes, all others had camouflage and strapped on his assault vest. Kira took his UMP out of the case and assembled it, making sure to put on the right attachments he wanted. Kira decided that since this mission was going to be a difficult one, he decided to attach all, he clamped on the assault sight, with a built in tactical light, he equipped the laser pointer, the vertical fore grips, and the last part the sound suppressor, which was crucial. Kira assembled everything and slapped the clip in. He placed it back down as he prepared his three handguns, the MK23 Socom but this time he attached the sound suppressor, normally he would leave it off, but he had to be extremely quiet on this mission, and he already had his two M9 Berettas sound equipped so he placed clips in all of them and placed them in the correct holsters. The Socom by his waist, one M9 by his ankle a little higher up this time, and the last one inside his assault vest. Kira placed his trusty knife and an extra one in a special holder on each of this forearms, and this time Kira took some fiber wire with him, which would come in handy. Kira had to lessen the grenades as he had to carry more equipment so he only took three lethal ones, as he left the non lethal ones off, their was going to be no sparing of lives on this mission.

Next Kira placed a small tool kit on his vest and clamped it on, this was essential for what he would be working with later, next Kira put some small C4 traces on his vest, but this time he would have to wear a bag on his back nothing to big, but he placed a lot of homemade demolition equipment in hoping it would come in to use for the second part of his mission. After that Kira placed all spare magazines for his four guns in the assault vest. The last parts were his special made ear piece, he placed it in his ear, as he could not wear a headset so this was custom made by him to be able to hear and talk, all he had to do was speak and the entire team could hear him. Lastly Kira placed his night-vision on top of his head as he put his black bandana over his head, not bothering with a helmet, he was already weighted down enough, and did not want to be held by any more weight. Kira's special bandana held a small video camera that would record his every movement and would be transmitted back to Rau so he could watch everything that was happening, Rau would also send the video link to Patrick who would be standing by watching everything. Kira was satisfied and grabbed all his equipment and headed on to the launching bay to prepare for when the order came, it was still a few hours before they would reach the Panamanian coast, but this sub was the fastest and most advanced one made so far. Kira calculated they would arrive at around the late afternoon hours so they would have to get to the base and stay down until nightfall.

Launching Bay

Kira used this time to think about the upcoming mission, he was more than ready, but he couldn't figure out why Lacus came to his mind right then and there, he knew it was essential to make the leaders world come true so he had to make sure every mission went more than perfect, for this one the leader wanted all blue cosmos members to be used as an example, and that was what he was going to do. He would never make unnecessary kills, but to make sure the leader stayed his focus away from her he would show no mercy.

Kira used the hours to think closely about these things when he was joined by the rest of the team, as the time was fast approaching.

Yzak and Dearka arrived first but they didn't say a word to Kira and that was fine by him, Yzak of course gave him his usual glare, but Kira was not paying attention, after a few minutes Nicol and Athrun joined in as well.

Athrun sat next to Kira, but Kira was too deep into thought to want to respond to any conversation so Athrun left him alone and all they had to do now was wait for the order.

As soon as the sub arrived at its assigned point the sub would rise to a certain debt and they would put on temporary air masks, and the room would flood releasing them into the ocean, the small boat would rise and they would use that to get to the river that get to the shore, after ward they would carry it a small distance to a nearby river and take it straight up to the base, after nightfall the other teams would do the same thing, but they would prepare the nuke for transport. They would take it back and the main submarine would then surface and they would carefully load it. When they got it back another team would go and retrieve the Zala squad.

While they were gone to retrieve the Zala squad, the other unit would carefully carry the weapon from the river to the shore where they were going to transport it to the submarine, the transport was going to be the most difficult part as it would take time, and it was planned that the returning Zala squad would be able to catch up with them. This was going to be a difficult mission, but they had no choice.

Rau was in the command center waiting for the mission to start. He briefed the unit's regular units earlier and they were ready. Rau looked around and saw they were almost there so he prepared the main team.

"Captain, switch to code yellow," Rau said as the captain gave the order.

Instantly the lights in the sub switched to yellow, which meant to get ready.

Inside the launching bay everybody saw the lights go to yellow.

"We are at yellow warning, I repeat we are at yellow warning," The captain's voice sounded.

"It's almost time," Dearka said.

Yzak smiled as the rest remained emotionless.

Rau decided it was time to radio down to his units.

"Alpha one come in," Rau said.

Athrun and Nicol heard it through the headsets, "Alpha one reporting sir," Athrun said.

"Bravo two answer me," Rau said.

Yzak and Dearka heard it through their headsets, "Bravo two ready and waiting," Dearka added in.

"Nighthawk switch on your video link," Rau said as Kira did what he was told.

Rau was watching the video on his terminal and smiled as it was working, "Good, rotate it around a little and report in."

Kira moved his head around a little and Rau was glad it was working. "Nighthawk reporting in sir."

Rau smiled, "ETA in fifteen minutes, remember what you have to do and everything will go as planned."

"Yes sir," all said as they were waiting for red warning.

They stood up and prepared their oxygen canisters, they only had a few minutes but that would be enough for them to reach the surface. After an about thirteen minutes they were ready.

"What's our status captain?" Rau asked.

"We are at our assigned position, we are now rising to the approximate debt," The captain told him.

When the sub was at the debt the captain looked at Rau and nodded.

Rau smiled, "Switch to code red."

The captain gave the order, and the lights turned red.

Inside the launching bay they were awaiting the orders, which came.

They saw the light change.

"We are at red warning, I repeat red warning, filling up launching bay," the captain said as the secured bay they were in began filling up with water.

"Time to get wet," Dearka said as he prepared his air.

As the room started filling up faster all looked at each other and placed the air canisters in their mouths as the room was completely filled with water, all immediately held on to the boat as it would head straight for the surface. A few seconds later the hatch opened and the boat shot to the surface with all hanging on.

Rau smiled as he saw them leave and he typed in a few codes and gave Patrick the video fed as he would be watching everything.

Panamanian Jungle

As the boat shot to the surface all were holding on as it finally reached the surface, all five immediately discarded their air as they reached the surface. Kira immediately surveyed the surroundings and found that they were a little ways from the shore, but he could tell from first glance that there was no enemy presence at this point. The rest started getting in the boat and Kira was the last one to get in. It was a small boat with a quiet motor which would work out well for this mission. Athrun controlled the motor as Dearka and Yzak sat towards the back and Nicol one seat forward, Kira was at the front with his weapon already in a defensive stance.

Back on the sub Rau was watching everything, glad their equipment was water proof, thanks to one of Kira's top designs.

Rau looked around and saw them heading towards the shore that lead into the thick jungle.

"All units report in," Rau said in his transmission.

All on the boat heard him, "Alpha one standing by sir," Nicol said.

"Bravo two ready and waiting sir," Yzak replied.

"Nighthawk here sir," Kira added.

Rau smiled, "Good we will hold radio silence until you reach the river, report to me once their."

"Yes sir," All five said as the boat kept going towards the shore.

"This mission should be a piece of cake," Dearka said.

Yzak looked over at Kira, "It all depends on the big shot over there."

Kira heard but ignored he was in no mood for one of Yzak's comments, but he was not going to put up with them to long.

"Enough keep your mind on what were to do," Athrun told them as Nicol was overlooking a map of the area.

"If we head east once we arrive on shore, it should be the fastest way to the river," Nicol told them.

"Good work lets get this done with," Athrun said as they were nearing the shore.

As they reached the shore all jumped out and started dragging the boat to the shore. Once there they immediately went into a defensive stance as Athrun took out his binoculars and looked around.

Kira and the rest were on one knee as they searched every direction.

"Nothing, lets move out, Kira take point, the rest of us will carry the boat," Athrun said as he knew Kira would have to keep as much strength as possible for his job and Yzak snarled.

"Why is he always getting point, I can take it easily," Yzak told him as he wanted to show a one up on Kira.

Athrun glared at him, "Simple, he needs every bit of strength, while we will most likely do nothing, like always," Athrun said as he hated putting Kira with the work load but it was his father's orders.

Yzak snarled and grabbed the back corner as the rest took other coroners and they were heading into the jungle. As they entered Kira always held his weapon in a defensive stance but he also checked the ground and anything else for mines of explosive traps, he could easily use his abilities to spot one of those.

As they looked around, Kira could tell it was going to be hard transporting the nuke out of here so he made sure to quietly tear and move as many things out of the way as possible, whether stones or branches, but he did it without making a sound, this went on until they reached the river.

Kira smiled as he looked around the river. The rest of the unit placed the boat down and they did what the commander told them to do and radioed in.

"This is alpha one, we have reached the river sir," Athrun said.

"Excellent work, I can see everything but just to make sure is their any resistance?" Rau asked.

"None sir, we are now proceeding to head up the river," Athrun told him.

"Be cautious, the base is only a small distance away, make sure you're not spotted," Rau told them.

"I understand sir," Athrun told them as they signed off.

As they did Athrun spotted Yzak about to make a mistake.

Yzak was looking at Kira, "Enjoy your job while it lasts, soon I will have it."

Kira looked at him, "You, a person who can never think clearly, a fool who acts before thinking will never be able to achieve this position."

Yzak hastily approached him, "Ever since you gave me this scar, I have hated you and that will not change!" Yzak almost yelled.

Kira looked at him, "Speak to me later and I will give you another rematch, but as for now concentrate on fulfilling the leaders orders," Kira told him getting somewhat annoyed with him.

Yzak grew angry, "I will not follow anything you say…" Yzak said as Kira had enough and used one hand and threw him up against a tree by his neck. Athrun knew Yzak would push to far again.

Yzak only saw what he feared most and that was Kira in this state.

"I have had it with you, just remember on a battlefield accidents happen, and I doubt your death will be a loss to anyone," Kira shouted as he was tired of Yzak.

Yzak said nothing.

Athrun and Nicol immediately approached them.

"Let it go Kira, you know how he is," Athrun told him.

Kira looked at him, "If this wasn't the leader's mission, you would be dead." Kira said as he released him, he was completely tired of Yzak.

Yzak watched him go as he said no more.

"Now lets finish what we came here to do," Athrun said as they got the boat in the river and all climbed in and started heading up it.

Kira let that conversation go as he once again focused on his mission, as they went up the river Kira could tell they were only a little ways away.

"Stop the boat," Kira told him and Athrun did just that.

"What's going on?" Nicol asked.

"It is closer than he thought, look there," Kira pointed as all looked over and saw what looked to be like a jeep heading down a small road.

Kira looked around closer, "We should go stealth."

Athrun knew Kira was right about things like this.

"Alright, head down," Athrun said as all five got on the sides of the boat and leaned into the water half submerged, Athrun still controlled the boat but it went slower and they stayed close to the shore line, after a little ways Kira was once again right.

River and three points

They looked upwards a little and Athrun saw it through his binoculars, it was the blue cosmos base but it was going into the ground, and into a small mountain. Kira knew this was no ordinary blue cosmos base, it was without a doubt one of the leaders, and he might find the blue cosmos leader here as well. He could tell the entrance was guarded by a few blue cosmos members in regular clothes, but the jeep he could tell that was stopped, was defiantly earth forces personal.

They were still a small distance away, but Kira decided to split them up here.

Athrun looked at Kira, who was looking around.

Kira spotted a perfect spot for Dearka's sniping abilities.

"We should hide the boat here, and continue on foot," Kira said.

Athrun agreed, and they found a good spot and hid the boat under a lot of bushes and weeds that cover the river.

All five then got together in a circle.

"What now?" Yzak asked.

Kira pointed up to a small hill on the opposite side of the river, "Is that a good spot?" Kira asked Dearka.

Dearka looked it over, "That will do, secluded, and great elevation I should be able to see perfect from there."

Kira looked at Athrun, and Athrun looked at Dearka.

"Take Yzak and head to that spot," Athrun told them.

Dearka nodded and Yzak followed him as they swam to the opposite side and climbed out of the river very stealthy and headed to the spot.

Kira saw them go and he looked back at the base, he couldn't make any more decisions yet.

"What now?" Athrun asked.

Kira looked at him, "I need to get a little closer."

Athrun agreed and they submerged themselves about three fourths their bodies and continued to swim near the shore.

Rau was watching everything through his monitor and he smiled widely.

Yzak and Dearka

Yzak and Dearka made their way out of the river and immediately took cover behind a few trees, they had to make it to a highly elevated area and in daylight they could be easier spotted. Yzak looked around and nodded to Dearka and they hastily moved as quick as they could through the jungle staying as low as possible, as soon as they reached the small hill they immediately went down again and slowly crawled up the hill, the hill was very bushy so it would serve them well in cover but it would also limit Dearka's shots.

They reached the top of the hill and slowly glanced at the Blue cosmos base, as Yzak was doing that Dearka found the perfect spot for his range as a few brushes left a small opening.

"Over here," Dearka said as Yzak turned and looked around spotting what Dearka was talking about.

Dearka walked over to the spot and dropped down to his stomach, moving into position.

"This will do nicely," Dearka said as he looked through the scope of his rifle.

Yzak knelt down and looked through some binoculars, he would be the spotter for the time being, Yzak looked around and kept his eyes on the guards by the entrance, they only had a view of the front, but that was all they needed.

Dearka was in a comfortable position, "I'm set."

Yzak nodded and radioed in to the commander, "Bravo two is in place sir."

"Your job is finished for now, stay alert and prepare for the recover team to arrive," Rau told them.

"Yes sir," Yzak responded as they continued to watch the base.

With Kira Athrun and Nicol

The three remaining made their way down the river still mostly submerged by the river, they had to get much closer to complete their part. As they approached the front Kira stopped, they couldn't risk going any closer than this.

Kira looked at Athrun and Athrun nodded, as all three crawled out of the river and on to the banking, as they crawled up they stopped in a small brush that was well covered. Athrun started looking around with his binoculars while Kira surveyed the area, and immediately Kira didn't like what he saw. This base was heading into the ground and that would make his job harder, the majority of the building that was on top was only the entrance, Kira looked around and he knew he couldn't breach the entrance so he would have to find another route, he just hoped their was one.

Athrun saw the perfect spot where Nicol and them could wait, and he gave the hand signal over to Kira, Kira looked and nodded in agreement, as they continued to crawl closer but they stopped when they heard something up ahead and it was the guards changing shifts, Kira was going to make sure to memorize that while they were waiting for night. They crawled closer and they were dangerously close so Kira looked at Athrun and gave him the signal to head to his spot while he looked for an alternative way in. Athrun was hesitant but he knew it was the only way. Athrun gave him the sign, and Kira started heading in the opposite direction.

Athrun and Nicol turned their attention back to the front and slowly made their way forward, but they were running out of brush so they had to stop for now, they couldn't make it to their spot until night. They were directly in front of the entrance about fifty yards in front of the entrance, Athrun and Nicol knew they could no longer make any noise so Athrun activated his head set and gripped it a few times, pressing down making a few sounds, it meant he was sending the signal that they were alright but could make no noise and the commander got that, and did not respond.

They continued to watch and would make no noise until dark.

As soon as Kira left them he knew he had to find another way in, and a base in the ground must have some sort of alternative exit, Kira reached the end of the brush and moved on to his knee, he was a lot more skilled in moving than the rest of the unit.

Kira looked at the base and moved to his feet, keeping as low as possible, he stopped at trees and hit the ground when their was bushes, he could tell the satellite image of the base made it look smaller than it was, the building was right, but they never expected it to head underground. Kira made his way towards the side keeping an eye out for members and traps, but he could tell something was wrong, to have those nukes, Kira expected they would have a lot more security, but he put it out as a naturals ignorance, but he kept in mind the security was likely a lot heavier on the inside.

Kira continued on and he found what he was looking for, he stopped as he saw a member come out from the ground just a little ways ahead of him. Kira smiled as he found his way in, it would mean going in not knowing anything, but he had no choice. Kira could tell the entrance was small, like going into a sewer, but that would be enough. Kira decided he would make his way as close as possible and wait until dark to make his move. Kira looked around and saw that the man was alone, most likely trying to be lazy, he sat down next to the entrance and looked like he was going to take a nap, Kira watched him sit down and he survived his surroundings trying to find a way to approach and he didn't have to look long, but Kira decided to radio in now.

"This is nighthawk, I have found alter means of entering the base, preparing to move in and will wait until nightfall, all units retain radio silence until I make a move." Kira told them as his radio was hooked up to have everyone listen.

The commander came on, "Excellent work, radio me once you get inside."

"Yes sir," Kira said as he moved his weapon into a defensive stance, but he wanted to get in closer.

Kira looked around and watched the man carefully as Kira once again hit the ground and began crawling, he made his away about thirty yards in front of him and Kira turned so he could get to the side of him. Kira observed the surroundings and saw a few trees and brush that he could easily use for cover until nightfall, they were about thirty five yards to the side of him and Kira believed that was enough distance to keep him safe for the time being. Kira silently crawled keeping his eyes on everything, he made it to the side but he could crawl no longer, he looked through the scope on his gun and saw the man still staring into space, Kira quickly got on one knee and silently ran towards the other side of the brush that was to thick to crawl, he once again dropped to one knee and looked through the small scope once again, he saw the man didn't move, and Kira smiled he then hastily made his way to that spot he saw and slid his back against it, this was all he could do for now. Kira made himself comfortable and silently watched the entrance, he would see if guards changed shifts and he would memorize when they checked in and all that stuff, and his eyes never left that spot.

With Rau

When Rau got that last communication from Kira he gave the order for the secondary unit to make it to the shore, they were going to head to the river and standby until it was time to retrieve the nuke. Rau gave the order and they were on the way, it was still a few hours before dark, and even then Kira would most likely wait a few hours more just to observe the enemies movements. All Rau could do now was wait.

Plant

In his office Patrick watched everything through the image through Kira's camera, on his monitor, Rau was sending the signal up to him and Patrick was pleased so far, he knew nothing would happen for awhile so he glanced over at a newspaper and smiled widely.

Rau sent the information over to all press, and news stations and it was the top story, Patrick smiled as they were trying to get a comment from why Clyne was taking so light of measures in the matter, and Rau also let it be known that it was Zala's idea to take action. The people didn't know about a team down there but they knew Zala was trying to stop them and it made his popularity grow. Patrick was just waiting from what he would report when this mission was done, as it would assure his election.

Siegel couldn't believe how that information leaked and he had to deny all comments, people wanted to know why he didn't order action, against this, and Siegel couldn't comment with a team down there. The people of plant weren't given the details all they knew was that blue cosmos had nuclear technology and the earth forces were assisting. Siegel knew his days as chairman were numbered, and he knew Zala was gaining popularity. Siegel didn't suspect Patrick leaked the information, because his own son was seeing to the operation down there. The people knew Zala cried out for action against this and it was going assure his spot as the new chairman.

Patrick was pleased everything was going just as he planned, all he needed now was a successful mission and it would start.

Panamanian Jungle

Night came and Kira did as expected he didn't take action immediately, he looked on and saw that the blue cosmos members never did check in, but that worked to his advantage, but they did change guard shifts, since he has been there they shifted three times, and that made him think this way was close to the warheads, Kira waited a little while longer and when the guards shifted he was going to make his move.

Yzak and Dearka were getting bored but they had no choice but to wait.

Athrun and Nicol were awaiting Kira's signal.

Kira and the rest of them switched over to night vision as they could see just about everything, the blue cosmos base was supposed to be a secret so they kept lightning to a minimum. Kira could see the entrance easily and now he was making his move he waited and silent walked faster a little closer kneeling down as he held his weapon defensively. Kira watched as the man made no movements he was looking around but Kira was too good to be caught that easily.

Kira moved closer and was about ten feet from the man as the Kira timed out the mans movements, Kira moved his rifle towards his back and removed one of his knives, His rifle was strapped on so he didn't need to worry, Kira moved closer and got low as the man turned once again this way, Kira watched and as soon as he turned again he made his move, Kira silent but hastily got right behind the man and grabbed him from behind covering his mouth with his hand and drove his knife straight into his right side.

Kira felt the man struggle but he couldn't compete with Kira's strength. Kira held on a little while longer as the man eventually perished, Kira placed his knife back in place and dragged the mans body and placed it about twenty feet away in a thick brush. Kira then picked his rifle back up and made his way to the entrance, he saw it was light so he placed his night vision on top of his head and looked down the ladder, he removed some equipment from the bag and took out a custom made camera and monitor it was small and light, so he could take it with his important equipment, he switched it on and lowered the wire camera down, as it got lower he saw that their were no guards at the bottom. Kira raised it back up and placed it back in his bag. Kira smiled and made his way down the ladder jumping a little ways before the bottom he landed on his feet and ducked as he looked in both directions and found no one there.

Kira radioed in, "I'm in."

All heard that and prepared, Rau smiled, and Patrick was watching everything up in plants.

To be continued…

(AN): I hope you liked this chapter, longest I have ever done. The rating will likely change next chapter, and it should be up by the weekend. See you later.