Freelancer Ops
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Chapter 5: When AIs can fly
Tex's P.O.V
I was woken by the sound of two guards talking.
"You think we should wake her up?" I heard one of them say.
"You nuts, didn't you hear what Agent Wyoming told us earlier when we found him in the mess on his own," the other said.
"Nope, can't remember," the first one said.
"He said that Agent Texas, the on in the black armour, is always grouchy when woken up in the morning by someone and tends to always punch them in the balls," the second one said.
I decided to join in on their conversation.
"Well it looks like you already have woken me up," I said, frightening the shit out of the two guards.
"Sorry ma'am," The first one said.
"Yeah, the doctors wanted us to tell you that your friend is out of surgery and you can go and see him now if you want," the second on said.
They were both very scared.
I stood up and turned to head towards the medical wing doors and saw the two men visibly relax. I then turned around and punched them both very hard in the balls. They both fell to floor groaning and holding their balls.
"Told you that would happen if we woke her up," the second one said.
"I believe you now," the first one said.
I then turned and walked through the medical wing doors.
When I entered, I asked a doctor where Wash was. They pointed to the end room.
I walked in and saw he was awake. I took my helmet of and let my shoulder blade length black hair flow freely.
I walked over to him and he smiled.
"Hey," I said in a soft voice.
"Hey," he replied.
"How you feeling?" I asked.
"Well, if you could give me the license plate of the warthog that ran me over, then I'd feel a lot better," he stated
We both couldn't help but laugh at that statement.
"What time is it?" He asked once he had got his breath back.
"About twelve in morning," I replied.
"I've been unconscious for the last three hours," He stated
"Pretty much," I replied.
"Where's everyone else?" he asked.
"They went to bed after searching the ship for Tech and Sniperz after you got clubbed over the head," I replied.
"Why did you stay and wait for me to come out of surgery?" he asked.
"You're one of the only people I can talk to without getting into an argument," I replied.
"Well, I appreciate that," He stated.
Just then the door opened and York and the rest of the squad walked in.
"How you doing old chap?" Wyoming asked.
"Fine," Wash replied.
"You didn't seem fine when me and Tex were dragging your ass to the medical wing," North said.
"Well that seems to happen when some twat smacks you up the side of your head with a gun," Wash said.
"Well, you seem cranky," South commented.
"I think we should leave and let you get some rest," Carolina suggested.
They all left, but I stayed behind.
"I'll come back in the morning and see you then," I said.
"Ok," he replied.
"See you in the morning then," I said.
"See you then," He said.
I walked out the room and saw Salazar and Harper helping the two guards I punched in the balls into the medical wing. David walked in and over to me with a stern look on his face.
"Did you punch them in the nuts?" David asked me.
"Nope," I replied
And with that said, I walked out and headed to my room.
David's P.O.V
"You know she did it, right?" Salazar asked.
"Of course I do, I did check the cameras before and saw her punch them in the balls," I said.
"I'm going have to wear a juggernaut suit around the female Freelancers now," Harper stated.
"Don't piss them off and you won't have to worry about them," I said.
"Well, let's hope 'The Elites are ready for when the Freelancers come knocking," Salazar said.
"Whys that?" Harper said
"Well, if you think about it, 'The Elites' have attacked them where they live and attacked someone who is part of their squad, I think the Freelancers are going to go in guns a blazing," Salazar said.
"Well, I see your point," Harper said.
Carolina's P.O.V
"You think Wash and Tex will ever admit their feelings to each other?" I asked South.
"No and why do you care, I thought you hated Tex?" South asked.
"I do hate her, but it's just annoying that everyone else sees it, but they don't and they always act awkward around each other now," I replied.
"How about we make a wager? Hundred dollars says they aren't dating in three days?" South says.
"Deal," I say.
Wash's P.O.V
It was about nine in the morning when Tex came back into my room inside the medical wing.
"How you feeling?" She asked.
"A bit better, my head doesn't hurt as much," I replied.
"Do you know when you'll be let out?" She asked.
"The doctor just went to fill out some forms and then I can leave," I stated.
Just then the Doctor walked into the room.
"Everything checks out," the doctor said.
"Am I alright to go then?" I asked.
"Yep, your armour is on the table over there," the doctor said pointing to a table in the far right corner.
"I'll wait outside for you," Tex said.
"Ok," I replied.
Tex and the doctor left and I changed into my armour. I walked out of the room and saw Tex waiting. We walked back our rooms and went our separate ways.
Tex's P.O.V
It Was later on in the day when David contacted us on the radio.
"I need you guys to come and meet me in the hangar," David ordered.
"Be there in a minute," I said.
We all set off to the hangar, all wanting to know what he wanted.
When we got there, we saw him standing next to six predator class drones.
"What did you need us for David?" I asked.
"You said you had AIs, right?" David asked.
"Yeah," I asked suspiciously.
"Well the guys down in the tech lab thought your AIs would be more helpful in battle if they could actually fight themselves," David said.
"What are you up to?" Omega said suddenly appearing.
"They have modified these six predator class drones to make it possible for the AIs to be placed in them and controlled by the AIs," David said.
"That sounds like fun," Theta said suddenly appearing as well.
"I don't know Theta," North said.
"It would most likely make missions easier on us North," Carolina said.
"Fine," North said reluctantly.
"We'll want to see how the AIs fly, so we'll need to do it one at a time, so who's first?" David asked.
"I'll do it," Omega volunteered.
"Ok then, Tex just take over and put him in the AI slot on the drone," David informed.
I did as he said and stood back from the drone. The lift took us and the six drones up to the run-way.
"Ok, Omega line yourself up and on my mark you can set off," David said, "GO!"
And with that said, Omega set off. He followed all the orders David gave him and passed. Then went the twins. The twins shared a drone seeing as they have always worked together and also passed. They were followed by Sigma who passed, then Delta who passed, then Gamma who also passed.
The lastly was Theta. He was doing well at following David's orders.
"Ok, Theta I need you to fly up into the clouds and back down," David ordered.
Theta's P.O.V
I flew up into the clouds for about a mile, but as I turned to go back down, I noticed something. I saw five fighter jets flying towards me. I then noticed the insignia on the side of the fighter jets, they were mercs.
"SHIT!" I shouted.
"Theta, what have I told you about swearing," I heard North saying on the other side of the radio.
"Sorry, but I have a problem," I said.
"What's the problem Theta?" David asked.
I had just passed through the clouds again heading back towards the ship.
"Well if you look behind me you'll see my problem," I said.
David's P.O.V
As Theta said that I looked through the binoculars and saw him and right behind him were five fighter jets with mercenary insignias on them.
"Oh that's not good," I said.
"What's not good?" North asked starting to sound worried.
"He's got five mercenary fighter jets pursuing him," I replied.
"THET'VE GOT A LOCK ON ME!" I heard Theta shout over the radio.
"Use your flares Theta and keep doing evasive maneuvers," I said.
We heard the sound of rockets being launched and we looked up to see Theta being shot at. We then heard a thump behind us and we turned round to see North had passed out. We turned back around to see Theta launch his flares and the rockets clash with them instead of Theta.
"Er, Omega, Gamma, Delta, Sigma, Eta and Iota, I need you to get up there and take out those fighters before they take out Theta," I ordered.
They all set off and went after the five fighter jets.
The battle lasted about five minutes. All of the enemy jets had been shot out of the sky and landed in the sea. All the AIs landed safely and were taken out by their carriers, even Theta seeing as North had woken up three minutes earlier.
"Well, they all passed," I stated
Just then my radio buzzed.
"Section, what the hell is going on up there?" Admiral Briggs asked.
"One of the AIs ran into a few merc fighter jets during training, I suggest we send some fighter jets to scout out whether they were scouting us out for a bomber to come and wipe us out," I replied.
"Agreed, I'll have 'Hunter Squadron' investigate it," Admiral Briggs said.
"Ok sir," I replied.
"Admiral Briggs, sir, we have mass merc movement in the Sahara desert," Crosby said.
"Crosby, what are you talking about?" Briggs asked.
"There is about a hundred mercs moving through the Sahara desert," Crosby said
"Sir, I think they're the attack force going after 'The Elites,'" I said
"Alright, then I need you, Harper, Salazar, Crosby, JSOC and the Freelancers to go take out the mercs and the 'The Elites,'" Briggs ordered.
Yes sir, I'll meet them in the briefing room," I said.
"Oh and David, I suggest you send the AIs to take air-dominance, there are a few merc helicopter drones and the anti-aircraft turrets the 'The Elites,' have, have been taken out by the mercs," Briggs replied.
"Will do sir," I replied back.
The Freelancer put their AIs back in the drones and the AIs took off to the destination.
Tex's P.O.V
We went to the briefing and it turned Crosby was the second guard who I punched in the balls. The briefing lasted five minutes. After it we all got on to one of the three VTOLS taking us to the destination.
Whilst en-route, I got a video feed from Omega. I switched it so it would project onto the floor.
"Tex, you there," Omega said.
"What's up Omega?" I asked.
"We're about twenty seconds out and need to know who is leading the air attack?" Omega asked.
"Omega, you'll be leading the attack from the air," David said.
"Rodger that, hope you all enjoy you in-flight movie," Omega said.
And with that said, the mercs come into view for Omega.
"Alright, on my mark," Omega ordered the other AIs.
"FIRE!" Omega shouted.
Sniperz's P.O.V
"Sniperz!" I hear Assassin shouting my name over the gun fire.
"What!" I shout back.
"Can you see the fast movers we can hear!?" He shouts.
"Yeah, I see six predator class drones with rockets and turrets on them!" I shout back.
"Shit! Are they merc!? I hear him ask.
"Negative, they're Navy SEAL drones!" I reply.
I looked back down my scope just in time to see the drones shoot down the mercs helicopter drones.
"I thought you said Salazar would be keeping the battle off Navy SEAL satellites!?" Assassin asked.
"Something must've gone wrong!" I replied.
Tex's P.O.V
We were watching Omega and the rest of the AIs continuing with their strafe run.
Just then the doors on the VTOL opened and David stood up and dropped a roped out of it
"Alright people let's move it," He said.
With that said I turned off the video feed and stood up. One by one we slid down the rope and ran for cover behind some road blocks.
About half the mercs had been killed by now. It helped that the base was in a canyon, so any explosives that went off meant any big groups couldn't get away and were caught in the blast.
"Tex, you and Wash go through that tunnel and take out that sniper on that ridge," David ordered.
We did as he told us and went into the tunnel. We could still hear him giving orders. We went up the slope in the tunnel and just as we reached the last turn a merc jumped in front of us. He took a stab at be me with his knife, but I was able to dodge the fatal attack, but the serrated edge on the blade caught me on the inside of my right bicep. I punched him in the stomach and shot him in the chest with a round from my Remington.
"You alright?" Wash asked.
"Yeah go take that sniper out while I patch myself up," I replied.
He went off in front of me and while I was wrapping badge around my arm from a medi-kit I had on me, I heard the sound of a man screaming and then a crunch. Wash then came back around the corner.
"Sniper has been taken out," he stated.
"Alright, let's go back and help the others," I said.
The rest of the battle went by quite quickly. 'The Elites' fled when two of them got injured. After that the mercs were killed off pretty quickly. We went inside the base only to see that it had been cleared out and all the data on the computers had been deleted. We back to base on the VTOL and were debriefed.
Assassin's P.O.V
After taking Crusher and Tech to the Medical on the Submarine where the medical bots would patch them up.
"It's a good thing Menendez doesn't know about this place," I said to Sniperz.
"Too right, it's a good thing those SEALs showed up when they did or we'd have been torn to shreds by those helicopters," Sniperz replied.
"Yeah," I replied, "You're right, but soon they'll be more of us and we'll be able to take them all on."
Salazar's P.O.V
Menendez, what happened? The battle wasn't supposed to happen for another day," I asked over the radio.
"That wasn't a problem was it?" Menendez asked sounding angry I was going against his judgment.
"Yes, it was," I started, "I was unable to hide the fact that there was a battle going off and the Navy SEALs were all over it in minutes,"
"Well it was a necessary risk Salazar, there is a spy in my ranks who informed 'The Elites of our plans, Menendez said, "a scout I sent ahead of the rest of the troop saw them clearing out their base and taking it somewhere unknown.
"I'll be on my guard Menendez for this spy," I said.
"See to it you do," Menendez said.
And with that said Menendez severed the connection.
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