Rainbow Six: Undercover
ACT II
Chapter 16
"He Who Dares, Wins"
Six sat at her desk with her hands folded staring at the door.
Watching.
Listening.
She could hear footsteps trampling toward her office.
She knew what was coming. She saw the soldiers rush out of their trucks. There was nothing she could do accept face what was coming for her. She had no idea if her operators were okay. All she could do was keep her composure and wait.
The doors to her office exploded open. Men in multi cam armed to the teeth poured into her office pointing their rifles at her. They stood in front of her desk.
"Director Six, put your hands behind your head and step away from the desk slowly. Don't try anything stupid." One of the men commanded.
She complied with the man's orders.
"Check fire check fire boss is coming in." Another man said.
The soldiers made a path in the doorway as a man in a suit walked into her office. He was about six foot, slender. His hair was black and turning grey on sides. It was smoothly pushed back. He had a clean-cut face and wore a military uniform.
He pulled out handcuffs and detained Six.
"Director Six, in a coalition led by United States under the authority of the United Nations, you and your unit are under arrest for war crimes against humanity, terrorism, and violations of international peace treaties and the Geneva Convention. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in an international court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you by the court. With these rights in mind, are you still willing to talk with me about the charges placed against you by the United Nations?"
Six didn't say a word. She looked straight ahead not showing any emotion.
Something wasn't right about the arrest being made but she went with it.
The man smiled at her silence.
"I guess I'll take that as a no." He turned to one of the SEAL squad leaders. "Keep her close. Make sure she makes it to The Hague without any mishaps. I received word that some of her operators escaped. They'll be looking for her."
"Yes sir." The SEALs acknowledged. The leader of the SEAL squad radioed on his comms.
"Snake 6-7 from Snake 6-6 beginning extraction of VIP to The Hague, what's your status?"
"Copy that Snake 6-7, we have everything wrapped over in our sector. We suffered a few casualties. Waiting for instruction on what to do with the detainees."
The SEAL turned back to the older man in uniform.
"Sir, Snake 6-6 needs instruction on what to do with their detainees."
The man rubbed his chin in thought.
"There should be prison cells on this base. Send them there. We can conduct our interrogations on base."
"Roger that." The SEAL turned back to his radio. "Snake 6-6, instructions by Overlord, take your prisoners to the detention center on base. Stand by for further orders."
"Solid copy we're Oscar mike."
The SEAL turned to his squad.
"Alright boys let's move."
The SEALs made a ring around Six as they escorted her out of her office. The older man in charge stayed behind. They walked down the stairs with weapons ready to take down any threats. They made it to the ground floor and walked to the lobby. The building was empty. All of the staff were either home or had been arrested. They walked out the front door to one of the cargo trucks they had taken to get to Hereford base which was parked out front waiting for them.
"Stay frosty boys we're almost ther…"
His voice was cut off by an explosion that sounded like thunder as the back of the compartment door to the truck was opened. The SEALs fell to their knees clasping their heads trying to suppress the dizziness that was brought upon them by the explosion.
The squad leader was screaming into his radio.
"HOSTILES HIJACKED OUR TRUCK AND ARE ENGAGING US WE NEED BACK UP!"
A flashbang rolled toward the group and exploded.
Then another flashbang exploded near them.
And another.
And another.
And another.
The SEALs laid on the ground screaming covering their eyes. Six fell to the ground completely blinded. Her ears were filled with an ear-piercing ring. Six felt the SEAL who was escorting her let go of her arm. She sat on her knees with her eyes squeezed shut coverning her ears trying to figure out what was happening.
She felt a new set of hands grab her.
She heard a muffled female voice.
"Securing the hostage."
Six was regaining her hearing slowly, but her vision still wasn't clear yet.
"Stay on me." The voice coaxed, and she was yanked in certain direction. The female felt like she wanted to run fast, but Six's slowness was holding her back because she wasn't wearing the proper shoes for a dead sprint.
She ran blindly holding on tight to the female's hand. There was another explosion from behind them that sounded like thunder.
She felt more hands grab her and pull her into what felt like the back of a cargo truck. She heard the door slide shut and felt a jolt as truck began to move forward.
"Six? Six can you hear me? Are you okay?" The female voice asked gently shaking her arm.
Her vision finally cleared to see a red headed girl wearing big Oakley sunglasses in her face checking to see if she was okay.
"Ash?" Six asked rubbing her temple.
"That's my name, don't wear it out." Eliza said with big smile.
"What's going on? What happened?"
Eliza took a seat on the floor next to her.
"We're moving you to a secure location. We'll explain once we can guarantee your safety."
Six looked around the truck.
Dominic, Alexandr, Maxim, Taina, Elzabieta, Jordan, Craig, and Seamus were also in the truck with them sitting along the wall in full kit.
"Brilliant work making that grab Eliza and nice work utilizing your Grzmot Mines Ela." Seamus said patting Ela on the back.
Ela smiled at the compliment.
"Where's the rest of Rainbow?" Six asked.
"Marius is driving with Mike up front with him. Other than that, we're all that's left ma'am." Eliza said.
Six bit back a curse. That was a severe number of casualties.
"Hey guys I hate to interrupt but I think I hear someone behind us." Bandit said putting his ear to the back of the sliding door.
Bullet began to penetrate the think metal sliding door.
"WOAH!" Bandit yelled diving for cover.
Mike banged on the wall of the truck.
"WE GOT COMPANY LADS! 5 MIKES TILL WE REACH THE AIR FIELD! HOLD THEM OFF!" They heard him yell.
"I have an idea. Maxim, help me with this." Alexandr said pulling out his deployable turret. Maxim understood what he was thinking and helped him assemble his turret while trying to keep balance. Once the LMG was assembled Maxim sat on top of the tripod to keep the turret anchored to floor of the swaying truck.
Rounds penetrated the back of the truck getting close to the operators and cracking the bullet resistant glass Elena had installed on Alexandr's turret. Six hugged the floor praying she didn't get hit.
"LMG mounted and ready." Alexandr turned to Eliza. "Eliza, do you have your grenade launcher?"
"Yeah, right here." She said showing him her gadget attached to the front of her tactical vest.
"Okay. Bandit, open the door please. Let's give them hell."
"Here we go!" Bandit said and lifted the sliding door.
Three pickup trucks carrying a squad full of SEALs trailed behind their truck. As Bandit opened the sliding door they began to fire at him.
"Jesus Christ why are they always aimed at me?!" Bandit yelled dancing out of the SEALs line of fire for a second time.
"WEAPONS FREE WEAPONS FREE!" Seamus shouted.
Alexandr began to dump lead on the trucks trailing behind them aiming for their engine blocks hoping to disable them. Their goal was to disable the trucks without killing the SEALs. They didn't want to make their situation worse to United Nations.
Alexandr fired at the truck closest to them. The bullets landed into the engine causing thick black smoke to pour from under the hood.
"BAIL BAIL BAIL I'M LOSING HER!" The driver screamed.
The SEALs opened their doors and jumped out of the moving truck as it began to burst into flames and explode.
"GET SOME ALEX HAHA!" Bandit cheered slapping Alexandr on the back.
"HOW DO YOU LIKE US NOW YANKS?! WOOO!" Seamus cheered.
The other two trucks swerved out of the way of their comrades and returned fire. Alexandr fired a small burst from his turret until it started clicking.
"LAST MAG!" He yelled removing the disk from the top of his turret. He reached into his bandolier and pulled out his last disk of ammo. If they survived their journey he'd reload the mags with rounds to be use again.
Eliza fired a breaching round near one of the trucks trying to cover Alexandr. The explosion rocked one of the trucks almost causing it to lose control. The SEALs dove inside their truck to avoid the shrapnel.
Alexandr was about to smack his fresh mag into place on his LMG when their truck hit a pothole. The truck violently bounced upward popping the unsecured magazine out of the LMG. It clattered on the ground began to slide to the edge of the truck.
"FUCK!" Alexandr cursed in frustration trying to keep his balance and grab the magazine at the same time. Marius drove over another pothole and quickly went around a sharp turn knocking Alexandr and the other operators to the floor.
"For fucks sake who let Marius drive!?" Jordan protested.
The magazine skittered out of everyone's reach and was about to fall out of the truck. They needed that magazine.
"I GOT IT I GOT IT I GOT IT!" Taina yelled diving onto her belly. She slid to the edge of the truck plucking up the magazine before it could fall out of the truck.
A SEAL leaned out his window taking aim at Taina who was now completely exposed.
Taina's reflexes kicked in.
She rolled onto her side pulled out Luison, her signature suppressed pistol, and fired it one handed at the SEAL forcing him back into his vehicle.
Taina holstered her pistol, removed an impact grenade from her belt, pulled the pin with her teeth, and tossed it at the nearest truck. The explosion blew out the windshield causing the driver to move his hands off the steering wheel to cover his eyes from the flying glass shards.
The truck careened off the road hitting a gulley causing it to roll.
Taina moved away from the edge of the truck and handed the mag to Alexandr who loaded it into his LMG.
He cocked the machine gun, took aim at the last truck, and unleashed a fist full of lead at the last truck shredding it to ribbons. The truck spun off the road into a grassy field. They watched the SEALs ditch the truck before it could explode and ran after the operator's truck firing as they sped away leaving them in the dust.
The cargo truck careened through a security fence blocking Hereford's airfield and headed down the runway toward two British WWII bombers. The truck stopped in between the two vessels and the operators hopped off with their gear.
"Six, get in. We have to move before those SEALs reach the airfield." Craig said helping her into the bomber. The six orange team operators piled in behind her with their kits.
She noticed blue team wasn't getting in with them. She saw Mike helping blue team load their kit into the other aircraft.
"Mike, you're not coming with us?" She asked.
Mike turned to Six.
"We have a lead on Vanguard. Its Rainbow's turn to retaliate. Orange team will keep you safe in the meantime. We'll be in touch."
Six gave the operator a confident look of approval.
"Good luck."
Mike gave her a quick salute and climbed aboard the other British WWII bomber.
Marius jumped in the cockpit of orange team's plane with Dominic in the co pilot seat.
"Who's going to fly them?" Ela asked looking out the window.
"Eliza is gonna fly them. Did you all forget she was in the Israeli Air Force and an engineer before she joined Rainbow?" Marius said starting up the engines to orange team's plane.
"Can this bucket of bolts even fly?" Maxim asked looking nervously around the rusted interior of the plane.
"Of course! After all I'm the one who restored them!" Marius said confidently.
"Oh boy." Maxim said belting himself into his seat.
The planes taxied down the airfield and minutes later they were in the air.
Six watched as Hereford Base, the place she once called home, began to shrink as the plane gained altitude.
Blue team's plane flew just off of orange team's left wing but eventually went into a shallow angle changing its course.
"Where's blue team going?" Six asked.
"Seoul, South Korea." Ela said leaning back in her jump seat closing her eyes.
"And where are we going?"
"The motherland." Alexandr said smiling.
"Russia?"
"That's correct. Hope the cold doesn't bother you." Maxim said also leaning back in his chair to get some shut eye.
"No." Six said looking the window at the sea of dark clouds. "Not at all."
She let the hum of the bomber's engines drift her off to sleep as Marius smoothly flew orange team to their destination.