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Soon enough Rocket and Chemo joined us at the top of the favela. I looked up to Roach and wanted to make a remark how Captain could have sent them to help us out but decided it was disrespectful and kept my mouth shut. Ghost already got the information out of Rojas about a prisoner 627 in Gulag. I shivered at the thought of going from extreme heat to complete frost. It was just not my cup of tea. Chemo sat down in the shadows next to me and Roach. He was breathing heavily. Looked like I wasn't the only who hated the heat.
"I can't get anyone on the horn." Said Ghost leaning on the car that Rojas was previously smashed to.
"How are we getting out of here then?" I asked.
"I know a guy. Let's go find a payphone. They still exist?" said Captain and Rocket walked up to him. "Alright, Ghost, Chemo, you two stay with youngsters. Let's go, Rocket."
As soon as our superior was out of sight Roach opened his mouth. "Payphone? Is he serious?"
I elbowed him to the ribs which hurt me more than him because of the body armour he was wearing.
"What?" he exclaimed.
"Don't talk shit about Captain's decisions." I said.
"But I didn't say anything bad. I just asked if he was serious. It could take ages for him to find such thing and in the meanwhile we would get killed by militia and be eaten by vultures. This is more like shit talking." He said and three of us sighed simultaneously.
"I always thought I was a walking problem but then I met you." I mocked Roach and he rolled his eyes.
"You both are problems." Said Ghost.
"What did I do?" I whined looking at the Lieutenant with sad eyes. Ghost laughed.
"You allow Roach to talk too much."
I nodded and looked at Roach who now kept his mouth shut pretending to be mad. Oh boy he looked so cute doing that. I sighed and enjoyed a few moments of calm before storm. It was clear that the battle will start soon from the distant shouts of our enemies. Few minutes later we were crouching with our weapons readied waiting for our Captain to be back.
"Sir, the militia's closing in. Almost 200 of them, front and back." Said Ghost.
"We're gonna have to fight our way to the LZ. Let's go!" Said Captain that just basically came out of nowhere or maybe I just wasn't paying attention.
"Nikolai! We're at the top level of the favela surrounded by militia! Bring the chopper to the market, do you copy, over!"
"Ok my friend, I am on the way!" I heard a new voice through the coms. We rushed uphill where we met the resistance. There were loads of them so I dashed to the far right part and took cover behind a small shack.
"Contact! Foot-mobiles on the rooftops, closing in from the south!" I saw Ghost hiding behind the main building and Roach running past him. He picked up a Dragunov and started sniping the enemies. I should say I was impressed with his marksmanship skills.
I took that opportunity to advance and ran towards the entrance of the buildings. I sneaked around shooting enemies from their side until one of them launched towards me knocking me down to the ground making me drop my rifle. I rolled to face him and kicked him in the groin making him flinch. I got just enough time to pull out my knife and get up on my feet before he could stop me. I stabbed him a few times. When he was lying down in pool of blood and I was sure he won't get up I picked up my rifle and continued moving up. I could see the rest of TF141 through the windows.
"Technical comin' in from the south!" shouted Ghost.
"We got another technical! Take it out!" added Captain.
I moved closer to the window and took out the technical shooting them to their backs. Captain nodded at me when he saw me standing inside the building and said "Head through that gate! Keep pushing to the evac point!"
I walked out to the street and shot the enemies as the rest of the teammates sprinted forward past me. I followed them moving down the hill where we encountered even more enemies. I took cover behind a car and thought how Roach was right about them respawning. There was a mass of them. And our LZ was insanely far away.
"Let's go, let's go! We've gotta push through these streets to the market! Watch for flanking routes!" said Captain MacTavish.
As we moved up there was a house with an open door so I walked through it covering Roaches ass since he was walking around without any cover. I moved closer to windows when another enemy came launching towards me. I let out a girly scream taking a few steps back and shooting him before he could reach me. One knockout is enough for a day. I saw Roach run inside the house freaked out and I realized what I just did. "I'm okay." I said through coms "Sorry for that." and heard Ghost giggle.
"Roach! Lay down some fire on the intersection! Heads up! Alley on the left! Keep moving! We're almost at the market!"
Roach and I left the house catching up with the team moving uphill. Once we reach the top and get to a grassy field another technical showed up and I pull Roach down to ground behind barrels as the bullets started lying above us.
"That's for saving me from that machine gun." I said and he smiled at me.
Soon the technical was taken out and we moved to market where Captain ordered "Squad! Spread out and cut through the market! Move!"
Moving around the market was one hell of a fight. If at first I thought running after Rojas was difficult then after we passed the market it looked like a walk in a park. It was even worse when we reached our primary LZ.
"There's Nikolai's Pave Low! Let's go! Nikolai! ETA 20 seconds! Be ready for immediate dustoff!" said Captain running at the front.
"That may not be fast enough! I see more militia closing in on the market!" said Nikolai.
"Pick up the pace! Let's go!
"Nikolai wave off, wave off! We'll meet you at the secondary LZ instead! Go!"
I saw the Pave Low fly away and reload before we all ran out to the open. Quickly we got rid of militia and rushed forward. The team climbed onto the rooftops and I looked at them like a retard. I'm too short to climb this I thought and Captain as if reading my mind gave me a hand. I took it and he pulled me up. "Thanks." I said picking up my speed running and jumping over rooftops.
"We're running out of rooftop!" warned Ghost who was running upfront.
My heart nearly stopped when I saw the gap we had to jump. I got my shit together and picked up the speed needed for such jump.
"We can make it! Go go go!" shouted Captain and I noticed Ghost and Chemo flying over. I jumped without hesitation and landed rolling on the other rooftop. Ghost quickly pulled me inside the heli and turn around just to see Roach slipping down. Captain tried to catch him but unsuccessfully. He got up on his feet and entered the Pave Low with us.
"Roach! Roach! Wake up!"
I sat down breathing heavily since Ghost and Captain were at the entrance and I couldn't really do anything to help.
"Roach! We can see them from the chopper! They're coming for you, dozens of 'em!"
"Roach, we're circling the area but I can't see you! You've got to get to the rooftops!"
Captain and Ghost were constantly shouting at Roach. "I'm coming." He said clearly out of breath.
Ghost sat down also completely out of breath. "Encourage him somehow." He said to me.
I blinked surprised at his words and since I really didn't know what to say I said the first thing that came to my mind. "Roach, run like your butt is on fire." Chemo laughed at it and Ghost just looked at me like I was some kind of weirdo.
"Roach! I see you! Jump down to the rooftops and meet us south of your position! Go!"
"What?" I said staring at Ghost. "It kinda worked."
Captain threw down a ladder and shouted "Jump for it."
"Nikolai! We got him! Get us out of here!"
I sighed and started taking off most of my equipment. Roach soon climbed in and sat down next to me. I smiled cheekily. "So jumping is your weakness?"
"That's not funny. I almost died. Twice." He stared at me.
"Well I almost died too. Had to stab a dude a few times." And then I noticed that I had blood splatter over my uniform. Roach noticed that too and when he opened his mouth I punched him in his arm. "If you're going to make any period jokes I'll kill you."
Others laughed at my words and I laughed too. Roach sighed and leaned back. I smiled at him and used him as my pillow. This whole fight through favela exhausted me.