The teams reached the outskirts of the Nationalist base. They scattered themselves among the rubble and dilapidated buildings. Once there, Rina took out her binoculars and peered into it. She saw the base with rows of tanks on the tarmac, looking as though they knew an assault was brewing. The she shifted an attention to the base hangars. The jets were prepped and ready for takeoff. An Apache zoomed past her hideout and headed for the tarmac before landing. Then a C-130 landed on the base runways and all the soldiers there got to work. Then she spotted her targets. Four coastal cannons were in the base, looking very new, unmanned and unused. But what surprised her was that the cannons were being dismantled by the Nationalist soldiers.
"That's odd," she thought. The she moved her attention to the grounded C-130 and came her answer. Out from the cargo bay of the plane came out a nuclear device, and it was being taken into one of the hangars of the base.
"Kai, did you see that?" asked Rina on her radio.
"Yea, I think they're trying to lure us into a trap. I'll contact the Delta 7," replied Kai. Kai switched the radio to long-wave radio to contact Delta 7.
"Delta 7, do you copy?" asked Kai on the radio. White noises were heard.
"Delta 7, do you copy??!!" repeated Kai. Still white noises were heard.
"畜生！" remarked Kai before someone picked up the radio.
"This is Private Mark of Delta 7. We've been compromised and are now tracking us. Delta 6 didn't make it," replied the hasty voice.
"Private Mark, where are you?" asked Kai, alarmed.
"Can't tell sir! They're after me! They've managed to crack our military codes….." said the voice before several gunshots rang in the air and the radio disconnected. Kai quickly radioed the other team members.
"We've been compromised. Quickly regroup at the safe house," radioed Kai. He hoped the Nationalists did not track his signal as he left his hiding spot.
The two teams managed to regroup at a safe house, which is a dilapidated warehouse, just at the outskirts of Okinawa City. Everyone took a seat on one of the crates that were lying around the warehouse.
"Our link to the outside world is cut; we're down to this last 12 and the Nationalists are hot on our trail. Any suggestions?" asked Kai to the other members.
"Now that they have a nuclear device and are waiting for our assault teams; we can't risk losing the entire assault team," commented Rina.
"Rina, didn't you have that hologram computer with you?" asked Arthuria.
"It wouldn't work, as Kai said, they're hot on our trail. We can't risk exposing our position," replied Rina.
"Well, all I can think of now is to get in and capture the weapon, even to the point of detonating it," said Kai.
"So you're saying we should sacrifice ourselves to enter that fully-equipped and fortified base to reach the bomb only to detonate it? Even if we do get out they would've defused the charges we've planted," commented Arthuria. She thought that Kai's plan would be ridiculous.
"I'm staying in," said Kai. Everyone was surprised. Kai was serious.
"You don't mean……," stuttered Saya.
"Yes, I do mean it. If that's the only way to win this war, I'm willing to sacrifice my life for it," replied Kai.
The team was back at the outskirts of the base. This time, Mao, Namine and Kairi were ordered to stay behind to act as cover fire for the teams to enter the base. Mao was sobbing as she hugged Kai, as this was the last time she was going to see him.
"It's ok, Mao. It's ok. We all have to make sacrifices. All I'm asking you is to remember me when I'm gone," comforted Kai as he patted the sobbing girl's head. Mao was still sobbing. Kai brought her head to face him.
"Can you? Just nod will do," said Kai. Mao gave a weak nod. Kai then pressed his lips against hers before letting her go. In the background, the rest of the team looked at them, feeling sad as he let go of her. Kai then approached them.
"Are you ready, Kai?" asked Rina.
"Yes, I am. Let's go," replied Kai in a very monotone voice. Kai shed a tear before leaving the hideout.
Several Nationalist troops were standing guard under the hot afternoon sun when shots rang and hit the guards. An explosion happened on the western side of the base. Epsilon and Kai's team ran into the base with guns blazing. It hit several other guards as more Nationalist troops poured out of the hangars and the base command centre with the alarms blaring. They quickly took cover behind some nearby military equipment. Some shots flew past over their heads. Bullets ricochet on the military equipment as the Nationalist soldiers inched closer to them. Arthuria looked up and released a few shots at them. They managed to take cover. The snipers took their shots. They tried stopping the Nationalist from reaching their tanks, but some eventually did.
"Tanks coming your way," reported Kairi on the radio.
"Ok, let's move!" said Kai as he left his hiding spot. He quickly rushed in and shot some Nationalist troops before taking cover behind a forklift.
"This guy is nuts!" commented Arthuria as she came out before hiding behind some barrels of oil and boxes of explosives. Bullets were flying past and piercing through the barrels and explosives.
"This is definitely not my day," commented Arthuria before setting the oil on fire and jumping out to another hiding spot not far. The explosives exploded, giving a false indication that she was killed. Gunfire was then concentrated to the others when Arthuria took a chance to launch a grenade at a group of soldiers, thus killing them. That cleared the way for Rina and the rest to push forward into the base. Saya threw some smoke grenades to blur the Nationalist forces. The tanks were finally mobilized, bun since this was Epsilon, the team that has a reputation of destroying almost anything the Nationalists had to offer, Rina and her teammates quickly ran to the blinded tanks and planted C4 explosives on their engines. The tanks went up in flames; and with the Nationalist quite disorganized, the teams took the chance to rush into the hangar, killing anyone who was in their way. When they entered the hangar, all they see was just empty space.
"Damn, where did they move it?!" cursed Kai. Then Arthuria saw a displacement of the floor of the hangar.
"Underground," she commented as everyone else looked at the floor displacement. The floor started to sink, and they quickly hopped on the platform. They all lay low and looking at all directions as the underground complex unfolds before them. Several Nationalist troops were marching towards the sinking platform; the teams quickly fired at them and the people around the complex. Some ran helter-skelter but were mowed down by the teams. The teams moved quickly dodging some stun grenades thrown by the Nationalist troops and started to throw some frag grenades of their own. They quickly swept the floor of the complex, heading towards a panel with a huge screen of the world map. There were Chinese coastal cities and Japanese cities marked on the screen. An automated PA system announced the launch time.
"Missile launch in 15 minutes," announced the PA system. Kai stared directly at the screens.
"A nuclear missile. Short-range. Will dodge our ASAT systems and will hit all the marked cities with a 99% probability," commented Kai.
"Saya, can you hack into the computers to stop the system?" asked Rina. Saya quickly ran her fingers through the keyboards.
"I can try but……." Then the computer bleeped, giving out an error and the entire system was locked down.
"That's our problem," remarked Saya.
"Looks like we have to blow it up, manually," commented Rina.
"C'mon, let's go," said Kai as he headed towards one of the doors with the sign 'Fuel Room' dangling above the door. The team quickly followed suit.
There were a few Nationalist soldiers and scientists checking on the rocket fuel lines section when Kai kicked the door open of that section and Rina came past, shooting everyone on sight. Then the team followed through and secured the perimeter.
"Quick, plant the radio bombs to the fuel line!" ordered Kai as he pointed to the fuel line. One of his teammates quickly planted a radio bomb on the fuel line and gave Kai the detonator. Kai then quickly pushed a button to open the blast doors, leading to a tunnel.
"Get out of here! The blast will penetrate through these blast doors. I'll detonate the bomb from here so nobody else disarms this bomb!" exclaimed Kai before turning to the door they entered. Rina grabbed hold of his shoulder. He turned to Rina.
"You sure about this?" asked Rina. Kai just looked at her with sad eyes before turning away.
"Just go," said Kai. Rina let go of his shoulder.
"C'mon, let's go," she commanded while running through the blast doors. The rest left as well, but Saya and Diva did not leave immediately. They both gave Kai a surprise hug before leaving.
"Be careful," said Diva before both of them went past the blast doors. Kai quickly closed the blast doors and waited at a corner, giving them time to run far enough. Suddenly some Nationalist troops came into the section and fired at him. He dodged the bullets, but a shot hit his hand, making him drop the detonator.
"畜生！" exclaimed Kai as he dropped the detonator wide in the open. He quickly took his rifle and fired all his rounds, hitting some of the Nationalist troops. He quickly leaped to the detonator and pushed the button. When the Nationalists fired at him, he yelled "Banzai!" before slumping dead on the ground. The radio bomb exploded, causing a chain reaction which led to the nuclear missile. The missile has been destroyed, not allowing it to be used on any Asian city it was targeted at.