"30 seconds," announced the pilot as the aircraft flew under the cover of the dark sky. Several Resistance F-117 Nighthawks flew past the plane and hit two Patriot missile batteries in the Ukrainian Village. A Nationalist Raptor flew by and found one of the bombers, thus hitting it with its missiles. A Resistance F/A-18 Hornet zoomed past and fired its machine guns at the Raptor before fleeing off the area.
"Green light, you're good to go," announced the pilot. The cockpit glowed in green, and the teams jumped off the aircraft to reach their landing zone.
After landing at their zone in Humboldt Park, Rina and her Resistance team regrouped under the tree line. The Australian team regrouped with them minutes later.
"What took you so long, Jonsey?" asked Rina, kneeling down to avoid detection by Nationalist patrols.
"Sorry luv. Wannah got stuck in a tree. We had to pull him down," replied the blonde. The Aborigine just laughed.
"Ok, so what do we do now?" asked Rina. Jonsey thought for a while before coming to a conclusion.
"Our objective is to capture the train depot at the West Grand Avenue, but because Delta squad isn't here yet, we should head for the hospital, right about…..." said Jonsey before an explosion occurred near the river.
"Now," said Jonsey before the rest followed him to the Norwegian American Hospital. They ran across the road to the hospital and hid behind some buildings before a searchlight waved through their location.
"Watchtower to the southwest," said Arthuria.
"Hold on, I'll take care of it," said one of the Resistance fighters as he aimed directly at the watchtower guard. He took a shot, and the guard fell down. This alerted some of the Nationalist patrols nearby.
"Go! Go!" exclaimed Jonsey as they all rushed into the hospital, firing at Nationalist guards standing by and entering the hospital. A Nationalist Abrams tank broke off from a nearby patrol and entered the hospital area and stood guard.
"Dammit!" cursed Jonsey as he looked around the hospital. The hospital was empty. Not a single medical equipment of patient in sight. It was a trap.
"Resistance soldiers, you have been surrounded in all directions. Surrender now and your life will be spared," announced a Nationalist commander of the patrol. There were several Abrams and APCs surrounding the hospital, counting up to a hundred.
"In your dreams, motherfucker!" exclaimed one of the Resistance soldier. Arthuria took a peep through the hospital windows.
"They have us completely surrounded with at least a hundred soldiers," said Arthuria. Rina smirked.
"Heh, they have been outnumbered," replied Rina.
"What do you mean outnumbered? There's a hundred of them and fifteen of us. We are outnumbered," said Arthuria.
"No," replied Rina before explosions occurred outside the hospital. Arthuria looked out through the window and saw Nationalist troops running for cover, the tanks and APCs are running away; a Javelin missile hit an Abrams tank as masked soldiers from behind the Nationalist came out from the trees.
"Delta, I should've known," commented Arthuria. The Delta team of the Resistance Forces gunned down the Nationalist soldiers and secured the hospital, Rina came out with her rifle on hand, raising it so that Delta squad identifies them as friend.
"Got yourselves stuck in a trap? No worries, at least we secured the hospital. Could be useful in treating our wounded," said the Delta commander. Arthuria whispered in Rina's ear.
"How did you know they would come in time?" whispered Arthuria.
"The commander of this Delta team is a friend of Melvin," replied Rina as the commander removed his mask. Arthuria was surprised.
"Justin the Legendary Sniper? Wow," exclaimed Arthuria.
"It seems my reputation forgoes my ability," commented Justin. Jonsey and his team came out next.
"So what's next, Justin?" inquired Rina.
"We'll head forth to secure the train depot, and then we'll split up. My team will use the trains to capture the Chicago Union Station in the city," replied Justin. She nodded and they all head to the train depot.
The train depot was busy as Nationalist Humvees and soldiers were running about. Some were mounting equipment into the trains heading south, soldiers hopping into trains moving west. The soldiers were on high alert as the initial attacks by the Resistance and the Canadian Defense Force on Michigan and Minneapolis forced them to spread thin on the northern frontier with their dwindling numbers and growing support for the Resistance. The teams hid in the houses near the depot.
"Got a plan?" asked Rina.
"Yeah, just let my teams get into position. When I give the signal, you will run in and erase the Nationalists in the depot. Just watch out for the tanks in the warehouses. Don't let them get you," replied Justin. Rina nodded and waited as Justin left the house they were hiding. It was a full fifteen minutes before the first shots were fired on the watchtowers and Rina rushed in. The teams followed. An explosion blew through the roofs of the warehouses. Out came Nationalist soldiers on fire. The teams continued on and entered the depot. Rina fired a few shots at two Nationalists appearing at the entrance. A Delta operative with a flamethrower sent a wave of flames into room after room in the depot. Nationalists hiding in the rooms were trying to get out and were on fire. Those that do get out were left to burn or get doused in more fire. They cleared the depot rather quickly as most of the soldiers were already sent to the western or southern frontier.
"That was fast, but I swear I could've done better," commented Justin as he looked at his watch and regrouped with Rina and Jonsey. The operation lasted ten minutes. They finally secured the depot and Delta operatives found some train locomotives to use to enter the city. Justin instructed some of his soldiers to guard the depot while others were getting onto the locomotives. Rina walked up to him.
"So Justin, anything we could do while you enter the city?" asked Rina.
"Well, since the real assault doesn't start in a few hours, you could help us secure the United Centre Sports Arena as a possible landing and extraction zone," replied Justin. He then directed a few of his operatives to man the locomotives.
"Sure. Good luck," said Rina.
"You too," replied Justin as he hopped on one of the moving locomotives heading towards the city. Rina could just look on. Jonsey stepped next to her.
"Where on to, luv?" asked Jonsey, resting his hand on her shoulder.
"The stadium, Jonsey. But my gut feeling tells me I won't see them again," replied Rina, looking at the locomotive that disappeared into the Chicago horizon.