Doug was waiting outside the field commander's office aboard the HMCS Winnipeg in Lake Michigan. With him were Terry and Ivan. The commander came out from the office.
"I've been trying to contact your sister and her team but it seems that they have maintained radio silence. The last team that was in contact with her and her team was Delta, which has recently been out of radio contact since they've entered the city," said the commander.
"Do you know where she is heading?" asked Doug.
"I don't know, Commander Kreig. I'll try to contact Delta team again," replied the commander.
Rina, Jonsey and the rest of the team waited at a house just at the outskirts of the stadium. There were several Chinooks carrying the Nationalist Abrams tanks out of the parking lot. Soldiers were guarding the perimeter of the stadium.
"It looks like they're retreating. But why?" stated Arthuria.
"We're about to find out, Artie," replied Jonsey, pulling the bolt on his rifle. Arthuria frowned. Jonsey gave a hand signal to direct the Resistance fighters to sniping positions. After waiting for everybody to be at position, he noticed soldier numbers near the stadium had dwindled.
"This makes my job much easier," thought Jonsey.
"Go loud," announced Jonsey on the radio. The snipers took their shots, and the Nationalist soldiers on the parking lot ran for their lives. Jonsey was the first to rush out and fired at a Nationalist soldier nearby. Rina came second, aiming a grenade launcher at a group of Nationalist soldiers and fired at them. The grenade blew upon contact, sending some of them flying at all directions. The rest of the team followed; a Resistance fighter fired his grenade launcher at point blank range, hitting a Nationalist soldier in the head, knocking him out instantly. They entered the stadium, expecting heavy resistance, but it was empty. They looked out and saw Nationalist APCs approaching the stadium from the south.
"Not another trap," said Arthuria. Rina quickly took a look at the other side of the stadium. There were no Nationalist troops there.
"Not a trap. They want to take it back," announced Rina.
"Hold the line!" yelled Arthuria as the Resistance soldiers quickly rushed to the southern face of the stadium to hold against the Nationalists.
"Commander Kreig! I got Delta on the line!" announced the commander on the ship. Doug quickly rushed to the bridge with Terry and Ivan. They reached the panel and the commander handed Doug the intercom.
"Delta! Come in Delta!" said Doug on the intercom.
"This is Justin of Delta! We're taking heavy casualties!" replied the commander of Delta with gunshots in the background.
"Justin, do you know where Rina Kreig is?" asked Doug.
"Rina Kreig of the Resistance?" asked Justin when a bullet grazed his head. "Oh shit!"
"Yes, where did you send her?" asked Doug.
"To secure the Chicago Stadium extraction point," replied Justin before a loud bang echoed on the radio. "Bloody hell, I'm hit! Aaargh!" The radio went silent.
"Commander Kreig, there's a Sea Knight waiting to pick you up to the location at the stern," said the commander.
"Thanks, Commander Gregs," replied Doug as he rushed to the ship's deck.
"This is Commander Rina of the Resistance. We are under heavy resistance. Request evac," said Rina on the radio, standing up, trying to get clearer reception. Out of the white noise came a voice.
"Can I have your numbers?" asked the commander on the other side of the radio. Suddenly, Jonsey jumped and grabbed her before both of them fell a few fights down the steps.
"Jonsey, what are you…?" shot Rina before noticing a bullet wound on his back.
"Eergh! Being a bit careless there, luv?" There was a sniper on your back," croaked Jonsey.
"No, Jonsey! Don't die on me! Help is on the way!" exclaimed Rina before reaching her radio. "We have a wounded. Request immediate evacuation!"
"Okay, two Sea Knights are on the way," replied the commander. Rina dropped the radio and attended Jonsey. He was bleeding badly from the wounds.
"Help is on the way! Help is coming!" said Rina frantically, trying to put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding.
"I feel cold, Rina. I don't think I can make it," stuttered Jonsey. Then a Resistance fighter came by them.
"What happened?" asked the fighter.
"He's been shot. Help me stop the wound," said Rina, putting pressure on the wound with her bloodied gloves. The fighter looked at his wound.
"That's one of the meanest weapons of the Nationalist's arsenal. Fragmentation bullet. No one can survive longer than a minute on that," remarked the fighter. Rina could hear Jonsey let out a huff.
"No, Jonsey. Don't die one me! I love you!" said Rina to Jonsey. He moaned a bit. Rina held his hand. He held it, but he started losing his grip. Rina was in tears.
"Just…..remember me…….luv…," stuttered Jonsey before his head fell dead on the ground, his grip completely gone. Rina buried her head on his back, sobbing.
"Hey, we need a helping hand here! They've got missiles!" announced Arthuria to Rina and the Resistance fighter at Jonsey's body. Rina quickly wiped her tears off and ran up the stairs with the help of the Resistance fighter.
"This is for Jonsey," said Rina in a grim voice before firing at several Nationalist soldiers in their heads. Arthuria was a bit surprised about her friend's change of mood to a merciless soldier; but nevertheless important in order to hold the stadium.
"I'm coming Rina, hang on," thought Doug as the helicopter swerved through the Chicago skyline. Terry was manning the Mark 19 grenade launcher of the United States Resistance Forces' CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter. Terry was engaging Nationalist Abrams tanks rolling out from underground car parks of Chicago; which helped as the British Challenger, Chinese Type 99 and Resistance Forces' Abrams tanks rolled into the city. Several Resistance Apaches came face to face with the Nationalist Comanche helicopters, but the Comanches were far more technologically superior to the Apaches, thus gaining the upper hand. Some F-16s zoomed past and hit the Comanches, but were shot down by some Nationalist Raptors. The distraction allowed some of the Resistance's A-10 Thunderbolts to strike a Nationalist Patriot Missile Defense battery, but one of them was shot down by a Stinger missile. Another Stinger missile was headed for the helicopter; but the helicopter ejected flares and fooled the missile. The missile exploded in mid air, causing the helicopter to sway in turbulence a bit before regaining flight path. The helicopter hovered around the field near the Sears Tower; a Nationalist jet was smoking in its wing and started spiraling into the Sears Tower, crashing into the top floors. Another Sea Knight helicopter came into view and began hovering at the same place.
"Big bird 5 and 7, unload half your chalk here and head towards the United Center Sports Arena. We've got an advanced team pinned down there," said the radio. The helicopter landed and troops left the helicopter and head towards the nearest buildings for cover. The helicopters flew a few miles northwest and landed in the parking lots north of the stadium. There was green smoke popping out from the stadium grounds.
"The LZ is too hot. We'll stay in the air until you evac the advanced team," announced the helicopter pilot. Doug, Ivan, and Terry exited the first helicopter while Yulie and other Resistance troops came out from the second. The helicopters took off and they quickly rushed into the stadium to avoid gunfire. While they were running, Doug saw Yulie with the other evacuation team.
"Yulie, what are you doing here?!" exclaimed Doug, looking at her. Yulie looked back and responded.
"I've come to take my sister back," replied Yulie. "You?"
"Me too," replied Doug. They crawled up the floors and found the advance team gunning down the Nationalist from the south. Rina, Arthuria, and several Australian Freedom and Resistance forces were alive from the massive assault made by the Nationalists on the stadium. There were husks of destroyed APCs littered all across the car park. Ivan got into sniping position and plucked out several Nationalist troops coming near the stadium in an APC. Doug grabbed hold of Rina.
"Rina, we have to go, now!!" shouted Doug over the sound of missiles exploding on the stadium's concrete columns. Rina turned to see her twin brother coming in with his extraction team. She smiled and nodded.
"Our exit is here. Come on, let's go!" she yelled to the other soldiers holding the line. They quickly got out of position and ran towards the northern exit. Ivan fired a few more shots before leaving his position and running with the team. Before Rina left the stadium, she took a quick glance at Jonsey's body. The man she fell for died saving her from a sniper. She quivered before her brother pulled her to the landing zone.
At the landing zone, the helicopter quickly took in their load; Douglas, Rina and most of the advanced team entered the first helicopter while Yulie, Arthuria, Ivan, Terry and the rest entered the second. The helicopters took off and headed east.
"All units are to evacuate the area immediately. We have found a nuclear device in the Sears Tower. I repeat, there's…..." said the radio before it went offline as a nuclear blast had occurred. The helicopters quickly gained altitude to escape the turbulence of the shockwave. The helicopters were safe from the shockwave as long as they maintained their altitude, but one Stinger missile from a nearby building flew by and hit the helicopter Doug and Rina were in.
"No!" exclaimed Arthuria as that helicopter spun out of control and hit the ground. She wanted to jump but Yulie held her back. Arthuria started to cry and Yulie buried her head in her chest like any older sibling would do.
"There's nothing we could do, Arthuria," said Yulie softly as the debris from the explosion covered the crash site. The helicopter they were on just made it out from the radiation zone and headed north to the command post.