Shanghai. A beautiful place when there aren't riots. Sitting in the back of a van, with the last two members of Tombstone able to fight, anyone in this position would be nervous. After the debrief with Garrison, Dunn and Hawkins were assigned to the med bay and were being examined.
"I hope nothing happens to the car." Our field medic, Pac said grimly.
"Relax little brother. We're gonna be alright." Irish tries to comfort Pac.
"I'm more worried about us completing this op without being discovered, let alone firing a weapon." I say, hiding Dunn's revolver in the duffel bag.
"We could always use your life-saver." Irish smirks.
"I'm not gonna bother correcting you on the name. But we can't use it because it can't do jack shit against bullets. The only thing I can suggest is to use silencers." I say. Before we could discuss further, a militarised truck pulled in front of us. As Pac directed us towards the hotel, citizens who were rioting through a rock, smashing the windshield, and as we swerve to avoid killing anyone, we jam the van in an alley. "Well, at least it was only a rental?" I suggest, to which Pac simply sighs. We spot a ladder and climb it to get a vantage point. After scouting a route, we heads to hells door.
Once we reach an elevator, we gear up. A silenced UMP-45 at the ready. The elevator door opens to guests… Chinese Spec Ops. Before I can stop them, both Pac and Irish begin shooting them, to which only alerts more. I pull Irish out of the way of their gunfire, and I close the door. Once the doors close, we all share a grim look.
"Well shit! We may have just invaded fucking China." I say before Irish can. "If you had stopped for a moment, I could have masked our presence and kept ourselves unseen." I say, to which I receive looks of 'Oh Shit'. "Come on, we are just going to have to make do for now." I say, as the elevator open again. As we leave, I notice a weapon crate. I wasn't the only one to notice though.
"The fuck were they expecting?" Irish whispers.
"Don't know, don't care." I reply. "Get what weapons you need, equip a silencer and be ready to move. I will be commandeering this crate afterwards." I say. Irish equips himself with a silenced LMG, Pac keeps the UMP-45 and I grab a silenced HK417 with a Holo sight, magnifier and potato grip. As we begin to methodically move forward, we eliminate any hostiles with silence. Once we reach the bar, we're swarmed with hostiles, forcing us to move to cover.
"Watch the balcony!" Irish calls a warning, as more Chinese soldiers take position above us.
"I'll take care of them. You guys focus on those at equal ground!" I call, as I begin aiming at the first soldier I see on the balcony. It takes less than five minutes to clear the bar, then Pac gets to work opening a security door. We soon hear the whirr of a Helicopter. As it comes into view I concentrate on the engines crushing them and causing the chopper to lose altitude. All we hear after that is the explosion of it impacting the ground. Losing patience, I use the force to shatter the glass of the security door, allowing us to move forward.
As we walk through the hallway, moving to the location of the VIP's, we spot two Chinese soldiers. As they open the door, the are thrown back and killed by an explosion. Before Pac and Irish can begin worrying about it being the room of the VIP's, I open the door next to us. Kovic then points a gun at my head.
"That is not how you should treat the team that is here to rescue you Kovic." I mock.
"Shut up and get inside." He orders us, to which we oblige. "Where's the van?" He then asks.
"You can take the van, but you will have some difficulty getting it free, let alone going unnoticed by the Chinese military." I shrug.
"That's just fucking great!" Kovic complains.
"Who are these VIP's?" Irish asks.
"Very important people. Significant woman and her husband." Kovic snarks.
"He means Hannah and Jin Jie." I say simply.
"What?" Everyone in the room except Jin Jie asks confused.
"I'm not your average dipshit Kovic, now if you wanted his identity secret, you would have done better by actually saying so to us. If you don't trust us, we can't trust you." I say. "Either way, it is an honour to meet you in person Jin Jie, but we need to move. We can steal one of the choppers on the roof. Let's go." I say, leaving a group of shocked people, before returning. "NOW!" I yell, forcing them to move.
As we reach the roof, I motion for everyone to be silent as I assassinate one of the guards in silence. As I carried his body back I apologise to Jin Jie, before using the force to throw all the soldiers off the roof. As we run to the chopper, I spot the shine of a sniper with a laser. Before it can shoot Jin Jie, I put myself in the bullet's path, taking the impact.
"GO! I'll be fine, just go! Kovic, take everyone, I'll hold them off!" I call to the agent, making sure everyone is safe, before engaging the enemy. Gathering the Force around me, I enter a trance like state of fury. Fury for all the people killed in this stupid operation. Fury for all the innocents dragged into the conflict. I unleash a blood-curdling scream that tore several Chinese soldiers into shreds, then unleashing a torrent of lightning to those further away, killing everyone. Once I had calmed down, I noticed the places I had been shot, thankful for the armour that saved my life. I jump off the building, using the Force to cushion my fall, as I ignite my lightsaber.
Dashing to the fountain, I impale and bisect everyone in my path as I move towards the river. Nothing could stop me, not even the tanks. Every shell they fired simply returned to sender, destroying themselves. Eventually I made it to the river, boarding a fishing boat to make an escape. Before I can contact Garrison, an Electromagnetic Pulse fries all electronics. Noticing all the boats, I call out to them.
"COME ON! FOLLOW US! I'LL GET YOU TO SAFETY!" Yelling at the top of my lungs, I lead them to the Valkyrie. To safety.
A/N – Second Mission done. 5 more to go. Hope you guys are enjoying this part so far. Nut Out.
