Chapter Three
I wrote this at like 12 at night so if there is something wrong sorry. Also with or without reviews I'm still gonna write this
The ride on the CV-22B Osprey had a different feel for Roach. The ride was loud due to the large engine noise that the Osprey would make when taking off and during the flight. On the other hand it was silent because Ghost and MacTavish didn't seem to be the talkative type of people, they both either picked at their weapons and would pull it apart and inspect it before putting it back together or just stared at the walls. Meat and Royce was the only people talking, they looked like they were best of friends and Roach pondered on what they were talking about but with the loud engine and propellers who knew what they were talking about. The President had decided to not talk until they had reached the base for some strange reason. As the Osprey flew back to the U.S Roach was staring at a picture of Granite Team and other D-Boys he knew. They each did a pose where they had their guns up leaning towards their shoulder and they had the peace sign with their left hand, their elbow was up on their teammates shoulder and they had a smile. On the upper right hand it said "Go hard or go home". As he sorted out his thoughts he felt the Osprey landing on a military base, yet on the outside it looks like a nice one story hotel. It was a rather large compound, wider and it is taller, it had a wonderful skylight and it was closed at the time. They all walked off the hatch and watched as the Osprey took off and flew back to a airstrip somewhere. The President walks to the front and pulls out a blue card while MacTavish took out a red card. The both of them swiped at the same time and two red lights on top switched to green and a low dinging noise was heard. The doors slides opens and they are hit with a giant gust of cold air coming from the Air Conditioner.
"Welcome Roach, to your new home." The President said as they walked inside.
The lobby was empty though there were doors leading to bathrooms. The five of them walked towards the front and signal Roach to hurry up as he was looking around.
"Where is everyone?" Roach asked.
"They are most likely at the course of firing range, either way you'll meet the team soon enough." MacTavish replied back.
They six of them walked back and at the floor there was a giant circle that had the Task Force 141 symbol, which consisted of the SAS's signal with a skull on top and it was circled by two leaf like object and a spade was in the back of everything else and it had Task Force on the top with 141 was on the bottom. Just then two more doors slide open and they entered a giant lobby. It was a really big Gym which had plenty of 141 members working out, boxing or just sitting there after working out and chatting with each other. Other had a giant T.V screen and they were watching a movie, it looked like Black Hawk Down, though it was hard to tell from where he stood. The men saw MacTavish and the President and they stopped what they were doing and rush towards them.
"Sir!" 141 members yelled and saluted.
"At ease men." MacTavish replied.
The other members looked at Roach who was standing next to Ghost. They whispered and looked.
"Oh right, I forgot. This soldier here is our new recruit, you better not take him lightly, he just came back from Afghanistan after taking out a resistance leader." MacTavish said as he pushed him forward.
Roach looked at the men before speaking.
"Hey" Roach said as he rubbed the back of his head.
The 141 men all replied back with Hi before the President walked up.
"So, Do you have a nickname?" President asked.
"Nick...name sir?" Roach said.
"That's right, most of the men here go by a nickname that was given when they were back in their old unit."
"Well, in Delta they would call me Roach." Roach replied.
"Roach ehh, why was that?" Ghost replied.
"Well, most of the mission I usually come out of unharmed or I survive the worst missions possible, makes me sorta hard to kill." Roach replied.
Just then a 141 member walks out.
"Delta huh? Which team."
"Granite." Roach replied.
"Hmm, I was with Onyx until President here recruited me." Ozone
"Same with me" Scarecrow
"Right, I'm Sgt. Marcus Silva you can just call me Ozone." Ozone said.
Ozone had brown eyes and black hair, he had tanned skin and his height looked to be rather 5'10.
"How did you get your name?" Roach asked.
"Well, I was part of Delta, and there was one mission where we had to extract a high valued target but our swimming gear was shot, I had to swim almost 5 miles without a oxygen tank with that target kicking and screaming."
"Wow, impressive." Roach replied
They both shook hands and then another 141 member walked up.
"The names Cpl. Anthony Parker, but call me Scarecrow, I was part of Anvil Team for Delta." Scarecrow replied.
"How did you get Scarecrow as your name?" Roach asked.
"Well long story short, I worked as a undercover Delta and would scare the locals by tying people up to a cross like a scarecrow, since then it stayed with me" Scarecrow replied.
Scarecrow looked different from Ozone, He had very very dark brown eyes and light black hair, his skin was pale but not too pale. He was slightly taller than Ozone probably around 6 ft tall.
Then another one walked up he spoke with a Australian Accent and he looked rather young perhaps 19-20 years old, with white skin and blue eyes and blond hair.
"Hey, the names Jake Wile, you can call me Rook." Rook said.
"So..what's with your name?" Roach asked.
"Back in the Australian Special Forces, my family use to make chess pieces to sell to the local, the Rook piece was always my favorite and I bought the one my dad specially made for me. Since then the guys here called me Rook." Rook replied.
Roach grinned and shook his hands.
"Alright, you'll get plenty of time to talk to him later, right now I gotta give him a tour and a talk." President said.
The 141 members went back to what the were doing and waved bye.
"MacTavish, Ghost, Meat and Royce. You guys can go back, thanks." President said and dismissed the four men.
He gave Roach the rest of the tour showing him the bunks, the course which looked 10x harder than the Pit and of course the lounge where people would sit watch T.V and lastly the lunch room which had people in it eating. Also showed him outside where they were people playing basketball or just enjoying the sun and breeze. The basketball court was pretty large and it had bleachers. The bleachers had a stand on top to shelter the spectators from the searing heat and to help keep the seats cool. Next to it on the other hand was a large airstrip filled with Blackhawks, MH6 Little Birds and V22 Ospreys.
"Alright, Gary what do you think?"
Roach looked and pondered before answering.
"I think it's good but I have a question though, Does anyone know about the 141?"Roach asked.
"Hmm, it's a mixed answer. Yes, because only certain high classed individuals know along with my cabinet. No because not even Congress knows of this Spec. Ops unit." President replied.
Roach nodded and decided not to ask any more question. The two got back to the Lounge and wished him luck.
"Now, I got things to take care off in the White House. Good luck." The President said as he called the pilot to come pick him up and he walked out.
Roach walks over to the firing range and he sees a empty spot. He looks at the other five men shooting with precise accuracy and calmness like it was nothing. He walks over and looks at the arsenal of weapons. The 141 had a variety of weapons ranging from Sub machine guns to Automatic Assault Rifles to Sniper Rifles. The main sub machine guns that they used were MP5K and UMP45. The Assault had a large variety including Tar-21, M4A1, M16A4, to the Scar-H and ACR. Many of them also used attachments ranging from ACOG, Red dot, Holographic Sight and to just Iron sights. As Roach looks down the firing range he sees about 6 others shooting down. One was carrying a Tar-21 with a Red Dot sight. Another was shooting a UMP45 and another using a Scar-H with M203. Roach picks up a M4A1 and attaches a Holographic sight and presses the red button. The targets pop up at a incredible pace, there were others that even moved left and right. Roach aims down the sight and he starts firing. At first he seemed to be missing most of the shots until he got the timing down. He continued at the firing range improving over time. Finally Roach gets a hit with massive jet lag after flying from Afghanistan back to the U.S and he sets down the weapons and heads to the bunk. He reaches the bunks as MacTavish catches up to him he leads him to a empty bunk.
"This is yours, you'll be next to Archer so get friendly with him" MacTavish said
"Thanks." Roach replies as he sets his things down.
He looks around and he sees about 11 other bunks nearby, there was name tags at the foot of the bed. It read, Ozone, Scarecrow, Archer, Toad, Angel, Bearcat, Exxon, Cherub, Chemist, Patron and Jester. He whistles as he tries to remember who is who but he sighs and he drops his bags and unties his shoes. He climbs into the bunk and sighs as he closes his eyes and whispers to himself.
"Looks like I'm the FNG again."