Chapter Seven
Well I've got a week left before college, I can try to juggle the other story besides this one. Here we go.
NORAD, otherwise known as North American Aerospace Defense Command located in Colorado picked up something unusual towards the Western side of the U.S. The General in charge picked up his laptop and plugged it into one of the main hubs and broadcasted the information onto a giant T.V screen for the operators and other military personal to look at. The NORAD systems opened up as it zoomed in on the U.S. Then towards where Russia and Canada almost meet. Blue lines are seen crossing at a angle to show enemy locations, and it displays about three groups, each consisting of about 70 battle ship. He quickly picks up a headset and contacts the nearest station.
"Sand Bravo we're reading 70 bogeys in your sector please verify."
The operator on the other side lets out a small chuckle
"Very funny station, that's a big negative over."
However, on NORAD systems, it shows that the 70 battleships are heading closer and closer towards the U.S shore lines of California.
"Yea, it might be a glitch in one of the ACS modules."
The operators quickly scan the ACS for any signs of malfunction or glitches.
[Running ACS diagnostic test]
Nome AFB, one of the Air Traffic Controller replies back.
"The skies are clear, Station. You got yourself some phantom dots. Over."
Another large group shows over the Pacific near the West Coast.
NORAD HQ quickly contacts Zulu X-Ray 6 as they see more and more bogeys heading into California.
"Signs in your sector of some 100 bogeys, please advise."
At this time, NORAD has already contacted the Pentagon and as already sent in National Guard and other military personal to California.
"Negatory, Station. Scope is clear. I dunno what to tell ya. Solar interference? Heavy sunspot activity today."
NORAD HQ deices to check on Sierra Delta, one of the Air Traffic Control in the Eastern Side.
"Sierra Delta, uh... we may have a minor ACS fault here. Do you have anything on your scope?"
"They're everywhere!"
The operators at NORAD quickly moves the ACS towards the Eastern Seaboard and already, there are massive group of enemies already entrenched into the Eastern U.S all over I-95.
"Sierra Delta, repeat!"
"I'm lookin' at fighter jets over I -95! How the hell did they get through?"
One of the warning alarm is blaring through as they spot that Sierra Delta has already scrambled the F-18s to counter attack the MiGs flying into the U.S The pulled up a satellite feed of the U.S. What they see is unbelievable. New York has already fallen into the hands of Russian soldiers. They see nearly every state in the New England Area already fallen and in flames. They then scan towards Washington D.C area. Luckily they have not reached them yet as they are currently battling with the National Guard. SWAT and Police officers are sent in to help clear areas for Tanks and other U.S forces to pass easily.
"Standby! Attempting to contact the nearest unit in that sector."
Sgt. Foley answers the call.
"I read you. This is First Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Sergeant Foley, acting commander of Hunter Two-One. Do you copy, over?"
Finally the ACS scan is complete and in giant red letters it shows this across the screen.
["A.C.S. Diagnostic Complete: FAULT"]
"All stations, be advised - satellite surveillance has been disabled. SOSUS and PAVE PAWS arrays are inoperative at this time."
Much of the East Coast has fallen at this time. The U.S President has already fled to a disclosed location. Only high ranking officials know of his whereabouts. Much of the 141 has already been recalled by the President before he moved but were not allowed to participate in the battle. The National Guard and Military forces in California are quickly recalled and to head over to the East Coast. The 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion are the first responders. They quickly mobilize and head over to Virginia and to halt or at least push them back until the rest of the U.S army can get there in time. All F-18s are already engaging with MiGs that the Russian Forces has sent. In New York, The Russians have taken it and set up jamming rigs over the Stock Exchange and several buildings. Marines and other Ranger forces cannot contact each other are they quickly pushed out of New York. All guidance systems within a certain range will not operate giving the Russians air dominance. The skies are filled with Russian para troopers parachuting onto the ground as they quickly reinforce the first strike. Sgt. Foley and his squad are already under attack. They are currently protecting a VIP in a burger joint nearby. It seems that war has come to the United States.
Rojas is seen tied to a fence, his arms are tied and he is on his knees. He has punches and bruises from the interrogation as well as some knife wounds. Ghost pulls out the laptop and turns it on as he quickly checks up on the news. The 141 system shows up and his screen is quickly bombarded with live feeds of news reporters reporting that the U.S under attack.
"The U.S is currently under lock down due to the Russian Invasion force." A reporter recaps.
"We're sorry. All lines are busy at the moment. Please hang up and try to call again later." Female Operator replies.
"I can't get anyone on the horn." Ghost said as he looks back at MacTavish.
Live feeds are soon downloaded via satellite and into the laptop. The right hand side shows a long list of newspaper headlines of the U.S under attack. Then another box is shown of Brazilian militia and how they do not allow U.S to enter their airspace. Then another box overlaps it as it shows the battle in the U.S On the upper left hand corner it shows, World News Aggrigator and underneath displays.
"U.S. DENIED PASSAGE THROUGH BRAZILIAN AIRSPACE - U.S. CONDEMNED FOR MOSCOW AIRPORT MASSACRE - CIA "BLOWBACK" TRIGGERS HARSH U.N. RESPONSE."
Another box then pops up and shows a feed of the FSB battling Makarovs men outside the airport. Soon more boxes appear as it shows the U.S fighting and other important news. There are news reporters reporting that the U.S is currently invaded and at war.
"War has been brought to the shores of the United States." One of the reporter shouted.
"The Russians must've copied the ACS module. Got the key to every lock in America." MacTavish said.
"And they're killing a thousand Americans for every dead civilian in Moscow. Look's like we're all out of friends." Ghost replies.
"Lets find a payphone."
"They still exist?"
The laptop then shows a picture of Nikolai appear.
"All we got out of Rojas is that the only guy Makarov hates worse than Americans is locked up in a Gulag."
The satellite then tracks down Roach and it tracks him down to Brazil.
"Its all we got..if hes the bait to catching that psychopath, lets hang hm from a tree"
[Day 4 - 16:19:42]
[Sgt. Gary "Roach" Sanderson[
Task Force 141
[Rio de Janeiro, 1700ft A.S.L.]
Roach, Ghost, Chemo, Rocket and MacTavish are seen hiding inside a small area surrounded by bushes and tall grass. They hear a loud plan flying overhead and they look outside. They were at one of Rojas's weapon cache. Chemo took a UMP45 with a red dot. MacTavish and Ghost kept their M4A1 and simply took ammo. Rocket took a Tar-21 with ACOG scope. Roach took a UMP45 as well and attached a ACOG. Everyone was wearing a T-Shirt with a tan color kevlar vest with the exception of Ghost. Rocket was wearing a balaclava with his goggle and helmet. Chemo was not and he just had his goggles on and his helmet. They quickly took position and Ghost went forward to scout.
"Sir, the militia's closing in. Almost 200 of them, front and back." Ghost yelled as he runs back down to their position.
"We're gonna have to fight our way to the LZ. Let's go!"MacTavish replied.
"What about Rojas?" Chemo asked.
The streets will take care of him." MacTavish answers
"Works for me." Ghost replied
"Nikolai! We're at the top level of the favela surrounded by militia! Bring the chopper to the market, do you copy, over!"
"Ok my friend, I am on the way!" Nikolai replied.
"Everyone get ready! Lock and load!"MacTavish yelled
"Let's do this!"Ghost said as he loaded his M4.
Everyone got up and started to move through the pass. Chemo took point, behind him was Rocket, Ghost and MacTavish. Roach rushes forward past Chemo and four militias appear from the left side. Right as they walked out, everyone aimed and killed them before they could even walk past the car. Chemo walked forward and hunkered down behind a small brick wall. MacTavish took cover behind a car. Rocket went with Ghost towards the left side. Rocket walks past a small path and a militia ambushed him. They engaged hand to hand, Rocket took him down and pulled out his sidearm and killed him.
"Tangos at the ground level dead ahead!" Ghost yelled as he returned fire.
"We've gotta get to the helicopter - head through the gate to the market! Move!"MacTavish yelled.
"Contact! Foot-mobiles on the rooftops, closing in from the south!" Rocket replied as he killed two more. Roach took cover with Chemo and took aim and killed the militia. The militia, was returning fire with AK-47s, RPGs and RPK with drum magazine. However, they did not aim but rather just spray their weapons everywhere. They continue to engage until they picked up and started to retreat. Then a technical comes rushing past the wooden fence with a machine gun attached at the back.
"Technical comin' in from the south!" Ghost yelled as he aimed for the gunner.
Roach and Chemo both aim for the driver and stopped them. They proceeded to kill the other two. Roach then climb up on the car and took the machine gun and aimed it towards the road. Another technical came with about 6 militias.
"We got another technical! Take it out!" MacTavish yelled.
Roach opened fire and kill the technical before they could return fire. The 6 men were easily killed by his teammates.
"Head through that gate! Keep pushing to the evac point!" MacTavish yelled.
"Go! Go! Go!" Ghost replies.
They run down the hill and they spot militia crossing them. They all aim down their weapons and kill them quickly. Roach spots some on the roof and he aims and kills them before they could enter the building.
"CONTACT 10 O'clock!"Rocket yelled as he reloaded his Tar-21.
They all took cover behind dumpsters and a pile of tires with meta covering the holes. The yard was filled with militias and they were throwing grenades.
"GRENADE!" Ghost yelled as they ran back. Roach grabbed it and threw it back at them. The grenade killed 3 of them.
"Nice work Roach!" MacTavish yelled as they returned to their position.
Just as they cleared the yard, two of them came from the balcony and another three rushed out the doorway. Ghost and Rocket killed the two on the balcony while the rest of the team killed the three from the doorway. They walked left and they Chemo took point and walked up the stairs. As he was climbing up and everyone else took point, a militia armed with a Ranger quickly rounded the corner and shot Chemo at point blank range.
"IM HIT!" Chemo shouted as he tumbled back down the stairs.
Roach noticed the shotgun blast along with everyone else and quickly filled the militia with lead, ending his life before he fire again. Roach caught him and dragged him away as Ghost looked at this wounds. The Ranger was close enough to penetrate his vest fatally wounding him. Chemo reached out and pulled out his dog tags and handed it to Ghost before his arms dropped down and died. Ghost gripped them and put it into his pocket before he turned back.
"Hes gone." Ghost said as he covers the stairway.
"We'll mourn for him later, right now we gotta get the hell out of here!" MacTavish yelled as he climbed up the stairs. They were met with militia hiding behind a wooden fence, they returned fire as Rocket threw a grenade at them. They tried to run but they were killed by the explosion. They turned left and ran down the street taking cover from cars and road blocks. Once they killed the militia, they ran down the street and took a right. Again they were greeted with gunfire and grenades. Ghost took the grenade and threw it back, exploding nearby but also causing a car to explode killing the rest.
"Roach! Lay down some fire on the intersection! Heads up! Alley on the left! Keep moving! We're almost at the market!"
They got up and appeared at another yard. They ran towards cover and returned fire. Another technical appeared and started spraying wildly. Roach took a grenade and lets it cook for a while before he tosses towards the car. The grenade explodes in the air in front of the gunner killing him. They pop up and quickly kill them before running into the market. They all took cover behind stands and doors as they thin out the number of militias.
"Squad! Spread out and cut through the market! Move!" MacTavish yelled as he and Ghost went left.
Roach and Rocket went right and they all hugged the wall as they watch the militia come out of the alley. They were killed by the two men before they could even turn around.
"Contacts above us at 11 o'clock, firing blind!" Ghost yelled.
"Tango coming out of the shack on the right!"
Rocket and Roach moved through the market and finally reached the end. They kill the gunman hiding behind the fruit stands and walls. They hear Nikolai's pave low flying overhead and they enter the houses. They go through the rooms turning left and almost entering a small yard.
"There's Nikolai's Pave Low! Let's go! Nikolai! ETA 20 seconds! Be ready for immediate dustoff!" MacTavish yelled as they walk through the houses with their guns aimed.
"That may not be fast enough! I see more militia closing in on the market! Nikolai replied.
"Pick up the pace! Let's go!"
They finally make it towards the end of the houses and they see the Pave Low about to descend but the yard was filled with enemy militia aiming their RPGS and machine guns at them.
"It's too hot! We will not survive this landing!" Nikolai yelled as he started heading back up.
"Nikolai wave off, wave off! We'll meet you at the secondary LZ instead! Go!" MacTavish yelled as he shot the militia aiming the RPG at the tail of the Pave Low.
"Very well, I will meet you there! Good luck!"
They quickly killed the militia that were occupied with the helicopter.
"Come on! We've got to get to the rooftops, this way!"
They climb up the rooftops and head towards the Pave Low.
"Let's go, let's go!"
"My friend, from up here, it looks like the whole village is trying to kill you!"
"Tell me something I don't know! Just get ready to pick us up!"
"We're running out of rooftop!" Ghost yelled as they were half way there.
"We can make it! Go go go!"
They all made it towards the end and saw the Pave Low waiting for them. They all jumped and made it except for Roach who looked backed and saw militia gathering.
"ROACH WHATS THE HOLD UP, JUMP FOR IT!" MacTavish yelled as he saw Ghost, Rocket and MacTavish all aiming their weapons towards the rooftops.
Roach takes a deep breath and he takes a few steps back before he runs and jumps. He jumps and he lands near the edge of the roof but he couldn't force his body to go forward and he slips and hangs on towards the edge. He sees MacTavish sliding forward and reaching for his arm. Roach pulls himself forward but misses his hands as his left hand slips and he falls down as he tries to grab onto something. Luckily he had his helmet on and lands on his head knocking him out for a few seconds. When he woke up, his vision was blurred and he could see shadows of the militia closing in around. There were militia left and right of him. He was going to be overrun and because he fall broke his UMP, he had no weapon to defend himself with.
"ROACH! ROACH WAKE UP!" MacTavish yelled.
"Roach! We can see them from the chopper, they're coming for you dozen of them!" Ghost yelled.
He looks around as he grabs a small wooden pillar. He sees more and more militia coming in.
"Roach! There's too many of them! Get the hell out of there and find a way to the rooftops! Move! Run for it! Get to the rooftops!"
He woken up when he hears the bullets whizzing nearby and hitting the concrete and walls nearby. He runs into the small building and up the stairs. He then turns left and runs into a small alley way. A startle man quickly runs back inside his house and locks it. As he runs into the other building, he can hear the militia closing in from behind.
"Roach, we're circling the area but I can't see you! You've got to get to the rooftops!"
He runs faster and runs up staircase. He reaches the balcony where he can see the Pave Low circling the area while being bombarded with RPG fire.
"Roach! I see you! Jump down to the rooftops and meet us south of your position! Go!"
Roach jumps down and he runs as he can hear the militia screaming at each other to shoot him. He reaches south and he jumps down only to have to run left towards an alley.
"Gas is very low! I must leave in thirty seconds!" Nikolai tells MacTavish
"Roach! We're running on fumes here! You got thirty seconds! Run! Left! Turn left and jump down! Come on"
He turns left and he slides down the roof and as the militia is shooting at him, one of them hits the glass shattering it making it easier for Roach to escape. He enters a small room and he sees the Pave Low hovering nearby with MacTavish holding the door open. Roach runs as he sees a ladder fall down.
"JUMP FOR IT!" MacTavish yells as Roach jumps and he grabs the ladder and holds on tight. He uses his right hand to hold on to another part of the ladder.
"Nikolai! We got him! Get us out of here!"
"Where to, my friend?"
"Just get us to base."
MacTavish and Ghost help pull Roach up and into the Pave Low. He makes it in and they close the door locking as Roach falls down onto the floor and takes off his helmet.
"Holy shit.." Roach said as he pants and gets up.
"You got lucky there mate, if you had missed..well lets just say it won't be pretty" Ghost said as he sat next to Rocket.
Rocket...He had lost his best friend out here today. He was holding onto the dog tag of Chemo. He had is balaclava removed and he was looking at the dog tag. Ghost said down next to him and he looks up. Roach sits down as well but he feels something inside his pocket. He reaches in and pulls out two dog tags. One was covered in grime and blood but it said Meat. The other one was clear and it read Royce. MacTavish looked as Roach handed him their dog tags. MacTavish looks at them before he puts them into his pockets.
"Question...why do we take their dog tags sir." Roach asks.
MacTavish looks around and he raises his eyebrows.
"You don't know? Thought you did since you took Meats and Royce."
"I was just following Royce, he did after all take Meats. I figure I could do the same for Royce."
MacTavish looks out of the Pave Low windows and sighs before giving him a speech.
"There's a clock tower in Hereford, where the names of the dead are inscribed. We try to honor their deeds even...as their faces fade from our memories...Those memories are that's left when bastards have taken everything else."
With that, Roach understood that meaning and stopped asking question as they flew overhead of the U.S. Ghost pulled out a laptop and it had a list of every 141 member. It showed their status, name and code name. Ghost typed into the laptop before closing it. It read.
Chemo ID #054 KIA...
Meat ID #064 KIA...
Royce ID#034 KIA...
I figure I give MacTavish that speech, since it fit wells with the reason why the dog tags are taken once a 141 member is killed. Also, Price originally said that speech sometime before MW2 in my story but MacTavish just so happened to remember it.
Hope you like it.