Love Struck
Chapter 10 – Cole
Shadow's POV 1:00am
"Get up! Both of you!" I heard someone shout.
I quickly opened my eyes to find Nexus in my face.
"What's wrong?" I asked while standing off my bed.
"Logan wants both of you in his office now." Replied Nexus.
I quickly looked at Ghost and he was just standing up.
"Why?" Asked Ghost who was just as tired as me.
"Can't say." Replied Nexus.
Ghost looked at me and shrugged his shoulders while tossing me my shirt.
I caught it in my right hand and we both quickly got dressed.
"Let's go." Urged nexus while getting the door.
Ghost and I then followed Nexus through the hallways towards Logan's office.
When we got there Nexus opened the door and let us walk in.
Logan was sitting at his desk with his hands on his forehead.
"Please sit." Said Logan.
Nexus shut the door and stood beside me as Logan gently sat up.
Logan then went into his desk and pulled out two files; one for me and one for Ghost.
We slowly took them and flipped it open to the first page.
Inside were a few photos of an abandoned rail yard and some geographical studies. I quickly turned to the next page and found an operation. The operation was called Groundbreaker.
"I'm sorry to send you guys out so early but we have no choice." Stated Logan.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"G.U.N took one of my men hostage a few weeks ago, his name was Carl. He was taken as a POW during a raid. G.U.N was using him to get mission details out of the operation in front of you, Operation Groundbreaker. Carl was to oversee the operation." Logan stopped and I looked at Ghost.
Ghost quickly raised his hand.
"What's operation Groundbreaker?" Asked Ghost.
"Our rebellion was getting weapons from Pakistan. They dropped the shipment off by train a few hours ago. I was going to send a retrieval team for the weapons, but it seems G.U.N beat us to it." Replied Logan.
"So your man cracked and leaked the info of the drop off location?" I asked.
"We believe so. G.U.N arrived at the shipment about an hour ago and my recon team says that there only doing an inventory check at the moment. I need you two to go and clean out the area." Stated Logan while taking a seat in his chair.
"By cleaning out, you mean kill anyone who is G.U.N?" Asked Ghost.
"Precisely." Replied Logan.
"What about Carl?" I asked.
"The recon team who will be covering your approach to the rail yard informs me that they have Carl with them as a guide to the weapons. The recon team said they took him inside the main building located not to far from the tracks." Replied Logan.
"What's the op?" Asked Ghost.
"You two need to go to the rail yard and eliminate all G.U.N forces. After that is done I need you to contact me so I can send the retrieval team to get the weapons. Carl is your secondary objective. Get him out if they haven't killed him already." Stated Logan.
I looked at Ghost and we both nodded.
"Yes sir!" We shouted to Logan.
Logan smiled and ordered Nexus to get the door.
Me and Ghost quickly stood up and exited the room with Nexus behind us.
"Get your gear and go outside. I have a car outside that we will use to get you close to the rail yard." Ordered Nexus.
We nodded and quickly got our gear from the arms master. Once we were ready Ghost and I made our way outside.
The arms master gave us new body armor and some pads for the trip. Ghost and my layout were exactly the same. Primary on our back and our sidearm on our thigh. We were also given I couple of flash bangs.
We found our ride waiting out front of the capital. Nexus stopped us when we tried to get in the through the doors.
"We can't have you guys riding in the open." Stated nexus.
"Then where are we…!" I stopped and looked.
"No." I stated.
"It's only for a few minutes." Stated nexus.
"Wait! Shadow!" I heard someone shout.
We all looked at the door to find Logan running to us.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
Logan approached me and pulled out a bandana.
"Put it on." Ordered Logan.
"Why?" I asked.
"We can't let G.U.N know your alive it would ruin our goal." Replied Logan while handing me the bandana.
I nodded and quickly tied the bandana around my face.
"Better?" I asked.
"Much and here's one for you Ghost." Replied Logan while handing him one as well.
Ghost took it and wrapped the brown bandana around his face same as me. Once we were ready Nexus popped the trunk to the car.
"Be careful." Stated Logan while heading back to the building.
"We will." I replied while looking at Nexus.
Once Logan was gone Ghost shouted.
"I'm not getting in there!"
"It's only for five minutes." Replied Nexus.
I rested my hand on Ghost shoulder.
"Consider it a bonding experience." I said.
"Sure. I'll be bonding with your ass the whole way there." Replied Ghost while putting his foot in the trunk.
"I can go in first if you want." I stated.
"I'll be fine, get in already. Ordered Ghost while now laying down as far back as he could."
When Ghost was set I got in behind him and laid down next to him. After I was set Nexus grabbed the trunk's lid.
"The driver will shout when to go. So listen for it." Said Nexus.
"Can we just get this over with?!" Shouted Ghost who was pushing on my backside.
Nexus smiled and shut the lid. We heard him then bang on the car and we started to roll out of the city.
The trunk was cramped and smelly. Not to mention me and Ghost were both sweating from the heat of the car's exhaust.
"You ok?" I asked while trying to look back at him.
"Does it look like I'm ok?" Asked Ghost back.
"Hey I'm here too. I don't love this ether." I stated.
"You're not the one who has ass cheeks in his face." Replied ghost.
"I could try and hug against the lid if you want." I stated.
"This is one reason I'm not use to having a partner." Replied Ghost.
"When we get out; just watch each other's backs. Were partners for a reason Ghost. I'm sure in time you'll get the hang of it." I stated.
"Trust me; I got the hang of it. I got your back covered even now as you can feel." Replied Ghost.
"Ha, let's just make this work ok?" I asked.
"Deal." Replied Ghost.
A few minutes went by and I heard Ghost wipe his face.
"You ok"? I asked.
"Just tired." Replied Ghost.
"At least after this we can get some rest." I stated.
"All I want is a bed." Stated Ghost while yawning.
I yawned back.
"After what happened I can understand why. I replied.
"It just hurt." Stated Ghost.
"Get ready to bail!" Shouted the driver.
Me and ghost both widened our eyes and shouted.
"We're jumping!"
"Yeah, go!" Ordered the driver.
I quickly opened the trunk and rolled out onto the desert road. Ghost was right behind me and when we landed we immediately stood up and approached the fencing near the edge of the rail yard.
"Thank you Arms master for the pads." I said with a smile.
"Agreed." Replied Ghost.
"Who's taking point?" I asked.
"If G.U.N finds us they'll kill Carl. We need to find out what we're dealing with." Replied ghost while putting his hand on his ear.
"Recon team, this ETR 1. Come in over." Ordered Ghost.
"This is Charlie 2-9, ETR 1 we read you." Replied the recon team.
"2-9 we need to know what we're up against do you have anything on enemy force?" Asked ghost.
"ETR there's only one squad. By the look of things there are only six of them." Replied 2-9
"What about Carl?" Asked Ghost.
"Your secondary is in the far building of the railyard across from you. There are only two watching him. The other four are at the weapons setting up a defensive perimeter."
"Can you provide cover?" Asked Ghost.
"Yes. We will cover you throughout this operation." Replied 2-9.
"Alright we're moving now." Stated Ghost.
"We saw the car drop you off. We see you and are waiting for your go." Replied 2-9.
"Copy." Replied ghost.
Ghost quickly looked at me.
"Let's go." Ordered Ghost.
I nodded and we quickly hopped the fence into the rail yard.
"The guns are about one hundred meters to your left ETR." Stated 2-9.
"Got it." Replied Ghost while stopping me.
"What's the plan?" I asked.
"We need to split up." Replied Ghost.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"We have to just in case we get caught. You go and get Carl. I'll deal with the weapons." Replied Ghost.
I nodded and slowly made my way towards the building.
Ghost's POV
"2-9 this is ETR 1, my partner is making his way to the secondary. I'm going after the guns." I Stated
"We can only cover one of you." Replied 2-9.
"Watch him. Make sure he makes it to that building. That's an order." I stated with force.
"Roger ETR." Replied 2-9.
Shadow's POV
"ETR this 2-9 do you read?" Asked 2-9.
"Roger 2-9 I hear you." I replied.
"Your commander advised us to cover you. We have your back. Just call out a target and we'll knock'em down." Stated 2-9.
"Copy, I'm going silent for a few." I stated.
"Copy that." Replied 2-9.
I quickly approached the building and it was really easy to get here. I don't understand what dumb ass in G.U.N would only send a single squad to retrieve the weapons.
I approached the front door and I knew it was stupid to go in through there. I looked around and found a drainage pipe leading to the second floor of the building.
I quickly got on the pipe and climbed up to the siding of the second floor. I balanced on the siding and made my way to the window. I quickly looked inside to find nothing but an empty room. I immediately climbed inside and ran to the doorway while taking cover on its side. I slowly looked into the next room and found one solider by the window. I looked next to him to find the door where I guess they are holding Carl.
Quietly I put my hand on my ear.
"2-9 this is ETR do you copy?" I asked.
"We read you ETR." Replied 2-9.
"I have one target in front of me. Second floor window." I stated.
"We have eyes on ETR." Stated 2-9.
"Take him." I ordered.
"Roger ETR. One round incoming." Replied 2-9.
I quickly approached the solider and waited for the shot.
"Tooh." {That weird word is the sound of the sniper. It is suppressed. This was the best I could come up with.}
The round went straight into the soldier's head sending his body and gun to the ground. I quickly caught the gun in my left hand while balancing his body on my side. I gently dragged the body and gun into the room where I entered from and rested them on the floor. Once I was ready I proceeded to the room where Carl was being held.
"Thanks 2-9." I stated.
"You're welcome ETR." Replied 2-9.
"Where's my commander?" I asked.
"He's approaching the weapons now." Replied 2-9.
"Switch to him. I'm good here." I ordered.
"Roger ETR." Replied 2-9.
I looked back at the door and readied a breached. I gently opened the door and couched my way inside silently.
Inside I found Carl lying on a makeshift bed with the solider knelt down in front of him.
I slowly approached them.
"What are you going to do with me?" Asked Carl to the solider.
"When the word is given I'm going to leave you here." Replied the solider.
"But I'll die!" Shouted Carl.
"The C4 will make it quick. No pain." Stated the solider.
I slowly readied my arms and Carl widened his eyes in shock.
The solider noticed it and tried to turn. I quickly grabbed him by the neck and choked him as hard as I could. He tried to break free by swinging his arms at me, but he couldn't take a hold on me. He slowly lowered his arms and his head and began to pass out. As soon as he was out I snapped his neck to the right.
"Snap!"
I tossed his body to the floor and widened my eyes realizing it was Raze who I just killed.
I smiled gently and went for Carl who was being held in cuffs.
I quickly took the key off Raze's corpse and freed Carl's restraints.
"Who are you?!" Shouted Carl.
I quickly covered his mouth.
"Shhhhhh…I'm with the rebellion. Me and my partner are here to get you home. Are you able to walk?" I asked.
"No." Replied Carl while showing me his kneecaps.
Both were completely broken in two and I knew it would be hard to get him out.
"Alright, wait here. I'll be back." I said while making my way to the exit.
"Wait!" Shouted Carl.
I quickly looked back at him.
"There going to blow up the shipment. If those bombs go off we're dead." Stated Carl.
"We'll handle it don't worry." I replied while reaching for my earpiece.
"Ghost come in." I ordered.
Ghost's POV
"What is it?" I asked quietly.
"I have Carl and the men are down. He's unable to walk and he just informed me that the place is rigged to blow. We need to defuse the bombs." Stated Shadow.
"Alright, good job. Leave Carl where he is and find the one planting the bombs. I have only three men here the forth one is somewhere planting the rest. Find him and get that detonator." I ordered.
"Got it." Replied Shadow.
I slowly took my hand of my ear and approached one of the train carts. I heard one of the men walking on the other side. I slowly looked under and he was walking my way. I gently readied myself and waited. The man came walking around the side and the second he was exposed I grabbed him by the neck and bent over. His body was on my back as I choked him tightly. I went harder and harder until.
"Snap!"
His neck broke and I rested his body on the sand.
I slowly went around the train and made my way closer to the guns.
The last two guys were inside the shipping cart. I quickly made my way around them to the ladder on the back of the train. I quietly climbed up and made my way above them trying not to make sound. I listened as they talked amongst themselves.
"Where do you think the rebels got these guns?" Asked one of them.
I gently looked inside and they were both not looking at each other on separate sides of the doors leading into the cart.
"Probably from some place like Pakistan." Replied the other man.
The one solider picked up a revolver from one of the containers and asked.
"Want to play a game?"
I quickly bent over the edge of the door and grabbed the solider who asked the question by the neck.
I lifted him up onto the train and stabbed him in the neck with my knife. He quickly died out and rested on my lap.
"We're on the clock Mark we don't have time for…games?" Replied the last solider who was still in the cart.
"Where did you go Mark?!" Shouted the solider.
I quickly took Mark's body and jumped off the cart. As the solider searched I rested the body inside an empty train car. I wet my finger with Mark's blood and shut the door. On the outside of the door I used his blood and wrote.
"HIDE AND RUN"
As soon as I was done I made my way to the solider that was still searching for Mark.
"Come on out Mark! I don't like hide and seek!" Shouted the man.
I quickly stomped my feet near the train cart where I hid the body and the solider came running.
"Mark!" He shouted as he turned the corner to find no one there.
I hid under the shipment cart as he approached the cart where Mark was "resting".
"Mark." He said silently. He was getting scared.
The solider looked and stopped at the train where I wrote in Mark's blood.
"Mark." He said silently again as he read the writing.
The solider quickly turned and looked around to find no one in his sight.
The solider panicked and started to run.
I quickly rolled out and started to chase him. The man stopped as soon as he heard footsteps behind him and I jumped to another cart and got on the roof. The man was scared shitless as I followed from cart to cart. He ran to the center of the rail yard and stopped dead center and began to look around again. I quickly jumped down from the cart and made my way closer to him. Around us were crates of the weapons shipment and I was using them to approach him. Crate to crate I got closer and closer. The man drew his gun and began to aim around at nothing. He heard me, but couldn't find me. He turned the opposite direction from me and I quickly leaped out with my knife. The man turned and pointed the gun at me. I instantly swung my knife at his hand chopping four of fingers off.
The gun and his finger landed in the sand.
"AGHH….!" I quickly covered his mouth and tackled him onto the floor.
I immediately head butted him in the nose causing his head to bounce of the sand. I then brought up my knife and slammed it down on his throat. He gagged for a few seconds then died with a mouth full of his own blood.
I gently pulled out my blade and took a quick breath of air.
"That was fucked up ETR." Stated 2-9.
"Why didn't you take him?" I asked while putting my knife back.
"To be honest, it was fun watching." Replied 2-9.
"How's my partner?" I asked.
"He's approaching the last guy." Replied 2-9.
"Alright; I'm making my way to him now, cover him." I ordered.
"Roger ETR." Replied 2-9.
Shadow's POV
I left Carl alone while I made my way back outside. I looked near the last shipping cart to find him placing the last C4 charge. I hesitated because I knew who it was. I watched him from a distance. The last G.U.N solider was Cole. My old squad's demolitions expert. He was a start to my revenge and I quickly approached him from his side.
Cole turned once he heard me and looked in surprise.
"Who are you?!" He ordered.
I quickly took out my knife and Cole panicked and went for his sidearm.
"Tooh."
An incoming sniper round drilled his gun and sent it flying to the floor.
Cole looked around to find no one, but me in sight.
"Fuck you!" Shouted Cole as he began to run away.
I quickly ran after him. If Cole got away then we would lose the shipment.
Cole ran to the middle of the railyard with me right on his tail.
Cole always thought his strength was enough, but I see now that was all for show. He was slow due to his size and I easily caught up to him. I was about ten feet behind him when Ghost jumped out in front of him.
Ghost was so close he could hug him. Cole immediately back up and shouted.
"Who the hell are you?!"
I quickly approached from behind Cole and readied my blade.
Cole looked at me and backed up towards Ghost who was waiting with his knife.
Ghost instantly stabbed Cole in the back and quickly pushed him into me.
I took Cole by his neck and placed my knife on his throat.
Cole looked into my eyes.
"You look formulary." Said Cole quietly while his back bleed down his legs.
I gently used my left hand and took him by the shoulder, while my blade rested on his throat.
I slowly leaned in towards his face.
"It's nice to know all that body building didn't affect your brain cells." I replied quietly.
"Who are you?" Asked Cole.
"I'm someone who wants revenge. I'm someone who's going to end G.U.N. I'm the one who's going to kill you, James, and Dark. I'm someone who you three left to die." I stopped as Cole widened his eyes.
"Shad…!" I cut him off with my blade.
I slit his throat wide open and Cole opened his mouth in shock as blood poured out of him. He began to cough up blood. I stepped back a few feet as Cole fell to his knees.
I slowly pulled down my bandana exposing my face. Cole's eyes widened in shock and pain. He grabbed his neck trying to hold down the fountain. I watched as he began to slip.
Cole looked at me one last time and then fell to the ground. Blood began to form around his body as ghost approached me in silence.
I pulled back up my bandana and kept my eyes on Cole's body.
Ghost bent over and took the detonator off his corpse then looked at me.
"You ok?" He asked.
I looked into his eyes and replied.
"That was only the beginning brother. Only two remain. I won't stop till there dead."
Ghost unarmed the detonator and looked back at me.
I quickly rested my hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry. I was stuck in the moment. I understand you don't want to be close. I didn't mean to…!" Ghost cut me off by taking my hand.
I looked into his eyes.
"I changed my mind Shadow. I'm willing to have you in my life. Now how about we go back to base brother?"
I smiled and he released my hand.
Ghost went for his ear piece.
"2-9 the bombs are defused and the rail yard is secure. Call Logan and get the retrieval team here." Ordered Ghost.
"Roger ETR. Great work out there." Replied 2-9.
"You too." Stated Ghost.
Ghost looked back at me and smiled.
"All we do now is wait for our ride back to the city." Stated Ghost.
"How about we go get Carl and we get the hell out of here." I suggested.
"Sounds good. How about tomorrow we go out and celebrate?" Asked ghost.
I widened my eyes.
"You want to celebrate?" I questioned.
"It was a perfect mission and we had no fuck ups. All I'm suggesting is we go out and get a drink or two. How's that sound?" Replied Ghost.
"I'm not a big drinker, but I think I can excuse it this one time." I stated.
Ghost smiled and we made our way to the building to get Carl. Carl's knees were completely unable to move and we had to carry him out carefully. When we got him outside 2-9 regrouped with us and our ride arrived with the rest of the soldiers to retrieve the weapons. Us and 2-9 got in one of the trucks and we were driven back to the capital.
2-9 was a two man squad just like me and Ghost.
I have a feeling we will be working together a lot more in time to come.
Ghost invited them to join us tomorrow and they agreed to meet us.
In about ten minutes we reached the capital and escorted Carl inside to the medic's who were waiting for us.
They took Carl away for care and we remained at the entrance.
Nexus and Logan came to us finally and welcomed us back.
"Great work guys." Stated Nexus.
"Yeah, I'm impressed that went as well as it did. You two earned a rest. We will take Carl into care and we will let you know how he is doing. In the meantime, go and get some sleep. I'll see you guys first thing in the morning." Stated Logan.
"Yes sir." We both replied.
Ghost and I both gave our gear back to the arms master and made our way to our quarters.
Once we entered the room Ghost and I flopped on our beds and passed out. It wasn't funny how tired we were.
It didn't take long to fall asleep and the second I was about to I thought to myself.
"Cole is dead. James is next. Then you Dark. You will die with the rest of G.U.N."
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
I think tomorrow when me and Ghost go out I'll invite Amy to join us. I want to see her. I never met such a wonderful women in my life. I know we haven't talk much, and I know I almost killed her, but I think she likes me and to be honest I think I love her. I hope she says yes.
That's the end to part one of this series. Please I understand there wasn't much Shadow and Amy, but I'm doing that for a reason. Soon you'll all see and feel what I mean. Please don't be mad. I'll have part two on right after this is posted. Please review and let me know what you thought or felt. Also I spelled checked all of this first part. All chapters are good to read now.
I'm back for a long while and please as always trust me with what I am doing. I promise there's a reason to my madness and suspense.
mT Shadow.