Love Struck
Chapter 123 - Raptor And Friends
Raptor's POV
Shadow is stable and now all that Frost and I can do is wait till my men get here. I honestly didn't expect Hannon to send my squad, but I guess after the last mission they need a easy one.
"You ok?" Asked Frost as he looked at me.
I nodded and replied.
"I'm fine."
"You don't look it." Stated Frost as he turned himself towards me from across the Humvee.
"I just need a shower." I stated.
"I need one too, but that's not what I mean." Replied Frost.
"Then what are you talking about?" I asked now focused on him.
"Ever since that mission back home it's like every time Shadow is in some type of pain you turn into a much more caring person." Stated Frost.
"Hehe…it's not that. It's just whenever I see Shadow about to die I remember what he did for me, for all of us." I replied with a smile.
"I understand. He saved all of us that day, but I just get worried about you." Stated Frost.
"Don't be. I'm fine. I just feel that I owe him something for saving my life." I stated.
"We all do." Replied Frost.
We went silent and then Frost asked.
"Do you think this will be enough?"
"I think it's a start." I replied with a smile.
Frost smiled as well as we heard a helicopter.
Slowly we both got off the Humvee and watched as a Pakistan helicopter came overhead.
"Here we go!" Shouted Frost over the sound of the helicopter as we approached.
I nodded and we approached as the helicopter landed.
Slowly the back of the helicopter dropped and my men waited.
They came out slowly and they stopped in front of me as I looked for the squad leader.
He came forward and offered his hand which I took gracefully.
"Nice to see you boss." Stated the fox as he looked at Frost.
"Nice to see both of you." He corrected as I released his hand.
"Is everyone ready?" I asked.
"Yes sir." He replied.
I nodded and looked past him and towards the squad itself.
Their armor scared the afghan soldiers. Enough body armor plating to stop a grenade. Pure dark brown with black trim along with the grip gloves and the combat helmet. Each one armed to his specialties. Some held LMGs, snipers, assault rifles, SMGs, and even a few hand gunners. Special forces if I ever seen any. My squad. Shadow's guards. Shadow calls them the Black Knights. I just call them my family.
"Is everyone ready?" I asked.
"Yes sir. We just need to get the Commander." Replied the squad leader.
I nodded and looked at a few of the men behind him.
"The commander is stable but be careful. Our job is to bring him back alive not dead. He's in the lead Humvee. Get him loaded." I ordered.
"Yes sir!" Shouted the men as they ran off to get Shadow.
"What do the rest of us do sir?" Asked the squad leader.
"I want the rest of your men to provide security and I want to talk to you and Frost in private." I stated while walking towards the front of the helicopter.
Frost and my man followed as I got them close.
"What's the squad's code?" I asked.
Both Frost and my squad leader replied.
"To carry out all mission's without problem and to expel anyone who get's in our way in force or even the slightest notion of disrespect."
I nodded and replied.
"Both of you know I don't like it when someone interferes with our mission right?"
"Yes sir." Replied Frost.
"I want someone here dealt with." I stated as they both widened their eyes.
"Who?" Asked the squad leader.
I looked and pointed at the fox who was talking to his men over by the convey next to Shadow.
"The fox?" Questioned the squad leader as he looked back at me.
I nodded.
"Sir I don't think we need to get rid of him. We already put him in place once." Stated Frost.
"Don't take this personally Frost but if you ever talked to me like that or even attempted to get in the way of what I'm sent to do I would have you killed to make sure that never happens again." I replied.
Frost nodded in approval.
"You want to kill him?" Asked the leader.
"Kill is a harsh word, more like dispose."
"How?" Asked Frost.
"Leave that to me, but be ready when we're airborne." I stated.
Both Frost and the squad leader nodded as we broke formation to head to the fox.
Quickly the fox eye balled me and I ordered him.
"Come here!"
The fox was scared and with his beat up face he stopped in front of me and my two men.
"Yes sir?" He asked still scared that I would kill him.
"I want you to come with me." I stated.
The fox was confused.
"Why sir?" He asked as his men watched.
"I have a feeling me and you got on the wrong foot when we first met and I want you to come and try out." I replied.
"For what sir?" He asked again.
"I want you on my team. I need someone like you. You know, someone who isn't afraid to say how he feels." I replied.
The fox looked at his men and replied.
"I can't just go sir. I lead these men."
"I already cleared it with Commander Mason. Your coming." I stated.
The fox nodded at my lie and we waited as my men walked by with Shadow on the stretcher.
Carefully they loaded him on the helicopter and I ordered.
"We're pulling out!"
All my men got back on the helicopter and I looked at the fox as he waited for me.
"Let's go!" I ordered him as Frost and my squad leader played along.
The fox was scared to say the least but ran and got in the helicopter next to my men who were just as confused on why he was coming.
Quickly Frost and the squad leader boarded then I walked on.
"Raptor!" I heard someone shout.
I looked back to see Mason.
"Yes sir!?" I asked over the noise.
"Call me once Shadow is better! I need him here for the speech soon!" Stated Mason as the latch shut.
I nodded and watched as the helicopter closed.
In a few seconds we were airborne.
The fox looked at me in fear as my men all stared at him.
"Where are we going?" He asked.
"Back to our base in Pakistan." I replied as Frost got next to the latch.
We both went silent as Shadow rested in the middle of this large twenty man group and after a few seconds the fox said.
"Listen, I'm sorry about before I didn't mean to…!" I cut him off with a nod of my head.
"It's ok. I like it when you guys think you can stop something enviable."
The fox looked at me in anger and shouted.
"If I wanted to I could have just shot you and your fucking friend!"
My men were about to jump him when I replied.
"Coming from the fox who forgot the safety button."
The fox was angry and went to grab me.
"Woooo!" Shouted Frost as he held him back.
The fox was about to kill me when Frost sat him back down.
"Why do you even want me on your team!?" He asked out of anger.
"I don't." I replied while feeling my side.
"What!?" Asked the fox in confusion.
"I don't want you on my team. I don't want you on any team." I stated as I unlatched my side pouch.
The fox immediately looked about the helicopter and all my men stared at him. Slowly the fox got the balls to look back at me.
"I just want you gone." I stated as I pulled out my M9.
"BANG! AGHHHHHH!" Screamed the fox as the bullet went right into his leg.
The fox went for his gun but my men took it away.
"BANG!"
I fired and hit his other leg and the fox held in his pain as Frost went to the pilot.
We waited as my men held the fox in place and as we waited Frost ordered the pilot.
"As high as you can go!"
In moments we felt the helicopter go way up and steady itself.
"All clear!" Stated my pilot as I stood up to kneel down next to the fox who cried in pain.
"I can't have people like you fighting for our freedom." I stated as the fox replied.
"My men will find out you did this!"
"No they won't. I'll make sure no one finds you and that if they do there will hardy be a face to know who you were and just to be sure how about we get rid of this?" I asked while pointing at his uniform.
The fox panicked as my men got all the gear off him. To any soldier or person he was just a normal civilian.
Quickly I looked at Frost and he got me a parachute from one of the containers next to the latch.
"If you somehow live you won't get too far. BANG! BANG!"
I shot him up close in the feet and the fox screamed.
"AGHHHHHHHH!"
Some of his toes fell off from the bullet and rolled about my boots. The fox cried as Frost handed him the chute.
"Good luck." Stated Frost as he went to the door switch.
The fox was begging for me not to do this but I didn't care.
Quickly Frost opened the hatch and the fox looked at me in fear.
"PLEASE NO!" He screamed in tears of fear.
"Have a nice trip." I stated while kicking him directly in the chest.
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed as he fell out of the helicopter.
Alex's POV
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as I that fucking hedgehog watched me fall.
My blood sailed through the air and I still held the chute.
Quickly I flipped over to see the ground. I was going to die if I didn't get this thing to open.
Immediately I took the chute and started to bit down on the release switch.
It wouldn't budge.
Quickly I wrapped it around my body as I should have done in the first place hoping that it might work better.
My tears flew off my face as the ground got closer and closer.
I bit down as hard as I could and slowly the string began to break.
"Snap!"
To my hopes the string broke and the chute lever was underneath.
Immediately I grabbed it and pulled.
My eyes widened in fear as nothing came out of the chute.
As fast as I could I pulled and pulled to still have nothing come out of the chute.
Quickly I took off the chute and opened up the back to find there wasn't even a chute there in the first place. That fucking hedgehog took it out before he gave it to me.
In tears I let the chute fly away from me and I slowly looked back at the ground.
"NO! NO! NO! NO! SMACK!"
Raptor's POV
I stared at the fox as his whole body splattered on the rocks below. His blood smeared across the ground and with a smile I picked up his small toes and tossed them out with him. After I was done I walked over to the latch and shut it closing the helicopter.
With all my men staring at me I took my seat next to Frost who was looking at Shadow.
"I said it once and I'll say it again." I told everyone as they all looked at me.
"You can fuck with me. You can fuck with my men, but never ever fuck with my motives." I stated as my men agreed by nodding there heads in approval.
I nodded back and relaxed as we went back to base.
I love Raptor. The next chapter will be on tomorrow.