Chapter 6: Black Hawk Down

"I repeat we have a black… hawk… down" said Rock while contacting HQ

"It was no more than an hour after we crashed, I noticed that we were in a courtyard and judging from the amount of time that passed I'd say that we've been out there awhile. Cause people were starting to crowd around."

"Command, what is the status on that quick reaction force, people are starting to crowd around and if any hostiles show up I don't have enough to take 'em."

"Calm down Sierra, what is the status of your unit" asked the command. "Sir, I have 3 KIA, and 1 Sierra who is wounded, he is in the clinic to my 6" responded Rock.

"Suddenly I look over to my left and I see two Humvees heading towards me. Thank God they were finally here I don't think one rifle was gonna hold off those Somalis any longer."

The Humvees formed a perimeter around Rock. Soldiers from the 75th Ranger Regiment quickly poured out and assessed the situation. Rock told them about how the other three operators were dead, and how the pilot was in the clinic nearby. Two Rangers quickly headed into the clinic and extracted the pilot on a gurney.

"Seeing that pilot come out I just had to admit, that place may have been a third-world country but they sure knew how to stop bleeding. Guess they had to deal with the terrorist for so long that they got good at it."

"Captain, we got word that there's hostiles headed our way" said one of the Rangers.

"With this everyone, including me got into cover and into fighting position. Pretty soon a few pickups rolled up and they started shooting at us. Not only that, but we were taking fire from the roof, I look up and there are hostiles, men and children alike, are firing at us, some had RPGs."

~Two hours later~

"After two hours of fighting I had to resort to using dropped AK-47s to fight, on the count that my rifle ran out of ammo 30 minutes ago. And if that wasn't enough we were only down to five men. Myself and 4 other Rangers."

"The Humvees aren't gonna hold up we need to find some different cover" said the Captain. "I look over to my 3 o'clock and said, "Captain, inside that building we can get some cover" shouted Rock.

"As the terrorist were reloading, we made a brake for the building we quickly piled inside. The Captain got shot in the heel, so he was down for the count. So I carried him up to the top floor and we stropped there."

"I look out the window and I'm met with sniper fire. We were pinned down and out of ammo. It was then I look to my side and see a closet, I open it and I see a fuck ton of weapons. I smiled and quickly grabbed some AKs and some PKM machine guns and handed them to the other two Rangers who weren't wounded. I look and I see a Dragonuv sniper rifle and pick it up."

"We took cover behind the windows and we light up our weapons. We were just shooting and killing… shooting… and killing. I was just firing off shots… taking out any snipers trying to take our fucking heads off."

"It was then that I looked down and saw a pickup roll up on the scene. The man who got out was, to my surprise, Al Shabaab. 'There he is' I knew that motherfucker was responsible for this, guess he just wanted to get a good look at his handiwork. I realize right there that 'if I'm gonna die, I'm at least going to make sure I take that bastard with me to hell'. With that I aim down the scope of the sniper rifle and I get him in my crosshairs… and I take the shot."

"The way his head exploded all over the court yard… it was… beautiful. And I couldn't help but smile at my handiwork."

"Mission accomplished, sir" Rock said while turning to the other Rangers. They saw how Rock just ended the life of the man responsible for so many US soldier deaths. With the mission accomplished, they reported in and were told proceed out the back of the building and meet up with an extraction team just two cliques south of them.

They proceeded out the back door with Rock leading the way.

"But when I opened that door, I was met with a death sentence."

Rock opened the door and on the other side a Somali hostile with a shotgun quickly shot Rock in the gut.

"I barely saw him, it all happened so fast, nest thing I know… I'm on the ground with my abdomen full of buckshot… I don't know if it was the blood loss… or the shock… but after that… everything just went… Black!"