Here's chapter 24 everybody.
Chapter 24A: Weapons of Mass Destruction.
It's been one day since the Battle of the Moloch Desert. The Acme military has revealed that Estovakia had a Scorched Earth Policy for Acmetropolis. By not complying a direct order during yesterday's battle, the Garuda Team sped up the transport of the chemical agent catalyst used for the weapon. This endangered the citizens of Acmetropolis, thus, they were suspended from 4:00PM that day until further notice. Anyway, the Garuda Team got unexpectedly told to report to the briefing room. They didn't put on their mechanical flight suits since they don't know why they were called. Donaldson was there waiting for them. His face was still stern. He told them to seat down and starts the briefing.
"Garuda Team, I've got some good news. The chemical agent used as a catalyst for their WMD is being transported to our shores from the Estovakian mainland. This catalyst has already been carried into the outskirts of Acmetropolis. As a measure of caution against any attempts to destroy it, it has been concealed at Fort Norton in Acmetropolis' south. If we start advancing again, the enemy will mostly likely bring the catalyst into Acmetropolis at a faster pace. If in fact weapons of mass destruction are used on the population of Acmetropolis, the resulting devastation can't be expressed in enough words. It will lead to unspeakable tragedies. We've used this intelligence to come up with a solid proposal on how to prevent this scorched earth policy from being executed in our capital. Just a minute ago, we received a letter of approval for our prevention plans from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The proposal we put on the table for our scorched earth prevention policy is really quite simple. While the enemy transport unit is stationed at Fort Norton, we'll ambush. We like to call it our tactic for pre-emptive victory. The enemy has loaded this catalyst into their transport vehicles and is able to send them into Acmetropolis at any time. This plan will be carried out by a handful of our top pilots under absolute secrecy. Fly through Fort Norton's canyon at an extremely low altitude to avoid radar detection, and take out those transport vehicles. We've determined that a high risk mission of this magnitude could not be executed by anyone other than Garuda Team. We're counting on a flawless execution here." Donaldson explained.
"Thank you, Sir." Ace said.
"You're welcome. Now go, you got a mission to do." Donaldson said.
With that, the Garuda Team takes off to head for the Razuriz Mine to take out the catalyst.