SITREP A-02: Another pre-written chapter, but things are gonna go crazy at the end of this chapter, so don't worry! Also, there is an Easter Egg concerning with a "gate", it may be easy to figure out!
Chapter 2 - On The Road Again
It was around high noon, and the hot heat of the desert sun started to seep into the MRAP's and Humvee. The air conditioners were working at their maximum, but the heat was too overpowering. The convoy kept on driving speedy on the old highway, keeping alert of any IED's or ambushes. The highway was along a mountainous area, and was rarely used by the Afghani people or the military. There was some craters in the highway, marking the place of past IED explosions.
The intelligence officer was sitting in the first MRAP of the convoy, working on his laptop while having a GPS in hand. He looked like more of a tech guy that would work in the high-tech command centers, not someone that had a Rambo personality. Even the Kevlar and armor on him looked like they were out of place. His typing was the only noise inside the truck other than the loud noise of engine. He finally looked at his GPS, but made a worried look, which made the Rangers in the truck stare at him for his orders.
"Uh, driver, inform the convoy to turn left at the next intersection." He said officially.
The driver of the MRAP confidently said "Yes sir" and began to speak over the radio to the whole convoy. After a short time the convoy turned left into a dirt road, a road that looked like a dead end.
"Alright boys, we are nearing the place, shouldn't take long." The intelligence officer Mace said.
One of the Rangers spoke up in the truck. "You sure these things... Will not completely destroy us, right sir?"
The officer came up confidently, "Oh nah, I'm sure we are all just fine, it's not like we are gonn-" A sudden ping! came from the side of the truck, rocking and shaking the truck completely. The Rangers became instantly alert.
"Hostiles bearing East! Someone get on the damn gun!" The driver yelled. One of the Rangers made their way into the roof turret of the truck and began firing the machine gun. The convoy halted into a small valley.
The intelligence officer tried to see through the chaos, trying to ignore the gunfire and blaring radio. He knew that the place was somewhere here, and that the place was an absolute safe spot for the convoy. He pictured in his mind how the place looked, a large cavern that was hidden behind the rocks in the valley. He looked frantically in the windows in the midst of the ricochets and fire from the insurgents, and finally he caught something in his eye. He saw a cavern that led to a dark passageway. In split seconds he stole the radio from the driver and turned it towards him.
"All units, this is intelligence officer Mace, there is a cavern bearing twenty-five degrees North, I want all of this convoy to drive into that cavern, over!" He yelled at the radio. A confusion of "yes sir" and "taking fire" blared from the radio.
Another Ranger yelled out loudly for him to hear. "Are you crazy? You're gonna get us trapped in that!"
"I know what I'm doing, shut it!" He snapped back. He knew what he was doing, something that nobody knew what he knew, except for the secrecy of the IWA. It was something that the Rangers will never see before, something literally "out of this world". The convoy began driving into the cave, just big enough to fit right through. But there was something at the end of the cave, something the officer had been waiting for. He opened the doors and exited out of the MRAP.
"Sir, wait for us!" One of the Rangers said, trying to cover the officer. The rain of bullets on the convoy subsided due to the cover of the cave, but the entrance would soon be a firefight. The soldiers began moving to the entrance, trying to make defensive positions near the trucks and the walls of the cave.
Officer Mace finally made his way to the front of the convoy, at the back of the cave. The strange structure was circular, in the shape of a circle which looked like a gate to something. The metallic circle had engravings on it, which looked like another language. Another strange structure sat near it, looking like some sort of desk with the same engravings on it. He finally realized what the thing was; a dimensional teleporter.
"Oh my God... No way! Alright, cover me guys!" He replied, making his way towards the desk-like structure near the circular structure. The some soldiers looked at the structure with amazement, while most of the soldiers began to fire back at the insurgents making their way toward the cave. The officer sat his laptop and gadgets down onto the flat surface, tinkering around with the mechanisms on the structure. The gate started to glow dimly after a short time, and then began to rotate.
The insurgents started close in on the convoy, already managing to wound a few Rangers. It would not be long before the convoy would be overtaken by the horde of insurgents, but luckily Mace gave the task force a way out. Not a tactical airstrike, not reinforcements, but through the mysterious gate-like teleporter that made an emitting water-like blue in the center of the gate. The soldiers began to realize what this structure is doing.
Intelligence Officer Mace then ushered the leader of the team to drive the convoy into the large gate, "Sir, you must move the convoy through the gate, it's our only chance of surviving!"
"Do you think I'm crazy, letting my team into something that may or may not kill us all? Hell no!" The leader yelled back.
Mace snapped back. "Sir, these insurgents will kill us all if we don't move this convoy to safety, you s-" A traveling bullet slammed against the team commander's helmet, knocking him out cold. "Shit! Hey, you!" He gestured at a Ranger, "Give me your radio! I'm taking command of this convoy!" The Ranger instantly gave him his radio and picked up the unconscious commander on his shoulders. "All units, this is intelligence officer Mace, I am now taking command of this convoy, all units shall move into the gate, over!" A chorus of "yes sir" again came back.
The first Humvee and soldiers drove into the gate, getting engulfed by the water-like substance making up the middle of the gate. A Ranger made his way toward the officer, trying to take cover from the hail of bullets.
"Sir, do you know where this gate leads?" He yelled over the gunfire.
He looked at him with a serious look, "I seriously do not know, it could lead to another universe or even another time, I'm not sure soldier, just make sure the whole convoy makes it into the portal!"
The Ranger looked at him with deep worry, and then moved back into the back of the convoy. The intelligence officer made his way to the portal, and a flood of worrying thoughts overcame him. He tried to overcome his thoughts and not think of what is on the other side of the portal.
"So help me God..." And he stepped into the portal.
Dun, dun, dun! If you did find that little hidden detail about that gate then good for you! The reason why I did not specifically tell what "kind" of gate that was is that this story would be considered a crossover, and I didn't really like that idea! Also, the reason why these chapters are short is that for some reason Apple Pages makes the paragraphs more shorter, leading to a bigger story on Pages, but not on this site, so it's very complicated. I also have to serve as security for the biggest state fair in the U.S. (Iowa State Fair), so I may not have much time working on these things. But hopefully you enjoyed, I should have a decent chapter coming up anytime tomorrow or this week.