Chapter 2: Viva la Assassination
The game started and the team had to go through some logo intros. Then the game shows the man on the cover, the one wielding two pistols and has assault rifles in his back. Blake pressed start and the game shows them a room filled with TV's and a man in a window in front them.
"What the...?" Weiss asked.
"Damn, wonder what happened here," Yang wondered.
"Same, but I think we should move on to find out what happened here," Ruby said. Blake continued and pressed campaign, which probably was the story mode. She pressed new game and there was a choice on the difficulty of the game.
"Grand Theft Auto wasn't like that, pick your choice on how hard it was," Yang said. Blake picked the regular difficulty.
Operation 40
The game starts out with a man waking up, moving his head around.
"Oh, so this is going to go through the eyes of the actual characters," Ruby said.
Interrogator: Wake up. WAKE UP!
By reading from the captions, they found out that the person screaming "wake up" was an interrogator.
"Jeez, so is this whole game going to take place in this interrogation room?" Ruby wondered.
Mason: Where am I -? Where's Reznov?
"Are you sure this isn't a sequel? We're starting in an interrogation room, and I'm assuming this guy did something pretty bad which might've happened in the last game," Weiss said.
Interrogator: You will answer our questions? Do you understand?
Mason: Who the hell are you?
Interrogator: That's not important. What's important is who you are. What's your name?
Mason: Fuck you.
Interrogator: Where were you born?
Mason: Kiss my ass.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Fuck You. Where you born? Kiss my ass, America. I heard its a wonderful wonderful place," Weiss said sarcastically. Mason screams in pain as he gets shocked.
Mason: AARRRGH!
Interrogator: Your name is Alex Mason. You were born in Fairbanks, Alaska. In 1961, you served in a CIA assassination team known as Operation 40. Is that correct?
"You already know who he was. Why the hell would you ask him that?" Yang asked.
"I don't know, see if he still has a sane mind. This whole place looks like a mental asylum," Ruby said. The interrogator shocked Mason again.
"Let the guy breath for a bit. First he wakes up in an interrogation room, now he's being shocked," Blake said.
Interrogator: Is that correct?
Mason: Yes.
Interrogator: Where is the broadcast station?
Mason: I don't know what you're talking about.
Interrogator: The numbers Mason. What do they mean? Where are they coming from?
Mason: I don't know anything about any numbers.
Interrogator: What about Dragovich? Do you remember him? Give us what we want and we'll guarantee your safety.
"Safety from this place and your shocking chair," Blake said. The interrogator shocks Mason.
Mason: AARRRGH!
Interrogator: Let's start from the beginning, Cuba, 1961. That Bay of Pigs. We know you were there.
"What's Cuba?" Yang asked to Ruby. Ruby popped open her laptop and looked up Cuba.
"Might as well look up the Bay of Pigs," Blame said.
The screen goes black and shows random clips of stuff.
Mason: No -
Interrogator: Do not fuck with me, Mason! I know when you're lying.
"Then you know the truth. Why are you asking us this shit?" Weiss asked.
Interrogator: '61. Bay of Pigs. What happened?
Mason: (laughs) We all got killed.
Interrogator: There's no use lying, Mason. We know you went in with Woods and Bowman.
"You already know what happened if you know that we're lying," Blake said.
Mason: Woods... And Bowman.
Interrogator: Dragovich. Do you remember Dragovich?
Mason: Castro... We went in to kill Castro.
"And Ruby, might as well look up who's Castro too," Weiss added. The screen went dark.
Woods: The police are going to be here soon... Let's make this quick.
"What is this GTA?" Weiss asked.
"Memories," Yang remembered the times she killed the police in Grand Theft Auto. The game brightens up and reveals that they're in a bar. There's one man, who's probably the bartender, is wearing blue. The other is an African-American with a black shirt. The last one had beard and wore a tan shirt. Then text appeared on the lower left.
Transmission# 15-18 Designate: X-Ray
OP 40 Team inserted with Bay of Pigs forces in Cuba.
Target: Fidel Castro
Woods, Bowman, and Mason meeting contact in Santa Maria
Carlos: Woods. It's been a while.
Woods: Not enough Carlos, you remember Bowman?
Bowman: Carlos
Woods: This is Mason.
Mason: What's up, Carlos.
Woods: So you got what we need?
Carlos pulled out a piece of paper that had a map drawn on it.
Carlos: You will be in here, the plantation. Our attack on the airfield should distract them enough to get you inside.
"Why are you guys discussing this stuff in a public place? What if someone that works for this "Castro" guy comes in and notices you?" Blake asked.
Woods: What about the evac?
Carlos: We will have transport have transport waiting for you. Just be there.
Woods: Excellent.
"Seriously, why are you discussing this stuff in public? Some person who's loyal to the guy you're going to kill might walk through the door and attack for conspiring against him," Weiss said. The opens behind them and a few men with guns walk in.
Woods: We got company.
"Let's kill them where they stand!" Yang exclaimed. A few civilians run to the back, and the armed man grabbed a women and yelled at her in a foreign language. He then throws her on the floor and she runs away.
"I hope we kill these guys," Weiss said. Another armed man looks at Blake and walks towards her.
Militia Captain: I said where are you from?
"Sorry, I don't speak whatever you speak," Blake said.
Mason: Just be cool, Woods. Wait.
"Just don't stab the guy, that'll give us some serious trouble," Ruby said.
Militia Captain: I'm talking to you!
The militia captain tried to grab Mason, but Woods grabbed his hand and slammed it on the table. He stabbed his hand.
"Or just stab him anyway, and get us into trouble."
Mason pulls out a pistol and Blake shot the other militiaman who was confused.
Carlos: Alright - everything is ready.
Carlos throws Mason an assault rifle and Mason catches it. Blake can finally walk around. She walked near the front door of the bar.
Mason: Gear up, boys.
Woods: Sorry about the bar, Carlos.
Carlos: No problem... My men will dispose the bodies...
Bowman: Occupants leavin' their vehicles - armed with shotguns.
Blake looks out the window and see sirens flaring up in the streets.
"We're up against the local police, fantastic," Blake said.
"Wow, these guys can't have a break, can't they?" Yang asked.
Woods: Bowman, Carlos. Lay down covering fire. We fight our way through the streets. Mason - on me.
Woods opened the door, and Bowman and Carlos fired their weapons at the police. A police car drove in from the corner and Blake killed the two policemen in there.
"Just like GTA, killing cops who have no chance of survival," Ruby said.
"But through the eyes of the character," Yang added. Blake got in front of the car, thinking she can get in and drive just like in GTA. She pressed triangle, but couldn't get in. All it did was switch her weapon from the assault rifle to a pistol. The policemen fired at Blake and she died.
"What the! I was pressing triangle!" Blake exclaimed.
"I guess there's not driving in this game," Ruby said.
"So triangle is switch weapons," Blake figured it out.
Woods: Clear them out! Move up the street!
The game tells Blake that she can use a grenade launcher. She pressed the d-pad and Mason adjusted his rifle to fire the grenade. Blake fired the grenade a police car, killing a couple of cops. She moved up and fired at an oncoming police car. She blew it up with the grenade launcher. Blake and the others fought through streets.
"Okay, I did a little research and this is what I found," Ruby said.
"What?" Weiss asked.
"Fidel Castro is the dictator of a country called Cuba. The United States of America wanted to overthrow him, so they trained Cubans who were exiled from their country to fight and overthrow the leader."
"What happened?" Yang wondered.
"You'll see," Ruby said, closing her laptop. Blake finished off the rest of the cops.
Carlos: Okay, let's move.
Woods: This way, into the alley. Get to the car!
Many police cars drove up the street and started to fire at the four. Blake made her way to the alley.
Bowman: Reinforcements!
Woods: Shit... Too many of them! Bowman, cover our six!
"I have a feeling this is going to end badly," Weiss said.
"Same here," Yang said. Blake ran into the alley and saw a car. It said "enter" and highlighted the driver's seat.
"So there is driving in this game, nice," Blake said.
"I wonder if the Cuban police are better than the American's" Weiss said. Blake got in the driver's seat and started the engine.
Carlos: I'll see you in the airstrip! Suerta, my friends!
Woods gets in the shotgun.
Woods: Hit it! Go!
Blake turned around and backed up the car, running over a policeman.
"Should've taken the shot," Blake said. Blake looked forward and saw two civilians running in front of them.
Woods: Get the fuck out of our way!
Blake pressed on the gas and speed through the streets. The game slows down and Mason looks to his left, seeing many policemen firing at them.
"Yep, fucked," Weiss commented. Bumps into something and it lifts the car. He looks to his right and sees Woods bumping his head on the car. The car crashes down and Mason presses on the gas pedal.
Bowman: Roadblock!
Mason: I see it!
Woods: Floor it, Mason!
"We'll get shot by, like a thousand bullets!" Blake exclaimed.
"Trust me, these characters can take more than one bullet in their head," Yang said. Mason crashes through two roadblocks and the game flashes a white light and it shows Mason in the interrogation room.
Interrogator: He's fading away. Mason! You had escaped the police from the police.
"We did? How come we never saw it?" Weiss wondered.
Interrogator: The Bay of Pigs invasion has begun. You were heading for Castro's compound.
"Mason looks like he's going to die, like right now," Yang said.
Interrogator: We're losing him. Do it again, we have no choice.
They shock Mason again.
Mason: ARRGH! What the fuck?
"Maybe you should stop shocking him so he won't die in the most painful death," Blake said. The game flashes white and it shows Woods, Bowman and Mason on top of the cliff.
Woods: There's the compound... Carlos and his men should be hittin' the airfield... Any minute...
A flare is shot up in the sky.
Woods: There's the signal... Now. Hook up... This is it.
"I thought the signal is when they actually attack the airfield and the alarm goes off, not a signal flare," Ruby said. Blake hooks herself to a zipline and she slides across the cliff and into the compound. Bowman and Woods took out two soldiers below the zipline.
"Kill hogs," Yang said.
Woods: Eyes front... Keep it tight.
They walked into the room and saw guard speaking through the radio.
Bowman: Mason, take him out.
The game tells Blake to Melee the enemy to kill him. She slowly approaches the enemy, because stealth reasons, and pressed on the right joystick. Mason stabs the enemy from behind and puts him on the ground.
Woods: Perfect. They're all focused on the airfield.
Blake switches her weapon to the pistol and picks up the FAL.
"Ugh, these weapons look even worse here then in GTA!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Stop judging the weapons! They all look fine to me," Yang said.
"This proves how much technologically advance we are," Blake said.
"Well, I guess I should cut them some slack. This is in the past, like not five years ago. We're talking 50 years ago," Ruby said.
Woods: Convoy ahead. Do not engage.
Bowman opens the door and hides from the convoy. He gives out a signal and Woods and Mason leaves the building.
Woods: Sit tight. Let them pass.
"Because this is a Black Ops and we need to be stealthy," Blake said. Blake let's the convoy pass through and Woods and Bowman moved out, Blake followed.
Woods: Bowman, left flank. Move out.
Blake ran up a hill and notices a soldier running up the stairs. She killed the soldier and two more near a truck fired back. Some bullets landed on Blake. She killed them quickly with the FAL. But her screen is all bloody. One more soldier on top of the stairs fired back. Blake killed the soldier and the blood went away.
"I guess health regenerates here too," Yang noticed.
Woods: This way, up the stairs.
Bowman: Got it.
Blake and the rest ran up the stairs.
Woods: Castro's paranoid... With good reason... we've been trying to get him for three years.
Mason: Today is the day we succeed.
"Still have a bad feeling about this," Weiss said.
"Same," Yang agreed.
Woods kicked opened the door and the three cleared a building. They fought outside, killing any soldier that stands in their way. They ran up a second path of stairs. Woods kicked opened the door again the three fought anybody inside.
Woods: Bowman, take the roof. Any trouble, give us a yell. Mason, on me. We move room to room 'till we find Castro.
Blake fought the Cuban soldiers, along with Woods. They cleared every room they find. The ground shook as they made their way through the building.
Woods: What the fuck!? Bowman - what's happening?
Bowman: The B26's. They're dropping all over the place.
Woods: Sit tight. We'll be done in five...
Blake and Woods cleared out a room full of Cuban soldiers. They decided to move up.
Woods: Target should be up ahead.
Mason: Roger.
Woods stood in front of the door and Mason grabbed him from behind the should.
Woods: Okay, stack up.
Mason: Let's do it.
Woods opened the door and the two soldiers barged into the next room. Time slows down, and Blake killed the enemy soldiers from left to right. Once the Cuban soldiers were killed, Blake approached the table in the middle. There was a big gun called the RPK. Ruby can't stand the look of the gun.
"Just look away if it doesn't amuse you," Weiss said. Black switched the FAL with the RPK.
Woods: Bowman, the next is empty. We're moving on.
Bowman: Better make it fast. Those B26's are about to make their bombing run.
"Didn't you just say that they're "dropping all over the place." Meaning that they are already dropping bombs?" Ruby asked.
"I think he means that they're literally dropping all over the place, crashing down because they got shot down. I don't know, I ain't no American or Cuban," Blake said.
Woods: Target should be up ahead.
Mason: Roger.
Woods: Movement inside. Get in position.
Woods stood in front of the door and Mason got behind him.
Woods: This is it. Ready to make history?
Mason: Let's do it.
Woods kicked opened the door and inside was Castro and some other lady. Time slowed down again. Weiss sCastro grabs the woman and uses her as a human shield. Blake aimed down her sight and fired the bullet. The bullet slowed down and it shot through Castro's head.
"Boom, headshot!" Yang exclaimed. Time moves at a normal pace and the woman grabs a shotgun and Woods killed her.
"Couldn't say surrender, couldn't you?" Blake asked.
"The woman tried to kill them," Ruby said.
"They could disarm her so she won't attack," Weiss suggested.
Woods: Crazy bitch... he uses her as a human shield and she still protects him.
"It sorta shows how one can be too loyal to their nation," Blake said. Woods fired at the door on the left, with Ciban soldiers opening the door up dead.
Mason: Castro's supporters are fanatical in their devotion to him.
Woods: Bowman, the target is down.
Bowman: Word from Carlos isn't good; They're barely holding out... They got half the Cuban army down there.
Bowman: And those B26's ain't hitting anything!
"What are B26's anyways?" Yang asked.
"Airplanes," Ruby answered.
Bowman: Movin' to the main hallway.
Woods: Okay, we're on our way.
Blake and Woods fought with Cuban soldiers outside in a balcony. Blake and Woods proceeded to go inside to the main hallway. When the got inside, Bowman runs inside fighting a Cuban soldier. He knocks the soldier of the side. Blake got shot from multiple sides and she hid behind a drawer.
"Okay, so I just sit tight and let my health regenerate. I guess," Blake said.
"So unrealistic," Weiss commented.
"Aren't most games are?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, but if you want to mimic war. At least have anything that can help with a bullet wound, like a health pack or a band aid," Weiss said.
"Where's the fun in looking for a single band aid? Besides, if this was realistic, there wouldn't be any healing now, wouldn't there?" Yang said.
Woods: Let's get the fuck out of here before the damn planes blow us to pieces!
Blake and the others made their way outside. The entrance to the hallway was blocked out by the rubble of the building from the B26's bombs. Many Cuban soldiers are outside, firing at them. Blake hid behind the sandbags an let her health regenerate.
Woods: We're pinned down here!
Bowman: This ain't good! There's too many of them!
"And this is where they fail," Weiss said.
"Don't be so negative, you're so cold at times," Yang said with a smirk. Weiss scoffed.
Bowman: Carlos' men should be here.
Woods: Carlos... What's happening?! Carlos!?
After a few seconds of fighting. Rockets flew at the Cuban soldiers and blew up all of them.
Bowman: Here they come, over by the East wall.
Carlos: You think I'd let you down, Woods? My men will cover your escape.
Blake and the others moved up, but an armored vehicle crashed through the gate. Blake took cover as the armored vehicle shot her.
Woods: BTR!
Carlos' men fired a rocket at the BTR, blowing it up.
Carlos: Now, hurry my friends.
Woods: God bless you, Carlos.
Bowman: This way, into the sugar fields!
Blake and the others ran through the airfield, making their way to the airfield.
Woods: There's the airfield.
Bowman: Let's hope Carlos secured that evac.
Woods: He ain't let us down yet.
"Actually, the bombs aren't hitting anything. So he did let us down already," Ruby ran towards a blown up wall, revealing the airfield. Explosions everywhere, Yang was amused.
"Let's just stay and fight," Yang said.
Bowman: The rebels are getting their asses kicked.
Woods: Better get down there, hook up.
Blake attached herself to the zipline and they ran down a steep hill.
Carlos: Woods! It's all falling apart. You need to get out of here!
Woods: You secure out transport?
Carlos: The plane is ready... but we'll be torn to pieces on take off.
"It's either staying here and getting shot, or leaving this place and getting blown up. Either way, you're kinda screwed," Weiss said.
Woods: One problem at a time, brother. We're leaving, move it!
Blake and the others sprinted across the airfield. Explosion left and right blew up close to Blake. They reached the plane and Blake manned a heavy LMG.
Woods: Mason, give us cover.
"Kill everyone!" Yang exclaimed, excited to see the carnage. Blake fired the LMG at everything, Cuban soldiers, barrels, trucks, heavy artillery. The plane positioned itself for take off.
Bowman: Woods! We got a problem!
"And we're screwed," Weiss said.
Bowman: Those fucking vehicles are blocking the runway!
"Fuck those vehicles and just lift off, crash into them and take off," Yang said.
"Then that'll damage the plane badly," Blake said.
"Just do it for the epicness!"
Mason: I hear you, Bowman.
Woods: We're screwed. That's not enough room for takeoff.
Mason jumps off the airplane.
"Okay, so Woods, Bowman and that other guy might make it out. But Mason is screw," Weiss said.
"I wonder if this is the part before they take him to the interrogation room," Ruby wondered.
Woods: Mason, are you crazy? They'll chew you up out there. Mason! What are you doing?!
"Jumping off the plane and getting you out of here," Yang said.
Woods: Mason!
Blake ran up to a heavy gun and fired it at the vehicles. The vehicles blow up.
"So we're staying and fighting, alright!" Yang exclaimed.
"Um, Mason. You're deep into enemy territory with half of the army within it. You should look behind you Invas elf any enemy soldier ambushing you," Weiss suggested.
Mason: Runway's clear.
Woods: Damn you, Mason!
"Correction: Thank you, Mason!" Blake said.
Mason: No choice, Woods. I knew what I signed up for. I'll be fine, just go! Get out of here!
The second Mason finished saying that, someone, who want Cuban, threw Mason in the ground and another person who was a Cuban soldier knocked him out.
"Wow, not even one second," Ruby said. Mason wakes up, seeing two strange figures and the guy they just killed.
"What the...?" the whole team was confused.
Mason: You're dead... We killed you...
Castro: No... You killed a double...
"Not only that we're captured, but we also failed the assassination," Blake said.
Castro: You think we didn't know of your plan?
Dragovich: We always know.
"Who is he?" Yang asked.
"Dragovich, it says in the caption," Ruby said.
Castro: Do with him what you wish, General... He's my gift to you, in honor of our new relationship. Just... Make sure he suffers.
Dragovich: He will know suffering beyond his darkest fears... I have plans for you, American.
Dragovich walked up to Mason and moves his head closely to Mason's, staring right at his eyes.
"Woah, personal space bud," Yang said. The screen darkens to black.
Author's Note:
Well, hope you had fun reading this. Next chapter will be up when it's ready, and you should expect more Grand Theft RWBY V chapters also, I ain't abondoning the fic until I'm done with the story.