Chapter 10: Gorilla Warfare

The team was interested in hearing about Reznov's past, him being a very effective soldier in combat and one loyal to their cause. But to be stabbed in the back just to be used as guinea pigs is what pissed off the team and wanting bloodlust over the death of Dragovich, Kravchenko, and Steiner. All those men must die. The game displays random clips of what's going to happen.

Interrogator: Hudson's mission in Kowloon was accomplished. He had discovered Dragovich's end game. Nova 6. A nerve toxin so deadly that it exposed you'd be dead before you hit the floor.

"Actually, it seemed that it was slow and painful, seeing how the Russian soldiers were gasping for air," Weiss said.

Mason: Dragovich's weapon.

Interrogator: Go back to Vietnam, Mason.

"We would," Yang said, "If we weren't strapped to the seat!" she yelled out.

Interrogator: Was Viktor Reznov still with you after you escaped the MACV compound?

Mason: Ahh… Reznov was still with me the whole time?

Interrogator: Are you sure?

"I think Reznov might be a traitor," Ruby said out loud. Weiss turned to her team leader.

"Why would he do that after what happened in the Arctic?" Weiss asked.

"I don't know, brainwashed him when he was recapture," Blake said.

Mason: North. We went North. The Viet Cong. We were shot down. And Reznov even survived that!

"I'm starting to think Reznov could be a traitor too," Yang said regrettably.

"There's no way he could betray us…" Weiss is starting to feel the same way as well, even though she doesn't.

Mason: Dragovich's lapdog was there. He knew we were comin'.

"Of course, weren't the Americans still fighting that war for the South?" Blake wondered. The game flashes white and instantly shit was going down.

Victor Charlie

US Pilot: This is Hotel-Nine-One! We are down in Sector Bravo Tango-Seven Niner! Mayday! Mayday!

A sound of a helicopter crashing echoed in the jungle.

Mason opened his eyes, recovering from the crash. He can still here, and he heard the other pilot calling out someone else. The also heard distance shouting of the Vietnamese.

"Welp, we're fucked," Yang said.

"Knowing what would happen, I'm predicting only Mason survives," Weiss said.

US Pilot: Davis, you still with me! Come on, Davis! Talk to me!

"Sorry to inform you, Davis might be dead," Blake said.

Mason: Frank, are you okay?

Woods is seen recovering from the crash, the pilot is complaining about a leg injury and Woods points to him, getting Mason's attention.

US Pilot: Shit,, my leg, I'm bleeding. I need some help over here.

Mason checks the body of Davis.

Mason: He's dead.

US Pilot: Shit, they're comin'!

The pilot took a bullet in the chest and the Vietnamese soldiers bombarded the heli with bullets, hitting Mason, but not killing him. Mason grabs a pistol and Blake shoots down the Vietnamese soldiers.

"If you had a second to aim, you could've killed us," Weiss scolded the lazy enemy.

Woods: We gotta get out of here. This thing's about to…

"Blow up?" Ruby wondered. Little did she know, the heli sunk.

Woods: We're going under Mason!

Mason swam to the door which was jammed and Blake pressed the corresponding button to open the door. Reznov from outside opened the door and Mason swam out. The Vietnamese were shooting at something, probably the heli. Blake took the opportunity to swim under and ambushed a Vietnamese soldier, who took all the bullets for Mason and Blake used his gun to kill the enemies. A single slow-mo shot showed an enemy getting his head blown into red blood, making Yang want to play.

"Can I have a turn?" Yang wondered.

"No, you practically had a whole day's worth of playing," Blake said.

"You had two!"

"Technically, it hasn't been a full 24 since she was playing. And you practically played GTA V for the longest period of time," Weiss said. Yang groaned. After killing the last Vietnamese soldier, Mason threw the body off the boat.

Mason: Stay sharp Mason, they're out there. This is Lima 9 X-Ray…

Reznov: Left flank, Mason! On the ridge!

Blake and Woods swam to a covering point and finished eliminating the enemy.

Reznov: Sergeant Woods is very capable… You have chosen your men well, Mason…

"No, I think Woods is the one calling the shots here. We just have second say when we disagree or if something changes the plan," Weiss said.

Reznov: I will move to high grounds to look for Kravchenko's compound.

Mason: Understood. Stay close, Viktor.

"Man, I hope this is not him trying to rendezvous with Kravchenko to backstab us," Ruby said.

Bowman (radio): Lima niner X-ray, this is Whiskey.

"Wonder if there's Wine, Beer, or Vodka," Yang wondered.

Bowman: You out there?

Woods: Yeah, Whiskey, go.

Bowman: Woods!

"Correction, it's Lima Niner X-ray," Ruby corrected.

Bowman: Thought we'd lost you in that chopper. What's the new plan?

Woods: You clear the Southeast perimeter and meet us at the rally point

Bowman: Roger. Whiskey on the way, over. Glad you're still in the game, Woods.

"It sounds like if Woods was about to retire, come on. He's not that old compared to Reznov," Blake said. She ran down the river stream along with Woods.

Woods: The rally point is just up ahead. Bowman should be waitin' for us. Nose noise - knife only.

"Don't suppressors already exist in Earth?" Weiss wondered.

"I guess they don't want to risk gunfire detecting enemies. Besides, suppressors only makes the gunshot even quieter, not completely silent. You'll still here the gunpowder exploding on the gun if you listen closely," Ruby said. Mason puts away the gun he had and walked into a deeper end of the lake. She follows Woods through the lake, eventually sneaking up on a boat.

Reznov (voice): Dragovich. Kravchenko. Steiner.

"Yeah, they must die. They must die," Yang said. Blake ambushed a soldier and pulls him in the lake, slitting his throat savagely until blood spurs out of it. Blake follows Woods on a small wooden platform with an enemy still standing

Woods: (Whistles) Hey, Charlie.

"The enemy is still there," Ruby said. Then a SOG soldier and Bowman ambushed the enemies on the building and dumping their bodies in the water.

"Oh, they did it intentionally to distract them," Weiss said.

Bowman: Never gets old.

Woods: Mason, fill us in.

Mason: Somewhere near this village is a military outpost under the command of General Kravchenko.

"So that means we sneak in the base undetected without causing too much trouble, right?" Blake asked.

Bowman: Been losin' our FAC to Triple A.

Woods: Probably a ZPU. We disarm it then we'll bring in the Hornets.

The team were puzzled on what the Hornets could be. From the sound of it, it coulda heli since a hornet is a flying insect.

Woods: Whiskey team, you cover the bridge and the East river. Mason, with me on the West perimeter. Rendezvous point, the village in 5 minutes. You got it?

Bowman: Whiskey team - on me. Later boys.

The two teams split up and Blake jumped down to the lake, Blake saw a glowing square looking thing in the distance and swam up to it. It gave her the option to plan some explosive and she placed C4 on the structure.

"Hopefully this isn't a village we're bombing," Ruby said. Woods and Blake climbed up a ledge and slowly walked on a pathway.

Bowman: Cleared the East bank, moving to the bridge.

US marine: Sierra is at the North perimeter.

Blake and Woods hugged on the wall and some talking was heard in the behind the wall. They snuck in through the window and saw two Vietnamese soldiers sleeping.

"Why the hell are they sleeping? A helicopter just crashed not too far and gunfire echoed across. You should be awake so assholes like us don't kill you!" Blake exclaimed. Woods point at the soldier to the left, implying that they need to kill him.

"Welp, at least he's dying in his sleep, at peace with his mind," Weiss said.

"Wimp, die in the field of battle!" Yang yelled at the poor soldier who just got stabbed in the neck by Blake. Mason puts his hand over his mouth and he is heard muffling in pain.

"Nevermind, his mind was in total shock."

Blake and Woods walked through the building and there was a soldier sitting on a crate. Blake sneaked up on him and with a single slash on the arm, he dies.

"I don't that's how you kill people with knives," Ruby said.

"You don't, you just basically give them a scar the arm," Blake said.

Woods: X-ray is clearing the West flank. ETA 3 minutes. We gotta split up. I'll take the high ground. You cross the river, find a place for the Semtex.

Mason: Roger.

Blake jumped down into the river and planted explosives right below the village. "Welp, there goes the stealth option," Ruby said.

"Man, it must sucks to be the guy who lives right above," Yang said. Blake swam across the river and heard people getting killed above. A body falls down as blood pours out of it.

"Damn, Woods does quick and easy work," Weiss said. Blake climbed up into a building where she meet up with Woods.

Mason: Explosives are primed and ready.

US marine: Sierra in position.

Bowman: Whiskey ready.

Woods: Roger, X-ray inbound.

Woods and Blake left the building and sneaked in further into the village.

Woods: You got that detonator?

Mason: Right here.

Blake takes out a detonator and meet up with Bowman before she pressed the trigger. All three of them hid right behind the tree.

Bowman: Put in a little present in the fuel reserve up ahead.

Woods: Alright… Mason, let's see what this Semtex can do.

Blake detonated the Semtex which blew up the building to the right. Mason pulled out a gun called the Commando. Ruby wanted to say something, but the echoes of an angry Weiss, Yang and Blake were running through her head.

Woods: GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! Weapons free.

Woods: Keep your eyes open for that ZPU!

Blake and the marines fought against the Vietnamese soldiers and decided to move up. She ran at the building to the left for some cover and took some shots from the soldiers. She dived right into cover and let the health regen a bit.

"Yeah, regening health is a bit unrealistic," Weiss said.

"For average people, do these soldiers have auro or semblance in them?" Yang said.

"If so, then maybe Earth might not be so different then Remnant," Blake said. She decided to switch the gun that was titled WA2000, which was a sniper rifle with some wooden details on it.

"Actually that sniper looks decent," Ruby said and everyone immediately turned to her.

"Did you just-"

"Compliment a gun from Earth?" Weiss finished for Yang.

"Yeah, it looks okay. Definitely not as awesome as Crescent Rose, but still looks like it's effective in popping heads," Ruby said. Everyone decided to just go back on focusing on the game. Blake peeked out and sniped off the soldiers, one by one. From the soldiers to the roof and those behind the crates. She spotted an enemy steadily aimed her scope at him. Just as she pulled the trigger, a soldier ran into her bullet and died.

Bowman: Check your weapon!

"There goes team-killing Blake, again," Yang said.

"Do any sense of honor?" Ruby asked.

"It was an accident, you saw who was under by scope!" Blake defended herself.

"Yeah, a friendly!" Weiss exclaimed. Blake sighed and she thought maybe this is a big joke, hopefully.

Woods: Spider hole dead ahead!

"Ew, burn the spiders with fire!" Ruby exclaimed, always hated those creepy crawlers. Blake switched back to the commando and gunned

Woods: Get a 'nade in that spider hole!

Blake found the spider hole and chucked a grenade down the spider hole. It blew up and covered it with rubble.

Bowman: One zero, one zero, this is Whiskey. We've got a ZPU on the river.

Blake and the marines fought to the riverside of the village where they see a massive gun shooting at the air, probably preventing helis from landing.

Bowman: We need more firepower. Johnson! Bring the 202 flash, hit that SPU on the river.

Woods: That's the gun! Mason, go take it out. Once their air defense is down. We can bring in the Hornets.

Blake sees Johnson not too far away holding a rocket launcher. He gets shot and died, leaving Blake to do destroy the ZPU.

Bowman: Dammit it! Mason - get the 202! I'm pinned down.

Blake switched to the sniper rifle and switched it out for the rocket launcher labeled as the Grim Reaper. She fired a rocket destroying a building on the docks and one more to destroy the ZPU.

Mason: Got it!

Bowman: One zero. Nest is empty. Objective is cleared.

US pilot: Lima niner X-ray this is Hornets are inbound.

Another US pilot: Keep you shit tight, we're going in hot.

US marine: Sierra in the North perimeter. Sierra has cleared the North perimeter. Moving to the village

Woods: Left flank! Targets on the roof

US marine: Sierra in position.

Vietnamese soldiers from the buildings to the left started to attack Blake and the US marines. Blake quickly grabbed the sniper rifle and picked out the targets one by one. A grenade exploded near Blake, taking a lot of her health. She stood up and booked it to a safer spot but in two shots she died. Blake respawned where the second wave of Vietnamese soldiers started to come in. She stayed a little further from the fight and picked off everyone one by one. After a minute of sniping, the docks are cleared.

Woods: Area cleared! We're gonna cut through this hut/ Mason, lead the way.

Blake walked through the hut and engaged with the rest of the hostile forces.

Woods: MG! Take cover!

Bowman: Somebody take that son of a bitch down!

"By somebody, you mean us and only us because we're the only ones capable of doing anything," Blake said. She tried to snipe the MG user, but keeps on getting shot up pretty badly by the gunner. She took cover and let herself heal up. Once the blood went away, she got out of cover and killed the MG gunner. The marines pushed through the hostiles in the village.

Mason: Rat tunnel up ahead.

Woods: I see it.

Woods walked up to it and threw down a grenade, killing everyone inside it. Another soldier by the name of Swift caught up with the rest,

"Well, since he doesn't have a ranking on his name, he must be important," Weiss said.

Woods: We have to clear this tunnel.

Mason: I'll take it. Swift! With me.

Woods: All right. I'll keep the Hornets scouring the area. Let's move.

Swift jumps down the hole and Blake follows him. Mason looks up and Woods handed him a flashlight.

Woods: Here. Take this. Stay on it. We'll find your Kravchenko. You make it out there alive. Bowman, point! Let's move!

Woods walked away from the hole and Blake went further down the tunnel. She turned on the flashlight and saw Swift right in front of her. He was over a few dead body.

Swift: This son of a bitch ain't fighting no more.

"Yeah, I mean, his legs are blown off so that's a sign," Yang said. The two soldiers moved further into the tunnel.

Swift: Keep that light steady Mason.

"But wouldn't the enemy find out if we're here? The light would obviously show the enemy we're here," Ruby said. As they move through the tunnels. they see a familiar face with a familiar beard.

Mason: Hold. Reznov… you nearly took the bullet.

"You missed out on most of the fight," Weiss said.

"Wait, a minute, how did he get in here?" Blake questions.

"By sneaking as all the enemies focus on us outside?" Yang guessed.

"I'm starting to think he might be working for the enemy," Blake said.

"Same," Ruby said regretfully.

"No he's not!" Weiss said denyingly.

Reznov: No one fights alone, Mason.

"Except you, since you practically left us," Blake said.

Reznov: I will work my way around.

Mason: Alright, but move quietly.

Reznov walked away as Blake caught up with Swift, who just turned around puzzled.

Swift: What the fuck's wrong with you?

"You're just jealous of our amazing friendship," Ruby said.

"Or he might be wondering why we're associating ourselves with Russians," Blake moves forward as he has his head towards Blake.

Swift: Mason, you got to keep your shit together…

"And you keep your head forward or else…" Yang spoke to soon as an enemy ambushed Swift and stabbed him.

"No Swift! So much character development!" Weiss cried sarcastically.

Mason: Woods, come in.

Woods: Go ahead, Mason.

Mason: Swift's dead… We've got VC crawling all over.

Mason: Lima niner is sweeping the area. No sign of… (static)

"Man, cell phone reception must be shit in Vietnam," Yang joked.

Mason: Woods - You monitor? Shit…

Blake continued to walk forward until she went into a room where an enemy ran across the door and shot Blake a few times before she shot him dead. Two enemies coming from the left were rushing towards Blake. She shot one in the chest and another in the leg, which was blown off. The soldier cried as he fell down, screaming in pain.

"That's fucked up," Ruby said as Blake ended his pain.

"And so is war," Blake said. After clearing the room, Reznov jumped down the hole.

Reznov: Whereis your friend Swift?

Mason: Dead.

Reznov: We will mourn him later, Mason. There are signs of Soviet presence in these tunnels… We are on the right path. Here, help me move this.

Blake helped Reznov push the crates which revealed a tunnel. They both crawled into the tunnel. Some yelling in foreign language is heard echoing the tunnel.

Reznov: Careful Mason… I hear the enemy.

A Vietnamese soldier ambushed Reznov and Reznov pushed him around until he fell on the floor. Reznov stabs him.

"What a badass," Weiss said.

Reznov: Your turn my friend. I will follow.

Enemies continued to ambush Blake, but she always shot them down first before they even damage her. They continued to crawl through the tunnel until they saw a door.

Reznov: This is it… Kravchenko's forward compound.

Blake opened the door, revealing an empty compound.

Mason: It looks abandoned.

Reznov: Kravchenko anticipated our arrival.

"Maybe because you warned him!" Blake exclaimed

"Shut up!" Weiss yelled.

Mason: … And left in a hurry.

Reznov: Kravchenko…

Mason: Quick, grab the documents, Reznov - We're leaving!

Blake opened the door and quickly left the compound. As they leave, the place started to blow up.

Mason: Kravchenko had the place wired to blow! X-ray - do you monitor! Dammit!

Reznov: Hurry Mason! I do not wish this rat hole to be my grave!

Blake struggled to get out of the tunnels as she saw a bit of light.

Woods: Mason?! What the fuck happened?... We're seeing fire from the tunnels. Where the Hell are you?! We'll maintain a holding pattern 'till we have eyes on.

Rocks started to block Blake's path as she digs through them with her bare hands, or Mason's bare hands since she's using a controller. Blake digs through as Mason crawled out of the tunnel, almost falling off the ledge.

Mason: Shit!

Reznov: VC, Mason!

A group of Vietnamese soldiers on the other side lined up and are ready to attack.

Mason: Where are you, Mason?!

Helicopters, US ones, flew by blowing up the Vietnamese soldiers. Woods' heli flew by and Mason jumped on it with Woods' help.

Woods: Let's get the fuck out of here.

"Yeah, I want to back to Los Santos to continue my rampage," Yang said.

"This game is much shorter and there's only like a few hours left," Ruby said. Yang groaned as the screen went black.

Author's Note:

Welp, finals are next week so I'm going to spend maybe the entire next week on preparing for them. Maybe I'll cough up a RWBYline Miami chapter since they're easy to make, but boring to go through. You might as well check out that fic if you're interested or wanting more of my react fics. Well, if you also have finals good luck and godspeed!