Chapter 12: Summit Dangers

The game cuts to another mission brief.

Interrogator: You were captured by Dragovich a second time.

"Which is total bullshit, we actually had the chance to escape the already falling apart airplane," Weiss scoffed.

Interrogator: Your unit was MIA in Laos, presumed dead. Your handler, Hudson had no choice but to continue the hunt for Nova 6 without you.

"Where was he anyways? I thought handlers were just personal overseers," Yang thought.

Mason: He went to Mt. Yamantau - fucking Soviet doomsday bunker.

"I wonder if Earth is under constant threat of annihilation because this game is sorta reflecting the actions that the nations did in the past," Blake said.

"Probably way more than Remnant," Ruby guessed.

Interrogator: That's right. A fully operational military complex buried deep in the Ural Mountains.

Mason: That's where Hudson was contacted by Friedrich Steiner = the Nazi scientist that developed the initial strain of Nova 6 for Dragovich -

Interrogator: Hudson learned about the numbers there. The broadcasts - I've been there, Mason. I've been to the Yamantau complex.

"That's sorta revealing a lot about you. I thought the interrogator was suppose to remain anonymous," Yang thought, a light bulb turned on over her head. "What if the interrogator is Hudson?"

"Most likely, unless there's a whole platoon of soldiers infiltrating the compound then chances of it being him are low," Blake said.

Mason: My God.. the numbers are REAL…

Interrogator: They've always been real, Mason.. This isn't a game. We face annihilation unless you cooperate. Where is the broadcast station?

"I just realize that the interrogator is starting to become less… threatening," Weiss pointed out. The game shows Hudson, the girls already know this means the next level is through his perspective.

Transmission # 9-19. Designate: Sierra

Deagle AFB, Calif.

Blackbird over watch underway, codename BIGEYE

Operation lead Captain Mosely (Who the hell is Captain Mosely?" Yang asked.)

0500 hours, February 18, 1968

The game flashes white and slowly transitions into an airfield with a perspective of someone else who isn't Hudson, but the girls don't know that yet. The perspective looked like it was through a helmet and the player approached the jet in the runway with another person dressed in a heavy suit. The two walked up a flight of stairs and got into the cockpits of the jet.

Capt. Mosely: K.A.D, this is BigEye 6 requesting take off.

"So we're not going to play as Hudson?" Ruby asked.

"Maybe we might transition into playing as him later in the level, like GTA," Weiss guessed.

Command: BigEye 6, cleared for takeoff runway four.

Capt. Mosely: K.A.D, confirm refuel with KC-135 in Sector Bravo Six Niner.

Command: Affirmative BigEye 6, KC-135 is in the sector. They will meet you there. BigeEye 6, you have the sky.

Capt. Mosely: Copy K.A.D My Sky.

Blake pressed a button that fired up the engines.

Capt. Mosely: K.A.D, we are rolling.

Command: Copy BigEye.

Maj. Neitsch: V-1. Check.

Capt. Mosely: V-! rotate. And… we have velocity.

Blake pressed the button to lift off, the jet lifted off from the runway and the game transitions to the point where the jet reaches high in the atmosphere. The team was impressed because no kingdom in Remnant never achieved something like that.

"Jeez, that's high," Yang said in awe.

"That beats any weapon here…" Ruby muttered.

"WHY HAVEN'T WE DEVELOPED SOMETHING LIKE THIS?!" Weiss exclaimed. The game cuts back to another person's perspective.

Capt. Mosely: Use your targeting indicator to find Kilo One on the tac, C.P.

"Wow, this game went into full strategy right now," Blake said as she finds Hudson's team with the indicator.

Maj. Neitsch: Affirmative. I got 'em. Kilo One, this is BigEte 6, I have you on the TRP.

Hudson: Roger that Bigeye 6. We have zero visibility on ground. We need you to guide us to the comms relay.

"Isn't there already technology like that on Earth?" Ruby asked.

"They already have jets that reach high altitude, why can't they develop some thermal sight?" Weiss wondered.

Maj. Neitsch: Kilo you need to move East.

Blake moved the indicator to the objective and pressed the button to issue the command. Hudson and his team moved to the position.

Capt. Mosely: Tac Recon I see enemy vehicles inbound. Get the squad off the road. Looks like there's a structure to the North. Get them inside, C.P.

Blake ordered her team to go inside the safehouse.

Maj. Neitsch: Passing by the house. Wait no. Enemy has stopped in front of the house.

The game cuts to Hudson's perspective as they're hiding within the building. They hear vehicles parking outside and doors slamming. Blake is armed with a assault rifle with snow camo and someone sneaked up behind the enemy and took him out. Blake shot another soldier who walked in in the head. A Soviet soldier broke through the window and tried climbing in, but Blake shot him down and his partner who followed in.

Maj. Neitsch: Kilo, you are clear. (Game cuts back to Neitsch's perspective) Kilo One, the road is hot. Exit through the rear of the building.

Blake moved the indicator to the marked checkpoint, but there is already a group of soldiers in the way. She saw a group of enemy soldiers in the way and Blake ordered to kill them. Hudson's team moved in and shot them down. Blake have them move into position,

Maj. Neitsch: Move you squad on to the barracks. First objective is inside.

Blake coordinated the squad through the snowstorm.

Capt. Mosely: C.P - I see a huge patrol inbound.

Blake ordered the squad to dig in and hide from the patrol.

Maj Neitsch: Kilo, stop and drop. (after awhile) You're all clear Kilo One.

Blake ordered the men to move and ordered the squad to breach the barracks. The cuts to Hudson and Weaver kicking down the door and started their attack on the barracks. Blake and her team quickly got rid of the Soviet soldiers in the area.

Maj. Neitsch: You're in the clear, nice job.

Blake walked around the barracks and planted bombs on the comms and detonated in a safe distance.

Hudson: Internal comms line cut. Base is dark. Moving to second objective.

Maj. Neitsch: Roger that Kilo One.

The game cuts back to Maj. Neitsch's perspective.

Maj. Neitsch: Kilo move North.

"I don't see the point in this gimmick," Weiss commented, "First of all, it would've been much more fun if we actually go the perspective of Hudson and actually hide or kill the enemy."

The team agreed with Yang chiming in "Pretty much, but I guess it's kinda helpful since it reveals the location of enemy patrols."

Maj. Neitsch: Kilo One we have infantry inbound - I count at least six targets too hot. Stop and drop. Stay out of sight.

The game cuts back to the interrogation room.

Interrogator: Jason Hudson led the attack on Yamantau.

The game slowly transitions back to the main story as Mason speaks.

Mason: Yeah. 20 degrees below. Fucking ice cube was in his element.

"Alright, so what was the point on transitioning to the interrogation and back to the level immediately?" Blake asked rhetorically.

Transmission #00. Designate: XRAY

Soviet Base is in Yamantau, USSR.

Site suspected of being Project Nova development center.

Hudson and Weaver to lead team for S&D mission into the valley.

1700 hours, February 18 1968.

Maj. Neitsch: Stay low, here they come. Hold… hold…

Several soldiers are seen patrolling past Hudson and his team, not one of them noticed Hudson carrying a crossbow.

"Pretty shit patrol if you don't fan out and actually look around," Ruby said.

Maj. Neitsch: Clear. More soldiers on their way. Get to that guard house. GO!

Blake and her team got out of cover and moved in on the house. As soon the door opened, Weaver and the others dropped on the ground and Blake mimicked them.

Weaver: Halt! Don't move…

After a while, the Soviet soldier and his dog ran off to the distance "Come on, they could've spotted us when we dropped down, at least spot slight movement," Weiss said. Blake followed Weaver around the small building and pressed on.

Weaver: Clear!

Hudson: BigEye, this is Kilo One. You still have us on Tac?

Maj. Neitsch: Affirmative Kilo One.

Hudson: Visibility has improved. We're starting our insertion. Moving to the substation.

Maj. Neitsch: Tracking… Bigeye sees four combatants entering the structure, over.

Hudson: Roger that BigEye, we're going in.

Blake approached the rail and Hudson hooked himself on the railing and climbed over to the other side.

Hudson: Power relay below. Four targets.

Weaver: Let's go.

Blake rappelled down the cliff nonstop and crashed into the platform below, killing herself.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY LOGIC!?" Weiss exclaimed

"I thought the game would automatically stop me…" Blake defended herself as she started from the top and this time slowly climbed down the cliff. She landed on top of a platform and hooked herself onto the railing of the platform. Weaver joined with Hudson and he took out his rifle.

Hudson: Ready?

Weaver: Ready when you are.

The two agents jumped off the railing and they both crashed through the window into the room below, guns blazing. Blake quickly killed the two guards closest to her as Weaver took out the rest. Weaver kicked opened the exit door and Brooks took out the last enemy by surprise and threw him off the side, letting gravity do its work.

Hudson: Bigeye, this is Kilo One. We have taken the substation.

Maj. Neitsch: Understood. Re-calibrating Facial spread. Okay - We have comstat on Tac. PRoceed to next objective.

Hudson and the others quickly make their way down to the mountain.

Hudson: Main facility is located at the base on the ridge. If we're gonna find evidence that Nova 6 has been weaponized, it'll be there. Once we knock out the external comms, they'll realize something's wrong.

"I think they should realize that there's something stirring up. I mean, we already took out a good handful of soldiers and that group that we let walk past us could've found some bodies we left behind," Yang said.

Hudson: We'll need to move fast - before they can destroy the intel. So stay sharp.

Blake and her team moved down the mountain and encountered two enemies chopping wood.

Weaver: Pick one.

"I'll take both," Blake said as she sprayed the AUG at the two enemies, killing them in quick succession. Blake and her team continued down the mountain.

Hudson: Kilo One approaching the objective.

Capt. Mosely: Kilo One you have multiple targets inbound to the comstat!

Blake and her team stopped in front of the base, seeing multiple enemies patrolling around the area.

Weaver: Hudson, we need to keep this stealthy. Use your crossbow. If we get heat, switch to explosive.

"Now it sounds like a Remnant weapon," Ruby commented. Blake observed the area, there are a couple of enemies that she could eliminate without them alerting others. She took out the one outside the garage, and the two inside didn't noticed.

"The shot may be silent, but the actual kill shouldn't," Yang said.

"Yeah, the guy should've been screaming in pain," Weiss added. Blake took a shot at the enemy sitting on the barrel as someone else took out the soldier fixing the truck. Blake noticed two more soldiers near a truck outside. One was refueling it while another is standing guard. Blake took out the one standing guard and someone else took him out as well.

Blake snuck around the base and noticed two enemies standing guard near the garage. She stopped and took her aim. She took out the one shoveling out snow as someone else shoot down his friend. Blake slowly eliminates the rest of the Soviet soldiers outside. Once she killed the last soldier standing on a platform hanging on the cliff, Mosely called in.

Capt. Mosely: Kilo, two targets just entered the power room.

Hudson: Roger that BigEye.

Weaver: Shoot the hinges…

The hinges of the door glowed as Weiss scoffed at the hand-holding this game is doing. "Like we don't know what hinges are, as if twelve year olds play this," Weiss scoffed. The door falls to the ground and Weaver quickly threw the knife at an Soviet soldier nearby.

Maj. Neitsch: Good job Kilo One. you have control of the perimeter. Be advised - we have about three minutes before we need to refuel with KG=135.

Hudson: Understood. BigeEye, Kilo One are at the Comstat.

Capt. Mosely: Copy that. Your team is in position at the window?

Brooks: We're in position.

Hudson kicks down the door and Blake started gunning down the Soviet soldiers. A few scientists were caught in the crossfire, but it doesn't matter as she has a feeling that they would just try to shoot back.

"We could've interrogated one of them," Yang said.

"Let's not talk about interrogation, I'm barely holding my breath when they happen," Weiss muttered.

Capt. Mosely: Kilo One you have multiple targets inbound to the comstat!

More Soviet soldiers entered the building and Blake defended herself against their attack. Blake decided to try out the explosive-tip crossbow that Weaver mentioned. She tried using it and an arrow stuck itself on a Soviet soldier and blew him up along with any unfortunate people nearby. Blake threw a flashbang on the floor below her and quickly jumped down and took cover. She threw one more and blinded the enemy right away and started shooting down everyone

Weaver: We're clear. Hudson, shut down the relay dish.

Blake approached the relay dish and Hudson cracked open a glass window covering the wires and pulled them all out.

"Well, that's one way of taking out the power," Ruby chuckled.

Hudson: BigEye this is Kilo One. Confirm that the relay is offline, over?

Maj. Neitsch: Affirmative Kilo One. All outbound communications have ceased.

Weaver: It won't take them long to figure out we're here. Let's move.

"I'm surprised they haven't since we just killed off any patrolling enemy and took out two buildings of them. I'm wondering why one of them hasn't pushed any emergency alarm button as we loudly breached the building and alerted everyone," Weiss said.

"A mission that loud would've been lotsa fun," Yang said. Blake and her team continued to move outside to a catwalk that leads into the mountains. A surviving Soviet soldier aimed a rocket launcher and fired it at Blake.

Weaver: RPG on the ridge!

Brooks: Hudson! Get off the ledge!

The RPG caused a massive gap between Blake and the mountain. A unfortunate CIA agent was crawling to safety, but was quickly failing. Hudson tried to save gun, but was too late. The agent fell into a long, painful fall.

"Falling must be one of the most painful way to die, just behind being skinned and blowing up," Yang joked.

"Not it to tell the wife of his recently deceased husband!" Ruby exclaimed.

Hudson: We lost Harris!

Blake jumped over the gap and a avalanche started falling upon her and the team. Blake, Weaver and Brooks started booking it. Or if Yang was narrating it, Brook-ing it. Get it? Cause the guy's name is Brooks! Anyways, they continued to run towards the end of the cliff and Weaver and Brooks jumped off. Blake soon followed, realizing it's falling with a high chance of dying, or being drowned in slow with higher chance of dying. Blake started diving into the enemy base below before a button appeared letting her parachute. She opened the parachute and landed right outside the base.

"I'm surprised no one has noticed three strangers parachuting into base, or bothered to look up to keep track if the avalanche is coming really close or not," Weiss said. Blake looked into the scope of the crossbow and saw soldiers packing up and ready to go.

Hudson: Shit.. They're already started clearing house- Move!

Blake grabbed the explosive tip arrow and shot the truck, thinking the explosive might be strong enough to ignite the truck as well, and it was. Blake went guns blazing and fought her way into the base. A moving truck entered her area and she quickly fired an explosive arrow at it, blowing it up. She fired another explosive arrow at a truck with a bunch of Soviet soldiers on it.

Weaver: Got an MG at the tower!

Hudson: Into the building!

Brooks kicked the door and everyone went into the nearby building, killing everyone in it. Blake threw a flash bang and blinded the Soviets and killing them in quick succession. After clearing out the building, Blake and her team wandered into another.

Weaver: Hudson… Do you see these wires?

Hudson: Yeah… Running all through the facility…

Weaver: They're got the place rigged to blow…

"Or maybe they're hooked up to the generator and they just lead to the heater," Blake joked.

Hudson: Make it fast people… We don't have much time!

Blake and the others wandered into a room, which looked like a cell.

Weaver: Steiner's not here. (the door locks behind them) It's locking down.

"Clever trick you damn Soviets," Yang said bitterly. Feedback from a speaker threw off Blake, Weaver and Brooks.

Hudson: What is that!?

Steiner: This is Friedrich Steiner.

Hudson: He's jamming our radios… He knew we'd be here.

Weaver: We're on camera. He's watching us.

Steiner: Dragovich is burying everything and everyone connected to project Nova.

"I'm sure he's going to hunt you down and put a bullet in your skull, just like he did to Clarke," Weiss said.

Steiner: I am sure I will be next.

Hudson: What do you want?

Weaver: Targets marked across the states…

Steiner: All across America, Dragovich has sleeper cells waiting to release the Nova 6.

"Why does the Soviet Union want to destroy America so badly? Did their dog take a shit on their lawn too many times?" Yang asked.

Weaver: Weaponized Nova 6.

"I thought the chemical gas was already a weapon," Ruby thought.

"I think they found a way to easily control the gas to not spread throughout the atmosphere, telling from the map, America looks like a very large region," Weiss explained,

Hudson: The number broadcasts- What do they mean?

Steiner: In 36 hours, the sleeper agents will receive their final orders. Only I can tell you how to stop the broadcast.

"So does that mean you're going to defect to us like you did to the Russians? Because Dragovich is most likely planning to kill you, you were his enemy at one point and he is cutting loose ends," Blake said.

Steiner: I am at Rebirth Island - the Aral Sea… The choice is yours.

"Why not tell us now!?" Yang exclaimed, wondering why he isn't telling them the important details.

"It's so that we have to save his ass before Dragovich kills him," Weiss said.

Hudson: We need to leave - Now!

The door that kept Blake inside opened up and a timer counted down from three minutes.

"I'm assuming they're going to blow this place up or the avalanche is coming in," Ruby said. Blake fought her way outside and saw a truck in the middle of the road. She wasted all her grenades and flashes to clear a path and they all ran to the truck.

Hudson: (getting on truck) Weaver - Drive!... I'll get on the MG!

Weaver: I have to hotwire it!

"I thought people always leave keys in the car," Yang said sarcastically.

"They don't," Ruby corrected Yang's sarcastic joke.

"I know they don't, it's usually whenever there's a vehicle important to the plot, there's always the key inside it," Yang explained herself. Soviet soldiers surrounded Blake and she used the MG to tear through them. Everyone couldn't help but to think that the MG might be overpowered. Rockets flew over the truck, completely missing the target.

"These guys suck!" Weiss exclaimed.

"There's almost no protection in the gunner seat, and I'm not getting hit by a single bullet," Blake scoffed.

Hudson: What are we waiting for, Weaver? The whole fucking mountain's coming down!

Weaver: Nearly there… GOT IT!

Hudson: Hit it! GO! GO!

Interrogator: The avalanche buried the entire base, but Hudson and Weaver made it out alive. It was almost over Mason.

"You guys forgot about the third guy," Yang said.

"Maybe he's the interrogator," Weiss guessed.

"I'm thinking Hudson, because other than the two pilots, he's the only other playable character we use," Blake said.

Author's Note:

I was busy last week because I was out of town and it's hard for me to work when I'm not at home. It's a pain to use the tablet for this. Anyways, hope you enjoy this weeks. Announcement, after re-watching Justice League: Unlimited and SW: The Clone Wars, I'm thinking they wouldn't be bad for a reaction fic. But that's going to happen, like at the way end of the gaming ones. So once that's all done and if I'm not tired from writing these stories, then I guess I might as well write them up. But I want to do one of these, so I'm posting a poll.