AN: Hello and welcome to Chapter 20 of Earth Soldiers in Remnant. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 20: Covert Sabotage
Captain Price sat, crouched, in a bush as he held his MP5 in his hand. His fishing hat sat idly on his head. He stared at the small entrance to the underground compound in front of them; White Fang soldiers seemed to guard each side of the door in groups of three. He twisted his head to the right slightly to see Angel crouch-walk towards him through the bush. "Sir, we found an access vent we can use to get in." Angel whispered in a calm voice.
"Ok, let's start this party." Price stated as he began to follow Angel.
Linda lay on the cold, hard concrete ground of her cell as she contemplated her life. She remembered her short life. Her fox ears twitched in the cold at the thoughts. She was born in Atlas to her Faunus parents before they were killed in a airship crash. She had lived on the streets for a few years before she was found by the people who she thought were her family, the White Fang. She joined at the age of 8 and from then on for 13 years she was trained as an assassin, prepared to fight for Faunus freedom. But that all changed a few weeks ago, or maybe a month, she couldn't remember.
FLASH BACK
Bang!
A Vale PD armed officer fell to the floor dead as a dust round went through his heart. Up on a roof over 1000 meters away Linda sat with her rifle next to her, smoke still coming out of its barrel. Behind her Adam stood looking at a map on a table. "This attacks going as planned…" Adam stated into a radio next to the map.
Linda looked through her rifle's scope to see a family of cat Faunus running down the street away from a Paladin. Her eyes went wide when the family was cut down by the mech. Her hand began to shake as she took her eye away from the scope. She stood up and turned toward Adam. "Adam, our troops are shooting Innocent civilians, Faunus Civilians!" She asked, anger clearly not disguised in her tone.
"They sided with the enemy. They should have joined our cause." Adam stated.
"What? Are you insane! We're fighting FOR them! But instead we're killing them!" Linda yelled as she took a step towards Adam. But she was quickly thrown to the floor with Adam pointing his sword at his throat.
"What are you saying Linda? Are you disobeying orders?" Adam stated coldly with venom in his tone.
"Adam, you know this isn't right, you know this isn't why the White Fang was made." Linda pleaded.
"This is the new White Fang, not the old one." And with that Adam took his sword away from her throat and kicked her in the face.
FLASHBACK END
Linda felt cold tears water from her eyes and run down her face. Her barn red hair lay on the floor behind her. She wondered why she had wasted her life on a group that betrayed her.
Captain Price and Angel arrived at a small grate with Ripper and Close-up standing next to it. "Its air ventilation into the compound, we can use it to get in." Ripper stated.
"Good, let's start this off.
Minutes later after crawling through vents did the squad reach a small ventilation room. "Ok, let's split up. Angel, you and Close-up head find any information we can use, maps, documents, anything we can use. Me and Ripper are going to get our target." Price ordered as the squad moved out the room and splitting of in each h direction.
Close-up and Angel quickly walked along the concrete corridors towards a set of metal doors. Close-up held up his shotgun as he opened the door slightly to see two guards on the other side. He switched to his silenced pistol and quickly popped two rounds into their heads. "Let's keep moving."
On a small cliff by the entrance to the base, Adam and Cinder stood by each other. "Cinder, we have a lot of men in there." Adam stated.
"I know. But if we do this, we gain the technology of this new group that have appeared and taken out the ones that infiltrated us back in the forest." Cinder stated.
"Fine." Adam stated as he pulled out a small trigger from his pocket, a large red button on top. He quickly pressed the button firmly down. "I hope some of our men make it out…"
Price and Ripper made it into a large metal room with large metal consoles on it. "Think this is it?" Ripper asked as he and Price took a few steps into the room. It seemed to be deserted. At the end of the room was a large metal door with a large red light above it. As they took a few more steps in a large alarm went off and the light above the door turned green. "Oh crap, what now?" The door began to open and a loud thump of a foot came out, and then another and another.
A large elephant like Grim waddled out of the open door, and instantly charged forward at the two SAS soldiers. The two men jumped out of the way as it crashed through the metal consoles. "What the hell?!" Ripper yelled out as he peppered the beast with bullets. "Sir, what do we do?!"
"Kill it of course!" Price yelled as he fired a round from his MP5 into the giant's eye. It roared in pain as its body tilted to the right slightly. "Try to knock it over!" He ordered as he charged into the Grims side. The beast roared as it began to fall onto its side.
With a loud thud it fell to the floor. It tried to get up and it moaned in sadness in knowing that it could not. Price and Ripper stood there for a few seconds thinking about all that has happened to them. "That seemed anticlimactic…" Ripper stated as he kicked the Grims back. Suddenly a green smoke began to filter through the vents.
"You just had to open your mouth didn't you? Gas mask's on." Price stated as he put his over his face. 'I hope the other two are alright.'
Close-up and Angel sprinted down the corridor as gas filled it. "Left!" Angel yelled as they reached an intersection. Following Angels advice, Close-up turned left and down the corridor, unknowing it lead towards the cells…
Linda began to breathe slower and slower as she breathed the gas into her lungs. Her heart burned in pain as it lost its oxygen. Her brain began to shut down slowly. Tears still ran down her face as she thought about her lost loved ones. 'Why… Why do I have to die now…?' She thought as she slowly closed her eyes. As this happened a black shadow came through the green gas and to the cell door. With a loud bang the cell door was shot off. The black shadow ran forward and transformed into someone with a mask on its face. She could hear the echoes of someone's voice "Hey…Hey, stay with me!" The person's voice sounded like a man. The man placed a mask like his on her face. And slowly she drifted into blackness…
2 hours later and the squad were back aboard the USS Barrack Obama. They all sat outside the medical ward of the ship as Close-up looked through the viewing window that looked inside a room where they had found the girl. A doctor opened the door and exited the room. "Doc, how is she?" Close-up asked as the other's stood up. Captain Price had gone to pay a visit to the Admiral while they came to see the girl.
"She'll be fine; the gas didn't have a chance to do any damage to her body. You were lucky, if you gave her that mask a second later, she would have died." The Doctor stated before walking off to another patient. As they went to look through the window they heard shouting. They turned to their left to see General Ironwood of the Atlesian military walking with two guards flanking him. The Admiral and Price were following him and yelling at him. When they arrived at the SAS men Ripper had to ask "What's going on?"
"This woman is now being taken under Atlesian military jurisdiction to face trial. Now step out of the way." Ironwood stated.
"You have jurisdiction on this ship!" Close-up stated as he took a step forward, Angel quickly putting his arm out to stop him.
"She is an Atlas civilian and she is wanted in connection to the terrorist group the White Fang. She is an assassin for the group and is to be charged with helping them and murder of the first degree." Ironwood stated.
"Bullshit!" Close-up yelled, by now a few of the marines that were wandering past had arrived to see what was happening.
"Close-up?!" Price ordered but he took no notice.
"This is complete bullshit! Why was she in a locked cell if she was one of their top people?!" Close-up yelled as he took a step forward. This time he got a response as the two guards trained their weapons on him. However instantly regretting it as they found all the soldiers who had been watching raises their weapons.
"What's happening?" Everyone turned to the door to see the girl they were arguing about rubbing her eyes.
"You, Linda Whiteshaw, are under arrest for being a part of the terrorist group the White Fang." Ironwood stated.
"Wha…? They betrayed me; I left that group during the battle in Vale. They put me in a cell!" She yelled.
"Put your hands above your head." Ironwood ordered. "Men, cuff her." One of the guards stepped forward but Close-up stood in the way.
"Over my dead body!" Close-up yelled.
"ENOUGH!" Everyone turned to see Admiral Stevenson standing behind the guards next to Price. "General Ironwood! At this moment in time, we found this girl in a jail cell on one of OUR operations. She is aboard one of OUR ships and is being treated by OUR doctors. And if I didn't know, like the SAS soldier had just said, you have NO jurisdiction on this vessel or with any of OUR personal. So at this moment, we are treating her as a P.O.W and not be handed over to you. Men, please escort General Ironwood and his guards back to their Bullhead." The Admiral stated, the marines nodded and lead them down the corridor they came down, Ironwood giving the Admiral a look that would kill someone if they could. After they turned the corner, the Admiral turned back to the SAS troopers. "You've caused quite a bit of mess, haven't you Close-up."
Close-up saluted "I know sir; I am prepared to take the punishment for my actions, sir!" Close-up stated.
"That will not happen, as you've shown. You are prepared to go against one of our allies to protect her; I am going to make sure she's safe." He turned to the Linda. "Miss, they said you were an assassin, what did you specialize in?"
Linda blushed a dark shade of red, just like her hair, and stated. "I was the best with a sniper…"
"Good, Captain Price! Get your men to get this girl a uniform and weapons. She will be a part of your squad to make sure nothing like this ever happens again…" The Admiral stated. They all saluted and at the same time shouted "Sir!" And the Admiral quickly left. Price turned to Close-up.
"Kid, the Admiral must really trust your gut if he was prepared to face that general…" Price sighed. "Ok, go get her uniform and show her where we sleep, I'll tell Phantom…"
Phantom sat down with Lindsey in a Bullhead as they travelled towards the joint fleet. Lindsey was fast asleep and strapped up in her chair as Royce looked out over the waves of the ocean. His thoughts wandered back to the fight with that woman who threw fire, and the one that gave him some burns. 'When I find that woman…' He clenched his fist at the thought. 'Well, time to get back to work…'
AN: Thank you for reading this chapter, i hope you all enjoyed this chapter. So what do you guys think of our new addition to the SAS. review with your thoughts. Have a good one, Rookie117