Wolf Pack Ch. 6 – Bunker Bustin' Good Time
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Shells clanged as they hit the metal roof of the BTR which was quickly speeding in reverse, the Goliath Grimm charged toward the APC, its footsteps thundering as they impacted the ground. Gunfire erupted from the barrel of the 14.5mm KPV Heavy Machine Gun that was mounted on the roof, Carmine spun the APC around and threw the gear into first before he slammed on the pedal. Crimson turned the main gun around and fired behind them as the Goliath chased them through the forest, Grullo and Keppel stood up out of the side hatches with their guns pointed at the Grimm's head.
Keppel ejected a spent shell from Charon as he aimed at the Goliath "Hold it steady!" Keppel yelled as he steadied his rifle on the roof of the BTR, he took a deep breath in as he squeezed the trigger of the .50 Cal sniper rifle. The rifle bucked backwards as the large round raced down range and impacted the Grimm in the head, the Goliath dropped like a sack of rocks and slid to a stop before evaporating into black smoke. Just then two Ursa and two Beowolves ran out of the brush behind the BTR "Shit! We got more!" Grullo yelled as he fired at the Beowolves, the rounds ripped through one and reduced it to ash but the other ran in a serpentine pattern as it closed the gap between them.
The Beowolf leaped up into the air as it tried to swipe at Grullo, but it caught a 14.5mm to the chest and dropped it to the ground where it dissipated into nothingness. Keppel moved back into the APC as Nightshade rose out of the hatch and pointed his FAL at the Ursa "Smile mother fucker!" Nightshade said as he dumped seven rounds into their heads, the Grimm collapsed to the forest floor lifeless before disappearing. "Any others?!" Carmine asked as he lifted his foot from the pedal, Crimson flipped a switch on the optics system and activated the thermal optics "Well I got good news and bad news: good news is the thermal optics work, bad news is there are a lot of fucking Grimm behind us." Crimson said, Carmine jerked the wheel to the left and spun the BTR around only to face a line of Grimm.
Beowolves, Ursa, Creeps, and Griffons were lined up in front of the APC and scratched the ground as they contested the Joint Operations team "You boys want to get up close and personal?" Titus asked as he pulled back the bolt on his M4, Carmine looked at his team who nodded to him "Let's fucking do it! Keppel, take control of the turret since you only have Charon. Also, someone has to watch Phantom." Carmine said as he grabbed his SCAR and climbed out of the BTR, the rest of the Joint Ops followed behind him out of different hatches on the APC. Grizz fired his chainsaw up and revved the engine, Carmine checked the mag in his rifle "Alright, I got thirty rounds. I better make them count." Carmine said as he pulled back the bolt on the side. Titus pulled a Bowie knife out a sheath on his side and handed it to Carmine "Here, take this in case you run out of ammo." Titus said as he adjusted the stock on his M4, Carmine placed the blade in between his pants and his belt.
"Let's get this party started." Onyx said as he aimed at one of the Beowolves and unloaded into its chest, the line of Grimm charged as the Beowolf died and smoked away. Gunfire echoed through the trees as mercenaries fought with the creatures of Grimm, one by one the Grimm were shredded by the combination of 7.62, 5.56, .308, and 14.5mm. An Ursa charged full speed toward the group, their bullets ricocheted off the armor plating that had grown around its neck and shoulders; Grizz laughed as he ran forward and plunged his chainsaw up into the neck of the heavy Grimm, the chain spun as it flung chunks of black meat and blood onto the ground. The Ursa's body dropped and evaporated into the air, Carmine fired his battle rifle and killed two Creeps and three Beowolves "Damn, ten rounds left. Alright, fuck it." Carmine said as he put his rifle on his back and pulled out the Bowie knife, he held the blade upside down as a Beowolf ran at him.
The large Grimm leaped into the air and plunged its claws into Carmine's back as he thrusted the blade into its neck, the wounds on his back slowly disappeared as his aura healed the wound. Carmine ran forward and threw a roundhouse into the side of an Ursa's head, the Ursa slapped the blade out of his hand. Carmine clenched his fist and elbowed the Ursa in the side of the head before he drove his knee up into its jaw and followed it with an uppercut that exploded on impact, the blast shaved the Ursa's head clean off its body. Bullet riddled Griffons crashed to the ground and poofed into black smoke, flashes of light came from the barrel of the KPV as it ripped through the rest of the Grimm.
Carmine sprinted forward and drove his knee into the throat of a Beowolf before he maneuvered behind it and grabbed its head, in one quick motion, Carmine snapped the Grimm's neck. The rifleman spun around and kicked a Creep in the side, the impact sent the Grimm into the side of a tree and splintered the bark. Carmine ran up and plunged his foot down into the side of its head, fracturing its skull and breaking its neck. The Creep fell to the ground and smoked away as Carmine leaned against a tree and caught his breath "Man, that Grimm really got you didn't it." Onyx said as he walked over to his little brother, gunfire echoed from inside the brush as the team put down the stragglers.
"Yeah but I'll walk it off." Carmine said as he pushed himself off the tree, Crimson and Nightshade walked through the brush with their rifles pointed toward the ground "Everything good over here?" Crimson asked as Carmine pulled his rifle off of his back and leaned it against the tree "Yeah, I think my body is fatigued from all of this mayhem." Carmine said as he stretched his arms and cracked his knuckles. "Where is your gear at and better yet, why didn't they at least give you a shirt?" Crimson asked the bare-chested rifleman, Carmine chuckled as he picked his battle rifle back up and held it by the handguard.
Titus and Aero walked over to the four members of Wolf Pack "So who do you think sent them?" Nightshade asked as he reloaded his FAL, Aero placed his bow over his body and adjusted the string "If I had to take a wild guess, I would say Cerberus sent them after us." Aero said as he shifted his weight to his left leg, Onyx pondered a thought to himself for a moment before he spoke "How the hell would he control them?" Onyx asked confused, Aero scratched the side of his head as he sighed "That's the thing, we only have hypotheses about how they control them but we think it might have something to do with who they're aligned with. It's someone that the White Fang knows." Aero said as the BTR pulled up to where they were standing.
Grullo stood up out of the hatch and crossed his arms "Alright ladies, are we going or what? I mean Carmine looks like death and we need to rearm before we even think about assaulting Forever Falls." Grullo explained as the six men climbed into the APC, Carmine moved over to the driver seat but stopped as he looked around the room "Hey guys, is the BTR spinning?" Carmine asked as he collapsed on the ground, Bubba rushed over and placed two fingers on the rifleman's throat "Alright he's alive but he needs rest and food." Bubba said as Onyx shifted the BTR into first and spun it around.
*Five Hours Later*
Carmine opened his eyes slowly and looked around the room he was in, he quickly realized he was back in his room at the Wolf Pack HQ. He rubbed his head as he sat up and got out of bed "Oh gods, was it all a bad fever dream?" He asked himself as he opened his bedroom door and walked out of it. Onyx, Crimson, Titus, Aero, and Nightshade stood near the armory as they conversed with each other, Grullo and Grizz arm wrestled each other at the table while Keppel and Bubba conversed with each other as they reloaded their weapons.
"Hey Hey! There's the man of the hour, how you feeling?" Onyx asked Carmine who looked bewildered, Carmine shook his head "What the fuck happened?" Carmine asked as he sat down on the couch and sat back against the cushion, Aero walked into the kitchen as Bubba walked over to Carmine with a flashlight and blood pressure cuff "Look at my nose and don't move your eyes." Bubba said as he shined the light into Carmine's eyes and moved it from left to right, the pupils constricted when the light hit them "Well there's no damage to the Iris's and your eyes reacted perfectly to the light. Just get something to eat and prep your gear, we'll be making plans to strike Forever Fall." Bubba said as he placed the cuff on Carmine's arm and squeezed the inflation bulb until it tightened around his arm, Bubba placed a stethoscope's bell over the brachial artery just below the cuff. The medic listened as he heard the two knocking noises of the systolic and diastolic pressure.
"Alright you got a solid 122/80." Bubba said as Aero returned with a fresh cup of tea and sat it on the coffee table in front of Carmine "Here's some black tea, it should help with the fatigue and help mentally." Aero said as he sat a small bowl of sugar cubes down beside the tea, Carmine nodded his head in thanks before he dropped seven sugar cubes into the hot tea. "Hey Carmine, have you always had those two scars on your side?" Titus asked as Carmine sipped his tea, the rifleman shook his head "What scars?" He asked confused as he stood up and made his way to his bathroom, he turned his side toward the mirror and looked at the two long rectangle scars on his side.
The memory of Alastor's twisted lunch came rushing back like a freight train "Oh that son of a bitch!" Carmine said out loud before he walked back into the main room with the others, he let out a deep sigh before he laughed to himself "Our old friend Alastor did this to me, he cut my flesh into strips of bacon, fried them, and tried to serve them to me." Carmine said as he explained the new scars on his side, Aero shook his head as he thought about the torture Carmine went through.
Titus pulled out his scroll and tapped a few numbers in before he made a call, the room was quiet before he spoke again "Hey Quinn, its Titus. Say, I got a favor to ask. Do you think you could spare a venom and an Osprey? We're about attack the Reaper's base of operations. Oh great, we're in Vale near Beacon. See you there, Quinn." Titus said before he closed his scroll, the whole room stared at him as if he a suddenly grown a second head.
"What was that about?" Aero asked as Titus walked over to Onyx "Well, you remember how you fought against the Devil's Disciples and the Viper Legion at the Schnee Gala? Well, those weren't actual Devil's Disciples or Viper Legion mercenaries. Those were ones who had been kicked out of their groups and guess who picked them up?" Titus asked the room, Nightshade clenched his fist "The Grimm Reapers." Nightshade said with a chuckle, Onyx cut in "But how do you know that for sure?" Onyx asked confused, Titus laughed a hearty laugh "Son, I have been a mercenary for a long time and you learn how to tell the difference between a mercenary and a criminal quickly.
Besides, The Viper Legion is a private air force like we're a private ground army." Titus said as he leaned against the wall "Well then what are The Devil's Disciples? Everything I've ever known about the other mercenary groups has been a lie, hell I was convinced that any of the groups could have been a threat on the night of the Gala. Including the 184th. " Onyx said, his morale had been diminished as he took in the new knowledge.
"How did you figure that all mercenary groups could be a threat?" Titus asked, Onyx walked into the planning room that was lined with charts and monitors, he emerged seconds later and handed a piece of paper to Titus "I received a memo from Atlas informing us that the other groups were not to be trusted." Onyx said as Titus read the memo "Arthur Watts huh. That sneaky little rat bastard is nothing more than a disgraced scientist who is a coconspirator of the White Fang." Titus said as he handed the note back to Onyx.
"There are only two groups that you should be worried about: The Grimm Reapers and The White Fang. The others are our allies, if you had run into the other groups they would have tried to resolve it peacefully." Aero said as he placed his hand on Onyx's shoulder.
"Alright, let's load up and go get these mother fuckers!" Grullo yelled as he slammed Grizz's arm down onto the table. Carmine stood up and walked back into his room, he opened his closet and pulled out a black Ripstop BDU along with a fresh pair of Crye Precision G3 Combat Pants.
Carmine pulled off the dirt covered Kryptek VTX 1001 and pulled on the fresh G3 Combat Pants along with the Ripstop BDU, he buttoned the combat shirt up and reached into his closet again but pulled out a 5.11 VTAC LBE Tactical Vest and placed it over himself. He clipped the sides closed and tightened them around his chest before he pulled a pair A.T.A.C. 8" Steel Toe Combat Boots out of the closet. He pulled the boots on and laced them up before placing the pants legs over them. He stood up and stomped his feet to ease his feet into the boots, he walked out of his room and into the armory where the others were loading up their spare mags.
Keppel handed him a 5.11 Rush72 Backpack and four boxes of .308 rounds for his SCAR-H that was on the table in the middle of the armory, Carmine laid the bag on the table and walked over to the cabinet by the wall that held submachine guns in it. He reached into the cabinet and pulled out a 9x19VSN from the cabinet and sat it on the table along with four spare mags, he picked up a magazine and started loading bullets into the stick mag. He placed them in the bag along with the Submachine Gun and zipped the bag up before placing it on his back.
"Why are you wearing a medium vest and not your usual heavy vest?" Crimson asked, Carmine slapped a mag into his SCAR and pulled back the bolt to chamber a round "They have a man locked in there who helped me better control my semblance, he taught me how to harness my chakras and build up a ball of energy inside of me to recharge my aura. I'm getting him out today." Carmine said as he placed his rifle on his back and walked back into his room, he opened a drawer on his dresser and grabbed a two-hole balaclava before he closed it again.
Carmine walked into his closet and picked up a black Carbon High-Cut Helmet on of the shelf on the right, he pulled an EOTech GPNVG out of a drawer and attached it to the helmet. Carmine pulled on the balaclava over his face and adjusted the eye holes before he put the helmet on and fastened the straps under his chin.
Carmine walked into the main room where the others were gathered with weapons in hand "Alright gentlemen! This mission has been upgraded to a search and rescue operation, Carmine will fill us in on the details of this search and rescue operation." Onyx said before handing the floor over to Carmine, Carmine stepped forward slowly and cleared his throat "I don't know the exact layout of the bunker but I figure we would go floor by floor until we clear it out completely, we're looking for a man by the name of Thomas Lazu, he was kidnapped from Mistral and hasn't been seen in two years. Be on the lookout for other prisoners and keep your head on a swivel, expect heavy resistance." Carmine said as he made their game plan, Titus stepped forward and looked around the room at the members of Wolf Pack and the 184th.
"Gentlemen, it has been an honor to work with you all. When we go in, we go in hard! Let's make them regret the day they fucked with us! We'll hunt them down to the end of Remnant if we have to, they will never hurt another person ever again!" Titus said as he rallied the joint operation, Onyx nudged Keppel in the arm "Would you please honor us with our warrior's prayer?" Onyx asked the sniper, the Faunus nodded as everyone took a knee and formed a circle.
"Brave warriors, should fate find us in battle, May our cause be just. May our leaders have clear vision. May our courage not falter. May we be triumphant and earn victory as we show no mercy to our enemies. May our efforts bring lasting peace. May our sacrifice be always appreciated by those we serve. May we return to our loved ones unharmed. Should we be harmed, may our wounds heal. Should we perish in the struggle, may the Gods embrace us and find for us a place in their Kingdom. Amen" Keppel said as he preached the gospel of the warrior, everyone rose from the ground slowly, their faces now plastered with determination and anger.
"Let's go, boys!" Carmine said as he placed a P226 in his side holster and led the group out of the building. Two large groups of people formed a path beside them as they walked through the marketplace toward the air docks, the silent crowd slowly turned to applauds and cheers of 'Give them hell, guys!' and 'Come back safe, boys!' emerged from the crowd of people.
Carmine stared straight forward but over heard the voice of a kid ask "Dad who are they?" Carmine looked over to see a small girl holding a blonde man's hand "Those are the Wolf Pack, Ruby. They're like huntsmen but they don't fight Grimm like huntsmen do. They do missions called contracts that pay a lot but are very dangerous" The blonde man said, Carmine grinned slightly as they walked onto the air dock where a UH1Y Venom and an Osprey were sitting.
"We'll take the Venom and the Osprey will follow, it will land nearby and wait to evacuate any prisoners." Titus said as they boarded the helicopter and the propeller slowly spun up, Grullo and Grizz manned the M134 Miniguns that were mounted on the side of the helicopter. The Venom took off into the air and flew in the direction of Forever Fall, the Osprey took off shortly after behind the Venom. "It's funny, Quinn had these audio systems built into her helicopters to help boost morale, let's have some fun, shall we." Titus said as he plugged his scroll into the aux chord that was attached to the main console.
Bad Company – Five Finger Death Punch
A company always on the run
A destiny, oh it's the rising sun
The Venom flew over the red forest as they entered Forever Fall.
I was born a shotgun in my hands
Behind the gun I'll make my final stand
And that's why they call me
Bad company
I can't deny
Bad bad company until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Grullo scanned the forest floor as they flew over the thick trees, birds flew out of the tree tops and into the sky.
Rebel souls, deserters we've been called
Chose a gun and threw away the sun
Now these towns they all know our names
The death punch sound is our claim to fame
"I can't see shit!" Grizz said as he scanned the forest floor but couldn't see anything through the foliage. Titus tapped Aero on the shoulder "You're up kid." Titus said to the bowman, Aero nodded and moved over to side of the helicopter. He closed his eyes and reopened them, is hazel eyes had turned to a mint green color as he scanned the ground below "Let me guess, thermal vision." Onyx asked Titus who developed a wide grin in response. Aero pointed at the ground by a large rock face "There, it's a foot patrol that matches Phantoms description." Aero said as they lowered their altitude.
And that's why they call me
Bad company
I can't deny
Bad bad company until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Both door guns opened fire at the Reaper foot soldiers, the bullets ripped through their bodies and sprayed blood on the nearby trees. One after another, the convict soldiers dropped to their knees with their chest cavities blown open from the .50 BMG rounds that rained down from the Venom
Eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
Blood for blood
We've all gotta die
We've all gotta die
Bullets bounced off the sides of the Venom as they took fire from the forest floor below "Take us down, we need boots on the ground!" Titus yelled to the pilot, the Venom descended to the forest floor as the HMGs ripped through the foot soldiers on the ground.
And that's why they call me
Bad company
I won't deny
Bad Bad company until the day I die
Bad company
I won't deny
Bad bad company until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
The joint ops bailed out of the helicopter and took a point with their weapons aimed down range, the Venom took back off into the sky and disappeared over the tree line, dead bodies laid scattered around the area. Crimson looked at the paper he wrote down on and read the description, he looked at a cave that had moss hanging over the entrance "I think I found it." Crimson said as he moved over to the cave and ripped the moss down, a single door was at the end of the shallow cave.
Grullo moved over and stuck a C-4 charge on the door, Crimson and Grullo moved for cover before he detonated the charge. The blast shook the rock and the ground below as the door was caved in and blown into the bunker, it clattered against the wall and fell to the floor. Carmine took point and pulled down his goggles, activating the night vision as they walked into the dark room. Carmine looked around the room as he descended the staircase deeper into the bunker, he pointed his rifle down range as the green laser danced around on the wall with each step he took.
Carmine got to the bottom of the stairs and spun around to look down the dark hall with his rifle pointed down range as he took a knee, Crimson and Nightshade stacked up behind him before Crimson tapped him on the shoulder. Carmine stood up and slowly moved down the hall of the bunker, three doors lined the hall that had another stairwell at the end of the hall, Nightshade, Crimson, and Grullo kicked in the three doors and cleared the rooms. "Clear!" The three wolves called out before rejoining the raid team.
"Those were probably the rooms that belonged to those foot soldiers that gave us such a warm welcome." Crimson said as he examined the magazine in his Sig SG 550 and placed it back into his rifle, Grullo clicked the tactical light on his shoulder on and illuminated the dark room. Crimson clicked the light on the end of his rifle on, he pointed the barrel down range to illuminate the pitch-black room. Carmine raised his goggles and deactivated the night vision, he stepped back and let Grullo take point with his MG3 aimed down the stairs as he slowly descended them to the next level.
The group split into two and took the walls the led to the hall around the corner, Titus pulled out a gun that had a screen and a cord that he stretched out around the corner. The screen clicked on and displayed a thermal screen from the camera at the end of the cord, the camera slowly extended further down the hall until the seven heat signatures popped up on the screen with weapons in hand. Crimson and Grullo clicked their lights off as Carmine lowered his goggles and sat his rifle against the wall, he pulled his Ka-Bar out of its sheath and held it upside down as he slowly moved down the hall.
He crept up behind one and placed his hand over the man's mouth as he thrusted the knife into the man's throat before he dragged the body down the hall and laid it on the ground "Shh, did you hear that?" One of the men asked as he moved to investigate the noise, Carmine moved slowly around the hall as the man looked for the source of the noise. Carmine quick stepped up behind him and swiftly snapped his neck in one quick movement, he caught the body before it fell and lowered it to the ground.
Titus motioned to the others to move in, one by one the joint task force slowly moved down the hall and silently surrounded the remaining foot-soldiers, Crimson and Grullo clicked their lights on and illuminated the insurgents "Drop your weapons! Drop them!" Titus, Bubba, and Grullo yelled at the five people, the people dropped their weapons and fell to their knees with their hands raised. Aero, Grizz, and Onyx moved in to handcuff the felons with zip ties, they pushed the five down to the ground.
Titus picked one up by the collar and stared at him "How deep does this bunker go?" Titus asked as the insurgent shook with fear "Four floors deep, this is storage and floor below is the offices, the bottom floor is where all the torture, rape, and trafficking goes on." The man said as he told Titus everything he wanted to know.
Aero walked over to the man and looked at him "Why is this place so dark? Where is everyone?" Aero asked as he leaned against the wall, the man laughed to himself "Loki came running in saying that they had been compromised and that they had to move, so Diablo and Loki left with the others. They left a skeleton crew here to keep operations running but honestly, we were going to quit and leave before you guys arrived." The man said, explaining the bases darkness.
Carmine picked his rifle up and sheathed his knife as he made his way to the next stairwell, Nightshade walked over to door marked 'Electrical' and attempted to open the door but stopped when a wire became tense on the other side of the door "Hey guys, we got a door trap here." Nightshade said as he stepped away from the door, Grullo moved over to the door and pulled out a pair of wire cutters.
He slowly lined the wire up with the cutters and applied pressure quickly, the plyers cut through the wire like it was string. He pushed the door open and revealed to everyone a grenade bouquet hanging from the roof "Man, imagine if you set this off!" Grullo said as he disarmed the booby trap and placed the grenades into his bag. Nightshade walked into the room and looked at a switch on the wall labeled 'Power'. He pushed the lever up which brought the bunker back to life, lights on the roof illuminated the halls and stairwells of the bunker.
"Thanks Nightshade!" Carmine called from down the hall, Nightshade and Grullo walked out of the room to rejoin the group as they made their way to the next floor. Their heavy boots echoed as they walked down the stairs to the third floor that had four doors that led to different offices, Grullo ran forward and kicked down a door marked with a red skull with horns, Grullo flipped on the light and looked around the room that was lined with paperwork. Carmine, Crimson, and Aero walked into the room and started to go through paperwork, Aero pulled out multiple folders marked with the names of each of the eleven princes "Here they are: Diablo, Loki, Abaddon, Astaroth, Alastor, Belial, Cerberus, Leviathan, Lilith, Paimon, and Sabnock." Aero said as he started to go through each of the folders.
"Guys! Come check this out!" Onyx yelled from one of the other offices, Carmine ran out of one room and into the other that was lined with schematics and blueprints for weapons, vehicles, mechanisms of torture and death. There was a blueprint of a head case that ripped the jaw from the skull and another that slowly twisted the victim in half. Onyx pointed at the biggest one on the wall in front of them "Carmine, isn't that Operation Iron Hammer that was scrubbed by Atlas years ago?" Onyx asked, Carmine walked closer to look at it more clearly "Yeah, they deemed it too dangerous for one nation to own, it uses 800mm Artillery shells and is on tank tracks." Carmine said as he explained the Atlas weapon.
"Then why would the Grimm Reapers have the blueprints?!" Onyx asked bewildered, Titus walked in behind them "Because the same person who gave them the blueprints is the same person who gave you faulty information." Titus said as he held up a picture of a man on his scroll "Arthur Watts." Titus said as he put his scroll back into his pocket. "So, we take out Arthur and knock out their tech supply line." Onyx said but Titus shook his head "Watts dropped off the face of Remnant about three months ago." Titus said as he leaned against the wall, Onyx thought to himself "That's about when our hunt for the 'Executioners' started." Onyx said, Titus smirked "Someone's catching on." The 184th commander said before walking out of the room.
"You said Operation Iron Hammer, right?!" Aero asked from the other room, Carmine stuck his head out "Yeah!" He called into the other room, Aero ran out with a piece of paper and showed it to Carmine and Titus "This document mentions 'Iron Hammer' being moved to rally point Valentine." Aero said as they looked at the paper, Aero pointed to the top of the page "You want to find the Iron Hammer then you need to find this man, he is the weapons coordinator." Aero said as he pointed to the name 'Leviathan' on the paper.
"You boys go ahead, we'll collect all the information from these rooms." Titus said as Grizz and Aero went to work placing the rolled-up blueprints into multiple boxes, Onyx nodded before they descended to the fourth floor. Screams of agony echoed off the walls of the dark hall that reeked of death and decay, prisoners yelled for mercy while others pleaded for death. A corpse of a man was chained to a wall while rats feasted on what was left of his legs, the chewed tendons dangled from his corpse above a pool of blood that had dried up long ago.
In the next cell, small severed green and decayed limbs littered the ground while a single Grimm dog growled from within the cell "Please tell me those are animal parts." Crimson asked as he covered his mouth, Carmine let out an audible gulp "I'm afraid not." Carmine said as Crimson vomited onto the floor, Nightshade lowered and cradled his head "What… what kind of monsters would do this to children?! CHILDREN?!" Nightshade said as he struggled to keep his sanity, Grullo clicked on his flashlight and illuminated the cells that were filled with rotten corpses that had been feasted on by rodents or Grimm, Carmine slowly walked forward down the hall "We got to keep moving." Carmine said as he covered his nose and mouth, the others followed suit to get through the smell of death and decay.
As they continued down the hall that had small swarms of flies buzzing around, they came to another door and quickly entered it. They uncovered their mouths and gasped for fresh air, Crimson and Nightshade looked around the equally dark room until Onyx flipped a light on and revealed a room of horror.
Blades, hammers, drills, buzz saws, and pliers lined the wall that was stained with blood, the name 'Alastor's Funland' was written on the wall in preserved body parts. There was a window to another room that had corpses chained to wall and was filled with a strange yellow gas that hugged the floor, their skin was covered in blisters that had long since burst and coated the ground with blood and puss. "Oh gods! What the fuck?!" Crimson said as he looked away quickly.
Onyx sprinted over to the other door and kicked it open "Come on! Let's go!" Onyx yelled as he ran through the door into another dark hall with the others behind him, Grullo quickly found the lights and flipped them on but this room was equally if not more horrifying than the last. Women were chained to the wall naked and trembling in fear at the sight of the Wolf Pack, Onyx stepped forward slightly and raised his hands "Don't worry, we're going to get you out of here." Onyx said to the women who were malnourished and beaten, one woman spoke up softly "Please. Find. Sill." She pleaded before falling unconscious, Carmine looked around the room and saw a single door.
He ran up and kicked the door down off its hinges, sending it down to the floor with a thud. The body of a woman laid in the bed, blood stained bed where it had leaked from her mouth, six teeth were on the ground from where they landed after being knocked out, and blood coated the bed around her nether regions. Carmine walked over and placed two fingers on her neck, but her body was ice cold, Carmine walked out with a solemn look on his face. Onyx looked at Carmine who shook his head, effectively telling him that she didn't make it.
"She was raped and beaten to death, we need to find who is responsible for this." Carmine said as he clenched his fist, another woman struggled to speak but managed to say 'Paimon' before succumbing to fatigue. "I'm going to kill that mother fucker slowly." Crimson said as he rubbed his hands together, Onyx placed his hand Crimson's shoulder "Let's not let anger bring us down to their level." Onyx said as he calmed Crimson down. "Keppel, go see what Titus and Aero can find on Paimon." Onyx said, the sniper nodded and braced himself to run back through the gauntlet of horror. As he was about to run, Grullo stopped him "I found a ladder to the third floor over here." Grullo said as he moved a fake wall, Carmine tilted his head confused "How did you know that was fake?" Carmine asked.
Grullo knelt down and pointed an area various scratches on the ground from the door being repeatedly opened, Keppel sighed in relief "Oh thank the gods! I don't think I could handle walking through there again." Keppel said as he walked over to the ladder and climbed up it to the third floor. Keppel returned minutes later with a folder and Bubba behind him "Bubba is here to check on their vitals before we move them. Here's the file on Paimon." Keppel said, handing the folder to Carmine and Onyx.
"So Paimon is the head of Human Trafficking of the Grimm Reapers, so this is all his doing." Carmine said but he fell silent as something hit him like a freight train "These aren't just different rooms, these belong to each of the eleven princes. This is Paimon's, the other room was Alastor's." Carmine said as he looked around the room of women who were chained to the wall. He looked across the room at a lone door and made his way toward it, he broke from a jog to a dead sprint and threw his shoulder into the door. The door snapped off the hinges and slid across the ground, Carmine pushed himself off the floor and looked around the room of cells as the surroundings looked very familiar.
"Hey kid, you came back." A voice said weakly from out of the darkness, Carmine searched the wall until he found a switch and flipped it on, the lights sprung to life and illuminated the holding cells that lined the wall of the room, Carmine ran over to the farthest cell and cupped the lock in his hand. He charged a supernova in his hand and detonated the blast, destroying the lock completely. He tossed the mangled lock onto the ground and flung the cell open, he walked into the cell and dropped to his knees next to Thomas "Hey old man, it's good to see you're still in the land of the living." Carmine said as he helped Thomas sit up "Can you walk?" Carmine asked the man as he unsnapped the sides of the vest he was wearing and pulled it off along with the shirt and the bag "Here, I brought you some gear for you to wear." Carmine said as he handed the long sleeve shirt and vest to Thomas who slowly pulled them on over his malnourished body that bared the scars of the Grimm Reaper's sadist ways.
"There's a submachine gun in that bag, it's loaded and ready to go." Carmine said as he pulled Thomas to his feet, the bearded man stumbled and caught himself on Carmine's shoulder. Carmine wrapped his arm around the man and guided him out of the cell, they made their way down the hall slowly one step at a time. As they passed through the threshold that separated the two rooms, Nightshade and Crimson rushed to Carmine to take Thomas from him "Bubba, we got another one for you to look at." Crimson said as they carried him over to a table.
"Alright, I'm going to go find my gear." Carmine said before he walked back into the room of cells, he scanned the walls until his eyes fell upon a lone door off to the right, he approached the door and pushed it open. He walked down the hall slowly as he scanned the walls, the familiar memories still fresh in his head as he approached yet another door to his left. He kicked the door open and revealed an interrogation room with a metal table and two chairs in the middle of the room.
He walked into the room and turned around to face the doorway, he looked up at the mirror that was above the door. Carmine pushed the table underneath the mirror and climbed onto the tabletop with a chair that he stood on, so he was at eye level with the mirror. He made a fist and charged a supernova, after a few seconds he threw his fist at the mirror. The supernova detonated and shattered the mirror completely, the broken pieces crashed to the ground as Carmine pulled himself up into the broken two-way mirror, the broken shards sliced into his hands as his boots crushed the shattered shards beneath his feet.
He looked around the observation room and found his gear on a table in the corner of the room, he walked over and picked up his hoodie off the table, he pulled the hooded jacket on and zipped up the front before he picked up his Heavy IBA and placed it on over his body. He clipped the sides and tightened them before he checked his pouches on the front and sides "Everything is here, they may be murders but at least they have respect for personal property." Carmine said to himself as he picked up his backpack and put his arms through the straps.
He picked up his scroll off the table and opened it up, there was a new notification from Sapphire that he opened to read 'Hey babe, I miss you so much! They're treating me like I was royalty here at Beacon, I can't wait to be in your arms again.' Carmine smiled as he finished reading her message before he closed his scroll and placed it in his pocket. He picked up his facemask off the table and clipped it onto his tactical belt, he walked over to the door and jiggled the handle but found it jammed.
He reached into his bag and pulled out a pair of gloves "Oh how I have missed you." Carmine said as he pulled them on and tightened them around his wrist, he punched his fists together and sent out an audible clang. He clinched his right fist and charged a supernova, he stepped back a few steps before he ran forward and threw his fist into the door, the supernova detonated on impact and blew the door off the hinges.
Carmine slowly walked out of the room with a strut but found the barrel of an M4 in his face, Titus lowered his rifle "Good gods Carmine, I thought you were one of the Reapers." Titus said as he patted the rifleman on the back as they walked into the middle of the room surrounded by offices.
Aero walked out of the one the offices on high alert "I heard an explosion, what's going on?" Aero asked confused, Carmine chuckled "I used my semblance as a door breach since that door was locked." Carmine said, pointing at the destroyed door on the ground. "So, have you found anything about where we can find Paimon or Leviathan?" Carmine asked as he and Aero walked back into the room lined with some blueprints.
"Well, fortunately for us they left their computers here so for the past fifty minutes I've been going through the information. Apparently Paimon is meeting with someone in the red-light district of Vale about moving 'merchandise' into Vale. I say you guys scout the area and nab him before he can escape, then we'll bring him back to a secure facility and force the information out of him." Aero said as he explained the plan to Carmine, Carmine nodded "Good, I like it. I'll get in touch with my contact out that way." Carmine said before he descended the ladder to the fourth floor.
Carmine slid down the ladder and walked out into the room, the women were no longer handcuffed to the wall and were being treated for their injuries. Grizz tossed down his bag to the fourth floor and it landed with a loud thud "I always carry MREs on me, get those women fed boys." Grizz yelled from up on the third floor, Crimson and Grullo went to work preparing the food for the starved prisoners.
Carmine knelt-down in front of the room and scanned the trembling women "Don't worry, we're going to get you back home to your families and we'll see to it that Paimon's body is tossed into a ditch." Carmine said as Keppel walked over with blankets for the victims of Paimon.
Onyx grabbed Carmine by the arm and pulled him to the side "Did Aero find anything?" Onyx asked in a hushed tone, Carmine pulled out his Scroll and displayed a map of Vale "He said that Paimon was meeting someone in the red-light district of Vale, so I was going to get in contact with Junior to see if he knows anything." Carmine said as he closed his Scroll, Onyx looked over his shoulder at the women who were being fed by Crimson and Grullo "You know what you have to do right?" Onyx asked his younger brother, Carmine nodded his head "Break every bone in that fuckers' body." Carmine said as he cracked his knuckles.
Carmine moved away from his brother and over to Thomas who was sitting in the corner "Hey old man, how are you feeling?" Carmine asked the bearded man, Thomas chuckled lightly as he leaned back against the wall "Well son, I feel a thousand times better now that I'm out of that cell. They were going to make this our tomb if you boys didn't show up when you did." Thomas said with a toothy grin, Carmine sat down next to the man and crossed his legs.
"We saw so much shit when we got to the fourth floor, it was like a house of horrors. We don't know who the first room belonged to but there was so much death, children." Carmine said as he started to break down, tears leaked from his eyes as he fought back his emotions. Thomas sat up and rested his hand on Carmine's shoulder "There in a better place now, know that. As for who it belonged to, that would be Sabnock's work. He's the one I had been chasing when I was kidnapped and thrown into that cell." Thomas explained, Carmine's sadness quickly changed from sadness to anger as his body filled with rage.
Carmine stood up and walked back over to the ladder, he quickly climbed up and entered the third floor where Aero was moving documents.
"I need you to find information on Sabnock." Carmine said as the bowman was flipping through papers, he nodded as he opened the database again "Thank the gods that they never unlinked their scrolls from the database, it makes finding them easier." Aero said as he pulled up Sabnock's info on the holo-screen: NAME: Gundy Lilo. AGE: 31. ALIAS: Sabnock. SEMBLANCE: Novocain (Numbing Touch) ROLE: Gatherer. CURRENT MISSION: Scope out orphanage in Vale.
"Who put this information together like this?" Carmine asked as he looked over the information, Aero chuckled "It's funny, Diablo did. But now I'll transfer the information to our scrolls, so we can hunt them all down." Aero said as he finished transferring the information to his scroll. He broadcasted the information to everyone's scroll, Carmine's scroll beeped as it downloaded the information.
"How about Cerberus, what does his profile look like?" Carmine asked the bowman, he chuckled "Oh that's a good one, yeah he's the one who sent the Grimm after us." Aero said as he pulled up a profile on the holo-screen labeled 'Cerberus'. NAME: Charlie Gole. AGE: 35. ALIAS: Cerberus. SEMBLANCE: Grimm Command (Note: Not sure what causes it, must investigate further) ROLE: Tactician. CURRENT MISSION: Ambush Wolf Pack/184th near Mountain Glenn. "So, they did flee the base, I assume after Opal got here and warned of our advance." Carmine said as he looked the information.
"Here, look at this." Aero said as he pulled up a map of Remnant with eight dots on the map: two in Vale, two is Mistral, two in Vacuo, and two in Atlas. "You know what those are?" Aero asked the rifleman, Carmine shook his head "I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that they are probably other bases of theirs." Carmine said unsure, Aero nodded his head "That is exactly what they are." Aero said as he accessed each point.
As they talked to each other, Titus walked up behind them "If we want to take them all out then we'll need the others. It'll be a giant joint operation, Operation Reaper Killer. Yeah, that sounds nice." Titus said as he stared at the screen, Carmine thought for a moment "Maybe we get Atlas involved?" Carmine asked but Titus shook his head "They have Watts, so we can't risk the chance of tipping them off." Titus said as he leaned against a counter by the wall.
"I contacted other members of the 184th and they should be here shortly to help extract these poor souls." Titus said, Carmine looked at the ground in thought "There's more to this base, I can feel it. Something resonating in my bones." Carmine said as he looked at the floor, Aero chuckled "Well you're not wrong, here is the full layout." Aero said as he transferred a file to Carmine's scroll.
The scroll clicked on and downloaded the layout to a four-tier bunker with labeled sections "Thank you, Diablo." Carmine said as he accessed the map before he attached the scroll to his wrist on his left arm. Carmine pulled off his helmet and balaclava, he placed them on the table before he unhooked his filtered face mask that was clipped to his waist.
He pulled the mask over his head and tightened the straps in the back, he adjusted the face mask before he pulled his hood up over his head. "Good luck, report back what you find." Titus said as Carmine made his way back to the ladder and quickly descended to the fourth floor. Onyx, Keppel, and Nightshade looked at the rifleman who was clad in his usual apparel as he made his way to the next room but turned around at the doorway "I'm going to go clear out the remaining rooms, I'll keep in contact." Carmine said as he picked up his rifle that was leaning against the wall.
Carmine walked through the room with his rifle raised so he could see the map on his wrist as he walked through the room of cells, Carmine took a left down another corridor until he approached a door at the end of the hall. He twisted the handle and pushed the door open slowly, he clicked the tactical light on his shoulder and the end of his rifle on, both lights illuminated the dark room with ease.
Carmine stopped when he saw two red eyes staring at him from the darkness, Carmine shined the light on the eyes and revealed a caged Grimm that was snarling. Carmine flipped the light on in the room and illuminated the entire room, the room was covered in posters and documents about Grimm biology, Carmine walked over to a counter and found a computer terminal that was unlocked.
Carmine accessed the terminal and found that it contained video logs from Cerberus, Carmine accessed the logs as he turned his flashlights off.
The video started as it shown an index card labeled 'Grimm trial test 1', a man in a white lab coat walked in front of the camera and cleared his throat "I am Doctor Charles Gole, this is Grimm test 1. How do Grimm react when in the presence of a child?" Charles said before he moved from in front of the camera, there was a child strapped to a chair and a snarling Beowolf chained to the wall. The child was crying as he trembled in fear, Gole unhooked the chain and unleashed the Beowolf, the Grimm rushed forward and grabbed the child by the throat. The Grimm quickly ripped into the child's jugular and silenced the crying quickly, Gole pulled out a shotgun and shot the Beowolf in the head. "Test 1 complete, this is my constant variable." Gole said before the video ended.
The next started as it shown an index card labeled 'Grimm trial test 2' Charles stood in front of the camera again "This is Doctor Charles Gole, and this is Grimm test 2. How do Grimm react to a sedated person, a person who is high?" Charles said before he walked over to a man strapped to a chair and injected a needle into the man's arm "I am injecting him with 30 mg of Black Tar Heroin to sedate the man and make him feel euphoric." Charles said as he pulled the needle out the man's arm. The man's eyes closed as he stopped struggling and slipped into euphoria, Gole unlatched a lock on a cage with a Creep inside. The cage door opened, and the Creep walked out slowly, the Grimm sniffed the man slowly as it walked around the man "So far so good." Charles said as he watched the Grimm, the Creep stepped back slowly from the man but ran and lunged at the man. It sunk its teeth deep into the man's chest and ripped deep into his flesh. Charles shot the Grimm with the shotgun and killed it quickly, he walked back in front of the camera again "Test 2; failure." Gole said before he shut the camera off.
Carmine filled with anger as he read the video titles 'Test 11' 'Test 27' 'Test 35', he shook his head as he stepped away from the terminal "What the fuck!" Carmine said with anger in his voice, the caged Grimm started to snarl more violently as it stared at Carmine, the rifleman picked up his Scar and shot the Grimm repeatedly in the head.
He typed into his scroll that was on his arm 'Cerberus was a Doctor and used live test subjects, he has a terminal in his room.' He sent the message to Aero before he left the room. Carmine walked back into the middle of the room and took a left down the hall that housed his holding cell, he walked down the corridor until he came to another door. He pulled it open and revealed a large room with multiple other doors, he approached one the other doors and kicked it open.
He walked into the room and flipped the light on immediately, he looked around the room but was almost sickened by the pictures on the wall of brutal murders by power saws, hammers, and a head mount that ripped someone's jaw from their skull to name a few. There were a few monitors on the wall that replayed other murders repeatedly, there was a recliner chair and a box of tissues in the middle of the room "This sick son of a bitch got off to this shit?!" Carmine said to himself before he raised his rifle and unloaded into the monitors, the bullets ripped into wall and destroyed the screens.
The sound of screams and cries of agony echoed throughout the main room, Carmine walked out into the main corridor and realized the noises were coming from three other rooms. Carmine dug into his bag and pulled out three quarter blocks of Semtex, he stuck them to the doors and routed the wires to one detonator. He rushed back into the first room and clicked the button; the charges detonated and blew the doors into the holding rooms. He ran into the first room and found a woman chained to the wall with rivets in her hands and her feet, she had tears flowing down her cheeks as she looked at Carmine "Please help me!" She begged before she passed out from the pain.
Carmine walked out of the room and pressed his throat comms "Guys, I need some help over here. We got more survivors but this; this is something beyond my expertise." Carmine said, within minutes Onyx, Keppel, and Titus ran into the corridor where Carmine was standing.
"In there, I don't know how she held out so long." Carmine said as Onyx and Titus walked into the room, Titus walked out after a minute "I messaged Aero to bring a thermite torch along with Bubba." Titus said as the two men ran into the room, they all walked back into the torture room. Onyx push her hand toward the wall to expose the rivet head for Aero to cut off.
Aero turned the thermite torch on to the lowest setting, it spit out a small flame that he used to cut the rivet head off, the head dropped to the ground with a 'tink' as they moved on to the next one. One after another, they cut all the bolt heads off and pulled her limbs off the bolts; they laid her on the ground and let Bubba get to work on healing her body.
"So, whose playground is this?" Carmine asked Aero who stood with his arms crossed, he shook his head "This is Belial's handy work." Aero said, Carmine exhaled a sigh of relief that Belial was already dead.
The wounds on her body slowly closed as her body started to glow pink, Bubba and Onyx helped her slowly sit up against the wall "Don't worry, you're safe now." Onyx said as she rested her head against the wall, Carmine gestured Titus and Aero out to the main room.
"What's up?" Aero asked as they stood in the middle of the room, Carmine pointed to the other three rooms "We got others to help, we don't know their condition." Carmine said as they made their way to another door, he took a few steps back and ran toward the door, throwing all his weight into the door and snapping it off of its hinges. The door slammed into the ground with a loud thud, Carmine pushed himself up off the floor and looked around the room, Carmine clicked his light on and illuminated the room but stumbled back slightly. "What is it? Oh, my gods!" Titus yelled before he ran out of the room and emptied his lunch onto the floor.
A woman was chained to the wall with her flesh fileted from her body and nailed to the wall beside her spelling 'Belial' in flesh. Her eyes had been ripped from her head and her mouth was sewn shut in a cross-stitch pattern. "That son of a bitch! I'm glad Crimson shot him in the head but now it feels like he got off easily." Aero said as he started to cut the chains from her body, Titus shook his head "There is no way she survived." He said as he placed two fingers against her neck, the woman started to thrash violently and startled everyone
"OH FUCK!" Carmine yelled as he dashed out of the room, Onyx ran out with Bubba in tow "Woah! Where's the fire?" Onyx asked as Carmine ran but he only said one word.
"Zombie!" Carmine yelled as he bounded the corner, Bubba ran into the room with Titus who was holding the woman's arm down "Bubba! Morphine!" Titus yelled to which Bubba nodded and pulled a syringe from the pouch on his chest, he ripped the cap off with his teeth and pushed the needle into the woman's exposed flesh and squeezed the plunger. The woman's thrashing slowly stopped as her pain subsided, meanwhile other members of the 184th rounded the corner carrying a stretcher escorted by Carmine.
"So that's where you went! I thought you might have finally broken mentally." Onyx said as Carmine directed the new medic teams, another team was hard a work with a plasma grinder cutting the other door open. The grinded lock fell from the cell door and hit the ground with a clang as they pushed the door open, Carmine turned his attention back to the woman who was butchered beyond all belief that Bubba was working on.
"She's going to need multiple skin grafts to fix this, I'm surprised she survived this long." Onyx said as he crossed his arms, Aero walked back around the corner and looked at the brothers "I got good news, my scroll was running a search for Abaddon. Well, it found him; he's on a train heading to Vega from Vale. I also hear that Adam Taurus might be onboard, so you can kill two birds with one bullet." Aero said as he transferred the info to Carmine's scroll.
"Good, I can't wait for this! I'll take the team while you boys lock this place down and clear the rest of the rooms." Carmine said as he messaged the other Wolves about their new objective, Titus walked up with his scroll opened fully with six live video feeds coming through on the screen "Already on it! Alpha, Bravo, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, and Gamma are already moving through the bunker as we speak." Titus said as the screens showed the teams kicking down doors and clearing rooms.
"You boys should go, you got a train to catch!" Titus said, sending the Wolves off on their hunt, their prey? Abaddon, the head on intelligence for the Grimm Reapers.
A/N: Thank you for reading! I hope you liked this chapter of Wolf Pack, remember to leave a review! Your feedback helps me get better and improve my writing skills. Check out a collaboration I'm doing with TheBurningRuler and RebelKira called "Team BAWM" Anyway, thanks for reading and as always, this is Nightmare 6-4, Signing Off!