Warning; this chapter contains strong language, graphic depictions of war, and civilian casualties viewer discretion is heavily advised. Enjoy.
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After a firefight the Ana and special forces split up to go to different objectives.
The Taliban are using Light armor and Heavy weapons to push back the coalition
Graham who is part of the 2nd battalion has an AT-4 anti tank launcher
The launcher can only be shot once and has a dangerous back blast that can injure people behind him when fired
The Taliban are using a armored truck with a technical (mounted machine gun) to pin them down
The truck was right next to a building that served as a depot for explosives... right next to a house full of civilians. Many of them thinking that they were safe...
Graham and his fireteam got to a safe position as his marines drew the technical's fire
"BACK BLAST CLEAR?" Graham exclaimed preparing to fire the launcher at the truck
"CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR!" A marine yelled
"FIRING FIRING FIRING!" Graham shouted
WHOOSH* *BOOM*
The truck exploded killing surrounding militants and sending shrapnel flying everywhere
"GOOD SHIT BRO GOOD SHIT!" A marine exclaimed
Graham put down the now useless at4 tube
From one of the trenches near the truck a charred Taliban fighter crawled out
His only sounds were agonized raspy wheezes and what seemed to be him praying. Almost all of his fur was burnt off. He weakly and shakily crawled through the dirt
As the 2nd battalion unit moved up Graham stood over the crawling man.
He seemed to be in his early 20's. He had green eyes. And small patches of white fur on his charred and Burnt body. His Taliban robes and face cover burnt off. Some of his clothes burned into his flesh.
Graham stood over him not saying a word... just looking at this man suffer
"Yo. Kill that dude or move up. We don't got time for this." The Marine sgt said impatiently
Graham pointed the muzzle of his m4 at the dying fighters head an let out an exhale before shooting him dead. Effectively ending his misery
They moved further and saw multiple burning bodies many of them alive
The explosion caused a huge cloud of smoke and Dirt to form
The marines all had balaclavas and dust goggles to keep them safe from dirt.
They put their masks up to their noses and mouths so they wouldn't choke.
Cries, groans and other agonizing sounds could be heard.
They saw a house reduced to rubble. A woman and child both pinned
The marines knew they couldn't be saved.
A marine ended their misery before breaking down.
when they saw a suffering person they would put them down
It got to a point where the marines did this with blank expressions on their faces.
But underneath the cold expressions was pain... and empathy... and guilt...
"F*ck..." Graham uttered As the marines advanced and grouped up with some Canadian troops.
This was the reality of this conflict. Nothing but pain and loss for everyone involved...
The M1 abrams tank divisions were able to blast holes in the enemy defenses as Canadian and American light armor trimed down enemy reinforcements attempting to flank them
These Taliban militants were well trained and knew how to create well put together formations of anti armor crews
Thomas and his team supported by green Berets were focused on dismantling mutilators base
The village was in chaos as hundreds of civilians scrambled to escape the chaos
Men, Women and children caught in the crossfire
2 marine fire teams came with them to provide support and anti vehicle weapons
As the special forces pushed foward they began taking fire from a well placed make shift machine gun nest in a building. Along with support from a good amount of militants, luckily where was a lot of thick cover.
The green berets flanked to the left while staying low and using different tactics to disorientate the enemy
"WE'RE PINNED DOWN!" Thomas exclaimed
"MACHINE GUNNERS LAY DOWN SUPPRESSING FIRE! WHEN THE ENEMY RELOADS RIFLEMEN FLANK THEM! CORPSMAN STICK WITH THEM! SNIPER! I NEED YOU TO STICK WITH US UNTIL WE CAN GET YOU TO HIGHER GROUND" Trench ordered the marines being a strike force that hits the nest hard while the berets use advanced tactics
The machine gunners laid down suppressing fire as Sam, Thomas, Liam, and Peter flanked to the right
"DON'T BUNCH UP! STICK BEHIND COVER AND KEEP MOVING UP WHEN THE GUNNER RELOADS! THE BERETS ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE! STEER CLEAR OF THE CENTER! LAST THING WE NEED IS A FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT!" Thomas instructed as they took position and were killing taliban fighters that pushed towards them
The enemy began advancing
The machine gunner soon began running out of ammo
The raiders and G.B'S could tell they were panicking
The closer they got the more they became like hunters
They closer they got the more they heard the Taliban members scrambling and arguing.
"WHERE THE HELL IS ALL THE AMMO?!" The main gunner yelled out in Arabic
"IT'S ALL SPENT! THE AMERICANS ARE APPROACHING!" A Taliban member yelled out in fear
A lot of these Taliban were younger. Mutilator wanted more young, agile, and sharp soldiers. But underestimated their dedication. They were young and afraid to die unlike their older mainline counterparts.
They soon breached the building and with speed and precision
The Taliban members scrambled as they were dropped one by one
The last one was around 13 years old covered in the blood of his friends absolutely petrified, he looked down at an ak47 lying next to him
Thomas had his rife raised the laser in between the child's eyes Thomas began shaking a bit, not wanting to kill this pup
"Don't... Do it... just run..." Said Thomas in Arabic finger on the trigger
"In peace in peace..." said Zach trying to calm the kid down
The kid got closer to the ak with a blank expression on his face
"Do you want to die?" Thomas asked desperately trying to convince this child not to pick up the gun
The kid with lighting speed picked up the ak and fired a shot that barely missed Zach
Thomas quickly fired a shot striking the child right in between the eyes as the others lit h
The Teenage hound fell dead immediately riddled with bullets
"...I... d...didn't wanna do that... GOD DAMN IT!" Said Thomas a tear coming down his eye flipping one of the tables in the building.
It brought Thomas back to his first ever kill, his first time ever killing anyone...
"Thomas... We gotta move..." Said Sam trying to get Thomas away from the area
"...yeah... Let's go..." Said Thomas gathering himself and taking a deep breath
The Raiders signaled that the area was clear
The mainline forces began pushing farther and farther doing their best to clear out civilians as tons of them sheltered in place or fled.
The Afghan armies goal was to maintain safe routes out of the village until it was safe to return.
Civilians were getting caught in the crossfire Left and right. But the coalition did their best to keep civilian casualties to a minimum
They soon got to the city center.
It seemed way too quiet, the only sounds was distant gunfire and radio chatter
"Raider 1 Actual marsoc forces have made it to the central loop. We have no visual of any enemy forces. We have a Possible ambush on our hands we need reinforcements." Gomez called out into the radio
Ali and his men arrived the began searching the area along with the green berets and some Canadian detachments who recently arrived.
Part of the city center was destroyed
Burnt out and destroyed cars and rubble
Peter and Sam raised their rifles and began scanning the area as the others hunkered down covering them
The silence was scarier than the distant gunfire
Peter heard crying by one of the burnt out cars
It was a little puppy. she seemed injured
"We got a kid here!" Peter exclaimed
Peter ran to her
She seemed injured and cried out in pain when Peter tried moving her leg
"I'm sorry sweetie I'm sorry!" Said Peter kindly in Arabic
He saw the what seemed to be the girls parents
"Sam Peter get back over here!" Gomez exclaimed
"God damn it! Peter get the hell to cover!" Trench yelled
"Where the f*ck is Ali-" Peter was cut off
WHOOSH* *CRACK*
Peter fell to the ground with a yell
"COVER!" Trench yelled out
"SNIPER! GET THE HELL DOWN!" Gomez yelled out
Alfie immediately got into a safe position and began searching for the sniper carefully not taking his eye off his scope. Trying to hold back tears and stay calm while one of his childhood friends is bleeding out only a couple feet away.
Sam ran to a burnt out car and took cover
"PETER!" Thomas yelled out in panic
"SHIT!" Liam yelled out
Peter was in agony on the ground. The sniper round piercing his Kevlar
"STAY STILL BRO!" Zach yelled out
Gomez let everyone know there was a sniper
Peter wheezed and groaned blood rapidly beginning to stain his uniform. Though he was a corpsman he wouldn't be able to treat himself due to him being paralyzed with fear and pain. And if he tried he would he finished off by the sniper
"STAY DOWN ALL OF YOU! ALFIE! KILL THAT GOD DAMN SNIPER!" Trench exclaimed
"all units near the central village square... we have a sniper, we think he's in one of the towers in the courtyard... proceed with caution!" Gomez Said into his radio doing his best to stay calm
The green berets were on the other side of the court yard.
Verano and the others hunkered down And did their best to scope out the area. Both teams maintaining calmness and communication while under intense pressure
Graham and his unit were on standby
Alfie pinpointed where the sniper was but was waiting for the right time to fire
Sam comforted the crying girl while taking cover
Peter was on the ground bleeding out
"H...he...help m...me up... I.. I.. can walk..." Peter uttered in shock
"PETER STAY STILL!" Thomas yelled
"Hold on bro..." Said Sam petting the back of the girls head
Alfie calmy quietly began moving into a position after pinpointing the sniper's location. As Alfie focused on his pray, Peter shakily began pulling something out of his pocket and held it up
"t...t...t...take t...this letter... I..it's g..got blood on it... it's t...too my dad... c...copy it..." Peter stuttered tears poring down his eyes
"...I see it Peter... Stay still..." Said Liam
The Taliban sniper was observing all of this with his scope. He was a young man in his mid 20's. Forced to fight in the war. Promised food and medicine for his Family.
He focused his scope on Peter.
Alfie down below had his sights focused on him.
Alfie was silently reciting Bible verses to himself as he focused more and more
The Taliban sniper hesitated for a second.
He then moved his scope. As soon as he got his sights on Alfie and was about to fire.
CRACK* *SHATTER*
Alfie's bullet went straight through the Taliban sniper's scope straight into his eye killing him instantly
After a few seconds he knew the sniper was down
"SNIPER'S DOWN!" Alfie yelled out
The marines spread out as the green berets were searching the buildings and towers. All of the viable sniper towers were all clear.
Peter had lost so much blood he could barley speak
"Come on dude stay with me!" Thomas exclaimed, Thomas and the others had gone through some medical training during Raider training, Peter had always been a corpsman
They began trying to treat him as the 2nd battalion and green berets began clearing the area
"...d...d...dad..." Peter uttered
"PETER COME ON! STAY WITH US!" Zach yelled tears pouring down his eyes as the landing zone was cleared the helicopter beginning to land
"Come on kid! Fight god damn it!" Gomez exclaimed
Every marine was shedding tears
The army medics landed and brought in the best equipment they could
Peter wasn't responding
Zach screamed for his friend
"PETER PLEASE!" Zach screamed being held back by his team
The medics kept trying to stop the bleeding and tried to get him back to consciousness
Peter became more and more pale
And soon... he was gone...
The entire team was devastated
Zach screamed as they brought out the body bag and collapsed to the ground sobbing
The others got him away from the area tears pouring out of all of their eyes
Zach was in complete shock.
The unit hunkered down in a small outpost in the coalition occupied part of the village
"WHERE THE HELL WAS ALI! HE WAS SUPPOSED TO CLEAR THE TOWN SQUARE?!" Trench angrily roared at the Ana soldiers his face red
"W..we don't know sir! Him and his team disappeared!" The Ana translator said in fear
"GOOD MEN ARE DYING CUZ YOU'RE TOO CHICKEN SHIT TO FIGHT FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRY!" Trench thundered overcome with rage, Grief and pain before storming off
He went to Gomez's tent where he sat drinking Looking down at a photo
"Peter... peter's gone..." Said Gomez in sadness and disbelief
"This entire operation has been a death trap... it's like we're all experiments. Chain of command has 0 idea what to do. This isn't a village it's an entire god damn city... our force is not and was never ready for this. It's gone from sabotage to liberation to fubar..." said Trench sitting next to Gomez
"I swear... this is a situation of design. We have orders to directly assault mutilators base. It's massive. Used to be a huge mosque in the hills nearby. Built hundreds of years ago by old societies. It's about the size of something you'd see in Kabul. Absolutely gigantic. The republic of New Zealand is gonna assist in the siege" Said Gomez
After Australia's civil war and forced departure from the commonwealth it served as a huge blow to the morale and stability of the uk and its commonwealth. In 2006 the uk began to dissolve. They royal family fleeing as political unrest and termoil spilt each uk territory into it's own nation.
Due to the central pillar of the commonwealth being gone the commonwealth nations became republics. One of them being New Zealand who joined the war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan.
with the rest of the unit*
The raiders were comforting each other
"...p...Peter..." Zach uttered before continued to sob
"We'll get through this... for Peter... for the other 12 good men we've lost today..." Said Thomas holding Zach close as he cried into his fur
Alfie came into the tent putting his rifle and other gear away
Alfie looked like he'd been crying
The energy at the camp was somber
As marines, soldiers, Canadians, and kiwis alike drank together and mourned their fallen brothers.
There were also some civilians in this camp due to it already being their village.
One of them in the camp was the little girl Peter died saving
"He just had to save that god damn kid..." Said Zach shaking
the next day*
The assault continued the next day
The coalition driven by rage and bloodlust. It was a complete and utter bloodbath
This was the worst and most poorly planned operation in modern us military history and In the middle eastern conflicts. A complete failure of planning, direction, recon, and execution. The missions objectives changing about 3 times
Graham's fireteam lost their commanders, following chain of command put him in charge. They were cut off and had to split from the rest of the battalion
They pushed through a tight area of the village
Behind them was a 2 story building with a balcony that was cleared
as they pushed forward a large chunk of debris fell onto the wall of a building causing the wall to crumble
Inside was about 7 Taliban fighters who immediately Aimee their rifles at the marines
This led to an intense stand off
"PUT THE GUNS DOOOOOWN!" Graham yelled along with with other marines
One Ana translator with them tried to reason with them
"YOU DROP YOURS! YOU DROP YOURS!" A Taliban fighter yelled out in Arabic
"DOOOOOOOWN! PUT THEM DOOOOOOWN!" Graham yelled his finger on the trigger of his M4
"PLEASE JUST DROP THE GUNS-" the translator was cut off as the Taliban forces were Lit up with automatic gunfire From the balcony being torn up sending blood and debris everywhere
The marines on the ground hit the deck
The only sound was bullet casings hitting the ground
(The saving private Ryan wall battle is the inspiration for this scene if you wanna check it out. Great movie )
The Taliban soldiers were dead and riddled with bullet holes
"CLEAR UP?" Gomez yelled From the balcony his rifle's barrel smoking as the pained groans of the barley Alive
"C...CLEAR DOWN!" Graham yelled back taking bud helmet back taking deep breaths
The marine raiders moved down And began assisting the 2nd.
"T..thank you..." a marine said
"Mhm... where are you all headed? Where are your superiors?
Graham explained their situation
"Ok then... we're heading to mutilator's compound.. stick with us until we rendezvous with the rest of your battalion." Said Gomez
"Yes sir." Said Graham as him and his fireteam began following behind them
They approached a team of New Zealand forces who was clearing buildings
"Blue blue!" Gomez exclaimed as the kiwis almost shot them
"Who are you guys?" The Kiwi's lieutenant asked
They explained what units they were in
"Well boys you're in luck. We're headed the same way. We're not too far!" Said the Lieutenant
"Alrighty then. All of us are gonna meet up at the outpost." Said Gomez
A kiwi soldier got hit in the head by a bullet as they began getting sprayed at by automatic gunfire
Half of the kiwis and a good chunk of the marines were cut down in seconds
"FIND SOME GOD DAMN COVER!!!" Gomez screamed as they all scrambled to take
Cover
"HOLY SHIT!!..." Thomas screamed
Sam got grazed on the shoulder by a bullet
"AGGHH! YOU F*CKER!" Sam yelled in anger, Pain and fear as he hit the ground next to Thomas and Liam
"YOU GOOD BRO?" Liam yelled as the enemies slowed down their fire
"YA! F*CKERS GRAZED MY SHOULDER!" Said Sam wincing as he looked at his wound
It wasn't too deep the adrenaline numbed a lot of the pain
The gunfire went from spraying to precise suppression
This wasn't the taliban. It was the Russian contractors coming to claim their prize.
They have been watching the special forces and thought this would be the perfect time to strike while they are demoralized and vulnerable. But little did they know their egotistical and poor planning would backfire
As soon as the marines, kiwis and raiders pin pointed their location
They dropped the Russians in minutes while calling in reinforcements
They began sweeping the area when they found the bodies of the contractors
"Fucking ruskies..." said Liam
Sam held his shoulder and looked over the body of the Russian he killed
The war was taking a toll on everyone
"I just wanna go home..." said Sam
"We all do... these kids are just here for money... they're families deserve to know what happened to them." Said Gomez grabbing the dog tags of the Russians
It was a show of Gomez's character. Honor till the end..
Trench sighed
"We're almost there... we just gotta keep moving." Said trench scoping out the area watching friendly infantry fighting vehicles and transports approaching
later*
This was it...
after some airstrikes and fierce fighting they made it to the outpost
They began shelling it with artillery that was placed in the hills after clearing them of the Taliban
The factory had an underground level and a large cave near it. Intel suggested mutilator hid in the cave.
Gomez, Trench and the other commanding officers began briefing their units
Gomez was one of the senior most marines. The 2nd battalion's best units suffering heavy losses. This was the bloodiest battle since Fallujah in 2004
Gomez, trench and some other marine commanders took charge of the fractured marine units.
As the coalition were about to begin their siege Gomez made a speech for the troops
"This is it... we've lost a lot of good men during this absolute bloodbath... this horrid clusterf*ck... but I want you to know. Once we complete this mission and get this mutilator bastard we can go home... Always know our brothers deaths will not be in vain. For we have liberated these people from the oppressive backwards Taliban, And their Russian friends. Command failed us... sent us to our deaths on what was supposed to be a simple mission. But all that matters now is this final push for victory. Some of us may not make it back, but so help me god I'm gonna do my damn best to make sure all you boys make it back. We started this battle... WE'RE GONNA FINISH IT! FOR PETER! FOR ALL THE BROTHERS WE'VE LOST! WE WILL NOT FALTER! DURING THIS FINAL ASSAULT THE MUTILATOR AND HIS LAP DOGS WILL SEE OUR FACES! THEY WILL HEAR US SCREAM!!! THEY WILL HEAR US RAGE!!! WE... WILL SHOW... NO MERCY!!!" Gomez yelled with rage and dedication raising his rifle in the air
Every soldier and marine raised their rifle screaming with rage and dedication
The marine riflemen were gonna make a charge straight into the Taliban's defensive lines while the others supported them and covered them. A bayonet charge.. a charge of rage, death and fury...
"MARINES! FIX BAYONETS!" Trench ordered
As all the marines and marine raiders attacked bayonets to their rifles
Apache Helicopters and a10 warthogs began firing everything they had at the Taliban and Russian contractors in the area.
This large coordinated strike left the Taliban's initial defensive garrison of the base almost defenseless,
Dozens of Taliban soldiers killed in this strike.
With their first line of defense being obliterated and their ammo caches being blown up, the Taliban and the few Russians left scrambled to reform their defenses
The explosions created a huge cloud of smoke and Debris
As the surviving garrison soldiers got into position low on ammo and energy they saw what seemed to be hundreds of Headlights. These were tanks, apc's and humvees. It looked like demons in the dark...
Then they heard screaming... but it wasn't just simple screaming...
It was the war cry of dozens of angry bloodthirsty marines
"What the..." a Taliban militant said disoriented in Arabic
"OOOOOOOOOOHHHHRAAAAAAAAH!" The marines screamed as they charged foward with lightning speed with their bayonets
They began shooting and stabbing every single Taliban militant and Russian contractor without an ounce of mercy
As tanks and other vehicles began destroying weapon depots and ammo caches
Thomas screamed and charged at a Taliban officer who was trying to command his troops and bayoneted him in the stomach blood splattering all over his uniform
The Taliban officer fell to the ground in pain
The officer looked up at Thomas
Thomas then put a 5.56 bullet through his head blood squirting all over Thomas's face
Thomas now covered in blood kept pushing forward
Graham and Liam were bayoneting the Taliban soldiers before they could even react.
A large Taliban St. Bernard came up and slammed him to the ground
He had heavy armor and a PKM machine gun
Graham shot him a couple times causing him to stammer
"AGGH! DIE!" The Large man yelled firing his machine gun everywhere missing Graham and Liam but hitting his team mates
Trench came up behind the St. Bernard and lit him up with his machine gun
The large Taliban soldier falling to the ground dead
"You boys ok?!" Trench exclaimed
"Yea!" Said Graham
"Alrighty then! Keep moving! Stick together!" Trench ordered as he took position and laid down suppressing fire
Thomas got to them and took cover with them
"There's no end to them! F*ckers are everywhere!" Thomas exclaimed
"We gotta keep moving! We're super close!" Said Graham
"WATCH OUT!" Liam exclaimed pushing Thomas and Graham out of the way into a deep foxhole as he saw the glint of a sniper scope
As he did he got hit in the head with a sniper round blowing part of the top of his head off
"LIAM!!!!! NOOOOOO!" Thomas screamed
Liam tumbled into the foxhole with him and Graham
He was somehow alive
"L...Liam..." Said Graham in shock
"LIAM! STAY WITH ME!" Thomas yelled tears pouring down his eyes
"I...I w..wanna... g..go... h...home..." Liam uttered as Thomas held his hand tight, tears pouring out of Liam's eye
Liam didn't want to die here... he just wanted to go home...
"I know it hurts Liam... I know... Don't do this to me please... stay with me... Please bro... stay with me... LIAM!" Thomas screamed starting to cry
Graham watched in horror
"Why... why is this happening... please make it stop..." Graham uttered tears streaming down his eyes as he curled up
Liam went limp and cold Thomas was in absolute denial...
Thomas held Liam close
"...Liam? ..b-buddy?... come on stay with bro come on... Come on bro don't do this to me come on... l..,Liam... please don't do this to me... o...oh god... Please don't do this buddy please..." Thomas Said at first in denial them completely breaking down
Gomez got into the foxhole
Thomas was sitting there with a blank expression on his face
"Thomas! Graham!" gomez exclaimed
"..." Thomas didn't say anything
"...Liam..." Graham managed to utter
Gomez looked down
"No... please... no!" Said gomez trying to get a pulse
The sniper was gone... like he was never there...
Graham was curled up shaking
Gomez takes Liam's dog tags
"You won't be forgotten boy... thank you for everything..." said Thomas tears streaming down his eyes
"...I can't do this anymore..." Said Thomas in a dead tone of voice
The only other sounds are distant gunfire, the light breeze, and the rustle of the trees.
"I understand... neither can I..." said Gomez
Thomas grabbed his rifle and slinged Liam's rifle on his back
"...I'm gonna kill that sniper... With my bare hands..." Said Thomas his denial and grief turning into primal rage
"Thomas... we need to wait for reinforcements..." said Gomez
Thomas growled and stood up and climbed out of the foxhole
"Thomas... please..." said Graham
"They're all gonna pay... I'll kill mutilator... I'll rip him apart..." Said Thomas with some drool coming down his mouth
All Thomas could see is red
"We'll help you... to hell with chain of command... Hell if I know what's right anymore... We gotta get to trench... he's with the green berets... the mosque is clear... now... we head for the cave..." said Gomez helping Graham up
Gomez was done with the incompetence of command and their leaders. Now was the time for justice...
Medics soon arrived and began clearing bodies from the area as Alfie watched over them with his sniper
later*
The special forces were the best suited to go into the cave. It was large but not too deep.
It went pretty far. It served as a mine for the soviets for a lot of raw materials during the 80's invasion.
The army began occupying the mosque and the surrounding valley.
The cave was dark
The special forces went in at night
The raiders were motivated by bloodlust... revenge... and justice for their fallen brothers...
The green berets and marine raiders with assistance from other special forces units began pushing into the cave... night vision on, the Lasers on their rifles ready
They pushed farther and farther
The cave have multiple paths dug into it
The marines and the other special forces had well signal on their radios.
"Halt... lights up ahead..." Said Gomez signaling them to stop as they crouched and scoped out their surroundings
They could hear 2 men talking. This was it. The main post. The rest of the cave was completely occupied by the Russian contractors and the Taliban... and inside... was mutilator...
The raiders and Berets flipped up a their nvgs (night vision goggles)
TCHEW TCHEW*
The contractors fell to the ground dead
"Clear... move up..." said Verano
"Save some for us v..." said Jake referring to the kills
"Especially us..." said Thomas holding in his murderous intent
Alfie and the others could feel the presence of a stalker... it must've been the sniper that picked off Liam and many others..
They moved the bodies into a dark area
They took cover and watched a bunch of Russians and Taliban moving into a place out of view
"This place is infested with these... "people".." said Thomas
Thomas hated killing, He was in a lot of pain... his coping mechanism was to dehumanize the enemy.
Plus these Taliban fighters weren't really fighting for their religion hence the lack of suicide bombings and other insane tactics. These guys were interested in money and control. Many of them wanted to leave Afghanistan once rich enough for even more criminal activity outside of the country, or just to escape. The only thing officially making them taliban fighters was that they were useful for the leaders of the Taliban to provide weapons. Hence why they were working with these Russian contractors.
"I don't think we're gonna be able to used stealth here..." said Trench as Gomez let the other units know they would have to rush the enemy.
Some of the enemy began to come out.
"Hold..." said Gomez
A good number of Taliban and Russians were out
"WEAPONS FREE!" Crane yelled
The special forces unleashed a hail of bullets onto the enemy
They all dropped before they could react
"MOVE UP! Be careful! We don't want a cave in! Refrain from using heavy explosives!" Said Gomez
"Yes sir!" The unit said
The moved up and kept fighting...
But little did they know a trap awaited them
There was a trip wire
And Jake stepped on it...
BOOM*
Jake screamed and the unit was sent flying
Jake's tail was blown off and he has shrapnel in his back
"JAKE!" Verano yelled trying to get up
But his leg was broken from debris
The marines luckily weren't too harmed.
"I gotchu!" Aiden yelled
Luckily they had enough signal to call in transports And they had a few medics to take care of the wounded
The non injured green berets would stick stick with the raiders
"Your going home..." said Sam to Jake and Verano As they held each other's paws as they were put onto stretchers and taken outside the cave to be sent for treatment
"That was too close..." said Gomez
"They'll be fine... we're super close... I can sense them..." Said Trench
As they moved forward the cave seemed too empty. Knowing how Peter died this wasn't good.
"...the sniper is here..." said Alfie sniffing the air going into his hunter instinct mode
There was a large crevice with a bridge leading to the other side of the cave. There was carved out rooms and positions
The cave was also full of lights like it was a tourist attraction.
They pushed Forward once the injured were cleared out
Thomas, Sam, and Gomez crossed it first trench managed to make it as well
But then as alfie and the others tried to cross a beep was heard and the bridge exploded
"AAH SHIT!" Aiden yelled As he was almost impaled by a metal rod
"YOU GUYS GOOD?" Crane asked
"Yeah we're fine!" Said Trench
"Shit... this entire operation is fubar..." said Gomez
"Hey! Remember our briefing before we went into the cave?" Thomas asked
earlier*
"While the cave is large. It goes straight through. We don't have much ground to assault from the alternate exit. But it is a good escape route. IF
you can get past the barriers." Said Crane showing a layout of the cave that was mapped out by the soviets when they used it
in the present*
"I think I see some radio equipment!" Said Thomas
"This must be how they keep in touch... our radios seem like they have good signal..." Said Gomez
They heard tons of enemies approaching them
"INCOMING!" Aiden yelled
"We'll find a way to get across! Go for mutilator! I know you guys can do this!" Said Caldwell
"Right!" Said Gomez as him and his team pushed foward and fought off the enemy with precision
Thomas then saw the glint. He knew it was the sniper who killed Liam
Thomas growled
"...I'll kill you..." Said Thomas to himself almost an almost animalistic voice
His uniform was still stained with blood
The sniper tried to fire but his gun jammed
The glint disappeared as the sniper grabbed another rifle and began firing at him
Thomas let out a war cry so loud and so powerful it echoed throughout the entire cave
His eyes were wide and his gums were visible
With almost unnatural speed he charged towards the sniper killing anyone who got in his way.
More and more of his gear began falling off the faster he ran
He kept screaming the whole time
The more soldiers he killed the more blood spattered on him
Half of his face was all red the blood soaked into his fur
All the enemy soldiers dead except for the sniper
He then used a rock to jump onto the sniper
He landed on the sniper and began savagely beating him
"DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!" Thomas screamed beating the man with almost superhuman speed
He then with a animalistic scream and tears and blood pouring down his face pulled out his dagger and jammed it into the sniper's chest
He then jammed it in there again and again and again he then with all his strength stomped The sniper's head into mush
Thomas and the others could only watch in absolute horror and awe
Thomas stood up over the mangled corpse heavily breathing
"T...Thomas..." said Sam in fear
Thomas slowly turned around
"...Liam... Is avenged..." Thomas uttered before gathering himself
This had to be one of the most barbaric things even Gomez had ever seen...
Thomas in that moment became exactly what the marines wanted... a killer... a devil dog...
"We gotta keep moving..." said Trench
"Understood..." said Thomas
"Hardcore shit..." said Sam looking at the brain matter and shattered skull fragments everywhere
Thomas smiled a bit scaring the others a bit
"He was a filthy monster... he killed our friend... our brother... he got what he got..." said Thomas as they began moving forward, Thomas putting his helmet back on since it fell off
"Alpha 1 actual! You guys good?" Crane asked on Gomez's radio
"We're fine! We're almost to Mutilator's quarters! The map was accurate! Over!" Said Gomez Into the radio
"Alrighty then! We have a squad heading to the other side of the hill. If you gets get out of there they'll bring you to our main F.O.B!" Said crane
"Solid copy!" Said Gomez As they began pushing forward
Thomas seemed a bit unstable but it was mostly the adrenaline and anger of the losses he's had to face along with the rest of the unit.
They continued fighting and stole some ammo and weapons from the Taliban and Russian fighters
"We're almost there! Almost!" Said Gomez motivating his team
Something fell onto the ground
"FLASHBANG!" Trench scream
FLASH*
Everyone fell To the ground their vision going white their heads and ears ringing
Standing over them was mutilator himself
"Drop your guns..." mutilator said in English the team surrounded by fighters with their rifles aimed at them point blank
Mutilator could speak multiple languages. He was well educated and had training from the C.I.A from back when the soviets first invaded
"...Mutilator..." said Gomez
Mutilator chuckled
"Good observation... That accent... Salvadoran?" Mutilator asked
"...yeah... what's it to you... Shithead..." said Gomez angrily as he was restrained
"Nobody is coming to save you..." said Mutilator with a smile as the team was dragged away.
They tried fighting but were overpowered by the sheer number of men restraining them
All they could think about was their families as they were dragged into an area that reeked of corpses
They were placed into rusty cells as they were stripped of their equipment and weapons
Mutilator took great delight in the pain of those he took captive
Thomas observed the room
It was full of hanging hooks, old mining equipment and what seemed to be crudely made weapons
Sam was curled up in his cell crying
The sound of sam's cries echoed throughout the cave
Thomas was fueled by anger he began observing his cell he saw how weak part of the wall was
He grabbed a rock and began bashing it when the guard was distracted
Gunfire began to be heard
"I thought nobody was coming to save us... Mutilator seemed to have underestimated us..." said Gomez with a chuckle
Mutilator rushed into the room blocked the entrance in a panic
His entire empire was crumbling
He was about to answer for all he's done... he wasn't the big baddie everyone made him out to be, without his power and his big guns... he was nothing...
It was quite anti climatic to be honest...
"...not so tough now. Huh big bad mutilator..." said Trench with a mocking smile
Thomas broke through the wall and was able to unlock trench's cell
Trench immediately jumped onto Mutilator and began fighting him
Thomas found the keys and freed Sam and Gomez
Sam and gomez also joined into the beating when the barricades came down
It was the commander of the Russian contractors And multiple heavily armed men, They began opening fire
Gomez and the others fled as fast as they could staying low
They crawled out of the area and found their weapons and equipment
They put on and took whatever they could and began firing at the contractors killing them after a brief gunfight
Mutilator managed to slip out and escape
Gomez had his rifle aimed at the injured Russian commander
"You guys are done... your chain of command is just as f*cked as ours..." said Gomez
"...f*ck you... filthy government dog..." the commander uttered
"Lay here and die..." said trench as the raiders escaped
They saw mutilator jumping out of the exit.
He tumbled down the hill and headed towards his men who were fighting the squad
The raiders followed behind
Mutilator found a large group of his men detached from the battle.
Tall trees surrounded this hill
But they did have clear signal now
"Raider 1 actual! If anyone can hear me! Me and my team escaped! We're heading towards the transport squad!" Gomez said into the radio
"Holy crap! Lieutenant?! Keep heading our way! We're waiting for you!" Said Alfie breaking radio etiquette
Gomez chuckled just happy to be out of that cave
"Solid copy son! We'll be there soon! Keep fighting!" Said Gomez as he reloaded his rifle
Trench managed to get an at4 from the stolen weapon cache in the cave
"TALIBAN TRANSPORT! TRUCK!" Thomas yelled as a large Taliban truck rammed its way through a path in the trees
"Shoot the driver!" Gomez ordered
Thomas placed precise shots into the windshield hitting the driver straight in the head. The truck lost control it flipping over landing right in front of them
Trench and sam were sent flying by debris and was down for a while. Trench hitting a tree getting knocked out instantly.
Thomas and Gomez we're also sent flying
A Taliban officer climbed out and shot Thomas in the arm but Gomez killed him before he could deal a finishing shot
"It's ok... I got you son!" Said Gomez holding his paw out to Thomas to help him up
Gomez was then shot in the back by none other than mutilator who crawled out of the wreckage
"AGH!" Gomez exclaimed
Gomez fell onto Thomas
"LIEUTENANT!" Said Thomas
"...y...you really thought I would run away?... hm?... who's weak now?... time to d..die... American scu-" Mutilator was cut off when Thomas used the pistol in Gomez's holster to shoot him
"You..." Thomas uttered
"AGH!! SHIT!" Said Mutilator crawling next to Thomas
Thomas then pointed the pistol at mutilator and put him down for good
Trench and Sam woke up and rushed to them
Thomas was in pain but mustered enough strength to get the lieutenant off him
"GOMEZ!" Trench yelled as he and sam rushed to his aid
Gomez whined from the pain
"...I'm not gonna make it..." said Gomez
"Stop saying that! Your gonna be fine! This isn't a movie!" Said Trench
"You gotta get our boys out of here trench..." Said Gomez as the battle came to them
The coalition was gonna to a tactical retreat to get the wounded to safety
Alfie and the green berets got to them. The units were being chased by the Taliban who were beginning to outnumber them
Trench dragged Thomas shooting enemies with a pistol as the others helped cover him
They got to cover as the landing zone was less than a kilometer away
"You guys gotta retreat..." said gomez cocking his gun
"No we can still make it with you!" said Trench
"No... I'll hold them off... you gotta go! GO!" Gomez yelled
"...it was an honor..." said Trench
"Do or die... Now go..." said Gomez Do or die being the marine corps motto
"Fall back!" Said Trench holding back a storm of tears
"Sergeant?!" Thomas asked in denial
"Move move!" Sam exclaimed
"NO YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" Thomas yelled
"That's an order!" Said trench as they had to pull Thomas away
"WE GOTTA GO!" Alfie exclaimed as he saw the helicopter flying towards the evac zone
"NOOO! NOOO!" Thomas yelled
Gomez shot down some Taliban
"NO!" Thomas yelled one last time
Gomez turned to face his men with a look of pain before getting shot in the head falling to the ground lifeless a wide eyed expression as he hit the ground, the Taliban advanced running past his body
They then escaped to the helicopter and got out of there
Thomas sobbed as the medics treated his arm
Trench hugged him and the others also crying
It was over..
This battle of a nameless village was one of the bloodiest and Costly battles of the war. Over 40
coalition troops died.
The people in charge of this were exposed leading to nationwide and even global backlash.
The people of the us, Canada, and other coalition nations were angry that these incompetent leaders sent all these young men into a meat grinder...
(This is where the music from the top comes in)
weeks later*
It was Liam's memorial service
Thomas helped fold the flag
Thomas walked up to Liam's mother and knelt having the folded flag on his knee shakily due to injuries he sustained. But he mustered up enough strength to do it
"On behalf of the President of the United States, the United States Marine Corps, and a grateful Nation, please accept this flag as a symbol of our appreciation for your loved one's honorable and faithful service." Said Thomas As he handed the flag to Liam's mother
Thomas stood up at the position of attention and saluted then doing
Liam's mother sobbed over the flag her tears falling onto it soaking into it.
Thomas held back tears as he then respectfully dismissed himself
Alfie and Thomas hugged in the back of the church
Thomas collapsed and sobbed
Trench, Sam, Zach, and Alfie helped him up and hugged him
After peter's death Zach had a severe breakdown right before the final battle. Meaning he was unfit to serve.
Peter and Gomez's memorials were next...
Trench presented the flag at Gomez's and Zach at peter's...
This left all of these marines fractured. They never thought they would lose their brothers so quick and so easily.
Thomas remained in the marine corps and became a drill instructor where he then retired in 2017. This final battle being the last combat tour of his. And his final mission in the special forces.
Sam of course living near Thomas stayed in contact with him. And was discharged from the marines for medical reasons.
Trench stayed in contact with Thomas and became a family friend of the heelers and the other families
Jake and Verano were also discharged and got together soon adopting a daughter and lived on Mayberry with everyone
Alfie was discharged and also lived in Mayberry where he worked a home job. Thomas got with Tori in 2009 where they had Jaxson in early 2013. But in late 2013 Alfie and Thomas got together and got married in 2014 and moved back to la in the present
(That will be explained next chapter)
Aiden and the others survived and stayed in touch. Most of them being discharged for mental health and medical reasons. The special forces becoming part of the Mayberry community!
This battle left a lot of scars...
It was the catalyst for all of his current issues...
His guilt, anger, ptsd... it's all come to a breaking point... now it's up to chili, bandit, Bluey and everyone else to help him and his friends...
This battle... this war...
Was Thomas' pain...
in the present*
Thomas jolts up in a cold sweat... It's 5am.
Jaxson and Alfie are sleeping beside him snuggling
Thomas looks around frantically Hyperventilating a bit. A panic attack starting to come on
He looks down at his husband and son sleeping snuggled up to each other peacefully
Jaxson whines in his sleep sensing his dad in distress
Thomas calms a bit
Thomas looks at the scars on his face and his body.
Thomas lost part of his pointy ear in mutilator's crash from the debris and shrapnel. Same with his face that had s large long scar going up and down the left side of his face and a few scars on his snout
The adrenaline at the time made him not feel the pain until after the airlift out of the region.
Thomas pets Jaxson's head softly
"Shh... sh... I'm ok buddy... sorry if I disturbed you and daddy..." Thomas kissing Alfie and Jaxson on the foreheads as he got up and headed to restroom
He turned on the light and looked in the mirror
Thomas took a shaky breath and started crying softly
"...why won't the pain go away..." Thomas asked himself
He splashed water on his face and cleared his head. He was extremely tired.
(I was originally gonna have him as a rotc instructor but now I think it would be cool to where he runs his own online business cuz he's good with online and tech stuff like dawkins)
Thomas looked into the mirror again
"Be strong Thomas... your a heeler... your impenetrable..." Thomas to himself lying to himself that he was ok when he was struggling inside
Alfie walked into the restroom half asleep
"T...Thomas... it's 5 in the morning... come to bed..." said Alfie rubbing his eyes
"Sorry hun... I just had to use the restroom..." said Thomas
Alfie knew deep down what was wrong, being there with Thomas during everything. Alfie also had ptsd and struggles from war as well. But he treats it and Thomas let's it simmer trying to convince everyone he's fine...
"Are you ok baby?" Alfie asks hugging Thomas and rubbing his back
"...I will be..." said Thomas
"Let's get back to bed Thomas... We don't want our son to worry..." said Alfie
Thomas gave a weak smile
"You're right... I just need some sleep to clear my head... just bad memories..." said Thomas
Alfie kissed him and hugged him
"I love you Thomas... I always will..." said Alfie
"I love you too Alfie.." said Thomas nuzzling his husband on the neck and kissing him
Thomas nuzzles people he loves on the neck as a form of affection. Much like how max buries his head into people's chests during cuddles and hugs.
Thomas turned the light off as him and Alfie got into bed and got under the warm covers
Both of them snuggling the little fluffball of a pup in between them
They kissed each other then Jaxson
"We're gonna have a good day today!" Alfie whispered with a smile
Thomas smiled
"Every day is a good day as long as I have you boys..." said Thomas
Alfie smiled and wagged his tail
"Stay with me..." said Alfie holding Thomas' paw
"I always will..." said Thomas as they kissed one more time and fell back to sleep...
To be continued
A/N: OK EVERYONE FINALLY THIS FLASHBACK IS OVER! This took an absolutely long time! I know it was super long but I did my best to portray the war as realistically as I could! To honor the good Americans, aussies, and other nato troops we've lost in the Middle East these past 20 years. I myself wanna be a marine then a cop after my service.
We worked hard on this one! There's new sad faces chapters coming soon to Kodiwolf321's page on ! Without him none of this would be possible! Check out his stories! I thank you all for reading this and so does Kodiwolf321!