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Chapter 6- Incident [Redacted]
29th of July, 2017
Grimmosristan territory, Capitol Glumper City
"Name: Ryan Jaeger. Age: 35. Affiliations: (Former Berk Marines), Current Elite Vanguard Operations Squadron. Is this correct?" Asked the FBIA Agent.
"Yessir" Replied Ryan.
"Then, good morning Lieutenant, my name is Special Agent Sanchez. I'm here to get your side of view of the Operation Vanguard"
"Yessir"
"Alright, this conversation will be recorded and used for further investigations. Do you understand?"
"Yessir i do"
"Good. So let's begin"
"Okay. So it all began when we fast roped down on an Intersection in the middle of Glumper. Our task was to support Berkian Marines to secure the rest of the district, this meant the Last fortress of the O-S. It was an Hospital with Civis in there so we couldn't just level the building. But before we would attack the Hospital we had to wait for the Marines to catch up to us. We awaited an whole company...
...Artillery Shells whizzed by and erupted next to the newly created EVOS squad. Normaly these guys would be side by side with the Berkian Marines by now and clearing out an abandoned Hospital which was fortified and held by Insurgent Forces. The insurgents in Question of course being the Outcast-Soldiers.
Marines had secured this District a couple of months ago but the Hospital was still held by enemy forces.
"When do we move?" Groaned Snotlout.
"We only move when we know that the Marines are okay. We need them" Said Hiccup, tired of Snotlout's complaints.
Alex aimed his MK-46 down a road which was peppered by Artillery and Missile barrages. The streets in the City where dead a long time ago. Nothing survived the endless seeming explosions of the Artillery shells. Suddenly he saw Movement.
"Psst, hey. Look at over there" He whispered and pointed a Finger at the general direction of the moving thing. Hiccup turned with Ryan and bith of them lifted their heads over the cover to look at what Alex saw...
...Captain Hiccup and I looked over where Alex had said he saw something and we saw it to. What was a Company sized Group of Marines was now only 6 men...
...They both also saw it. When the shapes came closer they could make them out as Berkian Marines, or what was left of them. Alex whistled to get their attention and then waved them to him.
6 Marines jumped over the Barricade the EVOS squad was hiding behind and breathed heavily. "What the fuck happened to you guys?" Hiccup asked in a loud whisper.
"Their damned Mortars hit us. We don't even know how they managed to see us. Fucking hell, they kille the majority of my men" Answered Lieutenant Mike Flores.
Mike raised his head over the cover when his head suddenly exploded. "Sniper!" Yelled another marine right before he painted the barrier behind him red.
"Fuck! Get down!" Said Ryan. "Where is that son of a bitch?" Asked Alex.
"The Hospital is in the North and shot came somewhere from the north-east. So i think he's either firing from the Hospital or that building in front of us" Said a Marine.
"The Hospital is miles away. No way he can hit something from there" replied Alex and went down just as a round whizzed past his head. "Fucking bastard! We're sitting ducks here damnit. If this Motherfucker ain't killing us the Artillery is going to!" Alex Added.
"Someone got a smoke?" Asked a Marine. "Really? Now?" Asked Snotlout annoyed.
"Not this smoke you dimwit, i meant a Smoke nade damnit"...
...So this marine had this idea that they throw smokes and create a Smoke screen while i run to a house wall about 20 meters to our Left. Then our two MG would fire into the building we expected the Sniper...
..."Tossing Smoke!" yelled Hiccup, after him Snotlout too and a couple of Seconds later a Smoke screen was created. Ryan ran to the house wall and aimed his MK-12 towards the building where the Sniper was in.
"NOW!" Yelled Alex and he and Tuffnut both popped over the cover and mounted their Machine guns. Each of them released a hail of bullets which peppered the whole wall of the building. Suddenly a round impacted next to Tuffnut and he ducked for cover. Alex kept firing when he saw the flash of the Sniper's muzzle.
"5th Floor 3rd Window!" He yelled as he concentrated his fire on the sniper's position, to keep him down. More and more rounds impacted next to Alex but he didn't flinch one bit.
"What?" Yelled Ryan over the extensive gunfire"
"5th FUCKING FLOOR AND 3rd FUCKING WINDOW" Alex yelled even louder. Ryan adjusted his aim and peered through his scope. There he saw the muzzle poking out of the window. Clearly his counter part wasn't a skilled shooter since his gun was visible outside the building. This is a big No go for every experienced Sniper. Ryan took aim and released a 5.56x41mm round which went straight through the scope of the insurgent and through his brain...
...I shot him. I saved the remaining Marines and my squad. We had eyes above, Call sign Eagle-1 an MQ-90 surveillance drone they did the recon around us and warned us of ambushes and where to go to avoid them. The Drone Operators name was 2nd Lieutenant Savage Higgins. He told us the route for the Hospital. The route would go around an set up Ambush and through a narrow rode...
..."EVOS. This is Eagle-1, take a left at the next intersection and then a right. Ambush is waiting dead ahead" Came the transmission from Savage.
"Confirmed Eagle-1. Thank you" replied Fishlegs.
The Squad went up to the intersection, marines in between their ranks and weapons always at the ready. Nobody wanted to take any chances. At the intersection they went left and then right, like the drone pilot had said but when they walked past the next corner they where all taken of guard. Technicals with .50 Caliber machine guns on their bay, numerous enemy combatants and guys with RPGs waited for them. Immediately all hell broke lose...
...Somehow we lost Contact to the Drone, but we did what he said, to go to a other road since the insurgents where planing an ambush on us. So we took the next road and their they where. Dozens of armed men with AKs, RPGs and Technicals where waiting for us. Alex immediately started firing and dropped a couple of enemies before the 50s where firing. Then we went behind cover. If you can call anything cover from an .50 cal...
...Fishlegs called in Helicopter support but they had to wait at least 20 minutes and 20 minutes where something they didn't had at this time. Ruffnut fired her last AT-4 launcher and tossed the useless tube to the ground and swapped to her 40mm underbarrel Grenade launcher she had mounted to her M4A1 and fired on the enemies.
"Right side! Right side!" Yelled Snotlout and turned to the right and shot some insurgents trying to flank them. Tuffnut fired relentlessly until his barrel was glowing red. Alex wasn't doing better and minutes later both Machineguns where quiet. Luckily for EVOS Alex always had at least 2 spare barrels and he didn't need much time to swap the barrels. Tuffnut on the other hand couldn't manage to remove the barrel. Alex was back in the fight and began going through his belt of 5.56mm ammunition.
Ryan was firing everything thing he had. The remaining marines where already dead or so heavily wounded that they couldn't fight anymore. Suddenly Ryan was pulled down behind cover.
"Brother. I'm hit" Said Alex through gritted teeth. "Where?" Asked Ryan over the Gunfire.
"Upper chest. I think i feel my lungs filling with blood" Said Alex which earned him an Slap on his Helmet from his Older brother.
"Don't you say shit like this" Ryan warned, his voice shaking.
"Take the others and leave. I'll hold them off as long as i can or until Air support arrives" Said Alex which again earned him another slap on his helmet.
"Are you out of your god forsaken mind!? Do you want to bring Mom another Flag?!" Asked Ryan absolutely enraged and scared about the fate of his younger brother...
..."This idiot, always wanted to be the hero"...
...Alex took Ryans hand and looked him dead in the eyes and said "To Victory..."
"Or Valhalla" answered Ryan. "Go, brother. I'll be right behind you" Said Alex and turned to fire at the Insurgents. Ryan got Hiccups attention and made a hand gesture which meant 'We need to get the fuck out of here'
Hiccup nodded and gestured to the others that they're retreating. "Fall back guys. We need to go, now!" He said and one by one ran around the corner and back to the intersection under immense fire.
"Where's Alex?" Asked Astrid when all regrouped. All looked at Ryan who had a saddened face. "He stayed behind to cover our retreat"...
..."You heard the difference between the insurgents AKs and Alex' 249 SAW. I personally think there is no better name for this gun. The 900 round firing rate would saw through anything and everything. And Alex is just... i don't know he's the chosen one for this weapon system. He used it like no other. About 5 minutes of walking later we still heard Alex's gun go until it suddenly stopped. We all thought it was over and he was finally killed. I gave up hope until i heard single shots fired from what was most likely the service rifle of one of the Marines who fell. I suddenly felt a urge to go get my little brother and began to run back. Hiccup called after me but i didn't understand what he said. I ran like a madman and then saw Snotlout running besides me...
..."I'm not letting you die alone you fool" Snotlout said as he caught up to Ryan. The gun shots where getting louder again and then they saw the intersection. They made the two turns and saw him there. His MK-46 laying on the ground besides him. The. Barrel was bend do to the heat it had to withstand. He was sitting on one knee and still firing with the Rifle of the marine he picked up after his LMG was inoperable. Ryan and Snotlout saw almost no enemies left and stared in awe at the mountain of bodies assembled from Alex. "Holy shit" Exclaimed Snotlout.
"Alex cease fire! Their all dead" called Ryan. Alex slowly turned around. His face all beaten and battered. He said one word before he collapsed. "Help"
References:
FBIA: Federal bureau of Internal Affairs
O-S: Outcast Soldiers
MQ-90: MQ-9 Reaper
RPG: Rocked propelled Grenade
SAW: Sqaud Automatic Weapon