Resident Evil Modern Warfare II: Operation Deadbolt
Chapter 10
Jill arrives to the known location of Dr. Ava Jansen via helicopter. The ground below her was a warzone with Terminus PMCs vs the undead with airstrikes laying down gunfire on the zombies and mercs desperately trying to hold off the dead.
"Take a good look Jill. Like it or not, you're touching down in a force ten shit storm." said Dobbs.
"Not to worry, PMCs are pinned down fighting the dead. Should give us a window." said Soap.
"Pravda. I like the way you think." said Ravenov.
The helicopter lands on a nearby roof safe enough to drop off Jill.
"Alright Jill, your objective is a roof mounted comms tower. Marking location on tac map." said Soap.
"Heading there now. Wish me luck."
"Once tower is active, use decryption key from Jansen's tablet to establish comms." said Ravenov
Jill exists the chopper and heads towards the objective. She opted to allow the dead and PMCs to kill each other knowing she wouldn't have enough ammo for both. She took a path with the least hostiles while killing some elite zombies amd any PMC that got in her way.
"Jill, enemy birds closing in on your position." said Dobbs.
"Shit. I gotta get moving then."
As Jill reached the comms tower, a Terminus chopper lands reinforcements with the dead on her tail. Remembering Roze's tip, she throws a decoy grenade onto the incoming troops to buy some time. She killed a few PMCs as she approached the comms tower and activates it typing the keyboard with the decryption key to establish communications.
"Comms tower established."
"Da. Decryption key accepted. Jill, hold position while we establish connection. This is going to work." said Ravenov.
"You lot took your time. I'm hold up nearby. Sending my location. Hurry." pleaded Dr. Jansen marking Jill's tac map.
"Got mercs incoming on that grid now. Advise you move like you mean it." said Soap.
As Jill picks off some of the incoming zombies, another horde was rushing in. Jill sees a nearby zipline with a straight shot to the location as she books it the hell out of here landing by more nearby mercs. She was so close but the ground below has a firefight with PMCs and zombies. Jill throws a monkey bomb right in the middle of it and parachutes off the roof to take a side path around. She then takes a lower path right to the source as she sees Dr. Jansen held up in an office on the computer.
"Ava Jansen! My name is Jill Valentine. I'm here to get you out of here."
"You got here quicker than expected. I still need a minute or two. I'm in the middle of erasing my research from the Terminus database. You want to leave Zakhaev with even a scrap of my research, you might as well hand him a nuke." said Ava.
They both hear the incoming moans of zombies closing in.
"I'll buy you whatever time you need. Just hurry" said Jill handgun drawn and taking shots at the zombies.
"Shit Jansen's deleting the research files! Zed, I can't lock her out." said Fletcher.
"Bad move, Dr. Jansen. This isn't the sort of job you can just walk away from. Your new friends are only making this worse for you. Operation Deadbolt is dead on arrival" said Zakhaev.
"We'll see about that Zakhaev." said Jill.
"I still can't believe I fell for Zakhaev's bullshit. "Extradimensional Energy Research" my arse. I handed a psychopath the keys to the Apocalypse!" said Ava.
"Not on my watch." said Jill.
Ava was able to finish her file deletion, opening the door for Jill.
"Jill!"
Jill goes to hand the doctor her sidearm for protection since Jill brought a Holger 556 with her too. Ava denied it as she grabbed a Kastov 762 next to her.
"You know how to use that thing?" asked Jill.
"I'll show you. You have an exit plan?" asked Ava.
"Just what do you think you have accomplished, Jansen? This little..."speedbump" of yours, it won't slow us down for long. You and your Deadbolt allies will pay with your lives." said Zakhaev.
Jill then noticed a sentry turret circuit on the desk and takes it with her.
"Alright speedbumps. Let's get the hell out of here." said Ava.
"Extraction team to the helipad. We're three mikes out." said Soap.
"I know the way, I can handle myself. Come on." said Ava.
"Alright. Stick with me and you'll be outta here safely." said Jill.
"All stations. Protect Dr. Jansen. We need her alive." said Ravenov.
Ava took point as she effortlessly killed a path of zombies ahead, surprising Jill even.
"Don't look so surprised. My parents were ex national intelligence. Taught me how to defend myself." said Ava as she leads Jill to the helipad roof for extraction.
"Listen Jill, Zakhaev will unleash this hell from New York to Jo'burg if we can't stop him here. " Ava explained the dire nature of the situation.
"We'll stop him. I promise you that." Jill assured.
The ladies finally reached the roof but with a horde of zombies on their tails and a lot coming fast.
"Can confirm, package is se for exfil." said Dobbs.
"Copy. One minute out." said Fang.
"Clear and hold that LZ Jill. Multiple enemies on approach, weapons free on all threats." said Soap.
Jill and Ava reached the Helipad itself as the undead started pouring in.
"Shit!" Jill cursed to herself as Jill and Ava stood back to back. Jill frantically looked around for any advantages possible as she then sees a Deadbolt turret next to them.
"Ava, cover me!" said Jill going for the turret and adding the circuit.
"What are you doing?" Ava asked.
"Evening the odds"
The turret winds up and starts blasting the zombie horde and Terminus reinforcements turning them all into past giving Jill and Ava breathing room and space for Fang to land the chopper.
"JILL! OVER HERE!" shouts Soap calling them both inside for exfil.
Jill leads Ava to safety, sitting down in the chopper seats watching the Deadbolt turret mow everything down as the chopper takes off.
"Package is secured. We are RTB" said Fang.
"Bravo Zulu team. I have a lot of questions for Doctor Jansen and she has a lot to answer for." said Greene.
"What is she on about?" asked Ava.
"You're being taken in for questioning Dr. Jansen. That means your taken into custody for the time being." said Soap putting on zip tie cuffs onto Ava.
"Whoa whoa whoa wait, this was a rescue mission, not us executing an arrest warrant" said Jill trying to stop Soap.
"Not my call to make. It's Greene's."
The team land back at Deadbolt HQ with Ravenov waiting for them both. He puts a sack over Ava's head as the three bring the doctor straight to the interrogation room.
"Is all this cloak and dagger stuff necessary? I'm the one who called you, remember?" said Ava stopping in the middle of the hallway.
"I'm not the one who needs convincing. Keep walking!" ordered Soap.
"Welcome to Operation Deadbolt. The boss would like a word with you." Said Ravenov.
The four of them stop to see the face recognition camera to let them in. Ravenov takes off the sack from Ava's head with Soap aiming Ava's face to the camera for scanning.
Greene got the face scan while on her computer looking up files on Ava and her work with Zakhaev. While Soap sits her down, Green picks up a classified file and takes it to the interrogation room with Soap and Ravenov sitting down and Jill leaning against the wall.
"The company hired me to continue my research on on energy production from n-dimensional interactions. It was purely theoretical. Right up until it wasn't." explained Ava.
Selma Green entered the room with the file in hand.
"As for Zakhaev, I had no idea I was working for a terrorist" said Ava.
"You're lying"
Greene placed the file on the table with photos of Ava and Zakhaev spilling out.
"I thought he was the CEO. I'm a physicist, not a mind reader. And I wouldn't have had to work for him, or anyone , if you arseholes hadn't shut me down." said Ava.
"Yeah yeah yeah us meddling kids and what not. Now give us what you know on Zakhaev." said Jill.
"Zakhaev is still out there with even more weapons grade Aetherium. But I happen to know, he keeps it on his person at all times. Why would I tell you that, if I didn't want him stopped. Look, I know this element down to its protons. I'm fairly certain I can find a way to neutralize it."
"Fairly certain won't cut it, can you do it or not?" asked Soap.
"Easy..." said Jill.
"I agree. Perhaps we should hear her out." adds Ravenov.
"Please. I have ti fix this. I may be the only person who can!" pleaded Ava.
Greene then stands Ava up, pulls out an knife to cut her free.
"You better be right."
Elsewhere...
"Extraction's going great. We're gonna make a killing selling this Aetherium." said Fletcher.
"When I have enriched enough to make more of these, you can do as you please with the rest." said Zakhaev.
"And what about our runner?" asked Fletcher.
"Hmph. She's played her part. Find her, and kill her."
Zakhaev continues to stare the the Aetherium as Fletcher takes his leave.