02:00:09, F.O.B. Fenty, Jalalabad Airport, Afghanistan, as soon as she receives Captain Price's intel package, Laswell quickly gets to work and arrives at this conclusion.

Laswell: The attic of the Al-Qaeda townhouse was a gold mine. Looks like we found The Wolf. Communications from the laptop were tracked to Al-Amiri Hospital in Kuwait, where the Al-Qaeda Leader is believed to be holed up. Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade will track terror activity at the hospital while Hitman Team 6, their Kuwaiti Spec Ops point of contact, and the Kuwait Army can be mobilized to advance on the complex. Echo 3-1, Kilo 1, Kilo 2, and our Marine Raiders will capture The Wolf for interrogation about the stolen Sarin Gas.

16:30:02, Kabul, Afghanistan, while waiting for their deployment to Kuwait, Alex, Farah and Hadir bond under a rather calm Afghan sunset.

Afghan Soldier 4: (Dari) Marshal, C.I.A. informs us that Al-Qaeda was shooting in the hospital. It's quiet again now.

Farah: (Dari) (on comms) Copy, keep us posted. (English) (off comms) New developments from your agency say the hospital is under siege. Al-Qaeda's taking hostages as human shields. They're protecting someone.

Alex: Or something.

Farah: The more we find out.

[Hadir whistles to Afghan Soldier 5]

[Afghan Soldier 5 whistles in reply]

Hadir: All clear, sister.

Farah: Hadir is my best sniper. You can rely on him... and all my fighters.

Alex: Marines and the Kuwaitis want their pound of flesh. They're leading the charge on this. We're just along for the ride.

Farah: I told you we would help you.

Alex: And you're keeping your word.

Farah: I don't do this to... keep my word. The invaders of my country have no regard for human life. The gas kills all things. Even food in our gardens. If you use these tactics, you are our enemy.

Alex: No exceptions?

Farah: None. Al-Qaeda has given my people a bad name, and we have paid dearly for their crimes. I wanna see The Wolf punished.

Alex: I'll make sure you and Hadir are at the embassy for the handoff to Price.

Farah: And you? Where will you go when this is over?

Alex: Wherever they send me.

Farah: You don't choose?

Alex: Not exactly.

Farah: Rest up. Tomorrow's a big day.

Alex: What about you and your soldiers?

Farah: We'll be here until it's time for the three of us to go.

Alex: I'll cover the open corner. *whistles to Afghan Soldier 5*

[Afghan Soldier 5 whistles in reply]

[Hadir smiles]

October 28th, 2019 - 06:00:06, Kuwait City, Kuwait, while Echo 3-1, Kilo 1 and Kilo 2 take a helicopter to Kuwait City, SSgt. Jackson, 1stLt. Vasquez, SSgt. Griggs, Sergeant Alan Roycewicz (Private Roycewicz in the original), Sergeant Walter Jose Lopez (just "Lopez" in the original), and Sergeant Lamar Gaines (just "Gaines" in the original) ride a McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III belonging to Spectre Squadron 6 and prepare for a HALO (High Altitude, Low Opening) jump into the metropolitan area. Hitman 6-3 understands the game and the stakes well enough to bring in everything he has for his brothers and the mission.

KUWAIT

[C-17 flies by]

Col. Norris: Spectre 6-4, green light. You're over Kuwaiti airspace now, over.

Spectre 6-4: Roger, Warlord. Deploying Hitman Team 6 now. Standby, over. All callsigns Hitman, you are mission launch. Say again, you are mission launch.

[door opens]

[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Soundtrack's Charlie Don't Surf plays]

1stLt. Vasquez: Let's make The Wolf pay for Hitman Team 7, gentlemen. Out the plane! Let's get it on!

Hitman Team 6: OO-RAH!

SSgt. Jackson opens the door and prepares his teammates for the HALO. And once all of them are off and away, he follows them as he happily leaps into the air like ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) Agent Jameson Locke in Halo 5: Guardians' intro.

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Hunting Party

October 28th, 2019 - 06:30:37

SSgt. Paul Jackson

Marine Raider Regiment, C.I.A. Special Activities Center, Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade, Kuwait Army, Kuwait Air Force, ANA Commando Corps

Kuwait City, Kuwait

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After landing within city limits and taking a short hike to the street before Al-Amiri Hospital, Hitman Team 6 links up with Alex, Farah and Hadir. Along with Major Fahad D'Souza, their point of contact and link to the Kuwait Army and Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade.

[AH-64Ds fly by]

1stLt. Vasquez: Major D'Souza.

Fahad: *smiles* Please, call me Fahad, Hitman Team 6.

[Hitman Team 6 and Fahad shake hands]

Alex: Hitman Team 6.

1stLt. Vasquez: Agent Keller. Marshal Karim, General Karim, I'm Lieutenant Vasquez, Marine Raider Regiment.

Farah: Just Farah, American.

Hadir: Good to finally meet you, Lieutenant Vasquez.

SSgt. Jackson: So this is the spook that's worth more than Hitman Team 7?

1stLt. Vasquez: Don't worry about it, Jackson. If you wanna get even, get The Wolf.

SSgt. Jackson: Yes, sir.

1stLt. Vasquez: Nice work hitting the Russians, by the way, Karim.

Farah: We share friends and enemies.

1stLt. Vasquez: Shall we?

Fahad: (English) (off comms) Of course, my friends. (Arabic) (on comms) All teams, time to take Al-Amiri Hospital back! Go! Go! Go!

1stLt. Vasquez: Hitman Team 6, Echo, move out!

Sgt. Roycewicz: Let's go have some fun.

Sgt. Lopez: You see those sweaty dudes in the Shemaghs? I don't feel good about 'em.

Taliban Terrorists: ALLAHU AKBAR—

[M249 Para fire]

[Barrett M82A3 fire]

[SR-25 fire]

[M4A3 fire]

[M4A1 Block II fire]

[MK14 Mod 0 EBR fire]

[suicide vest detonation]

Alex: Close one! They're Taliban!

Fahad: (English) (off comms) Not surprising, considering how close they and Al-Qaeda are. (Arabic) (on comms) Watch the crowd, men. They could be using them as cover.

[M4 Carbine fire]

[M16A2 fire]

[Barrett M82A1 fire]

[M60 fire]

[M2HB fire]

Kuwait Army and Kuwait Air Force: (Arabic) All civilians are ordered to get indoors and stay there until cleared to come out! Anyone who does not follow these orders will be seen as an Al-Qaeda or Taliban terrorist!

The massive JTF (joint task force) begins their assault on the Al-Qaeda/Taliban-occupied medical center with some AH-64D Apache Longbows and M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks for support. With 1stLt. Vasquez, SSgt. Griggs, Farah and Hadir sticking close to the heavy armor and CAS-providing gunships while SSgt. Jackson, Sgt. Roycewicz, Sgt. Lopez, Sgt. Gaines, Fahad and Alex pick off deep undercover Taliban terrorists, dodge snipers, MG fire and RPGs, and disarm grenade trip wires.

The good news is that everyone made it to Al-Amiri Hospital without accidentally killing a Kuwaiti citizen, and The Wolf is still around despite having to take a bit to find him.

SSgt. Jackson: Here we are. Al-Amiri Hospital.

Alex: This is it. We go in, find The Wolf, and get out.

Hadir: Ready for this, Farah?

Farah: Can't wait, Hadir.

1stLt. Vasquez: Check your corners. Let's go.

Fahad: (Arabic) Delta 4, this is Cobra 1. You're in charge of rear security of the target building. Do NOT let The Wolf leave. Understood, over?

Delta 4-1: (Arabic) Understood, Cobra 1. No one will get past us, over.

SSgt. Jackson: *disarms grenade trip wire* Trap's on safe mode, move up.

[M4A1 Block II fire]

[M249 SAW fire]

[AK-47 fire]

[AUG A1 fire]

[M4A1 Block II fire]

SSgt. Griggs: Lots of Al-Qaeda and Taliban but no Wolf. What gives?

Fahad: My snipers have not seen a single terrorist leave, and this place has no underground exits. He must still be here.

The bad news is that a six-man Kuwait Army squad named Delta Team 4 has stopped responding to Cobra 1's hails. And his snipers report that they have disappeared into the clinic itself without orders.

Fahad: (Arabic) Delta 4, what is your status, over?

[radio static]

Fahad: (Arabic) Delta Team 4, are you there?

[radio static]

Fahad: (Arabic) Sierra 9, have you seen Delta Team 4, over?

Sierra 9-1: (Arabic) My team and I saw them disappear into the target building. I don't know why. They're not responding to me, over.

Fahad: Shit. My six-man rear security has gone silent. No one knows where they are.

SSgt. Jackson: Last known location?

Fahad: Inside.

1stLt. Vasquez: We can help you find him once we have The Wolf, Fahad.

Fahad: Thank— Watch out!

[M4A3 fire]

[Saiga-12 fire]

Sgt. Gaines: Some are posing as hospital patients. Check and double-check all of them.

But the Americans, the Kuwaitis, and the Afghans manage to find both The Wolf and Delta Team 4 inside a nursery room on the top floor. However, the lives of the now captured Kuwaiti Soldiers hang in the balance because the Al-Qaeda Leader could not help but livestream an execution on YouTube.

SSgt. Jackson: (quietly) Those double doors seem locked up tight. *equips Snake Camera* Cam (camera) set, Agent. Have a look.

The Wolf: (Arabic) Your men cannot save you! You were sent here to kill me, but you will die because of your continued bombings and your proxy wars.

SSgt. Jackson: (quietly) What do you see, Agent?

The Wolf: Just as your missiles and bullets continue to strike our people, *grabs machete* our knives will continue to slash your throats in retaliation!

SSgt. Jackson: (quietly) What's the SITREP (situation report)?

The Wolf: Those governments that come to our land uninvited will perish! We will never again be captive to a foreign power!

1stLt. Vasquez: (quietly) What do we got?

Alex: (quietly) PID on The Wolf. Six Kuwaiti Army hostages.

Fahad: (quietly) Delta 4.

Alex: (quietly) He's gonna kill 'em. We gotta breach.

1stLt. Vasquez: (quietly) Griggs, Jackson, take C.I.A. and try to flank 'em. The rest of us will take this one.

SSgt. Griggs: (quietly) That window. Let's go, boys.

SSgt. Jackson: (quietly) Door ahead should take us there, too. *opens door* Hold. *disarms grenade trip wire* Clear, go. *signals Alex to capture The Wolf*

[Alex subdues The Wolf]

Al-Qaeda Terrorist 21: Protect the—

[M4A1 Block II fire]

[M249 SAW fire]

SSgt. Jackson: Clear right!

SSgt. Griggs: Clear left!

[doors open]

Fahad: (Arabic) Everything is going to be alright, my brothers. It's all over. (English) Thank you, Hitman Team 6.

1stLt. Vasquez: No trouble at all, Fahad.

Alex: Omar Sulaman, you are now in custody of the Central Intelligence Agency. Do exactly as you're told, or you're a dead man.

Farah: At last.

Hadir: Never thought I would see the day.

Sgt. Gaines: For Hitman Team 7.

Sgt. Roycewicz and Sgt. Lopez: For Hitman Team 7.

The Wolf: *laughs* Who the fuck is Hitman Team 7? And no, it is all of you who are dead men. Whether by my Al-Qaeda and Taliban armies *snickers* or your own government. *smiles at Farah and Hadir*

Alex: Not gonna happen, asshole.

SSgt. Jackson: I got a bad feeling about this. Still, it's a pleasure working with you, Fahad.

Fahad: (English) (off comms) Likewise, Staff Sergeant Jackson. (Arabic) (on comms) All callsigns, Al-Amiri Hospital is secure. The Wolf is in American hands. Delta Team 4 is safe and in need of immediate medical attention. (English) (off comms) Let's get to the U.S. Embassy.

Despite the complications involving Delta Team 4, SSgt. Jackson, 1stLt. Vasquez, SSgt. Griggs, Sgt. Roycewicz, Sgt. Lopez, Sgt. Gaines, Fahad, Alex, Farah and Hadir succeed in capturing The Wolf and saving the Kuwait Army hostages. The Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade, the Kuwait Army, and the Kuwait Air Force then help transport the Al-Qaeda Leader to the U.S. Embassy in the city before returning to base.