November 29th, 2019 - 09:00:06, F.O.B. Fenty, Jalalabad Airport, Afghanistan, after spending several days in a hospital in Germany for direct exposure to Sarin Gas, Alex and Farah return to the fight with Laswell's help and blessing. But with the fact that Hadir's betrayal has left a huge stain on the Afghan Army's reputation, only Captain Price, Kyle and Soap are allowed anywhere near the briefing room while the others are being kept on a need-to-know basis.
Farah: My brother always wanted to fight without rules.
[Kyle gives Farah a cup of coffee]
Farah: Now he's broken all of them.
Laswell: Hadir went north. He was picked up by Al-Qaeda Terrorists in the foothills.
Captain Price: Voluntarily or by force?
Laswell: We don't know.
Alex: I'm sorry, Farah.
Laswell: Your brother...
Farah: Is a terrorist.
Laswell: ...is an American asset who is either with or in terrorist hands.
Alex: Hadir's fight is not with us. Now, he could have killed everyone when he stole the gas, but he chose not to.
Farah: How do you know this?
Alex: I was there... trying to stop it.
Farah: Why didn't you tell me?
Alex: We believed it was Al-Qaeda. We didn't know it was him.
Laswell: We know now. We're going after him tonight.
Farah: I'll come with you.
Kyle: You'll be hunting your own brother.
Farah: He is not my brother. Not anymore.
Laswell: Prime Minister Zakhaev's gonna put a bounty on his head.
Soap: Then let's get him first before anyone else does.
Laswell: Any further complications, and we're all not gonna be in a cold war with Russia and its allies anymore. It'll be a shooting and ballistic war.
Captain Price: Well, then don't complicate it.
Alex: This is a bad idea, Farah.
Farah: We take care of our own here.
Kyle: Not usually what that means.
Soap: It does here.
Captain Price: I want Farah on the team. I'm not asking.
Laswell: Fine. You have execute authority. All of you. Okay, let's brief up. Imagery confirms Hadir was in possession of the remaining stolen Sarin Gas when he made direct contact with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban's most brutal enforcer: The Butcher. Surveillance tracked their vehicles to a residential complex in the Iraqi part of the Zagros Mountains, believed to be The Wolf's stronghold in the country. Alex and Farah will hold orbit for secondary clearance, while Bravo 6 leads a joint S.A.S.-Marine Raider Regiment assault force to locate the chemical weapons, retrieve Hadir, and kill The Wolf.
22:25:00, Zagros Mountains, Iraq, in order to catch Al-Qaeda and the Taliban by surprise, the assault force is dropped off a mile away from The Wolf's Iraqi Stronghold. Bravo 6, Bravo 7, Bravo 8, Major MacMillan, Gaz, Cpl. Wallcroft, L/Cpl. Griffen, 1stLt. Vasquez, SSgt. Griggs and Sgt. Roycewicz will be on the ground starting the party.
While SSgt. Jackson babysits Echo 3-1 and Kilo 1 in case their remaining Sarin Gas exposure symptoms flare up. And lastly, Sgt. Lopez and Sgt. Gaines are handling armed overwatch from their MD (McDonnell Douglas) Helicopters MH-6M Little Bird.
22:30:00, Captain Price mentally remembers the most important lesson he has learned from the War On Terror just as he and his teammates start emerging from the darkness now that they are a small hill away from the target area's front gate.
Captain Price: (narration) The rules have changed.
[Kyle comes out of the dark]
Captain Price: (narration) There's a fine line between right...
[Soap comes out of the dark]
Captain Price: (narration) ...and wrong.
[Gaz comes out of the dark]
Captain Price: (narration) And somewhere...
[Major MacMillan comes out of the dark]
Captain Price: (narration) ...in the shadows... they send us in to find it.
[Captain Price comes out of the dark]
Laswell: Watcher to 6 Actual, target is in the main house. You have execute authority.
Captain Price: Bravo 6, going dark.
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The Wolf's Den
29th November, 2019 - 22:30:43
Cpt. John Price
British S.A.S., C.I.A. Special Activities Center, ANA Commando Corps, Marine Raider Regiment
Zagros Mountains, Iraq
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Sgt. Gaines: Hitman 6-6 to strike team, be advised, you got four Taliban standing guard on The Wolf's Iraqi Stronghold's courtyard. Be prepared for contact the moment you pop that gate open, over.
Captain Price: Strike team copies.
L/Cpl. Griffen: C6 is ready. Detonating.
[C6 Breaching Charge detonation]
L/Cpl. Go! Go!
[HK 433 fire]
[G36KV fire]
[M4A1 Block II fire]
[M249 SAW fire]
[M249 Para fire]
Cpl. Wallcroft: *equips Tactical Breaching Hammer* Stand clear!
[Tactical Breaching Hammer hit]
Unknown Female 4: (Pashto) Don't hurt us, please!
Taliban Terrorist 1: (Pashto) They are here!
[C8 SFW fire]
[AKS-74U fire]
[C8 SFW fire]
Sgt. Roycewicz: Hands! Hands! Show me your hands! *restrains Unknown Female 4*
Unknown Female 5: (Pashto) Don't cry, my child. There is nothing to fear— Go away! Leave us alone—
[C8 SFW fire]
[Unknown Child 1 screams and cries]
Captain Price: Secondary house, all clear.
Sgt. Roycewicz: Hitman 6-4, Alpha 6, Bravo 2 and Bravo 3, holding here.
Unknown Female 4: (Pashto) Please don't hurt our children. Please.
With the Secondary House of The Wolf's Iraqi Stronghold swept and under Alpha 6, Bravo 2, Bravo 3 and Hitman 6-4's control, the rest move onto the Main House.
Soap: Breacher set, stand clear!
[C6 Breaching Charge detonation]
Soap: Good entry.
[dog barks]
Captain Price: Door is our entry point.
[HK 433 fire]
Kyle: Sorry, pooch.
[AK-47 fire]
Captain Price: Contact!
[G36KV fire]
[Gaz opens a door]
[G36KV fire]
Gaz: Right door, clear. Left door's all you, sir.
[Captain Price opens a door]
[Unknown Females and Unknown Children scream]
Captain Price: Three unknowns.
Gaz: Roger three.
[C6 Breaching Charge detonation]
[Unknown Female 6 equips AK-47]
[C8 SFW fire]
Captain Price: One down.
SSgt. Griggs: Hitman 6-2, at the side wall. Good breach. Bravo 7 is going rear.
1stLt. Vasquez: Hitman 6-1, at the rear door. First deck, clear. Bravo 8's coming in.
Soap: Rog'. Coming to Bravo 8 from the other side.
Gaz: Captain Price, let's kill the power. Put these guys in the dark.
Captain Price: *nods* Killing power.
[lights turn off]
Captain Price: Second deck. On me. Gaz, hold here.
Gaz: Yes, sir.
Captain Price: Take point, Kyle.
Kyle: Moving to second deck. Got movement. Taking the left door. *opens door*
[HK 433 fire]
[door opens]
Taliban Terrorist 2: (Pashto) You will—
[C8 SFW fire]
Kyle: (on comms) Two down. Checking left. (off comms) Hands! Hands! (on comms) All stations, holding one female unknown.
Gaz: Roger that, Bravo 8.
Kyle: Sir, left side's clear. You can secure the rest of this deck.
[Captain Price opens a door]
Taliban Terrorist 3: (Pashto) Stay in the bedroom. Listen to me—
Unknown Female 7: (Pashto) There are too many! We should surrender!
Taliban Terrorist 3: (Pashto) WE ARE STRONGER IN—
[C8 SFW fire]
Captain Price: Second deck, clear. One K.I.A., one unknown.
Gaz: Copy, moving to secure.
Unknown Female 7: (Pashto) There is no other way. There is no other one. No other way, no other one.
[Captain Price opens a door]
[Gaz signals Captain Price to Soap and the next staircase]
Taliban Terrorist 4: (Pashto) YOU WILL PAY IN—
[C8 SFW fire]
[AKS-74U fire]
Taliban Terrorist 5: (Pashto) YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!
[C8 SFW fire]
Soap: *signals Captain Price to go left* Check left. Check left.
Captain Price: Left side, clear.
[C8 SFW fire]
Unknown Female 8: (Pashto) The Wolf protects us. We will not be forsaken.
Captain Price: *opens door* Moving interior.
Soap: Rog', same. *opens door*
[AKS-74U fire]
Taliban Terrorist 5: (Pashto) DIE, INTRU—
[C8 SFW fire]
Soap: ARGH! Bloody fuckin' hell! *crawls to cover* *signals Captain Price to the closet and bathroom*
[Unknown Female 8 screams and cries]
Captain Price: Third deck, clear. Two K.I.A.s, one unknown. Negative on the Sarin Gas, Kilo 2 and The Wolf. Dry hole.
Gaz: Roger, moving up.
Major MacMillan: Roger that, Bravo 6. All stations, restoring power to the Main House. Sort everything and everyone.
[lights turn on]
Captain Price: Soap, you broken?
Soap: Just the plate.
Captain Price: (off comms) Good, come on. (on comms) All Bravo, rally on the first deck. Bravo 6 to Echo 3-1.
Alex: Send traffic.
Captain Price: I want you on station for data collection.
Alex: Copy that.
With the Main House clear of hostiles, every member of the assault force except Bravo Team switches to SSE mode.
Gaz: Zip drives, disks and storage in the bags. Paperwork in the boxes.
1stLt. Vasquez: Two more where this came from.
SSgt. Jackson: Hell of a gold mine in here. Score one for military intelligence.
Gaz: Let's go, let's go. Get 'er done now.
1stLt. Vasquez: All media is low priority. Label it and set it aside.
Gaz: Any and all cellphones are high pri'. Power 'em down, bag 'em up.
SSgt. Griggs: Check.
As Captain Price, Kyle, Soap, Alex, Farah and Hitman 6-3 get organized for a .ore thorough search.
Unknown Female 9: (Pashto) Give me my son! Give me my son now!
Kyle: We're not cuttin' bait, are we?
Captain Price: Negative. They wanna talk. Let's listen.
Unknown Child 2: (Pashto) Mommy! I want my mommy! Mommy!
Unknown Female 9: (Pashto) My son!
Captain Price: (Pashto) Relax. (English) Hey, let him go.
[Cpl. Wallcroft lets Unknown Child 2 pass]
Unknown Female 9: (Pashto) Give me my son! (English) Thank you.
Captain Price: (Pashto) You're safe now. Where is The Wolf?
Unknown Female 9: (Pashto) Teahouse. Underground.
Captain Price: (Pashto) (off comms) Thank you. (English) Lock 'em down. Teahouse, on me. (on comms) All stations, Bravo is moving to the Teahouse for re-clearance. (off comms) Tunnels. Opening 'er up. *opens hatch* *drops glow stick* So we got ourselves a gopher. (on comms) All stations, tunnel in Teahouse. Makin' entry.
Soap: Alright, down the hatch.
SSgt. Jackson: Rappelling rope. Taking point.
Farah: I'm right behind you.
Alex: On your six, Marshal.
Taliban Terrorist 6: ALLAHU AK—
[M4A1 Block II fire]
SSgt. Jackson: AVALANCHE!
[suicide vest detonation]
Alex: FARAH!
[tunnel entrance collapses]
The search for the chemical weapons, Kilo 2, and the Al-Qaeda Leader gets more complicated when a Taliban suicide bomber collapses the tunnel's main entrance. The good news is Echo 3-1, Kilo 1 and SSgt. Jackson survived the ambush.
The bad news is that Alex lost his MK14 Mod 0 EBR, and he and the other two are cut off from all friendlies topside until they find another way out.
Alex: Echo 3-1 to Bravo 0-6, tunnel collapsed. What's your status?
[radio static]
Farah: *lights up a glow stick* We're cut off. It's just the three of us now.
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The Wolf's Den
November 29th, 2019 - 22:40:33
Agent Alex Keller
C.I.A. Special Activities Center, ANA Commando Corps, Marine Raider Regiment, British S.A.S.
Zagros Mountains, Iraq
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SSgt. Jackson: (quietly) Then get behind me. Op's not done yet.
Alex: Lost my rifle in the collapse.
SSgt. Jackson: (quietly) Pistols should be right up your alley, C.I.A. Let's tunnel rat this shit.
Alex: Okay, but let me know if you see trip wires. I'm much flatter than you.
SSgt. Jackson: (quietly) Copy.
Hitman 6-3 leads the way in dark areas and calls out grenade trip wires for Alex to disarm while Farah watches the rear. Eight minutes of dodging traps, smoking out fortified positions, sweeping hostiles away with bullets, and escaping fires later, the three-man modern tunnel rat squad find a door leading to The Wolf himself.
At first, Alex and Farah want to barge in and end this quick. But SSgt. Jackson has another idea as he equips his Barrett M82A3, scans the media room with his scope add-on's X-Ray Vision Mode, and aims for the Al-Qaeda Leader's groin.
Farah: That's The Wolf. Dead ahead.
[SSgt. Jackson equips his Barrett M82A3]
Alex: Prepare to breach.
SSgt. Jackson: (quietly) Wait, I got a better idea. Scanning.
The Wolf: You have only me. And I am just a lowly fre—
[Barrett M82A3 fire]
[The Wolf painfully screams]
SSgt. Jackson: I knew it. *opens door* Clear left! There's an exit! Why'd you do it?! *stomps The Wolf's groin*
[The Wolf painfully screams]
SSgt. Jackson: Why did you take Hadir in?! How did he get the Sarin Gas?!
The Wolf: *groans* I am following the demands of my Russian Ultranationalist boss! We needed their alliance for our cause!
SSgt. Jackson: Who then?! There are a lot of Ultranationalists in Russia! *stomps The Wolf's groin*
The Wolf: *painfully screams* PLEASE! If I tell you, he will KILL ME!
Alex: We can arrange medical attention and keep you safe.
SSgt. Jackson: But first give us a name! A name! WE! WANT! HIS! NAME! *stomps The Wolf's groin*
The Wolf: *painfully screams* It's-It's-IT'S PRESIDENT IMRAN ZAKHAEV HIMSELF! HE IS THE ONE WHO INSTRUCTED ME TO BRING HADIR IN!
SSgt. Jackson: ARE YOU LYING?!
The Wolf: NO, I'M NOT LYING! And you should know *heavily breathes* that I don't know where the youngblood is! All I know is that the Zakhaevs plan to use Hadir as a weapon far greater than anyone in the Russian Military! That is all I know! Now, can you please take your foot off and help me? *whimpers*
SSgt. Jackson: *lets right foot up* Thank you.
[Barrett M82A3 fire]
Alex: Jesus, you're intense.
SSgt. Jackson: *checks The Wolf's suicide vest* Does that tone mean you were lying to him?
Alex: Of course.
SSgt. Jackson: Sandbags. Phone's not even connected to anything.
Farah: How did you know he was not a threat?
SSgt. Jackson: Fourteen hours of knowing the fucker back in the embassy and I was able to pick up the fact that he was a coward. He ain't even up there when we came knockin'. So I figured he would never sacrifice himself. Besides, my X-Ray scope can detect metals as well. Gunpowder's not an exception.
Farah: Smart play, Jackson.
SSgt. Jackson: Thanks, Farah. You can call me Paul.
Alex: (off comms) Great work, guys. (on comms) All stations, this is Echo 3-1 in the blind. Jackpot. Primary target is K.I.A.
Once at topside again with the assassinated Omar 'The Wolf' Sulaman in a body bag, Bravo 8 thanks Echo 3-1 for ending the Al-Qaeda Leader. While Hitman 6-3 chooses not to take credit but to tell 1stLt. Vasquez, Major MacMillan and Captain Price what The Wolf told him instead.
Kyle: Alex! If it wasn't me, I'm glad it was you.
Alex: Too bad we couldn't kill him twice.
Kyle: Thanks, mate.
SSgt. Jackson: TL! Major! Captain Britain! Short version. The Wolf didn't know where Hadir went off to next, but he was ordered by President Imran Zakhaev himself to take him under his care.
1stLt. Vasquez: Holy shit, Jackson. What a find.
Major MacMillan: Bloody hell.
Captain Price: Say again, Staff Sergeant.
SSgt. Jackson: The Wolf handled Hadir with care per President Imran Zakhaev's request. All this time, they're in cahoots. Possibly to wipe the Afghan Armed Forces and all of us out.
[Major MacMillan and Captain Price look at each other]