--2:10 PM--

--Unkown Location, random dirt road--

Recon 1

--Unit/ Squad leader- Sgt. James Norvik-29-male

Grenadier- Cpl. Cole Merrick-29-male,

Medic- Cpl. Elijah Hillary-28-female

Radio operator- Sgt. John Tanner-29-male

Machine Gunner- PFC. Micheal Hall-25-male

Riflemen- PFC. Ela Harashi, PFC-28-Female. Smid Lavender-24-male, LCpl. Dan Merton-27-Male-USMC--

--Tech Specialist- Sgt. Ramos Monriva-31-Male--

M3 Crew

--Driver- PFC Mic Grant-26-Male--

--Gunner- Cpl. Nico Perez-28-Male--

--Commander- Sgt. Lexi Poole-30-Female--

Vehicles in use

UP armored HMMWV AKA Humvee

Armed with a 50. CAL

JLTV Oshkosh

Armed with a 30mm mounted on a CROWS.

M3A3 Bradley

Equipped with one of the most advanced surveillance systems, and armed with a 25mm Autocannon, and TOW Guided missile launcher.

And armored up with bricks or the ERA and spaced steel plates on both sides.

A nice day, with the up and shining above a Convoy of three tan vehicles, belonging to the US Army.

It's been a few days before their departure.

James managed to form up a Unit or Squad which only consisted of ten personnel which isn't gonna be enough. The Oshkosh they have is armed with a 4pmm Autocannon mounted on a CROWS on top, and the humvee still having that manual turning basket armed with a 50. where Hall is alongside James on shotgun and a soldier named Smid driving. Smid is a normal Rifleman that enlisted in the Army, as usual. And the two dudes on the back seat is just Tanner, and the back of the trunk is some newly developed futuristic looking radio made by a company known as AEGIS, not the weapons system used on ships, but a private corporation on earth since 1983 and classified all over the globe, and other countries knows it as an international private organization with anyone barely knowing about it, the only countries that knows them well because of some politicians, is the US, India, Russia, Indonesia, South Africa, UK, Japan, China, Brazil and China were the only ones who knew who they were and what they can do.

And all of those countries that knew them was happy to have them because of the technology they made, and their knowledge on scientific stuff, and they're pretty similar to the IRO but limited on the areas they control.

And at the very back inside the Oshkosh is where the rest of the squad is which is Ela, Merrick and Elijah including the M3A3 on the back is Merton and Monriva with the Bradley crew inside the M3.

The CROWS installed on the Oshkosh, having a modified version where it has an AI that automatically targets anyone hostile, but this one is on the early stage of the AI, and it isn't real combat tested, but it performed well.

Norvik got an order to check out a local village, 9 clicks away, up southeast of the base which was pretty far, and which is where they are headed for first contact with the locals to get some info of the history of this world and even a few days back of being informed that magic really exists in this world they are standing on, after a recon drone found a group of mages doing some sort magic attack on a group of green little dudes or goblins, eradicating them with some fire and earth magic, including accidentally burning a lot of green on the place.

And for other events, the base dispatched some squads of soldiers and Marines to rescue some hostages or "slaves" because another recon drones found a convoy of carriages numbering to 3 of them, 2 had cages with and 1 didn't.

And when they opened the first cage was disgusting... They found 2 female kids with animalistic features and 12 curvy or rather body attractive females with animalistic features, and the soldiers knows obvious of what happened to them, because there was the smell of a spunk, and saw some wet marks on the females. The squads managed to capture 1 dude which was a fat no haired bald bastard, and the only one who tried to escape, since about like 13 dudes tried to kill a platoon consisted of both Army and Marine squads, after a few warning shots which they didn't listen and got fucked up by lead instead.

And after, they broke the second cage...

Which is where they all get disgusted, shocked, and angry...

They found 18 kids, all of them had animalistic features, and they were all bruised up, as well confirmed all were tortured and molested, and a lot of them is expriencing PTSD of the shit they've been through, and for the adult and teenage, females, all the same. All those shit was all against the Geneva convention, violation of human rights and international law, but that doesn't exist in this world... And a lot of them would likely want to kill the fat bastard but instead they took him prisoner, to be interrogated for information. And the hostages to be treated and be provided with shelter, necessities and security... This is first for them.

And Now they're trying dealing with their food crisis, the JFB doesn't have enough food for everyone, and if they start housing and supplying refugees early, that would be bad for them since they didn't have farms and their and clean and purified gone is a struggle for them. And since a lot of personnel was former farmers, they immediately grabbed some vehi les to convert them into farm vehicles and equipment, as they gathered seeds inside their vegetables, and dispatching a recon group to find water source for the base.

And a lot of things came to Norvik's mind, strong magic, cults, slavery and discrimination, etc. and he's even worried about the food and water problem, as well wondering about the four cardinal heroes he saw at the cover of the book he had, and it's possible that they're here in this world.

And Now he and his squads had their asses up, and it's been a while for him to be like this again, since he got deployed in Syria with Merrick and Tanner, till they get transfered to a different Battalion stationed back on the mainland. And Smid that's like been in the army for 11 months, almost a whole year, and haven't seen combat before, and does mostly mowing grass and doing PT and other stuff that's normally done in a house like, but he only has expirience on shooting an intruder in the face with a shotgun which made a big chunk gone on his head and made him puke... But Norvik knows the man's enthusiasm on some things, and it's his first time seeing an NCO being pretty serious and unlike his platoon Commander being like the rest of the boys in the platoon he was in.

And they were just silent.

"Hey Sarge" the young soldier called Norvik by his rank in short, breaking the silence inside the humvee, and it seems he has a question for him.

"What is it Smid?" Norvik asked as he looked at the PFC in the eyes, but he's looking on the road focused on driving and having his ears on him.

"What are we gonna Encounter, while we're driving on a road? I mean like... it's another world there could be a mystical creature hard to kill I mean like magical shields and magic, uhh.. Cute and beautiful girls?" he asked and hell he knows what he means by saying those, yes magic can screw them up and they are not aware about guns that can kill them within a hundred yards away. Like how movie portrays some magic dudes like they know where the bullets are gonna hit them and form a magical shield which is stupid and since when does a mage sense a sniper bullet about to hit him or her in a movie sense.

"Not sure. Just not sure. We can still take them down realistically and like what you see in the movies like those mages and wizards can sense bullets and stuff but some spiritual shit, then we can't and we should be scared, oh and those girls, yes it's possible to encounter them, but we can be fooled" He answered which makes sense of how a lot of movies portrayed magical medieval people overpowered while the modern guys are stupid and weak.

"Makes sense... I guess" he said and Norvik nodded as he continued to observe for like anything that may come up in front of them.

"Soo uhh... How old are you Sergeant?" he asked about his age for an unkown reason, the reason could be that, he looks and sounds young but old or something.

"Im twenty nine why?" Norvik asked about his question about his age as his eyeballs looks at him.

"Well... You sound young like your in my age or something" he answered as he took a quick glance at him which he saw Norvik's eyes staring at him which he actually immediately placed his eyes back in the road again looking like he has some problem or he's kind off a shy guy.

"Were you... deployed?" he then asked again with another question.

"Syria a nearly a whole year along with Tanner and Merrick" he answered, but his expirience in Syria isn't like those ultra intense gunfights like how so many games portrays a battle in modern combat that's always epic and intense, but in reality it's not.

Norvik, Merrick and Tanner were always on patrol and he was still a Corporal that day, as well as Tanner and Merrick but Merrick is stuck on Cpl. They rarely got into gunfights but the most intense one he and the other two got into was being ambushed by a whole village a few clicks from their FOB and losing 4 guys in the ambush and their squad leader lost both legs and getting shrapnel scrambled on his hips from an Rpg, giving him a medical Discharge from service and due to their actions too, some got promoted and some didn't.

"What did you guys do in Syria... I mean like what was your expirience?" still waiting for an answer from Norvik still analyzing his memories.

"Not a lot of action, but patrolling routes and talking to villagers and the only intense action is getting ambushed by fucking locals you just talked too and became fucking FRIENDS with" he explained, as he smiled, well not in a happy sense.

"It's kinda difficult to think of losing 4 of your friends and having your good squad leader lose 2 legs and get discharged, and I mean like..." he paused as he sighed, due to remembering the squad he was is was falling apart after 4 of them dead and one discharged and some of them injured and incapable for a while to go do shit before.

"Like the whole brotherhood in our squad collapsed resulting to a lot of us pissing on each other" Tanner finished his words sounding kind off stressful and quite depressing, as Smid started to feel sympathy for him.

"S-sorry for asking... I just-"

"Hey don't worry man, a lot of the boys back at the base has these kinds of stories from combat to life, how about yours?"

"I Rather... Not talk about it" he shook his head as he kept focused on the road.

"Sure, well your, driving, cuz if you get distracted—you'll crash into a tree Smid... Oh and cut the Sergeant-Seargeant shit, just call me by my name" he insisted, Smid nodded as he continued to focus on the road.

Beep* "Sergeant, were getting close to the village... Retrieving my drone now" the Tech specialist Monriva informed through the radio inside the humvee and Norvik gave a thumbs up indicating he heard it and for Tanner to send back.

"Roger that Monriva we heard it out" Tanner replied back through the radio inside the humvee. Norvik grabs his shoulder radio on his shoulder to inform everyone

Beep* "Aight everyone were getting close to the village, remember be friendly dont try to scare em and make them grab a spear to poke our asses or make any magic shit on us alright"

Norvik reminded the whole squad

"Roger that"

"Mmm hmm" both soldiers on the vehicles who's in charge over their own radios all said as they all prepped up for combat just in case...

Just in case.

"I assume you don't have combat expirience Smid?" he asked as he readied his M4A1 and checked his pockets and pouches making sure he didn't forget anything important.

"Yup just... Cleaning at the base mostly along my platoon does, that shit back at base since and doing stupid stuff" he said as he smiled a bit, he remembered all those fun and funny and stupid shit he and his platoon just did a lot. Norvik smiled as well already guessed what they did.

"I can imagine what you guys did" he chuckled as well as Tanner and even the machine gunner's face isn't even being seen, he's smiling in the verge of kind of laughing.

"Smoke up ahead" Hall informed which Norvik can see the smoke behund the small mountain in front of them.

"I see it" he responded. As he looked confused for seeing smoke up ahead. Was there trouble, or were the locals burning trash or made a bonfire.

"Alright let's stop here, Tan inform them, we'll be walkin over the small hill to check out the smoke" He tapped Smid as he informed Tanner to inform the rest of the recon Convoy.

Beep* "Alright boys and girls were gonna stop and walk towards the village on the other side of that mountain out" he said through the radio as the lead humvee immediately stopped followed the M-ATV and the M3A3.

"Alright Tanner, Hall you both stay here, and tell Elijah and Ramos to stay here too in the Convoy along with the Bradley crew alright" Tanner responded with a thumbs up as the two exited the vehicle.

Smid then checked his gear while Norvik looks behind to the rest of the Convoy seeing Ela, Merton and Merrick all walking towards him while Elijah takes a breath of fresh air while Monriva just does some shit on his tech inside the Oshkosh as well the crew of it might be taking a smoke or something.

"We're walkin?" the Marine Merton asked while he raised his arms on his sides as he tucked both his arms on the kneck garter of his IMTV and Norvik guessed his complaining and raised an eyebrow.

"Complaining?" he asked.

"Nah... just asking dude" Merton said as he scratched his itching eyes.

The three got close to Norvik and while he was gonna inform them, he felt something on his heart, like he feels something bad is gonna happen...

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH"

"The fuck!?"