《Under SOLS》 -1 Author @@ Hey there dear readers! This is my long dreamed and imagined and ransacked-brain-juice plotwork! This is gonna be one hell of a novel and I know it! If you love military type fictions, then this definitely for you! This is my third work and my second work is called "The General" which is also worth reading. Oh and yea, my first is a total train wreak! What can I say? We all learn from experience and I sure am learned from mine, I mean a hell lot!Be sure to comment and tell me how is the starting and how is my English and grammar and all stuff. There could be a lot of mistakes unnoticed because I''m using my phone to type and autocorrect messes up sometimes even though I type correctly. Oh and yea! More importantly, I would love some help with the cover pic! 1 The Ghosts Year 2039, Day 16, September. 20 miles east of Allogny, France. A squad of 10 highly trained soldiers of the French Special Forces,equipped with modern techs, slowly moved through the forest. Each of them had a Heckler & Koch XM8 advanced on their hands and Night Vision Goggles on their eyes as it was night time. They moved very quietly and each step they took was carefully proceeded. 12 hours earlier, the French Union received an information about an insurgent group intruded into their country from the CIA. Even though the information couldn''t be accurate, it wouldn''t hurt to check it, so they sent one of their best team as the information said that these guys are not your regular terrorists! They are highly skilled and equipped with advanced weaponry and techs, or so the CIA said. The team of French Special Force or FSF, lead by first lieutenant, Gabriel Adams, was deployed for the mission. His team was known to be one of the best in the FSF. They never miss their mark and dished out a lot of guys who planned to attack their country. His instincts told him that this raid is rigged as the information was clearly not sufficient, but he still took the job as if it was true, then there is a chance of a possible terrorists attack! They couldn''t let that happen. They were staying low while moving forward. "lieutenant, don''t you think this is weird?" one of the men asked. Gabriel said, "Think so? This could be a trap for all we know!". Another one asked, ''Why think that way LT?". He bitterly smiled and said, "There is an 80% chance that we won''t be going home, that''s why". His men were shocked. Till now, they have fought many times, even with other countries forces and their Lieutenant, who is an iron hearted man, never worried about anything! But now, he''s saying that they won''t leave here alive, that''s preposterous! Another one of their men suddenly said with a serious voice, "Do you not trust us LT?". Gabriel smiled again as he said, "Its not that I don''t trust you, its that this whole mission seems rigged". The men were confused so they looked at each other as they stopped their advance and looked at him. Gabriel knew that he had to disclose what he know or it might get them into trouble without getting prepared for what''s going to come. He stopped and said, "Don''t you all think its all just.....strange?". The men just looked at each other, then looked at him, waiting for his answer. He then said, "CIA is such an informed intelligence organization and yet they didn''t provided us with sufficient information like, which organization these insurgents were from or how many of them are there or what type of weaponry they posses, but they gave us their location, this is actual Connerie1!". They now realized the fact behind it. This is more like a setup! They gave the location of the insurgents, they said they were armed and skilled, yet they didn''t provide anymore information and disclosed that they couldn''t find anything about their number or which organization they are from. Now all the piece are coming together. This raid is f*cking rigged! They are about to decide weather or not to move forward, the comm sounded, "Lieutenant, what happened? Why are you not proceedings forward?" it was their Colonel. Back at the base, Colonel Luigi was standing before the monitor screen and was waiting anxiously for the reply from Lieutenant Gabriel. Ever since he heard that there were insurgents, who sneakily intruded their country even though they had a tight security, still managed to pass through with no problem. He was racking his brain that all of his brain juice would flow out through his ears and nose. To pass through that tight security means these guys must be skilled as the information from CIA said or the security must be sleeping! There is no other way for them to get into France! Even if they came through the border, the border patrol force would shoot them at sight and then ask questions. France is a strong nation that can stand on its own. Even though they suffered heavily in the two world wars against the Germans, they are still a nation with strong military to defend themselves well. If any come through the border without permission, they are considered as a threat and immediately shot at sight. So such a county actually let insurgents into their territory means a great insult to them. So when the CIA told them this, they immediately sent one of their best teams to dish out the insurgents, but now, they are not moving and was talking to each other with no care at all! When they get back, they will have a earful of words from him! He was waiting for a reply and it came immediately without delay, "This is Lieutenant Gabriel, Sir! This raid doesn''t seem right to us, this is probably rigged" Gabriel said. Luigi raised his eyebrow as he did not expect such answer. The technicians on the control looked at him. He know that if he is saying that this raid is a trap, then there''s is a 90% chance it is. He wants to cancel this very much so, but what if those insurgent group attack one of their cities? What if they bomb one of their attraction centers and kill hundreds? These questions were playing over and over inside his head. All he can do is trust his men and trust, that they can take these guys down. He said to them on the mic, "This could be one as you suspect, but we can''t leave if there were really a insurgent group and they plan on attacking us? What will we do when hundreds of innocent lives die just because we thought that one single mission was rigged? Now I want to cancel this more than you guys but, I don''t want to think about the result of it! Its your call Lieutenant, do what you feel is right and I''ll respect it". On the other side of the comm, inside the forest, all the ten of them heard the Colonel. They know that this is a heavy decision to make. One they turn back and risk the chance of getting attacked. Second, they proceed forward and there is a chance of them never going home again or going home with a win and make sure the safety of those innocents. They all looked at Gabriel, he is their Lieutenant, their leader! They will accept whatever he says cause they had been through life and death situations together and came back alive. If this is the first time they are gonna lose or win at the cost of something, they will take it down or take it down with them! Gabriel stayed silent, he want to make sure that the innocent people are safe and at the same time he wants his men, who were willing to follow him to death! He know it is a hard choice, but he want both. He finally spoke, "My mama once said..."Son, if you are going for it, then go high or go home" I''m not going home! I''m going high!" the men all smiled and so did the Colonel at the base. Gabriel then said to the comm, "Sir, the mission will proceed as planned! We will take down those Baiseurs de m¨¨re2 or go down with them! Gabriel out!" he then cut off the comms. Gabriel looked at his men. They all looked serious and their resolve was strong. They will follow their leader even if its death, if they could ensure the safety of innocent lives and the safety of their country, its worth it. He put on the Night Vision Goggles(NVG) and the rest of them did the same. He said, "Longue vie ¨¤ la France3!". The others also said the same in unison, "Longue vie ¨¤ la France!". They then proceeded forward towards their target. Inside that same forest, 200 meters away from the FSF team in the direction they are headed, two figures are staying low and watching the movements of the FSF team. Both of them were wearing black and black outfit that blends really well in the night. They have the high tech equipments that is enough to put the FSF unit''s equipment to shame. One of them was holding a AWR-17 sniper rifle which had a silencer attached to it with a movement detect/thermal detect type-2 times 8 CQBSS scope on top of the rifle. The other one was looking at them with a M830r 8x30r binoculars with thermal/night vision. He had a AUG A5 on his back, which is the now advanced version of AUG A3. The one with the sniper said, "Aww, will you look at that? Ain''t that sweet? Now I feel like not-shooting these guys, what do you say, Tom?" and turns out the one with the sniper rifle is a girl. Her voice was cute, only if she wasn''t holding a sniper rifle, she would be a normal High schooler type. Her teammate named Tom said while observing their "targets" and without even looking at her, "Stop whining and snipe them, shoot when we get the go". She said with a smile, "Yeah yeah, roger that, even though you got a beauty at your side and you don''t even bat an eye..... oh! Could it be your into men?" a fist hammered down on her head, "Ouch!" she whined. "Jerry, could you please focus? These guys or not the regular strike force, they are FSF and one of the best teams in it! So concentrate! There, 180 meters and closing" he went back to looking on the binoculars. 180 meters away, the team was closing in. They were looking in every known direction for signs of movement, but it was dead quiet, which scared them even more! There was not even a single sound! Not even the sounds of insects or owls, just the night breeze. Suddenly, all their comms sounded at the same time, "FSF team "Riots" of France, you are kindly asked to stop where you are and turn back, we do not want to harm you or anyone, but we will take you down if you don''t take us for granted and move one step forward, please think before you act as we do not want to spill any blood and end this in a peaceful way" the transmission ended. One of them shouted, "Gabby! What the heck was that!? How did they talk to us!? They couldn''t possibly have our frequency channel! Then how!?". The one called Gabby sat down and was scrambling on his Weblink, a bracelet type computer which could be taken anywhere, anytime, with eaze like taking a bracelet, mostly used by the military. His eyes were wide in shock and surprise. He said, "They..... Hacked the whole network just go speak to us...". Now it was their turn to be shocked and surprised. Even if they don''t know about it to the level of Gabby, they knew it is very hard to break into their network and it would take at least a day to break in. Yet these guys did that within like 12 hours or maybe even less! These guys techies are scary. Aside from the techie part, they still got the warning to consider. It could be a prank to make them go away so they won''t have to fight, or it could be real. But what''s more surprising is that they gave a them a warning when they could have possibly taken them out. These guys are hard to understand. He then said, "This doesn''t change anything, we will move forward and look out for snipers, we are basically ducks for them to shoot". 180 meters away from them, Tom kept two fingers on his ears like he was hearing something. "Affirmative" he said. He then said to Jerry, "Bling Bling, we have a go! The moment anyone takes more than two steps forward, put them down" he started his bird watching again. Jerry smirked as she said, "Solid copy" she cocked her gun and aimed at one of them. *Pew* 179 meters away, Gabby got shot right in middle of his head and fell down. The medic and others rushed towards him, "GABBY!!!!!!!". The medic checked his pulse and started to cry, "Gabby is.... No longer with us". The rest also couldn''t take it and tears dripped from their eyes. Everyone of them were always together whenever they did something. Happy times, sad times and funny times they had together all flashed in their eyes. Gabby was with them in every moment they shared! He was like a geek little brother to them and now, he''s gone. Rage filled within them and they lost all reasoning as they took their guns and started to fire in the direction they were going. Tom lay down on the ground due to their suppressive fire. Jerry was aiming at them one by one like tagging them, but didn''t shoot them. Colonel Luigi was more and more anxious. Their whole military network got hacked for a few seconds and the hackers just let them go after a few seconds without even taking a peek at their top secret files. They were more suspicious about this confusing action of the hackers, but nonetheless, they were happy that their files were safe. They were trying to see if they really didn''t look at their files or just pretended to not look at them. He then went near the mic and said as he stood while supporting himself by keeping his hands on the control panel, "Lieutenant, you guy got anything?". Gabriel immediately said, "Sir, Gabby is down! I repeat! Gabby is down! We are now laying down some suppressive fire on the enemy sniper!" He fired even though he can''t see where the target is. Colonel Luigi hit the panel and asked, "How many snipers are there!? Is there anyone else beside the sniper!? Talk to me son! What the f*ck is going on there!?" he shouted. Gabriel replied, "There is only one enemy sniper! Sir! But we couldn''t pin their location!" he layer down some more fire. Colonel Luigi was going crazy. Even if its just one sniper, without knowing their precise location, they are just sitting ducks. Luigi was about to say something but the comms have been terminated once again. He punched the control panel in anger. Back at the forest, Gabriel didn''t know that their communication was terminated and focused on shooting. On the other side, Jerry was very patience. She had her finger on the trigger and was jumping from one target to the other without firing. Tom kept quiet and let her do her job. She then finally stopped jumping around targets and aimed at Gabriel. She breathed in and let it out. *Pew* Just like that, Gabriel fell down with a hole on his forehead. She didn''t give the rest time to greave for their Lieutenant and shot down another one. She just jumped from one target to the other, each shot put down one and all of them were at the center of the head. Within 18 seconds of her firing, nine best soldiers of the FSF, lay dead. Tom then said as he kept two fingers on his ear like before, "Tangos down, Perimeter is secure! Returning to FOB?!". He then took his hands off and said, "Good job, your a great shot as ever". Jerry just smiled and didn''t say anything. She knows she''s a great shot! She''s one of the top ten snipers in the whole damn world. Colonel Luigi was waiting anxiously for the connection to get back. His anxiousness grew more and more for every second. The connection was finally back and there was a video sent to them, not the comm channel to Lieutenant Gabriel. He nodded his head and the operator on the seat played it. There is only black screen and a voice said, "Mr Colonel Luigi Papres, your men did not take our warning so we had to take them out, for that we are extremely sorry, we did not come here to bomb people or kill innocent lives or pry into your national secrets, our mission is something else which we are not authorized to disclose with you and once again, we are extremely sorry for what happened and we don''t want the same thing to happen again" the voice ended and the black screen played the video of FSF team being wiped out. Luigi was running cold sweat, ''That kind of sniping skills could rank in top ten of the world'' he thought. The video screen went black and the mysterious voice said once again, "We know that you are probably thinking and thinking hard like who are we? As an apology, we will tell you our identity, we are GHOSTS" the video ended and deleted itself. Five seconds later, the whole server crashed. 1. "Connerie" mean "Bullsh*t" in French. 2. "Baiseurs de m¨¨re" means "Mother F*ckers" in French. 3. "Longue vie ¨¤ la France" means "Long Live France" in French. 4. For those who don''t know, "FOB" means "Forward Operating base" in military terms. Peace out ?. 2 Madagascar United The incident about the FSF team being wiped out was kept quiet for the public, but that can''t be said for the other nation''s intelligence. The French Union had pressured the CIA to tell them every thing they know about the "Ghosts"! But the answer they got, left them dumbfounded. The CIA didn''t even know that they were called as "Ghost" until they said their identity to the French Military. Every single intelligence organization present in the hall were unable to believe what they just heard. They came here to learn more about this unfamiliar organization who had actually took out one of the best squad from FSF under 20 seconds. They were hoping to learn more about them. But what they actually know about them is that their organization''s name is "Ghosts", and even that was told to them by the French! They couldn''t even find a single clue that could give something about them. These guys are even more hard to find than Bin Laden! Even though KGB doesn''t like the CIA, they don''t want some foreign unknown group with heavily armed individuals running around in their country without their knowledge. The meeting ended in a few hours and the result of it was not what everyone expected. In the end, the Ghosts were really Ghosts. There was not even a single trace of activity that they could use to lead them to the Ghosts, but these guys covered their tracks very carefully. The FBI, Interpol, CIA, KGB and every f*ucking intelligence organization is now after their tail. This is not an investigation anymore, this is a challenge for them. They are not doing this because an elite unit got wiped out, but because to see if they can really hide from them when they are going all out on finding them. This is now a race between CIA and the KGB. The fight between the big dogs have begun. Away from all those conference and stuff. Across the borders of south Africa, stays a country which is belittled upon by all others just because they were in Africa. Madagascar United or MGU for short, has been strong and powerful for a long time. They ascend to power when it was the time of WWll and fought off Germans who came to invade their lands at that time. They stayed quiet and didn''t show off their powers for the world to see. If the Ghosts can be considered as good at hiding, then these guys are good at concealing themselves well. Their presence was always ignored due to their location. No one will think that a country like Madagascar can rival the super powers. All their focus was on the leagues that they forgot about the Under dogs. Madagascar used this as an opportunity and grew in strength. Every nation has a special division called "Under SOLS", which means "Under SOLDIERS". These soldiers are not the regular military unit. The difference between these guys and regular military is their age and mind. Normal military requires age 18 and above to join, but these guys require only 13 to join, of course they won''t send kids to warzone! They will mature them and make them pure soldiers. A normal soldier gets nine months of training before being enlisted, but its different for the Under SOLS as they get three years of training from the veterans of the country''s military. Being trained like that at that age makes them the elites of a country. As for the families of these kids, they are kept a secret from them. Of course no one would want their child to be a killing machine with conscious. With the aid of the government and the Military, its not that hard to keep it a secret. Not only these kids were trained to be soldiers, but also techies and medics and engineers or even a scientist. A child''s mind holds too much creativity that the adults can''t compare to. The adults think of making a guided missile while they think of making a nuke with enough punch to blow up Mars. You can''t compete in terms of creativity and innovation with a kid. Their ideas and tactics are enough to make the adults run for their money. As such, Madagascar also has the Under SOLS division, only a bit bigger than the other countries. Other countries recruit within their own country, with the will of the recruited of course. They can join the their country''s Under SOLS if they are willing for it and know what they are signing up for. But its different for MGU as they recruit from all over the world. Kids who suffer from parental torture or wants something with gig or kids who ran always from home and are suffering from the harsh world, there are tons of them. MGU provides them home, a huge gigantic family. Country difference is not seen among them, to them, they are one big happy f*ucking family. Most of these kids are nuts af! According to something called "Logic",normal infantry soldier would run "away" from a tank to escape, but Under SOLS of Madagascar Armed Forces or MGUAF for short, run towards it. Creativity is something marvelous, but used in the hardcore way, its called "madness". Just because they are a little loose on top doesn''t actually mean they don''t do anything normal. In fact, out of all the country''s military, MGU has it easy because others simply don''t care about them. In one of their bases in the eastern sector of Madagascar, a team of 12 Under SOLS were inside their quarters, lazing around. Three were sleeping on beds, one was cleaning a sniper rifle, four were playing video games on their Weblink with each other, one was looking at stuff related to worlds military forces and the others were lying on the bed and reading magazines. If anyone come in and saw this scene, they will think of this as boys having a stay over, not highly trained elite military operatives. "Flynn, find anything on that conference yet?" asked one of the boys who were reading magazines. "Nah, I got that five minutes ago, I''m just seeing if I can find anything interesting and worth my time" said Flynn, the one meddling with his Weblink. The guy who asked him put his magazine away and said as he looked at the sealing as he let out a *sigh*, "If you found out anything, then why the f*ck are you quiet about it?". Flynn said, "Well I think its not worth even looking into it, I''m disappointed at the Intelligence, They are slacking way too much" he was still looking at his Weblink when he said that. The one who asked previously got up from the bed and asked, "Well, what do you got? Hit me up!". Flynn said as he was unwilling to look at anything beside his Weblink, "The CIA? They got nothing on these guys! They only found out their name is "Ghosts" when they said that to the French Union as an apology for taking out their team! These guys are pretty capable I would say, 18 seconds and 9 elites from FSF died, just like that and that''s all there is". He was talking like its nothing, but if anyone from those intelligence organization hear this, they will eat their own sh*t with butter and jam and hang themselves! This information is considered as national level secret! No one apart from them and their higher ups can look at it and yet this guy here got their whole damn files within a minute! His hacking skills are heavenly! Well he is one of the Tech division of the Under SOLS in MGU and he is their best of the bests! He developed a software on his own called "The Magnum OP" or "MGOP" for short. This one software can break into any level of security and hack into their system with ease! Not only he can hack, but also defend from the outsiders hacking into his system. Due to its over powering ability, the MGU has decided to merge this with their own system. Their networks, communication systems, weapon systems and defence system, everything is connected to MGOP now. In case he died or something unfortunate happened to him, the MGOP will be sent to the command center and only the Supreme General can give go for its operation. Yes, Madagascar United is a military rule country. They don''t have political disputes or elections to select which guy should rule over them. It all depends highly on the Military and the people accepted that. They fought for their country and will still fight for them, so why not let them handle everything? That''s the people''s thought and how they really feel. MGU has been good to its subjects as the Military interacts with people normally and with no issues. They are like neighbors with good relation with each other. Back to the topic, the one on the bed who asked Flynn asked again, "Is that all they had? Nothing else? What the f*ck dude? Aren''t they called intelligence organization for a reason?". Flynn then said, "If you are raging for this, then hear this, CIA has been on their tail for three f*cking years". Connor, the one who was raging said, "Three f*ucking years and only now did they get their name? Just how lazy is CIA?". Flynn said as he is still looking at his Weblink, "Why are you thinking like that? Think the other way, maybe these guys have the name "Ghosts" for a reason and this could be their reason". Connor looked at him and said, "What reason? For ghosting or looking cool?". Flynn finally stopped his Weblink and looked at Connor, "For being untraceable, these guys can''t be seen and they got a pretty damn sniper and probably the highest end techs you can find, these guys deserve the name". Everyone in that room looked at him with mouths wide, even the ones sleeping woke up due to his remark. They never heard this guy talk so highly of others nor did he talk highly of himself. But he saying that highly someone, looks like a hurricane will hit their coast today. One of the sleeping ones got up and rushed to the TV and turned it on and put on a weather channel. Everyone looked at the TV closely and seriously. This action of their confused Flynn. Curiously, he asked them, "Hey what''s going on? Is there something in the weather channel or are you all looking at it for the babe?". The lady in the TV said its looking all clear on the Madagascar region. They all looked confused now. Flynn couldn''t take it anymore and he asked, "Hey guys, just what the f*ck is going on!? Can someone tell me for f*cks sake!?". The others looked at him weirdly. The one who turned on the TV said, "No we were just looking for a massive storm near our region, but there is not even a pitiful rain! How could it not be storming when the Great Techie God Flynn, praised someone else?" he teased him. Raged, Flynn threw the first thing he got. The object flew towards the one who spoke, but he ducked at the last second and it hit the TV screen, everyone looked at it. There was total silence that even a pin drop could be heard. Flynn tried to slowly get up from the bed and get out of this place before havoc begins. Unfortunately for him, the others looked at him the moment he got up. He then started to run towards the door but got caught by one of them. He said, "Enrique! My brother! Let me go please!" he pleaded. The one called Enrique looked at him with demonic rage filled eyes and said, "JUSTICE SHALL BE SERVED!" following that was the pitiful cries of Flynn, the Tech God. After everything was done, their room looked like a burglar came in earlier. They all lay on the floor tired and panting. They knocked and played soccer and football and volleyball using Flynn, the pitiful creature. Connor sat up and asked, "By the way Flynn, do you know anything about the FSF team that was deployed?". Flynn also sat up and said, "Yea, these guys have a good record for clearing missions! Counter terrorism, insurgence takeout, special ops, espionage etc etc! You name it, they got it!" he then sent a file to his Weblink. Connor was amazed by the amount of missions completed by these guys. "These guys are definitely pros, but how did they get wiped out without a second note?" The other one sitting beside Connor asked. Flynn said, "Probably cause they got emotionally unstable". The one who previously asked looked at Flynn with a questioning look as he asked, "How do you say so?". The sniper guy said, "It''s because the sniper knows what he was doing, look at the file" they all looked at it, except Flynn. The sniper continued, "Every single mission they did, they did it together, which means they all have a bond with each other! Just like us!". Now it all made sense to them as they nodded. He continued, "The sniper must have took out their mascot and they should have lost their cool after his death, thus ended up shooting like crazy without a target". The one of those who were playing games clapped as he said, "That''s our sniper for you ladies and gentlemen" the others nodded their head but looked a bit down. They also have a strong bond, even stronger than those FSF or any other teams. They been together since the start till now. If one of them was KIA1 will they also go crazy like that and end up dead? This is the question they have running on their head. Enrique said, "We will deal with it when something like that happens, but I doubt it will even happen though" the others laughed. They were all thinking the same thing. Connor asked, "Oh yea, what''s name of that Lieutenant, who was leading the team?" Flynn thought for a second and answered, "Its Gabriel Adams, he''s from Paris". Putok, the one the guys who were playing game together asked, "Say Guido, don''t you name ends with Adams too? And your also from Paris right? Do you know him by any chance?". Guido was clutching his head when he heard the name Gabriel Adams. He mumbled, "No way...... No way.... No way......No way... He can''t be.... It can''t be him... There is no way its possible". They all looked at him, he was acting weird after he heard the name. Haruhiro, one of those who were sleeping, said with a serious tone, "Guido, do you know him?". Guido teared up and said, "He''s... He''s... He''s my big brother". All of them got shocked when they hear him say that the one who was leading the FSF team and died, was his brother!? 1. "KIA" means "Killed In Action" 3 Hunt for the Ghost Sniper. "Whoa whoa whoa! What in the actual f*cking HELL!? Did he just say the lieutenant, who lead that FSF team to death, is actually his big brother!? F*cking hell!" Reginald, one of the gaming guy said. Connor just kept thinking without saying anything. This thing just changed from admiration to personal affair, he had to think it through or things will get more messy. He don''t want to fight the Ghosts nor does he want to stay quiet and let them go for killing one his brothers family member. He''s having a hard time choosing between it. Guido wiped his tears and said, "Its fine Lieutenant, I don''t want for MGU to go to war with others because of me". He said it that way, but they knew he wants revenge for his brother, they were with this idiot for more than three years. Connor, who is their Lieutenant, said, "Don''t worry Guido, I won''t do anything stupid, you know me well". Guido replied, "That''s why I''m saying that!". "Oi! Don''t you trust me? Am I that impulsive!?" Connor rebutted. The others said in unison, "Do you think!?". Connor received a huge blow! Connor finally accepted his defeat and said, "Fine, Guido, I won''t do anything stupid! There! I said it! Are you all happy now?". They all gave him a weird look. He said he won''t do anything, he definitely will! Reginald said lazily, "I''ll go get my gear ready...". The rest also followed him up, including Guido. This idiot Connor will definitely not stay quiet about this matter and they will be moving out soon because of that idiot. Connor also got up, he need to get things set for them to go. After leaving their quarters, they split up. Connor left for their division HQ in their sector, while the rest will go to the armory to get their toys. It took him an hour to get there. He got lift from one of his associates and got to the HQ. He walked in as it is not the first time for him to come here. He walked straight to the reception and asked to the lady there, "Hey there Miss Sally! Your beautiful as ever! Is commander Roland in? I wanna talk with him a bit". The lady smiled at him and said, "You sure know how to sweet talk to a women huh, what is it this time Connor? He''s in a meeting with someone and should be free within couple minutes, could you wait till then?" She said. Connor smiled and said, "Well I have all the time in the world, I don''t mind waiting and by the way, who''s this gust of his?" he asked her. She said, "Don''t know, some guy from out of country, maybe foreign military? I don''t really get the idea of him, but I sure can say he looked handsome! No offence though, you look pretty too". He cried in his heart and forced a smiled outside when he heard that, "You break my heart, Miss Sally, I even thought about asking you out on a date". She giggled and said, "My my, aren''t you going high? I don''t dislike that type of boys" she winked at him. They passed time by chatting and a lot of passer by, greeted them. Just as they were talking about the new gaming console that was released by Nintendo, a guy in full formal military attire and an Noble aura, came out of the elevator. Behind him were two soldiers without guns, but wore bullet proof armour and a helmet that fully covered their head and had a pistol on their waist, they looked like highly disciplined soldiers. The man looked like he was in his mid 20s or 30s, his face ad the look of disappointment. He didn''t even bat an eye at them and just walked out. "What''s his deal? He looked like he ate the wrong pizza with hydrogen peroxide as side dish" Connor said. "Who knows? I wonder what happened inside? If they had a quarrel with each other and he ended up hitting our commander, he won''t leave the country alive or dead" she said it normally, but it would scare the sh*t out of others if they were to hear what she said. Connor didn''t feel anything as he know what she meant to say is, "You don''t F*ck with us in our f*cking territory! This is our hood mother f*ckers! Don''t get swayed away by our hospitality cause we''re thugs" or something similar to that. She then contacted the commander''s office and said the details. He told her to send him up and she said, "I will immediately do that sir". She then cut the call and looked at him and said, "He''s waiting for you and said that he actually want to see you, looks like you guys will be deployed" her voice sounded concerned. Connor said, "Don''t worry miss Sally, you know we look after each other''s arse, we should be fine with it" he winked at her and left to meet the commander. He went ahead and took the elevator and pressed 12th floor. He waited for the elevator to reach the 12th floor while listing to music. The elevator didn''t stop anywhere so he reached the top very soon. He got out of the elevator and turned left. He went straight to the end of the hallway and knocked on the door in front of him. He straightened his militaryofficer suit and did the same for his cap and he changed his look from playful youth to a serious military soldier. "Come in, its open" a voice came from inside. He opened the door and walked in. Inside the room, a guy in an officer outfit is sitting on a chair, before him is a desk half filled with papers, a computer and some stuff. He''s sitting on the chair with his head hung back and his hand on his head, he looked really exhausted. He walked forward and saluted him as he said, "Lieutenant Connor of S squad Reporting, Sir!". The commander lazily looked at him and said, "At ease lieutenant, and don''t shout! I''m having a headache due to some douchebags, so please don''t shout". Connor replied, "Yes sir". The commander pointed the chair before him and said, "Have a seat". Connor walked up to it and seated on it and removed his cap. "So who was Mister Donut? I saw him over the lobby, he really made Miss Sally fall for him! I seriously don''t like that high spec aura he''s giving off, commander Dylan" Connor said. Dylan laughed when he heard him, "Hahaha, that makes two of us then! He''s from the British council, He was like all high end royal ass and talks like he owns the f*cking building! He''s lucky to be able to walk out alive, if I turned on that microphone, then he will be welcomed by a rain of bullets when he walked out of here" he pointed the mic beside him. He then looked at Connor and asked, "So what brings you here Connor? Do you need anything?". Connor said seriously, "Sir, what I''m going to ask might be difficult or even impossible to approve, so I want some advice also". Dylan smiled and said, "Anything you need". Connor maintained his serious demeanor and dropped a bomb, "I''m going after the "Ghosts", Sir, I need your approval and help in this matter". Dylan froze, just like that. He didn''t speak or blink or breath or even do a single action to prove that he''s still alive. Connor thought that he did something wrong so he tried shaking him up, "Sir? Sir? Sir are you okay?". After shaking for five minutes, Dylan came back to reality and started to drill his ears with his finger. "Sorry Connor, I think something must have gone inside my ear! hahaha! I heard like, you want to go after the Ghosts! LoL! I really can''t stop laughing!" Dylan started laughing. Connor now knows that even with the help of MGU, it won''t be easy to catch that "Ghost sniper" from his reaction. He said, "Sir, what you heard is correct, I''m going after the Ghosts with my squad! And its already been decided". Dylan hit the desk and shouted, "Have you lost your f*cking mind!? Do you even know what you are talking about!? Your talking about going against the Ghosts! The Ghosts! They are not normal people to be messed with! Are you tired of living Connor? Are you thinking that you did a lot for MGU and now wanting to die with your men and want to go down with a gig!? What the f*ck is wrong with that smart head of yours!?" he raged at him. Connor did not expect that! He thought it won''t be easy to handle, but he never would have expected it to be insane! Are those guys that strong? Even MGU can''t stand against them? That''s actual bullsh*t! Connor became serious and said, "Sir, I don''t want to get all the Ghosts, but that sniper mentioned to have taken out the FSF team, that''s all". Dylan calmed down as he thought for a bit and said, "why do you want to get him? Do you know them or something? Or is there anything else?". Connor didn''t hide it and said, "Gabriel Adams is the brother of Guido Adams, my brother". Dylan now know the reason behind his sudden interest in the Ghosts! Even though they are strong and skilled, they can''t be compared to MGU in any aspects! Dylan thought for a while and asked, "Ghosts are really hard to track and that specific sniper is most likely not in France anymore, what are you going to do?" he wanted to know if he can really do this or not. Even though he''s not in their team, MGU has a saying, "If you hurt one of us, we hurt ten of you! If you kill one of us, then we will slaughter a hundred of you! If you disturb or do something to this family of ours, no place on earth can save you!" and that saying is perfect for this situation. Connor said, "I have contacts that van help me get to the Ghosts". Dylan nodded his head and said, "I''ll approve this but remember, MGU doesn''t want trouble with Ghosts! So go only after that sniper and not the whole organization". Connor stood up and saluted him after he put on his cap. Dylan gave him one last advice, "Just don''t be reckless and die, to us adults, you youngsters are far more precious than anything! So come back safe". Connor replied, "Yes Sir!" he then turned and left the Office room and the HQ. He hurried back to base and got himself geared up. He saw that everyone was in the shed and looked ready to get going. He put his helmet on and said, "Men! ARE YOU READY!?" he shouted. Everyone got in a single file and shouted back in respond, "SIR YES SIR!". They had a serious look on their face. These guys are elites if the elites! Best of the bests! No matter who they face, they go around them or go though them! Connor said, "At ease" he all calmed down and the serious atmosphere changed into a normal one. Reginald cane forth and asked, "How did it go on HQ? Looking at you, everything went alright I guess?". Connor smiled and said, "Shut up, he shouted at me for asking permission". They all came forward and asked with concern, "Did anything happen? Why would he shout?". Connor said, "No, a douchebag came in earlier before me and it was because of him he got pissed off". They then calmed down after hearing the reason. Flynn then said, "Ghosts are not someone we can find over a coffee, I wouldn''t rely too much on my skills alone either, we need an outsource to get information" they all nodded their head and only Connor smiled. Looking at his smiled they know he got something. "What is it? Spit it out!" Putok said. "You guys should be proud that I''m your Leader, cause I got just the contact that will help us get that Ghost sniper!" he winked at them. They all got excited and asked, "Who is it!?". He then said something that shocked them to core and made their jaws drop. "Griddman". 4 sGriddmans Putok was the first to ask the weirdest question, "Who is this Griddman your talking about? Is he some random bigshot?" his question petrified the others. Flynn grabbed his shoulders and asked, "Are you..... Really Putok? Our brother Putok? The heavy Russian gunner Putok? Answer me!" he started shaking his violently. Putok stopped him and said, "What the fuck! Comrade! Are you good or did you lose your mind? I need assistance here! Help!" the rest came in and stopped Flynn from going berserk. Putok straighten his dress and asked, "Who is this "Griddman" showoff? Is he really a big deal?" the other shook their head while *sighing*. Reginald said, "You know the organization called "The Infogratz" right?" Putok nodded his head. Reginald continued, "Rumor has it that the guy with the code name "Griddman" is the head of the so called "Infogratz" and whatever they know, he knows" Putok was in awe. He had heard about the information group called "The Infogratz" and they pledge no allegiance to any country. They work on their own and gather information on their own and sell it for an unreasonable price as all the information they get can be considered as confidential. Putok then said, "So the head of the "Infogratz" is called "Griddman" and he knows almost everything, did I miss anything?". "No, least not basic" Reginald said. Flynn then calmed down and asked, "More importantly, how do you know Griddman? Isn''t he someone that only people with power and influence can meet? How about you?" he looked at Connor, who is smiling. Connor then winked and said, "Its a trade secret" this action of his caused others to be creep out. Connor then cleared his throat and said, "First let me contact someone" he then moved away from the group while contacting someone by his Weblink. The others gave him a suspicious look but didn''t pry into his privacy matter and they started to chat about what they should do and tactics and what should they when things go south. While they were talking, Connor found a place distance from the other and was waiting for that someone to attend his call. Every time he called, he received no answer from the other side. He let out a *sigh* and thought about quitting and try some other way tofind that Ghost sniper. Just as he was about to leave, his Weblink rang. Looking at the caller ID, he couldn''t help but smile. He accepted the call and a grim voice said, "Who''s this? How did you get this ID?". Connor smirked and said, "Well, I think you can cancel whatever soundboard you are using and speak in your normal voice, Brad Connor". The other side was clearly shocked by his response. Brad was obviously puzzled as to why some unknown person would call him? Why would he know his name on top of it!? Every single brain cell of his is scrambling to find the answer but no heed. He switched call without hanging the other one and said, "Did you find him?" his look was sharp and cold. In his line of work, there is a lot of chance that he could make enemies even though he doesn''t know of them, so he had to be careful. The second call is a video call and it showed a guy with glasses, who was currently scrambling his keyboard without even looking at the cam. The guy with glasses said, "No use boss, this guy has some unrealistic defense mechanism! I can''t get through! This is the first time I''m facing someone as him! On top of that, his location is jumping every f*cking second I get a ping on him! Just where did fish him out? That software is just too...... Perfect! I''m sorry to say this boss, but this is my limit! I''m not a god". Brad was very surprised, to think that there is someone who can make his techie sweat till he accept defeat..... This guy must be someone with influence! He then said, "Don''t worry, I''ll take care of it then! You go and do your work, I won''t disturb you" the glass guy nodded and cut offed. Brad then turned off the voice scrambler and talked in his usual voice, "Now, who is this for real? Don''t try to play games with me! I''m really busy and I don''t want to waste time". On the other side, Connor''s smirk widened as he said, "Oh...... Then do you find talking to your brother waste of time? You kinda hurt my feelings you know?". Brad clearly did not expect that. His brother!? How the heck is that possible!? He then calmed himself by breathing and said, "Don''t f*ck with me you salt assed mother f*cker, if you do? I won''t be responsible for your life" his tone was terrifying! How dare a nobody talks about his precious family! He would dig a hole in the ground and put him inside and punch him till he reach China if he were to do anything to his family! Connor then said, "Hahaha, don''t worry don''t worry, if you were to kill me, do you think Mom, Dad and Stella would let you off the hook? Think about it". Now Brad was reaching his patience limit. He seriously want to find this guy and beat him till he bleed his moms milk! He then said, "If you are Little, then prove it!". Now Connor really got something to tease his bro, he has been waiting for it! "Well then, I think I''ll just go and tell Stella about your 80s Porn collection which you collected as souve-" he was cut off by Brad. "OK OK OK! I believe it is you! Please don''t tell her about this! It will ruin my cool big brother image which I have saved for all these years!" Brad said. Connor burst into laughter, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! it was a right choice to lead you to asking that! Totally worth it!". Brad now understood that this guy is really his brother. Even if he didn''t realize this at first, he do now because of that laughter. Brad *sighed* and asked, "Why all this? And what''s up with that super godly level security? Are you some terrorist or something now? I thought you were in Michigan". Connor said, "Well........ A lot is going on my end and I have a friend who''s a genius when it comes to techs, so this is like a gift from him and by the way, how''s everyone over there?". Brad''s voice then turned kind and caring, "Well everyone is doing good and only you are not here, we kinda miss you and its making us feel a part losing in the chess and Stella got confessed and the guy got turned down, apparently". Connor started laughing again and said, "Hahahaha! That''s our sister for you! If she is only thought as a beauty, then those people are dead wrong! She''s a beast!" both of them started laughing. Brad then changed the subject, "It''s rare for you contact me, want something?". Connor then got serious and said, "I want to meet you brother! I need you help on something! Can I meet you?". Hearing his serious voice, Brad could more or less guess something was up. He said, "No problem, I''ll come to Michigan to see you". Connor refused, "No, that''s not necessary, I''ll come to Boston...... I''ll come home". 5 Going back home "OK then, I''ll wait here and tell everyone that your coming! Stella''s gone to California with dad, so only me and mom are home for now, I''ll tell them you''re coming home! That should bring them back" Brad said. Connor asked confusedly, "Why? What''s with them? Going all the way up to California, did something happen?". Brad said, "Nah, just some expo or sort, don''t worry over it brother, even if something happened, sis would let us know". Connor then said, "OK bro, I''ll call you back when I get to the airport, don''t forget to pick me up or else I''ll go Chuck Norris on your ass" he said with a smirk on his face. Brad smiled on the other side, "Alright alright, since you are my lil bro, I''ll send some time to come pick you up". "OK then, see you later! Bye bro" Connor hung up the call and looked at the group. The others also turned around at the same time to see of he''s done with the call. Connor smiled and walked towards them. "Any news?" Reginald asked. "I gotta go to Boston if I need the information" Connor replied. The others looked at each other in confusion, but they still nodded their head as they trust him to do the right thing. "What''s our next course of action?" Flynn asked. Connor immediately said, "First, me, Reginald and Ed will goto Boston and get all the info we can! Second, Guido, Putok and Sam will goto France! Flynn and the others stay here and see if you can find anything" they all nodded their head. Guido asked, "But.... Why France? To look for information?". Connor put his hand on his shoulder and said with a soft voice, "Guido, we know you are one of the best soldier and our best pal! But he is still your family, go meet him one last time and send him off" the others smiled. Guido didn''t know what to say, he was getting emotional. He saluted him and said, "Sir yes Sir!". Connor took his hand off and said, "Men! Move out!" the other stand attention and saluted him as they said, "SIR YES SIR!" then they left the shed and went to put the gear back in the armory as there is no use of them for now. Connor walked towards the direction where the Strike Force resides. Their residential quarter was not bad looking, it was like an four stories apartment. He walked walked in through the front door and took the stairs to go to the third floor. He got to the third floor and knocked on the second door from the stairs. He kept knocking three more times, no one opened the door. Connor finally gave up knocking and said, "I know you are inside! If you don''t open in 10 seconds, I''ll blow this door without a second thought!". Sound of someone rushing to the door came from the other side. *click*. A man who seemed to be like in his 40s with his shirt buttons undone, opened the door and said, "Oh it''s just you! Sorry I was busy with something...." A women looked like she was two years younger than the man came out, half naked. "Who is it?" the women asked and the man replied, "It''s just Connor, I thought someone else was here". Connor said with a weird look, "Hooooo..... Were you waiting for someone else? Even though you got a beautiful lady like Miss Jane, you still want someone else? How low can you be such a low life!? Or were you planning to try threesome!?". The man had a grave look on his face. He was screaming inside, ''WHY THE F*CK ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME CONNOR! YOU ARE ADDING GASOLINE TO A FOREST FIRE!" he slowly turned to look at the women behind him and saw that she was releasing an imposing aura that of a demon ready to eat him alive. "Ah- no, this is a misunderstanding! He is doing this on purpose! Don''t believe him! I truly like him and I''m not cheating on you! It''s the tru-" a punch landed on his face when he was explaining. "I know that he was messing with you, I just felt like punching you" Jane said. "Haha Miss Jane, you are quite ruthless! But I like it!" Connor said with a laugh. Jane smiled and asked, "Well thanks for the sweet talk and its about time you said why you''re here right? Why don''t you come in? We''ll talk over a drink". "I''m all in for it! And what about him?" Connor said and looked at the man laying on the floor. "Hmm? Just dragging him inside is fine" she said simply but Connor didn''t know whether cry or laugh at her words. And so, he dragged his inside the and put in on the sofa with the help of Jane. She then started to make some coffee and asked as she was making it, "What brings you here today? Since you are in your formal uniform, any mission you need help with? I don''t think you just came here to "drop by and say hi", what is it?". Connor smiled and said, "Your sharp as ever miss Jane! You really deserve the name "The Recon Rose Jane"! Being the best recon team in our division, who else can I go for help if not you?" Connor started to sugarcoat things. Jane smiled seductively and said, "Don''t you think you are adding too much sugar? Get right to business now or drink this and come back when you want to say it" she placed the coffee on the table and looked at him as she took a sip from her cup. Connor smiled and said, "Guess I licked your boot too much huh?" Jane just smiled at his remark and took another sip. Connor took a sip from his cup and said, "I''ll get right down to business, I want your team to accompany us to Boston". Jane put her cup on the table and closed her eyes, thinking. She opened her eyes after sometime and asked, "I know how you guys roll and I trust your judgment, but care to tell me why Boston? Please tell me you guys aren''t going there with guns flashing! I know you guys are nuts but this is under the category of "Insanity"! If you are doing something like that, strike me out of the equation!" she let out a big breath. Connor''s lips twitched as he said, "Do you think that we are that eager to die?".Jane shook her head, "It''s not that, you guys sometimes tend to be reckless! Even though you guys are "U SOLS" it doesn''t mean you won''t die if a bullet hit you in the head" she said. Connor smiled, "Come on Miss Jane, we maybe impulsive sometimes, but that doesn''t mean we are always crazy!" he said. Jane said, "Then what category does that mission when you guys took a whole Russian convoy down!? There were at least 75 escorts and 25 original guards on it! If this doesn''t count crazy, I don''t know what does". Connor was loss for words. It is true that he once led his team to take out a Russian convoy of one hundred soldiers and came back in one piece and with no injury on his side but total annihilation on the other side. "Even if they are Russian, that doesn''t mean they are Russian military alright? They were a separatist militia force and the Russian government asked the UN to stop them!" Connor said. Jane opened one of her eyes and asked, "Then why was the "S" squad of MGUAF doing the job of UN for them? Explain!". Connor let out a sigh and said, "Well we were patrolling the area and those guys were the ones that intruded our territory! We had the order of "Eliminate hostiles wandering into the borders of MGU" and what will you do if you have that order and see dozens of vehicles running into our border with armed personals inside!? We did exactly that! At first we thought it was AFF, but after we finished killing them off did we notice that they were Russians, things were pretty messed at first but it went smoothly later and we were commended for our action of killing the intruders and rebels". Jane put her hands up in the air and said, "OK fine! I give up! I can''t stand toe to toe with you! Now tell me why you want to goto Boston?". Connor drank all the coffee in one go and said, "My parents live there and there''s a certain someone who I want to ask some information, so I''m going there with two others from my team and only the three of us will not be enough in times of danger, so that''s why I need your help!". Jane raised her eyebrows in surprise and said, "Wait you''re from Boston?" Connor nodded his head. "Wow that''s a surprise! My parents are there as well!". Now Connor raised his eyebrows, "Now that''s a news! You from Boston as well? That''s amazing!" He said. Jane smiled and said, "No worries Connor, we''ll accompany you guys! When are we leaving?". Connor became serious and said, "Immediately!". Jane also nodded her head and send him off, so she can make preparations. Connor didn''t delay and went straight to their quarters and started packing up his thing for the trip home. When he came out of the room, he saw Reginald and Ed were standing near the door with bags in their hands and were wearing normal clothes. "You guys ready to go?" Connor asked. Both of them nodded. The trio said their byes to their team and went towards the Airbase. When they arrived at the Airbase, they saw that Jane and her team of three were waiting for them in normal attire. Jane walked forward towards them and asked, "I thought we were going to the airport? And why did CJ called me and said that he was going to give us a lift? Care to explain?" The others also looked at Connor and gave him a weird look. Connor rubbed his nose and said, "Well I was planning to use the airways, but since we need to goto Michigan and then Boston to avoid suspicion from my brother who will be visiting me at the airport, CJ said he will help me in this aspect, so why not accept his offer I thought". Jane shook her head and asked, "Then does coming out of a military jet in a public airport not raise suspicion?" the others nodded their head. Connor let out a sigh and said, "Now did I say we are using a military transport to fly over there? I don''t remember". The others were confused and Reginald asked, "Then what are we using?". Connor smiled and said, "Private jet of commander Dylan" the others dropped their jaws when they heard him! Did he just say that he got permission to use the division vice commander''s private jet? They didn''t know what to say. Ed said, "I''m gonna restrain myself from commenting!" The others nodded their head. Connor shrugged his shoulders. Only he know how hard it was to convince Dylan, but in the end he did so that''s all that matters now! CJ arrived 20 minutes later and greeted them after which they all boarded the jet and took off to Michigan. 6 City Battle in Mozambique While Connor and group were on their way to Michigan, a problem arose on the MGU border in Mozambique. The command center was bustling with officials walking here and there while talking on the ear piece. At this moment, the steal door opened and a man in commander uniform walked in. Everyone stopped what they were doing and saluted him. The man nodded and asked, "What''s the situation?". A guy came to him and said, "Sir! It seems that the AFF (Africa''s Freedom Fighters) is being aggressive towards South Africa but the main problem is they are attacking the city that''s inside our border, our men are engaging with them at the moment". The man in commander suit nodded and said, "Tell the men, "secure the civilians while eliminating the hostiles, but retreat if the situation seems pressing" tell that to them". The guy saluted, "Yes sir!" he then started to inform the ground force that''s fighting the rebel forces. The commander walked towards the screen and looked at it. The live footage provided from the UAVs show smokes rising from the city. He then said, "Call base Campo and tell them to flank the enemy force from behind while laying down suppressive fire from air". They immediately passed on the message. Base Campo responded immediately, "Affirmative! ETA 20 minutes!". But when the message reached the ground force in the city they shouted, "20 MINUTES!? We won''t even last 5 fucking minutes if this keeps on! We need air support immediately!". The operator looked at the commander for answer. The commander looked at the screen silently. He suddenly asked, "Is there any team to the west of the city?". The operator immediately looked into it and said, "Yes sir! There is a platoon half a mile away from the city!". Commander said, "Connect me to them immediately!". The operator did as he was told and connected him to the platoon leader. The commander put on a ear piece and said, "This is commander Gord of the west sector, do you read?". The platoon leader replied, "This is First Lieutenant Evans of 122nd platoon, solid copy sir!". Gord asked, "Evans, what is your status?". Evans replied, "Patrol mission on the border''s sir! 23 men, all equipped with ARs*, two Humvees with 50.cal mount and an APC with 105 millimeter on top sir!". Gord said, "Good, the city half a click to your east is under attack and our men in the city are being suppressed by enemy fire, flank them with everything you got and buy them 19 minutes of time! Reinforcements should arrive by then". Evans said, "Yes sir!". He then ordered his men to turn around and rushed towards the city on top speed. Evans connected to the team channel and said, "Everyone! Guns up! We are ordered to go to the city and help our force break from the suppressive enemy fire and help them survive for 19 minutes!". The soldiers all nodded their head and loaded their guns. Evans and his platoon rushed to the city on their vehicles. The city was like a battlefield, burning cars, damaged buildings, gun fire, bullets and blood. It was half Hell. Evan''s team got out from the APC and both Humvee. Two guys stayed inside to look after the mounted gun while the driver drives the vehicles. "This is Zebra platoon, ground team respond" Evans said. His ear piece ringed and then a guy said, "This is Baker unit! We are under heavy fire from enemy on Fernandez street! We got a wounded trapped on the other side! We need help immediately! Where the heck are you!?!". "We are at the Solomon street, we will head over to you right away!" Evans said. The other guy said, "No! Don''t come to us! You will get caught in it as well! Come through walnut street and flank them from behind!". Evans said, "Solid copy". He turned towards one of his men and asked, "Which way is the Walnut street?". The guy said, "We take left and go 400 meters then take a right, that''s the Walnut street". Evans nodded his head and said, "Alright men! We move on foot! Wheels will cover us while we provide support to them! Move!". Expect the gunners and drivers, the rest started to run on foot towards the Walnut street. They reached the turn and saw civilians running away from the battle. They guided them to a safe way then advanced forward with mounts covering from rear. They advanced while pointing the guns forward. They looked the roof and the street for hostiles. They could hear the gun fire, but could not see them yet. They started to advance a bit faster and reached the junction. "Baker unit, where are the hostiles?" Evans asked while pressing the ear piece. *Buzz*. Evans couldn''t understand why they didn''t reply and thought it must be a static problem so he asked once again, "Baker unit, where are the enemy hostiles!?". *Buzz*. No reply, Evans was getting more and more suspicious. Could it be....they are wiped out? No way! That''s not possible! They are soldiers of MGU! And defense force to boot! There is no way in Hell they can be wiped out by a mere rebel militia! "Baker unit! Answer me goddamn it!" Evans shouted. His men were in total alert. Baker unit was not responding and even the gunshots stopped, this is not looking good. Evans then connected to the HQ and said, "HQ, this is Lieutenant Evans, Baker Unit is not responding to the call, this is not looking good". Evans voice was full of seriousness. Even if this place is inside their territory and one of their unit may have been wiped out, he''s not foolish enough to lead his men to their doom. "Dickery, infrared" he said. "Copy that boss" the guy in APC said. He switched on the infrared camera on the turret. He looked at the monitor screen. His first reaction was, WHAT THE FUCK!? "Lieutenant! Everyone! Fall back! Quickly!" he shouted. Evans asked, "What happened!? What''s wrong!?". "Lieutenant! Those fuckers are all over the place!" he shouted again. The moment he closed his mouth, a rain of bullets poured down on them. "*************************" Evans cursed. He escaped death by a hair''s length but the same can''t be said to the two of his men who were lying on the ground with body full of holes, they are dead. "Colt and Jed are down! These fuckers are pounding us!" one of the men shouted. "These guys are definitely not rebel forces! Rebels never hit this hard! And how the fuck is this a small insurgent unit!? This is a fucking platoon or maybe even a dozen!" another one shouted over the comm while hiding inside a house. "We need the air support man! We need to get the tanks here! We need the goddamn division!" another one. Evans couldn''t take it anymore and shouted, "WILL YOU ALL CALM THE FUCK DOWN AND TAKE A GODDAMN HINT! WE ARE UNDER HEAVY FIRE AND THE REINFORCEMENTS ARE FIFTEEN MINUTES AWAY! SO STOP WHINING LIKE A FREAKING KID AND GUN UP!". Evans then started to fire at the enemy through the window. His men also gathered themselves and laid a suppressive fire on the enemy line across the main street. The APC and the mounts found a gap to roll in and started firing. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*. The mounted 105mm rained hell on the enemies while the 50s pounded them. This gave the platoon a chance to advance and push them back. Evans and his men fired from the edge of the street while the enemies fired from buildings, houses and behind Destroyed vehicles and all. The enemy force clearly outnumbered them by a big margin, but they still didn''t waver. This is MGU! This is their turf! If they can''t even fight and defend their own border then they can''t call themselves soldiers. Suddenly, tanks rolled in behind the enemies with MGU flag symbol on them. "Yeah baby! Now we are talking! Flush them out!" a guy shouted from Evans platoon. Evans and his men felt hope in getting out of this hell. But to their despair, the tanks didn''t shoot the enemy force but went passed them and came towards them. The enemies hid behind the armored tanks and advanced. "What the mother of FUCK!? The tanks are jacked!? Holy shit!" someone shouted. Evans hand signaled and shouted, "Fall back!". He then touched his ear piece and said, "Dick! Pound them!". Dickery, who is the gunner of the APC said, "Roger!" he let lose the Hell. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*. The 105mm pounded the tank while retreating back. The tank''s armor was too thick for the rounds to pierce but he still kept fighting. The tank at the front stopped and aimed at the APC. *BOOM!* *BAM!*. The tank''s cannon hit the ACP and it exploded. "NOOOOOOO! DICK!!!!!!" someone shouted and ran towards the enemies while shooting crazily. He was head shot by a sniper and his body fell. Evans was on the verge of breakdown. The defense unit was wiped out, enemy had their tanks and they outnumbered them, even if they try to push, five of their twenty three men platoon was KIA* and they lost their APC moreover, they are under heavy fire. There is no way out other than retreating back while keep firing the front, he''s not sure even if that is possible. The end of the street is at least 50m while the enemies got tanks and snipers aiming at them. This is it, he thought. They were going to die like their brothers, he thought. *BOOM* Just as he was about to give up, a loud sound was heard from the front. The firing stopped and everyone looked at the dust filled junction where they got pounded a while ago. They heard a rattling sound coming from the dust screen. "Was that a missile or something? Or is it artillery?" a guy beside Evans asked. Evans replied, "I don''t know, but now''s the best time to retreat! Let''s move". They were about to leave but one of the soldiers said, "Look! Its even better than a missile!". They all looked at the clearing dust screen. A huge two and a half storey hunk of metal stood there with a Gatling gun on each of its hand and a short cannon on its right shoulder. Evans mood brightened after seeing it. "it''s a Mech!" Evans shouted in excitement. They finally have a chance to stay alive and even kill all the enemy forces. "This is Hound - 01, you guys did a good job holding till now, now just rest aside and enjoy the show" the Mech pilot said in comms. Evans replied, "This is Lieutenant Evans, we''ll leave this to you". The Mech then started to rain real Hell on the enemies who were still shocked from the earlier entry. *Dirrrrrrrrrrrrr*. The Gatling guns mercilessly mowed down everyone on the junction and inside the houses. No one could escape! The snipers and the ground units fired their guns but it more or less just left a scratch on the huge Mech. The tanks took aim at the Mech but the Mech pilot didn''t even care to look at them. The tanks were about to shoot but suddenly. *Whoosh* *Whoosh* *Whoosh* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*. Missiles came out of nowhere and blown up the tanks. Evans and his men looked up. "Ohhhhhhhh FUCK YEAHHHH!!!!!! It''s theHVK-37 HIND baby! now we are talking!" Dickery crawled out of the burning APC. "DICK!" Evans shouted and everyone rushed towards him and helped him out. "You mother fucking son of a bitch! Don''t you ever die?" a guy hugged Dickery and said. "Ouch! Berd you bastard! That hurts! I just survived a hit from the tank!". Berd let him go and stood beside him while supporting him to stand. "How the heck did you survive that explosion?" A guy beside Evans asked. Dickery smiled and said, "Well you can say thanks to MGU Armored Vehicles Manufacturing Facility for that, thanks to them not slacking I can live to see another day!" they all started laughing and helped the driver get out. They both only had minor injuries and small burns. "Leaving that aside, looks like we got reinforcements eh?" Dickery said as he balanced himself with Berd''s help. They turned to look at the mess Hound - 01 and Hinds made. These guys seriously brought down Hell on the city and leveled three blocks. The rest of the reinforcements from Base Campo came in and wiped out the entire enemy force, a clean victory with some sacrifice. 7 Conference The aftermath of that attack was terrible. 200 civilians got caught in the crossfire and a lot were either injured or killed , 257 MGU defence force soldiers were Killed in Action while 43 survived with light injuries. MGU didn''t take this attack lightly. At the central Command Center, every single MGU commanders were present and were waiting for one person to arrive. No one talked with each other, the atmosphere was heavier than gravity itself. This is the first time after WWll when Germans tried to invade Madagascar. They waited for an hour without making a sound or moving out of the place. There were four sector commanders, sixteen division commanders and their assistants totaling forty people inside a conference room. The building they are in is heavily guarded. If White House or NATO meeting places were considered as the most guarded place on earth, then think again. 3000 soldiers armed with enough ammunition to break through Russian defense line, 100 modernized tanks, 30 attack helicopters, 20 gunships, 12 jet fighters, 34 anti-air missile defence trucks, 42 Heavy Hound ground type Mechs, 13 Light Aero typhoon aerial Mechs and 6 Mark 3 Gunther ground unit Mechs, it''s not just a security force, it''s a goddamn army more than enough to invade any country in Africa. The hallways were packed with men armed with ARs, standing at the side like guards. The building itself is a Nuclear bunker. Even though it had 40 floors, the meeting was held underground. The meeting hall was 10 floors under the ground. Soon a huge jumbo jet escorted by 20 SU-65s landed on the runway near the building. The soldiers lined up from the stairs to the armored limo with Humvees mounted with Gatling guns and 50 calibers. The door on the plane opened. Ten guards in black to black uniform and helmets with SMGs on their hands came out and lined up before the soldiers with fixed gaps. These black guards are the personal guards of the General of MGU, the bests of the bests, "Beast Guards". Finally, the one and only! "The Most Important person MGU!" and also the Most powerful person on the planet! The General of MGU. The most powerful person on the planet looked like a.....teenager? That''s right! The General of MGU, the one who rules over whole MGU and commands it''s forces is an eighteen years old teenager. Even though he''s a kid, that didn''t cover his domineering aura. He nodded his head at the soldiers with a smile. To a higher officer in military, soldiers are nothing more than pawns in their chess, ready to obey whatever order they were given. But that''s not the way MGU works. Soldiers are family here.Even though the higher officers are respected, that doesn''t mean the soldiers are under treated. Give respect and take respect. Even if it''s the General, they will respect the soldiers because the one fighting the wars are not the officials but the soldiers. They give their lives for their sakes! Even if the gods were to show up in front of him, he would still respect his soldiers than the god. He walked to the limo and got in. The airfield was half a mile away from the main building so they had to take vehicles to go there. The escort was not like what a General would have, it''s a goddamn military convoy! Five Humvees with mounted weapons on the front of the limo while the same amount at the back. The limo had the flag of MGU on it''s hood. The flag was black in color with the "Excalibur" sword at the center upsidedown and the crown of Roman emperor behind it, it was majestic. Since the airfield is only half a mile away, it took them only five minutes max to reach. The moment he got down, his face changed from the caring General to an angry Titan! He is one of the "Elite Eight" or "The Chosen Ones". The General, The Golden Guardian, The Tech God, The Mad Scientist, The Mechanic, The Ace, The Admiral and The Assassin. These Eight are the elites of the elites that MGU puts in all it''s resources to develop. How they were chosen, it''s unknown but for what they are chosen is exactly as the name says and The General title is the most powerful among them all. Apart from the General and Sector Commanders no one knows the identity of the rest of the eight, not even the division commanders. He entered the hall and headed straight towards the elevator. His assistant pressed the conference room floor button and it started to descend. They quickly reached the conference room floor and walked out of the elevator. Compared to the floors on the surface, this place had only about twenty men guarding the hallway, but these men are from the Delta unit! Even if an invading force managed to break through the force on the surface and come down, they will still meet their end because of these men. They maintained a grim face when he passed by. Truth to be told, they were very exited to be able to meet the General of MGU in flesh. The iron door opened when he was only four feet away from it as the scanners already scanned his eye, face and finger prints when he was walking. All the commanders sitting inside stood the moment he arrived and saluted him when he got to the main seat. "Sit" that''s all he said. The commanders sit down on their chairs and the atmosphere got even heavier. The General took his cap off and revealed his black hair. Out of everyone present, he is the youngest and also holds most authority. He could launch a Nuke anytime he wants if he feels like it. The commanders could feel that he was very angry just by his look. Of course he is! Soldiers dying in battle is one thing because they fight with their lives, but civilians who trusts the Military to protect them also died, he was about to put the one responsible for this on a stake or crucifix them on the dessert. He said in a cold tone, "Explain!". The commanders became stiff. Even though they are older than him, they still respect and obey him. Getting the title "The General" is not an easy feat. Gord got spoke, "General, it seems that the ones who attacked the city was not with the AFF or any other rebel forces". The General just closed his eyes to listen and didn''t speak nor did anyone. Gord continued, "The insurgents came in as tourists and got in contact with the weapon smugglers and got some ARs and UN peacekeeping force load out in their hands and disguised themselves as UN force and launched a surprise attack on three places inside the city and caught our men off guard". Eric finally opened his eyes and said, "So you are saying that some terrorists entered our territory as a tourists and launched a surprise attack and killed hundreds yet we didn''t even know about it till the last minute?". His words were simple, but they carried heavy weight. The commanders didn''t even know how to reply for his question. They were careless to let terrorists inside and even let them get weapons on their hands. It was their mistake that caused hundreds of lives. Eric sighed and said, "We can''t do anything about it now and don''t let something like this happen in the future, now what do we know about this group?". Gord said, "As I said, these guys are not affiliated with any rebel group and their main goal should have been to make our relation with the UN worse because we are the next powerful country after UN in Africa, so to make the both of us fight will be profitable for many powers but we just don''t know who did this". Eric started to dwell in thoughts as to who and why would someone wants them to goto war with the UN. Gord nodded his head and his assistant gave him an envelop. Gord passed it to Eric''s assistant and he gave it to him. "That envelope contains a badge and everyone from that terrorist group had one like that with them, we don''t know what that means but we are still trying our best in searching" Gord said. Eric opened it and took out the badge and he was shocked. The commanders couldn''t believe they are seeing a shocked expression on Eric''s face. He is their General! General of MGU! For him to be shocked means this is not going good. Eric then gritted his teeth and hit the desk, "We had a non-aggression pact! Yet they still disobey it!" he murmured to himself. The sector commanders heard him and were confused, what treaty was he talking about? Eric then calmed down and asked for some water. His assistant immediately got him a water bottle and he gulped down half the bottle. He then looked at his Weblink and closed his eyes. The commanders didn''t even know what happened but they know that it''s not something good. Soon, his assistant''s Weblink rang and he whispered something to Eric''s ear. Eric nodded his head and soon the huge screen lit up and divided into several monitors showing the powerful people on the world with their Generals and ministers. United states of America, Russia, China, India, British, France, Korea, Japan, Germany and the UN. Everyone of them had an uneasy face. They accepted the call from MGU and showed their face not because of respect but because of fear. MGU has enough nukes to make America next Chernobyl or level Russia three feet into the ground and most of all, MGU didn''t sign the Non Nuclear pact with the UN because they are not a member of the UN. Eric said, "Now that everyone is here let''s begin this meeting". The presidents maintained their grim look and didn''t utter a single word. Eric smiled and said, "Now I believe that everyone here knows about the attack that happened in one of our city inside "our" border with UN outfit, we could use this as a reason to declare war on the UN". The UN president said, "But I believe that you should have known that we are not responsible for this, we are hoping for a cooperation between us, not war". Eric smiled, "Well I agree I do know that the UN is not the source but that doesn''t mean you might not be the one who hired them to attack us, am I right?" he said. The UN president was starting to sweat a bit and looked very uneasy. Eric smiled and took out the badge, "The main culprit of this attack will be found when we directly ask the ones who attacked" he showed the symbol on the badge. They all looked confused, "What is that badge for?" president of US asked. Eric smiled and said, "Now I''m sure that all your intelligence know about the word "Ghosts" do they not?". The mics have been turned off and they spoke within themselves. They turned on the mics again and US president said, "Yes, they are on their tail now but what does that have to do with this badge or the attack on Mozambique?". Eric replied, "Mister president, your CIA knows them only for being capable of collecting valuable information with ease but what they got wrong is, they are not doing that for their own, they do that for their clients". All the intelligence organizations chiefs were shocked when they heard it. Till now they thought that no one apart from them knows about Ghosts or what they do, but to think the General of MGU to know some information about them is a total shock to them. This kid got hold of the thing they were looking for like dogs. The chief of CIA asked, "By for clients, what do you mean?". Eric smiled, "You intelligence all think that "Ghosts" are some organization with a huge backing and all but in truth, they are nothing but a Mercenary organization with around one thousand personal capable of getting done anything and won''t rat out their clients even if they fail". Everyone were shocked! Just a random Mercenary organization? Just a Mercenary organization is capable of breaking into any system or take out an elite team or steal anything? Eric James Smith just rocked the world of intelligence with a huge bomb. 8 Behind the scenes Eric kept a calm face while looking at the screen. The world leaders are either confused or shocked, except four. Eric smiled and said, "Well my purpose on calling all is not to give you any lead or clue about the "Ghosts" or whatever, I called you because this is a warning for every country in the world! No matter who we face or what we face! We will not back down even a bit! If you want to fight us then come head on and stop being coward bitches! MGU has enough manpower and machine power to rival any superpower in the world, so I believe you would think before acting, that''s all" he waved his hand and the screen turned off. The commanders didn''t know what to say at all. Only he can threaten the world leaders like that and get off the hook. Everyone present in the room would do anything for MGU and by that I mean anything. Eric then looked at the sector commanders and asked, "What happened to this month''s shipment? Was there any problem?". Roland said, "This month''s Oribium to Antarctica left our harbor three days ago, it should reach the base in another five days General". Oribium is a new mineral that was discovered five years ago and this discovery shocked the whole world. This mineral is more radioactive and stronger in all aspects than Uranium but the main point is that this newly found mineral, is very stable compared to Uranium or any other radioactive element. You can put a man inside a closed room with one kilo of Oribium for seven days and still see him alive and walking. As it is more stable, it is also more hard to refine than Uranium or any other elements. A normal Nuclear missile containing ten kilo of enriched Uranium and a small rocket containing one kilo of Oribium packs a same level of power. Even the power of Plutonium pales in comparison with Oribium. This is truly a God given gift to man. Eric smiled in relief, being one of the ten countries in the world that owns an Oribium mine MGU is always been targeted by powers to get the Oribium for themselves. Well too bad for those people that MGU is not a regular African country with average military to defend themselves. This is MGU! A wolf in sheep''s clothing! Even though they are not as powerful as Mother Russia or developed as United states of America, they are still formidable. Eric said, "Well then it''s all good, what about the escort?". Roland nodded his head and passed him a file. Eric opened the file and started to read it while Roland explained, "As usual, we sent four destroyers to escort the ship, none of the men in those destroyers are "U SOLS" sir, these guys are from the infantry division even though they don''t have much experience on the sea they can still hold their own". Eric sighed in relief after hearing that and looked at the time on his Weblink and looked at the screen. The screen lit up and showed the face of US president and it split up into two and showed Russian president''s face followed by Japanese president and lastly, president of India. This time, only the presidents were there and none of their officials were to be seen. US president smiled and said, "Glad to see your doing fine, Eric". "Yea, acting like I have no clue is quite hard because sometimes I want laugh" the Russian president laughed. "Hontho tha*, it is quite hardu to speak like I don know anything" said the Japan president. "Shahi bola ap ne*, now let''s get to business talk" president of India said. Eric smiled, no one except the ones inside this room and the ones on the screen knows about the secret pact that all five countries have. Russia, US, India, Japan and MGU have a good relation with each other but the world doesn''t know about it. These five countries are world superpowers that no one can fight. Japan in the past had a non-military treaty signed by them but it was canceled due to them protesting that they don''t want to rely on others for their own security. Japan now has it''s own military power and doesn''t rely on America to provide security. After the non-military treaty being lifted, Japan put in a lot of it''s resources into the military and became a super power again within five years of time. This is the first time after World War Two that Japan became a military power. The screen was divided into four parts and suddenly, another screen came up at the center. The new screen showed a guy but not his face or body, just totally black. "Good to see you again, Smith" he said. Eric smiled, "Gentlemen, it''s great to see you as always and now let''s get to business". Everyone''s face became serious after hearing that. The man on the center said, "We are currently looking into who was the one to put a bounty on MGU and when we do, you will be the first to know". Eric said while keep on smiling, "That''s assuring to know Mr. Mist, I''m sure we will find out the main culprit pretty soon if the head of "Ghosts" were to involve directly". The four presidents maintained their grim face, what head of the "Ghosts" was he talking about? This was the question inside their head. Eric then stand up from his seat and pointed his hand at the center of the screen and said, "Gentlemen, let me introduce you, this is the leader of the so called "Ghosts" that every intelligence organization in the world is searching for". All four presidents remained a calm expression while they were truly shocked inside. To be able to get in contact with the leader of so called "Ghosts" which their intelligence were searching for day and night means they underestimated Eric. No, they underestimated him right from the start! To be able to become the General of MGU means he''s not ordinary yet they took a blind eye to that part. "So the Ghosts are not the ones who instigated that attack? Is that what you are saying?" Russian president asked. "Ghosts and MGU has a non-aggression pact for the past two years so yes, I''m confident they are not the ones who launched an attack inside MGU border against MGU" Eric calmly replied. The four presidents are clearly confused now. Eric maintained his smile and said, "The attack''s main aim should''ve been related to the Oribium mine 20km away from the city and plus, that city acts as support hub to the mine so it clearly makes sense to attack that city or else why would someone go out of their way to launch an attack inside MGU? Do you think any country in the world has the guts to do that? This is clearly a private organization aiming to take over the mine". Everyone started thinking in the direction he gave them and it made sense. Who would have the guts to launch an attack on MGU inside MGU soil if it''s not some private organization? Definitely no one! Every country knows the power MGU posses and if any country wage war on MGU then it will be their loss even if they win. Mist then thought of something and said, "Eric, if you don''t mind I would like to send twenty of my best men to guard that mine with your men". Eric did not expect that! He just like that gained twenty elite and dangerous Mercenaries in the world for guarding an important point in MGU! Eric maintained a calm facade and said, "Thank you for that, but I trust my men and I trust them to be able to defend against anyone or anything coming at them! So sorry, I can''t accept them". Mist didn''t say anything and just sit there. Eric''s assistant received a call and he nodded his head and whispered something in Eric''s ears. Eric nodded his head and said, "I''m sorry gentlemen, looks like I got things to attend to so I would like to end this meeting with you all". The presidents nodded and hung up the video call along with mist. Eric''s face became serious as he said, "Put him through". The screen lit up again and this time it showed a guy standing inside a huge underground hanger. He wore a mechanic outfit and scratched his head as he looked at the screen. "Jarred, how is the project going?" Eric asked with seriousness. The guy on the screen smiled and said, "Don''t worry, everything is going perfect but it seems we are having a problem with energy core so Daniel is working on it, I haven''t seen come out of his lab for three days and nights, I wonder if he even drinks water". Eric sighed and relaxed after hearing it. He then said, "Well when was he ever normal? After all, he is "The Mad Scientist" of MGU so I don''t think we can do anything about it right?". Jarred smiled, "Well that too, but I''m worried about him dying due to overwork because he is a genius that appears once in three or even four hundred centuries, we can''t afford to lose him". Eric said worriedly, "Well even I''m worried about his health! If he goes on like this then it will clearly not look good for his health". Daniel is really a type of genius that appears once every four hundred years and his talent is invaluable! Any country would be willing to give up anything if they could have someone like him. Eric said, "He made a new history by synthesising Oribium and now he''s going to make one more by creating an energy core with Oribium and if it became successful!" he stopped there and looked at Jarred. Jarred smiled and continued his line, "We will make two more history with it!". Both Jarred and Daniel are in the secret underground base of MGU which is located in Antarctica. It''s a heavily defended base because of the secrets it holds. 6000 soldiers guard that place along with 50 mark five Gunther ground unit Mechs and 10 Aero typhoon aerial type Mechs! There''s around 80 T-140 Rusher tanks and a lot of AFVs* with mounted guns. There''s even a bunch of both carrier and attack helicopters. And these attack helicopters are MGU made MK-37 HINDs, they pack one hell of a punch. Jarred smirked and asked, "Do you wanna see "Project Drake"?". Eric was surprised and asked, "Wait! Is it already completed!? I thought it would take another two months or so to finish it!". Jarred scratched his head and said, "Nah,it will take a month to finish the fine tuning and some fabrications are underway but the out body is finished and we are waiting for Daniel to finish that energy core then she will be up and ready to rock the world!". Eric immediately got pumped up and hit the table and said, "I immediately want to see it!". Jarred smiled and bypassed the video call to his Weblink then walked around a bit then finally arrived. He pointed the digital screen towards a raven black jet standing inside the hanger. It looked like a mash up of SU-57 and blackbird along with B2 bomber like wings which looked like the wings of Lockheed F-22 raptor and it also has MGU flag symbol on both it''s wings and rudder. It was one hell of a fighter jet and first of it''s kind! Jarred then announced like a sales guy, "Ladies and gentlemen! I present you the one and only of it''s kind! Drake Talon! The first ninth gen fighter jet in the world with a full titanium body!". The jet looked remarkable! The ones present in the room had no words to comment at all! It was that beautiful and majestic! Eric asked eagerly, "Does it really have all the options described?". Jarred smirked and said, "My friend, the Russians made a near space jet fighter, the MIG-31B, on 1975 but it was just a near space jet and no other jets could beat its record until the Russians created another breathtaking fighter in 2033, the SU-63, which can fight at the at the altitude of 50km in the sky and that''s half way to space and the Russians are now hurrying the procedure to make something that is even better! But MGU has done it before them! The new Drake Talon skipped eighth gen and went directly to ninth gen! And trust me when I say this is not a near space jet because I mean it! This is a real fighter jet that can even fight in space! Heck, it can even reach space right from earth and doesn''t need any help from the planes to get it to a certain altitude or anything! This is the real deal my friend". Eric said, "That is truly impressive and I would be lying if I said that is nothing but, how do you plan on flying this thing in the space? I mean space has no air so maneuverability of the jet won''t cut it right?". Jarred said, "Exactly! Which is why we installed "Pressure pumpers" at each points on the jet which will help the pilot do evasive maneuvers like an UFO! But the minus in this is, the plane won''t be damage from the sudden turns and twists, but I''m not sure about the pilot though". Eric then asked, "Why? What''s wrong with getting a pilot?". Jarred shook his head and said, "You don''t get it, this jet flies at the speed of Mach 4! The fastest jet in the world can only go up to Mach 3.4 and no more! Imagine a jet flying almost five thousand Kilometer per hour and then did a sudden turn? BAM! The pilot''s head will come of or his body will explode just like that". Eric now faced another problem and this time it''s a bit harder. Its true that flying two times the speed of sound and breaking god knows whatever barriers are there will put a heavy strain on the pilot than the jet. Who will be able to pilot such a jet which is almost an UFO? Who got the guts to ride this monster? Who is worth enough to make history? Eric smiled, he already have a guy ready for it! He said, "No worry''s, we got a guy to break the history and his bones". Jarred laughed and said, "You don''t even need to say who cuz I know who that is!". "Ace!" 9 Incoming Without even knowing anything that has happened, Connor and group flew towards America. Half way over the Atlantic Connor received a call from Flynn, "Yo LT! Where the heck are you? I thought you would be the first one to come down crashing after hearing what happened". Connor frowned, "Flynn, explain what happened". You can say that he is getting suspicious from his tone itself. "I think it''s better you see for yourself than me explaining it to you" Flynn then sent him a video via Weblink. Connor played the video and jumped from his seat. His face became so terrifying that even demons would be scared off. His action made others suspicious as well. They never seen him lose his calm like that before and yet he lost his cool. Reginald approached him, "Lyle, what''s wrong?". Before even answering him, Connor dashed to the cockpit and shouted, "TURN THIS SHIT BACK TO MGU! NOW!". Everyone of them were startled by it. "Hey, what''s going on? Why are you telling him to turn around? Did something happen or did you forget anything important?" Jane asked him as she made her way towards the cockpit. "Connor, calm down first and tell us what happened, we''re almost at the American airspace" CJ, the pilot said. Connor was burning with anger and rage as he said, "Will you turn this thing around or should I make you?". CJ and others never saw him like that, so they understood that something bad has happened. CJ nodded his head and turned the jet around. Connor didn''t say a word and just went back to his seat and started searching something. Others were confused as to what happened just now. ED never moved an inch from his seat and was just eyeing Connor at the corner of his eyes. "Connor, tell us what the f*ck was all that about? Did you lose a screw or something? You never act like this" Reginald said as he stood near Connor''s seat. Connor didn''t speak a word and just forwarded the video Flynn sent him to Reginald. Reginald''s Weblink started blinking. Reginald was confused at first. But when he opened the message, he saw a video. Only after playing the video could he understand Connor''s true feelings. "Lyle, who sent you this?" Reginald asked in a soft tone. Even though his voice was soft, his face wasn''t. Even the rest got intrigued by it. "Hey, just what is in that video? Why are you angry after watching it?" Jane asked. ED had his doubts but now he confirmed it. He took out his sniper rifle and started doing maintenance. Reginald sent the video to the three of them. The three played the video. It was a video took by a youth during the attack of the mysterious insurgents who attacked MGU. The video clearly showed the defense unit being pushed back. Even though they had tanks, it was no use. The enemies cleverly outmatched them by using the cross streets. The tanks had been jacked and the guns focused on the camera guy, so he ran away and then posted it on the Internet later. "LT, who send you this?" Reginald asked in a cold tone. Lyle stopped searching and massaged his forehead, "Flynn, he sent me this thing and after searching the net, I found that Mozambique was indeed attacked by some unknown terrorists but unfortunately the reinforcements arrived late so the defense unit had been wiped out, someone actually had the balls to launch an attack inside our borders, I''m looking forward to see those bastards" he said with a grin on his face. "They better not be anywhere near two miles from me or else they will run out of lives" ED said with a dark face. He had already took out his sniper rifle and loaded it. "Hehehe, not bad but I don''t give a f*ck where they are in this planet! I''ll hunt them down for what they have done! Their countdown has began" Lyle said. Lyle''s pupils became blood red. Reginald and ED noticed it while others were busy with their own searching. Reginald put a hand on Lyle''s shoulder. Lyle''s eyes became normal again as if nothing happened. "Hey, don''t lose it here or we all might just go down crashing" Reginald said with a concerned tone. "Mascot mother f*cker" ED said and continued to doing what he was doing. Reginald game him a glare but didn''t say anything. Others might not know about this, but Lyle Connor of MGU Eastern sector and the Lieutenant of "SSF" unit, have some hidden secrets within him which only a handful of people like his squad memebers, the "Elites" of MGU and some other individuals who are same as him. Back in Mozambique, MGU has announced martial law for every city near the Oribium mine. Civilians were shocked when they heard about such an attack happening near their cities. Leaving the WW2 cases aside, till now, there has been no such attacks "inside" MGU because the military strength of MGU is more than enough to keep the rebels and other greedy governments at bay. The border defense forces might sound weak but they repelled the forces ofAFF and the military insurgents of the nearby countries. The attack this time had really stirred things up. The border defense units and border patrols are now watching over the borders with eyes like eagles. All MGU military bases in Mozambique has been put on high alert with wheels and wings ready to roll out anytime. In one of the border check post, a team of twenty three soldiers (not Under SOLS) have been stationed to look after this sector point. The check post looked like a small fort blocking the road after the bridge. Inside the post, there was three Humvee with .50cals loaded with armor piercing rounds. There was a gate where the road touched the keep like structure (mostly like the current Iraq or Iran guard post or even the Indian border guard post made out of.... Earth? Something like that). Three soldiers on the top while four were guarding the gate. One was inside the small cabin like place outside the fort near the gate. The rest were inside the building, doing stuff like maintenance or doing a routine check on the gear or checking for faults within their rides, there''s nothing fun to do here cause no one really comes this way much. The three on top were the ones suffering too much. The sun was very annoying and yet they had to do watch. Ever since that attack, no one from the military was slacking after they heard about the defense unit in the city being totally wiped out. If it wasn''t for the reinforcements arriving on time, then the whole city would have been lost. The soldiers heard that the higher ups are not pleased with this and have taken some sort of action to repay their act with due settlement. The three on the top have the simplest yet hardest job, look out. The guy laying in the middle had a sniper while the one on the left had a heavy machine gun and the one on the right had an assault rifle and a pair of binoculars. "Do you really think that someone would attack the borders? Doing that is equal to waging war on MGU and no one in Africa would want that" the sniper said. "Solomon, the attack this time was done inside the borders by some Veteran Mercenaries so we can''t blame our boys from the defense unit for being careless because they were taken out by Veterans who had the element of surprise but that doesn''t mean the others wouldn''t want to attack us and this place is the best choice since there is only twenty three of us here" the one with binoculars replied. "So....does that mean the command knows about this and yet they only sent twenty three? Do they believe in us to that extent or just that they think this isn''t worth it?" the sniper asked again. "Neither, if my guess is correct, then we are bait and we are waiting for the fish to take the bait! I''m positive we will get backup if we are to face great dangers" the machine gunner answered. They were talking some more when suddenly, "Hey, I got movements ahead! What in th-? HOLY F*CK! CALL FOR REINFORCEMENTS! NOW! ALL HANDS TO BATTLE STATIONS! WE GOT ENEMY CONTACT!" the one with binoculars shouted and threw the binoculars away and grabbed his gun. "Hey now, what did you see? Did you see a ghost in broad daylight?" the machine gunner asked. "A....a..... ALL OF YOU F*CKTARDS GET YOUR ARMS! WE GOT AN ARMY INCOMING!" the sniper shouted. "Hey hey! Why the fuck are you screaming? Do you see something?" a guy from the gate asked. The rest also hurried outside with their guns to see what happened. "TANZANIA ARMED FORCES INCOMING! ARM YOURSELVES! NOW!" the sniper announced. "Sh#t" "F*ck" "Mother of *******" The whole unit started cursing and scrambling to get ready. "This is MGU border post 17, we just spotted Tanzania armed forces heading towards us! Requesting back up!" their leader said over the radio. "Affirmative, base Rodney sending back up! Hold up for an hour, good luck" the other side said. "An hour? We won''t last a minute if those guys hit us!" he said but the connection had been cut. He immediately went outside and asked using the comm "How far are they?". "3500 meters and closing, sir!" the binoculars guy said. "Alright! We got one hour till the reinforcements arrive! We are holding this point so bring out the big guns!" he ordered. The Humvees came out with a person on the gun. Every one of them had equipped their gear and got ready for the fight. "IN POSITIONS!" the leader shouted. All of them hurried to get in position and aimed their guns towards the enemy. "Is everyone here?" he asked over the comm. "Sir yes sir!" one of them replied. "Sir, this is pretty bad! They are fanning out! They are trying to pin us down using the tanks!" the look out said. "God bless us" 10 Uninvited guests The situation was really unexpected. Out of everyone in earth, MGU did not expect Tanzania to be an aggressor and launch attack on MGU border. They didn''t fire yet so it can''t be taken as an attack. But the fact that they sent so many men and machine itself is a sign of it. The soldiers of the border guard post didn''t move a hair and stayed still with their guns ready to fire. On the other side, Tanzania''s forces stopped when they reached the river. The river this side isn''t really deep so tanks and trucks can cross it with ease. The tanks aimed their cannons at the guard post keep. A lot of soldiers came out from behind the tanks and took position across the bridge. They brought trucks with long and wide containers behind them. "Oh I seriously have a bad feeling about this, a really bad one!" one of the MGU soldier on the other side said while holding his AR near shoulder. Guns on both sides pointed at the other. One side had 23 soldiers while the other had around few hundred men armed to teeth with tanks and wheels backing them. Plus there was five trucks dragging containers with god-knows-what stuff in it. One thing they did not have was aerial support while on the MGU side, they did not have anything except guns and some rockets and few explosives. Tanzanian forces didn''t move and just stayed across the bridge and observed them. "Yo, why aren''t they attacking? Did they chicken out?" Seil asked on comm. "Want me to go ask them? Do it yourself if you want!" Solomon replied to him. "Eyes open boys, we don''t know what they are planning and they still got those containers and these aren''t your normal African tanks! They are new gen Armata T 30s! These are Russian metal so don''t think about anything with the word "easy", got it?" their lieutenant said. "Roger." Everyone simultaneously answered. *rumble* The ground began shaking a bit as if a small earthquake came. "Yo what the f*ck?" Seil was the first to react. The rumbling came from behind. The MGU soldiers looked behind and their face brightened up. 20 MW89s MBTs (Main Battle Tanks) of MGU closely followed by 6 APCs (Armored Personal Carriers) came towards them at high speed. These MW89s can be legit called as the "Beast of African armored vehicle warfare". There was once a small fight between South Africa and MGU. During that fight, these MW89s took the lead and crushed the enemies with their 130mm cannons and .70cals. The SADF didn''t get any leeway and was totally annihilated. Forget T - 30s, even if it was American made M1A3, it would still get it''s tin popped up. The tanks split up and took positions. All the cannons aimed at the enemy armors (means tanks and stuff, not bullet proof vest or something) as the APCs unloaded the soldiers. Each APC carried 20 men inside. So coupling with the previous 23 men, there''s a total of 123 men without including the ones operating the armored vehicles. All 100 of them hurried into positions. "Wow, it haven''t been 30 minutes yet and you guys are here already? Did you anticipate this?" The guard post lieutenant asked over the comm. "That''s half of it, but in reality, we were already on high alert due to the attack and every single military base in Mozambique has been put on high alert which is why we were able to come here quick." The tank leader said. "Tank leader 01, come in." The one of the tank commander said. "Copy 6, go on." he replied. "Uh... Sir, it seems like there are Russians among them, with the Tanzanian force I mean." Tank commander 6 said. Tank leader then looked at the few hundred men across the bridge and spotted a few tens of Russian soldiers. "Guard post leader, come in." Tank leader radio the Lieutenant of the guard post who was lying on the ground with his gun aimed across the bridge. "Copy." He replied with a simple word. "Have you tried making contact?" Tank leader asked. "Negative, we didn''t get the chance." Lieutenant said. "Got it." Tank leader said and looked inside. "Skizz, turn on the speakers." He said and popped out again with a mic (not the one used for concerts, more like a small square one). "You''re up." Skizz said. *buzz* "This is the MGU defense force tank commander, identify yourselves or we will consider you as hostiles." he announced. The soldiers on the other side looked at each other and whispered something. Then one of then got up from his crouching position and walked towards them on the bridge with his gun pointed down. MGU soldiers didn''t move or change their aim but they were wary of the incoming soldier. He stopped ten feet away from the end of the bridge and looked at them. "Which one of you is a high ranking officer!" The soldier asked in a loud voice. He had a Russian accent. Nobody moved except the tank leader. He hopped out of his tank and walked towards the bridge. "I am, state your business." He said hen he reached the bridge. He didn''t step on the bridge and stayed five feet away from it. "Major Polkav Datrin, Russian special forces, Spetsnaz, we have been chasing after a certain group of Mercenaries and today at 1100 hours they escaped to Mozambique, we came here with the Tanzanian armed force''s assistance if things go south by chance, we request entry into your border with armed men and equipments, we can get the permission from General if needed." The soldier said. "Ugh, great! More work!" Tank leader, Deval said while rubbing the back of his neck. He looked at the Russian soldier in front of him. "How long have you been chasing these guys? And more importantly, why are you chasing them?" He asked."We been chasing them for 16 days and as for why we are chasing them, they stole something classified." The Russian soldier answered with an expressionless face. His look was stern, as if he wants to barbeque whoever they were chasing. *sigh* "Let me make some calls and we will figure out what to do so do not cross the border until then or we will consider you as hostiles." Tank leader said with a sharp tone. Deval contacted his base and filled them in but they told him to wait for further instructions and cut off. Polkav didn''t mind waiting and stood there patiently. After 5 mins of waiting, HQ radioed them. "Tank leader 01, come in." The voice in the radio said."This is Tank leader 01, over." Deval replied. "Hand the radio to the Russian soldier." The person said. Deval was confused, but nonetheless, he still followed the order. "This is Major Polkav Datrin, to whom am I speaking?" Polkav asked. "This is the northern sector commander of MGU territory Mozambique, Paul Hawkins, state your business Major." Hawkins said. Polkav moved a bit further from Deval and spoke. "We are chasing some Mercenaries who escaped into your border and we request permission to enter and continue our chase with your assistance." Polkav said with his Russian accent. "For what reason are you chasing them?" Hawkins asked. "That... It''s classified information so I cannot share it unless I have permission." Polkav replied. "Then get the permission, I''m not willing to let you enter our land without even knowing for what you are chasing them, we already have enough visitors troubling us and we don''t want more so if you want to enter our border, then you tell me what you know or you can forget it, get the Tank leader on." Hawkins ended his speech with that. Polkav gripped the radio and walked to Deval and gave him the radio and then walked back to his men. "Tank leader 01, come in." Hawkins said. "This is Tank leader 01, over." Deval replied. "Tank leader, this is the sector commander Hawkins, keep the Russians on check and make sure they don''t sneak in without us knowing, if they are willing to tell us for what reason they were chasing after those Mercs then let them in and assist them and if not, you don''t! Inform me if they tell you the reason, we will send out drones and choppers to locate the Mercs, we cannot let the same incident as the one which took place in the city three days ago happen again! Got it?" Hawkins said. "Sir yes sir! Solid copy!" Deval replied. "Good, Hawkins out." *buzz* and then he hung up. Deval sighed and walked back to his tank. "What next?" Skizz asked. "We wait till we get further orders." He then climbed inside. "All units, be advised, we are to stay hot until we receive further notice from the tops so stay sharp, over." Deval said on the comm. MW89s look like Russian T90s in looks but more advanced and dangerous than the T90s. It has better armor and incredible firepower, it ranks 5th on the world''s top ten tanks ranking.MW89 has a total of four crew members while T90s have only three. On T90s, one for driving, one for shooting and the last one is for commanding while the MW89 has, a driver, a gunner, a tech operator and a commander. Plus these beasts have AA(Anti-Air) missiles loaded in them as well. Even though the Russians got Tanzanian forces and T30 Armatas which ranks 3rd among world''s top tanks for backup, they still wouldn''t want to go head to head with 20 MGU''s MW89s, it''s like going on a suicide bombing mission. The T30 might have good armor, but in the end, it''s not great. MW89''s rounds can still blow it up to hell. While the MGU soldiers were keeping them in check, base Rodney have alerted other two nearby bases about the insurgents. Since it was someone from Spetsnaz, it can''t be a lie totally, at least half of it should''ve been true. All three bases have sent UAVs up in the air to look for any suspicious movements. They are not willing to take choices in this issue. If these guys recreate the incident from three days ago then they might as well eat sh*t for letting it happen. A lot have already began blaming the defense force for slacking off. They cannot let anymore bad remarks to be born. The second UAVs were launched, strike teams have began prepping as well. Choppers were fueled, guns were loaded, ammo was stacked, they were on high alert. Right now, the whole northern sector has been alerted about possible insurgency and 10,000 men have been mobilized. The ones that sneaked in might be less than 20 or maybe even 30 for all they care. But, they won''t be let off easily for taking MGU lightly. They might have thought that MGU is just another 3rd world African country so they won''t be caught even if they were to sneak in through their border, that''s their first mistake in life which they will regret. MGU spares no effort when it comes to defending their land and the people who put their trust in them. Half an hour later...... "Alright, give me a sit-rep." "Nothing on the UAVs so far sir, we are still looking." *buzz* "This is falcon 3 0, no movements found in point 39, moving to point 40." *buzz* "This is Delta team 2 5, nothing here, we don''t see any thing with two legs walking around with armed weapons, Over." "Whiskey niner, I don''t see any human around these parts, over." "Foxtrot Mike 7, no hostiles in point 73, moving to point 74, over." "Copy all units, keep looking till you find something, I don''t think the Russians will want to get in without a reason." base Rodney''s commander, Rico, said. Right now, he''s inside the control room with his assistant. He personally came here to oversee because this is tad bit too serious. Ever since the last attack, they didn''t really slack off and sent soldiers all over the country to search for any hostiles. And to their surprise, they found out that they did slack off. Over 12 terrorists have been captured alive and more than 50 have been killed. The causality rate is non existent. Although there were injuries, nothing life threatening. Looking at the screens with multiple feeds from everywhere, Rico felt a bit worried. If they were to let anyone innocent get injured, then the defense force will have a hard time, so they had to capture these guys before they get to settlements. "Sir! I got something!" 11 Cut off Rico immediately moved behind the guy and looked at the monitor screen. "Did you find something?" Rico asked. "Sir, I was changing from normal to infrared to UV and I found this, 18 people, they are using some kind of jammer or something else to mask their heat signature and they hide using the dense forest the moment they see the drones." the guy at the seat pointed the monitor and showed him. He changed the camera vision from normal to thermal to infrared to UV. Only in UV they can see some signs of them but the other visions are completely masked. Rico took three steps back. "We don''t have anyone at this point, it''s them!" He said . "Connect me to the nearest units, fast!" Rico ordered. "On it sir and..... You''re up!" The operator said. "Attention all units! We identified possible signatures of 18 men at point 55, suspects can be armed so proceed with caution and surround them, we need to try capturing them alive if possible." Rico said. "Delta team 2 5, solid copy." "Charlie team 3 3, solid copy." "Bravo team 5 1, solid copy." "Whiskey niner, moving in for support." "Falcon 3 0, moving in for support." All available units near the area were moving towards the Mercenaries. Rico immediately informed other two bases as well as the head command. Other two bases also sent their units to the location without delay. *dudududududududududududu* The Delta team were going towards the target location at high speed in their chopper. "Ugh god-f*cking-damnit, I wanted to go back to Madagascar and see my wife but instead, I''m here with you bastards going after some unknown Mercenaries ass, seriously, what the f*ck did I ever do wrong to receive this punishment? None of you sons of b*tches are pretty girls, it''s like wasting my time." Roaches, a MGU migratent, said. "Yeah, this is divine karma or some sh*t for your mouth, when you get shot in the mouth, that''s the day world peace will be achieved." Kurts, one of the 12 men in this team, said as if he received enlightenment. Everyone laughed at his joke. "Ha.Ha.Ha, laugh all you want when I haul your ass back." Roaches said with a dissatisfied look and folded his hands. They looked at him sulking like a 10 year old and laughed like hell, even the pilots laughed. The chopper was full of laughter. This is one of the thousands strike team MGU has in Mozambique. They don''t speak and let their reputation do. 479 confirmed kills and 0 causalities. That really is something. The chopper slowed down and ropes were dropped. All 12 of them rappelled down and gathered together. The chopper had to go back to base for refueling or it would have stayed with them to provide air support. Since it will take time for other teams to arrive, they are on their own. "Alright folks, we are 1 click from the last possible sighting location, they used some thing to mask themselves so we can''t get an aerial view on target location! Suspects were last seen moving towards south west so we might have chances of intercepting them! Remember, maintain 20 meter distance and immediately inform others if you see anyone or anything, we are outnumbered by 6, so stay sharp! Weapons hot! Only return fire! Try to capture them alive if possible! Move!" Their team leader, Major Mark, said. To be honest, they should''ve been on their plane home and enjoy their vacation but they were sent here on last minute. If it was 10 minutes later, then they would''ve been long gone. The twelve of them walked in the forest for more than an hour and still no sign of the Mercenaries. "Home nest this is Delta team 2 5, how copy?" Mark said. "This is Home nest, we hear you loud and clear." The base replied. "We have been walking over an hour now and we don''t even have a single lead, are you sure this is the right location?" Mark asked while continuing their journey. "Delta 2 5 there are other teams dropped on different locations as well and no one found anything, the sighting was real and so is the intruders, I''m sorry if it''s hard on you, but we can''t let any son of a b*tch take us light, Home nest." Comm cut off. "Well, sounds like a certain someone we know and don''t want to see now, don''t we?" Aliyah said. "Yeah, wonder why commander is on comms now when he should be doing paper work sh*t." Jerik said. "Let''s break a leg boys, we still have a mission to complete." Mark said and started walking a bit faster. "Yea, and a lot of bikinis to dig in later." "I hear you brother." "Agh, you men are disgusting!" "Says the women Rambo." "You said something?" She pointed her gun towards his head. "Ah, just enjoying how beautiful and annoying this nature is, nothing else." Kurts said and looked away. "Ha, dodged a bullet there." Roaches laughed. Milly passed by them with a "hmph" and went forward. "I would rather take a bullet." Kurts said. "Alright less talkin and more walkin people!" Mark said. They all just nodded their head and marched into the forest without a single clue as to where the Mercs are. Three hours later....... "Any unit, this is Delta 2 5, respond over." *buzz* The 12 of them were sitting in a clearing on top of a small hill. Looking at this vast forest area, they felt helpless as to where to find those Mercs. It''s been four hours and still no clue. "Any unit, this is Delta 2 5, please respond over." *buzz* Mark tried to contact other units in the area but none of them responded. He have up trying to contact them. His group is tired, they were surrounded by forest and plus the air support which should be flying above their head is nowhere to be found! It''s like they were abandoned. "Home nest, this is Delta 2 5, how copy? Over." Mark asked over the comm.*buzz*. Mark frowned. This is a bit weird. There shouldn''t be any problem with comms anywhere inside MGU border, but he couldn''t get any response from anyone. "Home nest, this is Delta 2 5,how copy? Over." he tried once again.*buzz*. No response. There have been no communication problems in MGU for the past 12 or so years. No matter which cave they were in, be it a normal civilian or an armed military soldier, they can easily contact anyone. But right now, he''s having this trouble contacting both base and other units. Something didn''t seem right in his eyes and it''s giving him a bad feel. "OK I have a bad news and a very bad news, which one do you guys wanna hear first?" Mark asked as he stood up and put on his helmet. "Very bad one." Roaches said without hesitation. Everyone gave him a weird look but nonetheless, Mark said it. "We can''t contact anyone, we''re dark." Mark said. *pfffft* Kurts spit out every drop of water he just drank. "What do you mean we can''t contact anyone? We are still inside MGU aren''t we? Or did we somehow magically leave MGU and wandered off into another country?" Kurts asked as he wiped his mouth. "That''s the problem, we are still inside MGU." Mark said as he packed up his stuff. "How''s that a problem?" Milly asked with a weirdly confused face. "Yea, that is a problem, if we were in another country then this could have been ignored but not when we are inside our home ground." Parker said while working on his Weblink. "Say something understandable Parker." Milly said. "As long as we are inside MGU, we should not have any network problem or connection problem when it comes to the military because we got our servers and SATs covering us like a blanket, but we did receive a Cyber attack 12 years ago and it was not good, whole MGU went dark and we were like blinded ducks without them! Fortunately, MGUAF (AF here is referring to the "Armed Forces" not "Air Force") is very strong and defended us against the hostile forces till we get our lines back up, after that we pounded them with everything we''ve got! Since then not a single sector had gone dark, this is the first." Parker explained. "Okay then what is the bad news?" Milly asked. "We have no support." Mark simply said. "What do you mean by that Major?" Roaches asked with a frown. "No Air support, no ground support and no SAT support." Mark said with a sigh. "What the-!?" Roaches stood up. They were really going blind this time. This is too serious. No one in MGU has gone this blind for the past decade or even more. "Does that mean we are cut off from the world?" Don asked while gulping his saliva. "I''m afraid so and this is not a natural incident, someone cut us off from other units and did something to cut off the air support and connection to the base, so you all better stay alert and alive, WEAPONS HOT!" Mark said. "Sh*t man, I''m not doing this sh*t! Being blind inside a forest with unknown enemies and no support, it''s as if we are destined to die here!" Jake said with his body shivering. *smack* Milly punched right at his nose and broke it. "Roaches! Treat this scared son of a b*tch! This guy is way more disgusting than you!" She shouted. "That''s rude for both of us." Roaches said but still went forward to treat him. "You are men with d*cks, so man up! We are not the defense force! We are a strike unit! We are a MGU strike unit! We don''t get scared like that! If we get scared of something, then it should first qualify for us to be scared." She said with a stern look on her face. "She''s right, we can''t look bad in front of a women." Mark said with a smile as he holstered his gun over his shoulder. "Oh? We have women in our unit? How come I never saw one?" Kurts asked with an innocent face. "Looks like we can afford one MIA." Milly cracked her knuckles. "Movement!" 12 Return While things were getting out of control in Mozambique, Connor and team arrived where they took off from. Connor didn''t wait a second after the jet landed, he immediately took off without even saying bye. "Jesus, someone''s in a hurry." Jane said while taking her bag out. "Well, everyone has their own problems and this guy now has a bit more." Reginald said with a smile and put on his bag over his shoulder. "Thank you for coming even though we wasted your time, we''ll make it up to you." Reginald said as he walked out of the plane. "No problem Reg, just make sure you guys don''t go blow up heavily armed convoys again." Jane said while dragging her teammates out. Reginald didn''t say anything and just rushed to catch up with Connor. ED followed him silently. "Hey Connor! Wait up man! We''re also coming!" Reginald caught up with him and grabbed his shoulder from behind. Connor''s facial expression was definitely not a good one, he was hell of a lot pissed. "Move it soldier, we are not wasting time anymore! Whoever''s involved in this is gonna get the goddamn grim reaper coming up his sorry f*cking ass!" He said with a grim voice and shook off Reginald''s hand and started walking to the airbase exit. "And someone ticked off the walking time bomb, you better call the correct guy and defuse it or shit will hit World War 3." Ed said jokingly as he came up behind Reginald. "When you say it like that, it''s not even funny anymore, he might do it actually, we gotta watch over his ass and make sure he doesn''t start off a war with any country or shit will really hit World War 3." Reginald said worriedly. "Wow, now I kinda hate when I''m right in these type of things, sometimes I just wonder why the f*ck did I join this unit?" Ed said. "Why? You don''t like being with us anymore?" Reginald asked teasingly. "Nothing like that but...." Ed seemed like he was troubled or something. Reginald put a hand on Ed''s shoulder and looked at him with a calming smile. "Come on now bud, we don''t keep our brothers in the dark, you know that right? If there''s anything you are troubled with, just talk." Reginald said. "It''s just that, we did a lot of missions right? Like taking out rebels in Brazil which doesn''t even involve us to but we did it anyway, we took out a captured military facility while saving the hostages at the same time in South Sudan and we took out that Russian convoy and the terrorists base in Iran and a heck lot others." Ed started listing it. "OK OK! I get your point! Why are you mentioning them?" Reginald asked. "I don''t really know what I''m getting at, maybe I''m going crazy? Or maybe I''m just worried or maybe.... I''m afraid." Ed said. "Huh? What the hell are you afraid off? Come on dude! We are the SSU! We rank among the top six in the world and you rank on top three among snipers! You''re a f*cking hitman! What the hell are you afraid off?" Reginald asked as if he heard the weirdest things of the week. "Being afraid is natural, if a human is not afraid of anything then he ain''t a human, we are afraid of losing the ones we hold dear, leaving the things you care about and most importantly, afraid of dying." Ed said as they walked, quite a bit further from Connor. "Oh come on, don''t tell me that you''re afraid of death? I mean who are we kidding here? Seriously? You are like the grim reaper with a goddamn sniper rifle." Reginald said jokingly but Ed didn''t joke about it at all. "Look around you Reg, we are soldiers when we should be in high school, we are different from normal high school teenagers because we live around the edge unlike them who go enjoy whatever shit they''re supposed to! Plus I have a sister who is my only family! My old man died a marine in the US army but I''m not like him, she only has me and I only have her to call someone as "blood relative"! I''m not saying I don''t see you lot as family, you guys are important to me as well, it''s just that I don''t want her to be alone since I''m the big brother with responsibilities here." Ed said. Reginald stopped walking, he was literally out of words and didn''t know what to say in a situation like that. He can''t really say "try your best to live" when they go find trouble themselves. *sigh* "I understand, do what now? Do you want to quit and go home? Is that what you''re saying?" Reginald asked with a bit loud voice. "No, I ain''t taking a step back after I put it in forward this far, it''s just my worries, noting else." Ed said and followed Connor who was a bit far from the two. "You are saying you live on the edge, but is that really the truth?" Reginald asked with a solid voice. Ed was taken back. He just saw this from a soldier point of view, not from a teammate point of view. "If you think you, a sniper who is supposed to be on the safest place during a mission, is living on the edge, then what about Flynn? He''s just a techie but he''s always on the field when shit hits the fan! Then what about Guido and Hiro? He and Hiro are our scout who always gets the first look at the danger before we push in, one wrong step and they''re on his way to hell! What about Putok? Do you think he''s safe? Do you know how many times he nearly died just to save the team?" Reginald said. Even the soldiers passing by heard their argument and stopped to have a look. Each one of his words were like hitting right in the mark. Ed felt guilty of having such thoughts. "What about Connor? We all know he''s smiley on the outside but in reality, he''s the one really on the edge, each time we come back alive it''s because of him! He is not afraid of dying, death is like a friend to this guy, he''s always looking over our sorry ass like a goddamn guardian angel! And you say you''re on the edge, you''re on the edge of a meltdown, not death." Reginald said and walked away coolly. ''Fuck yea! Nailed it!'' Reginald thought after leaving. Ed thought about what he said for a bit. "You know what? Fuck you, I''m gonna go with him till I kick the bucket." Ed said and walked past him. Reginald smiled and they both caught up with Connor soon. The three of them got a lift to the living quarters from the airbase. Connor opened the door, everyone inside was shocked to see him, with an angry face nonetheless. "Heya Connor! Welcome back! That was fast." Sam greeted him with a flashing smile. Everyone had a "glad that he''s back" kind of expression on his face. Connor looked around and saw that Flynn was missing. "Where''s Flynn?" he asked. "Flynn? He''s gone to Antananarivo because the higher ups called for him, something wrong?" Sam asked. "MGU is facing crisis so stay alert." Connor said as he just went in and tossed the bag. He didn''t waste any second and changed to his formal uniform and put on a formal military officer cap then walked out. All under 2 mins. All eight of them looked at Reginald and Ed for explanation. "He''s upset due to the recent events, nothing big." Reginald said with a smile. "Still, that didn''t really look like just "upset", he''s ticked off isn''t he?" Hiro asked. Reginald''s face fell and he nodded. Everyone''s face had gone pale by then. Connor left the quarters and went to the airbase, again. Luckily for him, a chopper was about to leave for the capital and he got on it. One whole hour of chattery on the chopper but Connor didn''t even open his mouth and just kept a grim face. The soldiers inside weren''t U SOLS so they didn''t really know what to talk with him. And he''s is also a higher ranking official, so yea, the pressure is real. After landing, Connor just asked the nearby soldier to take him to the HQ. 20 minutes later........ Arriving in front of the huge building with what seemed to have at least 30 floors, the soldier who gave Connor a ride was still in awe even after seeing it for many times. The MGU flag on the courtyard gave off a sense of pride majestic feel to the whole place. Since Connor holds a high level clearance, the entrance security didn''t say anything else and just let him in. There was an army of soldiers, armored vehicles, Mechs and choppers and a lot more that can make intruder think ten times before making their move here. It''s more accurate to call it a heavily armed military base than a HQ. Connor didn''t say any thanks to the soldier and just left. "Well, that guy''s in a hurry." the soldier said before pulling off. He walked right in. Since he wore the official cloths, the guards didn''t stop him. He walked to the elevator and pushed the button. Everyone who''s walking around took a look at him and continued with their own work. The door opened. Connor walked in followed by a girl who seemed to be as the same age as him. She was carrying a mountain of paper on her hands. "16th floor please." She said in her petite voice. She may not have a fully well endowed body, but she''s still a looker. Connor presser the button for the 8th floor and 28th floor. "Hi, I''m Shelly, what brings you here?" She asked with a smile. "Just business." Connor replied. "Not a talker huh? That''s fine, but you are really talented huh? That''s what Majors wear right? Are you a Major?" Shelly asked with sparkling eyes. High ranking Under SOLS means that they are very talented and this guy is a Major, so he should''ve be. "No, I''m just a first lieutenant doing his job." Connor replied with his expressionless tone. He was not in mood to have a chat unless he hears some answers or solutions. The door opened. He walked out. The hall was as tightly guarded as always. He just flashed his clearance pass and the guards didn''t take a second look on him. He walked to the first door with was 20ft away from the elevator and opened it. The two guys inside almost had a heart attack after the sudden opening of the door. But what stood by the door was the embodiment of death itself. "Explain." Is all he said. Eric pointed the sofa on the right. Connor shut the door and took a seat. Flynn put his gun away and sat back down on his chair. "From the start." Flynn said and continued whatever he was doing on his Weblink. "Connor, I have men working on the Mozambique issue and even foreign countries like America, Russia, England, India, fuck even the goddamn world council is on his matter! We shouldn''t have anything to worry but I still had our men get on it." Eric said as he sat on his seat. "If it''s information, I have sources we can use, but that''s not what''s troubling your mind is it?" Connor asked with his tone toned down. "Mozambique issue can be put aside for now, we have it covered, the problem now is something not only troubling but also a bit serious." Eric said. "Ho? I would love to hear more about that." Connor said. He could more or less guess that this is gonna be a pain in the ass. "Connor, I want you and your team to go to a place no living being on this planet would want to go and retrieve something that is ours!" Eric strongly said. "Interesting, where are we getting shipped to now?" Connor asked with a smirking face. "Chernobyl." 13 Mission recovery Connor had the face of someone who just received the order to throw away his life along with his team. *sigh* "Flynn, inform our men to pack up everything! We are going to Hawaii and we are not even going to look at the direction of MGU for the next three months!" Connor said as he stood up. "Lyle! This is serious! We can''t joke in this matter! We need to do this for the sake of MGU''s future development!" Eric said as he also stood up. "Are you out of your goddamn fucking mind? Asking us to go to Chernobyl and telling us to die a shit ass death is the same! Look here Eric, you have to understand something here, "we" are the SSU who serve to protect MGU! Not some boy''s scout who run research errands for you! You better understand that." Connor said coldly. He was about to leave, but Flynn called out. "Lyle, hear out what he has to say fully before deciding on an answer, this is pretty serious after all." Flynn said without even looking at him. Connor''s face became bitter. He reluctantly took his seat on the sofa and looked at Eric. "Look here Lyle, even I don''t want you guys to go there OK? I''m not a senseless person and I know you have your fair share from radiation, but this is important so please hear me out." Eric said. "Fine, fuck you, just fill me up and I''ll decide whether I should go or not." Connor said. Eric opened the document file in his Weblink and sent it to Connor with a swipe. "Take a took at this." Eric said. Connor opened the file and a picture of a military transport plane and details of a few dozen or more soldiers as well as it''s flight schedule. And there was a red mark with "Lost contact" on it. "Why am I looking at the details of a C17... Wait, you don''t mean what I am thinking do you?" Connor asked. "If your thinking about this plane crashing on Chernobyl, I''m afraid your institution is on point." Eric said as he put one hand on his head, as if suffering from a headache. "What''s the cargo?" Connor asked as he swiped page by page while reading the report. "It''s a fuse and last one of it''s kind, we paid a huge amount to buy it from the Russians, it''s a Soviet era fuse which is very important in the making of Oribium core, we had our men participate in a joint military training session with the Russians and two other countries and our men were supposed to bring back the fuse with them but..." Eric stopped there. "They were shot down? Doesn''t seem like the Russians would do it, did you ask them for assistance?" Connor asked. "No, it wasn''t the Russians and we didn''t ask them for any kind of assistance, in fact, no one other than you, me, him and the ones in the HQ who had last contact with them knows about this incident." Eric replied. "What do you mean? If we had asked the Russians for help then we could have recovered whatever the hell that fuse was and saved those men! What are you playing at now?" Connor asked with a sharp tone. "When we lost contact with them, it was like they didn''t even know what hit them and a radius of 20 miles have been blacked out of the map." Eric replied in a serious tone. "What the fuck do you mean! Who the hell would have the guts to shoot down our plane?" Connor asked him with confusion all over his face. "Lyle, look at the Google maps on your Weblink and see if you can see Chernobyl." Flynn said. All this time, he didn''t talk and when he did, he didn''t look. Connor did as he was told and looked at Chernobyl using Google maps. It looked like a normal everyday radiation filled Chernobyl, nothing different. "Now what?" Connor looked at Flynn. "Now use the US spy Sat floating in the space above Chernobyl." Flynn said. Connor did as he was told and nothing out of ordinary. "I really don''t know where you are going with this." Connor said. "Now, look at this! The techies in the HQ hacked a US spy SAT which was over Russia at that moment and this is what they found." Flynn sent him a video file. Connor opened it and..... There was nothing in it. Literally nothing. It was all black. As if someone poured black paint over the camera. Connor looked at Flynn for an explanation. Flynn understood his look and explained. "This is the live footage from our SAT flying over Russian region and we can clearly see Chernobyl from distance but! All we have is complete black! Nothing! Poof! Gone! It''s as if a black hole was there and sucked the entire place in." Flynn said. "Then what was that? EMP? TEMI? Malfunction?" Connor asked. "That''s a no no my friend, it is neither an EMP or TEMI (Technical ElectroMagnetic Interference) nor malfunction, it''s entirely something else, some kind of unknown tech to us, at least on our planet." Flynn said as he stood and put his both hands on the seat as he looked at Connor. "Then what is the cause of this? Aliens? Come on, we are still 70 years too early for that shit." Connor said with a laugh. "Well, we are not entirely striking that out but it''s still an option." Eric said. "So? If it''s like that then why is the Google maps clear now?" Connor asked Flynn. "Welcome to 2039, I used Magnum OP to hack everything I can and replaced Chernobyl with a past footage and photos, it''s not hard but it took time." Flynn said. "Then what about the Americans? Didn''t we hack their SAT?" Connor asked. "It has been dealt with." Eric said. "Flynn, can you get me a live footage? A real live one." Connor asked. "Give me 5 sec." Flynn said and began doing the thing he does with his Weblink. Five seconds later Connor received another message and he opened it which let him to the MGU SAT hovering over Chernobyl and opened the video box. It showed him the blacked out Chernobyl on the map. Completely black. "No one else can see this right?" Connor asked. "Not even the Russian government or the military or even the "Ghosts" can see it, we completely dominate it and this place has been announced as no-fly zone so the Aircrafts won''t enter." Flynn said. "So, apparently 120 armed men along with 22 flight crew and a valuable Soviet era fuse which seems to be the last of it''s kind went down in a C-17 in the most radiation filled zone on planet earth and that whole zone had a piece of it gone missing from the map which is unknown to every other country and we are to go there and search for the fuse in the crash site and recover it with anyone that survived the crash and return MGU, did I miss anything or is that all?" Connor asked. "Well, I don''t think so." Eric shrugged his shoulders. "Fine, we''ll do it, but on one condition!" Connor said. "Let''s hear it." Eric smiled. "I''m not gonna run around in Chernobyl with me and my men in a NBC(Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) suit or a Hazmat suit, I''m not used to how research works so that suit restrict our movements." Connor said. "Ah, is that what you''re worried about? Fear not, I have that covered." Eric gave a rare smile. That smile of his sent chills down Connor''s spine. It was as if he just got himself in one of Eric''s guinea pig test runs. "Come to hanger number 5 in your sector''s airbase tomorrow, I''ll show you what you''re going to wear for this mission." Eric said. "Well still fuck you, if you think of me as a guinea pig for your random experiment, I''m fucking unloading lead on your ass and I don''t care who comes at me! We''re leaving Flynn." Connor left with Flynn without a second note. When they returned, they were bombed with questions and questions from their team. Connor and Flynn somehow managed to calm them down and everyone to the the training grounds for training, too much slacking in the military isn''t a good thing. Guido, Putok and Sam returned that evening. Since they were in the dark as to what happened here, Reginald filled them up with the latest news. "Wait what! Someone launched an attack on MGU? For real? Who has the gut to start World War three?" Sam was the first one to react. "Enrique! Get the guns, we are going on a heavy hunting trip." Putok face changed to that of a pissed off predator. "I never really expected anyone to do something like that, maybe it is time for MGU to show the world what we are made off?" Guido asked. "Can you guys shut up? You lot just came back and you''re already up for a fire fight, get freshen up and sleep." Connor said without taking the magazine lying on his face while he was on the bed. "Connor? Is that really you? Out of everyone here, you are the most patriotic guy and you don''t give a blyat?" Putok asked with his half Russian accent. Connor took off the magazine and "ughed". "Ugh, do you really think I don''t want to go find the guy responsible for this and shoot him? It''s not that I don''t, but I can''t, we all can''t! MGU has personal working on this and to begin with this happened all the way up in Mozambique! Plus, we have another mission which will worry you more than this issue, so try get some sleep before we''re shipped out." Connor said and put the magazine back where it was, hit face. After hearing his words, everyone''s face had a complicated expression, except the trio who just came back. "Hey what''s going on? What happened? Why the long face guys?" Sam asked. "If you hear where we''re being shipped, you will have the same face." Ed said while doing a routine check on his sniper. "Where?" Putok asked. "Be glad, we are going to one of the places USSR ruled, sure you would like it." Reginald said as he bumped his fist on Putok''s shoulder and walked away. "Really? Where are we going?" Putok was already excited after hearing that statement. He really love USSR stuffs and places, so it''s only natural to have this much reaction. "Chernobyl." Reginald said without turning back. Connor showed a "?" sign and went back to sleeping. Ed put his gun away after wiping it with cotton clothe and went to sleeping. Everyone followed the suite. The trio stood there as if they just heard that their mom''s gay. "§´§í §é§Ö§â§ä§à§Ó§ã§Ü§Ú §ê§å§ä§Ú§ê§î?1" (Ty chertovski shutish''?) 14 New tech The next day, morning. Connor was the first to wake up followed by Ed and Reginald. Flynn also woke up since he was always a short sleeper. The four of them freshened up and went to the training ground in their training outfit (white top and military camo pants). They began their jog after leaving the quarters. The four of them were in sync while running. They ran in a single row and both their breathing and footing was in total sync. While running, they greeted the soldiers who were doing their morning trainings and jogging on the field. After running for five minutes, they reached the training grounds. Training grounds consist of range training field, physical training field, combat training field and mental training building. In Range training field, you can go get any gun you want and shoot the target to polish your skills. In physical training field, you can run on the field, go to the gym or the swimming pool do anything you want. In combat training field, well it is as the name says, you train and polish your combat skills. Hand-to-hand, knives or martial arts or even go fight others in the ring. In mental training building, it''s more like a cyber cafe with games. It is to hone your hand-to-eye coordination skills and decision making skills. Games are the masters for this field. So in short, the training grounds is really really really big. The facilities are also top notch and nothing is lacking, even soldiers. Even though it was 4:10am in the morning, there were quite a few doing their regular training. The four of them went to the physical training field and started doing warm ups. "Oh my, never seen you be this active in the morning unless it''s a mission, what''s up Connor?" A guy in his 40s called out. Beside him was a girl with a ponytail and a cap on her head. She was also in training outfit and her racks were eye catching. "Ah, it''s just you staff sergeant Henry." Lyle said as he stretched his hand. "What? I shouldn''t come here?" Henry asked with a smirk. "Who said that? You can come, go and sleep here for all I care." Lyle said, in a bit annoyed tone. "You better watch your mouth when talking to a sergeant." the girl said in a threatening tone. Reginald, Ed and Flynn gave her a glare and she gladly returned it with her own. "I don''t care who you are or what division you are from, but you better watch your mouth when talking to a First lieutenant." Ed said in s threatening tone just like how she did. "Fir- first lieutenant?" Her face changed to that of a shocked one and she looked at Lyle. "Now now, don''t fight kids, looks like you are going someplace you don''t want to huh?" Henry asked with a smile. "Well you can tell that much, who''s the greenhorn? Newbie from straight out of the oven?" Lyle asked. "Well you can say that, she''s my daughter and she just graduated from the academy, her scores are good." Henry said, didn''t seem like it was something impressive. "Well I don''t think those guys are any better though." She said while looking at Lyle and group, especially Ed. "Hahaha, silly girl, their marks can''t even be compared to you, it''s like comparing a tank and a pistol." Henry laughed at his own daughter''s stupidity. The four boys held back their laughter. "They are that bad?" Henry''s daughter asked with a surprised look on her face. Now they were really having a hard time holding back. "Girl, you can''t even guess, these guys are special forces and when someone is a U sol special forces graduate, then he or she is comparable to that of an American veteran delta force soldier and every single one in their unit is like that and Lyle here, is their leader." Henry said as he pointed Lyle. It was as if talking proudly about his own son. He was bragging about Lyle in front of his own blood daughter. "Hmph, they don''t seem that good to me, if they can join special forces then I can too!" she bragged about herself. "Heh, miss I don''t care if you are old man Henry''s daughter but if you are insulting our unit, you better watch it cause you might go down a rank." Flynn said with his creepy smile. "Ugh, he gives off a creepy feeling." She went on defensive. "Old man, I don''t have time to dandle with you, I already have a ton to worry about and you are not on the list so stop bothering me." Lyle said. "Yea yea, I''ll leave you to your own worries and refrain myself, try not to go over board and kick the bucket this time." Henry gave a flashy smile and walked away while dragging his daughter. "Like dad like daughter." Reginald said. "Fuck them, let''s run." Ed said and began running. The other three also followed him. Out of the four, Lyle ran wildly and he over took Ed without effort. He was running fast but he was thinking about something. Something bothering him. Others also increased their speed to catch up with him. After running fast af for 30 straight minutes, the trio was at their end while a certain someone was just sighing while looking at the to-be-dawn sky. "Oii, why the fuck did you run like that? Are you trying to admit us in the hospital before the mission even begins?" Flynn asked while gasping for air. "Ah? Sorry, I''m just a bit out of it......." Lyle gave a halfassed answer. He was about to walk away and do something else but Ed grabbed his shoulder. *smack* Ed punched him right in the face. Even though he didn''t pack enough power in it, it still hurt. "Feeling clear now?" Ed asked. "Aww, damn it! That freaking hurts!" Lyle said while grabbing his nose. "Come on dude, we''re going to ground zero and that''s the attitude you got? You better get your gears up or you might lose more than just a screw, remember?" Ed said. Lyle smiled. "Yea yea, I remember saying that to a certain fucking idiot when he joined the team for the first time and got sent to China with us along MGUAF to rescue those HVTs when China was in chaos." Lyle said as he wiped off the bleeding nose. They began laughing. During a peace negotiation mission in China, MGU diplomats were under heavy attack and got split from the convoy and lost contact with the main unit. Because of that incident, Chinese government was on panic. If anything were to happen to them, then the MGU Naval forces in the Indian Ocean will move to south China sea and begin deploying soldiers on the east coast. With that, China will officially be facing MGU on a straight battle inside their own land. With the Naval power of MGU and their positioning in the Indian Ocean will prove advantageous to them and the Chinese navy would have no other choice but to push back. And if that happens, MGU would use their new generation destroyers and subs to hold the northern part of South China sea and push back the Chinese navy while the MGU carriers deploy the ground force on the shores. Even if China tried to make use of their air force, it would be in vain. MGU''s anti-air missile batteries are known to rival the Russian S-1200s which are the current anti air missiles used by Russia. Things like made in China fighter jets can''t even hold a paper candle before them. Let''s just say they somehow manage to get past them. There was still the air force. The MGU''s new generation Vox-21 fighter jets rank number 2 in world ranking because their loadoutis a little bit less than the number 1, but the performance is slightly better. And MGU pilots are nothing to laugh at. They really rule the skies of Africa, it''s their domain. If such a force were to invade China, it would spark World War three but it was avoided due to these four teens. They were deployed and they did their mission without fear or doubt. They rescued the diplomats and brought them back to the building guarded by the PLA. From there, the MGU sent an aerial evac with black hawks for escorts. The mission went smooth at the start but the enemy force somehow smelled them and attacked the building. Lyle, Ed, Reginald and Flynn along with 8 MGU soldiers who were guarding the Diplomats as well as the PLA soldiers stationed there fought back. They held their ground firmly. No matter what the enemies threw or shoot, they just held their ground and pushed the enemy out. Soon, the reinforcements from Chinese militia which is also a part of the PLA came and the situation was brought under control. If it wasn''t for these four, then there would''ve been a World War 3. Those 8 MGU soldiers could protect the Diplomats to some extend, but they couldn''t safely bring them to that building. And these guys did what they couldn''t. Thinking about those times made them sigh. "Well, thinking of those times aren''t gonna change anything, we gotta focus on the issue at hand now." Lyle said. The four of them then continued their exercise and soon the rest of their unit joined. They did their exercises and training till it was 6am in the morning. After their workout, they returned to their quarters and freshened up. Everyone got their gears up and ready then went to the airbase. Hanger 5. The twelve of them stood before the hanger which had it''s doors closed. They waited for five more minutes without moving or making a sound. When it''s job, they are professional. The door finally opened. And when the huge doors slid to the side slowly and showed what was inside, they had their mouths hanging. Even for them it''s too much to handle. Well technically everyone apart from Lyle and Flynn that is. "And? Why the fuck are you here, miter supreme General of Madagascar United?" Lyle asked with an expressionless tone. He was professional until moments ago but after seeing that flashy face of Eric, his professionalism went on a holiday. "Hey now, don''t look at me like I''m some sort of annoying insect that came to ruin your mood." Eric said with a smile as he walked towards them with a guy behind them. "Oh? When did you learn how to read minds?" Flynn added fuel to the fire. Their whole unit had their eyes almost popping out. The supreme General of MGU is well known and these two are causally speaking to them like they were kindergarten friends and even the supreme General was doing the same to them. So, they just stiffened themselves and decided not to talk. "Ah, seems like my presence made your men stiff." Eric jokingly said. "Then how about I erase it from the face of earth?" Lyle said as he load his pistol. "Oi Oi! Don''t even joke about something like that cause I know you will do it." Eric backed away and hid behind the other guy. "Seems like you didn''t change much Connor." The guy said. "Right back at you, are you behind our new gear this time, Jarred?" Lyle asked with a smile. "If it was just me then we might as well send everybody else home." Jarred laughed. "Come on, there''s someone rare who showed up." Jarred led them in. Eric followed Jarred inside and so did the others. Inside the hanger, there were technicians walking and running here and there. There was a big.... Hovercraft like plane inside. It was not as big as an aeroplane but as big as a Chinook helicopter. It was white and the more you look at it the more you would understand that it was someone kind of spacecraft meant for outer space travel and deployment. "What the heck is this?" Lyle asked. "It''s the new Space X G95 trooper carrier and first to be used for live action." Someone said from behind them. Lyle and the rest turned back and they saw Daniel in his lab coat walking towards them. "Well that is indeed someone rare." Flynn said. "Yo science worm, finally decided to get out of Antarctica?" Lyle joked. "Antarctica was bit boring so I came here for some good coffee, got a problem with that?" Daniel asked him with that dead fish look in his eyes. "Roger that and care to explain?" Lyle asked. "Well as I said, this is the new Space X G95 trooper carrier which is and will be used for soldier deployment." Daniel said. "Space X program is completed?" Lyle asked him, shocked by what he just heard. Even Flynn was shocked to hear that. The rest of the unit had no idea wtf was going on do they just kept quiet and looked at each other. "Unfortunately no, we need that fuse to complete the core for project "Flying Fortress" and about project "Drake Talon" and project "Dark Knight", they are nearing the final stage of prepping, we are just testing this since this is one of the first finished items in the "Space X" project." Daniel said while looking at the carrier. "So you guys haven''t tested it yet? The drop ship I mean." Lyle asked. "We did test runs with prototypes and did ever fine tuning we can this is the final result, we are confident in it so we are using this since you are going to Chernobyl." Daniel explained. "So we are lab rats in the end." Lyle glared at Eric. "You don''t have to worry Connor, this is meant for space so it''s sealed tight, not even radiation can get in, you guys will be safe inside." Daniel assured him. "Well yea but what about outside?" Lyle asked him. "We have it covered as well, come with me." Daniel had a smile on his face as he lead them away inside. When they went inside and saw the armors before them, their mouth was hanging, like literally, even Lyle and Flynn can''t hold it. "Cool right?" Daniel asked. "Hohoho dude! This is beyond cool! This is fucking awesome! We get to play Halo now? Now that''s worth testing!" Lyle said excitedly. In front of them was twelve armors which looked just like what master chief from halo had. 15 Birth of the Devils They were excited like kids who just saw a new toy. "We call them "GEAR" and right now we have made around one hundred but we did some fast progress on these twelve so yea, only these twelve are operational." Daniel explained it. "Still, this sure is something! Never expected that you guys would make something like this, I thought you would make a full-body type armor but this is out of my expectations." Lyle said while trying to hold his grin back. "How''s that for an entertainment now?" Eric asked with a smirk on his face. "Huh? You''re still here?" Lyle looked at Eric with an annoyed expression and so did Flynn. "Am I that hated?" Eric asked with a pitiful expression. "Who''s do fault do you think is it that we have to go to "the most shittiest place" on this planet to search for a goddamn fuse." Flynn said with the "I''ll kill you" face. "Dany, what about test runs? Have you done any?" Lyle asked as he inspected the GEAR. Each GEAR had a number on it''s chest and it went from 001 to 012. The numbers were in dark black so it was really visible. The GEARs didn''t really look like armors, instead it looked like lifeless soldiers with that kind of appearance. "We did a few before coming here but the data is not enough." Daniel said with an unsure expression. "Why? Is it that you lack any equipment or something? I''m surprised to hear that from you, who always does a full on spec test." Lyle asked surprised. "We are 89% positive that you will be fine against radiation but there is still that 11% that worries me, you can''t be that unlucky right?" Daniel said as he looked at the two of them. Lyle and Flynn had the face of terror. "Ah, I forgot lady luck hates you guys." Turned back. He literally just said that these guys are doomed. At this moment, Flynn''s Weblink pinged. "Apart from that we still have few other problem." Flynn said while he saw something he didn''t want to see in his Weblink. "Please tell me it''s not what I want to hear." Lyle said. "Russia, China and Germany just issued a mobilization order for their special forces, "Mission Chernobyl" in three different languages." Flynn said. "Yep we are fucked, how did they find out?" Eric asked. "I can hack a few hundred SATs but I can''t hack a few thousand, even Magnum OP has it''s limits." Flynn said. "So are we gonna face Spetsnaz, KSK and some made in China guys?" Putok asked. "Unfortunately yes." Lyle said. "And not just any made in China guys with peashooter and water balloons, these guys are from the "South Blade", some of the hard ass mother fuckers who can go toe to joe with the SEALS and come back alive, we''re gonna have a hard time facing them." Flynn continued and his words were like ice cold water. "OK that''s clearly not what I would consider a good news, when are we flying?" Lyle asked Eric. "As long as your pilots are here, we can begin." Jarred said. And excused himself to go and do some last minute adjustments on the drop ship. "OK now that we are free till your pilots come here, let''s do some small test runs with the GEARs shall we?" Daniel asked with his hands clapped. Lyle and his team nodded and disposed their current gear and stood there with only their forest camo dress on. All ten of them stood with their hands behind their back while Lyle and Flynn stood there casually. "Alright, since you guys are ready, set in front of your GEAR and as for a demonstration, our great Lyle Connor will do it." Daniel said and began programing it. "Me? OK what should I do?" Lyle asked. To be honest, he was indeed pretty excited for this. "Just a second and... Done!" Daniel looked at Lyle''s "01" GEAR. The GEAR released all the lock and the body as well as hands and legs opened up. The helmet stayed the same as the one which master chief had. One of the maintenance guy took the helmet off and waited. He looked at Daniel and Daniel nodded his head in confirmation. Lyle let out a breath and turned around and walked to it. The second he walked in, the body armor closed. "Whoa!" Lyle was shocked for a second because of the sudden reaction. The maintenance guy passed the helmet to Lyle and he put it on. "Uh..... Now what?" Lyle asked. His whole body was a bit too heavy. He couldn''t even move an inch. "Just a second." Daniel said. He was programing the thing to fit Lyle. Out of the one hundred, only his unit was different and took a lot of effort and special care from Daniel and Jarred. Because of the secret and Lyle has. Of course their whole unit gets special GEARs which acts as both combat armor as well as a Mech pilot suit, these twelve are one of a kind. And exactly because of that, they had to make a special squad of Mechs which took a lot of painstaking time as well as work. But, it all gave fruit and a ripe one at that! They made the Special Mecha Squad, code name "Knights" and now only Lyle''s Mech is under final completion stage. Once it is finished, nothing on earth can rival the MGU in terms of military power. These twelve new gen special Mechs are MGU''s super Mechs. Every country has a super Mech which is "literally" a war god. Like for the United States it''s the "LT2-VAMPIRE" while "2G Kingsley" for Britain and "Roter Teufel" which means "Red Devil" in German, and it really deserves that name. There was once a coup in Germany. As the saying goes "Old habits die hard", it was really fitting for this. When Hitler marched into Germany with his men, they could do nothing but give over the power to him. The same happened but it was not Hitler this time but his legacy that followed. Sixty thousand Nazi soldiers who were brainwashed and trained by the former Nazis launched an assault inside Germany. The Germans weren''t prepared for such a sudden coup. They mobilized everything they could at that moment, but it was still not enough to counter the sudden attack. France, Britain, Romania and even Italy send their Rapid Response Force to Germany to led the government a hand. The Bundeswehr and the local law enforcements were scattered and the coordinated attack of the New Nazi Federation was a masterpiece plan. By cutting of the army rendezvous points and splitting them into packs and killing them off made the New Nazi Federation forces push the Bundeswehr back. Even with their Mechs and tanks, the Bundeswehr couldn''t push out the NNF forces. The enemy had Mechs as well and they were planing this for a long time. Even their Mechs were of different models, it was self-made by them. The chaos spread. The civilians were in a panic, the government was in a panic, the neighboring countries were in a panic. Germany almost lost hope. But, they didn''t lose. The German Secret Military Program code named "H?llenw?chter" or "Hell Guards" was activated. Five Mechs. Red as blood. The Red Devils. Five Mechs were dropped at five different points. All five of them were like berserk barbarians, crushing and mowing down everything in their path like they were not even humans. Out of six point of attack, five points were wiped out under an hour and they rushed to the final point. They massacred fifty thousand under an hour like they were ants when they were alone and all five of them stood before the remaining ten thousand. It didn''t take them fifteen minutes to wipe out the remaining rebels. This incident gave them the name of "Red Devil" not because of their color but because of them painting the country with red with blood. Every single country in Europe was terrified. The Germans were concealing such demons and none of them had any idea that these existed. Because of this, they rushed their super Mech creation. The world then named the incident "Birth of the Devils". 16 Start of the mission Just as Daniel finished, the locks on Lyle''s GEAR were activated and sealed him inside. "Uh.... I still can''t move and it''s fucking dark in here!" Lyle said from inside. "Just..... Just give me a few seconds alright? That you''re in is a bit complicated from the others so stop fucking crying like a three year old." Daniel said. He soon finished the final program within thirty seconds and then activated the GEAR''s functions. Inside the gear, everything lit up before Lyle and he could see outside but when saw from the outside, only the yellow face guard screen could be seen. "OK I''m seeing a bunch of lights and diagrams but I still can''t move, now what?" Lyle asked. "The process isn''t fully complete, say "begin DNA ID processing for ownership" and grit your teeth." Daniel said. Lyle could feel that he was about to be in a house of pain, but he still dared to do it. "Begin DNA ID processing for ownership." Lyle said. "DNA ID processing, acknowledged." A female robotic voice said. The next second, hundreds or so needles pierced his body. "ARGGGGGGGGGGH." Lyle screamed in pain, somehow it gives him a sense of deja vu. "Commencing DNA ID processing for ownership." The robotic voice said again and began sucking his blood for three seconds. "Processing." It said again. "ID confirmed, L3190P, First Lieutenant Lyle Connor, Southeast sector, 112th division, Nativity United States Of America, further information classified, code red, 72709." The robotic voice said. Lyle''s teammates were surprised. They didn''t knew that his full information was code red classified and even had the number which means only a few knew his full identity. "Good! Now say "remove locks" and you can start moving." Daniel said while rubbing his hands. This was marvelous! All their hard work has been paid off, now they only need to do a few tests to see the full function. "Remove locks." Kyle said. *cling* *cling* *cling* *cling*. Sounds cane from inside the GEAR and Lyle''s hand went loose. Lyle checked his hands and span them a few times and then jumped and tried moving all his body parts. "So? How is it?" Daniel asked with his hands folded. "It feels amazing! I feel like a feather! It''s like not even heavy and even I don''t feel my body weight." Lyle said and jumped down from the stage. His jump was little forceful but not that much but that little bit of force made the ground crack. "Woah! What the heck?" Lyle exclaimed. "Be careful there, that''s a one and a half a ton armors suit costing millions to make even one! So don''t you dare break it!" Eric said. "Sorry about that." Lyle waved off his hand. "Enough of that, try taking the gun on your back." Daniel said. Lyle noticed the gun on his right shoulder back. He took his gun out. It was long, light with white and red colors. White color with red lines. The gun was only a bit longer than a standard assault rifle, not too much. Lyle tried aiming with the gun and suddenly a circle came before his face on the screen. The circle itself was yellow at the moment. "OK, what''s next? Do say something to fire?" Lyle asked. "Turn around and aim at the practice target." Daniel said. Lyle did as he was told and aimed at the practice target at the back of the hanger. The yellow circle became red and locked on the target. He could even see the line where the bullet would go if he shot. "Fire." Daniel said. Lyle adjusted a bit and emptied the mag. All bullets hit dead center. There was no recoil, no shaking and no bullet spraying. It was a clean hit on the center of the target with forty bullets. *whistle* Flynn whistled. It was truly amazing! He hit the target with none of the bullets missing the mark. It''s as if he was deadshot''s brother. "Great! It''s working perfectly!" Daniel exclaimed excitedly. This stage messed up big time during trials. But now this is totally perfect. "Now let''s try the jumps with thrusters." Daniel said. "How?" Lyle asked. "Duh, it''s 2039,everything is maximum voice commanded." Daniel said. "Uh... Thrusters?" Lyle said. *bushhhhh*. Four small rectangle gaps opened on his back and started releasing stuff like foam from fire extinguisher at high pressure. The force threw him up two and a half feet in the air and he almost lost his balance when he landed. "OK thrusters seem fine, you''ll get used to it sooner." Daniel said and unlocked all the other GEARs. "Alright folks, we don''t have all day so get in and we will begin the testing and then you can slowly read the command manual in the "help" option." Daniel said with a smile. "SIR YES SIR!" All gen of them said stiffly and moved in to their GEARs. Flynn also got inside his own. They began their test runs on functions just like how Lyle did and they tried testing everything on the command list. After fifteen whole minutes, their pilots came. "Ah..... Kay, who''s the master chief and his lackeys?" The male pilot asked. All twelve of them turned towards the pilot who was entering through the hanger door. "CJ and CJ?" Flynn asked confusedly. "Huh? Who are you?" The female pilot asked. "Yo, it''s me Flynn." Flynn said as he removed the face screen. "Well fuck me, Flynn? Does that mean this is the nut-job team?" Chirs Jacobs asked. "Your pilots are gonna be the CJ siblings since the others don''t really qualify to fly this baby under such short notice." Daniel said. "Sir, with all due respects, are you really sure this is flyable? Doesn''t look much to me, I would rather prefer a Hercules." Chirs said. "Sir, What my brother said is painfully true, we are qualified for flying transport aircrafts but this.... This is practically a spaceship, we don''t really have a degree in this field to be honest." Claire Jacobs said. Daniel just smiled at them. "To be honest with you two, apart from you no one has the qualifications to fly this since this can''t be flown by the "normal" transport aircraft pilots." Daniel said. "Ugh.........." The two of them can''t refute that comment. This pair of brother and sister are anything but "normal" in terms of piloting. Have you ever heard of a C130 going against a squadron of six F-22 coming out of it in one piece? Well these two did it. It was like slapping in the face of every pilot in the world. They didn''t even have any escort! If they made a run for it and escaped, it would be a miracle but what happened was........ The passengers in the plane all survived with no death and plane becoming a scrap metal after landing but the result for the opposite party was even more terrible and embarrassing, out of six F-22s only two returned and the rest were....... Cut downed in the sky. The aviation world was totally put in disarray. The two of them used the long and hard wings of the C130 to hit the F-22s like it was a chicken game. Even the aviation world couldn''t figure out how they did it. They used the hit and run tactic at forty thousand feet up in the air and came down crashing at the end. But the breathtaking issue was, none of them died. Not the enemy forces nor the ones they were escorting. It was a total fucking miracle. Lyle opened his helmet''s face screen. "Come on dude, it will be fun." Lyle said jokingly. "FUN MY ASS! We''re going to Chernobyl! There''s already a lot of weird fucking reports about that place having some "unknowns" being sighted and now that whole place has gone dark! How the heck is this fun! We could be dealing with the fucking aliens for crying out loud!" Chris exploded. Only then did he remember he was in front of some higher figures. "I apologize for my rudeness General!" He immediately saluted. "No stiffness, it''s not like I don''t understand where you''re going by this, but this mission is important for MGU to climb up the ladder of dominance and power, I hope you can understand how important this is." Eric said. "Sir......." Chris said and frowned as he went deep into thinking. *sigh* "Count us in, we will get you guys in and out of that place." Claire said as she sighed. "Wha-? Claire!" Chris looked at her with a shocked expression. "It''s not like we can do anything after he personally asked as, he''s the symbol of absolute power in MGU, do you have the gal to reject him?" She asked her brother with an annoyed face. What she said was 200% correct. They can''t really do anything because it''s the General personally asking them. "Sigh........ Fine, we''ll do it." Chris also agreed while scratching the back of his head. "Great! No time to waste now! Yo Jarred! Get the fuck down here and teach them how to fly this thing!" Daniel said as he looked at Jarred who was on top of the drop ship. "Ah? Just a second, I''m almost done." Jarred said and continued doing his thing. "OK, you guys can ask him anything and everything you need to know about the ship from him while I still have some diagnostics to run on the GEARs." Daniel said and turned around. "GEARs?" Claire asked confusedly. "It''s the armored suit they are in." Eric said as he stood beside them with his hands folded. *beep*. Eric received a message through his Weblink and he excused himself. "Alright! I''m done, let''s get you familiar with this baby shall we?" Jarred came down with his flashy smile. He brought the two of them inside and taught them everything there is about the ship while Daniel did all kinds of test movements on the GEARs. Sixty minutes later........ "Is the ammunition filled?" "Yes sir! All good to go!" "Initiate stage two! Bring the it out!" *beng* *beng* *beng* *beng* The platform on which the drop ship was on moved out of the hanger slowly and carefully. It was giving off the sound of a truck in reverse but the platform was remote controlled with no vehicle pulling it. The platform successfully came out and stopped ten feet away from the hanger. "Initiate stage three!" Jarred said on his head mic. "Affirmative, running final check before initiating state three." Chris said while sitting in the left pilot seat. "Energy cell." "Check." "Engine." "Check." "CIC." "Check." "Doors." "Check." "Thrusters." "Check." "Radar and sonar." "Check check." "Weapons status." "Online and one hundred percent functional." "Run a full system scan." "Initiating full system scan." 1%........ 23%....... 48...... 77%........ 96%....98%... 99%.. 100%! "Scan complete, all systems operational." Chris asked and Claire answered. "Initiating final sequence." Chris said. *heng......* The ship gave off a spaceship like sound. "Energy level piking up, 39%...... 50........ 70%..... It''s still climbing." Claire said as she looked at the reading. The level was already in the red. "Uh... Command, we have a problem, the energy cell is picking up power rapidly and it''s already in the danger zone." Chris said. "Don''t worry, it happens like that for the first time." Daniel said. He designed that energy cell so he purposefully made it like that so the cell can withhold high energy output. *bimb* *bimb* *bimb* *DING!* The reading touched 100% and the energy cell turned from yellow to blue. "Fuck yes!" Daniel said in excitement. It worked! It really worked and didn''t blow them up to bits. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. "All system good to go, taking off." Chris said and pressed the green button near the radar screen and the slowly pushed the lever on hid right forward. The drop ship slowly and steadily took off the platform. "YAAAAAY!!!!!!!" "HELL YEAH BOYS!" "Holy shit! It''s working perfectly!" Everyone of the technicians were delighted to see it fly, their hard work paid off. When the drop ship was thirty feet in the air, Chris brought the downward thrusters to neuter. Chris then turned the ship towards Chernobyl and turned on the camouflage mode and became invisible to naked eyes. "Call sign "Pigeon", proceeding towards the mission, hyper drive activated." He turned on the hyper drive and flew towards Chernobyl at lightning speed. "Good luck boys, and god speed." 17 Cooperation Half an hour after leaving the base... "Man this thing is really comfortable and fast eh? I don''t even feel the lightest bit of turbulence." Flynn said. They all removed their helmets so that they can freely chat till they reach. "Attention, twenty minutes till target." Chris said over the speaker. Since the pilot cabin and the cargo bay were separate so they had to use comms to communicate and relay the messages. "Acknowledged." Lyle said over his comm. "You guys better be careful and not wander off too far, because unlike Kazakhstan where you had to go trekking for six kilometers to reach the target, you can''t go more than three thousand two hundred meters away from the ship since we use short distance communication, once we enter the Chernobyl airspace we will be cut off from the outside world, whatever happens in there, no one outside will know so you guys better stay close to the ship and contact us when you want to move far, got it?" Claire said. She and her brother were really looking forward to go home this time but they were suddenly called over for an "Important mission that only you two can do", so they had no choice in this matter and had to comply. And now. They are piloting a goddamn spaceship "inside" the atmosphere. "Copy that, call in you guys if we move further away." Lyle said. "Sword Knight, come in, over." Lyle''s comm rang. "Acknowledged, proceed." Lyle replied. "We have a slight change of plans, primary objective, retrieve the fuse and search and rescue if there were any survivors, stays the same but we are adding some more details to it." Eric said. Lyle can sense the seriousness in his voice. Something doesn''t seem right, Eric is an easy go kind of guy, even when it''s a mission he would talk friendly to Lyle, but this time.... It doesn''t add up. "Copy that, what''s the change?" Lyle asked. "You are to proceed to the rendezvous point thousand three hundred meter northwest of the new LZ and join the Indian team that''s coming and then proceed towards the crash site, the Russians and the Chinese will rendezvous with you at the crash site and then complete the primary objective and proceed towards the secondary objective, if there are any survivors, send them to the nearby Ukrainian military base, they''ll have everything prepared to receive the injured." Eric said in a stern voice. "Wait what? We are going to cooperate with India, China and Russia? Wasn''t the previous objective is to "clearly" avoid contact with them and proceed with caution? What happened for us to get together and play house?" Lyle asked in a confused tone. "Lyle, stop playing around! This is beyond just MGU now! We might be even talking a huge terrorist movement! If Europe gets into chaos because of this, then MGU will affected by it as well! The mission difficulty had been changed to "Hades!" Do you even understand the gravity of this now!?" Eric raised his voice. Lyle''s face had already gone pale after hearing it. Till now the SSU had faced only two "Hades" level difficulty missions and it was a god fucking miracle that they came out of that without any causalities. Even for them, those two missions were like walking out of hell. Now they had to face one more, this is like having the nightmare that you wish you''ll never have. "Hades... Level..... Are you fucking with me? Please tell me you are just fucking with me! Please dude I fucking beg you!" Lyle said with his voice shaking in fear. "I wish I was... But this is serious issue Lyle, MGU can''t stand aside this time." Eric said. "Then..... Any guess on what we''re going against?" Lyle asked, his voice still slightly shaking in fear. No one inside the ship thought that even Lyle could be afraid of something. Till now this guy I''d really hardbass. Nothing can make him even flinch. Even if it was something like going toe to toe with a demon, he would do it with a smiling face. But after hearing what he said.... Even they had began to fear what''s ahead. Till now MGU only had three "Hades" level difficulty missions and one of them was a failure with everyone bring wiped out. The other two were done by them and they could only complete one mission successfully and the other one was not so successful but they survived. Both the missions were like walking to hell and back with the road filled with landmines. No matter where they step, bullets fly, bombs explode and choppers crash. It was truly hell. And now they are going to face something lime that again, they have the right to be afraid. "We don''t really know.... All we know is that eight civilians, four teenagers and four elderly, all from four different towns in Ukraine were kidnapped and Ukraine seems to be hiding something because they mobilized the goddamn army and stationed them at the border, once you guys give the go, the military will move in as back up." Eric said. "What? That''s too suspicious to be true! And other three countries accepted it? How the fuck can that be true?" Lyle said. "I know and there is not only three countries, Russia, Ukraine, India, China, German and Poland all sent their special forces for this mission, seems like something isn''t right and something big is happening in Chernobyl, we can''t stay quiet cause we also have our reasons this time." Eric said. "This is not looking good, cooperating with five other countries..... Are we going for war or something?" Lyle asked. "I don''t know, but all those civilians who were kidnapped were from the towns which border near Chernobyl, it might be something related and plus, we can''t having you walking into a gun fight, so we had to come clean and cooperate with them for your safety as well." Eric said. Lyle was having a headache, he closed his eyes and massaged his temples while thinking. "Eight civilians, two from each town, teens and elderly, four towns, kidnapping, Chernobyl border... Plane crash....!" He suddenly realized something found a connection. "Eric! The plane crash and the kidnapping might be connected!" Lyle suddenly said. Even his teammates were surprised by what he said. Even Eric was shocked a bit. "What did you find! Tell me!" He hurriedly asked. "This is just a guess but If you want to know about the military power of a country, what will you do?" Lyle asked. "Hmm... Send spies or bribe a military official I guess? But what does it have to do with this?" Eric asked confusedly because the ones kidnapped weren''t military personals but just ordinary civilians. "There is also another way, kidnap a military personal and torture them for information." Lyle said in a cold tone, this type of underhanded tricks like kidnapping, he doesn''t like them. "Yes there''s that but all those who went missing were civilians with no connection, just random people." Eric said. "But what if you already have the military personal you are looking for falling down from the sky and all you need now is the local information about terrains and civilizations?" Lyle asked. "Kidnap..... Civilians for information..... You done mean its.....?" Eric said. "Eric, relay my words to other countries who are participating in this mission "No one should act alone and stay weapons locked until they join with the teams from other countries who are also participating in this and then, they are weapons free, all bets are off" pass this message to everyone, we are now officially DEFCON one, tight MGU''s security and triple the watch, we might be facing some unknown extraterrestrial enemy but they could be friends as well, but we better be safe than sorry." Lyle''s voice was cold as ice. "You can''t joke in this issue Lyle, this is not a matter of MGU but several nations." Eric said. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. "Eric, have I ever joked to you when it comes to issues this big?" Lyle asked. "..." Eric couldn''t answer that. It was true after all. Lyle might be friendly and joking at times, but when he''s serious he get serious. "Fine, but what makes you say the word "Extraterrestrial"?" Eric asked, this is already reaching the level beyond worries. "A whole region blacked out, connections to that region is totally cut and we can''t even break in with our most advanced techs, weird activities spotted in space by our moon base, Locals being kidnapped, all leads to one conclusion no matter how you look at it, advanced techs and higher intelligence and then interests in knowing the local, what can I say if it''s not "Aliens"? Al-Qaeda and ISIS joined hands and are trying to invade Ukraine? Come on!" Lyle said. "Fine, you convince me and I''ll try to convince the other countries, if things goes South, I can''t help much." Eric said in a helpless tone. "I''ll take care of it and take the blame, but you better get our defense solid in case something night happen." Lyle said. "Copy that and good luck, come back alive, MGU needs you." Eric said. "You don''t have to worry, you know us, we''re the hardbass." Lyle said with a laugh. "Yea yea, MGU out." Eric said and hung up. "LT..... Is what you said is true? Are we really gonna face aliens?" Guido asked with an unsure voice. You can see the fear in his tone. "I don''t know, possibly? So what if we face them? We have the newest and most advanced gears designed for space combat plus the Ukrainian military is just a call away, what''s there to be afraid off?" Lyle said with a smile. His words eased the tension among the group. The chatted all they way to Chernobyl. Back in MGU. "Prepare a conference call with all countries bordering Chernobyl and also contact the countries we are allied with and as well as those who are participating in this mission ASAP!." Eric ordered. Lyle''s guts have never been wrong, not even once. So when he said that this is serious then this is serious. He had to alert all the countries and they will alert the others, this is turning into a global level crisis. 18 Contact part 1 "Mr General of MGU! Don''t go sprouting nonsense! How can you declare that we are under an alien invasion so calmly?" One of the guy on the big screen before Eric slammed the desk as he shout. After ending his conversation with Lyle, Eric immediately contacted the leaders of the countries MGU is allied with and those countries who neighbor Chernobyl as and put them on a conference video call. He trusts Lyle''s judgment as much as he trusts that guy''s institution. "Mr Charles, I never said anything about an alien invasion or anything, I just said what my men said might only be a possibility and that we have to prepare necessary counter measure in case what he said might really happen." Eric said with an emotionless face and his hands folded. British.... He''s never good at dealing with them at all. MGU and England have a lot of things they don''t set in with and coming into an agreement is one of them. Everyone on the screen was silent. They didn''t speak. What Eric just said was equivalent to saying Earth is under attack. Not a country but Earth. The whole damn planet. That being said, no one would really believe that aliens are attacking them just because of some pretty big-small scale event such as this. "We will consider it, it''s better to be safe than sorry." President of the America said and hung up. "Russia will also consider it." Russian president said and hung up. "China will do as advised." The Chinese president accepted the proposal surprisingly and hung up. "Japan will also do as advised." The Japanese prime minister said and hung up. "India will consider." The Indian president said and hung up. One by one, everyone said "we will consider." and hung up. The whole screen became black again. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please clickfor visiting. "Put him through." Eric said while looking at the screen. The operators were confused. The next second, the Russian president called. The operators were surprised, but nonetheless, they connected his calls. "What do you think Eric?" he asked with a serious face. "The Americans, they definitely know something." Eric said with the same seriousness. "That''s my thought as well, they didn''t "agree" but will "consider"? What kind of play is this? Leaving others behind, Americans should know better than this but from the recent activities, our suspicion can only grow." The Russian president said. "My doubt is also the same, he said America will consider preparing for the worst case scenario but why would they put up a strong air defense before the Chernobyl incident? That''s why I had my men look into it and guess what they found? Americans probably knew about this long ago and they hid it from us." Eric said. "So? How will MGU react?" The Russian president asked with interest in his eyes. "Mister president, you know how serious this is, this does not concern a single nation but the whole planet, we don''t know who or what we are facing yet, we are running completely blind but we know one thing for sure, whoever we are about to go against has technological advantage but that doesn''t mean we will back off without a fight, this is our land!Our turf! If they want to come at us, then let them! We will prepare a good firework show to welcome them." Eric said with resolution. *sigh* "Is that your final decision?" The president asked. "Yes, MGU will mobilize it''s military and stay at DEFCON ONE code Red alert." Eric said. "Fine, Russia shall also stay on high alert and mobilize it''s troops to counter any unknown''s attack." The president said with resolution as well. Eric nod his head and cut off the call. "Contact sword knight." Eric said. The operators did as they were told and contacted him. "Sword knight leader, come in." Eric said. "This is Sword knight leader, you''re loud and clear, go ahead." Lyle said as he put on his helmet. Everyone inside the drop ship did the same. "What''s your status?" Eric asked. "ETA to LZ five minutes, the men are geared up and ready to go downtown, how did things go on your side?" Lyle said. "As suspected, the Americans probably knew about this but they kept everyone in the dark." Eric said with a defeated tone. "Hahaha, my intuition is always on point, now transfer that ten thousand bucks to my account." Lyle said. "what the-? When did I ever agree to such a bet!" Eric bellowed. "You did now, let''s forget that, we''re about to enter the Chernobyl airspace, after thirty some minutes we will go radio silence so prepare everything at your end, Sword knight out." Lyle hung up."So? What''s our next move boss?" Putok asked him. After putting on their helmet, they looked like master chief team from halo. They changed their weapons to normal standard weapons their team normally use. ED with his sniper, Putok with his LMG(Light machine gun) while Reginald, Guido, Sam and Flynn had SMGs and the rest of the team had standard assault rifle. "MGU will tight up the defense and something''s will speed up and as for us, we will proceed as planned and rendezvous with the Indian team first and then proceed towards the crash site, the Russians and the Chinese will join us there and then we will begin the sweeping and see what the fuck is going on." Lyle said as he looked at his gun. "Scan." he said. "Scanning....." his helmet began scanning the gun. Function: 100% Fire rate : 40/7sec Mag: 40/40 Distance: 4,000 meters ..... .... ... .. The result showed by the system is really freaking awesome. It was as if it''s a game control. Lyle couldn''t stop grinning. It even showed the gun in X-ray as well as a demo on how it works. It even showed the goddamn manufacturing date! He tried aiming Flynn who was sitting opposite to him. The screen showed him the circle but it was a bit bigger than the one which appeared when he used the new gun. Not only it showed where he was aiming but also the weak spot was marked by a red circle! This is clearly a cheat. If other country soldiers saw this, they would probably die of jealousy. He lowered his gun. "Lyle.... You need to get to the cockpit ASAP!" Chris voice rang out loud in the speaker. From the tone itself it''s very urgent. Lyle stood up and walked to the pilot cabin and opened the door. "What''s wrong? Why did you call me?" Lyle asked. "Look...." Chris pointed before them. Even Claire couldn''t hide her shock. It was truly shocking. To explain it in one word, it was Un-fucking-believable . "Chris..... What the fuck in Hades ass is that.....?" 19 Contact part 2 "Dude.... Are we even in the right place?" Lyle asked with a lot of doubts. He never doubted Chris when it came to such missions, but he''s really starting to doubt his sense of direction. "I''m three hundred percent fucking sure that this is Chernobyl and that is where the fucking plane crashed!" Chris said as he pointed towards the forest at the distance. Before them was a mountain. A huge fucking mountain. A mountain that touches the sky, even the clouds! But the thing is, there are no fucking mountains in Chernobyl! Only a hill, no mountain. It was still miles away from where they are flying. "How good is your geography mark?" Lyle asked as he kept looking at the magnificent mountain. "Good why?" Chris said. To be a pilot, one should have a good geographical and mathematical knowledge. "Guys, is there anyone among us with great geography mark?" Lyle asked over the comm. "Uh..... I think Sam majored in geography, why? Is something wrong or did Chris got drunk on coke and brought us to somewhere else?" Flynn asked. "You''ll see soon enough, send Sam in and prepare to disembark soon." Lyle said over the comm. "Copy that." Flynn said and everyone began preparing themselves. Sam entered the pilot cabin and looked at them, who were staring before them like they saw a ghost in broad daylight. "What''s wrong?" Sam asked and looked towards the direction where they were looking. He finally understood why they were like that. "Can you confirm if we are in Chernobyl or not?" Lyle asked without shifting his look. "Let me look." Sam said and began looking at the map, system map, GPS, which was still working and the mountain. "This doesn''t make any sense...." Sam said while looking at the paper map in his hands. "What''s wrong?" Lyle asked. They have already slowed down their approach. "This terrain and mapping and coordinates, everything is correct, I''m sure we are one hundred percent in Chernobyl but that..... That''s not supposed to be here." Sam said with disbelief in his voice. "What are you trying to say? Speak English." Lyle said. "What I''m saying is, that mother fucking mountain does not exist or it didn''t in the past." Sam said with a serious expression. "What? Are you saying that someone put that mountain there like planting a tree? Get reckt." Chris joked. Sam gave him a glare but the helmet hid his glare. "Are you sure this is the right place Sam? Maybe it is and that mountain was there right from the beginning right? Mistakes happen when someone get too into study sometimes." Claire said. "Claire, unlike your brother, I got one ten percent in geography which is why I became a scout in the team, I''m sure as hell I''m not wrong here." Sam said with confidence. "Claire, are the comms working?" Lyle asked. Claire tired contacting MGU but it didn''t work. "Negative, we passed the mile marker, we are in the black zone." Claire said as she shook her head. "Fuck....." Lyle cursed as he began thinking. Such a thing should be informed to the higher ups so that they can do something about it. He''s just a solider after all. A very important soldier maybe. "OK, I have an idea, drop us in the LZ and leave the black zone, contact MGU and come back after hearing what the higher ups say, got it?" Lyle asked. "Roger that Lieutenant, we''re coming up on the LZ, get back." Chris said. Lyle and Sam left the cabin and rejoined the group. They stood in a 6x2 manner. "Hiro! Guido! You two stay in ship as guards, rest on me!" Lyle shouted his order. "SIR YES SIR!" all of them shouted at top of their lungs. Hiro and Guido both came out and stood at each side of the bay. Now they stood in a 5x2 manner. The ship landed on the ground and the bay door slowly opened. *dam* "GO! GO! GO!" all ten of them jogged out of the ship and crouched down the moment their feet touched the ground. They were sharp as a sword that just came out of the forge. Their vision was locked on the surroundings while the GEAR''s system scanned for any type of movements. Their fingers were on the trigger, ready to unload a world of pain at anything that comes out. "All units are out, Pigeon taking off, good luck boys." Chris said as the bay door slowly closed itself while the ship took off. Hiro and Guido watched them from the ship and saluted at them as the door closed. And then the ship went invisible again and fled away. "Is everyone accounted for?" Lyle asked over the comm. "Everyone''s here and all systems are good." Reginald said. "Good, at ease." Lyle said and they all stood up and eased. The system didn''t show any movements in surroundings so they are safe for now. "Now, what the fuck is that?" Reginald asked. Everyone looked at the huge mountain which was located north west of their position, where they exactly had to go after therendezvous with the Indian team. "To be honest, I didn''t know thirty seconds ago and I don''t know now." Lyle said as he looked at the forest which they had to go through. "Scan the atmosphere." Lyle said. [WARNING] RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES DETECTED IN THE AIR. [Staying inside the GEAR is suggested] Radiation level: 58.7% [Harmful] "Good, as long as we stay inside the GEAR, we are good, let''s move! Keep ten feet distance and open fire if you see anything hostile!." Lyle said and started walking toward Northeast to the rendezvous point. Everyone followed his order and followed him. It''s been exactly ten minutes since they began walking. Reginald walked to Lyle''s side. "Lyle, do you think everything will turn out to be fine?" Reginald asked him. "Why? Are you scared now? It''s a little too late to be scared." Lyle joked while looking at the surrounding as the system scanned everything in the view. "Scared? Oh hell no, I''m freaking out! You suddenly brought aliens into the equation and now every fucking thing is becoming crazy!" Reginald said. "Chill out, even if shit hits the fan, we won''t be alone." Lyle said confidently. "Are you counting on the other teams? Like they give a fuck." Reginald said with a monotone. "Fuck or not, they are also in this shithole with us and they will have to cooperate, we have no choice and they don''t either so shut the fuck up if you''re gonna continue whining like a nine year old." Lyle said and went ahead. "Ah fuck man, when this thing goes downtown to shit town, I''m gonna fucking say "I told you so" right up your face!" Reginald said and went back to his position. They kept on walking towards the rendezvous point while keeping their vigilance up. *rush* Suddenly, sound came from nearby. Every single one of them pointed their guns towards the direction where the sound came from. "What was that?" Flynn asked. "Sam, check it out, Reginald, Arjun, Flynn keep an eye on the surroundings, do not let anything escape your view." Lyle said. "Copy." the four of them said and did as they were ordered. Sam slowly and carefully walked towards the place where the sound came from. Reginald, Arjun and Flynn were looking and scanning the surroundings for movements, nothing can escape their views. "Putok, get ready to light whatever comes out of there." Lyle said while aiming his gun towards the place Sam is going. "Copy that, I''m ready to put some holes in whatever it is." Putok said with a smirk while pointing his LMG at the place. Sam slowly reached it. He looked around with his gun pointing wherever he looked. He moved in a bit to see clearly. There was nothing. No animal or anything. "Clear." Sam on the comm. Everyone eased up a bit. He was about to leave, but something caught the scanner just as he was turning. Sam stopped. He slowly turned around and brought his gun up. His scanner pointed again. He slowly walked towards it. Everyone relaxed a bit, but after seeing Sam go there again, they were a bit confused. They understood he found something so put up their guard again. Lyle and the rest slowly walked towards Sam. Sam was also slowly walking towards the marker on the screen. It was a small yellow square box which points out if there is something that is out of place. Sam reached the marked place and crouched down. He was surprised and shocked for a second. He touched the marked place with his finger and looked at it. Blood. It was blood. "Guys.... Something isn''t right here, in my view, retreating is the best option." Sam said as he lift his head and looked forward. "What did you find?" Lyle asked as he stopped by his side. They were now confirmed that something very weird is going on here. Their eyes looked everywhere. With the help of the GEARs they can easily find if anything moves. Sam showed the finger with blood to Lyle while he looked forward. More traces. Lyle looked at Sam''s finger. He was shocked to find blood on it. "David Fernandez, corporal,MGU." Sam said. The blood on his finger was scanned by the GEAR, which was a surprise. It showed him the details of the blood''s owner and found a hundred percent match with one of the MGU soldier. "David Fernandez, Corporal, search." Lyle said. The system run a search on the name. The result was a few hundred of them from different armies in the world. "Target country, MGU." Lyle said. The GEAR system knocked out every other country except MGU. Even in MGU, there was at least eight of them. He looked at the screen showing eight of them with their important details and picture. But one out of the eight caught his eyes. It was not due to the details or his missions or tours. But the big red "MIA" on his page. He opened it and looked at the details. He skipped everything and went straight to the end. LAST MISSION Joint military exercise in Kaliningrad. "He''s one of the missing, if his blood is here then he shouldn''t be far." Lyle said. They all understood what this meant. There are two scenarios. One being him surviving the crash and came out with light injuries and walked around to find a city or town with human to contact MGU or he could chased by someone or something after leaving the crash site. The other is, he could have been carried by someone or something from the crash site. This meant that there is a possibility of survivors. "Sam, can you track him?" Lyle asked while trying to get signal in his comm. "Possibly? Because it leads to two different ways." Sam said after looking thoroughly. "What....?" Lyle asked confusedly. "Well one leads to Northwest where the crash site is while the other leads towards east, there''s two different path and we can''t afford to split up with this number." Sam said as he stood up. Logically thinking, splitting up and following both paths is the protocol under normal circumstances, but, well, this is anything but a normal circumstance. There''s even a fucking mountain in Chernobyl. In Chernobyl! Not in any other place but Chernobyl! Where there isn''t any fucking mountains! To Lyle, this was a hard situation. On one hand, he wants to follow the track and find out what happened. On the other, he doesn''t want to put his team in danger. Splitting up in such a place under such situation is very dangerous even for an elite team. They could proceed as planned, but they might lose the chance to save a survivor. But there is also a possibility if the survivor being dead. Risking the living for the dead isn''t worth it. "We proceed as planned and rendezvous with the Indian team first, we will know what happened when we reach the crash site." Lyle said. They all looked at each other. What he meant was "We are abandoning him and proceed towards the mission objective" and they could clearly understand that meaning. "Are you sure? If we do that then we are abandoning him." Putok said. "We don''t really have a choice here Putok, we can''t afford to split up here with this number and we will be going to the crash site either way, plus there is a chance of him being dead and we might walk into a trap if we split up, we don''t know who we are dealing with so it''s better we play it safe." Lyle said as he began walking. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Well I''m with you on this one." Sam said and also began walking. "Better safe than sorry." Reginald said and went back to his position in walking. Slowly, one by one they went back to their positions. Now, they had to join the Indian team and uncover the ongoing mystery of Chernobyl. The first contact of earthlings with the interstellar beings is not far away. 20 Contact part 3 - final par "Pigeon, this is Sword Knight zero four, come in." Reginald called, but he got no response for the past twelve minutes. "Got anything?" Ed asked. "Negative, I still can''t get in touch with Pigeon." Reginald said. "Haaaah.... Where did that idiot fly off to? Isn''t the communication range around like what? Two kilometers? Are they still out of range? He should''ve been back by now, it''s not like I told him to go back to MGU,right?" Lyle said while walking. It''s been quite some time now and there have been no contact with the CJ siblings. It''s like they are gone. "Flynn, are you getting anything? Any jammer?" Lyle asked him. "Nyet brother, it''s clean as fuck except some kind of radio interference, like the weather''s bad or something." Flynn said as he slapped his helmet lightly. He found this strange. Of course they are inside the dark zone which is supposed to be cutting off all the communications with the outside world, but this is the newest tech for Christ sake! Radio interference? Fuck that! Even if they used high end jammers, this tin can GEAR should work fine as fuck. "Grrrrr, AHHHHH FUCK THIS!!!!!!!! THIS IS WHY I DON''T TRUST THAT SON OF A BITCH DANIEL WHEN IT COMES TO TECHS!" Flynn cursed. "Oii, what happened? Diarrhea?" Putok asked with a confused tone. This guy goes off often and when he does, he doesn''t stop for fifteen minutes. *sigh* "That fucker Daniel said that he installed some shitty software which can go toe to toe with Magnum OP, now that thing is not even worth a fucking cent." Flynn said and turned on his Weblink. He didn''t fully trust Daniel when he said he made something similar to MGOP. And turned out that he''s a dick. This thing can''t even do 50% of what MGOP can. It does has some pretty looking functions, but they are junk here. On outside world it might be awesome, but here this thing is comparable to a world war two radio. He immediately used his Weblink to install MGOP in his GEAR. "Magnum OP, fire up." Flynn said. A series of program began running. Words above words, all going upwards appeared on his helmet''s screen. It was going so fast that it could not be read by anyone, but not for Flynn. It was his creation. He knows exactly what it asks and what he should do. It finally stopped after a few seconds. INSTALLATION COMPLETE..... REBOOT SYSTEM TO ACTIVE NEW SOFTWARE.... REBOOT: Y/N? "Yes." Flynn said without an ounce of hesitation. His GEAR shut downed. All lights and power left the suit. Few seconds later. The suit fired up again. The light returned. His GEAR turned on and the system software began it''s tests. After all the process, Flynn''s GEAR came back to normal with a new addition to it. "Magnum OP, find the frequency interfering with our communication network." Flynn said. "Running testes.... Acquiring data.... Processing..... Processing complete, unknown frequency found..... Matching with known frequencies..... Match not found. Match not found. Match not found." The system started screaming. "Hehehe, this is why I don''t trust that Daniel when it comes to my department, I did what he couldn''t! Gahahahahaha!" Flynn began laughing like mad scientist. "Stop laughing, what did you find?" Kyle asked. They are nearly at the rendezvous point. "I found out why our communication network is stuffed out and not working properly! It''s an unknown frequency! Magnum OP matched it with every known network frequency on earth and this is not one of them." Flynn said. Kyle and others were completely shocked and surprised. Lyle said aliens invading as a joke, but it turned out to be fucking real! Lyle could now feel a headache coming his way. Aliens..... Would they have to fight them? They wouldn''t go as far as to face an alien army alone right? Surely it can''t get that bad. "Can you trace the frequency to it''s origin?" Lyle asked. "Piece of cake, can you give me something hard?" Flynn said with a smirk but his helmet hid it. "I''ll give you something harder later, for now do this, we''re almost at the rendezvous point." Lyle said as he marched forward with his men. "Two minuets and I''ll have their location." Flynn said and began doing his thing on his Weblink. This frequency may not belong to any country on earth, but that doesn''t mean he can''t hack it. He''s the God of hacking after all. The symbols shown on his screen were very interesting. It''s as if he found some ancient civilization or something. And to his surprise, even Magnum OP was having trouble deciphering this. For the first time, the tech god felt like he was running out of options. "Halt, we''re here." Lyle raised his fist and said. They reached the rendezvous point but the Indian team was nowhere to be found. Lyle and others looked around. No one. Literally no one. The plan was that they had to join the Indian team before proceeding towards the crash site. The Indian team was supposed to be here waiting for them. Only that, they were nowhere to be found. Lyle tried using the GEAR to scan the surrounding, but nothing showed up. It seems like they are late. But that''s where Lyle''s doubt lay. In military and especially in special forces, the word late doesn''t exist. Either they died or fallen back or in middle of a fight. There is no gunshot, so the third option is out. They got no news about where did the CJ siblings go and their communications has been blocked by an unknown force plus the team they are supposed to rendezvous was nowhere to be found. Like Lyle said. The worst shittiest place on this planet. "LT, I got it, the source of this interference, shall I shut it down?" Flynn suddenly asked. He actually broke in! He seriously broke into an alien network! This is the first time in human history that something like this happened. But of course, they don''t know that. "Any backlash?" Lyle asked. If they were to shut it down, then there should be something to pay for it. Like if their entire communication could go down with it since this frequency is also tangled with theirs. "Nope, if I shut it down then the whole black zone will break, we can actually get back on the grid." Flynn said. This is unbelievable. Lyle couldn''t believe his ears right now. They can finally get their comms up and running! This means they can contact backup if shit hit''s downtown! This is great news! "Do it." Lyle said without a second delay. They were all happy and smiley. If they can get their communications up, then fuck aliens, even god will have lead bullets making them bleed. "Initiating Magnum hyper drive shockwave, turn off your GEARs and electronics, cuz this is stronger than EMP." Flynn said. "GEAR off." "GEAR off." "GEAR off." One by one they all turned off. And the last one also turned off. They are now sitting ducks with their arsehole wide open for anyone to fuck. "Shockwave countdown, begin." Flynn said. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 IGNITE. *BLING* *HONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG* Flynn''s GEAR let out an ear piercing sound and it gradually increased. 5 4 3 2 1 TERMINATION COMPLETE. The screen showed the message. "Everyone, turn on your GEARs." Flynn said. "GEAR on." "GEAR on." "GEAR on." One by one they turned on and their GEARs came back to life. "Try it." Flynn said. Lyle nodded. "Pigeon, this is Sword Knight leader, come in, over." Lyle said using the comm. *buzzzzzzzzz* *cling* "Hello? Sword Knight Leader? Conner? You son of a bitch! Where the fuck did you guys disappear to!? I couldn''t get you on comms after coming back and I thought you guys went farther in so we flew in deep and we got into deep shit!" Chris''s rambled. It works! The communications work! Hurray! Lyle never thought he would be so happy to hear that son of a sick bitch voice again. "Great! The comms are back online! We are back on the grid!" Lyle exclaimed happily. This is the first best thing that ever happened after coming to this shit hole. "Fuck yeah!" "Now we can call in reinforcements if things go south!" "Heck we can call MGU!" They were all happy. They were sitting ducks and now they became fearless eagles. "Too early to be fucking happy! We have a problem! In fact we have three fast problems up our ass!" Chris said on the comm. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Why? What happened? Downtown funky?" Lyle asked. It''s a code commonly used for asking if there is any trouble on the ground. "Downtown? Forget downtown, this shit is uptown!" Chris said. Like downtown funky, this means the problem is in the air, not on the ground. "Alright, wait a sec, I''m gonna use the general channel." Lyle said and switched to general channel. "To everyone on this channel, this is the Leader of Special Strike Unit of Madagascar United, all comm lines are free and back online! I repeat, all comm lines are free and back online! We are no longer in the dark, we are back on the grid! I repeat, we are back on the grid! Over." Lyle said using the general channel. "Shit what you said is true? We are back online?" Chris immediately asked without a delay. "Affirmative." Lyle said. "Oh fuck yeah! Now let''s see who''s the biggest bitch in the air!" Chris said. His situation was still unclear. From the sound of it, they were being chased by someone. The ship still has some weapons and it''s fast, they should be alright. Nothing to worry about. *buzz* "Eto mayor Maksim Belov, kto-nibud'' chitayet menya? My podvergayemsya sil''nomu napadeniyu vraga! Nam nuzhna nemedlennaya pomoshch''! YA povtoryayu! Eto mayor Maksim Belov iz rossiyskogo spetsnaza! My podvergayemsya sil''nomu napadeniyu vraga, i nam trebuyetsya nemedlennaya pomoshch''! V nastoyashcheye vremya!" Someone said in Russian. It sounded very urgent as well. "Putok? Did you get it?" Lyle look at Putok. "This is Major Maksim Belov, does any one read me? We are under heavy enemy attack! We require immediate assist! I repeat! This is Major Maksim Aleksandr of the Russian special forces! We are under heavy enemy attack and we require immediate assistance! Now! Is what it said." Putok said. "Ask them where they are, now!" Lyle urged. If the Russians are using the word "heavy" then it is not good, the enemy might be too strong. They cannot go in alone, they need to call in back up. "Eto Sardzhent Volkov Putok iz podrazdeleniya spetsial''nogo udara Madagaskar Yunayted! Mayor Maksim Belov, ty gde? Nad." Putok said. (If you want translation, use Google translate, I use it) "Sardzhent, slava bogu, chto otvetil! My nakhodimsya pod sil''nym vrazheskim ognem zdes'', v sektore 352 setki 77! Nam nuzhna nemedlennaya pomoshch''! My ne mozhem derzhat''sya namnogo dol''she! Vragi inoplanetyane! Povtoryayu! Vragi inoplanetyane! A teper'' idi syuda kak mozhno skoreye i vnesi kazhdyy svoy aktiv! Eto adskaya dyra zdes''!" The major replied and with an even more urged tone. "They are in sector 352 grid 77, it seems like they are under heavy fire and require immediate help and he told me to bring in every thing we got because it''s a hell hole over there and he also said "extraterrestrials", it seems your guess was right, freaking aliens." Putok said. Well, shit hits the fan. "Alright, contact him again and tell him that the comms are up and tell him to call in the Russian army, we will hurry there as soon as possible." Lyle said and entered the location that Major said on his Weblink. 2 miles northwest. "Great, we will not make it in time so tell them to fall back and hold on as long as they can." Lyle said. He looked at Reginald. "Contact the Indians and the Chinese and tell them to rendezvous with the Russians, we''ll meet them there." Lyle ordered. "Yes sir." Reginald said and get on with his order. "Mayor, eto snova Sardzhent Putok, svyaz'' nalazhena i rabotayet! Pozvonite v rossiyskiye voyska i skazhite im, chtoby oni otpravili vozdushnuyu podderzhku, my v dvukh milyakh k yugo-zapadu ot vashey pozitsii, my doberemsya tuda kak mozhno skoreye! A poka otstupite i podozhdite nemnogo, da prebudet s vami Bog." Putok said using the comm. "Podtverzhdeno, pozhaluysta, potoropis'', potomu chto my ne mozhem proderzhat''sya namnogo dol''she, Maksim." The Major said and cut off. There was gunfire sound on the background. And it sounded very heavy. It seems like they were really pinned down so bad. "Sword Knights! Move out!" 21 Onwards to hell ground "We can''t get there faster even if we run! We need wheels or at least get CJ here or else it''s bye bye Russians." Ed said. They were two miles away. Running won''t get them any faster. They were in dire need of a vehicle. "CJ is being chased by some UFOs right? Why don''t we just blow em up?" Putok suggested. If they can get CJ here, then they could get to the Russians in matter of seconds. Only problem is, CJ was being chased by someone during their last contact. "Fucking great, does anybody have any stingers or javelins? Cuz we need some kind of fucking anti-air to hit whatever the fuck it is chasing them." Flynn said. AFFIRMATIVE. COUNTER AIR MEASURES ACTIVATED. STINGER MISSILES PREPARED FOR LAUNCH. WAITING FOR COMMAND. STATUS: READY (STAND BY) Suddenly, Flynn''s back opened up and four rockets popes up pointing at the sky ready to launch. A big circle with four more inner circles appeared before Flynn''s face. And those words with the robotic voice as well. "What the......." That was their reaction. They never expected that son of a bitch Daniel installed anti-air missiles in their fucking GEAR. "Umm.... Boss? Am I drunk or did this thing magically pop up?" Putok asked while pointing the four rockets. "Fucking Daniel... He never mentioned anything about air counter measures being installed..." Lyle said. He literally want to beat the crap out of Daniel right now. "Deploy anti-air." Lyle said. AFFIRMATIVE. COUNTER AIR MEASURES ACTIVATED. STINGER MISSILES PREPARED FOR LAUNCH. WAITING FOR COMMAND. STATUS: READY (STAND BY) The same robotic voice, the same red words and the same four stinger missiles on the back. The same look. This thing is a fucking terminator. "Sword Knight leader to Pigeon, come in over." Lyle called. "This is Pigeon, a little fucking busy here, over." Chris replied. "Just fly over our location, we should be visible on your radar, Sword Knight leader out." Lyle cut off because if he didn''t then that guy would rant till he dies. "Ed, active your anti-air and follow me, Flynn as well and you guys stay put, we''ll be back." Lyle said and walked away. Ed did as he was told and he now had four rockets on his back now. The rest were puzzled for a bit and then understood his intentions. He''s going to really blow those fucks sky high. Meanwhile, Chris and Claire were trying their best to shake off the pursuers but they are more agile than them and annoying as well. They tried to communicate them but fuck shit, no response. And now Lyle wants them to do a fly over? This ain''t a beach party bruh, this is fucking air chase! And they were being chased like beaten dogs. The enemy fired a few rounds each time they have a lock on, but thanks to their experience they dodged it, but this can''t go on forever. He got no choice but to do as Lyle told him. Here goes nothing. He speed up to the position of where Lyle and the rest are. The radar works perfectly now so it''s not hard pin pointing them. They flew faster. The distance to their location is only half a mile. He don''t know what Connor''s got in store but it better be good. 600 meters. 400 meters. 300 meters. 200 meters. They were literally very close now. The distance reduced at a fast rate. "Connor whatever the fuck you''re gonna do, DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!" Chris screamed. *whoosh* *whoosh* *whoosh* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* Three projectiles went passed them. It looked like stinger missiles? And then three constructive Booming sound. The three aircrafts.... More like spaceships? Whatever the fuck it was, it ain''t chasing them anymore. They were blown up sky high. It was a direct hit. Before Chris reached here, the three of them took position in a nearby clearing and looked towards the sky. They were waiting for Chris. And when he showed up with pursuers behind his tail, they look at those spaceships and then it automatically locked on. And on their command, it launched one missile per. And then it''s fireworks show. "FUCK YEAH! FUCKING FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!" Chris cheated on like it''s the end of the world. "He really did it! But how? They didn''t have any launchers with them." Claire said. "Who gives a fuck? We''re safe, let''s go down." Chris said and landed the drop ship. He immediately opened the bay door and let the whole team in. Lyle didn''t waste any time and went straight for the pilot cabin. "Go to sector 352 grid 77 immediately, no time to waste and gets the guns up, we''ll probably be walking into a fire fight." Lyle said as the door opened. Chris didn''t ask for any details and just nodded his head. The drop ship slowly lift off the ground and the bay door closed. "It''s good to see you guys." Guido and Hiro said. "Too early to be happy, we''re walking into a heavy fight, guns up." Lyle said. He walked towards the bay door and turned around to face them. "Listen up! We''re walking into a heavy fire fight, probably we''ll die before landing or we''ll die after landing, but we will not die without killing at least one of those bitches! Do you hear me! Those extraterrestrials want to fire rain of lasers on our planet? Fuck them! We''ll show them what true suppression is! We will show them how hard our bullets are! We will show them that the MGU is not weak and no matter where the fuck we are on earth or any other planet we will kill everything as long as they offend us! MGU FOREVER!" Lyle shouted patriotically. "MGU FOREVER!" "MGU FOREVER!" "MGU FOREVER!" "MGU FOREVER!" "MGU FOREVER!" They all chanted patriotically and saluted Lyle and Lyle saluted back. "Attention, we''re here and this place is hell, you guys watch out because it''s gonna get bumpy from here." Chris said over the speaker. *rumble* The ship shook like crazy, making them all lose balance. The turbulence caused by the fight was too much. Too much exploding in the air due to enemy anti air weapons. Plus, for the Russians to hold out in this for this long itself is a miracle. The field was full of fire and hordes and hordes of aliens rushing towards the Russians who were trying their utmost to hold up their place. These aliens looked like cannon fodders whose soul purpose is to just be a meat shield for the guys with guns who were behind. These cannon fodders had razers for hands, no eyes, no nose, just a mouth with razer sharp teeth. They didn''t even have cloths. They just charged towards the Russians mindlessly. "Lt, the Indians and Chinese will join us shortly, we just need to hold up till the Russian armed forces hit here, maybe the air force will strike at full force so we better watch out." Reginald said. The Indians and the Chinese agreed to join them at where the Russians were hold up, but the thing is, they had to hold this place first before the back up get here. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Alright, the door is about to open, weapons free." Lyle said and cocked his gun. "Click* *click* *click* "Let''s show these alien fucks hell." 22 Alien forces Vs Special forces *Peng* *Peng* *Peng* *Peng* Lasers were flying everywhere. Lyle could not imagine how the Russians survived even ten seconds of this. The Russians were basically pinned down by the laser fire while the cannon fodders rush forward without any care for their life. The Russians could only hide and run and shoot from time to time. The aliens used a clever strategy to be honest. While the Russians were busy with the cannon fodders since these guys have no care for life and just rushed ahead with their Razer blade-like hand and sharp teeth, the aliens shoot from behind the cannon fodders and suppress the Russians. Cowardly, but clever. During a battle, what is the most important is to make sure you live while the enemy dies. You live, you fight tomorrow. You die, you make sure to take at least one of the enemy with you to hell. That''s the way of battlefield and it''s always been that way. Spetsnaz. Russian Special Forces. The most hard ass humans on earth next to Spartans, maybe more than the Spartans. Undergoing intensive training. Crawling out of god knows where. Being beaten to the point of losing the sensation of pain. The new Spetsnaz program. Altering the old training methods and replacing them with new inhumane methods which makes the trainee lose their sense of pain. It was called "Cruelest treatment of soldiers" by the human rights commission, but the one''s signing up knows exactly what they will go through and prepared themselves both mentally and physically. Even though the result was very impressive, the process was unbearable. Seven out of ten died during the process. This platoon of thirty three soldiers have eight of those monsters with them. The reason why Russians survived this long was because the eight super soldiers. They took the role of being tanks and kept the small fries at bay while the rest tried their best to help them by killing anything and everything before them. Truly living up to their name of "Spetsnaz". Lyle led his boys to where the Russians are holding point. Chris took off and went invincible without wasting a second. It was too scary for Chris. This was like a sci-fi war scene straight out of Star Trek. His mind was screaming the same thing over and over again. I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS! Lyle and his group reached the Russians side and what welcomed them was not warm hands but gun barrels and lead bullets. They immediately dodged to the side to escape the bullet rain. "What the fuck! Why the fuck are you shooting us! We are on your side you fucks!" Lyle screamed. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Cease fire! Get back to post!" Maxim shouted. The soldiers didn''t speak another word and just did as he ordered and went back to firing at the aliens. Lyle came out of his cover and went straight to punch Maxim in the face but stopped after seeing the sea of aliens. "Who are you!" Maxim asked while pointing his gun towards Lyle. "Lieutenant Connor, MGUAF, we came here after your distress call and this has been a fine welcome party." Lyle said as he turned off the safety on his gun. "Listen up! Assist the Russians in defending! Kill everything and anything you see that doesn''t belong to earth! Engage!" Lyle ordered his group. They didn''t respond with words but with action. They moved into position very quick and began pouring bullets on enemy lines. Maxim was amazed by their response speed. They came here for the first time and didn''t even flinch even though they were just teens. Plus that armor of their was really eye catching. The Russians were in their Kevlar bullet/radiation proof armors while Lyle and his group were in some kind of never-seen-before armor with unknown use. This is really surprising to Maxim. "Major, enough admiring, fill me in." Lyle asked. It was not the time to be mesmerized. They are in middle of a goddamn war. "Lieutenant, to be honest, even I don''t know what the heck is going on! One minute we were walking to the RP(Rendezvous Point) and the next we were fighting an army of alien freaks who don''t even value their lives, this is fucked." Maxim said in coarse voice from inside his helmet. "How did you come into contact with these guys?" Lyle asked. This is the main question. They didn''t encounter any aliens or animals on their way but the Russians encountered an army. It was lime the Russians are magnets specialized in attracting trouble. "We don''t know as well, we were heading towards the crash site to rendezvous with you and the Indians since the Chinese will be there as well but we encountered one of these strange stupid alien beings and it charged at as so we had no other choice but to shoot and then an army of them poured out of the forest from after this clearing with some sentinels." Maxim pointed at the forest after the plain field before the the hold up point. They were holding up in a small river side valley at the end of the forest they are in. It provided them a trench like cover to them which guarded them from laser barrage. "We can''t keep this up for long, we will eventually run out of bullets or they will overrun us with numbers unless you contacted the army." Lyle looked at the Major. "Motherland''s forces will be here in thirty seven minutes and we have to stay alive till then, we can''t fall back from this place if we do then we would lose the cover advantage and these crucks are fast runners without exhausting stamina, we will lose if we run." Maxim said in a dead serious tone. "Fine, we shall hold here till the reinforcements arrive, the Indians and Chinese should be here any minute now, we have to find some kind of weak point at the enemy line and take those sentinels out." Lyle said as his gaze locked on the few hundred gunners at the forest line behind the field. "Ed?" Lyle looked at Edward. Ed already set his sniper in position and picked his target. "Boom." Ed said and pulled the trigger. "BAM!* The sniper was very loud. It wasn''t like a sniper but like a cannon. The bullet flew faster than normal bullets and was spinning so fast that it even left a trail of wind. The bullet went straight through the enemies on the front, blowing up a few hundred heads as it travels. And then it finally hit an enemy gunner who was hiding behind a tree. *BANG!* The enemy was about to peak out, but the bullet broke the tree with it''s force and blew up the gunner''s head, but it didn''t stop and went on. Maxim was baffled. Even the Russian soldiers were baffled. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT! That was not a bullet but an artillery shell! It not only blew up a few hundred heads but also broke a few trees on it''s way. And it traveled at least a mile. They quickly recovered their compose and rained bullets again. *Click* "Two thousand seven hundred and twenty nine meters, nothing difficult." Ed said normally and loaded the second bullet. *BANG!* Another few hundred heads, trees and a gunner. Every time Ed shoots, the enemy number would significantly decrease and an enemy gunner dies. The rest didn''t sit idly either. They were doing their best to kill them. Putok was on a rampage with his LMG. "Yes! We can win! We will live!" "Kill them! Hahahahahaha!" "Cyka blyat mother fuckers!" The Russians cheered. The few thousand enemies decreased to a thousand enemies. The enemy gunners can also be counted with two hands. Suddenly. *zirrrrrrrrrr* Swarms of small drones came out of nowhere and rained bullets for real. The thousand enemies died in an instant. *Pish* *Pish* *Pish* *Pish* *Pish* *Pish* *Pish* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!* The drones launched rockets from them to the tree lines where the alien gunners are. The rockets hit accurately and set the forest on fire as well as killing the enemy. High tech to be honest. "What are those?" Putok asked as he walked over to Lyle. They finally survived a hard battle and now some drones come out of nowhere and helps them. "Chinese." Flynn said as he walked over. He was panting a bit. "This is Saber six, we are here to help." "This is Buddy six, we are here to help as well. 23 Run "I have to give it to them, bringing in the ''Hornets nest'' out just like that, this team should be packed." Flynn said while looking at the drones flying around. "Wait, didn''t they display these during this time''s PIME( Peace International Military Exercise)? And it was also the ''South blade'' during that time.... It can''t be right?" Sam said. "I thought it would be a team of veterans after seeing that field of dead but it''s just kids trying to act cool by staying with the Russians." a voice said from behind. *sigh* "Says the China doll from Beijing." Lyle said in a mocking tone and turned around. The Chinese and Indians finally came. The Indian team had thirty six while the Chinese team had thirty four. Both teams were equipped in their own nation''s Biohazard Environment Suit or BE suit for short. They both were also equipped with the new advanced weaponry. The Chinese dragged few container like boxes which was used to bring the drones. "You''re still alive? I thought you would''ve fallen down the ditch and died." The Chinese team leader said as he walked towards Lyle. "Well that makes one of us." Lyle said as he walked toward the Chinese team leader. The distance between the both of them decreased. When they were one feet away from each other they brought their fists up and..... Fist bumped each other. "It''s good to see that you''re not a corpse yet, because I''ll be the one to kill you, Lyle fucking Connor." The Chinese team leader said. His helmet hid it but he was smiling. "The feeling''s mutual, Meng bastard Ao." Lyle said with the same expression. The two of them had a rivalry between them. They both were in same age and their skills in combat differ only by single points. They always compete with each other whenever they met and this time, it''s also the same. They maybe rivals, but they are foremost friends. (I think?) "And? You guys?" Lyle looked towards the Indian team. The guy in the front of their group came forwards and gave Lyle a formal Indian army salute. "Colonel Sri Gajendran of MARCOS(Marine Commandos), Indian army Northern division." The Indian team leader said. Lyle couldn''t see his face but he could roughly make him to a 25-30 in age. Lyle extended his hand for a shake. "Never had the honor of working together with the famous Indian army MARCOS before, hope you guys live up to the legend." Lyle shook hands with him and his tone was that of a respectful one. He had heard a lot about the MARCOS before, but never seen them in action face to face, he hopes all those rumors and urban legends about these guys are true or else their might as well fry themselves. Looking at their team, there was not a single Under SOL in it, same as the Russians. They seem like veterans and serious, maybe there is a chance for them to get back home after all? The Chinese however, had five of them and only five, including Meng Ao. The other four looked like they were from recon division? Or maybe spec ops? Lyle couldn''t pin point their profession. "So? Shouldn''t you fill us up? Give us a sitrep." Ao said in a demanding tone. Every chance is a valuable one and if it''s for teasing Lyle, it''s a golden egg for Ao. He just couldn''t resist. "You mean apart from that "fact" over there? Pretty much a holiday in die hard seven." Lyle said in an annoyed tone while pointing the field of dead aliens. This bastard..... Does he wants to go off with him in the worst place possible. Invisible sparks were flying everywhere between Lyle and Ao. "If you guys don''t mind, you can continue this next time and focus on issues that are more pressing?" the rarely interactive during missions Edward said. If not for the fact they were up against aliens, he would''ve just let the two of them go against each other while he enjoys the show with popcorn. "It''s like this, the Russians were already fighting them when we arrived, from what we know these guys are pretty high tech when it comes to weaponry but their armor can''t take seventy caliber and above but I don''t know about normal rounds, if my guess is correct then they will first send cannon fodders while they stay back and fire, that''s pretty much it." Lyle explained. "Hmm..... Then how about these ''cannon fodders''? Do they bite the bullet?" Ao asked. "Fortunately they do and the fact that we are still alive is the proof." Lyle said. Compared to Lyle and his team, the Chinese guys had fabric based suit. it maybe made in China, but it still can block bullets. "So they are vulnerable to heavy rounds, well that''s pleasing to hear." Ao scoffed. "We don''t know if they are immune to normal rounds but let''s just assume they are since a .70 caliber can blow shit up." Lyle said. "At least they aren''t immortal bitches, so what''s the plan?" Ao asked. "I don''t know about you guys, but we will stick with the current mission and head to the crash site." Lyle said. He looked towards the burning forest on the other side of this field of dead aliens, the crash site is located in that direction. If they were to press on then they would undoubtedly come in contact with those aliens again, and they might not be lucky next time. "Forget it lieutenant, that''s similar to throwing your life away, even if you don''t care about yourself think about your men for a second, it''s one way to hell that way." Maxim said. He had seen Lyle and his team in action, it would be a waste to let them die even though they aren''t from Motherland. "I agree with the Russians on this Connor, as he said, that''s a one way ticket! Either you die or die trying to die." Ao said. He want Lyle to be dead but by his hands, not by some alien freaks. Meng Ao is from a classic military family and everyone from his family are military officials. His predecessors were supposed to be one of the PLA founders and his achievements in this field is tremendous so his words has some power in China. But they were not in China. "Well thank you for the fake sympathy China doll, we have a mission, those men that went down with the plane are MGU soldiers who are willing to give their life for MGU! We can''t ignore that, I can''t ignore that, understand?" Lyle strongly said. "Whatever, I said what I should but if you still wanna go fuck yourself? Yea sure, be my guest! Everyone! Let''s go back! We are not gonna follow the mission anymore." Meng Ao said and ordered his men to go with him as he turned around. "Suit yourself." Lyle turned around aand was about to leave. *ding* Lyle received an incoming transmission from MGU and so did the other groups from their respective countries. "This is central command, Sword Knight leader, respond." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "This is Sword Knight leader, go on." Lyle said. Why did he suddenly receive a call now? Something''s off. "Lyle, this is Eric, your mission is done, your ride home should be at the extraction point within two minutes, fall back for extraction, now!" Eric said in an urging tone. "Wha-? Wasn''t it you who compelled me to come to this god forsaken place? And you want us to return without even retrieving the package? What about those soldier and-" "THOSE MEN ARE DEAD! ALRIGHT? THEY ARE FUCKING DEAD! I DON''T WANT YOU TO DIE AS WELL SO FORGET EVERYTHING AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE RIGHT FUCKING NOW! THERE''S A FUCKING SEA OF ALIENS RUNNING TOWARDS YOUR POSITION! NOW GET YOUR ASS MOVING!" Eric shouted over the mic. Lyle pupils shrunk. Sea...... Of aliens? They already had a hard time with a few thousand but now there''s a sea of them? Fuck god. "All units! Bolt it!" Lyle ordered and began running the way they came without a second hesitation. His group were surprised and confused for a second and then followed him. With their GEARs boosting their speed, they ran like Olympic athletes. The other three also received the news but only a few seconds later after Lyle. "SHIT!" "CYKA!" "MATHARCHOOD!" (Indian language Hindi, means "Mother fucker") All three leaders ran towards the direction where Lyle and his men went. They ran like their life depended on it and it really did. The extraction was one minute forty seconds away but the extraction point was at least half a mile away. They ran. Ran. Ran. They ran like a few dozen dogs were out for their ass. Running zig zag while dodging the trees and whatever the fuck was in their way. "Two hundred meters! Ten seconds! Don''t look back and don''t stop to take a piss! Keep running!" Lyle said while running. Thanks to their GEARs boosting their physical ability, they ran like they don''t know what fatigue is. "There! That''s the dropship! Go! Go! Go!" Flynn said. Chris didn''t waste any bit of time and opened the bay door. It slowly came down and paved way for them. "Get inside now! Chris! Get ready to launch and prepare the weapons! We''re going back to help those guys!" Lyle said. Everyone quickly ran inside. After everyone went in, Lyle hit the emergency close button on the side. The door slowly came up and closed. Lyle didn''t waste another second and went straight for the cockpit. ''Chri-" "I know so shut up! We are flying back! Man the guns in the back, we''ll do the rest." Chris said annoyingly. Lyle didn''t say another word and just walked back. "Putok! Enrique! You two man the guns! The rest of you, get ready to provide some cover fire in case we need to." Lyle said as he walked towards the door. There was a slight jig when the ship took off. Lyle walked to the left side and pulled the switch before him. A window-like gap opened up on the wall slightly away from where Lyle was standing. *zing*. A mini-gun came out of the box like chamber below the window. Lyle walked to the other side and did the same. Now there was two mini-guns inside the dropship pointing upwards. Lyle gave Putok and Enrique a look and both of them got into positions and manned their guns. "Everyone into position!" Lyle shouted his order. They all scrambled near the bay door with their guns and took position. "Lyle, we''re picking up a distress call, seems like a SOS." Chris said. "Put it through." Lyle said. "Anyo-*buzzzzzzzzz* any MGU perso*buzzz* out here? P-*buzzz* respond!" 24 Time for showdown At the same time. Ten miles west of Belfast, Dundrod, Northern Ireland. "Dashboard this is Saber six, target is unmoved." "Saber six be patient, package is on the way, ETA five minutes." "Copy that." Across the Dundrod Presbyterian Church in Dundrod, Northern Ireland, lieutenant Brick of MGU is currently standing on the opposite side of the road in the bus stop across the Church in disguise and was eating biscuits while making it seem like he was waiting for someone. They finally got a lead on that terrorist attack in Mozambique. The explosives used by those terrorists (Mercenaries but they are terrorists since they are bad guys) during the attack were identified as the ones sold by an Irish arms dealer. They tracked him and found out that he will be making a deal with some Mafia or sort here in Dundrod. MGU immediately sent a strike force to Northern Ireland and now they are in middle of waiting for both parties. Brick is an Under SOL and his team consists of six Under SOLS excluding him and four veteran adults. They were all positioned accordingly and surrounded the Church with no way out without them knowing. On the bus stop, apart from Brick, another one of his teammate is also there. Both were wearing jackets and a caps as well while waiting. Out of nowhere, a man wearing "Eagles" T-shirt and a cap walked over and sat. He opened the newspaper in his hand and began reading it. Bricks and his teammate were on guard against this stranger. It may seem like he was just reading his newspaper but upon close observation, he was looking at the Church. There was three black land rovers in the Church parking lot. Suddenly, eighteen men in black suits came out of the three black rovers. The guy from the center rover snapped his finger. His men began clearing the parking lot and cleared out the whole Church within a minute. After clearing everyone out, they set up a perimeter around the Church and surprisingly enough, there wasn''t much vehicles on the roads as well. The men in black suit began shooing people on the streets as well. Those who rejected silently did as they were told after two seconds of talk with them. Two of them walked towards the bus stop. "You should not stand here, leave now and go home." One of them said. "Who are you to say that?" Brick asked, like he was one of the locals. "Leave." The second guy pulled out a pistol from his suit and pointed it at Brick. Brick''s team left the street and already hid themselves in the dark. Suddenly, three more rovers came towards the Church on the B101 road. The two men in suit looked at them. "Saber six actual, package has arrived, wait for confirmation." Dashboard (command center) said on his earpiece. The three new rovers drove into the parking lot and stopped. The doors opened. Eleven men came out, excluding the drivers. Ten out of Eleven had guns. Their boss from the center car, he didn''t have a weapon. He snapped his fingers. One of his men walked to the back of the car and brought a briefcase out. It was ''The Irishman'', one of the world''s leading black market arms dealer. "You bring money?" The Irishman asked. "You bring goods?" The Mafia boss asked. The Irishman took the briefcase and opened it to show them. Inside the briefcase, it was a bomb. Not just any bomb, but the newest and a very powerful one. The RGLN 393 codenamed ''Gro?er Tod'', which means ''Big Death'' in German. Yes it was German made. Pretty trustworthy. The Irishman closed the briefcase. "Now, money." The Irishman said. The Mafia boss snapped. Two of his subordinates brought two briefcases and opened them. It was full of money. Full of Euros. "Forty million Euros, all cash, satisfied?" The Mafia boss asked. The Irishman nodded and motioned his men to give the bomb. The Mafia boss also did the same. Out of the corner of his eyes, the Irishman found Brick and the other two in the bus stop. The stranger was still reading the news paper like the world can go fuck itself but he won''t give a damn. "Who are they?" The Irishman asked. "Some civilians, we''ll clear them now." His lackey said and walked away. "Those civis, tell the Mafia guys to clear them." The Irishman''s lackey said to another. The other guy walked towards the bus stop. "What are you doing here! You shouldn''t stand here! Get lost!" The Irish guy said. The Mafia guys also came to their senses. He forgot what he was doing. Now the first pulled out his pistol. "Get out of here now!" He said. *pew* *pew* *pew* All three of them, the Mafia men and the Irish guy, all got shot. The stranger dropped the newspaper that in his hands that had three holes. "All units! Move in!" The stranger said. Men in combat gear came out of hiding and started shooting towards the Church. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "Don''t stay here! Get out!" The stranger rushed Brick and his teammate. "Saber six actual, target confirmed, tagging the target, you have executive authority." "Dashboard what about others?" Brick asked. The stranger had already ran towards the Church with his pistol. "Hold." The Church had already become a mini warzone. "Boss, what are the orders?" Brick''s men asked. "Hold, that''s our order." Brick said and sat down on the seat in bus stop and continued his biscuits. His teammate didn''t know what to do with him. Always easy with everything, even with a warzone before him. "Saber six this is dashboard, command said apart from going overboard, some collateral damage can be tolerated, good hunting." Brick smiled. He stood up. Started walking. His teammate also smiled. He walked towards the Church. His teammate followed him. He removed his jacket. His combat vest, rifle, ammo and even grenades, everything was visible. His teammates also removed their jacket and his equipment also became visible. He took out his skeleton-mouthed handkerchief and covered his mouth with it. His teammates also did the same. "All units, we only need ''The Irishman'' so apart from the tagged person, kill everyone." Brick said coldly. "Acknowledged." Oh yeah, this is gonna be lit. 25 Retrieval Chernobyl. Fifteen hundred hours (3''o clock). Thirty kilometers away from Pripyat river. "What the.... Didn''t he just say that everyone died....?" Putok asked with disbelief written all over his face. "This is MGU Special Strike Unit First Lieutenant Lyle Connor, southern region eastern sector, to who am I speaking to?" Lyle replied. Even Lyle was having a hard time believing it. Eric just said everyone died and there were no survivors, but, speak of the devil, they contacted them. "Grea*buzzzzzzz* one would co*buzzzz* but you guys di*buzzzz* utenant." The survivor said on the comm. There was some kind of radio interference so the voice wasn''t clear and Lyle was having a hard time making sense out of what he said. "Flynn, can you get me a solid connection?" Lyle looked at Flynn. Only he can solve problems such as this. "It''s a bit tricky, remember that EMP I fired out earlier? It must have fired their comms inside, so it''s difficult to get a solid connection around this area." Flynn shook his head as he explained. "Just answer me in one word, can you make him sound clear? Yes or no?" Lyle asked. "Yes? Probably?" Flynn replied unsure. "Do it." Lyle said. "..." Flynn gave up explaining and started working on his magic. "Listen, I don''t ha*buzzzzzz*me, everyo*buzzzz*ed, these al*buzz* critters aren''t *buzzzzzzzzzzz* head on, t*buzzzzzz* steps north of *buzzzzzzz* retrieve the pak*buzzzzzz* it''s yours now *buzzzz* MGU forever!" *beep* The connection terminated. Lyle looked at Flynn who was typing on his Weblink. "What happened?" Lyle asked. "Connection got terminated or more precisely, he terminated it." Flynn said without looking Lyle. "And? What about making him sound clear?" Lyle asked again. "Got it! Well I can''t fix his comm but I can clear the voice after recording it, here, let me play it." Flynn said and tapped the play option. "Anyone on this channel!? *inhale* Any MGU personal hearing me? Please respond!" "Great! *inhale* I thought no one would come for us *inhale*, but you guys did *inhale*, thank you Lieutenant." "Listen *inhale*, I don''t have much time on me *inhale*, everyone else died, these alien critters *inhale* aren''t strong if you fight them *inhale* with full force head on, the package is one ninety steps *inhale* north of my position, retrieve the package and *inhale* deliver it in our stead, it''s your *inhale* mission now Lieutenant, MGU forever!" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. From the tone itself, you can understand that he was on his last straw. Even when he was about to die, he prioritized his mission. He is a true soldier. Lyle was holding his anger in. No matter what, he should not lose his cool. Anyone can lose it but not him. He is their leader and leaders should not be rash. Little did he knew, his whole team was fumbling with rage. If let loose then there would be a massacre. "Command come in." Lyle called. "Copy Sword Knight, what''s your status?" Eric asked. He haven''t moved one bit. His eyes were fixed on the big screen. "Command, we have the location of the package, we''re going to retrieve it whether you like it or not." Lyle said. Eric was shocked that he couldn''t come up with a reply. Package? Does that mean there are survivors? That''s not possible! He clearly saw them being killed. Their SAT above Chernobyl was feeding them live footage and how could he have missed such an important thing? "Great! Are there survivors? How many?" Eric asked excitedly. "Sorry command, the last survivor just let out his last breath." Lyle sad in a helpless tone. He tightened his fist. This is unacceptable! During war or during missions, it''s normal to lose life, but this wasn''t supposed to be a war. First it was Mozambique and now it''s Chernobyl. It''s all the same, they can''t do anything. They are powerless with power. "..... " Eric didn''t reply nor did Lyle expect him to. "Lyle.... Fucking... Connor... You have a new mission! Kill these mother fuckers! You have executive authority, code "Gold", send them back to hell." Eric said coldly. He was already at his wit''s end. He couldn''t do anything during Mozambique incident and now he couldn''t save those men who had no reason to give their lives. This time, MGU will not stay defensive, it''s time for offense. Aliens? Space? So what? At the end of the day, they aren''t immortals or gods or fucks. Even if it''s gods, he will put a bullet in their head for messing with them. Eric cut the connection with Lyle and contacted their Antarctican base. "Yo, sup?" Jarred''s face popped up on the screen. "Jarred, this is urgent, when will the "Fleet" be operational?" Eric asked with a face of seriousness. "Uh... Is everything okay? Cuz you look way too damn serious." Jarred asked doubtfully. "Oh I''m very fucking serious right now! Just tell me the damn date!" Eric shouted. "Alright alright, chill out will ya? If we''re talking about the whole damn Fleet them it will take around one fifty to one sixty days, but the fortress will be up and running in seven days as long as we get that fuse." Jarred explained. "That''s.... Too long..." Eric slumped on the chair and massaged his forehead. This is a real headache now. "Eric, what happened?" Jarred asked seriously. Eric filled him up with everything that just happened. After a minute, even Jarred was having a headache. "Fucking outer space freaks..... All we lack now is pixies dropping from the sky or dragons going on rampage."Jarred said annoyed. "Where is that idiot Connor now?" Jarred asked. "Chernobyl, retrieving the package and killing aliens." Eric replied. "What do you think his chances are?" Jarred asked with concern. "Knowing him? Probably seventy percent if he went all out and duke it out with them." Eric said as he did the calculations. "Bullets don''t last forever, remember? " Jarred said. "Bullets don''t mean anything to him, remember?" Eric said. To a soldier, a gun is his best friend and bullet is the fuel. But Lyle is different, everyone thinks his strength is in ranged combat, but his real power lies in close quarter. As long as he gets close, it''s a sure kill. But getting close is the trick. To Lyle, getting close is the easiest part. As long as he is close, you better wish whatever god you worship to magically protect you because your gonna die anyway. 26 Something of the past that shouldnst exis "Remember, we got company plus we are going right above where didn''t want to go! Fuck I hate this! We''ll try and divert these freaks from those three teams on the ground and get them on our tail, buying some time for them to escape! After that, we bolt to the location of package and retrieve it and leave as soon as possible, everyone clear? Is there any doubt?" Lyle asked as he reload his empty magazines. "What''s the worst case scenario?" The ever silent Edward asked. "Worst case scenario? We all die." Lyle said it simply but it sent chills down their spine. Of course, they aren''t crazy enough to go kill themselves... Yet? "Then what''s the best one?" Reginald asked. "The best? Let''s see, we all walk out untouched with the fuse and his body, everyone happy." Lyle said. "Then, what''s the good case scenario?" Flynn asked. His eyes were sharp. He looked at Lyle as if looking at his soul. "..." Lyle didn''t answer and stopped what he was doing. *cluck* *click*. He loaded the magazine into the gun and stood by the ramp door. Now this caught their interest. "Come on Lyle, what''s the good case scenario huh?" Flynn pressed on. "Say it, the way you''re acting shows that you''re up to no good." Putok said. "SAY IT LYLE! WHAT''S THE GOOD CASE SCENARIO!" Flynn shouted. "You guys go home with the fuse and the body! Happy? Now shut the fuck up!" Lyle said. "Then what about you? Stay behind and play chess with those alien freaks over an afternoon tea?" Flynn asked. He walked over to Lyle''s back. "You know me the best Flynn, I''ll get back once I know you guys are safe." Lyle said softly. Flynn gritted his teeth. He is just a useless guy. What Lyle said was clear, they will get in his way if things go south. Once he is in the clear, he can go all out. When he does, it will be hell. He had gone all out in the past and when be did, he massacred an army of two thousand men in a matter of seconds. No one lived yo tell the tale that day. It was only Flynn who saw that side of Lyle. It was like seeing a demon from the depths of hell. Frightening. Alarming. Terrifying. From that day onwards, Flynn decided not to speak about this to anyone. Only a few of the living knows about Lyle''s other side and only Flynn saw his other side in action. Reginald only saw the aftermath, not the process. Flynn gritted his teeth. "I-" *beep* "Everyone! Get ready! Opening the door, prepare to engage." Chris''s voice cut him off. *ramp opening sound* "Stand fast! Hold your post! Stand firm! Kill everything!" Lyle ordered. The ramp door opened and the forest view became clear. They could see aliens running but only a few scouts, not a clusterfuck of them. "Forget the scouts, aim for the main force!" Lyle commanded. "Main force in sight! And holy fucking mother of titties! THERE''S WAY TOO FUCKING MANY OF THEM!!!!!!" Chris screamed. "Shut the fuck up and fire the main guns you asshole!" Lyle said over the comm. "Preparing Vulcan and ''Trash blowers'', firing." Claire said. *durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* *pew* *pew* *continuously pewing* Vulcan''s function goes without saying, awesome! But the MXPIPFG code named "Trash blower", it was on a whole new level. It was firing plasma. The main weapons were fitted at the front of drop ship like how an apache attack helicopter has, but this drop ship has three guns instead of one. Two MXPIPFG on the sides while the Vulcan is fitted on the center. If Vulcan is mowing down the enemy, then the MXPIPFG is leveling the ground. Each round has the power of an 110mm shell. And it was firing at a rapid speed. The main weapons of the drop ship took care of huge number of enemies while the guns on the side operated by Putok and Enrique took care of the flanks. They were having fun with their Gatling guns. Lyle and the rest took care of the remnants, though they didn''t kill off everyone of them. Suddenly, lasers shot towards them out of nowhere. Lyle and his group, except Putok and Enrique, looked towards the sky. Six alien fighters were tailing them at the speed of a SU-57 while shooting lasers. "Contact! Bandits on tail! Take them out if possible!" Chris said. Ed immediately lay down on the floor and looked towards the enemy aircrafts. "Chris, fly as slow as possible while dodging enemy fire, I want them to get close, closer the better." Ed said. "Wha-!? You ingrate! That''s suicide! Go die alone if you want to die!" Chris said. "Just trust me goddamn it! There''s no time!" Ed urged him. They were already flying slow and now he wants this thing to go even slower, how can Chris not get angry? "Ed, what are you...! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! You smart ass son of a bitch! Brilliant! Chris! Do as he said!" Lyle said excitedly. "What the fuck!? Connor you too!? Just what the fuck is wrong with you people! Why are you always walking towards death! Just try walking the other way for a fucking change!" Chris said in an almost crying tone. He was already having a hard time dodging enemy fire and now this. ''I''M TOO YOUNG TO DIEEEEEE!'' Chris screamed internally. Lyle also lay beside Ed. Flynn and Reginald followed. Chris did his never-did-before-best piloting. "I''ll take two." Ed said "I''ll take two as well." Lyle said. "Then we''ll take one each." Flynn said. "Just what are we gonna do?" Reginald asked. "Follow us." Lyle said. "DEPLOY ANTI-AIR!" All three of them, except Reginald, said in unison. "DEPLOY ANTI-AIR!" Reginald followed as he was told. AFFIRMATIVE. COUNTER AIR MEASURES ACTIVATED. STINGER MISSILES PREPARED FOR LAUNCH. WAITING FOR COMMAND. STATUS: READY (STAND BY) The same game-like interface showed up before them. "Lock on." TARGETS LOCKED. UNKNOWN! AIRCRAFT MODEL NOT FOUND IN DATABASE! UNKNOWN! AIRCRAFT MODEL NOT FOUND IN DATABASE! AIRCRAFT FUNCTIONS: UNKNOWN! The system alarm went off. Daniel and Jarred made sure to install the every bit of information about every aircraft that ever existed. Even the details about the first ever aircraft made by the Wright Brothers exist in it''s database. "Well of course, what do you expect? It''s alien anyway, everybody locked on to their targets?" Lyle asked. "Yes sir!" The three of them said in unison. "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!" *shoo* *shoo* *shoo* *shoo* *shoo* *shoo* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* Six stingers were fired and all of them hit their targets accurately. This is all thanks to Chris and his flying skills. He was really tired from all that dodging. The main reason for those missiles to hit their targets accurately is because of Chris keeping the drop ship fly slow but doing some really difficult dodging. "Chris, when we get back, remind me to buy you a beer as well as anything you want! The tabs on me! hahaha." Lyle laughed. He didn''t lie though, he will really buy him when they get back alive. "You better keep your word, because me and my skills aren''t cheap." Chris teased. He was sweating bullets. He did it! First ever human pilot in history to stay alive under an alien attack in the air. It doesn''t sound bad at all. The corner of his lips arched up into a smile. First human pilot to live and guard a group of soldiers under an alien hostile attack... Hahahaha..... This is crazy. He''s just a military transport aircraft pilot but now his name''s going down on the "Pilot Hall of Fame"! His name will now be added in the same place as those great pilots like "The Red Baron", "The Kid", "Pritzl", "Amelia Earhart" and "Hiroyoshi Nishizawa"! A few of the best pilots in human history. Having your name among them is the greatest honor a pilot can get. "Chris, let''s forget the small details and get to the target." Lyle said. They can''t waste too much time here or they don''t know what the hell would come next. "Roger that, ninety seconds to touchdown." Chris then closed the ramp door and fired up the engine. 85 seconds later..... "Five seconds! On the double!" "Enrique and Chen on guard duty, the rest on me!" Lyle ordered. Enrique and Chen walked out of the group and stood at the sides near the ramp door with their guns ready. The rest of them stood in a 5x2 formation, waiting for the door to open. *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* The alarm sounded and the door slowly opened. They rushed out, like every time. "Clear!" "Clear!" "Clear!" "All clear!" Only after hearing all clear did they ease up a bit. "Five minutes, then we fly home." Lyle said. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "I don''t want to stay in this shit zone either, I just wanna get back and grab a vodka." Putok said with a PKM in his hands. "Russians." Ed just shook his head. "Trust me, I''m with you in this." Lyle said. "Found him, over there." Flynn pointed towards a lone tree some distance away from the river. All ten of them started jogging towards it. Since they landed on a clear field, it wasn''t hard as walking inside a rough dense forest and Enrique and Chen walked out of the drop ship to watch out for enemies. All ten of them reached the tree within twenty seconds. And they found him. A corpse with MGUAF ground division uniform. He was dead but there were signs of fighting plus three of those alien cannon fodder''s corpses. The soldier''s body was at the base of the tree, leaning against it while facing the river with a Berreta M9 on one hand and a radio on the other. He had a satisfied expression on his face. Reginald crouched down and looked at his name. "Pvt1. Jonathan Myers." Reginald read. He stood up and walked back to the group. All ten of them stood side by side. "SOLDIERS! SALUTE!" Lyle shouted at the top of his lungs. All ten of them saluted at the dead soldier in unison. "At ease." Lyle said. They all eased up. Putok and Guido walked towards the body. They took the radio and the gun and passed it to Reginald while they carried the soldier''s body over their right shoulders and walked towards the drop ship. "So? A hundred and ninety steps north?" Flynn asked. Lyle turned towards the direction which the soldier''s body was facing. "A hundred and ninety steps means across this damned river." Lyle said. "Across the river? Then how the hell did he get here? Swimming? That river is a hundred feet wide in the least and with these alien critters running around? I don''t think so." Hiro said. "I don''t either but that fucked up case is right over there." Lyle pointed at the white metallic briefcase tens of feet sway from the river bank. "Chris, we got the package, get the bird stsrted." Lyle said and turned around and started walked towards the drop ship. "Roger, where is it?" Chris asked while turning on the engine. Right now, there is no guy as happy as him in the world. Enrique and Chen rushed back in the moment engine fired up. Putok and Guido are already inside the ship and covered the dead soldier with a MGU flag. The four of them saluted at the corpse and eased after that. "Across the river, a couple hundred feet." Lyle said while jogging towards the drop ship, the rest followed closely. They all got into the ship very quickly and the ship took off. "I tagged it using CRT, you should see it on the radar and keep the door open." Lyle said as he stood by the door. "Copy, I see it." Chris said flew the ship towards the briefcase. It didn''t take them more than ten seconds before touching down again. The team alignment didn''t chance. The ten of them walked to the briefcase. Flynn picked up the case and input the pass code to open it. "All this for you, better not disappoint us." Flynn said as he opened the case. There it was. The root case of all these. The fuse. It looked more like a bike''s spark plug. "Son of a-! This!? How the fuck did that son of a fucking bitch Eric get this!? This is like buying off that Kohinoor diamond from the damn Britis! How the heck did he even persuade them!?" Flynn exclaimed in surprise. To him, this is very surprising. Getting "this" fuse is no easy feet. "Do you know what this is?" Putok asked. "Know? This is the G7-X8-R3 Aport fuse which is used for only one purpose and that was abandoned during the cold war and the "Red Sheet" has been put across the whole damn place." Flynn said. Under that helmet, his expression was a bit complicated. The term "red sheet" means "That place doesn''t exist anymore and it had been erased from existence" which means, nothing related to it exist. "Kray sverta, The World''s end." 4 "Griddman" Putok was the first to ask the weirdest question, "Who is this Griddman your talking about? Is he some random bigshot?" his question petrified the others. Flynn grabbed his shoulders and asked, "Are you..... Really Putok? Our brother Putok? The heavy Russian gunner Putok? Answer me!" he started shaking his violently. Putok stopped him and said, "What the fuck! Comrade! Are you good or did you lose your mind? I need assistance here! Help!" the rest came in and stopped Flynn from going berserk. Putok straighten his dress and asked, "Who is this "Griddman" showoff? Is he really a big deal?" the other shook their head while *sighing*. Reginald said, "You know the organization called "The Infogratz" right?" Putok nodded his head. Reginald continued, "Rumor has it that the guy with the code name "Griddman" is the head of the so called "Infogratz" and whatever they know, he knows" Putok was in awe. He had heard about the information group called "The Infogratz" and they pledge no allegiance to any country. They work on their own and gather information on their own and sell it for an unreasonable price as all the information they get can be considered as confidential. Putok then said, "So the head of the "Infogratz" is called "Griddman" and he knows almost everything, did I miss anything?". "No, least not basic" Reginald said. Flynn then calmed down and asked, "More importantly, how do you know Griddman? Isn''t he someone that only people with power and influence can meet? How about you?" he looked at Connor, who is smiling. Connor then winked and said, "Its a trade secret" this action of his caused others to be creep out. Connor then cleared his throat and said, "First let me contact someone" he then moved away from the group while contacting someone by his Weblink. The others gave him a suspicious look but didn''t pry into his privacy matter and they started to chat about what they should do and tactics and what should they when things go south. While they were talking, Connor found a place distance from the other and was waiting for that someone to attend his call. Every time he called, he received no answer from the other side. He let out a *sigh* and thought about quitting and try some other way to find that Ghost sniper. Just as he was about to leave, his Weblink rang. Looking at the caller ID, he couldn''t help but smile. He accepted the call and a grim voice said, "Who''s this? How did you get this ID?". Connor smirked and said, "Well, I think you can cancel whatever soundboard you are using and speak in your normal voice, Brad Connor". The other side was clearly shocked by his response. Brad was obviously puzzled as to why some unknown person would call him? Why would he know his name on top of it!? Every single brain cell of his is scrambling to find the answer but no heed. He switched call without hanging the other one and said, "Did you find him?" his look was sharp and cold. In his line of work, there is a lot of chance that he could make enemies even though he doesn''t know of them, so he had to be careful. The second call is a video call and it showed a guy with glasses, who was currently scrambling his keyboard without even looking at the cam. The guy with glasses said, "No use boss, this guy has some unrealistic defense mechanism! I can''t get through! This is the first time I''m facing someone as him! On top of that, his location is jumping every f*cking second I get a ping on him! Just where did fish him out? That software is just too...... Perfect! I''m sorry to say this boss, but this is my limit! I''m not a god". Brad was very surprised, to think that there is someone who can make his techie sweat till he accept defeat..... This guy must be someone with influence! He then said, "Don''t worry, I''ll take care of it then! You go and do your work, I won''t disturb you" the glass guy nodded and cut offed. Brad then turned off the voice scrambler and talked in his usual voice, "Now, who is this for real? Don''t try to play games with me! I''m really busy and I don''t want to waste time". On the other side, Connor''s smirk widened as he said, "Oh...... Then do you find talking to your brother waste of time? You kinda hurt my feelings you know?". Brad clearly did not expect that. His brother!? How the heck is that possible!? He then calmed himself by breathing and said, "Don''t f*ck with me you salt assed mother f*cker, if you do? I won''t be responsible for your life" his tone was terrifying! How dare a nobody talks about his precious family! He would dig a hole in the ground and put him inside and punch him till he reach China if he were to do anything to his family! Connor then said, "Hahaha, don''t worry don''t worry, if you were to kill me, do you think Mom, Dad and Stella would let you off the hook? Think about it". Now Brad was reaching his patience limit. He seriously want to find this guy and beat him till he bleed his moms milk! He then said, "If you are Little, then prove it!". Now Connor really got something to tease his bro, he has been waiting for it! "Well then, I think I''ll just go and tell Stella about your 80s Porn collection which you collected as souve-" he was cut off by Brad. "OK OK OK! I believe it is you! Please don''t tell her about this! It will ruin my cool big brother image which I have saved for all these years!" Brad said. Connor burst into laughter, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! it was a right choice to lead you to asking that! Totally worth it!". Brad now understood that this guy is really his brother. Even if he didn''t realize this at first, he do now because of that laughter. Brad *sighed* and asked, "Why all this? And what''s up with that super godly level security? Are you some terrorist or something now? I thought you were in Michigan". Connor said, "Well........ A lot is going on my end and I have a friend who''s a genius when it comes to techs, so this is like a gift from him and by the way, how''s everyone over there?". Brad''s voice then turned kind and caring, "Well everyone is doing good and only you are not here, we kinda miss you and its making us feel a part losing in the chess and Stella got confessed and the guy got turned down, apparently". Connor started laughing again and said, "Hahahaha! That''s our sister for you! If she is only thought as a beauty, then those people are dead wrong! She''s a beast!" both of them started laughing. Brad then changed the subject, "It''s rare for you contact me, want something?". Connor then got serious and said, "I want to meet you brother! I need you help on something! Can I meet you?". Hearing his serious voice, Brad could more or less guess something was up. He said, "No problem, I''ll come to Michigan to see you". Connor refused, "No, that''s not necessary, I''ll come to Boston...... I''ll come home". 26 Something of the past that shouldnt exis "Remember, we got company plus we are going right above where didn''t want to go! Fuck I hate this! We''ll try and divert these freaks from those three teams on the ground and get them on our tail, buying some time for them to escape! After that, we bolt to the location of package and retrieve it and leave as soon as possible, everyone clear? Is there any doubt?" Lyle asked as he reload his empty magazines. "What''s the worst case scenario?" The ever silent Edward asked. "Worst case scenario? We all die." Lyle said it simply but it sent chills down their spine. Of course, they aren''t crazy enough to go kill themselves... Yet? "Then what''s the best one?" Reginald asked. "The best? Let''s see, we all walk out untouched with the fuse and his body, everyone happy." Lyle said. "Then, what''s the good case scenario?" Flynn asked. His eyes were sharp. He looked at Lyle as if looking at his soul. "..." Lyle didn''t answer and stopped what he was doing. *cluck* *click*. He loaded the magazine into the gun and stood by the ramp door. Now this caught their interest. "Come on Lyle, what''s the good case scenario huh?" Flynn pressed on. "Say it, the way you''re acting shows that you''re up to no good." Putok said. "SAY IT LYLE! WHAT''S THE GOOD CASE SCENARIO!" Flynn shouted. "You guys go home with the fuse and the body! Happy? Now shut the fuck up!" Lyle said. "Then what about you? Stay behind and play chess with those alien freaks over an afternoon tea?" Flynn asked. He walked over to Lyle''s back. "You know me the best Flynn, I''ll get back once I know you guys are safe." Lyle said softly. Flynn gritted his teeth. He is just a useless guy. What Lyle said was clear, they will get in his way if things go south. Once he is in the clear, he can go all out. When he does, it will be hell. He had gone all out in the past and when be did, he massacred an army of two thousand men in a matter of seconds. No one lived yo tell the tale that day. It was only Flynn who saw that side of Lyle. It was like seeing a demon from the depths of hell. Frightening. Alarming. Terrifying. From that day onwards, Flynn decided not to speak about this to anyone. Only a few of the living knows about Lyle''s other side and only Flynn saw his other side in action. Reginald only saw the aftermath, not the process. Flynn gritted his teeth. "I-" *beep* "Everyone! Get ready! Opening the door, prepare to engage." Chris''s voice cut him off. *ramp opening sound* "Stand fast! Hold your post! Stand firm! Kill everything!" Lyle ordered. The ramp door opened and the forest view became clear. They could see aliens running but only a few scouts, not a clusterfuck of them. "Forget the scouts, aim for the main force!" Lyle commanded. "Main force in sight! And holy fucking mother of titties! THERE''S WAY TOO FUCKING MANY OF THEM!!!!!!" Chris screamed. "Shut the fuck up and fire the main guns you asshole!" Lyle said over the comm. "Preparing Vulcan and ''Trash blowers'', firing." Claire said. *durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* *pew* *pew* *continuously pewing* Vulcan''s function goes without saying, awesome! But the MXPIPFG code named "Trash blower", it was on a whole new level. It was firing plasma. The main weapons were fitted at the front of drop ship like how an apache attack helicopter has, but this drop ship has three guns instead of one. Two MXPIPFG on the sides while the Vulcan is fitted on the center. If Vulcan is mowing down the enemy, then the MXPIPFG is leveling the ground. Each round has the power of an 110mm shell. And it was firing at a rapid speed. The main weapons of the drop ship took care of huge number of enemies while the guns on the side operated by Putok and Enrique took care of the flanks. They were having fun with their Gatling guns. Lyle and the rest took care of the remnants, though they didn''t kill off everyone of them. Suddenly, lasers shot towards them out of nowhere. Lyle and his group, except Putok and Enrique, looked towards the sky. Six alien fighters were tailing them at the speed of a SU-57 while shooting lasers. "Contact! Bandits on tail! Take them out if possible!" Chris said. Ed immediately lay down on the floor and looked towards the enemy aircrafts. "Chris, fly as slow as possible while dodging enemy fire, I want them to get close, closer the better." Ed said. "Wha-!? You ingrate! That''s suicide! Go die alone if you want to die!" Chris said. "Just trust me goddamn it! There''s no time!" Ed urged him. They were already flying slow and now he wants this thing to go even slower, how can Chris not get angry? "Ed, what are you...! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! You smart ass son of a bitch! Brilliant! Chris! Do as he said!" Lyle said excitedly. "What the fuck!? Connor you too!? Just what the fuck is wrong with you people! Why are you always walking towards death! Just try walking the other way for a fucking change!" Chris said in an almost crying tone. He was already having a hard time dodging enemy fire and now this. ''I''M TOO YOUNG TO DIEEEEEE!'' Chris screamed internally. Lyle also lay beside Ed. Flynn and Reginald followed. Chris did his never-did-before-best piloting. "I''ll take two." Ed said "I''ll take two as well." Lyle said. "Then we''ll take one each." Flynn said. "Just what are we gonna do?" Reginald asked. "Follow us." Lyle said. "DEPLOY ANTI-AIR!" All three of them, except Reginald, said in unison. "DEPLOY ANTI-AIR!" Reginald followed as he was told. AFFIRMATIVE. COUNTER AIR MEASURES ACTIVATED. STINGER MISSILES PREPARED FOR LAUNCH. WAITING FOR COMMAND. STATUS: READY (STAND BY) The same game-like interface showed up before them. "Lock on." TARGETS LOCKED. UNKNOWN! AIRCRAFT MODEL NOT FOUND IN DATABASE! UNKNOWN! AIRCRAFT MODEL NOT FOUND IN DATABASE! AIRCRAFT FUNCTIONS: UNKNOWN! The system alarm went off. Daniel and Jarred made sure to install the every bit of information about every aircraft that ever existed. Even the details about the first ever aircraft made by the Wright Brothers exist in it''s database. "Well of course, what do you expect? It''s alien anyway, everybody locked on to their targets?" Lyle asked. "Yes sir!" The three of them said in unison. "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!" *shoo* *shoo* *shoo* *shoo* *shoo* *shoo* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* Six stingers were fired and all of them hit their targets accurately. This is all thanks to Chris and his flying skills. He was really tired from all that dodging. The main reason for those missiles to hit their targets accurately is because of Chris keeping the drop ship fly slow but doing some really difficult dodging. "Chris, when we get back, remind me to buy you a beer as well as anything you want! The tabs on me! hahaha." Lyle laughed. He didn''t lie though, he will really buy him when they get back alive. "You better keep your word, because me and my skills aren''t cheap." Chris teased. He was sweating bullets. He did it! First ever human pilot in history to stay alive under an alien attack in the air. It doesn''t sound bad at all. The corner of his lips arched up into a smile. First human pilot to live and guard a group of soldiers under an alien hostile attack... Hahahaha..... This is crazy. He''s just a military transport aircraft pilot but now his name''s going down on the "Pilot Hall of Fame"! His name will now be added in the same place as those great pilots like "The Red Baron", "The Kid", "Pritzl", "Amelia Earhart" and "Hiroyoshi Nishizawa"! A few of the best pilots in human history. Having your name among them is the greatest honor a pilot can get. "Chris, let''s forget the small details and get to the target." Lyle said. They can''t waste too much time here or they don''t know what the hell would come next. "Roger that, ninety seconds to touchdown." Chris then closed the ramp door and fired up the engine. 85 seconds later..... "Five seconds! On the double!" "Enrique and Chen on guard duty, the rest on me!" Lyle ordered. Enrique and Chen walked out of the group and stood at the sides near the ramp door with their guns ready. The rest of them stood in a 5x2 formation, waiting for the door to open. *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* The alarm sounded and the door slowly opened. They rushed out, like every time. "Clear!" "Clear!" "Clear!" "All clear!" Only after hearing all clear did they ease up a bit. "Five minutes, then we fly home." Lyle said. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "I don''t want to stay in this shit zone either, I just wanna get back and grab a vodka." Putok said with a PKM in his hands. "Russians." Ed just shook his head. "Trust me, I''m with you in this." Lyle said. "Found him, over there." Flynn pointed towards a lone tree some distance away from the river. All ten of them started jogging towards it. Since they landed on a clear field, it wasn''t hard as walking inside a rough dense forest and Enrique and Chen walked out of the drop ship to watch out for enemies. All ten of them reached the tree within twenty seconds. And they found him. A corpse with MGUAF ground division uniform. He was dead but there were signs of fighting plus three of those alien cannon fodder''s corpses. The soldier''s body was at the base of the tree, leaning against it while facing the river with a Berreta M9 on one hand and a radio on the other. He had a satisfied expression on his face. Reginald crouched down and looked at his name. "Pvt1. Jonathan Myers." Reginald read. He stood up and walked back to the group. All ten of them stood side by side. "SOLDIERS! SALUTE!" Lyle shouted at the top of his lungs. All ten of them saluted at the dead soldier in unison. "At ease." Lyle said. They all eased up. Putok and Guido walked towards the body. They took the radio and the gun and passed it to Reginald while they carried the soldier''s body over their right shoulders and walked towards the drop ship. "So? A hundred and ninety steps north?" Flynn asked. Lyle turned towards the direction which the soldier''s body was facing. "A hundred and ninety steps means across this damned river." Lyle said. "Across the river? Then how the hell did he get here? Swimming? That river is a hundred feet wide in the least and with these alien critters running around? I don''t think so." Hiro said. "I don''t either but that fucked up case is right over there." Lyle pointed at the white metallic briefcase tens of feet sway from the river bank. "Chris, we got the package, get the bird stsrted." Lyle said and turned around and started walked towards the drop ship. "Roger, where is it?" Chris asked while turning on the engine. Right now, there is no guy as happy as him in the world. Enrique and Chen rushed back in the moment engine fired up. Putok and Guido are already inside the ship and covered the dead soldier with a MGU flag. The four of them saluted at the corpse and eased after that. "Across the river, a couple hundred feet." Lyle said while jogging towards the drop ship, the rest followed closely. They all got into the ship very quickly and the ship took off. "I tagged it using CRT, you should see it on the radar and keep the door open." Lyle said as he stood by the door. "Copy, I see it." Chris said flew the ship towards the briefcase. It didn''t take them more than ten seconds before touching down again. The team alignment didn''t chance. The ten of them walked to the briefcase. Flynn picked up the case and input the pass code to open it. "All this for you, better not disappoint us." Flynn said as he opened the case. There it was. The root case of all these. The fuse. It looked more like a bike''s spark plug. "Son of a-! This!? How the fuck did that son of a fucking bitch Eric get this!? This is like buying off that Kohinoor diamond from the damn Britis! How the heck did he even persuade them!?" Flynn exclaimed in surprise. To him, this is very surprising. Getting "this" fuse is no easy feet. "Do you know what this is?" Putok asked. "Know? This is the G7-X8-R3 Aport fuse which is used for only one purpose and that was abandoned during the cold war and the "Red Sheet" has been put across the whole damn place." Flynn said. Under that helmet, his expression was a bit complicated. The term "red sheet" means "That place doesn''t exist anymore and it had been erased from existence" which means, nothing related to it exist. "Kray sverta, The World''s end." 27 I can do this all day A sudden chill went up his spine and hit his brain like a train after he said that. WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! ABNORMAL BRAIN ACTIVITY DETECTED! HOST WILL NOW EXPERIENCE A MENTAL TRAUMA! The system alarm went off. "ARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Lyle grabbed his head and started screaming like crazy. All those bad memories which he wanted to forgot, came surging into his brain like a huge wave. Edward rushed towards Lyle and hugged his tightly. "It''s alright brother, they won''t be able to do anything to you! You''re safe! You''re perfectly safe! Now calm down! Shhhhhhhhh, just like that! Just calm down." Ed pampered him. Those terrible things Lyle went through, he saw them all. If it wasn''t for Lyle, he might have been long dead. He owed Lyle his life and he would do anything for him as his brother who went through hell and back together. It took Lyle a minute to calm down. He started breathing heavily the moment he calmed down. "Calm down alright? We''re no longer in that hell, we''re in a place less worse than it." Ed said in a soft manner. Their whole team was in a total shock. What the fuck was that? They never seen Lyle act like that and Ed''s soft manner is even more surprising. "Question, what the fuck just happened? Lyle acting like someone who escaped from an asylum and you acting like a soccer mom, what the heck dude?" Sam asked. "We can have a brief talk about this later but now, we gotta get the hell out of here!" Lyle said as he stabilized. *rumble* As soon as he said, he earth began shaking. Lyle slowly turned towards the forest in the distance. His expression became serious and grave. "Go! Get to the drop ship now! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!" Lyle said and closed the briefcase on Flynn''s hand and ran towards the drop ship. They all had a second delay but they followed right after. A sea of aliens rushed towards them like a huge flood out of the forest. *growl* *a lot of growling* Sounds of them screaming and growling could be heard coming near. They all got in and Chris took off. But three of those alien critters jumped onto the ramp before it can close. "Fuck! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Lyle rushed towards the three aliens and pushed them off while jumping with them. *thump* The impact turned those aliens into mashed potatoes. Lyle immediately turned towards the ship and turned on the loud speaker. "EDWARD JONES! NO MATTER WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENS! DO.NOT.LET.ANYONE.LEAVE.THE.SHIP! THIS IS AN ORDER FROM YOUR LIEUTENANT!" Lyle shouted with the speaker on. "Chris, take em home." Lyle said using the comm. "What about you, lieutenant? You aren''t thinking about a one verses god-knows-how-many right? That''s upright suicide." Chris said worriedly. "Don''t worry, it''s been a while since I went all out, let me take a break and stretch out a bit." Lyle said with a smirk. "Ah you fucked up son of a bitch, you better be alive when I come back, you haven''t played my tab yet and I''m not gonna stop till you''re bankrupt, Pigeon, flying home." Chris said. And then the drop ship slowly ascended. Inside, everyone heard what Lyle said. They all began cursing him. Edward walked out of the group and before the ramp. The face screen on his helmet turned red. "None of you shall pass." Edward said in a sharp tone. It had a hint of killing intent. "Come the fuck on comrade! We all know he will kill himself if we let him be! Don''t try to stop us!" Putok said and rushed to jump out. *thud* Edward stopped Putok with his left hand and left hand alone. Putok is by far the strongest in their team in terms of raw strength. With the GEAR amplifying his original strength, it''s like stopping a train with one hand. Even if Edward wearing a GEAR make him strong, it can''t make him stronger than Putok. This is not the Edward they know. He pushed Putok back. Putok went back at least six feet. "As I already said, none of you shall pass." Edward said in a threatening tone. "Cyka!" Putok cursed silently and rushed again. "You made me do this." Ed quietly said. *BAM!* Edward punched Putok in the chest. Putok was sent flying across the small corridor and hit the wall at the end. His GEAR lost it''s life. Putok tried to get up again, but he couldn''t. None of his limbs were moving. He can feel them but he can''t move it. The GEAR! The total system crashed and the power shut down. Even if he''s strong, he can''t move a few ton titanium armor all alone. The rest of them had shivers running down their spine. They all looked at Ed. He was just standing there like nothing happened. He looked like a demon. They wanted to make a move. If they were to go at him all together, then they might have a chance. "Stop!" Flynn said. They all looked at him. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "We can''t do anything right now, all we can do now is trust LT and hope for the best." Flynn said as he glared at Ed. The helmet may have hid it, but Ed could feel that glare of hatred towards him. He just stood there like an unmovable mountain. And with that, the ship took off. Lyle sighed in relief for a second. He suddenly waved his right fist backwards. The fist landed on an alien''s cheek or something that should''ve been the cheek. The alien was sent flying along with it''s teeth from right side. He didn''t wait and threw another punch with his left hand at the oncoming alien. That punch plastered that son of a bitch in the ground and made a mincemeat out of it''s head. Lyle grabbed the third one and threw it on the ground and stomped it with his feet. *splash* Purple goo like stuff splashed everywhere as it''s head got smashed. Lyle didn''t wait and grabbed the next one by head and crushed it. His face screen became red. Inside, his eyes became sharp and his pupils turned red. ABNORMAL ACTIVITIES DETECTED IN HOST! REASON: UNKNOWN! SYMPTOMS: UNKNOWN! EFFECT: UNKNOWN! TREATMENT: UNKNOWN! "Deploy melee weapons." Lyle said. DEPLOYING MELEE WEAPONS HAND SWORDS____DUAL WIELD/SINGLE WIELD: SELECT TITANIUM COMBAT KNIFE: SELECT RAZOR WHIP: SELECT "Select hand swords! Duel wield!" Lyle choose. DEPLOYING HAND SWORDS: DUAL WIELD. *Zing* *Zing* Two swords at the length of one meter each, came out of his hands. They came out from the small gap above his fists. He lightly waved his hand at the alien coming for his face. The alien was cut in half. "Hmm, pretty sharp." Lyle praised. His eyes turned sharp again. He lunged at the sea of aliens and started his massacre. Exactly half an hour later... Lyle just stood there with his swords and his GEAR both soaked in purple goo. The aliens stopped attacking him for some reason. Well at least it gave him a chance go breath. Beneath him, the greeny field become filled with corpses of aliens. "Alright mother fuckers, who''s next? I can do this all day!" Lyle taunted the aliens with his swords. He wasn''t lying though. He stopped counting after his four hundred and twenty fifth kill. The aliens were clearly aching to pounce at him, but they didn''t. It seemed like something was stopping them. "Come on you sons of bitches! What are you waiting for? Delivery from Dominos? Man the fuck up!" Lyle insulted them. There''s clearly way too many for him to count. Well it doesn''t matter as long as he kills them all and his GEAR''s power doesn''t seem to go down much. "Stop your struggle Terrain, you can not win." A bit deep voice said. Lyle looked towards the direction of the voice. "You gotta be fucking kidding me..... Mechs?" Lyle said in annoyed tone. Seven humanoid Mechs walked out of the forest. They were ten to twelve meters high with a thin body. Their movements aren''t something a Mech could do. They were walking normally with hands waving, which was not how normal Mechs move. These guys were moving fluently. "So now you all start talking English?" Lyle said. Those Mechs just walked over the aliens, killing a lot of them and the aliens didn''t even flinch or move to the side. "You are nothing but an inferior life form, your language is not something hard to learn." The Mech at the center said. "Yeah right, try getting a degree in Oxford and talk." Lyle lightly said. "I am here to honor your death by seeing your last struggle, you should feel escalated that a God like me is witnessing your death, Terrain." The guy or girl or alien in the center Mech said. "Yeah fucking right, maybe you don''t know, I''m not a believer and I never will be, I trust my hand and my gun so you whatever ''God'' or ''Bullshitting bitch'' can join the queue, you''ll get your turn." Lyle laughed. "It seems that you Terrains are not well educated, no problem, I shall personally conquer this Savage rock and educate you all myself, after enslaving you that is! Hahahahahahaha!!!!" The alien laughed like it owned the fucking place. "Heh, laugh all you want, when the Russian military gets here, it will be too late to go home for you fucks." Lyle scoffed. "Kekeke, is this ''Russian military'' person strong?" The alien snickered while asking. "..." "You.... Don''t know what a military is?" Lyle asked in surprise. "I command you to explain it to me, Terrain." The alien ordered him. "Oh yea? How about you beat me first before asking? I don''t like wasting my time talking to weak." Lyle pointed a sword at the alien. "Hahahahahahahahahaha! You? A Terrain? Challenging me? Do you think I''ll go low as to fight you myself? Dream on, number two, killing him, painfully." The alien said. The Mech on the alien''s right walked towards Lyle while stomping a lot of those cannon fodders. Lyle retracted the sword on his right hand. Just as the alien was about to grab him, he dodged to the left and grabbed the alien''s hand and cut it with the sword on his left hand. Purple too splashed. ''Blood?'' Lyle thought. The alien screamed in pain. ''What the fuck? Isn''t this a Mech?'' Lyle thought. He didn''t give the alien Mech a chance to recover and just tripped it''s leg. The Mech fell down with a *thud*. Lyle didn''t waste a second and just jumped on it''s chest and threw a punch with his right fist. *thud* As soon as the punch landed, he redeployed his right hand sword. For some reason, he could feel his sword pierce through something soft. He was sure that''s the pilot. Even if it''s not, the Mech can''t move anyway. He pulled out his sword. Purple blood splashed out from the cut. The aliens were stunned by the scene. They did not think that Lyle, an intelligent life form from Terra, could kill a Mech warrior of theirs without much effort. Even if the Mech warrior was careless, he still killed him. Lyle looked at the six remaining Mechs. "Who''s next?" 28 RTB *Huff* *Huff* *Huff* *Huff* "Alright... You..... Sons... Of bitches... Who''s next!" Lyle asked while panting heavily. He was fighting three alien Mechs for the past forty seven minutes nonstop. And guess what? He defeated them. Although his GEAR took some damage, he still managed to cut those alien Mechs like doctor sausage. These Mech fighters are more like giant human fighters when fighting. No restrain a Mech warrior has can be seen among them. It''s like, they are not Mechs but giants. Lyle also thought that way for a while. But only after few killing did he find the secret. These sons of bitches use Bio-mechanized Mechs! They are linked with their cerebrum which makes their movements fast af. You can say they are in a Mech but they are not a Mech. Complicated bio-engineering stuff. It''s alien to begin with anyway. Lyle stood there with two hand swords. His left side took some damage due to him forcefully blocking a strike. Behind him were the leftovers of dead Mechs and their pilots inside. One of the pilot body was outside the Mech though. When fighting them, he got really pissed and broke the pilot cabin and dragged the pilot out and bashed his head against the Mech''s body. The Mechs body is made out of some kind of metal alloy which he don''t know. He just know that it''s really hard and a head will break it bashed against it. But fortunately, the pilot had a brain death due to forceful disconnection with the Mech and didn''t feel the pain. His brain got fried big time. To Lyle, he just wants to kill them and be done with it and as for how they die, he doesn''t care. "Why the fuck are you not attacking! Come on! I don''t have all day here! If the Russians come then they will ask me tons of questions and I''ll never have my vacation! So square the fuck up and come at me!" Lyle said tauntingly. What he said was true though. If the Russians catch him, then they will probably confiscate his GEAR and make him a lab rat in some cold laboratory in an unknown location and just end the report saying he got killed in battle. He definitely did not want that. "You are just a lowly Terrain...! How could you defeat them all.....? Capture this Terrain! And bring him to the ship!" The Mech standing at center ordered. The two Mechs beside him stepped forward and drew out their weapons. Photon swords. Glowing red with photonic energy, It burned even the air. Lyle got a chill looking at the swords. He was already tired. If it was any other soldier from earth, then they would no doubt be dead by now without the GEAR. Lyle is lucky to have it and he had been thanking Daniel all along in his heart. But now, even he wasn''t sure if his titanium swords could hold up. The two Mechs marched towards him at same pace. *zoooooum* *BOOOOOM!!!!!* Out of nowhere, something fell down from the sky and erupted a puff of dirt. It landed in between Lyle and approaching alien Mechs. Lyle brought his hands up to guard the moment it landed. He moved his hands and took a defense stance. *Hoooooonnnggggg* *Hoooooonnnggggg* Some kind of final boss sound came from the place where that thing landed. The dirt cleared bit by bit. Lyle could see it. It was a bit smaller than those alien Mechs. It had two horns. It was red metallic in color. It looked hard and strong and terrifying. A Mech. (Author: HOOOOOOORAAAAAAAH BOYS! HERE WE FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!!) It stood there facing the aliens. The aliens dare not movie carelessly now. They are getting a really bad feeling from the Mech. Lyle looked at the flag symbol at the right shoulder left shoulder of the Mech. It was really familiar. And then, he suddenly remembered it and he was dumbfounded. "No... Fucking... Way... Bundeswehr? And that design.... Holy..... Fucking god! They actually sent the fucking Red Devil.....? The Germans took this way too seriously and I owe my ass for it." Lyle said while backing up. He actually saw the legendary Red Devil. The Super Mech of German. The ones who massacred sixty thousand within half an hour, not this Mech but it was the same series. The Mech''s head turned to the left a bit and it''s eyes looked on to Lyle. "Noth Weist, Evac, MGU." The Mech pilot said. He turned his head to face the aliens. "I take car these." He said. (Author: I know it sounds like I made a mistake, but I did not. I tried to make it sound like a real German who does not have a good English accent speaking, that''s all.) "Ah.... Well then mate, thank you and good luck, oh and by the way! These guys are not that tough, just go on a rampage, bye bye~." Lyle said and ran away. The alien cannon fodders didn''t follow him or give chase. They just stood where they were. "Verdammte MGU-Bastarde." The Mech pilot cursed. (Translation: Damned MGU bastards.) The Red Devil drew it''s signature weapon, the "Reaper Sword", which looked like a sword with razor sharp teeth. Suddenly, twenty more alien Mechs came out of nowhere. Five came from the sky and fifteen came out of the forest. And these Mechs looked more experienced. There was no opening in their guard. "What are you doing! Someone kill that thing!" The alien Mech pilot said. All twenty Mechs lunged towards the Red Devil. *sigh* "Ahh das f?ngt an, schmerzhafter zu werden ..." The Red Devil''s pilot said. The Mechs eyes turned red. (Translation: ahh this is starting to get more painful....) The Red Devil Mech started floating a bit. It was five centimeters above ground. And then. *Whoosh!* The two Mechs beside the commanding alien''s Mech got cut in half. The center Mech ran away in fear. The Red Devil, did not want to chase because it''s a pain and that coward ran fast. It was a surprise how fast that Mech ran. It was almost abnormal in Mech term. The Red Devil just faced the on coming Mechs. Suddenly, even the cannon fodders started attacking. The Red Devil pilot did not care a bit. He swung his sword. A bunch died. He swung again. Another bunch died. He swung continuously. A ton died. An alien Mech slashed out it''s photon sword at the Red Devil. The Red Devil pilot maneuvered the Mech and dogged it. He immediately slashed his Reaper sword from below and decapitated the alien Mech. The Devil''s eyes become blood red. And a slaughter began. Far away from that fight, Lyle was running nonstop. He didn''t know where the evac site was but he just ran. Even if he missed the evac, he might as well cross the border by running. *Dudududududududududududududu* Sound of a chopper could be heard. Lyle was escalated. He immediately ran into the opening nearby. He saw a Chinook helicopter above the opening. It was landing. "HEY!!!!!!!!!!" Lyle shouted. The heli gradually descend and finally landed near Lyle. The door opened. A platoon of soldiers in hazmat suit rushed out. This region is highly radioactive for some reason, so they had to come in hazmat suit. "Lieutenant Lyle Connor of Southern region?" The leading soldier asked. "Yes sir, is this my Uber? I''m dying to get back go my bed right now." Lyle said and walked towards them. "Hahaha, good one lieutenant, welcome abroad our humble big ass helicopter." The leading soldier said and walked back inside with his troop. Lyle followed them. The door closed. "Alright! We can take off! RTB!" The soldier said. "J Fish, returning to base." The pilot said. He tried to take off. *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* The alarm suddenly went off. "What happened? Ambush?" The soldier asked the pilot. "No! We''re too heavy!" The pilot said while struggling to take off. "... " They all looked at Lyle. Only after he entered did the weight increase. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. "Just... How much does it weigh?" The soldier asked. "Uh.... Around a ton and a half?" Lyle said. "....." Everyone was speechless. "No wonder we weren''t able to take off..... Just what is that thing made off?" The soldier asked. "Full on titanium, specifically made for space combat." Lyle explained. "Space... Combat?" The soldier was surprised a bit. He thought it was for advanced warfare in earth, but he said space. And now after seeing all that, it was the right move. "At first, I just thought it won''t have much use in space, but now? I definitely want mass production now, without this we''d probably be fucked all over." Lyle said. "Agreed...." The soldier said. Honestly, he never thought he would live till alien warfare, but now, it seems they had to take up arms. Take the fight to them. He turned around and headed towards the pilot cabin. "Punch in more torque! We are getting back!" The soldier said. "I''m trying! If I give more torque then we can''t make it to the base in Kalingrad! We can''t land elsewhere as well!" The pilot said. The soldier went near. "Look, that kid fought thousands of those fucks and stayed alive, he saved face for earth, for MGU, we are bringing him back." The soldier said. The pilot didn''t have anything else to say. "Just hold on to something, we may have a crash landing soon." The pilot said. *hoooooooiiiiiiiiinnnnnnggggg* The engine roared to life and the heli slowly took off the ground. *datadatadata* The heli shook a bit due to forcing the chopper. "J Fish, Returning to base, for real this time." 30 Hunt or Hunting? Walking out of the terminal, Lyle felt surreal. He''s finally back. No guns. No explosions. No blood hungry bastards after his life. And yes of course, no aliens. Just normal people and a normal routine. Lyle smiled. He wanted to scream "I AM BACK!" But yes, it would make him look like an idiot if he did that in the airport. He walked to the customs to check his belongings and sort out everything before leaving, the jet lag is already taking effect. He had to fly over to Wales from Kalingrad and then to Michigan from Wales and now to Boston from Michigan. Seriously a pain in the ass just so he could camo his arrival. After all, he''s in top ten of the "shoot to kill" list in Pentagon and CIA. He completed all the procedures and walked out. And there, he saw him. Brad Connor, his big brother. Lyle waved his right hand to get Brad''s attention as he swung the bag over his left shoulder. Brad saw him and smiled as he closed his Weblink. Lyle walked over to him and gave him a big hug and Brad hugged him back with an even tighter one. "How''s the flight? Or should I say ''flights''?" Brad asked in a teasing manner. "Cut me some slack here, I''m still suffering from the jet lag." Lyle replied with a slight smile. "Never thought that my cute little brother is a goddamn Under SOL of MGU, ironic." Brad said as he grabbed one of Lyle''s bags and walked towards the exit. "Neither did I expect my big brother to be the leader of world famous Infogratz, ironic indeed." Lyle countered as he followed. "Ha! Ain''t I awesome? Say, what is your rank? If you want, I can get you a high post in my organization you know?" Brad said. Setting aside hid brotherhood with Lyle, if he can get an MGU U SOL to work for him, that''s a huge profit on his part. Because everyone(governmental and military) in the world knows that the U SOL division of MGU, is full of nut cases and daredevils. "I''ll try to consider, but I''ll not join either way." Lyle answered. MGU saved his life and his pal''s, no way in hell he would betray them. "What!? You didn''t even hear my offer! Come on, it won''t be pretty bad." Brad pressed on. "I''ll help you as much as I can, but I will never leave MGU and I did consider, for one second." "..." Brad was left speechless. "Anyway, what''s your rank? I''m curious now." Brad asked as he opened the back of his car to put in the luggage. "Nothing big actually, just a first lieutenant of a twelve men team." Lyle said as he threw the bag inside. "Wow, a lieutenant? Are you kidding me? That''s awesome, even though it ain''t to my level but it''s still awesome in it''s own way." Brad said as he closed the back and get inside his car as Lyle followed by entering the other side. "Forget it, let''s just get home." Lyle said. "Buckle up." Brad said with a smiley face. His car''s engine roared to life and left the airport with speed. The two of them chatted all the way from airport. "Oh yea, flash news." Brad opened a small cabin space in the car by him. He took out a file and gave it to Lyle, who is sitting by his side. Lyle was not initially interested, but since it was from him, it should be interesting. And so he took a peak inside and he almost spit blood. "WHAT THE ACTUAL MOTHER OF FUCK!? PENTAGON SPECIAL TASK FORCE!? STELLA!? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?" Lyle shouted. "Whoa whoa whoa! Calm down! What''s wrong? Why are you shouting? It ain''t serious, you''re an U SOL and she''s also one, just that she''s US and you''re MGU, why are you shouting like your dog died?" Brad asked. He almost hit the Ferrari Limo in the front. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Of course Lyle would shout like his life is on the line. He''s in the top seven of the top ten ''shoot to kill'' list of Pentagon and his little sister is an operator of Pentagon, ironic as fuck. "Just why aren''t my siblings normal..... One is a Pentagon Operator and the other is the leader of western region''s information network, just fucking great." Lyle sighed at his bad luck. "I can say the same thing you know? One is a Pentagon Operator while the other is a Lieutenant in one of the scariest military in the world." Brad said in a teasing tone. "Yea right, like you have Pentagon after your head and your little sister is one of them." Lyle joked in a not-so-joking tone. *screeeeeeeeech* Brad suddenly hit the brakes and the car behind them almost rammed their car. "Huh?" That was the response from Brad. He soon moved the car away from the mainroad and parked it in the nearby parking. Right now, Brad is massaging his forehead while Lyle biting his nails. "Isn''t it high time you start speaking?" Brad asked. "Look, somethings are best unknown and maybe she doesn''t know it''s me so as long as we don''t spill the beans, we''ll be fine, I think so." Lyle said. "You think so? The fuck is that answer? She might kill you while sleeping and say it was a burglar for fucks sake!" Brad said in a bit of panic mixed within his tone. "Look, I''ll manage so all I need from you is don''t ever mention this in front of her, you don''t know my occupation and I don''t know yours, simple as that! Oh and yea, can you find me where ''Rat'' is now? I have a dealing with him and he''s been out of reach lately." Lyle said. "I can do what you asked in the first part but that guy? I heard he was arrested in London but I don''t really know, the information is not accurate so I can''t be sure." Brad said. "Is that so? I''ll deal with it, thanks." Lyle said and they left the parking. "Oh yeah, if you by chance find him, tell him that ''Cypher'' was looking for him as well." Brad said. "Oh? Cypher? Why is she looking for that rodent? Is there anything that matters?" Lyle asked with confusion in his tone. He knows Cypher very well. Infact, not only him but his whole unit knows her. After all, she is Flynn''s girlfriend. "What the-!? You know Cypher? And it''s a she!? Wait are you for real? Just what do you not know? I''m an informat and yet I don''t even know the things you know and how the fuck do you know Cypher is a she?" Brad said while trying to hide his grin. "She''s the girlfriend of my Techie, it''s normal that I know her and she''s good at what she does." Lyle said in a prideful tone. Suddenly his eyes became sharp, danger! He forcefully turned the steering wheel to the right. Brad was caught off guard and the car made a sudden right turn crashing into the roadside. Few inches before their car, a hole on the road side wall appeared. "SNIPER!" Lyle shouted. Both of them reacted fast and got out of the car and each of them run each direction. *bang* A bullet passed by Lyle''s face by one centimeter. He almost fell but he managed to regain his balance and run towards the music shop to his left. Another bullet missed his head by a hair''s length as Lyle jumped in through the door. He immediately crawled to the side and stayed down. "Jesus what the fuck!" "What the fuck is going on!? Who are you!" The two guys inside said in surprise. "GET THE FUCK DOWN!" Lyle shouted while lying down. *clank* *clank* Two more shots came through and hit those guys in the head. "Fuck!" Lyle cursed. *druuuuuuuuuu* Lyle''s Weblink rang. It was Brad calling him. He accepted the call. "He''s not on me, is he targeting you?" Brad asked in a panicking tone. "Yea, that son of a bitch just killed two civis while shooting me." Lyle replied in an angry tone. "Just who the fuck is this!" Brad angrily asked. "From the way he shoots? My guess, it''s Sierra Seven from the Death squad, Pentagon." Lyle said while thinking of a solution. "What the!? The death squad? Pentagon''s strike team? How the fuck do they know you''re back that fast!?" Brad asked. He was quite surprised to know that Pentagon knowing about Lyle''s arrival even though he went camo in his travel. "My guess is they weren''t tracking me, they were tracking you due to Stella and you lead them to me and they must have confirmed my ID before making a move, those fucks aren''t idiots." Lyle said. "Ah fuck, what are you gonna do? Death squad is full of psychopaths, you won''t get a chance to escape, wait there for a bit and I''ll get a team to get us out of here." Brad said in a worried tone. "No need to worry, just fetch us a ride, this fucker is gonna die within the next thirty minutes, too bad the Pentagon''s gonna be mad, hahahaha." Lyle said while laughing. He hung up his call with Brad and tapped the MGU flag symbol on his Weblink. "Any station or unit nearby, this is Golden Eagle, I''m being engaged by a sniper on ******** street, need immediate assistance! I repeat! This is Golden Eagle, I''m unarmed and being engaged by a sniper on ******** street! I need immediate assistance! Two civis just died! Beware, shooter''s six is unknown." Lyle said. "This is Uptake three, request received, I''m two blocks away from where you are, just hold on for a few minutes, out." "Z Warrior six, ETA five minutes out." "Nova four, two minutes out, over." One by one, eight guys replied to his call for help. "Hahaha, you Sierra son of a bitch! Let''s see who''s hunting who now!" 31 Offer from Pentagon \"Now then, can I ask a question?\" Lyle asked. \"Sure sir, I wonder what you''re gonna ask?\" A guy beside him replied with a helpless grin. He has a Glock M13 in his hand. *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* *BOOM* *BOOM* *people screaming for help* \"There is us, the MGU soldiers and then there is Pentagon Operator, who''s after my head, so WHAT THE FUCK IS THE RUSSIAN MAFIA DOING HERE!!!!!!!!\" Lyle shouted. News channels.... \"Hello, this is your host, Michael David for CNN news.\" \"And this is Holly, so David, just now we received an emergency news from our reporter that the xxxxxxxxx street in Boston is currently a war zone , is that true?\" The female host asked. \"Yes Holly, today around 3:15 pm, what seemed to be a small gun fight escalated into some sort of gang war, after the Russian Mafia intervenes, it developed into a full scale war between the Mafia, law enforcements and the gangsters.\" The male host said. \"We have a team on the scene, let''s see what they have to say for us, Johnathan, you''re on.\" The female host said with a smile. \"Uh..... hello, this is Johnathan live at the scene for CNN news.\" The reporter said while breathing heavily, he is inside a building that looked like a coffee shop. Behind him, bullets were flying everywhere, smokes, fires and damaged structures as well as explosions. \"Johnathan how is it looking over there?\" Holly asked. \"Uh..... Not good Holly, not good! The police have set up a four block perimeter and have been stopping people from entering by now, even the police and some civilians inside the zone are struggling to get out! Multiple SWAT teams have been deployed but no vale, twenty civilians died, lot of injured and twenty seven of the law enforcement officers are dead! We are losing this fight! We need some serious help over here! We need the Marines! The Mafia doesn''t seem to be running low on ammo and neither does the Gangsters are giving up but the police are running low on bullets and personal! We need help! The moment we go outside, we''ll either be shot dead or blown up! This has escla-!\" Before the reporter could finish, a rocket flew by. *shooing* *BOOM!* \"Oh my god! Did you get it? An RPG flew by right outside the front door! This is starting to get really serious now! This is the fourth RPG that went by an-.... Get that camera out of here! We need a medic! Is there any doctor here!?\" A policeman dragged his friend who was shot and pushed the camera away before the reporter could finish. \"We''ll get back to you Jonathan, the government just issued the National guards to be deployed, we pray you guys will stay safe until the national guards arrive, now to the next news....\" Back in music store. \"Mother fucking gangsters and Mafia! Why don''t you take this shit to DC or New York or some other place! Why during my fucking vacation! Ugh! I hate America... The moment I step here, I get mixed into this shit!\" Lyle cursed. He was really annoyed to be saying this. His long waited vacation is at hand and get it''s being wrecked by some mobs. *Out from the hell and down to the Underground!* Lyle''s WL (short for WebLink) started ringing. It was an unknown number. Lyle got no clue as to who would call him right now. It''s definitely not his brother since the ringtone is different. Well, everything needs to be exploded at some point. He accepted the call. \"Hello? Whoever this is, please call me later cause I''m very busy at the moment.\" Lyle said and was about to hang up. \"Hang up and I''ll put a few dozen bullets in your head and you''ll have no problem breathing anymore.\" The caller said. Lyle''s anger flared up. He knew who this is. An annoying one, really annoying one. Lyle even consider him as a pest. \"Sierra fucking Seven, what''s with the calling? You want me to peak a bit?\" Lyle said while gritting his teeth. \"I sure would love that, but I got something else to handle and I need your help, it involves a lot of innocent lives.\" Sierra Seven said. His aim didn''t change. He wanted Lyle''s head. \"Yea? Not sure if I should buy that! When was the last time you spoke the truth?\" Lyle asked. He cocked his gun. \"Easter I guess? I think it was during Easter, now you wanna listen to the offer I got or not? It''s from the higher ups.\" Seven said. Lyle stayed quiet and considered it for a bit. He then decided. \"I''m listening.\" Lyle replied. \"You got two objectives, do that and you''ll be cleared off from the blacklist and your sister will stay in the dark about you, what''s your call?\" Seven asked. \"Objectives?\" Lyle asked. His look became that of a predator. He''s ready for a hunt. \"Objective one, ensure the safety of the civis and enforcements held up in a diner twenty four yards north east.\" Seven said. \"Second?\" Lyle asked as he peaked out a bit. He''s now sure that hitman won''t hit him anymore, so he peaked out due to his confidence and his guts. As he expected, seven didn''t shoot. But he shot elsewhere. Seven moved his aim to the diner and shot on the footpath before the diner''s door. Lyle marked the place in his mind and went back to hiding. \"Objective two, eliminate all the hostiles including the gangsters, no cam will have you in it so go crazy, is the order and in exchange, you''re name gets cleared from the blacklist.\" Seven said. \"Why don''t you just send in the national guards? Wouldn''t that make it easier?\" Lyle asked. \"National guards are twelve minutes away and the zone is too hot, we can only rely on you for now.\" Seven replied. \"I like the offer, tell them to remove my name, I''ll clean up this mess within the next twelve minutes.\" Lyle said and cut off communication with seven. \"Sir, what are the orders?\" The guy beside Lyle asked. He loaded his gun with a new magazine and cocked it. \"New plan, you guard the civis and enforcements held up in the diner over there, do not let them know your identity, I''ll go hunting.\" Lyle said. \"But sir, do you think we should trust them? What if they go back on their word?\" The guy asked. \"Simple, they won''t or else they will have to go to war with MGU and I''m sure as heck they don''t want that, not right now, so are you with me?\" Lyle said with a smile. \"Yes sir!\" The guy said with a smile. He then took out a balaclava and put it on. And grabbed the hat nearby and put it on. As a final touch up, he put on a pair of sunglasses. He looked really suspicious with that getup, but at least it hid his identity. \"All units, change of plans, get to the diner and protect the civis and enforcements held up inside, do not let them know of your identity.\" Lyle said using the comms. \"We go on my mark, ready?\" Lyle asked as he changed his position a bit. The war was still ongoing with bullets flying everywhere. \"Sir yes sir!\" Everyone replied. \"1\" \"2\" \"3, GO!\" Lyle and the guy beside him jumped through the broken window, so did the others. One of them jumped down the second floor and everyone began bolting towards the diner. *pew* *pew* *pew* *datatatatatatata* A lot of stray bullets went past them and they did their best to dodge all of them. \"GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! DON''T STOP! DON''T STOP! KEEP MOVING!\" Lyle shouted. They bolted without stopping. \"Argh!\" *BAM* They slammed through the door and closed it behind them. \"Sir! He''s hit!\" One of the guys who came with Lyle shouted. \"Wait! Who heck the heck are you people! Are you with the gangsters!?\" One of the civilians asked. The cops and SWAT team were already pointing guns at Lyle and his team. \"We are reinforcements, now listen up! SWAT team, you guys listen to my men and form a defensive line along the windows and try to keep the strays away, you see any one with a gun running around, just shoot, do not hesitate, it''s a warzone now and if you hesitate, you die.\" Lyle said straight towards the face of the SWAT team and then turned towards the cops. \"Your job is second and third line of defense, half of you form a second line of defense with those tables and the rest of you get inside and help the injured and protect then if shit goes down, all you need to do is hold up and wait for another ten minutes before the national storm this block, that''s all, MOVE!\" Lyle said and turned around. He snatched a SMG from a SWAT member on his way as he walked towards the door while the guys who came with him took position along the broken windows. \"Wait, but who are you guys? And you? Who the heck are you to order us? You don''t look a day older than fresh meat out of school! Who do you think you are?\" One of the cops asked. They were already trying to calm down the panicked civilians while this guy just came in with a bunch of people and started throwing orders at them, they were totally confused as to how to react to this situation. They don''t even look like enforcements or the army or the special branches. Plus, their leader is a teen! How can they react to such a situation? \"Who I am is not important right now, what''s important is you do what I said and hold till the army gets here, the rest? I''ll deal with it.\" Lyle said and walked out with a SMG in hand. The SWAT team looked at each other and moved to place themselves along with Lyle''s team. \"What are you doing?\" A cop asked. \"Do you have a better idea? If you do I''m all ears.\" The SWAT team leader answered and then turned back to point his gun towards the street. The cops looked at each other and started arranging tables to form a defensive line and the rest of them moved the people and the injured inside the kitchen. Outside. Lyle hid behind a car which was full of holes. He removed the magazine and looked at the bullets and loaded back again. He dialed the the last number he received the call from. *duuuuuuuuuu* \"What is it now?\" Seven asked. He was still snipping Lyle from his position. \"How many do you count?\" Lyle asked as he readied himself to go. \"I count around eighty, maybe hundred both, I''m not sure because there''s still a lot hiding from my view.\" Seven replied. \"Copy, cover my six while I go blow.\" Lyle said. \"Copy.\" Seven replied. \"Alright, here goes nothing!\" Lyle jumped out from his cover and started shooting at the Mafia members across the street. They were shooting at the gangsters sixty meters away from them. Unluckily for them, they met Lyle. *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* *pew* Lyle fired a few rounds and every single bullet hit them. Not a single shot missed. \"Five down, ninety five more to go.\" Lyle said. *pew* *pew* He shot two more rounds at the guys who were still alive.