Hoi awoke to a splash of water in his face; he whipped his head around, looking about the dark room. In front of him, a young woman was placing the bucket on the ground; its sides were streaked with rust. Hoi watched intently, knowing this was going to be the beginning of a brutal interrogation. His memories of the previous day’s fighting were hazy at best; brief flashes of a huge man kneeling on his chest came and left. All he could truly remember was that they had been ambushed, and everyone was likely dead. The woman flipped the bucket over with her foot, and then sat down on it. “Hoi, nice to see your awake.” The voice had come from behind him, but Hoi didn’t need to look to know who was speaking, “Carrizo,” the name came out almost like a curse, Hoi gritted his teeth, “You betrayed us.” A sharp object smacked into his back, his teeth clamped even tighter together and he groaned in pain, “And you betrayed your own PMC!” The voice sounded angry; obviously he had hit a weak spot. Hoi shook his head, “Those men didn’t have to die, and their lives could have been spared.” Carrizo shook his head, “They were all traitors, and should have died already. Last night was just the execution.” Hoi looked up at the girl briefly; she was playing with a stiletto blade, twirling the silver piece of death around her fingers. She wore almost no armor, only a ammo vest covered her upper frame. Her hair hung loose around her head. Her uniform was a smoke pattern, gray, brown and black. Hoi’s eyes kept flicking from the floor to the blade, waiting for her to strike. “Hoi, you know as well as I do that this war has become so much more brutal than ever before, and this was just a way to get rid of the competition.” Hoi shook his head, “Why am I still alive then? Aren’t I the competition?” Carrizo chuckled, the sound was like gravel, “Hoi, you are still useful, I can use you. Valor won’t turn down the return of such a highly decorated hero; it would be a PR nightmare to kill you. I can use that to get information on Valor’s plans. However, it would be a huge moral blow if Raven soldiers killed you.” Hoi spat at the ground, “You better kill me now.”
Hoi never felt the blade that stabbed into his heart, he watched as the girl smiled, bringing the blade up and slashing his throat. Carrizo gave the woman a stern look, “Sasha, did I tell you to do that? No, I didn’t, why the hell did you?” The woman, Sasha, gave Carrizo a dirty look, “He spit on my brand new boots!”
Hoi never felt the blade that stabbed into his heart, he watched as the girl smiled, bringing the blade up and slashing his throat. Carrizo gave the woman a stern look, “Sasha, did I tell you to do that? No, I didn’t, why the hell did you?” The woman, Sasha, gave Carrizo a dirty look, “He spit on my brand new boots!”
“VALOR COUNTERATTACK!” Carrizo burst out of the darkened room, Sasha close behind. He watched as the once peaceful men began pouring out of their tents. “Sasha, go get Lennon and Matthias.” The girl ran off towards the squad’s tent. Carrizo grabbed his rifle, checking the action quickly to make sure a round was ready to go. When Sasha returned she had the two men with her, “Let’s move, were gonna roll down by the water towers, up by the church and try to hit the Valor men in the ass.” The three soldiers nodded and silently followed Carrizo as he began jogging down the long slope towards the towers. Their main objective was to their left, the Bravo Uplink, and Carrizo could see the Valor soldiers rushing into the area, trying to take the ground back. He quickly led his fire team towards the church. “Lennon, set up in the tower, do not fire until we’ve made contact.” The shadowy man nodded and moved into the church to set up his sniper rifle. Carrizo led the rest of his group towards a nearby cargo container. “Matthias, Sasha, go on the other side of these houses, clear out the tent area, then move to B, I’ll be clearing the road.” The last of his team nodded and moved off, Carrizo then stepped out of cover, Gotha at the ready.
He saw around 12 Valor soldiers, all behind cover, the men were setting up MG emplacements, to try and hold off the Raven soldiers. Carrizo pulled out a grenade, popping the pin and hurling the small explosive towards the enemies. He ran across the road, taking cover behind a small drainage pipe. He popped up, spraying his entire clip at where the Valor soldiers were. The grenade had done its job, wiping out four of the soldiers. And Carrizo’s gun did short work of the rest, the bullets quickly taking down four more soldiers. With their numbers cut down by two thirds, the Valor soldiers began falling back from their positions. But Carrizo wouldn’t allow it, he came back up with a fresh magazine and popped four bullets into each man’s neck. The deadly precision was helpful as it killed every man instantly.
Sasha pointed to the left, “Matthias clear that area.” She then moved off to the right. She saw a group of Valor men, hidden behind cover. They were firing on a group of Raven men who were pinned down in one houses backyard. They had taken cover behind a fence, but it was quickly being decimated by the thundering fire of Valor machine guns. Sasha brought her F90 up, pulling the trigger as she barreled ass towards the enemies. She saw the streak of a .50 Cal bullet streak by her head, the massive thing slammed into a small soldier, incinerating his entire head. Sasha screamed with the exertion of force as she slammed into a man, wrapping her arm around his neck and then flipping her entire body over, throwing the man into a nearby container. She turned and flicked out her stiletto. Her F90 discarded, she held a KP7 in one hand, and the deadly blade in the other. She threw herself into a roll, putting a burst of Machine pistol fire into one of the soldiers. Bullets smacked into the ground just behind her as she leaped onto another man, her knife landing in his eye. A bullet to the head sealed the deal as she brought herself into a cat like crouch. Her comm crackled to life, “Sasha, I need help here.” The voice was Matthias’s, Sasha grunted, “Give me a minute.” She pulled the trigger of her KP7, the weapon angled at the last Valor man. The man grinned when a click was all that was heard. He raised his MG, only to have a .50 caliber bullet smack into his head, turning his brains into a red mist. Sasha looked over to the church tower and gave Lennon a thumbs up.
Matthias thought he had the easiest job, seeing as how he would only have to clear out the stragglers. But when he peeked over the sandbag wall his heart fell. Three squads of Valor men had grouped up behind a house, out of view from the church tower, and also out of view from the bridge. They had set up hardened mortar placements, as well as a sandbag wall with a .50 Cal MG on it. Matthias groaned, dropping back into cover. “Lennon, they’ve got hardened emplacements. Can you do anything?” Lennon swung his scope to look at his friend’s situation, “Negative on that, I’ll displace and try to find a solution.” Matthias then tried Sasha and Carrizo, both responded, “We’ll be there in a second.” Matthias waited for everyone to get in position. Carrizo came first, “Looks like we’ve got guys coming across the bridge, what do you have Matthias?” The Icelandic man pointed over the wall, “Mortars, and MG emplacement. No way they’re gonna make it across the bridge.” As if that was the cue, the mortars began firing. The shells flew through the air. Screams could be heard over the platoon circuit along with a call for general retreat and regroup. Carrizo grimaced, “Looks like where gonna have to take them out.” Matthias nodded, and said “Yeah, Lennon is trying to get into a firing position and Sasha is on her way over.” Carrizo nodded, then Sasha came walking up, “What do you have Matthias?” The man pointed, once again, over the wall, Sasha looked, “Shit! How are we gonna do this Carrizo?” The burly man looked once more at the position, “We’ll split up, I’ll head up their left side, you two go on the right, I won’t be able to take any direct hits from that .50, not even my armor can withstand those, so Lennon had better be able to take it out. If the MG is down, we’ll try to rush, I’ll throw some Flashbangs and grenades to confuse and hopefully kill them, got that Lennon?”
The sniper had been moving out into the graveyard out behind the church, he had just lain down in his position when he felt something hit him in the back, hard. He rolled over to find himself facing a Valor soldier. The sniper brought his foot up, kicking the Valor man in the crotch. Lennon threw himself to his feet, pulling out his massive bowie knife. He stabbed the man in the neck, the massive blade easily slipping through the bone and tissue. Lennon dropped the dead body, then returned to his position, “Got it boss, the MG gunner will be down on your mark.”
Carrizo nodded to himself. “Alright, everybody, on my go.” He quickly reloaded his weapon and readied a few of his grenades. “3,” Sasha reloaded her KP7, her reacquired F90 strapped to her back. “2,” Matthias made the sign of the cross on his chest, then wiped some water off of his Aviator glasses.
“1”
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Hey guys! Hope you enjoy today's read, most of it was actually based of a game I had earlier this week with a few members of my clan.
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