MERK: Home War

Lights Out

Two hours later
Los Angeles International Airport
August 27th, 2064

Merk and his team were called into the debriefing room
Sergeant Falls was there with two other men discussing something as Merk's team came in and sat down
"Hello gentlemen, I've called you here to discuss your recent findings. The only people who know of this is these two gentlemen here, you guys and me, if this gets out this will turn into an international crisis maybe even war" said Sergeant Falls
"Do we know who this guy is sir?" asked Merk
"He's believed to be a member of the FSB. He's given names and locations on other FSB agents located in LA along with someone codenamed Messenger. Apparently he's the one behind the attack on the material mine and also is responsible for manufacturing the rebels bombs and gas, he's meeting at their hideout tonight. I'm sending your team in to neutralize Messenger and any FSB agents protecting him and get whatever intel you can find about the Russians here in LA. You guys have fifteen minutes to get yourselves ready, you're dismissed" said Sergeant Falls

Twenty minutes later
20:00 hours

Merk's team was inbound to the location of the hideout
"Alpha team to command, closing in on the apartment buildings, ETA two minutes until we reach the drop off" said Merk
"Roger that, ground teams are five minutes out you don't have long until the commotion starts" said Sergeant Falls
"We'll do what we can with that timeframe, over and out" said Merk
Their Blackhawk flew towards the drop off point and hovered as the teams opened the doors and scouted out the surroundings
"LZ clear prepare to fast rope" said Merk
They dropped the ropes out of the helicopter and rappelled down onto an adjacent rooftop
Adam and Mike got into positions on the rooftop as the rest of the team entered the building through roof access
"Command come in we made entry to the LZ building, making our way to street level now. ETA on the ground team?" asked Merk
"I've stopped them three minutes away from you, once you make entry I'll send them" said Sergeant Falls

They made it to street level and crossed the street
They stacked up on the door and informed command they're about to enter
"Check your gear and weapons, once we enter Alex hang a left and find the fuse box and cut power. Any military age male or anyone with a visible weapon is weapons free" said Merk
Triston turned the doorknob a tiny bit to check if it was locked and luckily it wasn't
They entered and went as planned
Alex turned off the power and they turned on their NVGs
"Command power is off moving to second floor" said Merk
They walked slowly up the stairs with their weapons at a ready position
They got up the stairs and moved slowly towards the next stairway
Halfway down the hallway they saw light from the stairway slowly coming down
"We got a light" said Triston
"Hold positions, we're going to have to take him out" said Merk
"Sir that's against the rules of engagement if he doesn't have a weapon" said Alex
"If we don't we're going to get compromised. It's a risk but it's needed" said Merk
They moved closer and got into positions to take the person out
Once he came into sight and made it down the stairs they each took a few shots taking him out
"Check for weapons" said Merk
They approached the body and began searching
"Firearm, left waistband. Kid's not FSB but probably a rebel, good call" said Triston
They began moving to the second flight of stairs when they got the call that the ground team was there
"Alright let's move, watch these doors fire on anyone who attempts to leave" said Merk
They slowly moved down the hallway checking the door numbers trying to find the right room
"Nice and slow, this intel better be fucking correct" said Triston
They got to the last room and heard Russian whispers from inside
They looked at each other for a moment and realized it really was true
"Fucking hell, we doing this?" asked Alex
"We have to" said Merk
"Privet, Devid? (Hello, David?)" asked a man from inside the room
They all stayed silent
"Privet? (Hello?)" asked the man again
The doorknob slowly started turning, Merk and his team are going to need to act fast
"Fuck" said Merk
Merk backed up and fire three shots through the door most likely hitting his target
From inside they heard a lot of more voices
"GET THE FUCK DOWN!" yelled Merk
Everyone dropped as bullets started ripping and flying through the walls, all they could do was stay down and hope not to be shot

When the bullets stopped they saw the rooms outer walls and the walls on the other side of the hall riddled with bullet holes
"Shots fired, I repeat shots fired one EKIA me and my men are good" whispered Merk into the radio
They slowly got to a crouched position and tried looking into the room with what holes they could clearly see through without alerting the men inside the room
"Can't see fucking anything, say we just pop shots and see if we get shot at after" whispered Triston
"Yeah, what's the worst that can happen. The moment you see a bit of someone open fire" replied Merk
They stayed crouched and looked for a person to pop out
Finally one did and Triston fired hitting him in the head, killing the man instantly
The rest of the team opened fire on the room
As they ran out of ammo they moved back down the hallway for cover as they were assuming they would be met with suppressing fire from whoever remained
"Alpha team come in over what is happening with those shots?" asked a ground team operative
"Plans went south, most likely got everyone inside about to make entry" said Merk

Merk and his team regrouped with themselves and got ready to enter the room
They heard noises inside so they assumed there might be at least one person capable of fighting left
They slowly approached the door and opened it and threw a flashbang in
It went off and they entered and cleared the room
"CLEAR!" yelled Triston
"Bravo team, rooms clear you're clear to turn on the power. Triston, Alex start double tapping them, make sure they're dead" said Merk
"Yes sir, everyone watch your eyes nogs off" said Triston
They took off they're night vision goggles and the power came back on
Triston and Alex started making sure everyone was dead as Merk looked around the room for any kind of intel was left from the firefight
In the far corner of the room at the last bed Merk heard a noise
He signaled Triston and Alex and they approached the bed
"Stay on the fucking ground don't fucking move Ruskie" said Triston
They looked behind the bed and saw the only remaining Russian agent in the room with a lot of bullet holes in him
"We got a live one, start aid on him" said Merk
"Net (No), please stop. What do you want, I give I give" said the agent
"Shut the fuck up, we're helping you" said Merk
"What do you want, contacts, documents, targets. Please I give up, documents are in containers under bed. Padlock code is ONE, EIGHT, FOUR, SEVEN. Please just kill me, please kill me" said the agent
"What about the password for phones or computers?" asked Merk
"We have book. Book in desk left drawer" said the agent
"Thank you" said Merk
He put the barrel of the gun to his head and pulled the trigger and executed the FSB agent
"Move the beds, let's see this shit" said Merk
They moved the beds and found a bunch of locked containers
"Well no chance we're opening them all here. Adam and Mike come in, we need you in here we got some carrying to do. Don't ask questions" said Merk
"Roger that" said Mike
"Get to lifting boys, Christmas came early" said Merk
"Opening this shit and Christmas are two totally different feelings bro" said Triston
"Just shut y'all dumbasses up and get these containers to the helicopter" said Alex