1987

Revelations

"Sergeant, What are your Orders?", Nikolai asked walking up to Alexander

"Well, Nikolai, my adjutant, we are to take that compound from the enemy forces," Alexander stated, pointing to the compound handing Nikolai binoculars

"Go talk to the rest of the squad, Comrade," Alexander said, patting Nikolai on the back.

As Nikolai walked over to the rest of his fellow squad mates, they all turned to him, waiting for him to speak.

"Well, Nikolai, what are the orders?", One of them asked.

"We Follow the lead of our Sergeant, Iven.", Nikolai said.

"Alright, men, on me.", Alexander ordered

As they walked through the Afghan Desert, the tips of their boots being scorched by the sand, the compound grew more extensive, and that's when they knew they would be getting closer.

"Hug the sand," Alexander whispered as he laid in the sand like snow.

As they waited for a few minutes, they started commando crawling to the enemy position as slowly as possible not to disturb anything poisonous. As they got closer, Alexander slowly got up and moved to the compound wall. As Alexander set up on the wall, Nikolai got up and tiptoed towards him, taking off his backpack.

"Nikolai, hand me the grappling hook," Alexander whispered, putting out his hand towards his second.

"Yes, boss," Nikolai responded, passing him the grappling hook.

As Alexander threw up the grappling hook, he made sure it was secured by tugging on it three times; as he did this, the rest of the squad inch closer to their leader. Finally, Alexander started scaling the wall, and the rest followed up. As Alexander reached the top, he saw what looked to be a full-scale operation, Guards armed with Ak 47s, Women in burkas arming explosives, and One man sitting in an oversized chair overlooking it all. As the rest of the squad reached the top, Alexander stealthy went over to an oblivious guard and tripped them. As the guard smashed his head into the concrete edge of the wall, Alexander unsheathed his knife and slit the man's throat.

"Sir, I see the target," Iven whispered, pointing to the man in the chair.

"Copy that Iven, Sergei, and Nikolai on me. Makarov and Iven cover our backs." Alexander ordered, climbing down the wall.

As the three inched closer to the compound building, they heard voices and rumbling coming from downstairs.

"Do you feel that?" Alexander asked, looking at the two

Both men looked at their Sergeant and nod looking concerned. "What can that be?" Nikolai asked, confused.

"I have no clue, Nikolai, let's just focus on the assignment," Alexander demanded

As they set up on the door, Sergei started to pick the lock. As Sergei was finishing on the lock, he saw the doorknob jingle, and he backed up and un-holstered his pistol and mag-dumped the door as Nikolai held the door and opened it slowly Alexander caught the body of the unsuspecting guard. The trio slowly moved through the halls, confiscating weapons and explosives. Sergei stayed behind to defuse them. So Nikolai and Alexander, now alone, were left to finish the job of taking out the target dead or alive.

"Sir, we have searched every door except this one," Nikolai stated

"Then get ready. You have the torch?" Alexander asked

"Yes, sir, I do," Nikolai responded

Alexander nodded and mounted upon the door, putting a flammable liquid into the door's keyhole as Nikolai pulled out a torch from his pack and quickly got through the door's lock.

"Sir ready in 3...2..1.." Nikolai counted down.

"Rahhhhhhh!!" Alexander yelled, kicking through the door.

As the door slammed open, hitting a guard patrolling by, the men in confusion tried to pick up their weapons, but the two trained operatives ended their lives before they could get to them. As the man in the seat reached for something, Nikolai shot him in both knees, and he fell immediately, hitting his face on the arm of the chair. His face all bloody, his knees out of commission, the man tried crawling away in the firefight. Alexander made his way over to the unsuspecting man and pinned him to the floor with his large combat knife.

"Ahhhh!!!" The man screamed in agony

"Where the fuck do you think you're going, Ahmed Almasi," Alexander said, pinning him there with the knife.

"Please let me go. Is it money you want," Ahmed said, begging for his life

Alexander kicked him in the jaw and lifted him over his shoulder.

"Shut the hell up, we're taking you in alive, get it," Alexander said, walking out the door.

"Wait, there's something downstairs I need to show you, Russian," Ahmed said, tugging on his helmet strap.

"Alright, But if you try anything, I'm going to kill you," Alexander stated to Ahmed.

As Alexander picked up the disabled man and went downstairs, they saw a summoning circle in the ground, and six shriveled corpses surrounding it hunched over the floor with a pendant and a Dagger in the middle. As Alexander slowly walked over and picked it up, putting it in his pocket and placing explosives in the support beams as they went off. They then walked out the front door like nothing, the target secured, and the building was soon demolished. They called for pick up.

"Command this is the boogeyman requesting helicopter extract," Alexander said on his radio.

"Copy that Boogeyman. We will be sending a helicopter your way; it is 15 minutes away," Command said over the radio.

As the team waited for pick up, they detonated the explosives and collapsed the building entirely in on itself. Finally, after about 15 minutes of waiting, they were picked up by the helicopter and taken back to their base, and Alexander started investigating the whereabouts of the Pendant and Dagger.