Democracy vs Corporatocracy

Chapter Twelve: Operation Gunboat Part Three

March 20th 2041

It was a cold rainy March night in Providence Rhode Island. The people of Providence were in their homes, sleeping until dawn. Or in tents in the alleyways, struggling to sleep due to the cold rain. On top of an abandoned garage building were five silhouettes standing in the darkness. It was difficult to see them, but a few clouds cleared to reveal the moon and it's light revealed five kids, aged 14-16, wearing hoodies and overlooking the port with great determination. Marcus Libertad was their leader and with courage in his voice, he said "Go time". Four of the kids then walked over to a hatch on top of the roof and climbed down the ladder below it. Inside the garage was an old van, with the words "Equality Engine" spray painted in red. The team opened the garage door and walked out. They moved stealthily, careful not to attract any attention to themselves, for this mission had to succeed, if the 2nd American Revolution was to succeed. The docks were right ahead of them, with a fence around them at containers all throughout it. Marcus, Eivor Ryan and Codes hid behind a dumpster next to a building and waited for Night Owl's signal. Marcus clutched his fist to signal not to move yet. That's when they saw Night Owl bring out his flashlight and blink it three times. That meant that the guards were eating their pizza and now was the time to strike. Marcus looked round the corner of the dumpster and saw the guards, munching on a pineapple and mushroom pizza. Marcus raised his hand in a palm and pointed at the fence. The team then crept across the street towards the fence, careful not to be seen and taking advantage of the night darkness. One by one, starting with Marcus and ending with Codes, they all crawled through the hole.

They were careful not to make any noise and were constantly eying the guards. Marcus then lead the team to behind the checkpoint and whispered to the others "Are the pans ready?" Ryan and Eivor bought out their pans from their bags and Marcus whispered "When they are both facing towards the road, give them a good night sleep". Eivor and Ryan nodded as Marcus crept over the the checkpoint. He hid underneath the window and waited for the signal. Marcus had to make sure no other guards would see this. Night Owl then gave the signal and Marcus set up the toy monkey. Marcus placed it next to the road, spun the key and crept back to the others. The monkey then started bashing it's silver plates together and making little noises. The guards heard this and came outside to investigate. When the two middle aged male guards opened the door and exited, they saw the toy monkey. A look of confusion came upon their faces and they wondered "Where did that come from?" That was when they both felt a strong bang on their heads and collapsed to the ground. The kids had knocked them out and they were now unconscious. Marcus ran over to the toy monkey and deactivated it. Marcus looked at Eivor and Ryan and said "Quickly, we have to tie them up before they regain consciousness". The others nodded and they dragged the guards into the checkpoint. When they were inside, Marcus had Eivor and Ryan tie the guards up at a pipe on the wall using a long rope. Ryan placed duck tape over their eyes and mouths just as they awoke. The guards couldn't move and could feel themselves tied to the pipe.

Marcus then bought out some headphones and placed them over the guards heads. Eivor smiled and said "That'll buy us some time, let's get to work". Codes sat down in the chair and took control of the cameras. Codes looked at Marcus and said "I'll delete the footage of the last few hours once we get out of here". Marcus nodded and said "Won't be too long. Don't forget to signal us when it's safe". Ryan then saw a truck in front of the ArmTech warehouse and said "If we use that there truck, we can scoot with all of them guns". Marcus nodded and said "Ok, where's the key?" Eivor found the key titled "ArmTech truck key" and grabbed it. Eivor put it in her pocket and said "Got it". Marcus, Eivor and Ryan then exited the checkpoint and got to work. They hid under the window and waited for the signal. Marcus saw a guard patrolling across the road and waited for the guard to leave. The guard walked around a warehouse owned by Gapple. Marcus saw a warehouse to Gapple's left and saw "MegaCorp" on the front door. Eivor then saw that at the end was an ArmTech warehouse and said "That's our target". The team then quietly started walking towards the ArmTech warehouse with duffle bags in their hands. They passed the Gapple warehouse and saw light coming down the alleyway between the warehouses that belonged to MegaCorp and ArmTech. Marcus signalled his hand in a fist and pointed to a shipping container on the left side of the road. The four rebel kids quickly and quietly ran behind the container and made sure they were as quiet as possible. Chills went down Marcus's spine as he heard the guard whistling to himself. The whistling then got quieter as the guard got further away and the team saw the cameras move left and right twice to signify that it was safe. Marcus looked round the corner to see the guard heading through the alleyway between the MegaCorp warehouse and Gapple warehouse. The team then quietly walked down the street, until they were at the shipping containers opposite the ArmTech warehouse. Marcus saw the camera move left and right twice to signify that it was safe. The three of them walked across the road, careful not to step in any puddles and arrived at the door to the warehouse. Eivor checked the lock and saw that the red padlock was on. Codes accessed the docks controls from the computer and unlocked the warehouse door. The red padlock was replaced with an unlocked green padlock and Eivor opened the door.

The team then rushed inside and closed the door very carefully. Codes locked the door from where he was and the team breathed a sigh of relief. The lights were on in the warehouse and it was also free of the outside rain. Marcus leaned on the wall next to the door and looked to his left. Marcus's eyes widened as he saw the hundreds of containers, likely filled with firearms. Ryan walked over to one and unlocked it. Inside were ten M4A1 Carbines on top of countless bullets. Marcus grinned and said "These guns are gonna win us this war". Ryan then rushed over to the large door that was behind the truck outside. The truck was a van straight truck with red paint and four seats in the front. The door was concealed by the truck, but the lights weren't. Marcus noticed this and walked over to the junction box and said "Time to turn out the lights". He then turned of the lights around the door and the lights around those lights. A guard saw this, but brushed it off saying "Generators probably acting up again, it'll be fine by tomorrow". and continued walking. The team gathered around and Marcus said "Start loading up the truck and hide if you see the signal". The other nodded and got to work. Eivor carefully opened up the door and the team started loading up the crates. Two people had to carry one crate at once, it was hard, but they pulled through. Eivor and Marcus lifted up a crate and carried it all the way to the front of the trucks container. They then started carrying crates upon crates into the truck and ensured that it was as quiet as possible. Every three or four minutes they would see the cameras signal to hide and did just that. A minute later the cameras would signal that it was safe and they would start loading up again. It took about a minute to put one crate in the truck each. After half an hour there were 25 crates inside the truck and they were ready for transport. Ryan quietly closed the truck doors and the Warehouse door. Marcus then got out his walkie talkie and said "Night Owl, this is Overlord, start the van and head back to Homebase. We'll meet you there". Night Owl answered "Yes sir, see you back at Homebase". Marcus then called Codes and said "Overlord to Codes, get ready for pickup at the checkpoint". Codes then moved the cameras to signify that it was safe, Eivor unlocked the door and the team crept out of the warehouse. Marcus, Eivor and Ryan crept to the truck.

Eivor used the key to open the side doors and the team climbed in. Ryan got in the back, Eivor got in the drives seat and Marcus got in the passenger seat. Eivor turned the key and started driving. As they drove across the road, several guards noticed the truck was going already. One of the guards was confused and said "The guns are supposed to go to the army bases tomorrow, what's going on?" The truck stopped at the checkpoint and Codes came running out. Marcus opened the door and Codes climbed in and sat in the back. The guard saw that Codes was in a hoodie and realised something was wrong. The barrier had also opened up and the truck started driving away. The guard picked up his phone and contacted his boss. His boss picked up and said "What's going on?" The guard nervously asked "I thought the shipment was supposed to go out tomorrow". His boss froze and asked "What are you talking about?" The guard then ran over to the warehouse and threw the door open! The guard gasped when he saw that a quarter of the crates were gone and realised what was going on "Sir, its a heist, someone's stolen the gun shipment". Meanwhile, the team were in the truck, driving through the streets, headed back to Boston. Marcus turned on a small holographic display and asked "What colour do you want?" Eivor simply said "Green". Marcus pressed the green button and the trucks colour changed from black to green. Marcus looked at Eivor and said "I'll change it every 30 minutes so it will be harder for them to trace us". Eivor then heard a beeping sound under the wheel and saw a beeping red circular device. Marcus realised that it was a tracking chip and that he had to remove it. Marcus pulled on it and it came of. Marcus rolled down the window and threw the still beeping tracking device out. Marcus closed the window and said "Mission accomplished". Codes smiled and said "That's great, but where do we put all of our new guns?" Ryan thought for a moment, snapped his fingers and said "We'll hide them in Fort Independence". Marcus agreed and said "Then lets get back to Boston". The Freedom Democracy League had succeeded in obtaining their weapons and now the Revolution could begin. While the kids weren't old enough to fight yet, they soon would be and had the weapons they needed to teach the Corpos some manners.