Wolf and Cat

Dog Tags

*BANG BANG* loud gunshots echoed through the air. Sand blew up with the careless wind as soldiers ran along the battlefield. Rapid fire of gunshots overlayed each soldiers call outs. A soldier slid down taking cover behind an old brick wall, Australian flag patched into his vest,. He took the mag from his gun quickly reloading. "Damn it Jack!" He yelled. "Fucking Iraq's, I almost had em" groaned Jack next to him. "Just shut up and cover me" growled Nick as he cocked his gun. Quickly standing up they both leaned around the wall, aiming their scopes. All of the sand and dust, it was difficult telling the difference between soldier and enemy. Sitting back down against the wall Nick huffed with his head back. "What's the plan here?" Asked Jack wiping the sand off his helmet. "I'm gonna go out there.." muttered Nick. "Your not serious?" Said Jack. A flicker of adrenaline rushed inside Nick, a feeling of rage and bloodlust followed. Without a second thought he rushed out, holding tightly to his gun. Instincts took over, everything seemed to move so slowly, and clearly. An enemy off into the distance, hiding inside a broken down building, he was peeking through the gaps with a gun. Aiming his sites, Nick looked into his scope. A single shot and the man disappeared from the gap. Looking ahead there was multiple soldiers shooting back and fourth. Looking along the ground, bodies laid still, bleeding into the sand. Raising his gun Nick shot at the enemy men firing. One by one each dropping to the floor, thanks to the wolfs precise concentration it was an easy task. Nothing could get in the way of his slaughter fest, until the ground started moving. A hatch opened up with two men crawling out. Nick stepped back dropping his gun, grabbing the knife from his vest. The men stumbled and struggled running over as they swung their knifes in an attempt to cut. If the situation wasn't so dire, maybe he would have had sympathy for them. Quickly dodging the attacks Nick jabbed his knife into the neck of one of the men, grabbing his shirt pulling him as a body shield. The other man desperately slashed with his knife, as he cut into his now dead friend. Nick pushed the body aside. The man raised his knife about to strike. Nick caught his wrist, twisting the man's arm letting go of the knife, Nick pulled him into a headlock. Painlessly snapping his neck, dropping him to the floor.

A beating drum played inside Nick's head. His body felt like it was in overdrive. The rush of adrenaline gave him the mental push to continue. Nick raised his gun ready to shoot. Soldiers on both sides shot at each other behind brick walls and shelters. The firing slowly ceased from the enemy line. Using his chance to meet up, he ran to his fellow officers. Sliding along the sand to reach cover behind a wall, hitting his back against it. "Fucks going on out there Aiden?" Growled Nick. "They just stopped firing, I-I can't see them anymore either" he replied. The silence was suspicious, it felt like  a rope about to snap. With his sensitive hearing, there was a slight ticking sound. Like a bomb the ticking got faster, it multiplied as if there was more. "There's explosives! Go go go!" Yelled an officer from behind. Aiden shot up quickly running away, before Nick could call out to him, he got in shot down soon as he reached a clearing. The same thing repeated with other officers behind them. "Shit.." huffed Nick sitting protected by the wall, ticking still going. "If I run they'll shoot me.. if I stay, chances are I'll get blown up..".

Just now. The yelling of angry men in the distance, not a single word in English. Silent darts of bullets traced along the sand, some hitting nothing while the others caused shrieks of pain to be yelled out. "Snipers? Rifles?.. I didn't call anyone in.." muttered Nick. As he waited behind the wall hoping for a chance of escape, there was the rudder of wings. A helicopter. The helicopter quickly flew over on stand by. Multiple ropes swung down from the heli, a familiar face landed down, smiling as he walked over. "I didn't call for backup" said Nick as he stood up. "You were taking too long" smirked Ace. Looking around, his smile quickly disappeared. "Fuck.. the hell happened?" He asked. "Ambush. They must have settled here overnight" replied Nick. "Daniel!" Growled Ace over his coms. "Land the heli we're bringing bodies back!".