Viper 1-1, on standby.

35: Payback

"370 meters out." I told Mozzie, who was holding the sniper. He grunted and modified his position in acknowledgment. "Alright, you got the target? The rat by the door?"

Mozzie: "Yep. Fire?" Telling him to fire, a bullet came out of the barrel. The subsonic ammo and the suppressor noticeably muffled the shot. I watched as the bullet blew the masks body back and recoiled onto the floor.

"Good hits." I said as we admired the dead hostiles scattered around the building. A decrepit gas station, which went out of order in '02, had been used as a white mask base of operations for their Australian plans. "Man, talk about a shithole. I wonder what they'll think if I walk in and ask for a sprite." I joked. Mozzie didn't seem to respond apart from a slight smile.

Mozzie: "Gridlock, Rattlesnake, in position?" He said over the comms.

Gridlock: "Positioned."

Rattlesnake: "Ready to breach."

"Right, Mozz, be the best bloody sniper you can be." He nodded as I moved down to the two other operatives. "Hey guys, I'm here now."

Rattlesnake: "Position yourself, brother, watch the front door."

"Alright, Hey C?"

Rattlesnake: "Yeah?"

"Headstrong, I'll take you on,"

Rattlesnake: "Headstrong, I'll take on anyone." I heard his helmet start playing music through the comms.

"Nice man, OK, let's do this." I positioned myself to the front door, ready to eliminate any surviving hostiles.

Rattlesnake: "Good morning, Vietnam!" I heard him yell over the comms, breaching the door open. I chuckled a bit, making sure to drop all hostiles who left the door.

"You and you and... you... you too..." I muttered as I eliminated the hostiles at a steady pace.

BRRRRRRRTTTT

The bullets whizzed over my body quickly, sending chills down my spine. "MOTHERFUCKER!" I rolled over and laid behind cover, watching the bullets fly by. The sound of the gun seemed to be an HMG-PK16, which I noted. I attempted to get a better look at the gunner, turning on my cloak. The bullets seemed to come toward me as the barrel faced me. I jumped backward, fearing the bullets would hit me.

???: "Fucking bloody shit mate! Cover me!" The gunner yelled over the new silence. I took this time to throw a smoke grenade into the mix, filling the doorway with a thick grey smoke. I could hear coughing from it and turned on my thermal vision, shooting the hostiles I could make out. I ducked down once again, waiting for bullets to come back over the yelling and coughing, but to my surprise, the bullets stopped. I peeked up, realizing I had taken the gunner out of commission. Another mask was throwing his corpse off the gun, ready to be the next one. I quickly disposed of him, reloading my gun when I could.

Rattlesnake: "Room clear! Moving to next!" I heard over my comms as the music went faint. I could hear the opening of Psycho - Puddle Of Mudd. "Maybe I'm the schizophrenic psycho." I muttered. The door in my peripheral was breached, with the two operators entering the room, clearing it out.

"Done. Mozzie, stay right there and watch our flank. We'll meet with you when we're done."

Mozzie: "Affirmative."

Gridlock: "Viper, come look at this computer we found."

"Yep." I said as I followed her to the laptop. It had identities, names to the faces, base locations, fake companies. "Righto. Let me call Harry." I said as I took in the information.

Harry: "Hello Viper."

"Harry, uh- we've got this laptop here, I'm sending you photos."

Harry: Okay, Viper, I'm waiting." I sent the photos of the information until a bullet hit the computer. I jerked back out of reflex before twisting around and shooting the mask lying on the ground.

"Shit. Hey guys, check your kills." I said as I went back to the call. "They shot the computer. I'm sending all the photos I managed." I said as I finished up. The computer was fried. It had been shot in the internal drive, deleting everything it had. "Alright... Harry, you got 'em?"

Harry: "Yes, Viper, I got the photos. Good job." He said before hanging up.

"Alright, one of you call the police and tell them to come clean this shit up."

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??? POV:

"Fuck!" I yelled as I watched the events unfold. I stared the grey masked man in the eyes, ready to stab him. "You said they'd never find us!"

GM: "I didn't expect this outcome."

"We blew up a historical landmark dumbass! They're looking for us everywhere!" I yelled. The mask was scared of me, and I knew full well. I stared at the radioactive symbol patch I had on my helmet.

"Get it all out. I gave you funding to carry out our plans, I will take out all the investments I put in your companies and leave you to die alone. By dawn."

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