Beyond Duty - Simon Ghost Riley x Reader

Chapter 19. Not as planned

"What the fuck is going on in there?" Price's voice yells out through my walkie-talkie.

Smoke. All I can see is smoke.

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Almost One hour earlier:

After driving for what felt like an eternity and dwelling on my thoughts for so long it felt like purgatory, we approach what seems to be a decently sized abandoned warehouse in the middle of nowhere, seemingly rundown and boarded up to the average person. Though, we know it's not truly abandoned.

The Jeep we drove in comes to a fast and abrupt stop, pushing me forward slightly with the force of the breaks, before slamming me back into my seat.

"Go! NOW!" Price shouts, obvious worry coating his deep voice.

I waste no time hopping out, my seatbelt being already clicked off by the time we arrived. Ghost and Soap are quick to follow suit. I can hear their feet hit the ground behind me and immediately slam both doors.

The helicopter we sent spotted vehicles in the far distance, obviously fleeing from this exact direction, so the pilot wasted no time in chasing after them once it found the pinpoint location to the warehouse for us. The humming of the propellers becoming evermore quiet the more distance they put between us.

Without another word, both Price and Gaz are back on the road, racing after the helicopter, leaving us. We were followed by multiple other vehicles, two of which pulled over with us, and the rest wasted no time in following after the helicopter. There's ten of Alejandro's soldiers who file out, all dressed in the same uniform. Of course, except for Rudy. Who wears a slightly more pristine uniform with patches that signify his rank.

Ghost runs past me, towards the main entrance. He's quick to stand to the side of it with his back pressed up against the wall.

He's almost as tall as the fucking door.

Rudy does the same on the opposite side of the double doors. Soap and I follow suit, crouched with our weapons ready.

The doors are locked, of course.

Two of Alejandro's soldiers bring out a battering ram from one of their vehicles, and without hesitation start to break the door down. I can feel my heart jump at every thud of the metal. The other eight of the soldiers break up into two groups. They discuss formation quickly, and start to circle around the building on foot to the back, scoping the area out.

And just like that, the door comes crashing down with a loud bang, metal clanging and creating an echo of the metal screeching in the building itself. If there are still enemies here, they sure as hell know we're here now.

"Let's move." Rudy orders, being the first one into the building, eye on his scope. Everyone follows behind him and shuffles orderly into the building, analyzing and clearing the main entrance area.

I pull out my heartbeat sensor and it's quick to start picking up on multiple hostiles in the area, my eyes widen with every beep the radar sounds.

I open my mouth to tell the others, but before I could even get a single sound out, Ghost snatches the monitor from my hands, looking at it for himself. His eyes look furious behind his scary skull mask, and I hear him scoff as he quickly takes in the information, and just as quickly shoves it back at my chest and into my hands with great force. I can't help but stumble backwards a small bit.

I regain my footing and hurriedly put the heartbeat sensor back into my side body pocket, zipping it shut. Just as I do, gunfire erupts.

Shit shit shit.

I duck my head at the sound, quickly locating where it's coming from. I press my back up against a wall, hidden behind a trash can for cover, trying to avoid being hit. I see some enemies down the corridor, peeking occasionally from behind a corner and raining gunfire towards our group.