Alex Hale Book 1 by Spielar

Chapter 26

The house elves were even better trained than any modern military since they were completely focused on doing the absolute best they could at whatever task I had given them. This of course included learning everything there was to know about war tactics and the history of war.

"Okay everyone listen up." I yelled out from in front of the room as the house elves stood at attention. "Today is one of the first operations we are going to be doing and will be a good field test to see where there can be any improvement if needed. I do not expect perfection as the situation will be chaotic, however I do expect everyone here to do their best. You are to do your best to remain hidden until you act and avoid any acts that will draw unnecessary attention to yourselves."

"I will have ten guards with me since I will also be acting in the field alongside you all. As for everyone else, you will all be moving in groups of three in order to avoid being overwhelmed. You are to follow the orders of the command center and keep in contact with each other at all times."

"The place we are going to is the quidditch world cup where an attack by death eaters is planned for at any moment now. Your targets are any death eaters you encounter. They will be marked for you via satellite and visual confirmation. These individuals will be wearing black cloaks with hoods and masks and will be attacking innocent civilians. You are to kill them after confirming they are indeed death eaters. It is also possible to identify them by seeing a tattoo located on the inside of their forearms of a skull and snake."

"The medical team is to move around the area and help any civilians they are able to with either evacuation to an area a mile outside the danger zone or with medical care as needed. At the drop off site the area will be protected by the second battalion and the medical team for their battalion will be on standby to help as needed."

The medical teams were composed of house elves who had not bulked up on muscle and appeared as normal house elves. They instead had learned martial arts which were useful against human opponents and medical care. They were capable of everything from stitches to brain surgery. I had tried to train some house elves in psychology, but it didn't work very well, they understood the physical part of it, but couldn't grasp the other parts.

"There is two death eaters that are to be ignored if they appear in the area. They are these two individuals. I told them as two pictures appeared on the screen behind me. They are Peter Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Jr. They are required to survive for future projects, you may move civilians away from their areas, however you are not to come into contact with these individuals. If you find them contact command and have them marked."

"Sir we have picked up the game on the satellites. The game has just ended and civilians are beginning to move out to the camp grounds." One of the elves told me from their seat in front of a monitor.

"Very good, get ready everyone we head out now. Also remember if you see my wives and their families to get them out quickly."

"Sir, yes sir." The house elves all saluted me before disappearing to the camp and the drop off zone to get ready.

This is great, not a single one wondered how I knew how there would be an attack and they all went and got ready without a single complaint.

"Lets go." I signaled to my guards who then moved us to the campgrounds where I pulled up a seat and started to sharpen my sword much to the confused looks of the partying wizards and witches.

After an hour there was a loud explosion and I said into my headset. "It's started, everyone begin operations."

"Yes sir." I heard from my headset as I stood up.