War Never Changes

An Army In Shambles

28th of January 2035
Day 1 of BMT 0400 hours
Kyle's POV

I woke at 4 to get dressed for my first day. Kind of scared really, don't know if they would find having an 20 year old boy join their ranks. Although I didn't overhear the general saying I will be pulled out around the 7th week. Don't know for what purpose though. Probably for specialized training. But I will see how it goes, if it is too tough I can always just leave. But I have no intention of doing that. "I must find out what is happening. Soon."

I headed straight over to the army base. It looked as secluded as when I first arrived. I smiled back to the first time I came here, and shuddered.

-Flashback-
21st January 2035
Kyle is currently leaving army base
Kyle's POV

The general insisted on escorting me to the gate. After all, he was the one who saw me in the place. At least, that what I thought. As I left the front door, two men walked up to me and shook my hand. I was literally stunned, they looked so familiar...could it be? "Wait, didn't I shoot you two?" The two men laughed. The general allowed himself a chuckle. I turned to him and said, "this was another test wasn't it? You expected me?" The general shook his head. "No. We didn't expect you at all. The cameras would have picked you up immediately. In actuality we had the guards be on recruitment standby. You see, our regiment is dropping in numbers. We needed fresh blood. I had ordered the men to be on post every single day. We are the third toughest corp in the entire Army. The two men you see before you were the first two to sign up for the round-the-clock post watch. They were never in any danger, we had them equipped with heat sensors, portable force fields as well as re-integrated chest armor." I was originally skeptical, but thought better and nodded. "I see, but I don't..." The general cut me off, raising a hand, saying, "Please, allow the two men to tell you what happened."

I turned to the two men. The man with a pepper-and-salt beard cut short spoke first. He had a slight gravel to his voice, "Heh, nice to see a boy with such skill. Those were some nice moves back there. But the force field had slowed your bullet, as well the chest armor helped to protect my chest. Only a bruise was the worst."

28th January 2035
0600 hours
Kyle's POV
I went to the courtyard to fall into the contingent. I saw many people who were so much older than me! Young people in their twenties to thirties. I stepped into the contingent, and waited for the general to appear. A few minutes later, the general and a lieutenant stepped out of their barracks. The general surveyed the contingent, and yelled, "Those involved in the special program please step out!" I was unsure whether I was inside the program, so I requested for the permission to speak. "Yes, Kyle you are inside the program please step out." I stepped out of the contingent and waited for the general.

The general walked over to our group of seven and address us as, Wolf Fang.

"You boys, and girl hold the key to our problem. It may be hard to grasp, but we can still turn this war around." I had no idea this was an all out war. "You boys are selected to be our Fourth Prototype of our experiment."

"All of you will be given code names all of you will follow these code names in order to protect our top secret experiment."

Team Wolf Fang
1. Scythe (Leader)
2. Sparks
3. X-Ray
4. Texas
5. Sierra (Kyle)
6. Zero
7. Omega

"I will handle your personal weapons and specialist training. Scythe, being the oldest, will be the leader. Sierra will be our new recruit today, all of you better treat him with some respect. That said, all of you must work as a team. No showboating, no competition between any of you. Is that clear?" "Yes sir." We all responded in unison.

We broke for lunch, and Scythe sat us down at a table. " We are on a very important mission, and each and everyone of you is important. Moreover, I love cats." We all laughed, Scythe grinned and sat down.

-Time Skip-
Day 4, Advanced Weapons Training
Scythe's POV

I walked down to the shooting range and saw Texas and Sierra challenging each other to a gun accuracy test. Sierra had three hits on the target's head, five on the body and four misses. Texas was about the same, with four headshots, three body hits and five misses. Sierra had a grin, while Texas was fuming. I smiled to myself and leaned against the door to see how the situation would carry out.

"Shit.." Texas whispered after missing her sixteenth shot, three in a row. The next two were on target, but both hit the lower abdomen of the target. She ejected the clip and put the gun down. Sierra fired his last few shots, ejected the magazine and placed the gun on the table. The two locked eyes, Sierra was smiling while Texas had her back to me, so was oblivious of my presence.

"You do know that competitions aren't allowed right?" I said. Texas turned and said, "We were training. Although you could call it a friendly match."

"Doesn't change anything Texas. Ease up." The general loomed behind me. I pressed my hand against my mouth to stop my laughter from leaving my mouth. "Sorry sir, I forgot the rules. It won't happen again." Texas said apologetically . "It better, it will only ruin the only sense of cohesion you people have between yourself."

"Yeah, you guys look like a married couple arguing over the bread." I looked behind Sierra for the voice, and saw Omega. "Oh hi guys, was sitting here waiting for you guys to be done. Oh sir, is it alright to have our standard equipment as well as our load out for the mission? I feel empty without my Old Faithful." The general was quiet for a moment then spoke, "Sure Omega, all of you can use any equipment you have at your disposal. Scythe, please inform Wolf Fang that if they want to use any of their personal equipment, they can have them delivered by the next week. Clear?" I nodded. "Yes sir"

-Time Skip-
Week three day four
24 Febuary 2035
Sierra's POV

I felt better having my baby with me. My baby, of course was a self-made KS-2000. It has many utilities, including a shotgun mode, assault mode, sniper, sub-machine gun, as well a grenade launcher. It was what I trained with when I was just sixteen. I had made it using parts from a Galil, AA12, Dragunov SVU, and a Scorpion, courtesy of my father. He introduced me to sniping, and has helped improve my aim threefold.

"Nice gun, can I have a go?" Texas pulled up behind me and have me a grin. "No, not because you can't, but because my bullets aren't delivered yet. Even after three fucking weeks..." Texas pouted and replied, "well, when it's here can I have a go?" I shook my head. "It's coming the day before we start our mission. You can use it on the field." Texas pouted even more and grabbed me by the arm and shoved me into the chair. "Listen here Kyle, I'm not asking. Just give me a chance." I chuckled lightly and nodded. "Yes ma'am. Now can you please get off me?" She stood up, patted Zero on the shoulder and left. "You two..?" I shook my head and laughed, "she wanted a test drive on this baby." I raised my weapon and he whistled in admiration. "That's niceee...unfortunately we are running out of time. The general has forwarded the mission to three days from now. Russia has just called an incoming nuclear strike on Africa." My eyes widened, interested to hear more. "Sorry, can't tell you more. We are to report to Sub Level 13.5"

Meanwhile
???'s POV
I rounded the corner and entered the building. "This must be the place." I looked up at the building. It looked decrepit and rundown. "So this is where it is supposedly held? What a shithole." I lit my cigarette and puffed a couple of breaths. I took out my phone and opened my messages.

To: Anon
Found their base, looks like shit, are you sure it's here?
From: Sigma

Sigma. He's finally here.

So, the introduction to the new character is here! Chapter four will be coming out on Saturday! Buhbye!