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The First Base

The armoured Huron dashed down a slope kicking up dust. The sun was just peeping over the horizon converting the arid area into a beautiful pageant of yellows, pinks, reds and purples.

The Chilean masterfully over the desert as the approached the small town of Daer Mkaren. The sun rising behind them was perfect for mimicking the mirage effect. The inbuilt camera clearly showed that the base was in front of them and to their benefit a cluster of boulders was lying about 750 m from the building.

The heavy car skidded to a halt just behind the boulders and Valeriya popped open her laptop.

"Well, well, well. These ISIS people turned out to be dumber than suspected. Guess what? They are using a router to connect all the devices in the building."

Her fingers started to flow over her keyboard keys as lightning pace to break through the dozen of firewalls she was confronted. The other three were pacing through the vehicle impatiently. After 15 minutes, when the sun had completely risen, Kovrov rose from her seat and stretched her arms.

"This was child plays. Being the most hated terrorist group and most successful to the public, this was underwhelming security. A router for connection and no virus, worm or anything on breaking the firewall. In about half an hour any information ISIS has on their storage will be ours. Ah yes, I forgot to inform you that the router, in fact, was connected to a satellite which was the reason I took 15 minutes instead of 5. That did have a virus infected protection but it was a basic virus, they did not even think of a Trojan let alone a computer personalized worm or something. Clearing my cache was enough to get rid of that. I, in turn, sent a modified Trojan which will not only transfer the information but will also destroy ISIS's data and cause electrical fires by overheating. This will destroy all the bases by fire this except one the main one. Wait for 20 more minutes and then you guys can get to blowing it up and executing the leader."

The powerhouse who did not know much about the field of computers nodded with a blank confused expression on his face. The two others arched their eyebrows amazed at the Russians expertise and skill.

Next 20 minutes seemed like an eternity for the trio, the computer specialist was looking on from her seat. The started unloading the three large weapons the mainly required and donned their multi-layered Kevlar suit. The four had a mouthpiece and earpiece each.

As Castillo lay on the ground, looking through a Cheytac rifle's scope. The ammo was not a usual bullet but a tracking device for the next weapon. The aim was the base of the leader's neck, who according to the information given to them resided on the top floor. To bodyguards were clearly seen at the window. Inside the room, a long-bearded man was in conversation with another man donning a thawb.

The Chilean chose the most rough-looking, bearded man as his target, who fit the information given to them better than the other. Axel was lying beside him with his fingers on the trigger of the extending arm. Felipe had reminded him, "Pull on the trigger a split second after you hear my gunshot. It'll make this mission smoother."

The arm was of carbon fibre and just at the centre of the forked claw was an injection filled with a toxin.

Erik had said, "This is one of the marvels produced by the Mumbai base. The toxin dissolves the myelin sheath of the nerve fibre wich insulates the nerves and prevents the impulses to be mixed up. If inserted at the perfect spot it will paralyse the target under the neck, perfect for the execution."

The leader himself was ready with an S-13DF's warhead launcher placed atop the vehicle. They were standing 750m away so the weapon with a 500m lethal zone wouldn't affect them. He had to launch it just as the arm gets hold of the target.

Valeriya gave a command from within, "Okay boys, I have received all the information, you are ready to to go."

Instantly the Felipe fired his gun. The gun shot rang but it was overcome by an even louder noise. The whole base erupted into flames and blew up into smithereens. It was brutally picturesque. Flaming debris flew into the blue, cloudless sky. The two rookies ran for cover behind the boulder while the veterans gaped at the scene. The explosion was not strong enough for any debris to reach the quartet but it fell like like hail on the town.

The Russian spoke up first, "Ublyudok! This cannot be happening. I myself had programmed the bug to not overheat the main base. This cannot be. I myself had programmed it."

She punched the computer in rage.

The Serbian concluded, "There can only be one valid reason can be that we have been given misinformation."

Axel finished his leader's sentence, "This isn't the main base that we are looking for."