Bringing The Arsenal: Overwatch

Chapter Eleven: Weapons Raid

The plane we flown in compelled us to perform a HALO jump, a skydive maneuver from the upper atmosphere. The fall from the sky from a height that felt like thousands of feet of altitude. As Evan and I pulled down the cords to halt our speed, we land on top of a tall dusty hill with a tree on the top as its landmark. As I touch the ground, I look into my wrist, a GPS navigator that was tracking the tube that it fell from the sky. I turn my direction to Evan

"Red, Come on, the tube is this way."

"We reached the DZ, making our way to the tube." I radio in.

"Affirmative Arsenal, Proceed on through the mission." Soldier 76 says from the other end.

I carefull moved forward, like a cat cautious of it's surrondings. As I got over the hill, I suddenly stop. Evan nearly knocked me over, eager to get the job done.

"Why did you sto-" Evan whispers before he suddeny figures out what I am seeing. A group of two Junkers were inspecting the tube while a bigger group further down the rocky slope. The tube must have attracted attention from the convoy and the last thing I want is for them to steal what was inside, leaving me light with weapons. I turn to Evan.

"How many are there?" I ask. He observes the men down the mountain.

"Uh, about ten."Evan continues scanning the area until he pokes at my shoulder a few times. "There are jeeps on the main road. We can use if we can get to the compound."

I grinned while weilding a knife. "Alright, I want you to take out one on the left. I got this clown on the right. Then, we slot these jokers down the hill when I pull out my weapons. Once we drop the guys at the bottom of the hill, we head to the cars."

We get close to the junkers by using the bushes from behind. I hold up my hand up, counting down from three with his fingers. As I make a fist, we emerge from the bushes, pulling the two psychos from the tube. I stab the one on the right while Evan hits the one on the left with the butt of his knife, knocking him out cold. We move to the crate, opening the contents.

I queitly sprint down the hill and opened the tube, grabbing the Massacre, Yin/Yan, and The Laker. As I turn off the safety for the M4-A1, I turn my direction to Evan. "Evan, I'm going to have to go loud. If you don't feel comfortable of killing, that is fine. I am not going to force you to do something you don't want to."

"Got it." Evan replies nervously.

"Alright, going to punch my time card." I stated while I crouch down behind a rock, the iron sight trained on the head on one of the many Junkers down the hill. As I fired my rifle, the junker fell to the side. The others turned around and returned fire, creating a deafening echo at the small mountain. Evan starts blinking down, punching and kicking any Junker his teleport ability can take him. I sprint my way closer Being on higher ground, I was able to pick off more Junkers quickly while the rest were knocked out on the ground, thanks to Evan. As the gunfire stopped, I head down the hill while swirling a hand in the air, a signal to regroup on leader. Evan blinks near me as we reach into a jeep.

I hop in the driver's seat while Evan heads to the backseat. I open the glove compartment for the keys, only to come up with a 9mm pistol. I look at the dashboard and found the keys for the vehicle. What are the odds that one would leave it there?

"God, the back is filled with junk, can I sit in front with you?" Evan asks while shifting through the trash. I nod, allowing him to sit at the passenger side. I look at the trash pile in the back and notice an empty water bottle.

"Hey, this may sound weird. But can you toss me that water bottle?"

Evan looks at me in confusion, but doesn't hesitate to pass the bottle. I grab a roll of tape and wrapped the plastic around the barrel. I tucked the silenced pistol under my sleeve and turn on the ignition to start the drive. As the car heads through the hard rocky road, we come around to see the complex, the fortress built on an island like cliff surrounded by water 100 feet below. The van begins its journey across the land bridge. As we make to the other side, the driveway in the compound shifts right, forcing us to descend down in a spiral ramp to a man made cave. As we get close to the entrance, a checkpoint presents itself in front of us.