Duty

Chapter 2

Feral Squad went to the armory to retrieve armor and extra ammo in order to resupply and be able to be fully prepared.”Ahhh,Feral Squad my favorite customers!” Lilyana the armourer said to the approaching commandos.Lilyana was a woman in her mid twenties that served as Feral Squad’s main supplier of ammunition and caretaker of their weapons when they couldn’t have them.”Yeah,yeah Lilyana just hand over the mk1s.”Zina signed with a bored look on her face.

“Awww come on laugh for me Zina my jokes are good.”Lilyana teased back at Zina.

“Alright lovebirds show's over let’s get our gear and go,the guardsmen are counting on us.”Aleksander said.”Alright,your mk1s are in your lockers.”Lilyana said.”Got it, alright team suit up!”Tolja yelled to his team. Tolja opened his locker to find his black combat armor with red highlights.The mark one was the only military technology developed after the Reformation, the mk1 was a black ballistic vest that could protect the wearer from any form of attack.The helmet was a redesigned Maska-1Sch helmet with thicker steel and ballistic glass.The helmet also had radios and was able to track the vitals of each squad member.After Feral Squad suited up they headed out to the landing pad where their ride was waiting.

“Well,well look who it is it's Feral Squad.”said Zoran Savićević the pilot of the mi-24 Stalker.”Aren't you a sight for sore eyes Zoran.”shot back Iva.”Cheerful as always I see Iva.”remarked Ognian Lyudmila Bakalov Stalker’s weapon officer.

”Be nice Og,we are stuck with them for a few hours after all.”commented Khrystyna Vyacheslavovna Stetsyuk while running a diagnostic of the helicopter’s systems.”Ok I'll behave.”Ognian said back to Khrystyna.”Alright Ferals get aboard,we have to leave before the razor storm gets here.”

In the small cargo space of the mi-24 Feral Squad was cleaning their weapons and preparing for the mission in their own way.On the left side of the helicopter was Iva and Zina both dressed in their combat gear signing and  talking to each other Iva’s beret on her head and Zina’s Maska in her lap.On the right side was Tolja and Aleksander.Tolja was going over their intel trying to memorize what he could before they landed.Aleksander was praying while the helicopter flew over ruins and restored cities alike.”Feral Squad be ready for landing we are landing at the Obninsk Outpost and make your way into Moscow from there.”Zoran announced from the cockpit.”we will be stationed at Obninsk for the duration of the mission so we can provide support when you need it.” Tolja sighed with relief. “So we won't be alone in this,thanks Zoran.”

After the helicopter landed they were greeted by the guardsmen of the outpost.”Welcome to Obninsk Outpost Corporal Yakovich,what do we owe this visit.”

“We are on a mission to investigate the disappearance of Countess Ivanova’s expeditionary force,do you have any support you can give us?”

“We have a BTR-60 we can spare,but we can’t spare any men to crew it is that a problem?”

“No,captain that is fine thank you for the support.”

“Anytime Corporal.”

“Alright team grab what you need and meet up at the vehical depot we have a ride to Moscow.”Tolja said into his radio to his team.

“Yes,Sir.”

About 45 minutes later the Moscow skyline came into view the crumbling buildings and overgrown and snow filled roads showed a long state of decay if one looked closer you could see the ruined hulks of tanks,helicopters,jets and cars.

Feral Squad’s BTR rolled slowly down the street cautiously not knowing what to expect when Aleksander spotted something out of the ordinary.”Sir I think we may have found the expeditionary force.”