MERK: Home War

Take Down

The next day
August 27th, 2064
Los Angeles International Airport

Merk woke up the next morning to a call for him to come to one of the terminals
When he got there Sergeant Falls and a group of Marines had a group of people held at gun point that just got off a plane
When Merk got there he knew who they were
"Stand down sergeant they're mine" said Merk
"Alright, weapons down" said Sergeant Falls
Everyone lowered their weapons
"Sergeant this is Hesh, former SAS and Danny's brother, he's also our weapons, equipment, and vehicle supplier and technician, the rest is his team" said Merk
"Should've let us know ahead of time Merk" said Sergeant Falls
"Didn't know they were coming until just now sergeant" said Merk
"Sorry for the mishap mates, thought the team was going to give a heads up" said Hesh
"No problem Hesh, sergeant if you will can you get Hesh's team set up somewhere I'm going to bring Hesh to see his brother" said Merk
"Sure thing" said Sergeant Falls

Merk escorted Hesh through the airport to his brother
"So how you like LA Hesh?" asked Merk
"I had guns pointed at my face and the city looks abandoned, what do you think my opinion is?" asked Hesh
"Yeah it's bad but the airport seems good. People from all over the city work here to supply us with food and shit, I don't know why people still live there and don't come here" said Merk
"Americans like freedom mate you should know that" said Hesh
"Yeah we do, but the city is a fucking warzone. Crazy motherfuckers killing everyone because of whatever the hell this material is, fighting for this damn material nearly got Danny killed" said Merk
"Yeah, our mum's gonna rip him a new asshole when she sees him" said Hesh
"Yeah, British ladies are scary. Don't worry though he'll be fine" said Merk
Hesh got to Danny's room and Merk went off the meet Sergeant Falls to see what they need to do today

Merk walked into the debriefing room where Sergeant Falls was waiting at a table for him
"Sergeant" said Merk as he saluted Sergeant Falls
"Good to see you Merk, Hesh's team is set up and your team is going back in to the fight" said Sergeant Falls
"What's our mission?" asked Merk
"We got word from an informant the rebels stole a decent amount of material from us during the attack on our mine. We have actionable intel that they plan to sell it to offshore assets for weaponry or hand it off to a different group to weaponize it. We got the location of the deal and your team is going in covertly and ambushing the deal before our material gets handed off. This is pure material, it's extremely deadly and can cause material poisoning, make sure you have the right equipment and don't let this material get into the wrong hands" said Sergeant Falls

12 hours later
1700 hours
August 27th, 2064

Merk's team was on their way to intercept the exchange of the material
They moved through the city in a black SUV and wearing civilian clothing with skin tight CBRN gear underneath
With them they had their rifles and gas masks
"Check your weapons and equipment, three minutes out" said Triston
"Sergeant Falls come in, checking in three minutes out, any news about the exchange?" asked Merk
"Buyers just arrived and they're talking, get there in less than five minutes and you'll get there just in time" said Sergeant Falls
"Roger that" said Merk

Within minutes they arrived and the deal was still under way
They parked in an alleyway leading to the parking lot that the deal is taking place in
"I'm counting two vehicles with material in them, the other three looks like weapons. Check your shots and explosives we need the material trucks unharmed" said Merk
The team got on their balaclavas and exited the vehicle guns drawn
"Get ready to send these trucks sky high, grenade launchers at the ready" said Merk
Triston and Alex got their underbarrel grenade launchers ready to fire on the trucks and were waiting on Merk's call
"Three... two... one... engage" said Merk
Triston and Alex fired blowing up three of the five trucks causing explosives and ammunition to start going off inside of them
While the rebels were shaken by the ambush Merk's team broke from cover and started firing at them and taking them by surprise
As Merk's team started firing at the rebels nearly all of them started retreating
When enough did one of the trucks containing material detonated
"Fuck, MASKS ON MASKS ON!" yelled Triston
Everyone stopped what they were doing and put on their gas masks
They got their gas masks on and when they looked up they were surrounded by a thick greenish fog
The gunfire stopped and everything was quite
"Sergeant Falls come in this is Merk, we have a material detonation in the city, now going to be attempting to retrieve the second vehicle" said Merk

As the material faded they saw dozens of dead bodies that were killed by the initial detonation and exposer to the material
The skin of bodies were melted off
Green blisters were covering the bodies
Blood drained from the victims and covered the ground where the bodies laid
As they continued forward they heard the last truck turn on
From inside it rose a man with a rifle and fired on Merk's team who got to cover
When he emptied his magazine the man drove off past Merk's team in the direction of the airport
"Fuck get back to the car" said Merk
They sprinted back to their car and drove off after the truck
"Command come in we have a truck containing material rushing possibly towards the airport, we are currently in pursuit of them" said Merk
"Merk come in stand down from advancing on the truck we're scrambling jets to take it out" said Sergeant Falls
"Negative sir we don't want more contamination of the city we'll handle this over and out" said Merk
They continued pursing the truck
They now knew for sure it was attempting to reach the airport to possibly contaminate the place with material
"We don't have time to keep pursing Merk we need a plan" said Mike
"I know, Triston get close to the truck we're pitting this motherfucker" said Merk
Triston drove their car close to the backside of the truck
Merk rolled down the window and shot at the back left and right tire popping it and causing the truck to loose control
Triston gave the truck one last blow and it lost full control, going through a concrete barrier into the other lane of traffic and flipping on its side
Merk's team exited their vehicle and converged on the truck
"Sergeant, trucks stopped converging on it now send a QRF now" said Merk
They moved up to the truck and made sure the back doors were sealed and there weren't any explosives on the exterior
Merk and Triston went to the front windshield and saw the man injured inside the truck
"He's still alive, Alex get the breaching hammer we're breaking him out" said Merk
The man tried sitting up and then Merk and Triston both pointed their guns at him and yelling at him not to move
Alex came over with the breaching hammer and smashed the windshield open
Triston retrieved the man from inside and zip tied his hands and checked him for bombs or detonators then threw him to the ground and kicked him in the stomach
"Tryna run off with our shit huh?" asked Triston
"Triston stop now" said Merk
"Nah fuck that, do you know how many people are fucking dead because of this piece of shit. Setting off a truck of material to explode he's lucky I don't kill his ass right now" said Triston
"Triston calm the fuck down" said Merk
"NO FUCK THAT FUCK THIS REBEL SHIT!" yelled Triston
Triston pulled out his pistol and approached the man
"Net, pozhaluysta, perestan', ya ne buntar' (No please stop I'm not a rebel)" said the man
Merk's team all stopped what they were doing and were frozen when the man spoke
No one was expecting what they heard
"I'm sorry what in the absolute hell did he say?" asked Triston
"Did this motherfucker speak Russian?" asked Mike
Triston put his gun away and went over to Merk and the rest of the team
"What ever the hell just happened is about to get a lot bigger Merk, these are not fucking rebels these are Russians" said Triston
"I know, I know. Don't speak of this and make sure he doesn't speak to anyone, we're bringing him back to base and through decontamination with us when the QRF arrives. Best case scenario this is a rebel that so happens to be Russian or some sort of Russian gun runner, fucking worse case scenario we're going to start an international crisis. We'll discuss this later men, keep this area secure" said Merk