Engage

Hostile Illusion

A radio worker was running in the halls, and then slams open the door to Helian's room.

"Didn't they teach you to knock, Smith?"

"M-Miss Helian it's Urgent! E-Enemy squad, 80 kilometers out and it's approximately 2 APCs and 20 men!"

Helian sighed, biting her fingernails and thinking of what to do -- this is the first time they ever had the enemy so close.

"A-Alright, send out... ugh... Him... send.. uuuu..."

Smith raised his headphones on his head, and looked at her a bit confused...

"S-Send whom..?"

Helian began spinning in her chair, biting her fingers and nervous, looking to the side...

"M-Miss whom do we send??"

Helian got red again, but finally found a way.

"Send the new guy and Orsis! They would make a power team, I bet..!"

Approximately 10 minutes later of debriefing from Wesson, Smith's younger sister...

"So you, Filak, you will need a threader and a supressor on that fancy pistol! And I will have Heckler and Koch prepare a few to-rent extra magazines. You go retrieve them right now."

Filak zipped his new ANA Tactical M1 armored rig, putting on SORDIN headphones, and nodding to Wesson's orders. Orsis put her Ghillie on, covering her face with protective goggles and a dark green camo bandana, she had a Blackhawk!Commando Chest Harness, and IOTV Gen4 armor, the full protection version which covers the stomach, arms, and thorax.Orsis looked at Filak's interesting choice for a rig - because the ANA Tact. M1 has loads of space -- you can fit whole SMGs in it!

"O-Oi, Burgundy, why did you take the ANA M1...?"

Filak tied his shoes properly, and looked at her.

"We're going looting - these guys are back from a raid so we snap then for coming too close."

Orsis remembered that and quickly put her ghillie head part on, and led Filak to the range, out there was Heckler and Koch, Heckler was holding a SV-98 with a supressor, and Koch came to Filak to give him 3 extra blue-marked mags, as Filak put them in his pockets with the 2 mags that belong to him. Koch grabbed Filak's pistol, quickly put a thread adapter and screwed a supressor on, as Filak quickly loaded it in a blue-marked magazine but didnt pull the slide yet, and closed his rig pockets, Heckler helped Orsis put her SV-98 on the sling, and Koch helped load her rig with the SV-98 Polymer 10 rounders. Koch put in a total of 2 extra magazine and 1 was already in her rifle.

Heckler told Orsis: "One in chamber, 10 in mag, safety on."

Orsis nodded to that and tapped Filak's shoulder.

"Let's go, kid! We're boutta level your license higher than the mountains!"

They both quickly ran out, and got to the garage, Callhoun was there with a small ATV ready.

"Good luck to the both of you! Watch over him, Orsis!"
"Don't worry, not like he'd die anyway!"

Callhoun chuckled, as Orsis got on, and Filak sat at the back.

"Here we go, Burgundy!"

They drove off with a rev up, and drove near the main road into the main territory slowly and quietly, and then in about 5 minutes have stopped.

"Alright, cut the engine, they're about to pass this point."

They crawled to the edge of the forestry, open to the road. At this point, they distanced themselves and made a tactic, Orsis aims for the driver and shoots the driver of the suspected APCs, when they stop, Filak will try to sneak in and use grenades to clean the people inside the APCs, while Orsis tries to eliminate anyone coming out.They made a secure radio connection between their headphones, and waited.

30 minutes pass from deployment of Burgundy and Orsis.

Bzzzt.

"Anything down the sights? Nothing??"
"No, nothing yet. Be patient, maybe they're on foot after an accident."

10 more minutes pass.

Bzzzt.

"This is getting ridiculous -- status?"
"Everything's fine, Orsis... Put pistol on aggro, loaded chamber. Did you disable safety?"
"Oh shit, I didn't..."

Click

"Thanks for reminding."
"Concentrate."

85 minutes from deploying.

Bzzzt.

"I hear heavy vehicles, APCs near your position, Orsis."
"Copy, checking road."

Orsis got nervous, as the sound got louder, but she saw nothing.

"Filak I'm getting insane here..."

100 minutes from deployment.

"Filak I can't... I can't take it... It keeps getting louder and I can't spot anything."
"Hang in there, we will be home in no time."

Orsis could be heard hyperventilating. Filak was as nervous - APCs aren't that slow.

Bzzzt.

"Orsis, Filak, this is Wesson, status?"

Filak decided to report while Orsis concentrated.

"Everything is clean. Estimated 100 minutes since deployment - sounds. We can hear sounds but see nothing."
"Is Orsis alright?"
"...I don't know."

140 minutes from deployment.

"I can't do this anymore, Wesson!"
"Orsis calm down! You're a sniper not a kid in Vietnam!"
"Filak is right, hang in there, we will we checking your radar."

Wesson requested to turn on Radar on their area.

"Check their area, they're at 66:28!"

After a bit of talking, Wesson's feed suddenly gets cut off.

"Wesson..? Wesson?!"

"JAMMERS! ORSIS BEHIND YOU!"

Orsis turned her head and saw an APC and a Radio jammer attached to it.

"There were no 2 APCs, there was an APC tugging a Radio jammer!"

Orsis began gasping for air out of fear, they were literally walking 4 meters from her, so she turned herself around, and Filak quickly and quietly made his way to Orsis, and pushing from behind. The sniper, in cold sweat and fear began holding her breath and aiming at the slow APC, slowly to the small hole that is the window of the drivers seat.

"Do it, I'm tagging behind their radio jammer."

Orsis did a few quick breaths, finally she isn't getting insane and knows what's happening, pulling the trigger.

KA-CHUNK!

"ЭЙ ВИТАЛЮ ПРИСТРЕЛИЛИ! ВЫХОДИМ НАХУЙ! НАС АТАКУЮТ!" (HEY VITALYA GOT SHOT! GET THE FUCK OUT! WE ARE GETTING AMBUSHED!)

Russie swearing and panicking could be heard, as they tried to open the door out.
Filak hearing the panicking quickly and quietly, laying low, ran to the middle of the APC and pulled out 2 smoke grenades,pulled the pin on them both one by one, and throw them in the small windows - barely fitting in - and hid. Then loud coughing and swearing could be hears, as the APC became something like a hotbox.

"БЛЯТЬ! ..АХЕ..! ЗАДИХАЮСЬ..! ОТКРОЙТЕ ДВЕРЬ..!" (FUCK! ...AHEM..! IM SUFFOCATING..! OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!)

In a bit of coughing, they could hear the door open, Orsis and Filak prepared to fight, and only heard men running out coughing and collapsing on the ground, also pulling people out.

"Orsis, move up to me and switch to close quarters. We're going to check the bodies first."

Orsis did as she was asked, and came up, after the smoke cleared up, they moved around the ACP to see 12 unconscious soldiers. All stacked in loot!

"Ambush successful, now we check the bodies, disarm them by taking their weapons away."

Filak nodded and began doing so with Orsis.

...

"Так.. Это вы мерзавцы...! Амери- КХЕ!.. А-Американцыыы!" (So.. it's you, you pieces of shit..! Ameri- KCHE!.. A-Americaaaans!)

Two shots could be heard, Orsis tripped, screaming out in surprise and pain, as Filak quickly unholstered and turned around, and shot the still conscious man. 2 shots, he tried to aim at Filak, but Burgundy was faster and shot him 2 more times in the back and hit once in the head.

Filak rushed to Orsis, who was holding onto her leg and trying to endure the pain, groaning - one shot hit.

"Get in the APC! I'll treat you!"

Filak helped Orsis up, and got her in the APC, which was still smelling a bit like smoke, and sat her down, lifting the legwear part of the ghillie suit.

"S-Shit... H-He got me good, I-I didn't hear him moving...!"

Filak quickly went up and removed her headwear and the bandana, letting her breathe easily, she teared up a bit due to the sudden pain and due to the sudden jumpscare.

"It's ok, try to hyperventilate! I ain't losing you to some shot that got in your leg!"

Filak pulled out of his pouch an IFAK first aid military kit, getting some H202 to disinfect her wounds. Orsis, groaning and tearing up more, tried to be patient and endure the reaction of pure flesh and H202 which caused a burning effect.

"Hang in there!"

Soon, he wrapped her ankle in bandages, which made Orsis calmer a bit, and breathe at a much more calmer pace.

"Holy shit... Getting saved in a tight one by my own apprentice... You got some ability to treat wounds too, damn..."

Filak grabbed some Analgin painkillers from his small 8-piece tablet, as Osiris took one and swallowed it, calming down more.

"Guard the place, I gotta get all the stuff off of them.. It won't take long - promise."

Orsis laughed a bit, looking up and stretching her back a bit.

"Take your time... it feels better now..."

Filak scrounged to the drivers seat, and pulled out the dead driver, with a solid hole in the side of his head.

"You hit this guy dead on though, through a small hole. I was gonna give them a funeral, but I guess I'm gonna just cover them in autumn leaves..."

Orsis smiled as she heard him say that.

"Respecting the enemy after battle is tough to make yourself to do... You're gonna go far in life...!"

Filak pulled the driver out near the road, taking none of his stuff, and began raking some leaves with his hand to cover the body, then he found 4 sticks, and used some bandages to make 2 crosses, putting one behind the first "grave" and then putting the other one near, while coming back and pulling the guy he shot in, burying him the same way, and then standing up, taking his headband off, and looking at the graved for one minute, not saying anything but looking at them.

"...Thank you for your service."

He went back to the other 11 people who were laying there, unconscious still, and ransacked all their equipment: Backpacks, weapons, tactical rigs,armor carriers, helmets - one of which is a night vision one, lucky - and then stacked them in the storage compartment of the APC, perfect.We went back to Orsis in a few minutes after he closed everything up, and disabled the radio jammer.

"Yo, I got you something."

Filak gave her an AK-101.

"Wait is this an 101?!"

Orsis was pretty shocked to see it, the AK-101 is special, because it shoots NATO 5.56 rounds, while remaining to be an AK.

"Yep, I thought it'd be good for you to use as a weapon while you look over the prisoners, cuz I'm gonna tie them up now, and fit them here, and you like these types of weapons, I know it."
"Prisoners of war huh?"

Filak nodded, getting rope from some of the loot he found in a backpack, and tied the 11 unconscious and ransacked soldiers, taking them in the APC. Orsis moved a bit, already feeling a little easier, and watched over if anyone of the 11 wakes up, Filak moved to the drivers seat, and ignited.

"Wait, what about the ATV??"

Filak remembered they got here in an ATV.

"I guess I could tie it to the roof on the APC."

Orsis chuckled, and watched Filak get the ATV back from the windows, Filak was strong, but he struggled with lifting an APC to tie it up, so he used rope to tie it to the back of the jammer! Bam! Genius!

He came back in approximately 30 minutes, it was evening already, and so they rode off to the base, using sheer knowledge and perception. Orsis knew the place better so she was his navigator.

...

"We got contact! Orsis, Filak, please respond if you're on!"

...

Everyone in the room was nervous, Wesson was trying to get a response from the team. Everyone came to see and listen after they heard what happened. Saiga was watching Wesson with Smith, Helian was biting her Nails at the window, she was the most nervous at all, Gyurza had nothing to do so he tagged along to see, and Callhoun was watching Helian. Heckler was kinda nervous too, and Koch was just playing his game... Worried too, but playing. Helian thought to herself "I hope that Filak is okay, he's my favorite... Oh and Orsis is also good!"

Callhoun chuckled and asked: "Getting nervous about Burgundy, miss?"
"HUH?! HELL. NO! HELL TO THE NO! I AM WORRYING ABOUT THAT BIG IDIOT! ORSIS IS MY NUMBER 1 AMBUSHER SO I DONT CARE ABOUT THAT BURGUNDY!"

Helian got even more nervous as her thoughts were almost uncovered, Callhoun only looked away, and Saiga patted Callhoun on the back for trying. Wesson did a sad sigh...

"No respo-"

Bzzzzzt. Bzzzzzzt.

"This is Burgundy speaking, Orsis is fine and I am as well, 11 prisoners, one captured APC, one radar and radio combo jammer, 2 KIA."

Everyone gasped and cheered together at the sentence, except Helian who just ran out of the room, red.

"Heckler, if you can hear me, I got some stuff you might be interested in!"

Wesson cheered more as she was the first time in lead of an ambush or some squad, and succeeded. Saiga shouted in the microphone: "Come on in, we're more than welcome to see whatcha got!"
"Mission success!" Wesson shouted out and everyone ran outside to meet them.