Engage

Faraway

Orsis stopped by the road to rest a bit, and eat some MRE with Filak, after refueling the ATV. Orsis layed against the tree, sighing...
Filak refueled, put the jerry can in it's holder on the ATV and grabbed some MRE from his backpack, giving one package to Orsis.

"Thanks, Filak."

They both relaxed, and ate, drinking some water they had in their canteens. Orsis turned her head towards the smoke, and saw how there were people with weapons coming around the corner... Russie soldiers.

"Filak, hide!"
Orsis grabbed his arm and quickly pulled him in the foliage, hiding.
"Ow, dont pull so hard-"
"SHH!"

They watched as they slowly approached, talking to some soldiers who were bruised, they are the ones that they encountered earlier...

"Вообщем, какой то чувак с парнем в гилли на квадроцыкле перебили нас!" (Basically, some dude with a guy in ghillie on an ATV beat us up!)

The guy who was walking in front turned to the suspected driver of the wrecked car.

"У вас броневик! А у них что, РПГ???" (You have an armored car! What did they have, an RPG???)

Everyone who wasn't bruised was looking at the "victims" in shock.

"Не блять, парень прострелил капот и кинул высоко-взрывающуйся гранату! Умный, блять, я ему шлёпну в морду когда смогу, если бы..." (No godammit, the dude shot out hood and threw a high-explosive grenade! Smartass, I'll fucking hit him in his face when I'll get the chance...)

They began coming closer...

"Shit, we gotta get out of here, report to Smith right now and tell her we're not far from the radio station ridge. They know where it is, so they'll come-"
"Too late, Orsis, they'll hear..."

The driver and his crew began telling how it was the APC we were driving. The enemies got really close, the driver was telling how the "talk" went with the ATV riders.

"We have to fight... no other way..."
One soldier turned to the foliage and said out.
"Э, хто в кустах?!" (Hey, who's in the bushes?!)

Everyone turned to the soldier first, then to the bushes...

...

Tak-tak-tak-tak!

With this men began collapsing at the ATV, screaming and swearing, a few died, and the driver got so surprised they couldn't do anything but fall. Filak and Orsis ran out, Orsis threw a grenade at the way from where people were coming from, and Filak covered them with suppressive fire while Orsis got on the ATV and prepared for it. More people ran in the territory after the grenade the escapists threw exploded, Filak quickly got on and they began driving, but the enemy was too quick to return fire, and Filak got shot in the shoulder right when he finished reloading.

"AAH!"
Thud, Filak fell near the other side of the road as Orsis tried to stop.

"HOLD ON FILA-"
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! TELL THEM NEAR THE RIDGE MIL BASE! FUCKING DRIVE!"

Orsis barely held back tears as the turn of events really scared her, she was supposed to be a sniper, not a risky scout... They began shooting at Orsis, but Filak yelled at her "GO!" and so she drove off at a high speed...

The Russies stopped running, approaching Filak, he had dropped his AKMSN, and pulled his Fort-17 out, throwing it at heir feet.

"Хах, прибили воробчика!" (Hah, shot the sparrow!)

Filak raised his hands as the men began grabbing his stuff and laughing at him, as the driver ran to him and slapped him really hard.

"Это за то что ты ебанул наш броневик гранатой, сукин сын!" (This is what you get for beating our armored car with a grenade!)

Filak slowly raised back his head from the slap, raised his leg and kicked the driver in the chest, as he fell over, and then Filak spat on him. The soldiers began running to Filak and restraining him.

"Я делал то что надо было." (I was doing what had to be done.)

The russies were pretty amazed at his solid russie language.

"Говоришь на нашем, а?! Будешь нам всё говорить про своих! Меньше дела для наших англо-говорящих!" (Speaking our tongue, huh?! You'll tell us everything about your friends! Less work for our english-speakers!)
"Ебальню закрой, я собирался есть нормальную еду на ужин сегодня вместо гречки кушать, а потом вы неожидано явились."(Shut your trap, I was gonna eat normal food instead of buckwheat tonight, and then you decided to appear)
"Значет будешь хлеб с маслом и водой есть, не гречка же?!" (That means you'll eat bread with butter and water, not buckwheat, right?!)

The Russies laughed at the man with the beret's joke. He pulled out a cigarette, lighting it.

...

An hour later, he memorized the way from the road to the base.
Interrogation room.
1 guard and the same man with the beret is in the room with him, his hands were cuffed and on the table. The man with the beret rubbed his cigar in the ashtray. Looking at Filak. He suddenly said with a russie accent.

"Let's give our fed friend here a break from our language, yes?"
"Huh, so you're the english-speaking guy. You're a Lieutenant of the 34th infantry of the Russie Rhein theater, do I stand correct?"
"Smart. Seems like you can read too. Tell me your age and name."
"Not like that will give you anything though. Filak Burgundy, 19. Birthday in 3 months."
"We will bring you a cupcake for that birthday though, don't worry! Alright, now tell me what you know."
"I ain't telling until you get to unlock it. I got keys scattered around but will you really get the time to find the proper one and open a box full of secrets?"
The lieutenant laughed. "You're so funny... Now my turn. If you don't tell me now you'll be sitting in prison and will be taken outta here soon so that your friends won't have time to get you. Your little subordinate knows where the base is after all!"
"You're goddamn right. I ain't telling you shit today, unless you want a mouthful of nothing but some filler bullshit."
The lieutenant nodded at the guard and the guard came over, hitting him on the face with the buttstock really hard, knocking Filak out.

...

"Orsis, where is Filak...?"

There was a greeting group, which were anxiously waiting for them both, after getting an update from Filak back when they were raiding that Scav base. Helian was in the middle, looking at the despaired and scarred Orsis. She slowly got off...

"Don't tell me..."
"Nothing went right."

Orsis broke into tears after these words, as Wesson, Koch and Smith ran to her, Helian stood still, frozen and shocked more than anyone, Damler sat down on the ground, holding his hand against his forehead. Saiga leaned against the wall, he was shocked more than anyone, but Helian was the one who was more worried.

"T-This is a prank, right?! Filak couldn't just vanish, he is alive?!"

Helian ran to Orsis, as Wesson asked that. The reason why Orsis was crying is because she failed her task as taking care of the newbie. Helian shook Orsis due to the disbelief.

"He is somewhere here, you just dropped him off before the base so that he could surprise us with something really cool, like intel, right?!"

Orsis sobbed, wiping her tears away.

"T-There is no p-prank, H-Helian..."

"Ladies! Stop with the tears! If you really wanna save him then we gotta gather out shit up and save the dude!" Damler shouted that out, getting up.

"Damler's right, let's get out shit together and actually do something except cry -- we're in a fucking war zone, of course shit like this would happen." Saiga came to them. Koch and Wesson also understood, as Smith calmed Orsis down.

"L-L-Let's get to w-work then...! I-I'll need a second, though..." Helian stuttered through her sentence, as everyone ran back in, the soldiers in the base stood on full guard, as everyone ran back inside, going to their respective places, except Orsis, who went to her room, and dropped on the bed. She had already gave her equipment to Walther and the weapon loot to Heckler and Koch before coming back to her room.

"I'm so sorry, Filak... I failed my task as your scouting partner and a higher up..."

Orsis decided to skip the evening and sleep. She couldn't bare with her emotions. It's more like she cried herself to sleep.