[ON HOLD] War without Honor | A Call of Duty Modern Warfare Fanfiction

Chapter 18 - Just like old times

(August 20th, 2016)

{Afghanistan}

Captains John Price and John Mactavish, and Major Nat Price have been labeled most wanted war criminals due to Shepherd's betrayal.

"The healthy human mind doesn't wake up in the morning thinking this is its last day on Earth. But I think that's a luxury. Not a curse. To know you're close to the end is a kind of freedom. Good time to take... inventory. Outgunned. Outnumbered. Out of our minds. On a suicide mission. But the sand and rocks here, stained with thousands of years of warfare... They will remember us. For this. Because out of our vast array of nightmares, this is the one we choose for ourselves. We go forward like a breath exhaled from the Earth. With vigor in our hearts and one goal in sight: We. Will. Kill him."

{Site Hotel Bravo}

"Nat, I'm picking up a thermal spike up ahead. The cave must be somewhere over the edge."

They spot a Shadow Company patrol on the road below. 

"Hold up. Enemy patrol. Hold your fire. Looks like Makarov's intel was solid." Price held his hand up, a signal for Nat not to move, "This is it." 

The patrol separates its group and begins its patrol. 

"Good, they're splitting up. Let them separate. This decryption code better be worth the price we paid. Focus on the group on the right, directly beneath us. Let's take them out first. I'll take the two on the left. On my mark. Three... Two... One..."

They snipe out the four men and the dog on the right side of the road.

"Just like old times."  Nat smiles, "Dog neutralized. I count five tangos down."

They slide down the hill onto the road, ignoring the scrapes on their bodies from the sand. 

"We don't have much time before they find the bodies. Let's keep moving. Here we go - hook up here."

They hook their rappel clips to on the railing on the edge of the cliff.

Shadow Company HQ says on the com, "Disciple Four, Oxide. Do you copy, over?"

"Go." Nat said calmly as steadily rappel down the cliff. "Got two tangos down below."

They take out knives when they're right above them. Both silently take out the two guards at the cave entrance.

"Let's go." Price says. They hide behind a covering while a group of Shadow Company soldiers walk towards the entrance. "Take out the guard having a smoke, or wait for him to move along."

Nat knifes the guard.

"Goodnight. Let's go."

They reach a steam room. It goes pitch-black, they prepare to engage. They fire on them. A dark shootout ensues. Nat felt multiple bullets whiz past her head. Price pulls her back behind cover.

"Grab a riot shield...we'll need cover out here." Price hands her a riot shield. They come out of the steam room and move along the catwalk. "They point with the riot shield. I'll take care of any resistance."

Nat moves along the catwalk under cover with a riot shield taking fire from Shadow Company soldiers from across the catwalk. Price takes them out as Nat moves forward. Soon they were in the clear.

A voice goes off on the loudspeaker, "Butcher One-Five, rendezvous at the nest and prepare to escort Gold Eagle to the LZ."

"Gold Eagle must be Shepherd! We're running out of time, let's go!" Nat starts running. They fight their way farther into the cave, fighting Shadow Company soldiers using shields and popping smoke.