Where Are You Hiding? (A Rainbow Six Siege Story)

Chapter 6: Little Hope

Six POV

It's been another five days with nothing. Not a single hint as to where my Operators are. We've halted many missions to continue searching for them. In our latest search party, we found what we believe to be a temporary campground of the missing team. There was an empty MRE container and some other things like an empty magazine from Glaz's rifle. We had hope, little hope, but it's hope. Based on the items left behind, we made an inference that they were there only a few days prior to us finding it. There was a small piece of paper that the search party found that stated coordinates five kilometers from that location. From satellite imagery from several weeks ago, there's nothing there but I sent a three man team either way - Thermite, Doc, and Maverick. We have the infirmary staff that can take care of things until Doc gets back. I hate to say this - If he gets back. This could very well be a trap.

Timur POV

We made a stop at Bunker Zeta and stocked up on the stuff that was there. With each of us carrying close to 20 kilograms of food and water, we began walking again.

Seamus: This is fucked. This whole fucking mission.

Grace: It's not about the mission anymore. It's about surviving.

Eliza: I agree.

I never would've thought that Eliza of all people would not care about a mission.

Timur: We just need to keep our morale up and find help.

It took hours. Maybe a day, I don't know. I've lost track of time. We found our way out of the outback into a forested area.

Timur: Watch for snakes.

Seamus: Fuck, I forgot this was Australia.

Thermite POV

We got to the location. It was a bunker. The inside was looted and in disarray. It looked as if people had recently been here.

Jordan: You think it's our team?

Gustave: There's no way of knowing.

Mike: I hope so.

Jordan: I don't understand how we're so narrowly missing them every time.

Gustave: None of us do, but we are.

Mike: They wouldn't have gone back to where they were. Let's head south.

Wrath POV

Wrath: We're going to find them.

We were trying to find the team of Operators that went MIA a few months ago. I wanted to change that MIA to KIA.

Nova: Wait, look.

We were passing by Bunker Zeta, but the doors were opened.

Wrath: Fuck, they have the file.

The file says the location of every bunker we have.

Wrath: I bet they haven't read through the whole thing yet.

I stopped the car and we hopped out with our guns. I heard some people talking inside.

???: You think it's our team?

???2: There's no way of knowing.

???3: I hope so.

???: I don't understand how we're so narrowly missing them every time.

???2: None of us do, but we are.

???3: They wouldn't have gone back to where they were. Let's head south.

I took a bullet and hit it against the concrete wall of the bunker.

???3: Did you hear that?

I heard the people shuffling around inside and saw Alexa pull a gas grenade from her vest.

Wrath: Masks on.

???2: It's Delta!

Someone inside shot at the doorway, but didn't hit anything because we were in the doorway.

Wrath: Hit 'em.

Alexa rolled the gas grenade in and it detonated. We waited a few seconds for the gas to disperse and rounded the corner into Bunker Zeta. The Operators were gone. I saw the vent cover was off. That vent led outside where they could run into the forest.