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War Within Chapter 2

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Chapter 2
THE RESCUE


       Several days had passed since the hostage crisis. A helicopter flew over the plains of Virginia with eight soldiers strapped to the side and a commanding officer looking down below. The commander was a mane less lion, turning to his troops and yelling over the sound of the helicopter blades. “Listen up men, as you know the President has been taken hostage along with several other personal and possibly one Marine general. This base was just finishing up construction when the gunmen came in and took over. I don’t think they figured the ins and outs of this place, so we won’t need to worry about additional weapons from what they already have. Keep your guard up and stay close to your party. Alpha will descend the roof and take out the snipers while entering from above. Omega will be entering through the labs on the mid levels, and Gamma will enter through the front gate. Ready men? Let’s go!” A German Shepard stood up, placing the vest around him and checking his ammo as his fellow troops jumped out of the plane towards the base. Terrance Greenfield, a rookie to the rescue team, followed Alpha group, jumping out of the plane and free falling towards the base. Just as he and his team got close, he pulled the cord, and his gun, taking aim at the snipers on the roof. He took his shots as soon as he was clear, taking the enemies out with accurate precision. Just as the last sniper fell, Terrance landed on the roof, stripping himself of the parachute as two other men landed on the roof with him. A fennec fox walked over to one of the snipers, kicking him lightly to confirm his death.

       “Excellent work Terrance,” the fox said, looking towards him while Terrance was checking his ammo. As soon as he was done, the last of member of his team, a tiger landed on the roof. Terrance and the fennec regrouped with him and stacked up behind him.

       “Let’s take this one nice and slow. The President is among the hostages. If we alert them, they may execute him. Let’s move.” The three moved along the path, grouped together as they headed towards the stair well. The tiger slowly opened the door and descended the stairs as the fennec and Terrance had their guns trained over his shoulder, just in case one of the gunmen was waiting behind the door ahead. “Kit, open the door,” The tiger commanded. The Fennec nodded as he moved forward.

       “Roger that,” He moved closer, placing his hand on the handle as the tiger and Terrance raised their gun, pointing ahead and hands steadily on the trigger as they awaited potential danger on the other side.

       “On three, open the door,” the tiger said, not taking his eyes off. “One…two…three!” The kit burst through the door quickly and the tiger and Terrance pointed their rifles wildly in all directions, but to their surprise, no one was waiting on the other side.

       “Mitch?” Terrance asked, looking at the tiger as he continued to scan his side.

       “It’s far too quiet here… they have a valuable bargain chip and yet they-“gun started to pop in their direction, forcing the three to duck back from where they entered. Kit immediately returned fire towards their right flank as the gunmen came around the corner. Mitch came from his hiding spot to return fire, only to be out flanked on the left by a lone sniper on the other side, hitting him in the shoulder. He recoiled forward, narrowly missed by several stray bullets from where he was shooting. Terrance turned and made a shot towards the sniper, landing his shots clear in the attackers face as he stepped in front of his commanding officer to keep him safe.

       “They’re still coming!” Kit yelled while Terrance tried to pull Mitch inside.

       “I’m on it, keep them at bay,” he yelled through the sound of gun fire, resting the wounded tiger against the wall. He leaned down and whispered to his commanding officer.

       “Don’t die on me, I’ll be back,” he said with a reassured tone as Mitch winced from the pain. Terrance stood to aid the fennec in his fight with the gunmen.  The two managed to bring them down after several minutes of exchanging gun fire, the last one being shot in the leg by Kit. The gunmen fell, screaming in intense pain and falling to the floor. Terrance glanced over at Mitch, and then turned his attention to Kit. “Interrogate him; find out where the hostages are so we aren’t fishing our way in this place.” Kit nodded and headed over to the wounded gunmen while Terrance returned to Mitch to check on him. “Are you alright sir?” Terrance asked, digging into his vest to search for some bandages.

       “I’m fine… Don’t worry about me, you need to secure the hostages, they always come first.

       “Kit’s about to find out where they are, we wounded one of the gunmen and he’s squeezing him for information right now.” Mitch did his best to smile, but he was too overwhelmed by the pain, grasping at his shoulders to lessen it. Just then, static was heard in the tiger’s ear, causing him to roar with irritation while he took it out, holding it towards Terrance. “See what they want… I’m putting you in command for the rest of our squad during this mission.” Terrance was shocked for a minute, but after Mitch shoved the communicator to his chest, he snapped back to reality and answered the call.

       “H-hello?” He said nervously, caught completely off guard with what was asked of him.

       “This squad leader Omega calling in, where’s Mitch?”

       “He’s…Incapacitated sir,” he began rather nervously.”He put me in charge.”

       “State your name then and update me on your progress.”

       “We just entered the building. We were ambushed by gunmen but we took them out. We wounded one and Kit is currently finding out where the hostages are. Our commanding officer was just wounded by gunfire during the fight.”

       “I see…I lost all my men, so I’m all that’s left. We found all the hostages inside the labs, except the President. I tried checking in with Gamma squad, but there’s no response. I believe their KIA. I’m going to continue searching the base for our package. Let me know when you find him …and keep tight, we’re all that’s left son.”

       “Understood sir… Alpha leader out,” He said, looking over at Mitch. Before any words could be exchanged, Kit ran over to the two.

       “Guys, the President is being held in the bed quarters of the base. It’s located on the east side on the second floor.”

       “Good work Kit, now let’s get going before something happens to him.” He then turned to look at Mitch. He didn’t want to leave him behind, but he knew that the mission was more important.

       “Go on… I’ll be alright,” he said reassuringly. Terrance nodded and checked his ammo along with Kit before they left their officer where he was. The two proceeded cautiously down the hall, not once seeing gunmen. It was clear after awhile as they got closer that all must be located where the President was. A set of stairs was before them, leading down to the second floor and into the quarters. Terrance took a huge gulp and looked to his squad mate.

       “Two hallways, one for each of us; we’ll inspect each one…You have my back right?”

       “Of course I do… you’re in good hands,” he said, patting his hand on Terrance’s shoulder to bring at least some level of comfort for him. Terrance took one last deep breath, and then made a mad dash down the flight of stairs, reaching the foot and immediately kicking down one of the doors to the left as Kit started to kick down a door to the right. Kit opened fire on a pair of gunmen lying casually in bed, ensuring it was the last thing they saw in their waking moments. Kit then proceeded towards a few more doors as Terrance opened more and let in gun fire himself to clear the room.

       “Where the hell is he?” Terrance growled viciously, kicking one last door and unloading an entire clip of his gun into the gunmen, painting the room a nice shade of crimson. He looked over at Kit, walking towards him as he was finished shooting the gunmen dead.

       “Any luck?” Terrance asked, looking at Kit. He didn’t get his answer when a single gun shot came from one of the rooms on the other side, hitting Terrance square in the head. He fell to the ground, his eyes wide with shock as blood poured from his wound. Kit gasped, dumbfounded by the sudden sound when he turned to try and shoot back. However, the gunmen, a snow leopard with an eye patch fired two more shots, both hitting Kit in the shoulder, causing him to drop his rifle. He had the President in a tight head lock, keeping his gun trained on his prey while the President feverishly attempted to escape from his captor.

       “You fools are predictable with rescue protocol. I knew you’d be coming long before you planned anything. That’s why I took care of everything, starting with the bastards at the gate… I was waiting in the guard booth the whole time. Never saw it coming. My elite squad was waiting in the labs with some of the hostages, and they managed to cut down the other squad you sent with no trouble…What you and your men fought were merely decoys… foot soldiers with nothing to live for but wanted a glorious death. You American’s fell for my trap… and here’s what I am going to do…” Kit never heard what the captor had in mind. He was interrupted by the loud continuous sounds of popping, followed by sudden silence. Kit saw that the snow leopard was wide with shock, bullet holes found on every inch of his body. He fell to his knees, his grip loose, allowing his former hostage to finally break away before hitting the ground face first. Behind the two was the mane less lion.

       “Your plan is to let the President go terrorist,” Said the lion through clenched teeth, staring down at the body as if waiting for it to spring back to life and attack again. He walked over to Kit, offering a hand to help him up while the President collected himself, staring repulsively at sight of his captor’s body. “Are you alright soldier?”

       “Yeah… I think so… but…” he looked down at Terrance, the same expression of shock that was planted right before his life was shamelessly taken by a coward. He felt so stupid; the leader knew they were coming they all played right into his hands.

        “I managed to find Mitch and call in a rescue team for him. He’s going to be ok.” Kit was not paying attention however, because he couldn’t quite let go of the fact what happened to Terrance. He reached down, hoping he could somehow wake him up, that he wasn’t really dead. The lion bent down and placed a hand on his shoulder.

       “Soldier… he’s dead… I’m sorry.”

       “He was a brave one,” The President said solemnly. “Now I understand the cause for war… as it was for the Presidents before me. We can’t let this deed go unpunished… This was an act of war… America will join the Ukraine in this endeavor, and at the same time, show the Russians what happens when they attack our country.” The two remaining soldiers from the rescue effort both stood at attention, saluting their leader, as Kit winced a bit in pain. He did his best to hold back the tears, not wanting to look weak in front of his superior, or his leader. He knew this was an act of war, and for Terrance, for his country, he was willing to fight to the death for the land he grew up in.
Alright, Been awhile since I've done any mainstream work, but here we are, chapter two of Private/Retro. I know the last part of this chapter may seem a bit over patriotic, but I promise the situation called for it. So don't hate me for it. Hate me for any errors I might have made in this story. In any case, the story is long overdue and I hope Kiki enjoys it, even though I took some liberties from how the back story was done. Tell me what ya think ladies and gents, I wanna know, and thanks for the patience.

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YAY!! I FINALLY READ THIS ONE TOO. ITS AWSOME AND ONCE AGAIN IM STARVING FOR ME!!