บท 73: Phase One (Part I/III)

Time: 10 Minutes until the Start of Phase one

Location: HMS Dreadnought's Bridge

POV: Kyle's

''Men, this is your Marshall speaking, as off 10 minutes from now Phase one will start, this is the largest operation we have done as one, every sector has worked towards this moment! You shall be the Bullet heading towards our goal, the knife heading to cut the enemy, the arrow heading towards the enemy walls. I wish you all good luck. FAILURE SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED!'' I said over the intercom, the red, gold and silver skulls were relaxed but the Black and white skulls were a bit tenser, the Ravens were the worst as this would only be their 2nd major air battle. But the words of their Marshall calmed them down a bit and laughed a bit for the last part.

'Beep' ''This is Constantine we shall now para drop and head towards the starting location for phase one on the ground.'' Constantine reported, which afterwards opened the airlock, behind him were 26 Agents, Alpha until Zulu, prepared to do their part of the mission, '' Let's go men.'' Constantine(Zero) said and with that, he jumped. ''Package 1 dropped, package 2 dropped, package 3 dropped.....Package 27 dropped! Closing the airlock'' A man who will close the airlock after they jumped shouted over the intercom as conformation all agents left the Battle Zeppelin. 'May lady luck be with them.' I said in my head.

''This is Manfred, we are currently preparing the planes for phase two, we have discovered problems with Me262 Nr. 34, we request mechanics to come over and fix it.'' Manfred said over Channel 1 and 9 which would only reach the Bridge and Mechanics room. 'Slight hiccups can occur.' I thought. We all watch the clock as it ticks down to Zero, every minute is silent every second is a second less of peace, and when the clock reached Zero did we get the confirmation message that Constantine has started the infiltration.

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Time: 1 second into Phase one

Location: North-east tower of the compound

POV: Zero's

''This is Group 2 we have arrived at the North-Western tower, Group 3 has successfully arrived at the South-eastern tower, Group 4 has successfully arrived at the South- Western tower.'' the groups reported. The 27 people were divided into 4 groups, 3 groups of 7 and one group of 6, Zero leading the group of 6. ''Copy, we shall now go radio silent, everyone is aware of their targets, I wish you all the best of luck,'' Zero said before completely switching off his radio, with the other agents the following suit.

We only use hand signals to communicate, we practised the beginning of the phase multiple times so it went easy, using a special device to latch onto the wall a sound enclosed metal box with thermite in it, with just enough amount to only leave exactly 5 mm of concrete left on the wall, the rubber edges of the box ensure no sound can escape, in less than one minute was the process completed.

We cut the edges of the remaining concrete so that we can take it out as a flat piece. We put 2 metal latches at the bottom and top both the same colour as the concrete, add a small piece of concrete colour steel around the edges and its ready to be mounted again to cover the hole. One needs to stand close to it to notice it is different. 'Okay everyone is in.' I noted before covering the hole and using the metal latches to attach it. We nodded as I and the other five headed to different directions.

I was just going around the corner when a door left of me opened, I hide behind the open door, ''CHARLES! DON'T FORGET THE TEA!'' A man shouted out in the open reaching about 1/2 of the compounds ears. The door is slammed shut again by the Soldier. 'That was close' I noticed that the ground wasn't safe, so I start to climb onto the roof of the building right of me which was the tallest, using the Roof Drainpipe.

I quickly reached the roof, using this I could see a bit more of the compound, I am currently at the Barracks area and the place where most soldiers are located during the night, group 2 is at the Armoury, group 3 is at the Vehicle Depot and Group 4 as closest to the entrance of the massive Bunker housing the Obj, 289. 'The communications equipment were housed in 5 different buildings, we only know 4 of them, I have been tasked by the Marshall to find the Last one, but I am afraid that it is inside where Obj. 289 is in.

I Shoot a grappling hook to the building which is 3 stories higher and left of me, ' Let us go!' 'Whoosh!' I use the grappling hook to slingshot me around the building landing at the opposite site, But in the middle of the swing, I noticed a Guard overlooking the compound on the roof! He noticed me halfway through my flight, I acted quickly throwing 8 needles Into his throat, but the cost is me letting loose of the rope, I fall towards the top floor against the wall, quickly gripping the edge of the roof, 'Fuck that was close.' my heart shook lightly.

I climb up onto the roof heading towards the dead soldier's body. I take out the needles and move the body behind some ventilation machinery. But just as I put the body down the door to the roof opened up, ''Jonathan I have gotten us dinner!'' The soldier said I looked at the location Jonathan died, 'Dammit, 3 drops of blood still lay there!' The soldier walked further, but than he saw the drops of blood and knew something was amiss, ''Jonathan?'' He asks. He grabs his Luger, he didn't shout yet, ''Jonathan if this is a prank it is a very bad one.'' The man said, 'Splitch' I bullet passes through his head, no gun sound was heard, I looked up to see at the other building agent Bravo holding a sniper and My grappling hook, I signal my thanks to him.

I start to use my grappling hook to slowly make my way to the entrance, the grappling hook is a prototype and can only be used to swing, not to reel in or out.

I arrive at the building closest to the entrance, but there was still 100 meters between me and the target, 'How to get in there?' I started to think of a plan.