章節 48: VANGUARD EVIL INCORPORATED
(Front gate)
Vasily and Spanish GOE operator Miguel led the team in sneaking up to the security building.
Night had fallen, allowing them to use the environment to their advantage better. Vasily flipped down his night vision, looking at the IR laser emitted by the laser designator of his MP9 machine pistol.
Miguel did the same with his MP7 submachine gun. All of the 18 have their guns loaded with subsonic ammunition and equipped with suppressors.
Miguel opened the door. Vasily quickly opened fire on the first insurgent he saw, killing him. Another insurgent reached for a gun, only to be finished off by Miguel.
The rest of the team advanced upstairs. Frederica gunned down a few with her SIG MCX rifle, firing .300BLK rounds before they can reach their guns. The rest opened fire with their suppressed pistols.
An insurgent tried to raise the alarm to alert the rest, only for Sean to promptly shoot him him in the face with his suppressed FN 5-7 pistol.
"All clear," whispered Santiago, reloading his HK USP pistol.
They tidied up the bodies and hid them in the small storeroom on the second floor. The Spanish GOE swapped their shoulder patches, while Squad Artemis, changed from their UNSSD desert camouflage uniforms to plainclothes.
Walter set up an encrypted ranged quantum communications amplifier, while Vasily hacked into the surveillance system from a computer in the room, giving him clear view of the facilities. To delay the enemies from realising that the security building has been lost, they also put in a AI-generated video into the security system, replacing the security footage of the building.
"Artemis 8 to Nan Chang, comms check," radioed Walter.
"All good," replied the radio operator on the other end.
"Artemis 7 requesting drone surveillance," radioed Vasily.
"Negative, sandstorm approaching, drones and air support will only take off in 30 minutes."
(Plaza)
Sean and Frederica walked past a group of Vanguard terrorists having a magic casting practice.
"Damn, advanced arts at such ease," thought Sean. "When will I hit such levels of strength?"
Advanced arts, essentially, are magic that goes beyond heating/cooling objects, wind generation, telekinesis, potion creation, and the affinity magics of each subspecies. Such magic consumes more Cosmic Energy than regular magic, making them difficult for those with weak magic potential, such as Sean.
Sean clutched onto his face scarf, trying his best to act normal as he walked past the people that he may have to kill later on.
He and Frederica entered into a 2 storied warehouse, which their prisoners had stated that is essentially abandoned and due to the age of the building. The warehouse provides a far ranged, clear overview of the entire section of the road from the plaza to the prisoner building, perfect for a sniper vantage point.
"Artemis 7, we need AI render for building B1," requested Sean.
"Done," said Vasily after he finished the footage and replaced it into the security system, creating the pretense that the warehouse is still abandoned and not having a single person inside, while in reality, there are 2 people hidden at the 2nd floor, sweeping the entire area below them.
Sean dropped a small, toy car sized sentry bot at the 2nd floor staircase. It is equipped with a motion sensor, sending an alert on to his individual radar and smart watch if it detects movement.
Frederica and Sean carefully navigated through the cluttered 2nd floor, reaching a room.
Frederica moved away some of the things, revealing a window. She crouched down behind, setting up her sniper rifle, turning on her night vision optic, while also readying her monocular, scanning the area in front of her, using it as a rangefinder. Sean did the same, setting up a position beside her.
"Artemis 9 and 2 in position," radioed Sean.
"Artemis 4 and 5 in position," radioed Meari. She and Cameron had sneaked onto the balcony of a 2 storied building, concealing themselves among the rubbish there.
(Ground level)
Aya and Maia drove a pickup, alertly looking at their surroundings. Ethan, Santiago and Miguel are at the back, holding onto cartons of food they have collected from the kitchen.
Aya drove past Nanami's team. Nanami and Atsumi have blended themselves among a group of Vanguard terrorists in a small building.
The rest of her team discreetly took up positions that will allow their firepower to reach the entirety of the plaza if needed, blending into the surroundings.
True to Nanami's fashion, she is playing a game of poker with the Vanguard terrorists inside as a distraction, a distraction working extremely well thanks to her usual antics of playful teasing.
"ROYAL FLUSH!" declared Nanami, winning yet another round. The Vanguard terrorists groaned, reluctantly handing her casino chips that are worth 4000 Euros.
"Your hand is so good!" complained a terrorist.
"You won with a Full House in the first game, be contented darling~" cooed Nanami, playfully using her pinky to generate a small speckle of flames, lighting his cigar. She then poured herself a glass of whiskey from the bottle brought over by the Vanguard terrorists, rolling her up her scarf, ensuring that her face remains concealed, only exposing her lips.
Taking a sip, she put down the glass, there is now a red lipstick smear left on the glass. She winked at the terrorist, leaning forward on the table, pushing her glass towards him.
"You look thirsty babe, have a drink," she teased. All of the other terrorists threw glares of jealousy at him.
The terrorist is flustered, he looked away, composing himself.
"Ok, you got this," he thought internally. "Just act normal, after the game ask her for her number and unit."
Aya retched, looking away. She discreetly radioed Atsumi, who is next to Nanami.
"Where the hell did she learn all that from?" complained Aya, this too much levels of flirting, even by Nanami's standards. "And did she really smuggle in lipstick in her gear?"
Atsumi chuckled, dealing the cards for the next round.
"It works, Big Sis," she replied. "She's got all of the men in this area under her thumb now, a perfect distraction."
Liu Zhong and Electra are drinking tea in one corner, pretending to be talking, while in reality they are alertly scanning the area.
The remaining 3 GOE operators, Diego, Juan and Antonio are standing opposite them, pretending to be sentries.
"Thank you, sandstorm," mused Maia, looking at the bits of sand flying into her front window.
The pickup stopped outside the gate of the prisoner building.
Aya and Maia disembarked from their pickup, walking towards the prisoner building. The 2 insurgent guards shuddered at their presence, clearly fearful of their identities as Sellardraxians, hence not daring to stringently check their identities, letting them in once seeing that Aya had dug out an access key.
Aya swiped the access key they had copied and edited from their prisoners, activating the elevator. The 5 of them walked inside, Aya pressed the button for the basement.
The doors opened and they stepped out. The prisoners sitting on the floor all fearfully backed away, not realising that the 5 are here to free them.
Santiago and Miguel opened up the cartons of food. The prisoners automatically formed a queue, taking a carton each from Miguel.
In the meanwhile, Aya, Maia and Ethan alertly walked through the prisoners, scanning their faces for the 3 scientists.
But after walking through the entire floor, including the solitary cells, the 3 are 100% positive that their targets are not here.
"All stations attention, targets not present, we are heading to the other floors," radioed Aya.
They entered the elevator. Aya swiped the key card, only for an unauthorised alert to pop out when she pressed the button for the 2nd floor.
"Walter?" she radioed.
"On it," replied Walter. A while later Aya tried again, this time it worked. The reason why they are so brazen is all thanks to Vasily's 3D renders concealing their actions.
"There is no security feed for the 2nd floor, I cannot provide over watch, be careful," warned Vasily.
The 5 immediately disengaged the safety on their guns, alertly and apprehensively looking at the elevator doors, preparing to engage if needed.
The doors opened, what behold them utterly surprised them. It is an entire bio-laboratory, at the level of BSL-3, appropriate for work involving microbes which can cause serious and potentially lethal disease via the inhalation route.
2 guards and 4 scientists are exiting the laboratory, having just changed and disinfected. They walked headfirst into Aya's team.
"Who are you?" questioned a guard. What waited him are the suppressed bullets from Aya's rifle, killing him immediately. The other guard reached for the alarm, only to be killed by Maia promptly.
Santiago, Miguel and Ethan quickly trained their guns on the 4 scientists.
"Hands in the air, turn around!" ordered Ethan.
The 4 promptly complied.
Santiago and Miguel searched them, finding pistols in the lab coats of 2 scientists, promptly knocking them out, handcuffing them to the door handle bars, gagging them too.
Aya noticed that the other 2 scientists have ankle shackles on them, removing their masks, still keeping a hand on her rifle nonetheless.
"Dr Reinhardt and Dr Qin," said Aya, recognising their faces. Maia immediately removed their ankle shackles.
Seeing that the 2 are visibly stressed out and afraid, Aya told them of their identity, calming them down.
"Where's Dr Sterling?" asked Aya worriedly.
Dr Reinhardt broke into tears, crying into Aya's chest, while Dr Qin's eyes swelled red.
"THEY BEAT HIM TO DEATH FOR NOT COOPERATING!" cried Dr Reinhardt, sobbing both in grief and fear. "Right in front of us!"
Aya comforted her, while alerting the convoy of the situation.
"Artemis 1, this is Nan Chang, repeat your last," ordered Xiao Tian on the other side.
"There is a BSL-3 bio lab here," repeated Aya.
"Collect as much intel as you can," ordered Xiao Tian.
"What are you all studying in here?" asked Maia.
Dr Qin shook his head. "Some kind of brain related microorganism study from what I can gather, designed to inhibit some brain functions. That's all we know."
"Appears to be a bio weapon, the Vanguards seem way more interested compared to the insurgents in its progress," added Dr Reinhardt.
"Vanguard Evil Incorporated," mused Maia, asking them if they can show them inside, which they agreed.
They wore the safety suits hanging outside the entrance of the lab, disinfecting themselves by the alcohol shower spray, before opening the 2 sets of self-closing doors, designed to reduce the risk of aerosols escaping.
Entering the lab, the 2 scientists showed them around, while the 5 took pictures and collected all of the samples and data they can from the devices inside. They left the lab once they are done, careful to seal it shut.
After changing and disinfecting, Aya and Ethan changed clothes with the 2 scientists, who are then brought out by Maia, Santiago and Miguel back onto the pickup, while Aya and Ethan opened a window, discreetly climbing down back onto the 1st floor using the giant container truck parked below.
Maia started the engine, driving off in direction of the security building. Santiago sat beside her, while the 2 scientists are in the back passenger seats. Miguel is sitting on the cargo area.
"Walter, we are coming over, get ready," radioed Maia.
Just then, multiple insurgent vehicles suddenly swarmed into the plaza, surrounding the area. The operators outside all immediately readied themselves for combat.
Sean looked at the situation from his hiding spot, a feeling of dread suddenly overwhelmed him.
An insurgent opened the hatch of his vehicle.
"All Vanguard personnel, you are hereby detained!" he yelled. "General Manuel Garcia has detained the entirety of the Vanguard command in Spain! You are all relived of duty!"
To emphasise his point, the insurgents fired warning shots into the air. The Vanguard terrorists refused, all turning their guns on the insurgents, creating a standoff.
"Of all times to have a double cross," cursed Sean. They are now all caught in the middle.
"Hey you!" roared an insurgent at Maia. "Stop the car, all of you step out!"
"No matter what happens next," whispered Maia, "you 2 stay close to me, understood?" she said to the 2 scientists, who nodded fearfully.
Aya and the rest of the operators in the plaza discreetly readied their grenades, ready to throw them.
Maia readied her X95 rifle, beads of perspiration raining down her face.
The 4 snipers have locked on to the insurgents close to the pickup.
Maia struck, raising her rifle, opening fire, killing a few unsuspecting enemies. Santiago and Miguel too raised their guns, firing.
Nanami flipped the table with telekinesis abruptly, drawing her pistol, gunning down the people whom she was playing cards with just a minute ago, while Atsumi fired her PKP machine gun.
Grenades landed among the hostiles, killing many as Squad Artemis and the Spanish GOE opened fire, ambushing the hostiles in the area, catching them off guard.
"INTRU—" the attempts by the vehicle weapon operators to use their heavy weapons are stopped by the snipers who promptly took them out.
"Good shot," commended Sean, as Frederica cycled her bolt.
And just like that, a chaotic 3 way battle among the insurgents, Vanguard terrorists and the Squad Artemis-GOE strike team ensued.
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