Last Hope (19 page)

Commander lost communication with
Canada. "Commander, do you want to reconnect to Canada sir?" His
assistant ask.

Commander took a long pause then let
out his answer. "When are the two new planes ready?"

Mission 26 Canada

The days go by, while the UFO kept
appearing and disappearing on the map. "Would someone please get me
that goddamn unidentified flying aircraft!" Commander shouts at his
team.

"Commander." Said his assistant. "This
UFO has not once attack us? Why is this on our top
priority?"

"We have the top military pilots around
the world, yet all of our pilots have been ineffectual against this
pilot! This pilot is not just messing with us. This pilot is trying
to distract us from what the Sons are trying to do."

"What are they trying to do
Commander?"

Commander pause for a bit, as he stare
at his globe. "What's going on in Canada?" As he ask the question
the phones starts to ring all over the place. It was Canada, the
place was under attack by a massive Sons organization.

Over at the gym, Adam was inside having
a chat with Boris. "So, you want to know why I'm here?" Boris ask.
"Why, a rich man, who already has money, power, politics, would
come join the world of war?" Boris chuckle a bit. "You can't be a
great leader, and not have any sacrifices. Teddy Roosevelt, Martin
Luther King Jr, John Frederick Kennedy. These are all people, who
went through sacrifices still came out on top. If I want to be
remembered as one of the best, than I need to walk in the shoes
that they have."

Adam just gave a little nod of
agreement. "So, you are fighting for what you believe in, is that
correct?"

"Don't we all?"

Adam said nothing but gave another nod.
Then head out of the gym where he ran into Gary and Soto. Gary
greeted him. "Adam, you must be Adam right?" Gary ask giving him a
handshake. "Chang was talking about you and how you handle yourself
in the last mission." Adam said nothing but gave Gary a slight nod
of agreement.

Soto also came into the conversation.
"You ok Brown? We are about to meet Martine by the crappy mall
Commander has for us to get the girls a gift." Before Adam could
speak his pager went off. "You got another mission to lead." Soto
said patting him on his back. "Don't die out there, we want to give
you a beer afterwards and fully welcome you to this crazy, crazy
place that we call home." Soto says with a smile.

While on the aircraft Chang was talking
with Adam. "What's the plan for attack Adam?"

"The Sons are attacking Canada, killing
everyone who are not them. Andres, you are the sniper, you have the
best view of everyone. If you see a Son attacking a civilian, take
the shot. James, I hope you brought more than one first aid kit,
you are going to use that a lot on the civilians. Maizah you are
with me, don't hold anything back. Boris, time for you to show me
just what you told me that you want to be." Boris let a slight
chuckle.

"Where's Zoe?" James ask in concern.
"We are all back on this mission again but her."

"I can't answer that James. In the last
mission, she did not have to go to Sic-Mad, but we all got the same
buzz from our pager, telling us to go to the same plane. She
deserves a rest."

"She would had love this mission."
James said out loud to himself.

"Maizah, don't you see Zoe over at the
barracks?" Adam ask.

"She goes to the sniper section, I am
in the heavy section. We don't interact that much, but from what I
can gather around from the other snipers like Andres. In sniper
training, she has been giving Katrina a couple of
looks."

"A couple of looks?" Adam,
ask.

Andre answer Maizah statemeant more
thoroughly. "We all know Katrina is the best. Her nickname is Alpha
afterall. However it seems as if Zoe is trying to take that alpha
spot. Whatever record Katrina has, whether it be a bullseye a
thousand feet away, or how many headshot you can get in ten
seconds, Zoe has been beating it."

Adam just shrug it off. "Competition is
always good on base, however if these two are on the field, that
could not be good for the squad."

As they land James runs up ahead, found
three sons. He fire at one, light damage. Maizah moves to cover,
fire at the same son James did but miss. Adam moves to cover, fire
at the same target, hit but not kill. Chang rushes over to save
someone, got shot at, barely alive. "Chang, you all
right?"

"I'm fine, just lost my footing a
little!" Chang replies.

Adam look at James and gave him an
order. "Go help him James."

Over at the distance two sons kill two
civilians. The squad quench at the sound of innocent people dying.
Maizah toss a grenade at James target, hit, not kill, destroy it's
cover. Boris almost kills it the target. James rush over to Chang,
and begins to heal him. "Thanks doc." Chang says out of breath as
he looks behind James and found his target aiming his sights. Chang
kills James target. "We're even."

The other two sons retreat, heard
scream in the distance. James moves forward and found two more
sons. James fire at one, but miss. Maizah found cover, fire at one
son, almost kills it. Adam shot at Maizah target, miss. Boris shot
at same target, miss. Chang moves inside the building, found two
heavies and a brute. "Found the big boys!"

Chang toss a grenade hurting four
enemies at once. "Like that huh? Why don't you try this one on for
size?" Chang fire a rocket, target system was off, still killed two
out of the four, one heavy, one son. "What the hell was that?"
Chang shouts.

"What's wrong?" Maizah ask.

"My lock on was busted! This never had
happen before." Chang told her.

James shot inside the building, killed
a son. Maizah fire a rocket inside the building, killing the heavy,
almost the other son. One son went behind the squad, Boris fell
back, toss a grenade, killed it. Adam rush over, save two people at
once, shot inside a building, killed a son. One son killed a
civilian. Maizah fire at the son who killed a civilian, hit, not
kill. Adam shot at same son, miss. Chang moves to cover, shot at
the same son, miss. The brute runs around the building, at James.
Chang moves forward some more, shot at same son, hit, almost kills
it, ignoring the brute. “Boris can you take out the brute?” Adam
ask from afar.

“
Eye mate, I don’t think
this brute can handle this fat boy.” Boris said as he fire a rocket
at the brute but it did not kill him. “Well, I be damn.” The brute
starts to run after Boris.

James falls back fire at brute and got
the brute to chase after him. Maizah killed the last son. “All
clear in this building Brown!” Maizah states.

“
Good, now let’s get rid of
this brute, everybody, pong!” Adam shot at brute and it ran after
him. Andres did same thing, and the whole squad repeated the
process until James was the one who kill the brute. “Good work
everyone, that’s the last of them.” Adam said out of
breath.

The rest of the people was save,
fourteen total civilians were saved in that bloodshed out of
eighteen. When they all came back. Everyone became a Sergeant but
for Boris who became a Corporal. Chang was the only one who had to
go to Sic-Mad and had to stay there for seven days. His nickname is
Flash, despite stumbling and almost dying on his last mission.
Andres got the nickname Long Shot, for his ability to shoot from
very far away and still ill his target. Maizah got the nickname Big
Mama for always stepping into fights that she should not get
involved with to begin with and always solving the fight. While
James nickname is Atlas, for his advance knowledge of knowing the
world. While everyone at the bar was laughing at Adams nickname.
“Desperado!” Martine says with laughter.

“
That was a good movie by
the way.” Gary said in Adam’s defense.

“
So are you going to be in a
drug war or something Brown?” Martine says with
laughter.

“
The bigger question, who is
going to be his Carolina?” Gary ask.

Adam look past them. As all three of
them, Gary, Martine and Soto were looking where Adam was they found
Mandisa. “Oh no.” Soto told him. “Mandisa has been here longer then
anyone of us has, however she had only fell for one guy so
far.

“
Who said anything about
Mandisa?” Adam says with a smile as he look past her to find
Zoe.

Andres and James came walking by to
congratulate their leader. “Hey Gary, thanks for teaching me how to
use the medikit on the field. Chang made it out just fine.” James
says with a smile.

“
Not a problem, glad that
you understood what it was that I was trying to teach you. Being a
medic is very important on the field, just too bad we don’t have
more.” Gary says with a sigh.

Andres saw what Adam was looking at and
told him no. “Maxim has been flirting with both Zoe and Maire for a
while now. However, when I say flirting I mean those two are the
only ones who can put up with him. Zoe normally gives Maxim the
cold shoulder while Maire flirts back a little.”

James let out a sigh. “Has anyone seen
Andrea in a while?”

“
Who’s she?” Martine
ask.

“
Andrea is not a girl.
Andrea is a guy. You may not seem a lot because he hates talking to
anyone. Sometimes I worry about him. However when he is on the
field, he kills almost everyone.” James explains.

“
That may be why.” Andres
step in. “Even now that kid gets bully, so the only thing he can
do, to release that anger is to kill people, legally.” Andres
explain.

Adam got off of his stool and starts to
walk towards Zoe. The rest of his friends stare at him in silent.
Boris, who was from the side, also came into the conversation. “A
brave man with nothing to lose.” Boris told everyone.

“
Brave?” Andres chuckle.
“Everyone is scared of Zoe, she gives everyone the death eye, does
not talk to anyone and keeps to herself a lot.”

“
A perfect girl for a strong
leader wouldn't you agree gentleman?” Boris ask as he takes a sip
of his wine. As they continue to watch, they could not hear what
the two of them were talking about but Zoe grab Adams, hand and he
escort her out of the building. “That wasn't too hard now was it?
In fact I think all of you could had a shot at that fine young
woman over there if you just talk to her.” Boris says with laughter
as he walks away.

Gary shook his head. “No thanks, I’m
good.”

Soto took a look at Gary’s drink to
find out that Gary has been drinking soda this whole time. “Gary,
not drinking today? It’s a celebration!”

“
Your sister ask me not to
drink anymore. That’s how she found me, but that’s not the guy she
fell in love with.”

Soto let out a slight shrug. “How is my
sister doing anyway? She seem to be really happy, but I thought
giving up her child was the hardest thing for her.”

“
We both made a promise
together, that when the war is over, that the two of us, will go
somewhere quiet and then raise a child. With help from all the
money that Commander is going to give us.”

Soto gave Gary a pat on his back.
“Don’t forget to write.”

Over at the War Room, Commander was on
the phone with Canada. “Yes I am aware that if I sent our men to
your country sooner, this would never had happen. Yes I am aware
that this is all my fault and that I needed to take responsibility.
We were able to stop the attack with minimal casualties. Yes I am
aware that four people died, however that is better than all of
them. Yes I am aware that not having anyone die would have been
better. I understand. Thank you Sir.” The Commander did nothing as
he hung up the phone.

“
Commander?” His assistant
ask politely.

“
I want a report of those
new airplanes and how they are looking in the morning. I want to
know just how long they are going to be before they are finish. Get
to bed, It’s going to be another long day tomorrow.”

Mission 27 Sara's tank.

A few days go by where the UFO was
spotted again. Commander sent out another plane but the UFO got
away. There was another unidentified flying object but no planes
were ready. "How many more planes are we not going to
cath?"

"Sir we lost a satellite over Japan! "
His assistant says in shock.

Commander was outrage by his lack of
Air Force. As he tries to keep his cool together. "How did we lost
a satellite? Can we send another one?"

"Sir the next satellite will be ready
in twenty days."

"TWENTY DAYS!" Commander shouts back.
"Why do we not have any back up satellites!"

"Sir Japan is in full panic, the Sons
are attacking Japan we need to send in another team over there
now!"

"Get me Mandisa, Sandra, Kato, Martine,
Gary, and Sophie I want them on the plane now!" While his assistant
was paging the six soldiers the giant t.v in the War Room that had
all the news from around the world playing every day was all focus
on Japan when the Prime Minister was gun down and the Sons took
power. "Hold them off."