Developing an Arsenal: Overwatch (The Unit)

Chapter 4: Savage Lands

Talon isolated  Amélie from Overwatch for two weeks. There were no demands, but to lure out the agent responsible for launching Overwatch operations against Talon. As a result, The Unit answers the call to send a message that what Talon did was personal. In the swamp of the Amazons, Aaron and Apollo crawl their way to a island, sitting across the back door of the compound. As Aaron pulls out his MK12 and sets it up, he looks into a scope and scans for a weakness.

Nearly at a instant, he could spot a flaw as a guard stands near the edge of a dock, located at opposite end of the main entrance of the compound, looking out at the swamps ahead. Aaron takes a breath and fires a shot. The guard winced, as a hole appeared on his neck.

He fell forward into the water, only to be held back by a pair of hands coming out of the water surface. Atticus stopped the fall, and then he slowly lowers them down, allowing the body to sink down into the river. As the body sunk to the bottom of the swamp, Atticus and Barnes emerge from the water, wading their way to the shore of the compound. Aaron is at an island, holding the silenced MK12 marksman rifle. Apollo was on a tablet, prepping up the surveillance drone.

"Manhattan, we are near the compound. This place seems the least fortified place we encountered out of all the missions we have conducted. Could this be a trap?" Atticus points out.

"They located themselves in a hostile ecosystem. They thought that nature would cleanse their intruders." Apollo replies as he swats a mosquito off his neck. "I can't wait to get the hell out of this place".

"Can you guys quiet down? We are here to rescue Gerald's wife. They have asked us to help them out and we are not going to fail him by blowing our cover." Aaron shoots back as he scans the fortress with his scope. He spots a soldier pacing back and forth of a watchtower.

"I got a sentry posted on top of the left tower. Permission to engage." Manhattan's scope lines up to his head, all he needs is to pull the trigger.

"Take him out." Atticus replies.

Aaron fires a shot, the watchdog slumps down flat on the tower. A water jug falls from the tower, letting a light bounce on the ground. The Unit was clear to move through the fence. Apollo grabs the UAV and throws it up to the sky. The drone lets out a quiet hum as it flies higher in the air. Seconds later, the drone's ascension lags and begins to circle around the compound. As Apollo looks into his computer, the screen went from black to a full color picture, displaying bird's eye view of the prison. Two green arrows appear on the screen, marking Atticus and Barnes as a key for friendly combatants.

Barnes grabs a pair of fence clippers and cuts a hole. As a part of the fence breaks down, the two move inside the perimeter. Barnes and Atticus lean on the side of one of the small houses, crouching underneath the windowsills. Barnes takes a look through the corner, noticing the main pathway between two small houses on the left and one bigger building on the right is empty.

Moving around the corner, the two head next to the door of the large building. Barnes slowly opens the door, peeking into a narrow hallway. Back in the snipers nest, Apollo continues to stare at the screen as two white arrows head into a grey rectangular object. The arrows scan left and right as they make their way inside the shack.

Back inside the building, Barnes sweeps the area. Atticus heads upstairs, splitting away from Barnes. As she goes around a corner in the hallway of the first floor, a muscular combatant runs out and pins her to the wall. The combatant squeezes her throat, her vision begins to blur as the man squeezes the life out of her.

Back on the island, Apollo suddenly looks up as he picks up on Barnes being strangled through the coms. "Atticus, Barnes is in danger." Apollo shouts quietly through the coms.