Developing an Arsenal: Overwatch (The Unit)

Chapter 34: Homeland Security

Emmett stayed still concealed from his position high on top of the crane while his scope watches the activity outside of the fence.

In front of the gate, several jeeps screech to a halt. The doors open, letting several groups of soldiers out onto the field. The operators and the survivors remain still and try to keep themselves calm as the soldiers of the militia try to group up in organized fashion before marching into the grounds of mother base, making their arrival as big and loud as a marching bad. It was a clumsy one at best.

They quickly assemble into some form. One soldier was in front of a larger group who follow behind him to the building. They move pass the gates and the narrow road before reaching the wide-open space of the safe house. As they are within about several yards away from the safe house, the leader of the pack yells the rest to stop. They hesitantly stop and stood still in the middle of a nearly empty parking lot, unaware of how dangerously exposed they were.

The leader pulls out a megaphone from his holster and spoke into it with a tone of edge with little shred of compassion and softness.

"Everyone in the building! We know you're in there!" The leader boomed. "You're surrounded. Come out with your hands up!"

They didn't exactly have a lot of coordination or plan, just riding on the element of surprise. Aaron, Apollo, and Frank set their sights on the synth patrol team but kept their fingers off the trigger. Emmett's aimed for the person with the megaphone and kept it still on his head. Barnes watches the militia for the moment to fire.

"If you don't come out willingly, we'll storm in by force." The squad leader continued. "You've got five seconds to decide."

Barnes switches her headset on spoke to the team. She wanted to keep their cards hidden long as possible. This would, in Frank's suggestion, allow the defense to have as much of an advantage as they could. After a moment of silence, The Synth negotiator began the countdown

"5...4..."

"Standby..." Barnes said.

"3...2..."

Aaron and Apollo had their fingers on the trigger but wait for Barnes to let them go. Adriana, Liam, Leon, and Keira remain hunkered down in cover on the roof. Emmett takes a breath, waiting for Barnes's signal to engage the enemy.

"1..."

The radio breaks into life. "Open fire."

Emmett squeezes the trigger. The man with the megaphone was thrown off from his feet. A red vapor erupts from one side of his head as the rest watch him fall to the ground. The Synth stood still, unsure of how the leader was shot. Before any of them realized the rules have now changed, they were quickly cut down by machine gun fire from the room and the watch tower on their left. Some of them broke off for cover as the rest of the back fell to the floor dead.

"Their reckoning is upon them!" Apollo roars as he fired.

A couple of Synth troops ran behind one of the abandoned cars, hoping to stay alive as much as they can. At the watch post, Aaron sprays the light machine gun to pin down the enemy as James carefully picks off those who stuck their heads out in their cover with the AR-15, one shot or two at a time. Adriana and Keira shoot in bursts, picking off more soldiers in midst of the sudden fire fight. Within minutes, the soldiers of the first wave were soundly taken out.

"Oh god, this is insane." Adriana says as her fingers tremble on the clip to reload her rifle. "Is that all of them?"

Emmett looks through his scope to check. A few seconds later, four larger vehicles stop in front of the gate. However, the men stayed put behind cover instead of going through the gate to take the enemy head on. Perhaps they were being coordinated through some sort of radio communication, but they seem to understand what happened to the first team.