Developing an Arsenal: Overwatch (The Unit)

Chapter 42: Buyer's Remorse

As the unit waits for a V-TOL aircraft to arrive, Grief listened carefully to the agent's story on his mission in Columbia. They kept an ear to the conversation but made sure the perimeter is secure. Frank had been suspicious on how the agent was captured by a gun running group and now more pieces are being added to the puzzle.

"A few days after I started my assignment, the black badge found out I was spying on them. There was no way anyone knows about my assignment except for Morrison and a few others." Logan explained. "And the only way anyone can know about my undercover mission..."

"Was if they had access to your information in the Overwatch database. However, someone broke in and took data relating to you and others." The puzzle in Frank's head came together. "Then that means they used it to tip you off to the black badge to get to you."

"Yeah. Exactly my thoughts." Logan's fist clench tight. "Which is what brought you guys here. Did you see who else was compromised?"

"We weren't given clearance to know their names or what they do. We aren't exactly part of the organization." Chloe says.

"Right, secrecy. I would like to see who else is he after." Logan says.

"Maybe it can help us out on figuring out who is causing all this trouble." Frank muttered.

Then, the conversation ended abruptly. A couple screeches of tires came from outside the foundry There was a lingering silence. The helicopter would arrive in five minutes and a lot can happen from then on. Then, Logan's watch screamed from his wrist. It was flashing a large red exclamation point.

"Warning!" Athena screamed. "Hostiles detected!"

The extraction team got onto their feet. Everyone pointed their rifles at the main entrance. On cue, a group of soldiers in green camo pattern uniforms advance from the entrance with rifles drawn. The Unit were quickly pinned down by suppressive fire as the unknown mercenaries' rush behind the steel pillars. They yell in Ukrainian over each other as they scramble for one to the next pillar.

Manhattan fires at a mercenary moving from cover with his M4-A1 rifle. Apollo slowed the mercenaries down with overwhelming suppressive fire from his MK-48 light machine gun. Barnes fires in single shots from her special M16 rifle as Grief tossed a flashbang to stun the attackers in the tunnel. It gave Logan a great opportunity to flush them out.

Logan pops out and fires one heavy round from his GL-04 grenade launcher. It sails into the tunnel and hits the ground. Hot flame, shattered concrete, and piercing metal roars out from the tunnel. The mercenaries in the tunnel were simply wiped out by the blast. Many of the support beams collapsed.

"Who is trying to kill us?" Logan gasps out of breath. "Because that definitely wasn't Talon or the Black Badge."

"That was definitely not Spanish." Grief stammers. He sounds a little worried. "They must be from the client."

"Just hold this area down!" Barnes steadies the barrel of her custom M16 rifle on her arm.

"If another wave is coming, then I'm going to set charges." He presses a button on his grenade launcher.

Then, he fires several rounds at the weakened steel pillars. They stick onto the rods and set to explode as they turn green. He fires a couple more at the ceiling before he pulls out a detonator and waits for a second wave. After a short pause, more hired guns in run down army uniforms storm the tunnel running and firing their assault rifles. They slowly advance through the tunnel and pinned the unit down with suppressive fire.

Logan presses the button as they got closer. All five grenade shells exploded at once. The explosive blast moved many out of the way or flung them up to the celling. However, it didn't wipe out the squad as one or two mercenaries slowly got up. He quickly dusted himself off and duck behind a broken support beam.