Chapter 1-Crew Expendable

[Day 1, 2011 - 01:23:36]

{Väljakutse, Bering Strait}

Natalie wakes up early, getting up and walking into her bathroom.She brushes her brown shoulder-length hair into a ponytail, then puts her black uniform on, then rests the gas mask on her head.She steps out of her room, walking around the hallways to find someone else who's awake, she sees Soap there, already in his uniform.

"Nervous?" She looks at him.

"Y-Yea, I guess." Soap stutters.

When everyone is awake and ready for the Mission, she grabs her signature rifle, a black painted AK-47, and boards the helicopter.She sits in her normal spot next to her dad and across from Gaz.

Natalie hears a voice over the com. "Baseplate, this is Hammer Two-Four. We have visual on the target. E.T.A. sixty seconds."

A second voice came in "Copy Two-Four."

Natalie spoke over the com "Thirty seconds. Going dark."

The helicopter flies alongside the ship, after twenty seconds.

Hammer Two-Four spoke "Ten seconds. Radio check. Go to secure channel."

Price tosses out his cigar. The team gets ready by putting on their gas masks. Soap pulls out his rifle.

Captain Price looks at the team "Lock and load"

After ten seconds. They reach the bridge and main deck.

Hammer Two-Four yelled on the com "Green light! Go! Go!Go!"

Price, Soap, and Natalie fast-rope down from helicopter, landing on the main deck and outside bridge with crew members inside.

Natalie aims her AK-47 "Weapons free."

They take out the bridge members.

"Bridge secure" Price yells "Hold your fire! Gaz - stay in the bird till we secure the deck, over."

Gaz nods "Roger that"

Price kicks the bridge door open. They make their way inside and down the stairs.

Nat yells to her comrades "Squad on me!Stairs clear.They go down the stairway to find a drunken crew member.Nat shot him.

Captain Price yells to Nat "Last call. bottoms up. Hallway clear!"

Hammer Two-Four says on the com "Forward deck is clear! Green light on alpha, go!

Natalie's ears ring from the bullets and the yelling. Gaz, Wallcroft, and Griffen rappel down from the helicopter and group up with Price.

"Ready sir!" Griffen shouts

They move up the ship. They see two crew members with flashlights on patrol on a platform.

Nat whispers to Price "Got two on the platform."

Price nods, glancing at Nat "I see 'em."

They approach the platform.Price aims his rifle "Weapons free."

Nat kills all of them.

An SAS Soldier comes over the com "Targets neutralized"

They reach the end of the ship. They are engaged by crew members on the second floor.

Gaz says over the com "We got company."

Nat sarcastically scoffs, "No shit Sherlock."

Hammer Two-Four sprays its minigun across the floor, killing all enemies. Two-Four takes off and heads back to base.

Hammer Two-Four yells on the com, making Nat go deaf for a second. "Bravo Six, Hammer is at bingo fuel. We're buggin out. Big Bird will be on station for evac in ten."

Captain Price glances at the com on his uniform "Copy Hammer. Wallcroft, Griffen, cover our six. The rest of you, on me."

Gaz answers "Roger that."

Wallcroft and Griffen stay behind the watch for enemy crew members while the others stack up at a doorway. Gaz pulls out a W1200 shotgun. "I like keeping this for close encounters."

"Too right mate." Nat momentarily grins "On my mark - go."

Price opens the door.  They enter inside. "Check your corners! Move. Check those corners!"

"Clear left."

"Clear right."

"Stairs clear."

They head down the stairs, killing a small group of crew members at the end of the hall.

Nat glances at Gaz, "Tango down."

"Hallway clear! Check your corners!"

"Clear left."

"Standby. On my go."Nat announces.

Soap spoke up "Standing by."

The SAS peeks around the door, but moves away as hostile bullets amost hit him. Price throws a flashbang into the room.They clear the room and then move up and clear a catwalk.

"Catwalk clear. Gotcha covered, move up."Soap looks at Gaz

"Forward area clear"

"No tangos in sight"

Nat's head spins from all the yelling

"Move up! Keep it tight."

Soap eliminates a hostile. They stack up at a door to the next compartment.

"Stack up" Price's Voice rough

"Ready sir." Gaz says.

Price kicks open the door.They move up to the catwalk and open fire on crew members on the opposite catwalk.

Captain Price shouts "Move up!"

They move across the catwalk and engage some hostiles as they come down the stairs. They clear the room.

"Forward area clear." Nat looks at Soap

They stack up at a door.

"Stand by. On my go."Price looks to everyone

Gaz aims his shotgun "One ready."

Price throws a flashbang into the next room.Nat moves in and kills all hostiles in the compartment and clears the room.

Gaz gets a radiation reading from one of the crates at the end of the room.

"I'm getting a strong reading sir. You might want to take a look at this."Gaz opens the crate to reveal a nuclear device covered by an Arabic flag.

Nat says over the calm, standing next to Soap "Hmm it's in Arabic, Baseplate, this is Bravo Six. We've found it. Ready to secure the package for transport."

Baseplate comes in over the com "No time, Bravo Six. Two bogies headed your way fast. Grab what you can and get the hell outta there."

They begin heading out.Captain Price speaks over the com again, his voice rough "Wallcroft, Griffen, what's your status?"

Pvt. Griffen and Sgt. Wallcroft shriek on the com, making everyone flinch "All ready in the helicopter sir. Enemy aircraft inbound...Shit! They've opened fire! Get out of there! Now!"

An explosion erupts in the ship as the MiGs open fire on the ship. The team falls to the ground briefly.

A soldier yells "Shit! What the hell happened?!"

The ship begins to tilt, and water starts to flood into the ship. Nat still on the ground, scrambling to get up

Gaz yells, "The ship's sinking! We've got to go, now!"

Nat coughs out water as Price helps her up, "No shit Sherlock!"

Captain Price shouts over the com since it's hard to hear with all the water coming in around them "Big Bird, this is Bravo Six we're on our way out! On your feet, soldier! We are leaving! Get to the catwalks! Move move move!"

Nat's voice sounds strangled "Move your asses! Come on, let's go!"

They begin to make their way off the ship, as they reach the catwalks. Water bursts in, making them lose balance.Parts of the compartment begin to fall apart all around them.Nat yelps as catwalk begins to break away.They enter the hallway, and the pipes on the walls begin to burst, spraying water at everyone.They continue moving through the ship.

Big Bird comes onto the com, "Talk to me Bravo Six, where the hell are you?!"

Captain Price spits out water, "Stand by. We're almost there!"

They move up the stairs out of the lower hall, turning to the right towards the exit. Objects begin to roll as the ship capsizes further. They reach outside.The helicopter arrives and they board just as it takes off.

Nat shouts, "Jump for it!"

Soap jumps. He begins losing his grip on the ramp.Nat grabs him and pulls him aboard.

Nat pants, "Gotcha! We're all aboard! Go!" She then collapses into the seat, panting, her uniform and hair soaked. Soap has a look of shock on his face, his ears ringing from gunshots.

Big Bird says again over the coms "Roger that, we're outta here. Baseplate, this is Big Bird. Package secure, returning to base. Out."