14 Surprise Assault

"It is against the United States constitution for the Army to operate on its Motherland. It is against the law and all responsible for such a commotion in this beautiful city of Los Angeles should face the and be punished to the maximum punishment there is possible."

"We should be on foreign land establishing peace and order... but now, we are the laughing stock for the rest of the world to mock."

"Billions of dollars of taxes from our citizens' funds for peacekeeping on the ongoing war in the Middle East and every day we lose family members to such events."

"But it is absurd for us to offer security to foreign countries and yet fail to protect our own."

"That was Senator Joe O'Brien saying that the soldiers taking part in this confrontation should be Court Martialed as they have failed to keep their citizens safe. As the death toll reported by our correspondent still inside the blocked war zone is that so far fifty-two confirmed deaths have been reported, but we still don't know how many more will succumb to this tragic situation that we are facing right now. Reporting live from Los Angeles, I am..."

That was the rampage that was currently taking place across all the news channels and social media platforms all across the world. It was an extremely intense moment for the whole country as never before, since 9/11, anything of a large scale like this expected to happen.

After 9/11 took place. The government took more drastic measures to ensure that the prevention of something similar was guaranteed. The reconstruction of The Pentagon was a priority as reinforced materials were used in the rebuilding such as the addition of nuclear blast resistance glass windows.

But who thought that such a massacre would happen in Los Angeles rather than Washington D.C. No one expected it. But with the help of Senator Joe O'Brien as the public figure on the scene. The media was buzzing, social media platforms were lit and the government was now restless.

...

In the innermost part of the neighborhood, one could see buildings lofts with riddled bullet holes. Cars with dented places and holes from bullets. Shards of broken glass across the buildings and the streets. But the most terrifying thing was the escalating use of hand grenades, smoke and light bombs and some Rocket Propelled Grenades. With the combination of these weapons plus the continuous gunshot sounds and the smell of blood and death mixed with the air. It was hell on earth.

"Bravo Team push forward they are almost out of ammo. And they will soon be looking for a hole to dig into. We can't let them escape in one piece." Bravo 1 who was seen to be in a good mood encouraged his teammates as they have been causing havoc and death to their counterparts.

As Bravo Team pushed forward in the hope of concurring their rivals, Delta Team was also in the same situation as they could not even believe it. Their common enemy was retreating to their last stand.

After the team of several stone-faced individuals clad in black tactical suits and face masks met and exchanged some information from the earlier group that went for Max. Were now in a dilemma as they were pinned in a choke point, they just shot aimlessly at the advancing soldiers to keep them at bay for a few more minutes.

The soldiers were happy, as in who wouldn't be when victory was guaranteed after so much hardship and suffering. Everyone was happy except for one member from Bravo Team.

'Why did Vega leave just like that?!'

'If anyone needs to be here the most is her, but she chose to go after Maxwell. I can say that that was a wise choice as he was our M.O.'

'Something is definitely not right.'

'And the way that Jacob isn't even limiting the number of casualties. He is ready to step on a hundred people, kill ten just to reach his goal.'

'But what did Vega witness to reach a point where she chose to accept a low surveillance and approach mission on Maxwell!'

'And how was her team cleaned off so easily, as they are tougher in every aspect even surpassing Seal Team.'

'I should be more vigilant.'

Just when Leah was still preoccupied with thoughts, rapid whirring sounds of helicopter blades were heard from three different directions. Everyone was confused but soon figured it out.

"Bravo Team, it seems like the Clean Up Squad are here earlier than expected." Delta 1 spoke on the channel to Bravo 1.

"Yes, they are early... Then let's not disappoint them. ATTACK!" Bravo 1 replied with a loud voice making his comrade's ears hurt.

One of them was a police helicopter that was only keeping an eye on the barricades from the air. Preventing the Press and civilians from sneaking in and out. The second one was coming towards the direction where the Hypersport car has stopped. And the third one was headed towards the eye of the gunfight followed closely by a fourth helicopter.

The last two helicopters were black. The front one being the famous Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian and followed by Bell AH-1Z Viper.

The last two passed through the congested main exit road and all the people couldn't help but look up at the extraordinary scene. Just as they were above their heads, the first helicopter with a mast-mounted antenna and updated Longbow fire control radar, two Hellfire 2 anti-tank guided missiles were fired in fire-and-forget mode headed straight towards the battlefield.

Just as the first one, two more Sidewinder fire-and-forget air-to-air missiles were seen detaching themselves from the second helicopter. But this time around, they left curves in the air as they headed into two different and opposite locations.

...

Inside the Hypersport, three different voices were heard. It seems that they were deep in conversation but soon were cut off by the sudden alarm followed by Aya's voice.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Warning! Warning! Warning!

"Four missiles have been launched from two attack military helicopters in fire-and-forget mode." Aya said, now sounding worried, angry and scared like a drunk man drowning in a rapidly flowing river.

"What?!"

"What?!"

"There is no time for explanation at this time. I will brief you later." Aya's voice now sounded mature.

"INTERCEPT."

That was the only word that made sense since the start of the alarm, the warnings and the unfinished explanations that Rue and I were able to understand.

"What are you intercepting Aya?" Rue couldn't help and asked. Then I thought;

'Is this teenager for real? She just told us that four missiles have been fired in the neighborhood and a second later she is asking the same question.'

'Maybe she is in shock.'

There was only silence. Now the windowpanes started to roll up and lastly, we saw what was in store for us. Everything around us was happening at a fast pace but approached slowly as if time around it was being manipulated.

A well-built and armored helicopter mounted with several firearms. It stood still on top of the now heavily blocked road. Staring at it, we were surprised.

'Was this the warning that Aya giving us?!'

I couldn't help but ask myself. Everyone was shocked. From Rue who was beside me as I guess this is her first time seeing an armored helicopter up close. To the Chief and her men who were now staring between the helicopter and the Hypersport in front of them asking themselves questions that they had no possible known answers. To the Senator, Press and the Civilians who wanted to flee the area but were now blocked, as they watched four missiles being fired by two military helicopters like they were encountering a monster. To Bravo and Delta Team who were just notified by Control that two military helicopters were on their way to their position and that two missiles have already been launched and were headed to their location. To Command, Control, The Pentagon and The White House. Everybody who was watching in the whole world was in shock as they knew what those missiles were capable of from the movies they watched.

I guess now I can believe in what Joseph Conrad said; "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary, men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

Just as I was thinking about how we were gonna escape the helicopter, as I figured it out that the government was serious enough to send in local police, Special Forces soldiers and an armored helicopter to pick me up. I couldn't tell!

Suddenly there were some hissing sounds from our car and four missiles were pushed out to the air. They were of moderate size but were seen falling as gravity pulled them downwards. Just as they were about a foot to the ground, they ignited and soared to the air at a greater speed compared to the Hellfire 2 missiles. And went to different routes.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Swoosh! Swoosh!

That was the sound left from their departure.

After seeing the horrific scene in front of them, the pilot fired an unguided missile in our direction.

Boom!

Before the explosion, only one thought rendered my mind.

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