Blood Runs on Cold Ice(1)

(6 Hours Ago, Greenland - 6:29 AM)

Ten Chinook helicopters and five Apache attack helicopters bearing the foundation's logo on their sides were flying over the snowy country of Greenland. 

The mission was to assault a Chaos Insurgency base which has been suspected to hold anomalous weapons and items, they have to secure, and capture these items back to Foundation's custody and to kill any chaos insurgency soldier or Agent in the base. 

The foundation knew they could expect heavy resistance, hence they sent a brigade of 300 Mobile Task Force Units, with a shit load of firepower and gear for this operation.

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Inside one of the many Chinook helicopters, Lawrence and Green were wearing their helmet and MTF uniform, both were sitting on their seats close to each other as they carried M4A1 Assault Rifles with grenade launcher attachment. 

"So, are you nervous?" Lawrence asked.

"Me? Nah, I've been through worse than this. Although it always involved SCPs. And you?"

"Kinda, but hey, let's hope you don't end up in a bed again, and suffer a flat line again as well."

Green pats him on the back, "Don't worry, I'll be careful. Unless you want to save my ass again."

"Or there's a chance you might save my ass instead."

They both laughed.

After laughing, Lawrence then asked, "Green, if we ever retire from the foundation, what's the first thing you want to do?"

Green raised an eyebrow behind his helmet before saying, "Where's this coming from, Lawrence?"

"Look, I always got myself into a lot of situations and cheated death on many occasions."

"True."

"And seen some unsettling things that can tear apart a person mentally and physically... that too for years. How long until you break or never breath again and be separated from the one's you love. I just want to go have a nice life with Collingwood and yet even that's a gamble when you live in a world filled with monsters."

"I know how it feels Lawrence. But we took this job to protect and save people from the nightmare's that lurk in the darkness. We both knew what we we're getting ourselves into and now we have to bear it. And a normal life?" Green sighed, "I'm not sure myself as well, but let's stay alive for them at least for the ones we love, who are waiting for us to come back."

"Yeah."

They both stayed silent and then they heard some of the MTF soldiers talking. 

"I heard they found another one of those Stands in Russia. And it's a girl!"

"What do you want to do? Ask her out on a date or something."

"Uh no. I prefer normal rather than you know... anomalous."

"Yeah normal, something which this world isn't."

"True, but hey at least we get a good salary out of this job."

"Cha-ching, my friend."

"Cha-ching indeed."

The two soldiers fist bump each other. Lawrence and Green heard the conversation and looked at each other. 

"Well they seem to care free." Green said.

"Yeah, so I heard you've been talking to Dr. Buck again after the whole you know, SCP-2191 incident."

"Yeah, she's been talking and being more open especially with Rodeo and while that's good and all. I still don't know much about her. It's like she's afraid to share something from her past. Hell, even Rodeo admits that she is hiding something as well."

"Yeah, she can be like that sometimes. I mean even Collingwood talks about her being you know being secretive. Who knows, maybe she has her reasons."

"Every person has a reason, Lawrence. But how long can you keep those secrets hidden?" Green too was hiding secrets of his own from Dr. Amelia, but he too also had reasons for hiding them.

"I'm pretty sure she will tell you someday."

"Yeah let's hope."

Then one of the MTF soldiers who seemed to be the commander stood up from his seat and announced to the rest. 

"Alright gentlemen, we are going to lead an all out assault on the chaos insurgency base that our intel said is here in Greenland. We will face heavy resistance from them, since we know the CI have a tenacity to weaponize SCPs and they will use them against us, so pick your shots carefully and... stay alive."

"""Sir, yes, sir!!"""

"Good. So any questions before we touch down?"

"""No, sir!!""

"Alright then!" The commander then goes to the helicopter's cockpit and asks the pilot.

"How close are we?"

"We're quite close, sir."

"Wait, hold up, I see something."

The commander and the two pilots saw a small square building covered in snow, but that wasn't all, there was a deadly and menacing aura radiating from it. It's like death was in there, waiting for them. 

'I got a bad feeling about this.' The Commander thought.

But he wasn't sure what they could expect but they had a job to do. He then tells the pilot.

"Land us a few feet away from the building."

The pilot nods. 

Afterwards, all the ten Chinook helicopters touched down on the ground perfectly before they lowered their ramps, the Mobile Task Force Units then came out of the helicopters with their weapons ready, while the Apache helicopters stayed hovering in the air ready to provide support for their fellow soldiers. 

"Good thing there's no nearby town here." Lawrence said.

"Yeah, otherwise we had to literally waste a huge load of amnestics."

"Yep, and also it's freaking cold."

"It's Greenland. What did you expect?"

"You know a warmer climate maybe."

"Green. Lawrence. Enough chatter. We're moving in." The MTF Commander spoke to them from the front.

The Chinook helicopters then start flying away leaving the soldiers. The MTF soldiers then started moving towards the square building covered in snow while the Apache helicopters stayed hovering and kept watch. 

All of them felt a very deadly aura coming from the facility. As they continued, suddenly the big metal gates in front of the building started opening very slowly. 

"Hold up." The Commander said while raising his right hand up.

All of the MTF soldiers stopped while both of the Troops and the Apache helicopters readied their weapons.

"No CI coming from those gates. Wouldn't they attack first?" Lawrence said.

"They should, but why do I get the feeling that something's not right." Green replied, feeling something uneasy.

As they watched as the metal gates opened slowly, it was then until six icicles came flying out of the opening of the gates like missiles and hit one of the Apache helicopters, exploded killing the one's inside of it and came crashing down to the ground, shocking and surprising the MTF soldiers. 

"What the hell?!"

"Holy shit!"

The commander looked at burning apache and then at the gates to see a creature standing eight feet tall, it had six arms and two legs that had talons and had a skeletal body with the head of a pterosaur, its body color was gray and had red eyes. 

There was also a metal gray mechanical collar around its bony neck, which had the Chaos Insurgency logo on it. 

This was Horus. 

"RAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!" It roared.

Behind Horus were a group of CI soldiers with their weapons ready. 

"Orders, sir!" Green shouted at the commander.

"Light em up!"