Martin - They are dead... Someone dealt with them before we could even say hello.
As a sunlight started appearing on a horizon over the dead forest trees and crumbled houses. Martin was walking back and forth near door of the most well kept houses. It's even has less bullet holes than the others... and one window still had glass without cracks.
Andre (audio call) - What about the drugs?
Martin - Andre, the whole place is in ruins. Don't know who made this mess, but they didn't cared to make a proper cleanup and just left the place after killing the lot. I looked around and found nothing. Thinking we won't find here any NOMFA, money or drugs. Your whole idea just hit the mude with a face.
Andre (audio call) - And still would look better than yours.
Martin - *hah* real funny of you! But i'ma not a clown to sing. Any ideas or should i go back?
Andre (audio call) - Take one more look at things there, and then get back. I will try to make a few calls, find out if i can drop something on you before you return. If i do, i send you a message.
Martin - Got it.
=== Lviv ===
Zed - Half of a city want's your dead. The other half want's you get in jail. All of that because of the money that you and your friends stole from my client.
Takker - I didn't knew anything about it... I, I didn't knew that the money belonged to someone.
On a parking lot, far away from a downtown. There was a quite place surrounded by rundown buildings and a powerplant. Only a few cars were parked there, one of them were a Zed's.
Despite being far away, few people would go on every now and then. Something Zed kept in considiration while her hand pined Takker to hood of a car.
Takker - I am telling you! We didn't knew!
Zed - That bag was in a armored car, surrounded by four armed mercenaries. How the hell did you fail to realise that the money belonged to someone?
Takker - They weren't in a car... there were nobody nearby! They were in a trash can, I swear!
Zed - In a trash can? You take me for an idiot?
Takker - No, no, no! Look... I am just a simple drug dealer. Few weeks ago i happen to see a scene where a guy pulled out a fancy looking bag from a trash can and then put another one in. As i checked the trash can. It was full of money. I swear, i don't know anything!
For a few moments. Zed was trying to proccess everything. He doesn't sound like a guy who would do a hard heist. After releasing Takker from a grip, she kept thinking about whole idea.
It was hard. Mostly because for the idea that if he is telling the truth, the ammount of traitors in whole deal were much more than anybody could think.
And so Zed kept going with the whole idea - "If what he is telling is true. Then the bodyguards swapped the bags somewhere along the route before being ambushed... That means by being greedy backstabers, they managed to save the money... In one way"
Zed - Fine. You can live if you give me the money.
Takker - I don't have any! I bought every batch of drugs i could from every dealer i could find. As I said, i had a deal going, to switch this bag for a three times bigger than i had back then.
Zed - Ok... Let's say I don't care whoes money i will get to bring back. How are you going to get the money now? Who were going to have a deal with you?
Takker - A small group from yellow zone. I had a few deals with them in a past, and got the big scores. But i could hardly gather enough drugs for a big trade. When i found this bag, I thought to myself "With this i can get a big batch to run!" so i decided to act quick!
Zed - You know what? Fine! Get in a car, tell me where to go!
Takker - Are you serious?
Sudden words brought Takker's attention back to life. And he slowly opened the car.
Zed - My job is to get the money back! And i don't care how i am going to get it.
With frustration, Zed took a driver seat.
Takker - One question though... How the hell did you found me?
Zed - That bag of yours had a GPS signal, but it runned out of charge, so all i could see is the last place you were... Witch was a Jakob's home.
Takker - Oh damn... Back at a club you said something about my friends. Is he alright?
Zed - He is fine. Don't worry about him. Try to call your frinds outside the city! I need that money!
With a single turn of a wrist. Engine came back to life. And the duo drived away.
=== The Raid ===
Same old road. Same old hill. Yellow zone is truly a place BETWEEN places. At least that's what Harry thought to himself. His team was in the position. Far enough to not be detected... Close enought to react on time. Sam's team was set on the other side of a road.
Radio (Sam) - I see few cars comming... Doesn't looks like URNC... Probably Suzev!
Old Radio came to life under Harry's hand. He waited a few seconds, so that he could see that car's too, and soon they did appeared. Harry lowered his binoculars and picked up the radio.
Harry - Yeah, i see them. They stopped at the same point as info said. Four cars... Seven.... Eight... Eveleven... I count a team of eleven here. May god have mercy on them, because if won't.
Radio (Sam) - I don't see Suzev here. As usual, just hands off the job to his man and sits drunk somewhere... What do you think?
Harry - I say we stick to the plan. We wait for a URNC to appear and let them take a jump. Then we jump on whatever survives. So far they just setting up the ambush...
Radio (Sam) - Yeah... But i was wondering. What would be in the URNC cargo? I hope it is a big pile of gold... Or weapon... Or medicine. Damn, i hope it would be a doll.
Harry - Wasn't it a some sort of prototype? I didn't catch alot of things, but someone mentioned something about that.
Radio (Sam) - Did they? I never heard of that. Maybe you are talking about the MANGIE prototype? Because they did asked me to deal with that. After i am done here, i would be going a good long ride to meet a big boss. And i like their proposal *he-he* And very soon. Kilmure won't be the only one to run around with a team of dolls.
Harry - You are getting delusional again.
Radio (Sam) - Am i? I don't think so. You see, I have a natural talent. The future in front of me is a clear road that I have to walk. And that road leads me to being the greatest man all of you could ever see or even talk with.
Harry - Oh, yeah? Then how about you get ready? Because Suzev team are all set up and took cover.
Radio (Sam) - No need to worry about them. I can see them plain as day. Now all we need to do is once again wait. Wait for a convoy. Suzev does love to raid a convoy.
Harry - Whatever you say. Why don't you just shut up and wait untill something happens.
Radio (Sam) - Oh... Touched your nerve?
Harry - It's just best if we were to be on guard for a few moments.
Surprisingly, Sam really did stopped talking through a radio. And a next half an hour went without much of events.
Sun was shining bright on a yellow sand. Dry air and heat were a recepie of disaster or a dry throat. Harry reached out for his flask to take a drink, and realised that the flast is almost empty. There were only water for two or three gulps if not less.
And the he saw gusts of dust in a distance. It was a long awaited convoy. But something was not right. Line of three cars followed by a truck and then by a tank. A tank? Here?
Harry - I see a Convoy... I don't see any emblems but it could be a URNC. Coming from a south-west. Three cars, a truck and a tank. A damn tank!
Radio (Sam) - Oh... That means there must be something good in there. Let's hope that Suzev man are at least half as good as he think they are. We might even get everything without getting our hands dirty.
Harry - I don't think that they brought enough explosives for a tank!
Radio (Sam) - Either way... We have enough explosives! We just need to take a right moment to strike. Remember, the winner takes it all! And i am sure as hell, we are not going to lose this one.
Not really convinced. Harry swithed the chanel.
Harry - All teams. Get ready! This idiot is going to go all in on this one!
Harry's Team Member A - Got it. Waiting for your comand boss!
Harry's Team Member B - Is that a Tank?
Harry's Team Member C - Yes, this is a tank! Come on, don't screw this up!
Whole team was feeling uneasy, Just as Harry was. But right now... All he was waiting for, was a signal. Bombs were in place and detonator in Sam's hands. Once a big colorfull explosion go out, he and his team must move forward.
Meanwhile a convoy reached a point where Suzev ambush were placed. A sudden car charged forward and ramed the first car head on. In a span of few moments, a gun fight started. Convoy were stuck being shot from both sides.
Someone pulled out a Roket Launcher, and one single rocket were enough to blow the head of a tank flying in the air. Very quickly, Suzev man were advancing and killing soldiers. And just like they were good at the begining, Suzev team started dying like fly. One after another, Suzev team were going down by numbers.
And it was then, when another set of explosions were triggered, two bombs errupted in a blue flames, covering whole place in unnatural thick smoke.
Harry - All teams! Advance!
In a single responce. Whole Harrys team went in to a fight. On the other side of a road, Sam's team joined the fight too.
=== Lviv ===
Bag full of drugs were laying opened in front of a inspector. He was looking at the bag and at Zed who kept staring at his face. With uneasy nod, the officer closed the bag and closed the trunk.
Zed - Is something wrong officer?
Officer - No... Everything is fine ms Zed. Please, have a safe travel!
After returning the IDs back in Zed's hands. Officer stepped back and said few words in radio. After that, gates opened, letting Zed and Takker finaly get out of the town.
Takker - Holly hell... He opened the bag, saw the drugs and just told you to go? Who are you?
Zed - Someone who doesn't ask unnecessary questions and does the damn job. You should learn to do that. Now, where the hell are we going? How do we find that dealer of yours?
Driving past the gates, Zed stopped the car on a side. Waiting for futher instructions. As she turned her gaze on Takker, she saw a line of unfortunate people who were trying to get inside. The line were so big, and it was like that each and every day that she were going outside through the gates.
Takker - Ok... I usually use another way of getting out. But it should be all the same. We just go west for a few hours untill we reach the abbandoned village. There we turn south and that's where i usualy meet them.
With map on his terminal, Takker looked through it trying to find the route.
Zed - Fine. Buckle up then! Im not in a mood to waste a two hours in a ride.
Takker - Oh.. Ok!
Just as belt made a *click* sound. Zed pushed the peddal, the car accelerated. Thankfully the road in front of them was mostly straight. Just a few seconds passed, but the panel was already showing 212 km/h. Takker was already feeling uneasy, while Zed had a smile on her face.
=== ST HL-646 ===
Blaze - Elids five o'clock... Elids eleven o'clock... Elids two o'clock... Two old idiots eight o'clock... Who the hell came up with the idea of placing a signal tower over here?
Nomomo - Don't know, don't care. We have to stay low, that means we are staying low for the time being. Is there anything else we should take care about?
Signal tower were place on a top of a hill in a middle of nowhere. Huge tower made out of steel bars and held in place by bunch of cables going deep in a ground. A single booth were placed just under the tower. Whole place were surrounded by a barb-wire fence, so it wasn't all that bad. At least it was a perfect spot to look around.
Blaze - How much time do we have?
Nomomo - One and a half hour before engenier arrives. So i guess we have to clear out the place as fast as possible. I will take thouse eleven and two o'clock. You take care of five o'clock. And Beda will be sitting here to provide cover fire in case of need.
Blaze - Good fit. The biggest pile for me? I love that!
Nomomo - Be carefull.
Blaze - I always am!
With grenade launcher in hands, Blaze walked away. And just in that moment, Beda appeared out of small booth. For a moment she was confused at the sight of Blaze walking away.
Beda - Okay... Nomomo, you should take a look at this!
Nomomo - Can we do it after i clear the area?
Beda - Sure. But before you go, i just caught someone's chatter.
Nomomo - Good. Let's deal with it after we are done here then!
Beda - Fine... I guess i will cover you. Good hunting out there!
Few nods latter, Nomomo walked out or fenced area and headed to a bunch of ELIDs. Non the less, Beda kept looking back on a booth where different devices were still working. And a faint, discorded voice were trying to say something.
Discorded voice - ... repeat...et are here!... *static* ..to go... I repe...*static*