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Kyle's team were sitting around waiting for their transport into the city. The 6 of them were just getting to know each other. Kyle (and Carlos if he's going to join us) was (were) the only one(s) to witness "The Rock's" battle, and it greatly strengthened him(them).

It was getting dark and Kyle was wondering if they had forgotted about him.

A man walked over to Kyle, " SIR!," he saluted, " your transport is inbound. 30 seconds!" Kyle nodded and turned to his men, " OK, guys! Gather you s**t! If you forget your blankie....it ain't my fault, and your just gonna havta be cold for the night! You here me?"

"YES SIR!"

The aerial landed and the team got in. Kyle sat facing the back right behid the piolets with a headset to talk to them. The pilot said, " Whenever your ready, Lt." Kyle looked around, waited for everyone's thumbs up.

Frank sat in his normal ten by ten foot cubicle. The whole building was deserted and papers lay across the floor. He could hear whelps and screams from outside as the civilians awaited what they thought was complte victory. All thanks to one man, Frank Hurvy. The man sitting alone staring at a picture of him and his family. Two sons and a wife. That was the reason he searched for this rebellion. Rose it from the underground and took over more than half the city. He feared the reprecussions that would surely come next. That's when he heard the first chopper coming in. It landed in the outskirts and can be seen from the window nearby. The men that jumped out were hidden well by the darkness from this distance.

With a sigh, Frank walked towards the staircase and to the ground level. There were three men looking at papers and trying to think of stuff to do. All half-wits that didn't seem to understand that the Imperium military is far more disciplined then they are. Just because we have their weapons doesn't mean we can just knock on the door and shoot, he thought to himself as he overheard some of their ideas. Frank finally said, "Get the people here. I wish to talk to them." He hoped his wife and kids were alright at home.

Carlos touched a button on the side of his helmet, turning on his headset. Listening to the orders of the new 'CO' he grinned a little at the mention of his position. They'll probably respect me then you, pretty boy, he thought as he looked at the schematics that came up on the HUD of his helmet. They were watching arows direting straight from the different NAV points. Of course once on the ground, they'll most likely be needing to take a different course to avoid hostile units. THey may not be a threat, but they are civilians. Don't want too many casualties. Carlos looked out the window as he saw the buildings drawing closer. He unlatched himself and his gun. "Time to show those speccies why we're the backbone," he said to the men as the pilot started taking them to the ground. A loud simultaneous shout was heard as they jumped out of the transport. Carlos turned towards Kyle and with as much respect as he could muster he said, "How should we proceed?"

Landry was still by the building when he saw and heard the other transport carrying Kyle and his team draw closer. Landry took out his laser-designator to connect to the sound waves made by the people inside...

Landry, due to his past experiences in city warfare, could pretty easily command a unit through the city with not much casualties. He knew the tricks of the trade, he had to use them once...before he was captured and brought in to be trained. He remembered those tactics for a scenario such as this.

A noise signified that he linked up to the sound waves. It had electronically attached to one, "Carlos Sanchez" and his HUD, a much more sophisticated version of the Infantry HUD, filtered and morphed into the view of what Carlos saw, at least looking forward. A few seconds later, the audio hooked in clearly and he heard what was being said by all...

First, Kyle stood up and made the announceent of Carlos gaining 2nd in command... Good job soldier... Landry thought. He remembered him from the base, and remembered how his arm was all screwed up. He must have healed fast.

Kyle turned on the hologram and arrows slowly began to appear and point to special places on the map...

...rendevous with Landry's unit at point Bravo...the military base...

So that was it...he was to proceed to the military base and await them there...sounded good enough. He disconnected the link to Carlos and returned hs normal HUD. IT took a few seconds to readjust his vision and mind to going back to regular sight, since watching those things always diorient you.

He pushed a button on his helmet and changed the link to direct line output. This ensured that only his team would hear him, and he wouldn't be heard by anyone, not even the wall he stood next to.

Okay Specs, this is our job. We are to rendevous with Kyle and resupply at the Military base. There are no details on how many hostiles there are, and we may be overwhelmed in odds, but don't let that get to you. Remember our training and keep yourself alert. We will show these people why we are the Fingers of this Corps. Turn on Direct Link Output. We don't want anyone hearing anything...

The others also pushed the small button on their helmets, turning on Direct Link Output. Landry raised a thumb, and so did everyone else, showing that they were all ready and raring to go.

Landry looked around the corner again, seeing if those men were still out there...They must have been pulled in and replaced or something, noone was there. Landry looked around, seeing if anyone was hiding anywhere, if a Manhole was moved, if the shadow of a car was unusual. Nothing was the matter with anything...

He too advantage of this missecurity. He ordered his men to run into the street and go into the backalleys. The good thing about these somewhat trashy cities was the backalleys. This particular city had an extensive network of backalleys, and Landry used them wisely...

He ordered them once more, this time telling them to go Silent...Blend into the Shadows... This meant to basically move slowly and not make any sounds. This also meant to turn on their Cloaking technology. They weren't fully hidden, as they still looked like shadows, but it helped at night in alleyways...

Carlos nodded as he switched to night vision and took position along the first building peering beyond the corner. "Corner clear," he said as he awaited orders. He scanned through the objectives and placed the map on his HUD. They were approximately twenty kliks from the military base. This place would serve as a temporary HQ once they get it supplied. The governmental sector was just ahead about four kliks. Should pose minimal resistance, Carlos thought as he saw the final objective. The industrial sector. This sector held many paper pusher offices and such. Every job in this sector was a desk job. The spawning point of the resistance leader, Frank.