Showdown at San Rivera Part 10

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Part 10

Celebrations

News got out that the Baron had won so the locals set up a street wide festival with tables of food and drink and a band playing. The children were running round with disembodied parts proudly showing off what they had. The Baron had broadcast the celebrations as an attempt at demoralisation. The UN was horrified as they saw children kicking heads down the streets and wheeling bodies down the streets in wheelbarrows. The families of Mat, Ross and D-Day were particularly mortified when they saw the bodies in the wheelbarrows belonged to them or at least looked like them but they were barely recognizable.
At the celebrations many off-duty Red Shadows were there drinking and talking but still had rifles and other weapons slung on their shoulders.
At the Mansion the Baron told the Major to send a unit of Red Shadows to clear out the Naja Hanna shop once and for all.

Zartan

Zartan had his men go through the access tunnels in the sewers he could hear distant sounds of a party and thought the fools won’t know what has hit them. They turned several bends trudging through rats and sewage until they met their contact Agent Seizure. The Agent said “Hail Cobra! Agent Seizure reporting in” Zartan said “Good, fall in Agent we have a fair distance to cover to our destination!”
Zartan had left two units of Desert CLAWS on the perimeter of the access area one of which was on overwatch just inside the entrance.

Red Jackal

Above Zartan in the streets Red Jackal and a unit of men were in the back of a truck on the way to the party. They disembarked the back of the flatbed when Red Jackal suddenly heard noises below him. He keyed the sensors in his helmet to the disturbance and found several intruders below he said “Six of you follow me we have some unwelcome visitors” his men followed him. Jackal tore off a manhole cover and jumped down triangulating the heat source he had found.

Space Force

At the orbiting Space Dock Kiwi was bringing up Intel on San Rivera using satellite images to make accurate maps the points of interest were the Mansion and the Unit’s Base. He then scanned them off to the main Action Force base to Breaker and Phones. Moondancer and Hotjets had both been sent EMP devices and were trying them out on automated drones. They were both in the Triad Fighter turning tightly down into the gravity well of Earth following the drones when they picked up the signature of an unknown vessel “Base this is Moondancer do you copy over?” Kiwi answered “I read you over” “We have picked up an unknown vessel in the area we are breaking off from the exercise to skzzzt ovtzzzzt” Kiwi looked puzzled then said “You are breaking up please repeat over!” There was nothing but static.
The Triad veered off from the exercise in the direction of the unknown vessel.

Zartan

Agent Seizure told Zartan he hadn’t time to get rid of any information regarding his surveillance this didn’t go down well so Zartan told him to take some men and head back there. The agent nodded and took some men in the direction he had come from.

Space Dock

Connors was on a direct link to Skip and Eagle relaying the information that he had on the EMP trials he said “We seem to have lost contact with Moondancer so we will try to find him and still relay any necessary info to you, good luck taking down that yahoo Ironblood boys” “Good luck finding your men and we will keep you informed about our mission” said Eagle and Skip. Connors was handed photos by a technician he looked shocked but said “I have just been added photos of the broadcast made says ago and the more recent one the pics don’t add up it’s as if it’s not the same place. So boys it looks like we have a new mystery on our hands”. Skip and Eagle nodded and said “Good luck with your findings keep us informed, over and out.”

Agent Seizure

The Agent pushed open the access door to the Naja Hanna shop’s basement and went inside followed by his unit. Suddenly the door to the shop was burst open and a unit of Red Shadows walked in overturning cabinets and furniture. The Agent and his fellow Alley Vipers raised their orange and blue shields as cover and fired volleys at the unsuspecting Red Shadows. Some went down others ducked for cover and fired at the oncoming Vipers. Agent Seizure ran forwards and gripped his shield two handed and pummelled a Red Shadow to the floor then rammed his shield into his neck decapitating him swiftly. He then picked up grenades and threw them at the Shadows in cover and yelled “Attack!!!!” The other Alley Vipers kept firing while some set charges round the shop. One of the Vipers shouted out “Charges set Sir!” the Agent fired a few more shots and retreated still firing. One of the Shadows got several shots off and crippled two of the Vipers who were dragged by their comrades out of range.
They reached the basement being followed by the remaining Shadows and got through the entrance just as a Shadow saw the charges and said “This place is wired to bl-“ the shop was lit up with explosions metal and glass going every where.

Action Force

The strike force was ready to go all the vehicles were loaded and strapped down by the cargo masters. At Eagle’s C-130 stood a lanky man in his mid 20’s with glasses and short cropped hair wearing SWS overalls and combat boots. Eagle came towards him and said “Ah you must be Sundance I’m Eagle I take it you are all set and ready to go?” Sundance replied curtly “Yes and you are late”. Eagle looked at his watch and saw he was on time shook his head and said” After you” He could see this would be a long trip.

Chalk One

The survivors of Chalk One had been herded into a small pen waiting for their judgement the locals were spitting, urinating and yelling at them. The explosion at Naja Hanna had been heard by the survivors who had hoped boded well for them. The Black Major followed by Black Scarab now in his ordinary uniform with red cravat walked towards them pushing locals out of the way. The Major said “I have good news for you. You will be sent away to aid our cause but it’s not all good news you will wish you were dead!” He walked away laughing and joined the celebrations. Black Scarab took some food and water over to the survivors and watched them eat and drink ravenously. Within minutes they feeling drowsy and dropped down in a drugged state. He said laughing “I hope you liked your food I added extra flavouring to it!” The pen was opened and the prisoners were dragged out and taken to the airstrip.

Action Force

The mood was mixed in Eagle’s C-130 Quickfire was looking straight ahead playing with his Fairborn dagger thinking of what he would do to the Baron and anyone who got in his way and Sundance was sat off to one side in nervous anticipation although he would never admit it. Stakeout had his music blaring playing “All Along the Watchtower” and sing tonelessly to it. Eagle looked at his men and sat down across from Sundance trying to steady the young man’s nerves “So you have checked out ok with your Parachute training?” Sundance looked at him then the floor and said “I have”. Any further conversation was cut short by Sundance saying “You don’t need to do this all my training is fine and up to date now I want to be alone”. Eagle stood up and walked away thinking he will come round eventually.

Agent Seizure

The Agent rejoined Zartan’s group in the sewer network and reported in. The Agent gave Zartan a map he had acquired of the sewer network showing how far they were from their destination. Zartan asked the two other contingents to report in both of which had nothing to report. They came to a rectangular wide area which Zartan thought would make a good ambush point he ordered his men to group up back to back and raise shields as soon as they reached the centre. Zartan sensed movement and shimmered into camouflage mode he told his men to hold steady. Suddenly Red Shadow frogmen appeared from all sides with harpoon guns raised The Red Jackal appeared and said “That one, yes I can see you Zartan,” he sneered pointing right at him, “That one is their leader he is mine the rest are all yours now attack!!!”
Zartan looked astounded then shimmered back to normal seeing that his opponent wore a mask like Destro’s which he assumed had in-built sensors on all spectrums. Red Jackal ran at him charging his hands up and raising them to crush Zartan’s head.

End of Part 10