As the JTF entered the Depository, Twilight looked around at the large number of crates that the Pride had stockpiled. Most were marked with JTF, but some had a logo of a deer skull emblazoned on them.

"What's that logo?" Twilight asked.

"That's the LMB logo." Nick replied.

"The Private military company?" Twilight said.

"Yeah. They've taken over most of the eastern portion of Manhattan. They rule like dictators." He said. "We killed their leader, Colonel Bliss, at the UN building."

Twilight nodded and continued to walk. Then, Nick and the JTF strike team came upon a large set of double doors. As Nick forced them open, they were greeted with the sight of a large factory grounds. Then, they heard a voice.

"I was told you would be coming."

A heavily armored Pride member came out for the opposite set of doors. He was carrying a SAW, and his face was obscured by a Riot helmet.

"You JTF won't get past me." He said ominously, and several Pride members came out and opened fire. As the JTF and Division agents took cover, occasionally shooting back, Twilight flinched.

"Agent, heads up!" Nick said. Twilight saw the Pride Leader advancing, spraying a hail of bullets. Twilight dived back behind cover and swore.

"He's pretty well armored!" Harper said. "I can't get a good shot at his head!"

"Keep up the suppressing fire!" Nick said. "Once we take out his support, he'll panic!"

"Got it!" Twilight said, shooting an advancing Pride soldier. Then, she thought of something. Drawing out a Seeker mine, she threw it. As the mine activated, it sought out its target and exploded. The Pride Leader flinched, and he was knocked off guard.

"Hit him!" Twilight yelled, and a massive hail of JTF rounds followed. As the Pride soldier tried to open fire once more, Logan acquired the shot he needed at his head.

"Night, night motherfucker." Logan said, pulling the trigger. The round pierced his helmet and set him careening to the floor, dead. As the JTF advanced, Nick took off the helmet, and looked down at the man who had just died. He gently closed his eyelids and stepped back.

"Nick, what's wrong?" Twilight asked.

"I'm fine." Nick said. "Let's move!"

As the squad advanced, Flash watched from the security camera feed.

"Good job, Dominic." He said. Picking up a pistol, he headed towards the doorway.

"Time to finish this, Twilight Sparkle."

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As the squad advanced into the next room, Nick then saw someone
up in the security office overlooking the room. Motioning for the JTF to investigate, two soldiers headed up. Then, he heard gunfire and the figure dropped.

"Is it him?" Nick asked over the radio.

"Negative...SHIT!"

There was a small explosion, and the room was engulfed in smoke. Nick, the squad, and the remaining JTF rushed forward, only to find the two soldiers wounded badly, Then, Twilight saw a second figure further down a hallway In a garage. She started to run.

"Agent!" Nick yelled. Twilight didn't respond as she passed through the glass doors, then, they slammed shut. Nick and the squad rushed over. Dimitri unloaded a full magazine from his LSAT into the glass, but the only response was cracks.

"Damm! Bulletproof!" Nick yelled.

"You walked right into my trap." came a voice.

Twilight then saw Flash Sentry emerge from a room and point a pistol at her head.

"Why'd you kidnap my friends?' She asked.

"Like I said, I was told to." Flash replied. "A good soldier obeys orders, especially orders he intends to carry out. My new order is this. Killing you."

"My death won't solve anything." Twilight countered. "You'd turn me into a martyr."

"I don't really care. My offer still stands, by the way." Flash said.

"And I still say no." Twilight said. She attempted to lunge, but Flash caught her and pinned her to the floor.

"Goodbye, then." He said, cocking his pistol. Then, a gunshot echoed. Twilight saw a spray of blood and brains come out from Flash's head. As he collapsed, Twilight saw the squad break through the doors and rush over.

"Agent, you alright?" Nick asked.

"Yeah, but who shot Flash?" She replied.

"Wasn't us." Logan said.

"Then…"

At that moment, the garage door near Flash's body opened, revealing a figure. Clad in a cloak, and spec-ops gear, he walked over, while shouldering a sniper rifle. Twilight recognized it as an AWP LSR. She gasped slightly as the sight of smoke still streaming from the rifle's muzzle brake.

"Who are you?" She asked. The figure didn't respond and waked over to Nick, who slowly went for his sidearm.

"Nice work, Agent." He said.

"How do you know?" Nick asked.

"Simple." The figure replied. Drawing up one of his sleeves, he revealed a Division Watch, then he moved his scarf, and a Division shoulder tag was revealed as well.

"You're an agent!" Nick said.

"First Wave, to be exact." The Agent replied.

"The first wave was KIA or…" Logan said.

"MIA." The agent replied. "I was one of them."

"I see." Nick said. "Nick Sykes."

"Anubis." The agent replied, shaking Nick's hand. "We had best evac. The Pride will be here soon with more units."

"Agreed." Nick said. As he radioed for evac, Anubis walked over and helped Twilight up. As the helicopters set down, Anubis motioned to her.

"Let's go." He said, and as the JTF and Division agents boarded, the sun set in the darkening sky.

Author's Note

And plot twist!

What do you think of Anubis?