Heroes travels

Ashley and Callum grabbed their weapons and got off the helicopter and proceeded towards their objective as the helicopter took off and flew back the way it came.

about 40 minutes of running, they had their objective in visual range. it was dark, cold and tonnes of snow, perfect for them to sneak into the building but the trouble was getting past the guards

laying on a rock overlooking the building from a distance, Ashley pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked at the areas that were being lit by lamposts, to his shock. he didnt quite see what he expected...

"What the hell? recon said this is lightly guarded, i can see 3 tanks, 4 mobile AA , about 30 soldiers and a couple of troop transports and thats just on the outside! who know's how many are in the inside" Ashley whispered to Callum before handing over the binoculars for him too see for himself

"Holy shit...how the fuck are we going to get past them?" replied Callum while passing the binoculars back

"i dont know, maybe there is a side door we can enter through or try to get on the roof...wait scratch those ideas,  i think i see about 8 guys on the roof and i can see 2 squads of 5 patrolling the sides. it's as if they knew we were coming..."

"well we can't call in air support as those AA will shred them to pieces, vehicles would take too long to get here and would most likely be spotted by Russian RPG teams"

Ashley looked through the binoculars once more "hold on, the bases alarm is going off and their mobilizing, this is our chance to get in"

Putting the binoculars away and taking out his suppressed MP5, he started to run through the shrubbery towards the building with Callum close by.

Meanwhile in the weapon plants office

The smell of freshly brewed coffee filled the room, only 3 men were in the room watching the security camera's. one of them picked up the phone and dialed.

"we have seen them, we are mobilising to drive them out of hiding and into our building, all is going to plan"

the 2 other men decided to stop watching the screens and turned to the one on the phone

"we will try to lure them into it, we have 2 Russians we captured and will patrol. hopefully they will lead them to the 'experiment' and will be killed in the process. i recommend you get some transport and meet us here as soon as possible Colonel..." he put down the phone and flipped a switch which caused the buildings alarms to activate

The cold wind was getting stronger, causing the snow to move around which made it hard to see even 10 ft away. Slowly making their way to one of the side doors, Callum checked if the door was locked. instead it opened with a loud creak which caused them both to run into the building quickly before a patrol was going past.

Ashley took out his lucky pistol and turned on the flashlight. the only sound that could be heard was the alarm and it seemed the troops were packing up and moving out. "well atleast we got inside, now let's find that weapon"

5 minutes of checking corners, sticking to dark areas, the pair found 2 guards patrolling the inside. one of them was wearing a blue thermal coat while the other wore a white camoflauged coat similar to the blue one, both of them were speaking in russian.

Ashley slowly crept behind the guards, only looking back to see Callum doing the same with his pistol behind the guard with the blue jackets head. Ashley then drew out his knife and shown Callum 3 of his fingers. this was the signal for them to attack at the same time

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Ashley then clenched his fist and tackled the guard with the white coat to the ground, making sure he was on top of him the whole time while Callum executed the other guard with a single suppressed pistol shot in the back of his head. blood and parts of the brain shot out through the bullets exit wound "a nice clean kill" Callum thought to himself while looking at the lifeless body

The guard that was tackled hit the ground hard, trying to reach for his weapon but it was too late, Ashley already put his hand over the guards mouth and put his knife into his heart. The muffled screams of pain was music to Ashley's ears. all he saw was his twisted smile forming on his face by looking into the eyes of his victim as they became motionless...

Ashley pulled the knife out of the guards heart and wiped the blood on his victms jacket. Looking at Callum "remind me to add one more to my knife"

Callum nodded, he always felt a bit scared when Ashley would perform that tactic. Seeing his friend go insane for a brief moment made him think that Ashley had dark thoughts and always decided not to ask him about it.

They checked several rooms but all were empty in the hopes of finding some more information on the experiment. all the computers were wiped clean so Callum and Ashley decided to keep looking. after 5 minutes of searching, they found a room which appeared to have a warning sign with russian text underneath it. both put their backs to the walls on the side of the door. Ashley reached for the door handle and opened it as quietly as possible while checking for anyone inside.

Ashley motioned Callum that the coast was clear by waving his pistol in the air, both walked into the room, only for their breathe to be taken away. they found what they were looking for.

The experiment was a circular pad which seemed to be around 3 meters wide in radius. long, thick wires where attached to computers around the room which connected to the pad. Ashley checked one of the computers but could only access one file, he opened it and it read...

"...Got ya..."

Ashley turned to Callum with confusion, he walked up closely to the pad and examined it followed by Callum

The door they entered through swung open and a dozen armoured soldiers entered the room with bulletproof shields, followed by around 15 soldiers with rifles

One of the soldiers shouted to Ashley and Callum "PUT YOUR WEAPONS AWAY, YOU TAKE ONE STEP AND WE WILL SHRED YOU TO PIECES!"

Callum quickly turned around only to see the large force behind them, knowing they were outnumbered, out gunned, he put his weapons away and put his hands on his head, Ashley done the same shortly after.

One man then entered the room, he was wearing a pilots helmet which covered most of his face while holding a black bag and was followed by another wearing a black ski mask. Ashley guessed the one with the mask was their leader.

The masked soldier took off his mask...only to see the face of Colonel

"Colonel Roberts!? What the hell is going on!?" Callum shouted

"you are not in a situation to be asking questions gentlemen, so listen to me carefully..." Colonel replied in a calm voice, walking up to one of the computers and activating the experiment

"this is not negotiable, we feel that you have done this country alot in defeating this enemy, but in the art of war, we need to stay more advanced than our enemies. So i am introducing the Matter teleporter to your eyes. this device will allow our soldiers and their vehicles to be teleported anywhere in the world, allowing us to destroy enemy weapons plants, high value targets within a few minutes of finding where they are"

Ashley looked at Callum with confusion yet again before turning back to the Colonel "i have one question"

The Colonel focused his sight on Ashley "well, considering how much you have helped us. you both get one question and ONE question only, do i make myself clear?"

both replied with a simple nod

"why the hell are you doing this to us if we are so useful?" Ashley asked with anger building up inside him

"Good question" replied the Colonel "we feel you knew too much of the experiment already and did not want to risk letting you give away any of the information"

"What are you going to do with us" Callum asked while lowing his head, he knew the end of his life was coming

"again, good question" replied the Colonel "we are sending you to a random location, you will most likely be teleported to in a large ocean with no means of getting to land or in a large desert, with no sign of civilisation. the chance of this happening are quite large so my associate here wants to give you both something before you are gone"

The person the Colonel walked in with took off his helmet. It was Steven's

"i'm sorry i had to do this guys, but they were threatening to kill my family and my boy only turned 2 last week." Steven's tried to avoid eye contact with Ashley and Callum as he walked towards them, he put the bag into Ashley's backpack and said in a quiet, calm voice "here's a little going away gift, i think it may help you a bit" and walked away with his head looking towards the ground

Ashley kept his eyes on the Colonel who turned around to the soldiers "if those two dont do what i say, force them into the experiment on my mark, if they retaliate with weapons, kill them."

All the soldiers replied with a simple nod while some checked their ammo

Colonel Robert's turned on the machine which caused it to give off a purple glow and said to Callum and Ashley "you two. Onto the pad. Now. take your weapons with you if you wish."

Ashley and Callum walked onto the pad with their hands still on their heads. the only sound in the room was the machine being powered

Colonel Robert's hit the activate button which caused the pad to glow more of a pink / purple light and created a cylinder barrier which stopped the 2 occupants from being able to get off the teleporter. but then sparks started to come out of the pad. The only sounds to be heard now were sparks being given off and an alarm saying "Power Failure" over and over again

Ashley and Callum couldnt move, they tried as much as possible but  could not go through the barrier

"WHAT THE HELL!?" shouted Colonel Roberts "I THOUGHT WE FIXED THE POWER PROBLEM"

The computers were giving off sparks, some caught on fire, rendering control of the teleport into nothing

A bright white light encased the pad, when it disappeared, the occupants were gone.

The teleport pad's circuits overheated and melted, repair was pointless. making another teleport was out of the question as they lost all the data on the computers on how to build another.

Colonel Robert's looked at the remnants of the pad and gave a small smile and mumbled to himself "atleast those two are taken care of" before leaving the room, followed by rest of rooms occupants.