Operation: Survival (PG16+, always accepting)

[Dwarven King]

[spoiler=IC Thread, Always Accepting][url]http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/246401-operation-survival-pg16-always-accepting-ooc/[/url][/spoiler]

[spoiler=Rules]We all know the rules. Now behave.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Objective]HQ SPEAKING: HQ has lost contact with Squads Alpha, Bravo, and Delta. You are part of Squad Omega. Your task? Travel through what is left of this world in search of the three missing squads. They may have information on where, or how to make a cure. We need that information at ALL costs. During your mission you will encounter the undead, soldiers of the military group knows as the Borgas, and possibly civilians. Some civilians may shoot at first shot. Be prepared to shoot to kill. Your objective was last seen heading towards Area 51. Make your way there to start. Once you meet up with them, you are to assist them in ANY way possible to help them complete their own mission. Now get moving![/spoiler]

You're starting out in a tiny, piece of crap base about 50 miles West of Area 51. You may make your way towards Area 51 however you wish. But I have two suggestions for you. One, teamwork helps. Two, purposely avoiding Area 51 will result in very bad things happening. Other than that, the story will mainly be told by you. However, I will be throwing out some...obstacles for you as you travel to Area 51. When you get to Area 51, my involvement will double since I will have control of three squads (and I personally know how each person acted in the other RPs). Now complete your mission!

Good luck!

[Mecha Love]

"Alright people! To attention!" Wolf commanded seriously, "Iv received my orders from HQ! I'm sure you have heard too. It's a small base here, its not easy to hide things." Smiling briefly Lupa continued "We will face the undead, average civilians who have dangerous, even suicidal intentions and probably much worse. We need to rescue three teams. I will not force you to come, but I have heard you are elite soldiers. Prove it to me. Prove to me that you are brave and prove you are loyal. These squadrons are in grave danger, it is our duty to aid them. Follow me. Make your choice. We leave at the break of dawn, at 200 hours. If you are late or don't turn up, I'll assume you have given up hope or chickened out. Don't let me down. That is all."
Lupa strode off without another word.

[Hotaru987]

One of the few females - if not the only female - in the group was hardly listening to what the leader of the squad - she think his name was Wolf or something. Instead, she was rocking on her heals all the way in the back of the group. The only thing she payed any attention to was the time she was supposed to arrive. This girl was a 21 year old, who only reached about 5'3, maybe 5'4 if she stood on her toes. She's known to a lot of people by the name Kitten, but her actual name is Kisa Rodenski. The name Kisa is actually of Russian descent, and in english it is "Kitten" - which is where her nickname came from. Kisa twirl with a lock of her hair bordly waiting for the meeting to be over - So sue her, she has a very short attention span when it comes to things like that.

[GreyCat]

Leon snorted. Not forced? He would laugh if he wasn't so annoyed with the whole thing. If he didn't go on this mission, a court-martial would be the least of his worries. Maybe he should have taken the life in prison. It would have be void of these accursed missions. He tapped frustratedly at his pad. really; he was on of the top minds in the world, yet he was here, bundled up with a group of hard-headed soldiers, off to fight zombies and rescue another group of hard-headed soldiers. He was a scientist for god's sake. [i]They[/i] ensured of that when they shipped him off to university. He shoved the pad in his pocket. The faster this was over, the faster he would be out of here.

[Reinforce]

"Damn, can't we leave a bit later, like maybe about 1100 hours maybe, because 200 hours is way too early to get up. And 200 hours is before dawn anyway, wouldn't it be closer to dawn if we leave later, though I'll be damned if I know when dawn is, only time I ever see dawn is when I either stay up long enough at night or I have to get up at dawn, which was about 600 hours back home. If only I hadn't been here on an excersize when it happened, because the island nations were left untouched." Jack walked back to his small space on the floor, and started to strip apart and clean his Barrett.

[Frybread002]

Among the group, was Gan Xingba, an XTC personal and S'ai's left hand man. Sneaking among the group to spy on them, he reported to his commander, S'ai.
[color="#FF0000"]"[i]Bell [/i]to [i]Desert[/i], come in. I repeat, [i]Bell [/i]to [i]Desert[/i], this is Xingba. Over."[/color] Xingba reported to S'ai using his radio that was on his collar, while he also stood at attention in the group, using codenames.

[color="#FF8C00"]"This is [i]Desert[/i]. What's going? Over."[/color] S'ai responded quickly, in a postion a little over 2 miles from the group.

[color="#FF0000"]"The group appears to be setting out on a rescue mission. Approximently 0200 hours. Shall I keep spying or return to base? Over."[/color]

[color="#FF8C00"]"Negative [i]Bell[/i], return home. And don't worry about being eaten alive, [i]Enemy[/i] is having his eagle eye on watch over you two. Over."[/color]

[color="#FF0000"]"Roger. Bringing Rodenski as well. Over."[/color]

Waiting for the meeting to be concluded, Xingba unpatienly waited for everyone to clear out out of them room and began looking for Rodenski.

[color="#FF0000"]"Yo Kitten!! You about ready to pack up and go home!?"[/color] Xingba raised his voice towards Kisa and asked, while everyone was heading towards the mess hall. [color="#FF0000"]"Besides, [i]Desert [/i]ordered us to go now."[/color] Xingba said, kinda annoyed by his order from S'ai.

[Hotaru987]

Hearing her name Kisa instantly perked up and looked around. She instantly recognized Gan's voice, and it didn't take too long to spot him - he was pretty hard to look over. Gan Xingba wasn't someone you forgot or could simply look over. He was one of those people who left an impression simply from the first time you saw him. Kisa quickly ran over, her path becoming clearer as the other people were clearing out. "I'm all ready to head out. And did I hear you say something about dessert?" She asked her eyes now sparkling at the idea of having something sweet.

"Can I have some ice cream? Oh! Oh! Not just ice cream, but [i]chocolate[/i] ice cream!" Kisa was steadily becoming more excited, not giving him the chance to tell her what he actually said. Kisa pushed her glasses up slightly as she was feeling them slide off. "Or maybe even chocolate cake!!" She continued talking - quite loudly - while occasionally fixing her glasses.

[Frybread002]

[color="#FF0000"]"Unnhh...No...I didn't say anything about..."[/color] Xingba replied in a confused voice. [color="#FF0000"]"You know? That's not a bad idea. Hehehehe..."[/color] Xingba chuckled a little. Considering the fact that it'll just urk his sqaud leader even more, S'ai, Xingba took Kisa's word and switched it around.

[color="#FF0000"]"I'll take some Hamburger Steak please."[/color] Xingba asked the chef and made his way towards a table and cleared a little area for him and Kisa, waiting for her to come over. Turning off his radio at the same time. When Kisa got to the table, Xingba looked directly into Kisa's eyes and asked [color="#FF0000"]"Why did you come with me?"[/color]

Before Xingba had set out on his mission, he was fully aware of what was going on. For one, after him, S'ai and Lance were lucky enough to escape with their lives from Kijuju, Africa, the United Nations had sent the three survivors of the XTC to Nevada to invistage an mysterious group of soldiers unanimous appearing in the middle of nowhere.

[color="#FF0000"]"I don't mean to pry, but it just makes me wonder. That's all."[/color] Xingba finished at last, and began to chew on his steak.

[u]Elsewhere[/u]

[color="#FF8C00"]"*sigh*...What's taken them so long...They should've been back a here by now..."[/color] S'ai complained to himself at his comrades tardiness. [color="#FF8C00"]"[i]Enemy[/i], this is Desert, do you have a visual on them? Over."[/color] S'ai asked his other subordinate, Lance O'naw.

[color="#0000FF"]"[i]Enemy[/i] here; Negative sir. Only the empty desert. Over."[/color] Replied Lance, who was positioned halfway between the "crappy" base and S'ai.

[Hotaru987]

Kisa quickly made her way over to the table that Xingba cleared for them, carring in her arms not one, but two bowls of chocolate ice cream. The silence progressed allowing Kisa to think about the mission. If she was truthful there was a slight bit of nervousness and fear. Though it wasn't because of what they may encounter, but more of how she would react after taking off the only thing keeping her from going on a killing spre. Kisa didn't want to hurt those close to her, especially Xingba, S'ai or Lance.

She came too from Xingba's question, asking why she decided to tag along with him. "I just....Felt like it I guess." It was kind of a lame answer, and she knew that but it was kind of the truth. She wondered if S'ai ever told them about her. To Lance and Xingba she just appeared out of no where, not acting anything like an ordinary soilder that she was sure of.

"Do you not like my company?" She asked grinning, as she stuffed yet another large spoon full of ice cream into her mouth.

[Asriel Dreemurr]

Without even really thinking about it, a new man took a seat at the table which Kitten and Gan were currently seated at, setting a tray with seemingly every single piece of vegetation the mess hall offered on it and no meat. For the most part, he wore what looked to be outdated cold weather military clothing, a yellow insignia that denoted no actual rank on either upper-arm portion of the jacket. Prior to digging in to his mass of plant matter, the man pulled the pair of heavy gloves from his hands and set them down to the left of his tray. His hands were rather paled, likely due to his tendency to always wear the thick winter clothing regardless of the weather of his surroundings, but even the slight exposure revealed that the man was anything but weak and boasted a fair amount of muscle. Another curious thing about this man, who could easily be recognized as "Ghost" by his friends or "Gerald Dunn" by his superiors, was the fact that he carried the familiar Barrett .50 cal sniper rifle on his back without any regard to his surroundings. Anyways, once seated Ghost began to dig voraciously into the mound of vegetarian food upon his tray, not even seeming to notice his eating companions for the time.

[Frybread002]

Adjusting the collow on his BDU's, Xingba quietly ignored the large man and continued on. [color="#FF0000"]"No, it's not that I mind company, it's just that...Well, haven't you started to notice something about [i]Desert[/i] (S'ai)?"[/color] Xingba admitted truthfully, and unsure about the question himself. [color="#FF0000"]"I mean, I already know that you weren't with us at Kijuju, so I wouldn't expect you really understand. But after Kijujum S'ai changed. And I mean lot. I've always known him to follow orders and do it right the first time without complaining. Even the aura aroundhim was upbeat, but after Kijuju...I just don't know..."[/color] Xingba paused, trying to find the right words to describe the sudden mood swing with his commander, S'ai, and started to take another bit from his steak. [color="#FF0000"]"Tch...damnit..."[/color] Xingba cursed, realizing that more and more people were starting to sit around them, Xingba hurridly ended the conversation.
[color="#FF0000"]"Okay, the point is, S'ai has diffinately changed. And I mean A LOT. With that in mind, the UN sends us out here to investigate, but what [i]DESERT[/i] has us doing, is just a godsend from orders. He's doing his own thing...and it just makes worry a lot...*sigh*..."[/color] Xingba breath out heavily, trying to suppress his rage.

[Hotaru987]

Kisa had begun rudely staring at the man that had decided to sit at the same table as her and Xingba. He was eating his food very...Well, vigerously. It was almost so, that Kisa was starting to feel sorry for the unfortunate plate of food in front of the man. She couldn't help but stare at the man's hands as well. They were very pale, almost to the point of being called sickly. Kisa would have continued staring if it hadn't been for Xingba realing her attention back into their conversation. She noticed he lowered his voice as more people began to trickle towards the table they were at, and to be honest Kisa was starting to feel a bit cramped.

"Well I'm sure [i]Desser-[/i] I mean - [i]Desert[/i], has a good reason. I mean, to me he has been the same, but thats mainly due to the fact that I only knew him for a shorter time period." She whispered, her upper body practilly leaning over the entire table. "[i]Desert[/i] wouldn't do anything to put his friends in too much danger...Or at least I hope so." Kisa added in an after thought, still leaning over the table and putting the spoon back in her mouth, only to pout when she realized when all her ice cream was gone. "After tramatic events people can change, even if they don't want to. It's more like a defense mechanism so that we can be better prepared for something like that again. Sometimes, change can be for the best..." She slightly trailed off, before returning with a happy smile, "Anyway I think we should go now. I don't think [i]Dessert[/i] is too happy that we're late - Oh, I mean [i]Desert[/i]."

[Frybread002]

[color="#FF0000"]"Grrr...Hey, would you mind letting me though!?"[/color] Xingba complained to this neighbor, as he tried to get up and lead Kisa through the base, but took a quick glance at his other neighbor Gerald Dunn. Before he snucked in, Xingba quickly took a look at the roster of everyone attending and remembered seeing his bio. All Xingba could think was [i]Tch, wouldn't mind fighting him[/i] and began walking back towards S'ai's camp.

Upon entering the desert around 2200 hours (10:00PM), Xingba and Kisa still had about another 5 minutes to make it back to the camp and could see it within their vision. Looking at Kisa to see what she was thinking. [color="#FF0000"]"I sure hope you're right Rodenski. Even Kijuju shooked me up and I don't think Lance has seen anything like that before."[/color] Xingba said, while putting his hands behind his head and rested it there. [color="#FF0000"]"Heh...Forgot to turn on my collar..."[/color] Xingba realized, and adjusted his collar again to turn on his radio.

[u]Elsewhere[/u]

[color="#0000FF"]"[i]Enemy[/i] to [i]Desert[/i]. [i]Enemy [/i]to [i]Desert[/i]. Come in. Over." Lance said towards S'ai over the radio.[/color]

[color="#FF8C00"]"This is [i]Desert[/i]. What's going on? Over."[/color]

[color="#0000FF"]"I see [i]Bell[/i] and [i]Kitten[/i] comming into camp. I've tried contacting Bell but he apparently had his radio off. I'm heading back to camp now. Over."[/color]

[color="#FF8C00"]"Affirmative [i]Enemy[/i]. And don't worry, I'll ask [i]Bell [/i]what was going. Over.[/color]

[u]Elsewhere[/u]

[color="#FF0000"]"Yo! W'ere back!"[/color] Xingba shouted lazily and walked over towards the HUMVEE that was parked, opened it's door, and laid down on the back seat. [color="#FF0000"]"The radio collar was making too much noise, so I had to turn it off to avoid supucsion."[/color] Xingba quickly added to his response. [color="#FF0000"]"Anyway, where's Lance? Or is he eaten already?"[/color]

[color="#0000FF"]"As much as I want to shoot myself for breathing the same air as you, I'm unfortunately am still here."[/color] Lance quickly added, while just walking into the camp himself. However, to avoid being detected, he was wearing an body-suit that masked his body temperature any rador the "crappy" base may had, and also had a helemt hiding his face as well. But sure enough, S'ai and Xingba knew all too well that it was Lance.

[color="#FF8C00"]"*sigh*...I barely make it out alive, but I have to suffer from your bickering...*sigh*..."[/color] S'ai complained as well towards Xingba and Lance's constant arguing. [color="#FF8C00"]"So Kisa, how'd it went? Anything we can use?" Or anything I should know about?[/color]

[Dwarven King]

"Sir, humvee spotted in the distance." the Borgas soldier said into his com link.

"Copy that. Any sign of activity?" responded the squad commander.

"Yes sir. Four live bodies spotted. Three male, one female. The female and one of the males came from the direction of our target. I don't believe the other two males are known to our target though due to the stealth they are trying to use. Permission to engage?"

"Negative. Stay hidden and observe. There has to be a reason why that little group is all the way out here and not at our target. Report back every fifteen minutes and stay prepared to move at a moments notice."

"Yes sir." The Borgas soldier went back to looking through the scope of his assault rifle.

[Hotaru987]

Kisa surpressed a laugh at S'ai's statement about Lance and Xingba. She, personally, enjoied it when they argued. It made it more livier, and also provided a good source of entertainment whever she was dreadfully bored. Kisa was taken off guard when S'ai asked her about how the meeting went. A blush decorated her face and she rubbed the back of her head. "H-he about that....I wasn't...Really paying attention." She ended in a small voice and looking down in embarressment. Kisa had then attention span of - well - a kitten. "All he was talking about we showing honor and pride or something. It wasn't really anything of importance so I tuned him out...."

[Frybread002]

[color="#FF8C00"]"Enh...A-bomb could go off and you wouldn't care much eh Kisa?"[/color] S'ai replied under his breath with a face of disapointment and strached his chin a little.
[color="#FF8C00"]"Anyway, it's time I've debrief all of you on what my intentions are. So everyone, gather around."[/color] S'ai ordered, while starting to make a camp fire. [color="#FF8C00"]"Before I start, no one has to worry about the fire betraying our position. Since we were already spotted 2 days ago. I'm pretty confident that it's from their base, juding on how easily you guys were able to get out of there."[/color] S'ai stressed. [color="#FF8C00"]"Aside from that, I'll get onto my main point."[/color] S'ai said, and sat back down after making the fire.

[color="#FF8C00"]"As everyone knows, Kisa Rodenski is our newest member...and possibly our last. Ever since the United Nations sent us to Kijuju, Africa to re-supply a colonial village, we were ambush by a group of unknown marauders, and out of the group of 25 men, only three of us survived. That was the "Official Report" given to Kisa when she joined us. What she doesn't know, is the Experimental Tactical Corp, is a mercernary based group who only works with the United Nations. We are called mercenaries because when there is trouble anywhere in the world, an allied nation simply supplies us with the tools and guns, and we do the fighting for them."[/color]

[color="#0000FF"]"However, we're mercenaries with a permenant job."[/color] Lance added, while taken off his helmet to reveal a stern and serious face with a eye-patch over his left eye. [color="#0000FF"]"But why are you stating the obvious sir?"[/color]

[color="#FF8C00"]"Kisa Rodenski was never properly debrief on this...Were you Kisa?"[/color] S'ai asked, with a concern looked on his face toward Kisa. [color="#FF8C00"]"Look Kisa, I really don't mean to put on you the spot...but the higher ups in the UN ever debreif you on what the XTC does? I only ask because your knowledge on what you do will either help us on this mission...or hinder us."[/color]

[Hotaru987]

Kisa nodded her head slowly as she listened to what S'ai was saying. This time she actually made an effore to pay attention instead of wonder off like she always does when something important was happening. "Well...They didn't explain much to me. The only think I knew coming to you guys were your names, how you looked and that you recently got back from a mission in which you guys were the only survivors. I wasn't told too much about the XCT, other than you guys were apart of it and the group was an opperation that only serviced the UN." She said once S'ai had finished talkin and apparently looking at her to say something.

"To be completely honest this will be my first actual mission. Before I was only used for crowd control, and battles. I never handled all of this inbetween stuff." She said motion around her. The whole recon, gathering information and staking out was all new to her. "They just put me on the front lines and that was it." Kisa said figuring he wanted to know just how she may help, or hinder the mission.

[GreyCat]

Leon scowled form his seat. He didn't join them at the table. No, he was still brooding too much for that sort of fellowship. Listen to them, prating on like a bunch of school girls before the prom. They seemed to have forgotten that the world outside was in ruins, and they were expected to traverse those ruins in order to find a bunch of lost children. The sooner they got started, the sooner it would be over and he would be reassigned to somewhere more to his taste, most likely working on a cure based on the information they were to recover. He bit into the plate of food he gathered, working out some code breakers while continuing his eaves dropping.

[Frybread002]

[color="#FF8C00"]"Hmm...I see..."[/color] S'ai responded and took a minute to think to himself.

[color="#FF8C00"]"Okay, just like standard procedure, I had to look over everyone's bio and background. Normally, that infomation is kept confidential with me only, unless the men want to freely exchange, then I have no problems. In this case however, I had to share your background Kisa, with Lance and Xingba. I apologize for this privacy violation, but seeing how everything went...Well guys, this is out last mission. As a unit.[/color]

Hearing, all Lance and Xingba could do was just look at each other, then back at Lance in disbelief. Asking questions about the sudden annoucement.

Hearing all of their opinions, S'ai began to explain again.

[color="#FF8C00"]"What I mean by us "having permanentl jobs" was mercenaries is simple. Among the world, mercernaries as frowned upon, and could be hired without using a country's own resources. However, since we only work with the United Nations, we are only allowed a 25-man unit. Only because the UN itself can not have a army, due to the fact that they are only an organization based on solving conflicts around the world. Where the XTC comes in, is that we only fight battles that a normal UN led coallition can't fight, and support 3rd-World countries by assisting them domestically."[/color] Taking a breather, S'ai continued. [color="#FF8C00"]"At first, I personally frowned upon this idea, because I used to serve in the U.S. Delta Force, and I was chosen to pick various men and women across the world. My father was the one who actually pitched the idea to the UN and is now serving as our "Counselor of our Mutual Interests." From it, my father is the one who runs the entire XTC and has a high-office job with them. Since my father was leading the XTC, I had no complaints and had my official background and US Citizen destroyed. As well as my real name." [/color] Taking his last brake, S'ai started to conclude his debreifing. [color="#FF8C00"]"After Kijuju, I have realized that us as "Mecernaries" are only expendable. We have no real 'Home' to call oursevles. With this being said, this is our last mission Xinga...Lance...and your first and last mission with the XTC Kisa Rodenski. Because as of 0200 hours, the Experimental Tactical Corp...Is going ROUGE."[/color]

[Asriel Dreemurr]

The group that had since gathered in the Humvee not far from the old and, quite honestly, s*** cake of a base were not being watched by only the Borgas soldier. Since Kisa and Xingba had left the mess hall, Ghost had managed to make his way out of the hall after having finished his plate of vegetation and currently was looking over the small assembly through the high-powered scope of his Barret M107. Despite the oppressive heat of the Nevada desert, the man seemed perfectly comfortable in his heavy winter clothing and more over seemed to blend in to the patch of cactus just outside of the base in which he was hidden. While he couldn't make out any of what they were saying, he did manage to catch the glint of black tactical equipment in the distance. Slightly shifting his aim, Ghost's crosshairs came to rest perfectly in position to send a .50 caliber slug hurtling through the air and into the soldier's face. Lifting his left hand from the forward position on the rifle for a moment, he brought it back to the ear-mounted wireless communicator which Omega squad had been equipped with.

"Sir, enemy spotted," the man said, his voice bearing a thick accent of some sort which one would not likely be able to identify with the exception of a slight Russian hint to it, "request permission to engage."

[Piercer of the Heavens]

Age was sitting asleep when the briefing happened so had no idea what was going on. When everybody started walking he woke up and fell onto the ground since he was leaning on his chair. He stood up he picked up his bow and some of the arrows that fell out of his quiver. He then went to the mess hall and saw that most of the people where just taking a break. "It seems that these people are happier forgetting what the outside world is like right now" Age mumbled to himself, "I feel sad that their happiness is going to be crushed." Age then walked up to Leon, still not knowing who he is, and whispered in his ear " You know... it's rude to eaves drop."

[GreyCat]

Leon snorted contemptuously and looked up at the interloper. If he remembered the dossiers correctly, this one was Age. Yes, the one with the bow; archer. He raised an eyebrow at the impertinence and gall of the youth, never mind they were the same age, to question is actions. "It's also rude to hack into government databases. Never let that stop me before. Data and information make the world go round. And my living has been made around gathering intelligence, be it on spies, allies, ourselves. I just happen to have been sent here, and I intend to make the best of the situation." Leon wrote the last line of code and turned to Age. "Here's something I want to know; do you really intend to fight with a bow?"

[Mecha Love]

Wolf strolled in with a quick pace.
"Change of plan, we are leaving now. Grab your bags, weapons and any other belongings but make it quick. I have been informed that the undead are heading here. We have an hour... if we are lucky. We will also need to get our desert troops, S'ai, Lance and Xingba. Get moving people! Or do you want to die?"
Wolf took out a miniature moniter. It showed hordes of zombies going passed a cave enterance.
"S'ai left that there, he couldn't be far from it. Let's get to him before they do!"

[VGVentus]

Aaron kept quiet as he watched Omega Squad mobilize; finally, they were on the move. Aaron believed that following Omega Squad would lead to a safe haven where he could finally be safe, though really it's his split persona, Cleaver, pushing him into places where he could slaughter more Undead; Aaron fumbled about in his pockets and found his nose plugs, plopping then into his nostrils so that he couldn't become Cleaver whilst following them, breaking his cover in the process.

[Frybread002]

Suprised at the gun shot, S'ai and his team quickly hit the dirt to avoid being shot at it. Doing a bear crawl towards the HUMVEE, S'ai ordered everyone to get in the jeep and he begant to speed off towards the base. [color="#FF8C00"]"Xingba! Kisa! The reason you guys were sent to the base was because I had made arrangements to meet a man known as "Wolf"! He's expecting us!"[/color] S'ai shouted out to be heard over the roaoring engine of the HUMVEE.