[August 13th, 2016]
{Rio de Janeiro,Brazil}
"Any sign of Rojas?" Ghost asks over the com. Alejandro Rojas was an arms dealer and a contact of Makarov.
"Negative. They stopped twice already - no sign of him." Roach sat in the passenger seat in a Jeep with Nat and Soap in the backseat.
The van ahead of them stopped in front of a building. Natalie leaned forward and spoke calmly. "Wait, they stopped again. Standby."
Two men got out of the white van and approached Rojas' assistant with their guns. The assistant walked up to them with his hands up.
Mactavish spoke up on the com, "Got a positive ID! Whoever these guys are, they're not happy to see him."
Rojas' assistant catches them off guard and pulls a Desert Eagle out and fires on the two men. Another man came from behind the van and Rojas' assistant shot him.
"Ghost, we had a situation here!" Nat says before Rojas' assistant turned and fired upon the car that they are in.
"Get down! Get down!" Mactavish was fast enough to duck with Nat pulled against him. Roach ducked just in time, but the bullets hit the Driver, who's dead body pressed against the car horn.
"He's getting away! Roach, let's go! Let's go!" Nat and the two men jumped out of the car and chased Rojas' assistant.
Nat shouted on the com as they ran, "Ghost, our driver's dead! We are on foot! Meet us at the Hotel Rio and cut him off if you can!"
Ghost replied quickly, "Roger, I'm on my way!"
They turned the corner onto a busy street with civilians and cars. Ghost along with Meat and Royce joined the three as they chased after Rojas' assistant.
"He went into the alley!"
"Non-lethal takedowns only! We need him alive!" Mactavish says to Ghost.
They chased Rojas' assistant into the alley and turned where they saw Rojas' assistant about to get away. Roach was quick enough and shot Rojas' assistant in the leg, causing him to fall.
"He's down." Nat smirks
Later, MacTavish and Ghost are interrogating Rojas' assistant in a garage. Ghost sparks the car battery cables and turned to Rojas' assistant who was tied to a chair.
Nat looks to Roach,"Roach, this is going to take some time. We'll go with Meat and Royce to check the favela for any signs of Rojas. That's where this guy's headed."
MacTavish closed the garage door to begin interrogating Rojas' assistant while Nat, Roach, Royce and Meat headed toward the favela to search for Rojas.
"Let's go. Remember. There are civilians in the favela. Watch your fire out there." Nat warns them.
They stopped in front a fence with a small drop into the favela where the civilians are standing around.
Nat calmly says, "Meat, get these civvies out of here."
"Roger that."
Meat jumped down the drop and fired his MP5K into the air. "Este lugar não é seguro! (This place was not safe!)"
The team began to fight the Brazilian Militia that came to the favela upon being alerted by Meat's warning burst. They fought their way through the favela in search of Rojas.
"Nat, give me a sitrep, over!" Mactavish says on the com.
"Lots of militia, but no sign of Rojas over here, over!" She says.
"Copy that! Keep searching! Let me know if you see him! Out!"
"Roach! Move up! Let's go-" Nat gasped when Meat was shot and killed. "Meat is down! I repeat. Meat is down!"
Further into the favela, Royce was shot and killed. Now on their own, Roach and Nat fought their way to an alleyway between the sections of the favela.
Mactavish's voice came over the com,"Nat. We got Rojas' location! He's heading west along the upper levels of the favela. We'll keep him from doubling back on our side. Keep going and cut him off up top! There's no time for backup. You and Roach are going to have to do this on your own. Good luck. Out."
They headed west up some stairs and headed toward the upper favela. A dog ran up and barked at Roach from behind the fence. Roach killed it. A civilian yelled in Portuguese, "Guys. Run. Get out of here!" from his window warning them about the Militia ahead. They encountered a dog and many more militia as he moved up the favela.
"Roach, this is their territory and they know it well! Keep an eye open for ambush positions and check your corners!"Mactavish warns them.
They killed the remaining militia in the area and headed up the stairs to the favela. He got ambushed by the militia, but he fired back and eliminated them as he moved forward.
"Watch the rooftops! We had a few close calls with RPGs and machine guns positioned up high! Roach, we're taking heavy fire from the militia here, but I am still tracking Rojas! He's gone into a building! Ghost, do you see him?" Mactavish says over the com
"Roger that! He's climbing onto a roof carrying a black duffel bag!"
"Well that ought to slow him down! Roach, we're keeping him from doubling back! Keep moving to intercept! Go! Go!" Mactavish says.
Nat and Roach continued to fight the militia and move further up through the favela.
"Keep going! Rojas was still headed toward your side of the favela! Don't let the militia pin you down for too long! Use your flashbangs on them!" Ghost announces, "I lost sight of him again! Nat talk to me!""
"I'm onto him! He's trying to double back through the alleys. " Nat says over the com to Mactavish and Ghost
"Roger that! Stay on him!" Ghost says, "I've got a visual on Rojas! He's cutting through the market!
"Roger that! I'll head for the rooftops and try to cut him off on the right! He's going to have no choice but to head west!" Natalie says,"Roach,Keep an eye open for Rojas! He was making his way across the rooftops!"
Roach engaged the militia up on the rooftops and high windows. "Ma'am. I got Rojas in my sights! We could go for a clean leg shot! We could end it here!"
"Negative! We can't risk it! Do not engage!" She shouts,her voice hoarse from all the yelling. "Keep moving uphill! I cut him off! He got nowhere to go, but west over the rooftops in your area! Roach, He knows the area well, but we could trap him here! Don't stop! Go! Go!"
Roach cleared more houses and rooftops of the militia. Rojas was seen on top of a nearby rooftop, running. Money can be seen falling out of the duffel bag he's carrying as more militiamen appear on rooftops to keep Roach away from him with RPGs.
Nat rasps over the com,"Roach! I spotted Rojas! He's making a run for it! He headed your way! And Don't shoot him! We needed him alive and unharmed! Roach, we're going to cut him off at the summit! Keep pushing him that way! Go! Go!" Roach climbed up some rooftops and engaged more militia.The gunfire and an explosion are heard over the radio. "He was breaking to the right again! Roach. If you see him, do not shoot him! I needed him unharmed! We got eyes on Rojas - wait! Shite! He's headed back towards you! Roach! He's on the move and headed your way! Go! Go! Roach, keep pushing him uphill! Don't let him double back! Roach! He jumped another fence and still headed toward your end of the favela! Keep moving up! Go! Go! Keep corralling up the hill! We would cut him off at the top!"
Roach continued to push forward. "I've got another clear leg shot!"
"Negative! Not unless you want to carry him back out with all this militia breathing down on your neck! I need him unharmed!"
Roach cleared the area near the summit. He went up some stairs.
"Ghost, I'm going far right!" Nat announces,
"Roger that! He's going to get away!"
"No he's not."
Roach arrived at the summit with Rojas at the top of a three story house. Suddenly, Major Price broke through the window, tackling Rojas onto a car. Ghost joined in and they held him down at gunpoint.
Nat smirks and says over the com,"Frontrunner, this is Bravo Six. We'e got the package. I repeat, we have got the package. Command, ready for dustoff. Send the helicopter. The skies are clear! Send the chopper now!" After no reply Nat says to the men. "Command's got their head up their arse. We're on our own. We're gonna have to fight our way to the LZ. Let's go."
"What about Rojas?" Roach asks,looking at Rojas who's tied to a nearby pole.
"The streets'll take care of him"
"Works for me." He shrugs.
MacTavish talks to Nikolai over the com before he says to them. "Everyone get ready! Lock and load!"
"Let's do this!" Nat smirks as she reloads her Ak-47. The team runs up the hill. They are ambushed by militia. They engage. "Tangos at the ground level dead ahead! We've gotta get to the helicopter - head through the gate to the market! Move!"
"Contact! Foot-mobiles on the rooftops, closing in from the south!" Ghost yells.
"Tangos moving in low from the southeast!"
They fight the militia through the favela. Bullets fly everywhere,and Ghost feels a bullet pierce his arm. "Head through that gate! Keep pushing to the evac point!" He strains as he's in pain.
They kill militia at the street and move down hill to a yard where they encounter more militia. The yard is cleared.They face more resistance at a street hill. A shootout rages at a grassy yard. Another technical appears but is destroyed. They eliminate the militia and reach the market.
"Squad! Spread out and cut through the market! Move!" Nat shouts and ducks behind cover with Mactavish by her side.
At the market there are more militia who fire at them. Nat sighs in relief as she sees Nikolai arrives in a Pave Low helicopter. The team moves through a couple houses on their way to the LZ. "There's Nikolai's Pave Low! Let's go! Nikolai! ETA 20 seconds! Be ready for immediate dustoff!"
"That may not be fast enough! I see more militia closing in on the market!" Nikolai replies
"Pick up the pace! Let's go!"
The Pave Low becomes surrounded by RPGs and gunfire at a small soccer field. "It's too hot! We will not survive this landing!" Nikolai tries not to panic.
Mactavish says calmly to try to keep Nikolai calm. "Nikolai wave off, wave off! We'll meet you at the secondary LZ instead! Go!"
"Very well, I will meet you there! Good luck!"
Nikolai flies the Pave Low away towards the secondary LZ. They climb up the rooftops and head towards the Pave Low.
"Let's go, let's go!" Mactavish shouts as he runs.
"My friend, from up here, it looks like the whole village is trying to kill you!" Nikolai chuckles to lighten the mood even though it's the worst possible time.
"Tell me something I don't know! Just get ready to pick us up!"
Panic is clear in Nat's tone. "We're running out of rooftop!"
" We can make it! Go go go! C'mon Roach, we're almost at the chopper!" Mactavish shouts. They all jump. Nat jumps, but barely makes it. She slips and falls before MacTavish can catch her. Her vision blacked out and she went unconscious. She wakes up with blurry vision. All around her, she can see large groups of militia converging on her.
"There's too many of them! Get the hell out of there and find a way to the rooftops! Move! Run for it! Get to the rooftops!" Mactavish yells.
Nat starts to sprint through the buildings with the militia's guns firing at her.She feels bullets graze her body but she has no choice but to ignore the pain. She heads down a narrow alley, up through a house, and reaches the rooftops. She then sprints and slides down the rooftops and reaches Nikolai's Pave Low.
"Jump for it!" Mactavish shouts as Nat jumps and grabs the ladder. "Nikolai! We got her! Get us out of here!"
Nat got to the top of the ladder but a nearby explosion causes the Pave Low to jerk to backwards. Nat's grip loosened on instinct. Mactavish grabbed her just in time and pulled her into the chopper. She landed on the floor,panting and shaking from adrenaline.
"I guess that's payback" Mactavish chuckles as he referenced five years ago when Nat was the one who caught him on his first mission.