There are two squads currently situated at the base one is my squad and the other squad is another squad of special forces.
The temporary names of our squad were chosen as Alpha and Beta. I am part of the Alpha team, which is my old team with a new name. We have been given these new names so that at least our personal information is known to a few people.
We have been specially assigned to this mission. My entire team is specialized in fighting inside the jungle. And this mission has to be finalized inside the wilderness.
we also are most familiar with this domain.
We can't use our air forces because this may lead to an all-out war and a war between two nuclear powers is not desired by anyone, so our government and army plan small and sufficient strikes.
After reading and understanding some key information. our team start to finalize the drill and training schedule. our country's information department is busy monitoring our neighbor's moment and collecting all the information about the place we are heading to attack.
We spent most of our time examining all the possibilities and describing their solutions in detail. There are some problems whose solution is not possible, such as it is not possible to escape completely from the detection radar of our enemy country,
These problems can be prevented only for a short period. for the radar of the enemy country, we will be using a small size modern technology chopper to get into the place we going to attack. which can make us invisible for a long time from the enemy's radar. Most of the things are finalized now it's time for action.
•••
`bang`
`bang`
Peeking at shooting mark paper I give a thumbs-up to myself.
'9.3 and a bullseye'
this is a new record I believe.
there is still a little period left to start carrying out the mission so I came shooting site for a little warm-up and try to test out my skills but I got a new record huh.
"you know you have very brilliant eyesight you can become a Shooter "
an enthusiastic voice comes from behind me.
I turn my head behind me and find a lengthy individual with a cleanly shaved face. He seems to be my age but I know this man is at least 5 years older than me. I stood up immediately and saluted the captain of the beta squad.
"Calm down, Vikram. Do you presume that I have come here to trouble you?"
Aman asks me with a mischievous smile on his face.
knowing him I comprehend he just come here to have some free time. I know him because Both of us are fans of pop culture that does not common in our age group or more likely it is because of the army. Well, I am still only 24 years old so it is. Probably because of the army culture.
shifting my thought to the current situation.
I said no with a firm stand.
he let out a small sigh.
"you are too serious today."
he said in a low voice.
he reaches to my side and places his hand on the railing.
"So what do you think? about this mission."
"It's put into action too prematurely. probably higher-ups are under too much pressure."
I said with a blank face.
He let out a chuckle and said
"Well, I know you are to going say something like that. examine it"
he let out a syringe filled with grey liquid. taking the syringe in my hand I try to find out what he wants to comprehend for me.
"Is this some kind of a drug, I do not know you are a drug dealer"
"I am not"
he said somewhat in a furious tone.
"it's given to us by Colonel."
"Colonel Prithvi, I don't think he is that kind of man he looks very strict, and by 'us' do you mean my captain also has this drug"
"Colonel Prithvi is a strict man"
he said in a somewhat frightened tone.
" and no one selling drugs"
"yea yea sorry"
I said with a Grin on my face.
"so tell me what it is"
he tells me with a tired look
"Do you know that movie where a normal boy becomes a super soldier? it's something like that, it stops bleeding and also numbs the pain of its user. well, it does not make them handsome or give any power to them but it is still useful."
A surprised look come to my face after hearing the details from Aman.
"If this is the case, then why was this drug given to you? What are the high-ups thinking, in such an important mission, they are giving such drugs to the team captain, what will happen if its technology is somehow known to the neighboring country?"
"Calm down my brother, this is not so important, our army has more advanced things than this, about which even I don't know. You shouldn't concern about it falling into the hands of the enemy."
he says in a stammering voice.
I wanted to know more about this drug, but seeing the expression on Captain's face, I stopped.
"Captain, do you have any order to inform us about this? Or more likely you are under orders not to tell us anything about them."
He created a blunder.
standing still I waited for the anticipated response.
"hey Vikram doesn't tell anyone what I just said"
He said in an ordering tone.
Taking the syringe in my hand to his hands, he ran to the armory.
examining his back I don't figure out
who is more idiot this captain or the science and technology department of the military?
I come out of my thoughts and turn my head towards the sky, today the sky is very normal as if it has nothing to do with what is happening below.
After the final briefing, we are heading to take off soon.
Taking a deep breath, I prepared myself for what was to come.
••••
I'm in a dark room that's giving me the vibes of Batman's Batcave. An enormous table is placed in the center of the big room, on which a forest is being projected through a three-dimensional high-tech projector. a two-story wooden house is situated in the middle of that forest, and the process of making it in the middle of the forest is questionable to me.
putting both his hands on the edge of the table, Colonel Prithvi is looking at the 3D forest produced on the table with a keen eye.
"What if our neighboring enemy country already knows about our mission, how much chances are there for our information to leak out?"
ask Captain Ajit.
"There is no chance."
Colonel Prithvi says in his angry voice.
shifting my helmet for more comfort, I examined around all the soldiers in the room. Most of the men will get on the mission with me right now. only a few hours ago, there was nervousness on the faces of all of them, which has now turned into seriousness and pure perfectionism.
We're all dressed in black, which will give us a clear advantage in the dark and all of us are wearing high-grade lightweight bulletproof armor. the IMI Tavor TAR-21 assault rifle is being used by both parties for this mission, which is very lethal in close-quarters fights. I have kept Glock 17 of my favorites as an additional gun whit a sharp dagger.
A 3D face is displayed on the top of the plain, looking at that face I can say that this person's age is similar to my age. He looks like a normal boy whom the Granny of the locality coaxes to do their household work.
pointing his finger at the 3D photo being projected Colonel Prithvi said.
"his name is Rustum, he is the right-hand of LAT head Aslam Alzari. Our intelligence agency has proof that he was involved in both of these attacks. But even if we present this evidence on the international forum, our neighboring country will try its best to save him. So your task is to apprehend him and carry him to our country or dispatch him to hell."
Oh! granny seems to be a bit more dangerous.
"After reaching there you will have two and a half hours in which you have to kill all the terrorists. Your target is to complete this mission with zero loss or else my file will get tainted. so if even one of you dies, trust me, I will make you feel like hell even in heaven."
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND"
said the colonel with a loud voice.
"YES SIR"
all the soldiers shouted out loudly.
"NOW LET'S GO"
we sprinted out of the chamber with determined expressions.
••••
'it's dark outside '
Darting at the sky, I recollected that today is a new moon. there are only stars in the Sky.
members of both squads are slowly running toward the two helicopters on the ground.
While running someone comes from behind
me and tries to hit me on the back preassuming date what he is going to do I turn back and hold his hand with mine.
Scrutinizing at the smiling faces of men I Sigh insidely.
"what do you want now Hassan sir"
if he is not my senior in age and job, I would have given him a classic 'sword in the throat' a long time ago.
He says glancing at his hand which I still hold
"Your reflexes are truly monstrous. you know junior"
Letting his hand go I do not say anything to him.
"take this"
he gives me a bag whose weight is not that high. doesn't comprehend what he wanted to do with this I tried to ask him but before I say anything he said.
"the captain gives this to me and says to deliver it to someone who is good at handling things And don't you say tomorrow that you are good at handling messy things?"
'The meaning of both terms is different.'
knowing that with further debates with this guy, I am nothing going to achieve I start running toward the helicopter.
not acquiring the expressions he wanted to get. he clicked his tongue and also start running toward the helicopter with me.
reaching at helicopter all of us enter in them.
With a blaze in our hearts starts flying toward our destination.