10:30pm
WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
"Mr. President this is worse than we thought" General Kane said
"What happened?" he asked
"Nigerian soldiers entered the disaster struck zone, they lost contact with them and over 24 hours none has returned or made contact" General Kane said
"Do you have the man you talked about?" President asked
"Yes sir I do"
"Good, please deploy them and find every American citizen in that building"
"Yes sir"
"Let them go in with the best weapons we have" he said
"They will sir but I think this situation is more than just weapons… there is more to this but you don't have to worry sir, we will get things under control in a short time"
"I really hope so" President said…
MILITARY BASE, WASHINGTON DC
A red car parks by a football pitch, a young man stepped out with a black traveling bag, he walked over to a lady sitting on a bench watching soldiers jogging and singing, she had a pair of ear pods plugged into her ears; it was Bonnie
"Hello" Michael said, she looked at him then removed the ear pods
"Hello" she replied
"You are Lieutenant Bonnie" he said
"Yeah how did you know" she asked
"Heard a lot about your bravery" he said
"Thank you" she said
"I'm Michael… Staff Sergeant Michael Cooper" he stretched his arm to her
"Nice to meet you Mike" she shook his hand.
Two power bikes drove close and parked, they got down from their bikes and took off their helmets, it was Travis and Lawrence, and they walked towards Michael and Bonnie
"Hey Mickey Mouse" Lawrence said; Michael knew them quite well, Travis was a focused and strong soldier, a boxer, he was very interested in winning the national boxing championship, he had been trying for a while now and wasn't ready to stop, if he wasn't boxing he was out in the army or hanging out with Lawrence. Lawrence had always been known as a clown in the military and he was a strong soldier too and had been with West on all his tours, he was also known to be a lover of women
"You think you are funny" Michael said
"Watch your mouth boy" Lawrence said
"Leave the kid alone" Travis said
"Hey I'm not a kid" Michael said
"Of cause you ain't no kid, you are a teenager" Lawrence said and Travis laughed, Lawrence looked at Bonnie
"Hello brown skin Lieutenant" Lawrence said to Bonnie
"Been a while I had a talk with black girl… white girls been all over me" Lawrence said
"Jesus Lawrence shut up" Travis said, Bonnie plugged back her ear pods in her ears
"Seriously? You saw what she just did" Lawrence said to Travis
"You are suppose to be in a circus cage" a voice said and they turned to see two Korean-Chinese guys, Lee and John; John and Lee share a deep brotherly friendship, the other never goes anywhere without the other
"What the fuck you say to me?" Lawrence said walking to John but Travis stopped him
"No, allow me man… let me fuck up his kung fu face" Lawrence said, John smiled and whispered something to Lee who laughed
"Trust me you don't want to fight him" Travis said
"And why?" Lawrence asked
"Your muscles ain't shit bro" Travis said
"What the fuck you saying?" Lawrence said
"I'm saying that dude gonna fuck you up bro" Travis said, Michael chuckled
"It's good to see you all getting along" West said, they looked at him
"Hey Colonel" Michael said
"We getting along just fine" Travis said
"Alright then, come with me" he said and moved, they followed…
Colonel West standing with General Kane
"You ready West?" Kane asked
"Yeah… they are waiting" West said
"Alright let's go meet them" General said and they left the room.
General Kane came out to meet six men, they all got up and saluted, General wasn't pleased with the numbers, he wasn't sure of what they were about to face in Africa but he felt this number just wasn't it
"West can I speak to you alone?" General Kane said
"Sure" they both walked away
"What am I looking at?" General Kane asked
"What do you mean?" West asked
"Come on West… I was expecting a lot of men"
"Come on General, you know me" West said
"Yes I do but this is not like those tours, this is different" General said
"General, each man you see is worth 50, so I have here 300 men" West said
"Oh don't give me that boring Hyperbole"
"General, this is my Salvation Army" West said, General Kane was silent for awhile—he had trust in West
"Alright then" he said and they returned to the men
"Alright guys, this is General Kane" West said and they stood up
"General this is Michael Copper, Staff Sergeant and a unique soldier, this is Second Lieutenant Lawrence Stone, a smart soldier, this is Second Lieutenant Travis Hill, good with his hands and my best sniper, Second Lieutenant John Cheng and Lee Long, you know them already, and Lieutenant Bonnie Eastwood, you know her already"
"Not impressed though… but your plane is ready… brief them on the mission" General said
"Alright guys, we have a mission in Nigeria" West said then turned to a screen and showed the map of Nigeria, zoomed in on the south east and into Imo state
"Couple of years ago, the United states government set up a large health center in eastern Nigeria, in a town known as Orodo in Imo state known as Carl Berg for the combating of the spreading Ebola virus and over the years the purpose of the health center grew but of recent there has been a sudden disaster in that town and all efforts to make contacts with American officials at Carl Berg has been negative, contacts with people in town has also been negative… it was like the town never had people in it" West explained
"But what the hell happened?" Lee asked
"According to information, there has been a mysterious earthquake and people have all gone missing, police search and rescue also went missing in its attempt to save" West said, there was worry on the face of everyone
"That's some mysterious shit right there" Travis said
"Our mission is to locate the American hospital Reynolds on the east, infiltrate, search and rescue then we move out immediately, this should be a piece of cake because we will be armed with the best guns. We will work with time and there will be a couple of helicopters waiting to take the rescued… we should round this up in nothing more than 24 hours, are we clear?" West asked
"Yes sir" they responded
"You all have a first class flight to Nigeria… go get the job done" General Kane said
"Alright boys… go get prepared, we live for Nigeria tomorrow at 6 hundred" West said; they headed out.
West looked at General Kane who didn't look to satisfied
"General, you have nothing to worry about… we will get this done" West assured
"I do trust you West… but I just… I have a weird feeling about this mission" Kane said
"I know it's weird, the whole mystery" West said
"(sighs) There is much more to this West, I just feel it… do not underestimate this" Kane said
"I never do" West said
"I'll see tomorrow Colonel" General Kane share a hand shake with West and left…
It was 8pm, West pulled up on the front door of Bonnie's house, he pushed the bell and she opened and smiled at him, she noticed he had a bottle of wine in his hand
"I just felt we could have a drink night before tomorrow" he said
"Drink night? What is that?" she laughed then gave way for him to come in.
West entered into the house and straight into the living room, he could smell a nice meal being cooked in the kitchen
"Hmmm, that smells good" he said
"I prepared some Spag, I have some bacon on the gas getting ready and here you came with a wine… the night is set" she said
"Oh yes… what a coincidence" he said and she walked to the kitchen
"So what's up with you Colonel" she said from the kitchen
"Nothing much" he got up and entered the kitchen with her
"Just being here and there, doing this and that" he said as he rested on the cabinet while she served the meal on the table
They both had dinner and relaxed in the living room beside each other talking about the army as they laughed then silence followed
"You know Bonnie…" he paused
"What" she asked with a sift voice as they looked at each other
"I don't know what I would do without you" he said and she smiled
"You bring me so much comfort and peace… and these day I can't really…" he didn't finish before she kissed him, they both kissed deeply and passionately, they were so into the kiss that both could tell that this moment had been long overdue, she got on top of him as they kissed, he grabbed her waist and his hands moved to her ass, he lifted her up as they kissed, they headed into the room and clothes went off and their smooth bodies rubbed against each other as they kissed; he had that athletic physique—the sexual excitement had built up in both of them and then they were on the bed as he kissed her lips, her jaw and then her neck, he proceeded down to her nipples as she lets out an exhalation of hot breath from her mouth with eyes closed, they enjoyed each other and they had sweet sex over the night…
It was past 11pm and Bonnie cuddled up to him and they both laid naked on the bed in silence, no regret whatsoever just a feeling that it should have happened sooner than now. West thought about telling Bonnie about his problem, there was the strong urge to say something but then he didn't want to ruin this moment, he just smiled and cuddled her closely and they slept.
Early that morning while they were both up at about 5am preparing to leave the house, Bonnie came into the room with a small box
"West?" she called
"Yeah?" he looked at her and saw her smiling, she walked over and handed him the box
"What's this?" he asked
"Open it" she said, he opened the box and saw neck chain with a fine tag that had his name
"Happy Birthday" she said
"Holy shit… it's my birthday?"
"Yeah… I knew you wouldn't remember" she said, he leaned in and kissed her
"Thank you" he smiled
"Let's not keep them waiting" she said
"(sighs) Yeah right" he agreed.
6:15am
Military Base
West and General Kane stood outside
"Take care of the boys Colonel" General Kane said
"Yes sir" West said
"One more thing" General Kane handed West a black box, West opened it to see a white desert eagle
"Waw… this is beautiful" West said
"Never fired it" General said, West looked at Kane
"Thank you" West said
"Happy birthday" General said
"You remembered" West chuckled
"Yes, can't believe you forgot your own birthday" General Kane said
"Thank you… Bonnie reminded me this morning" West said
"Bonnie… hmmm, you don't say" Kane said then smiled, West knew where he was going
"Don't start General" West said
"Son, do put a ring on that finger" General said and he smiled
"I have a job to finish" West changed the topic
"I thought of giving you a hug but… I want you back alive… and I want to be in attendance of that wedding" General Kane said and West chuckled
"Now go get the job done and bring the boys home like you always do" General said, West saluted and went on board the plane, General Kane walked away as the plane took off…