I realized that the AC-130 would be the first plane that the operators will see in the game. Since planes don't exist in Arknights, they may think of it as a flying ship.

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After 20 minutes have passed, the operators went back to their respective spots. A few brought some snacks and drinks incase anyone gets hungry or thirsty.

When all is set, Amiya went to the remote and press the button to the next scene.

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The screen begins with the Y.M.C. emblem showing up like always. When it was put to the left corner, the satellite tracks Lin's current position from the last mission. 

Then the emblem changes into the Rhodes island emblem accompanied with Amiya's name under it. 

"Alright, we're focusing on Rhodes Island again." Blaze said.

As the emblem was put to the left corner like the Y.M.C. emblem did, the satellite tracks their position back to Ursus with the inscriptions saying.

Located...
Amiya
22nd Rhodes Island

Southern Ursus
Day 2 - 03:02:35

"It looks like they're still in Ursus." Hellagur stated.

"Back to fighting Reunion." Absinthe said.

"Hold on, did that inscription said 'Day 2'?" Closure pointed out. "I swore that the last two missions with the Yanese, it was in Day 3." 

"Maybe this was before the Yanese invaded Drudge's nation." Doctor said.

"That makes sense." Amiya said.

"Wonder what's gonna happen in this scene?" Kroos asked.

"I don't know, but we'll see." Fang replied.

The satellite then zooms into the Blackhawk helicopter that was flying above the ground. Bagpipe's voice then spoke up.

"We've got Folinic! We're taking her to the safehouse in Wolumonde! E.T.A., Oh-seven hundred hours! Out!" Then the satellite shows the map of Leithania with the square highlighting the city of Wolumonde.

The satellite then went transparent as it pans to the Blackhawk helicopter filled with ten people as it made its way to Amiya.

"As far as i can see, i'm pretty sure the mission is gonna start with their helicopter being shot down." Steward spoke up.

"How can you tell?" Adnachiel asked.

"It's the only logical thing to happen. It's not like they're gonna be out of fuel mid-flight."

"On another note, they're heading towards Leithania - my birth country. Neat." Cardigan said.

"Do you...miss being there?" Melantha asked.

"Nope." The Perro simply said with a smile.

"Wolumonde." Closure said before turning to the mongoose. "You've been there before haven't you?"

"Y-Yeah, i did..." Folinic said, looking a bit sad.

"Why the long face?" Closure asked before realizing why. "Oh, it's about Atro isn't it?"

Folinic sighed with a nod, before recomposing herself. "But that's already in the past now. She had lived a good life."

The screen was white for a moment before it shows the audience from the perspective of Amiya once again. She was sitting in the same position as she was in Blackout, looking out of the beautiful night sky.

Ch'en was sitting infront of her with an arm on a handle, minding her own business. Amiya look to her left and see Bagpipe and Folinic doing fine on the seats. She also caught a glimpse of Yato and Noir corne by the left edge of the chopper.

Suddenly an alarm blared from the chopper.

"What the hell is that?" Ch'en said.

"What the bloody hell is that?" MW Ch'en said the same thing. Amiya then turn back to the right side of the chopper to see a missile closing in to them.

Ch'en's eyes wided. "Incoming missile! Hang on!" 

And just like that, the Missile hit the tail rotor of the chopper. Amiya's hearing was drowned out for a moment before she can hear clearly to see that the aircraft is now spinning around. 

"Huh, you were right." Adnachiel said to Steward.

"What i told you." Steward replied.

Amiya looked to her squadmates as they were gripping the seats, bracing for the impact. Amiya quickly did the same as she could hear one of the pilots shouting in the comms.

"Mayday, mayday! This is Hammer 6-4, we are going down, I repeat, we are going down, 2 miles south of Waypoint 5-" It was cut off when the helicopter finally crashed to the ground as Amiya's vision went black.

Some of the operators felt concerned of what just happened.

"Do you think they had survived?" Popukar asked.

"Well i could say it for Ch'en, Bagpipe, Amiya, and Folinic. But i'm not so sure about the rest." Spot said.

"I hope we survived." Barty said. "It'll suck if i was dead right away even when i just got introduced.

"Same." Noir Corne and Yato said in unison.

"Hope I'm alive aswell..." Chard said.

A few seconds have passed and the audience could see Amiya regaining her vision. When she was slowly opening her eyes, they could see that she landed a few feet away from the crash. 

Near the crashed helicopter, she could see the figures of Ch'en, Bagpipe, Folinic, Yato, and Noir Corne. 

Noir sighed in relief. "Good. We survived."

"It seems like you all are." Rangers said.

Barty then observed and noticed that he wasn't there. "Wait, where's me?"

"Or me." Chard chimed in, also noticing he was not next to the crash. 

"Hmm, maybe you two are out of her sights." Yato said, kind of hoping the squad all survived.

Ch'en then noticed that Amiya's waking up as she ran up to her. Amiya's vision went black for a moment before she hears Ch'en right infront of her.

"You're still in one piece. Get up." She said before they were interrupted by a large explosion coming from the chopper. "Come on, we need to get moving before the search parties get here." Ch'en then help her stand back up.

When Amiya got back up to her feet, Ch'en went back to the squad all while Amiya pulled out a new pistol - the M1911 .45 . Though it's appearance wasn't something like the USP 45 or the T75 pistol. Instead this pistol looked like it was very old.

"The hell is that?" Spot spoke up, observing the old looking pistol. 

"It's a pistol." Catapult stated the obvious.

"Yeah, i know that. But why the hell it looks so old and antique? Doesn't look great." 

"Well i think it looks good." Franka said, with a few agreeing with her.

"You shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, Spot." Vulcan said. "Who knows the pistol would do as good as the previous ones we saw."

Spot just rolled his eyes with a shrug.

Amiya then joined in with the survivors as Ch'en asked. "Casualty report?" 

Bagpipe spoke up. "Both of our pilots are dead, sir."

"Bugger..." Ch'en replied, solemnly.

Amiya then look over to see Bagpipe and Folinic were by the two dead bodies of the pilots, with Folinic crouching down to take one of their dog tags. She then glanced to Yato and Noir corne. The latter was taking care of the former's injuries which were gladly to be minor.

However, there were no sights of Barty or Chard anywhere. 

"Well, looks like you two are ok." Dylan said to the two masked onis.

"But where's us?" Barty asked before a concerning thought come to his mind. "We're not dead are we?"

"No, i don't think so." Noir Corne said. "If you guys were dead, then Bagpipe would've added you guys to the casualty report."

"Oh, good." Barty felt relaxed.

"If we're alive, then where did we go?" Chard asked.

"Maybe you guys were scouting the area after the crash." Steward spoke up to them.

"That makes sense." Yato replied.

Ch'en then spoke up. "Alright, the extraction point's not far from here. Let's move out." The squad obliged. Yato and Noir Corne went to pick up a G36C and an M4A1 lying on the ground near the wreckage. There was also an MP5.

Seeing that it was the only weapon left, Amiya went ahead and pick it up. 

"I would've give her the rifle i have." Noir corne said, feeling a bit guilty that his alternate self stole the stronger gun and left her with a small SMG. 

"That's fine, Noir Corne." Amiya assured. "Besides, i think the MP5 suits with me more."

With all the squad loaded up and ready, they followed Ch'en down a pathway. Just then Baseplate - AKA Closure, spoke up from the radio.

"Bravo Six, this is Baseplate. The Columbians are bringing in AC-130 Gunship support and they're on the way, but it will take some time before they will be in a position to assist, over."

"Copy. Bravo Six, out." Ch'en replied.

"Looks like i'm back again." Closure said with a smile.

"And it seems the Columbians are here for their support." Dobermann pointed out.

"Wait, what did she just said? Was it something about an AC-130?" Doctor asked.

"I think it was." Kal'tsit replied. "Now i am wondering what is this AC-130 she is speaking of that the Columbians have?"

"She did say it was a gunship." Hellagur stated. 

"Gunship? You think it is like those helicopters that the Yanese had?" Beehunter questioned, thinking back to the scene where the two choppers annihilated the building. 

"Maybe. But i doubt a single gunship would be helpful to the squad." Folinic said after noticing how Reunion could take that helicopter down with a simple small missile.

"Or it could be a bigger helicopter...with bigger guns!" W exclaimed, already imagining what this 'AC-130' would look like and how it would perform. Hopefully it'll be enough to satisfy her.

"An AC-130, eh? Haven't worked with one of those in a while." Bagpipe commented.

"Keep a low profile. Let's stay out of trouble." Ch'en said.

They then reached the end of the pathway near a bridge where there were two more Rhodes Island operatives waiting for them. They were Chard and Barty.

"There's us!" Barty pointed out.

"Neat." Chard smiled under his mask.

"I was right again. You two did went ahead to scout the area." Steward said.

"I'm glad we're all still alive, aside from those two pilots though." Noir corne said.

"Their deaths won't be in vain." Yato replied, getting some nods.

"Sir. Vehicles coming from the north." Barty informed to the squad.

"Get under that bridge - move it." Ch'en ordered, pointing to the bridge on their left. The squad make pace to the bridge as two trucks were heard coming to them.

"It's just two vehicles, though. What's the problem with that?" Cardigan said.

"Maybe they have a helicopter too." Steward wondered.

As the squad made it under a bridge, a helicopter was heard from above as its spotlight was seen scanning the area for them.

Steward stayed silent when he was right yet again. The third time in the row in just two minutes in the mission.

The others were also in disbelief. "Okay, are you a psychic?" Sesa asked, curious.

"N-no. I'm not!" Steward quickly replied raising both of his hands.

"Then how the hell you figured out the events and the actions three times?" Cardigan questioned.

"I just guessed, okay?"

Since there now about 8 people, the underway of the bridge was a bit crowded. Thankfully, the spotlight from the helicopter went away, prompting the Rhodes Island operatives to get out.

"Alright, let's move." Ch'en said as they all got out of the underway. They then turn left to the back door of a wooden garage of a small home.

Just then, they heard voices.

"This place is a dump. Hahahaha." A voice said in Ursine, presumably from a Reunion soldier commenting about the home.

"Reunion is here." Absinthe said.

"Hold up." Ch'en said as they all stopped infront of the door. "We've got company." She then silently open the door as the squad slowly went inside.

The garage seems empty, but their attention was focused on what is happening up front. A truck was parked infront of the door as the audience could see Reunion soldiers disembarking the vehicle and walk towards the house.

Folinic and Barty went up the stairs while Amiya and the rest stayed on the first floor. The Cautus went closer to the door to see what is going on.

There she saw a fat middle-aged Ursine man going outside of his house and walked towards the Reunion soldiers. It looks like that he is the owner of the house and he wasn't expecting the soldiers' arrival.

"What is going on here? What do you want?" The farmer asked.

Then one of the soldiers went to the old man and forcefully put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't play dumb. We know you're hiding them somewhere." He said while harassing the old man by shaking him a few times while raising up his fist at him as a threat.

The operators frowned at that behavior.

"Tch, how rude of him, even to your own countrymen?" Dobermann said.

"Old man doesn't look like he could even fight back." Blaze said.

"Yeah, he looks pretty vulnerable." Bagpipe said.

"Bullying the weak..." Hellagur said shaking his head slowly. Soldiers shouldn't do that to the civilians, let alone to their own countrymen.

"Hiding? Who?" The farmer asked again now feeling intimidated by the soldiers.

"You have Victorian soldiers in there?" The soldier asked back while gesturing his head to his house. 

"Victorian?" The farmer raised an eyebrow in confusion. 

The soldier sputtered and shoved the man. "You're wasting my time."

"They should save the man." Fang suggested.

"But that's gonna blow their cover." Lava argued.

"Better than watching an innocent man getting killed." Kroos said.

"Alright, let's top these bastards before they kill the old man." Ch'en said, getting some smiles from the audience knowing they're gonna save him.

 Amiya obliged and aimed her MP5 to the soldier harassing the man. The soldier had enough of the farmer and pulled out his sidearm to shoot him. This prompted Amiya to immediately pull the trigger and kill the soldier. 

This alerted the rest of the soldiers as they turned to the garage and opened fire at the Rhodes island operators, in which they all returned fire to them. Meanwhile the farmer bolted out from the gunfire and went back inside to the safety of his house.

Both Ch'en and Bagpipe kicked the garage door open with Yato and Noir moving out to take down the Reunion forces. Two of them were hiding in the truck, but Amiya went around from the left side and quickly dispatched them.

There were still one soldier left and he was hiding near the house infront of a barrel. He tried to shoot, but Folinic put him down with a few bullets of her AK74u.

After the short firefight, the area was clear, in which Bagpipe stated. "Area clear."

"Alright, let's keep moving." Ch'en said.

"I'm glad the old man is safe." Folinic said.

"True. I don't understand why civilians always had to be roped into wars like this." Blaze said.

"It's no different to what Ursus does here, including to the infected." Hellagur stated.

The squad then hop over a fence as they walk through a large farmfield. When they were halfway out into the field, the helicopter from before came back with its spotlight. 

"Spotlight. Hit the deck!" Ch'en exclaimed.

The squad immediately dive down to the ground as the helicopter stopped right above them as it was searching the field with its spotlight. The operators were using the grass as camouflage, though it seems like it won't do well - they hoped it can cover them enough from the spotlight.

"Are they gonna get caught?" Kroos asked, concerned.

"They won't be caught, hopefully." Liskarm said.

"I think they might so." Steward replied, getting some glances from his team.

"Do not jinx it..." Cardigan said.

"Stay down... Stay down." Ch'en slowly said as the spotlight then shined into their position. With the grass surrounding them, the chopper was unable to spot the operators.

Though this wasn't the case for Amiya. After she was ordered to dive down, she wasn't laying down beneath the grass, making her to be exposed. Seeing that the helicopter was focusing on the others, Amiya tried to slowly crawl into the grass.

Suddenly, the spotlight immediately shifted to her position while she was crawling.

Amiya was caught.

Spotting her, the gunner from the chopper opened fire at her, prompting the Cautus to stand up and run. Seeing that one of them was caught, Ch'en cursed. "Bloody hell, they're onto us. Get to cover! Move!"

"Well there goes stealth." Noir corne said in dissapointment.

Steward stayed silent again before turning to his team, and as expected, Cardigan frowned at him.

"You and your big mouth." She said.

Steward want to raise his voice, but he gave it up and just stayed silent.

Meanwhile Amiya put a hand on her face with her head raised down. She felt embarrassed of how her alternate self manage to blew her squad's cover.

She then felt a hand touching her shoulder. She look up to see it was from the Doctor.

"Hey, don't be embarrassed. You just didn't expect the spotlight to spot you that quick." Doctor assured.

"Besides, she's not even you." Closure said.

"I know, but i'm starting to feel a bit connected with our alternate selves." Amiya explained. "Sure, there different than how we usually act, but i feel like they're still people. Just ones that really resembles like us."

"You know what, i can see that." Doctor said.

However Closure shrugged. "Eh, i really don't."

"It'll take time." The Cautus respond to her.

The team went for a sprint into the house infront of them while evading the bullets coming from the heli. Just then, angry Ursine shouts were heard from behind.

When the team made it to the house, Amiya turned around to see the trucks from before stopping behind the fences as dozens of Reunion soldiers disembarked and fired at the Rhodes Island operatives.

"Contact six o'clock." Bagpipe said.

"Return fire!" Ch'en ordered.

"Can this get any worse?" Adnachiel said.

Steward was about to respond, but he was immediately tackled by Cardigan as she covered his mouth.

W, Melantha, Sesa, Vulcan, and Adnachiel glanced at the Perro girl and Vulpo boy thrashing around.

The Sarkaz girl chuckled while the A4 leader sighed before turning to Adna.

"I hope not." Melantha answered, glancing back to her two squadmates.

Doing what Ch'en ordered, the operators fired back at the Reunion forces. Amiya took cover behind a bulldozer with Yato and Bagpipe. The rest of the squad took cover behind the haystacks or barrels.

Amiya then fired her MP5 to the incoming Reunion forces. Though she didn't manage to hit them all since her gun has only iron sights and the enemy were feets away from their position. 

An ACOG sight would've been useful.

Some of the soldiers were seen vaulting over the fence and make their way to the squad. They were quickly dispatched since they were out of cover and were out of the open. The eight operators killed as many of the enemy forces as they could, but there are so many of them.

It took a turn of worse to the operatives when the heli started dropping off more soldiers while the gunner had them pinned down.

"Well that's just great." Swire sarcastically said.

"Is it me or does the enemy are always coming in many numbers?" Hoshiguma said. "First it was Drudge's forces, and now Reunion trying to take down a small squad of soldiers."

"And they all die in droves." Beehunter added.

"It isn't too different of how we had faced Reunion back in Lungmen." Ch'en said, remembering dozens of Reunion soldiers trying to take down a small number of trained LGD members, the latter coming up victorious.

"Chernobog too." Doctor spoke up. So many Reunion forces had died trying to take down Rhodes Island.

"Well, Rhodes Island operators are more trained than they were." Kal'tsit stated.

"Or maybe cus they have plot armor." Catapult whispered to her team.

Spot let out a chuckle. "You're speaking my word there."

Ch'en knew they cannot hold back against these waves of Reunion forces, so she had to advise a plan to escape. Luckily for her, there was a door that leads to the basement of the house right next to them.

"Bagpipe, we'll hold them off. Get that basement door open now!" She ordered to the vouivre.

"I'm on it!" Bagpipe responded as she then head over to the basement door and tried her best to open it. While that was happening, Amiya turn back to the field and saw that more Reunion soldiers are crossing over the fence and ran towards the farmfield.

Amiya shot one down that was very close to their position. She duck back down when the heli gunner starts firing at her. 

"Would be a good time to have one of those RPGs." Sesa said.

"Or that Javelin weapon." W replied.

"You know, can't she just shoot the gunner of that heli?" Blaze queried.

"I don't think she can with an iron-sighted MP5." Greythroat said. "Besides, i think the gunner also has some sort of shield in that machine gun."

For about half a minute, the squad kept holding off the incoming reunion forces, though they begin to struggle of how many of them are approaching. Not to mention the gunner of the heli still got them pinned down.

Amiya could hear the sound of wood breaking behind her, which was from Bagpipe - still trying to open the door.

The vouivre finally spoke up. "The door's open, sir."

"Get in the house! Go! Go!" Ch'en exclaimed.

"About time." Bagpipe said.

Amiya turn back towards the basement door. Bagpipe went first followed by Yato, Folinic, and Noir corne. Barty and Chard were holding off the hostiles as Ch'en went next with Amiya tailing her.

She then saw Barty and Chard throwing two grenades each to the Reunion forces as they immediately ran to the door. When all of the operatives made it down, Ch'en quickly closed the door and locked it, preventing the Reunion soldiers to enter. 

"Now that was a close one." Amiya stated.

"Agreed." Bagpipe said. "If they stayed there for another minute, they would've been dead meat."

"But they still need to find a way out." Kal'tsit said. "By the looks of it, they're still surrounded."

Amiya looked around the basement as it was filled with various stuff that are pretty dirty. There were also several windows around room, but thankfully there were no Reunion soldiers peeking out of it.

Ch'en then spoke up. "Amiya, Yato. Take point and scout ahead for an exit." The cautus obliged as she and the oni went to the stairs that leads up to the house. 

Both of them went pass a window before bullets starts to shred it. Yato took cover and fired back to the Reunion forces while Amiya pressed on.

She went through the living room and went to another set of windows. She saw there were still Reunion forces outside, in which she took aim of her MP5 and fired at them.

Bagpipe, Yato, and Folinic catch up to the Cautus as they engaged the hostiles from the windows. Barty arrived aswell as he and Folinic covered the windows, prompting Amiya to search for an exit.

She, Bagpipe, and Yato went to the next room over, which has a door that leads outside.

"There is exit." Popukar said.

Just then, two Reunion forces went in from the door and fired at Amiya.

"And there's the enemy." Midnight pointed out.

The Cautus girl dispatched the two with ease. As she was about to go out to the door, one of the Reunion soldiers threw a flashbang inside.

"Flashbang!" Bagpipe exclaimed, but Amiya wasn't quick enough to evade it as the flashbang explodes with her vision going white.

"Oh no!" Kroos exclaimed when her fellow Cautus got flashed.

"She better take cover and fast." Blaze said.

"I don't think she can given that she can't see anything." W responded.

"Well neither do we!"

"So this is what being flashed feels like?" Spot said while Popukar insist him in covering her ears because of the ringing sound.

"Yep. It can be a pretty painful experience." Liskarm stated.

While Amiya couldn't see or hear anything from that flash, the audience could hear muffled gunfire and shouts.

After about a few long seconds, Amiya's vision is beginning to clear up. She found herself crouching down behind a turned table of the same room, and right infront of her was Bagpipe aiming her gun at the Cautus' left side. Presumably to the enemies.

Recomposing herself from that flash, she stood back up and turned to the door where the enemies were. But there's no one but Yato standing near three dead Reunion soldiers.

It took the audience a moment that when Amiya was flashed, Yato intervened and kill all the soldiers that blinded her.

"Hey, i think you just saved Amiya's life." Noir corne said with a smile under the mask while the female oni remained a bit surprised.

Amiya gave her a smile. "Thank you, Yato. On behalf of my alternate self."

"You're welcome." Yato replied.

After they dealt with the hostiles, the squad head outside of the house. The audience noticed that the environment went quiet now. No Ursine shouts coming from the Reunion soldiers nor the sounds of the blades of the Heli.

It appears that they left the area.

"It's too quiet...where the hell did they go?" Yato asked, a bit paranoid.

"They're probably regrouping. Trying to cut us off somewhere up ahead." Bagpipe said. 

"Seems like a good tactic." Dobermann acknowledged.

"They're gonna bring in more reinforcements, though." Franka said.

"Consider the amount of Reunion soldiers that were killed, it won't be that big a' deal." Spot said.

The squad then move up to a farmstead behind the house that seems to be abandoned, probably because of the ongoing civil war and that Reunion had possibly driven out the inhabitants of this place.

Though some of the audience felt paranoid seeing this abandoned area without seeing any activity going on, nor hearing any sounds other than the footsteps coming from the squad.

"Stay sharp." Ch'en said as the squad cautiously move up to the farmstead with their weapons raised.

Suddenly they heard dogs barking followed by more Ursine shouts. 

"They've got company." Dylan said.

"No fucking shit, man." Chard replied.

"And they have dogs too?" Franka said. "That's gonna be a pain."

When Amiya went to the center of the road, she saw several Reunion soldiers and a dog coming toward the squad. She opened fire, managing to kill the dog and two soldiers.. When she was reloading her MP5, another dog came out of the left corner and charge at the cautus.

Quickly, Amiya took out her M1911 and shot the dog a few times before it drops down dead. She then fired her pistol to the Reunion soldiers before taking cover and reload. 

"I told you that pistol can come in handy." Vulcan said to Spot.

"Eh, it was just a dog." The Rebbah simply stated.

More Reunion soldiers begin to show up as the squad return fire at them. The audience could hear more hounds barking. Like they expected, three hounds showed up and attack the squad. 

Ch'en and Noir Corne quickly dealt with the two, however the last hound was quick enough to pounce on Yato. 

The oni dropped to the ground as she struggled against the hound, trying to bite her neck. Amiya saw this and shot the hound with her MP5, saving Yato.

"Hey, you returned the favor." Doctor said to Amiya.

"Guess she did." Amiya smiled to her MW self.

Noir corne meanwhile chuckled seeing his team leader getting pounced by a simple dog. "Wow you got pounced just like that? I thought you had that combat experience."

Yato only glared at him through her mask in which the male oni then stopped, composing himself.

After dealing with the soldiers, the squad press on to the village. Ch'en went ahead of the road accompanied with Bagpipe, Yato, and Noir Corne.

Amiya meanwhile went to the left with Barty, Chard, and Folinic. Several Reunion soldiers appeared but they were quickly dealt with. More gunfire erupted from their front, presumably from Ch'en's team encountering the bulk of the platoon.

Amiya turned to see a staircase leading to one of the rooftops. She then head over the stairs with Chard following her. After the two got up, they got a clear view of the whole farmstead. 

There were about 15 hostiles present, all firing at each of the squad. They were hiding behind the cars or anything that provides them cover.

"15 enemies? That's a lot." Franka commented.

"Not by that much, but yes." Dobermann replied. 

"Easy pickings to me." W said. "Just threw some grenades and 'boom!' All dead."

Like what W had said, MW Amiya saw that some of the enemies were group together in 2s or 3s. Perfect targets for her grenades in which she still has four in total. While the enemies were distracted with the rest of the squadron on the ground, she unpinned one of her frag grenades and threw it to three of the soldiers, killing them all.

Some of the enemies turn their attention to Amiya and Chard at the rooftop. The former equipped her MP5 and return fire to the hostiles. She then saw Folinic and Bagpipe moving in, trying to flank the hostiles while they were occupied.

The two managed to take out four of the hostiles. Amiya joined in as she took out two more enemies with her SMG. Chard took aim and killed one of the soldiers. Ch'en threw a flashbang at a group of three hostiles, blinding them. Then she and Barty took them out.

This now leaves two Reunion soldiers. Both whom were already took down by the Onis. After all of that, the area is now clear.

"Awesome teamwork there, guys." Closure spoke out.

"It's no biggie, but thanks." Amiya respond.

"You can't lie though, that was great. All of you even got kills." Doctor said.

"Isn't it a bit weird of how even with firearms, Reunion still couldn't kill a small group of enemies?" Beehunter queried .

"It's not about the firearms, dear girl. No matter what weapons you have, it is the tactics that matters more." Hellagur stated.

"With that thought, a bowman could sure beat a man with a firearm." Rangers said.

"Yes, but can also be a no." Noir Corne replied.

Amiya and Chard head back down the stairs and regroup with the rest of the squad. They passed by the dead bodies of the Reunion soldiers as they all head over to the exit door of the farmstead.

"Hold on - the helicopter's back." Bagpipe spoke up as the group stopped for a moment. Then the heli appeared infront with its spotlight shining to the ground. 

"That can't be good."  Melantha said.

"They better stay out of sight." Cardigan said, whilst still covering Steward's mouth - in which the Vulpo tried to break free of it, but she kept a strong grip at him.

Though the helicopter literally went pass from where they are, so they're currently safe. 

"It doesn't look like they know where we are. Let's keep it that way." Ch'en said before opening the door as they all exit the farmstead. "Alright, let's press on. Move."

The squad then move up to a nearby river that leads to the field up ahead. Amiya tailed behind Ch'en and Bagpipe as they all move up near the vegetation of the river.

Ch'en then ordered the squad behind her to stop as she said. "Hold up, sentries on the bridge up ahead." 

Amiya look to the bridge to see the truck driving out of their view. Just then the helicopter came back with its spotlight shining to the river. 

"Stay out of the spotlight." Ch'en said.

"Oh this isn't good." Kroos said.

"Don't worry, i think the bushes they're standing on could camouflaged them." Fang assured.

The squad stayed put on the vegetation as the spotlight reaches the river they were at, inches away near the squad. Good thing they weren't spotted because of the bushes.

The spotlight then left the river, prompting the squad to get out of the bushes. "Let's move, but stay low." Ch'en ordered.

The squad obliged as they all move up from the river and into the field. Though the bad news is that the field was occupied by a good portion of Reunion soldiers searching for the Rhodes Island operatives.

"Well this just got worse." Swire said.

"Yeah i don't think it's possible to sneak away." Hoshiguma concurred.

"There are those big haystacks in the field though." Folinic pointed out. "They can use those for cover."

"It may not work well." Closure doubted.

"Let's wait and see the outcome." Kal'tsit said.

The squad stayed low as they cautiously move up to the field. They either hide behind the haystacks or prone down to the grass while the Reunion forces were searching the area. 

Slowly but surely, the ops were making their way to the village up front, still hidden from the Reunion forces. Though some of the audience think this wouldn't last long as the closer the squad gets, the more enemies were present.

"Are they gonna get caught?" Kroos asked in concern.

"N-no. They probably won't be." Steward spoke up after swiping Cardigan's hand away.

"Oh really?" The perro raised her eyebrow.

"Come on, Merry. I said a good thing for the squad and you still doubt me?" 

"Just to make sure..."

Steward sighed and turn back to the screen.

It seems well for the operators as they haven't got caught yet. Amiya then head over between two haystacks that is good for cover. There was an enemy upfront aswell.

Barty and Bagpipe joined with her as they hide behind the haystacks. Though their movement let out some sounds that gained the attention of one of the enemies. 

He shined his flashlight to their position. Amiya quickly went prone while Barty and Bagpipe lay low. Not knowing if the enemy stopped looking, Bagpipe took a peek to check. But when she did, the enemy saw her with his flashlight.

"I see the enemy! They're in the field!" The soldier yelled to his comrades as he pull out his SMG and starts firing at them.

"We're compromised! Open fire!" Bagpipe shouted as she stood up and kill the spotter. Though because of that, the Reunion forces in the field were now aware of their presence as they all fire at them.

"Really?! They got caught!?" Steward said, incredulously.

"Ha! You were wrong this time." Cardigan laughed.

"Man, Stealth is not on their side here." Noir corne said.

"Shame too." Greythroat responded. "Hopefully we'll get a mission that focuses solely on stealth."

"Agreed. It would be interesting." Amiya concurred.

"Not for me though..." W muttered, not liking that fact since it means the characters won't use explosions and other loud stuff.

"Return fire and head to the far end of the field! Move!" Ch'en ordered. The squad make pace to the field as they fight off the Reunion forces. 

Amiya went for a sprint and hip fired her MP5 to two soldiers behind some haystacks. She stop to reload as she sees the rest of her squad running across the field, some stopping behind the haystacks for cover.

The Reunion forces were quickly dealt with by the eight of them. They then made it out of the field next to a destroyed home. 

"Watch out for the helicopter!" Ch'en shouted as the Heli came back, the gunner begin to fire at the operators.

"Man, they don't just give up, huh?" Blaze said.

"They gotta take cover fast." Bagpipe said.

"Maybe that greenhouse could work." Vulcan pointed out.

Amiya turn to the greenhouse, knowing that it could be great use for cover. She then take point to the building with Ch'en and Bagpipe on her tail. 

When they got in the greenhouse, the audience could see the interior was a bit of a mess with gardening equipment and various debris everywhere. However the plants were doing just fine.

"Nice looking greenhouse." Closure commented.

"Perfurmer would hate how it looks, but would love the plants here." Folinic said.

"Especially Flamebringer." Doctor chimed in. "He do knows his plants very well."

"I can't believe a man like him would be interested in some silly plants." W said.

"Looks can be deceiving." Sesa respond.

As they went in the greenhouse, they were immediately fired upon by the Reunion forces from the other side. The squad duck for cover and return fire. Amiya peeked out from the other entrance of the greenhouse and threw a flashbang.

When it exploded, she move up to the shack on the right whilst avoiding the gun shots coming from the helicopter. She ran inside and killed the Reunion occupant before looking over to the fight.

The enemies she managed to blind were killed by her comrades as a few of them left were taking cover behind the dumpsters and from the other shack. Amiya took aim and shot one of them dead. 

She shift back to cover and reload her SMG. Just then, one of the soldiers threw a grenade to her. Not having the time to throw it back, she bolted out of the shack just as the grenade exploded.

"That was close." Amiya sighed in relief.

Bagpipe and Noir Corne dealt with the remaining enemies as the squad then went up to the next greenhouse. There were about three enemy soldiers inside the greenhouse. Amiya quickly toss a grenade in as it exploded, killing the soldiers whilst breaking some of the glass windows.

When the squad head in the building, the Heli gunner tried to shoot at them through the roof of the greenhouse, but to no avail.

The squad then head out of the second greenhouse after killing a few Reunion soldiers up front. As the squad went left, The audience saw that they are now in some kind of complex that acted as an outpost for the Reunion forces.

Trucks were parked, Sandbags were placed in various spots, and there were weapons and equipment placed in the tables under a canopy. 

"Nice outpost." Ch'en said.

"Eh, not really that great to me." Swire differed.

Ch'en then spoke up. "That helicopter's making another pass. Find some overhead cover!" Amiya look up and saw that the Heli was circling all over the outpost, with the gunner trying to take the squad down.

Amiya then went over to the destroyed house next to them, then she went over to the canopy and took out two soldiers that were there. Chard and Barty then accompanied her as the trio duck down on the sandbags and engaged the Reunion forces that were infront of a barn.

One of the soldiers threw a grenade at them. Though Chard noticed it and quickly throw it back, in which it explodes and killed the thrower along with one of his comrades.

"Nice throw, man." Barty complimented.

"It's nothing." Chard shrug it off. Besides, it was just his character that did the work.

The audience then saw that the Heli gunner was shooting at the Canopy that Amiya was in. But due to the fact that the roof was made of metal, the bullets begin to bounce off of it, missing the Rhodes Island operatives.

The rest of the operatives and Folinic pushed forward, though the gunner had some of them pinned down, forcing them to cover behind the trucks or behind the walls of the buildings. 

Ch'en and Noir Corne made it to the canopy while Amiya kept firing at the hostiles that were coming out of the barn. It seems that it acts as the main outpost building. After killing the ones that ran outside, the squad were still sure there were still enemies inside.

So, Amiya vaulted over the sandbags and move up to the barn accompanied with Bagpipe, Noir Corne, and Barty. Meanwhile Ch'en and the rest will stay at the canopy to avoid the helicopter.

When the four operatives made it to the barn, Amiya was immediately fired upon by the remaining Reunion forces that were up by a wooden platform. She ran for cover behind a tractor and fired her MP5 to the enemies. 

There were only three left, but they had good cover on that platform. Amiya then saw Noir tossing a flashbang up to the platform. When the enemies were then blinded, she  rushed up to the platform and took out two of the enemies while Bagpipe killed the last one.

"That seems to be the last of them." Rangers said.

"Yeah, but now they need to take care of that helicopter." Noir pointed out.

"What are they gonna use though?" Closure asked.

It was answered when Bagpipe then spoke up. "Captain Hui-chieh! We've got Stinger missiles in the barn!" 

Amiya went back down and saw the 'stinger missiles' that Bagpipe talked about. It is the FIM-92 Stinger. The design is a bit slimmer than the RPG, and the front has some sort of small rectangle.

The operators observed the weapon with interest.

"Ooh, they're gonna use that to take down the heli?" W said with a smile.

"Looks like it. Besides it has 'missile' in the name, so it is useful to take down aircrafts." Sesa said.

"But what is with that rectangle thing though? And how would it function?" Vulcan asked.

"Maybe it's like a normal Rocket Launcher?" Spot wondered.

"Or it could be like the Javelin." Dobermann chimed in.

Some of the ops let out a chuckle at the name. Doctor included.

"Anything funny?" Kal'tsit turned to them with narrowed eyes.

"It's nothing. Just the fact they call it a 'stinger'". Doctor responded.

"Heh, gotta admit, that's pretty funny." Closure said.

"Well best to not judge it by it's name. This is still a missile we're talking about." The lynx stated. "It could be as dangerous as the Javelin."

Ch'en then responded. "Amiya, Barty! Grab a Stinger and take out that chopper. Move!"

Obliging, the Cautus switched her pistol with the Stinger. Equipping thr launcher, she adjusted the sights before going outside with Barty as they searched for the Heli.

When they saw it, Amiya took aim at the Heli - not before crouching first because of how heavy the stinger is for her. When reaching its crosshair, the audience could hear several beeps coming out of the Stinger.

This implies that it functions just like the Javelin with a locking system.

When the stinger sounds like it was locked on to the chopper, Amiya fired the missile. Barty followed suit as the two missiles were now following to the Helicopter.

"Hey, the missile is following the helicopter!" Sesa said, incredulously.

"It is locked on to the aircraft after all." Liskarm stated.

"Hmm, i think that's the reason of how Reunion manage to destroy the helicopter." Dobermann pointed out of how the Blackhawk got shot down.

When the two missiles were about to hit the Heli, it then starts to pop flares which destroys the missiles from hitting the aircraft.

"Bloody hell, he's popping flares! This won't be easy!" Noir corne exclaimed.

"What?!" W exclaimed aswell when the missiles failed to hit the chopper. "Now that is just cheating!"

"I didn't know flares could divert the missiles." Franka said.

"Neither do i." Liskarm replied. "It could be a good idea though..."

"Grab another Stinger and fire again! Let's put him to the test!" Bagpipe said.

Amiya and Barty ran back to the barn and grab another stinger missile. Though they had to stop for cover when the Heli starts shooting at them. When it stopped, they took aim and search for the helicopter.

The duo manage to find it and waited for the stinger to locked on. When it did, Barty fired first. A few moments later, Amiya followed suit.

The Heli popped flares again to block the missiles. Barty's missile got hit, however Amiya's missile manage to avoid flares and went straight to the aircraft. The missile hit the center body as the Heli descends to the ground and exploded.

"Bloody nice shooting there, you two!" Bagpipe complimented.

"Hah! Take that you metal cheating flying beast." W taunted.

"Glad that helicopter's gone." Bagpipe said. 

"You and Amiya did great work there, man." Noir complimented to Barty. 

"Thanks." Barty replied.

After destroying the chopper, the rest of the operators got out of their cover since they won't have to worry anymore.

"Good work, Amiya." Ch'en said before turning to the rest of the squad. "Everyone on me. Let's move out."

The squad obliged and followed her into the barn and head to the door that was on the wooden platform. Before that, Amiya picked up her pistol back in her pockets.

The squad then stack up before Ch'en opened the door. They went down a set of stairs before proceeding to a pathway.

Just then Closure spoke up from the radio. "Bravo Six, be advised, that AC-130 is entering your airspace at this time. Out."

"It's about time." W said.

"Now wonder how the helicopter's gonna perform?" Steward said.

"You really think it's a helicopter?" Cardigan asked.

"Well it is a 'gunship' after all. What other aircraft could fit that?" 

The squad kept track on the path until they reached the main road. There was a bridge up ahead that they could use to leave this place. However a major problem for them is when they saw a platoon of Reunion soldiers blocking their path.

They arrived by trucks and many soldiers were disembarking it and got in position. They even got a T-72 Tank on their support.

"That doesn't look good." Folinic said.

"They got a tank with them?!" Bagpipe exclaimed.  

"How are they gonna get pass that?" Closure asked.

"I think the AC-130 may be able to help." Kal'tsit said. "But i am not too sure how it would perform against the armored platoon."

Just then, the squad heard a new voice spoke up. "Bravo Six, this is Warhammer standing by. Heard you could use some help down there. Call the shot." 

The audience recognized that voice. It was Liskarm.

"Was that me?" Liskarm said in surprise of hearing her voice.

"It was you!" Franka exclaimed with a smile. "You're helping the squad to escape." Liskarm can't help but let out a small smile. She finally makes an appearance in this alternate world and it was helping the squad with this 'AC-130'.

"Warhammer - Fire mission - danger close! Enemy armour and infantry, 100 meters to the southwest of our location, over." Ch'en informed. 

"Copy. Comin' down." Liskarm replied.

The audience waited while wondering of how the AC-130 would deal with the enemy armored platoon at the front. If it was a helicopter like gunship, it would probably fail since the soldiers could take it down easily, even with a tank.

Though the audience stopped when a distant sound of a cannon firing was heard. They look back upfront and what happens next would shock them.

A cannon round descended from the sky and destroyed the T-72 in pieces. What follows next was a series of cannon shots as the audience could see many more rounds coming down from the sky. It then hit the trucks and the houses, whilst killed a lot of the soldiers of the platoon.

The audience were stunned at the destruction happening. It took a moment to realize that this was the "AC-130" that the squad talked about.

Another shot occurred as the giant cannon round was seen hitting the house, blowing it up to pieces. More cannon shots occurred as the smaller cannon rounds starts blowing up more of the vehicles and killing the soldiers unlucky enough to be near it. The Reunion forces tried to run away in panic, but then the sound of a minigun was heard firing as bullets appeared from the sky and rain hell to the fleeing infantries.

 The audience were left in shock that they didn't notice some of the squad cheering from the destruction.

"Yeah! Woo!" Barty shouted.

"That is bloody outrageous, mate!" Bagpipe yelled in ecstasy. 

For about a minute, the unseen AC-130 continue to rain hell down upon the platoon until it stopped when all of the enemy forces were dead. Fire begins to spread through the road, grass, and the now-destroyed house.

The tank and all the trucks were all but bits and pieces with nothing left to fix.

The operators had mixed reactions during that hell fire, but all were left stunned of how they witnessed the total destruction from the 'AC-130'. It was so loud that some of them had to cover their ears, especially the Cautus ops.

W was the first to spoke up and she looked pretty ecstatic. "HO-LY SHIT! DID ANYONE JUST SEE THAT!?"

"Oh i saw it, alright!" Sesa said with the same expression as hers. "That was one hellfire of an explosion!"

"They didn't even stand a chance!" Cardigan shouted.

Steward had his jaw left open. He had doubt that the AC-130 would do less help to the platoon. Oh how wrong he was after seeing of what just happened.

Franka and Liskarm both left with their eyes wide open. The Vulpo look over to the Vouivre. "What did you just bring?!"

"A superweapon..." She whispered.

Even the leaders of Rhodes Island were left stunned. What rumored to be a simple gunship ended up wrong as the AC-130 took the platoon out in a distance that you couldn't even see where it was.

"Bravo Six, we'll cover you all the way to the way to the extraction zone. You'd better get movin'." Liskarm said.

"Roger that, Warhammer. We're moving now. Out." Ch'en said before turning to her squad. "Come on, let's go."

The squad obliged as they move up to the main road where it is now filled with dead Reunion soldiers and destroyed vehicles. Some of them were still breathing from the hellfire and tried to crawl to safety, alas they succumbed to their wounds.

The squad ignored it as they continued on to the bridge up ahead. With that the screen fades to black, ending the scene.

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"What just happened?" Amiya recalled after the hellfire caused by the AC-130.

"Lots of explosion happened." Blaze stated the obvious. "I..can't believe of how easily it destroyed those enemies."

"And it was awesome!" W yelled. "I want to see more of it!"

"Military technology seems to have very increased in this world." Hellagur said.

Absinthe then said. "And i thought my own wand was peak in weapon tech."

"That was the most surprising thing that i've ever saw in this alternate universe." Ch'en said about the AC130.

"You tell me, Ch'en." Swire agreed. "Though i did not expect the AC-130 to belong to the Columbians. I thought for sure we would be also involved in the civil war just like Rhodes Island and Victoria."

"But it is nice to know that other nations are willing to help one another in the name of peace." Hoshiguma said with a smile, while hoping the civil war would be won by the Loyalists.

"This AC-130 really subverted my expectations." Doctor said before turning to the Lynx. "You agree too?"

"Never said this a lot, but yes." Kal'tsit said, still surprised of what the gunship did. "We didn't even see what this 'AC-130' really look like."

"Well it is definitely NOT a helicopter." Closure said.

"If it's not a helicopter, then what is it supposed to be?" Folinic wondered.

"Well it could be an Osprey like the 'bad guy'." Dylan spoke up. "But i'm not that sure."

"Well let's go to the next scene then!" W said, impatiently. "I want to see more of that AC-130!"

"Yeah, and i want to see if i too will appear in the next mission like Liskarm." Franka said.

"Alright then." Amiya said, glancing over to Doctor and Kal'tsit. They gave her a nod, prompting her to press the button, beginning the next scene.

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Some trivia for this chapter, cus why not:
- Chard was supposed to die with the two pilots, but i scrapped that since it was too early for his death.

- Kroos, Lava, and Fang were planned on accompanying the main characters before i decide to replace them with Barty, Yato, and Noir Corne back in Blackout. I already have a good role for the three A1 girls in the future, anyway

- The AC130 was supposed to be from the Yanese, but i look up that China nor Taiwan has no AC130s of their own. So i decide to have the Columbians to have access to it (They are the America of Terra after all). Besides, they'll play a more prominent role in the third game.

- Like in the third trivia, Penguin logistics was supposed to be the AC130 crew, but since Columbia are the ones sending the Gunship, i decide to have the Blacksteel girls to pilot the plane. And for the Penguin Logistics girls, i already planned the characters that they'll play as.

Well it's time for the Rhodes Islanders and the inhabitants of Terra to witness the power of the AC-130.

See you in "Death from Above.".