I walked into the local café I always go to before work to start my day. I noticed the people I was looking for in the corner. "Hello Jacobs, Mike" "Hey Chloe" Mike said. I sat down next to him. Mike Banning, one of the toughest men I've ever known, used to work as an agent, as did I, for the President of the United States. He was let go so I requested to be let go with him. Lynne Jacobs, Secret Service Director, another close friend I used to work with. 

"How was your 4th of July Banning?"

"I stayed home" 

"What about you Chloe?"

"I got wasted" I said grinning.

"Same old Chloe" Lynne said chuckling

I stood up to go get a coffee. I turned around while waiting and seen White House workers come in. Some were in line behind me and others were talking to Mike and Lynne. I finally ordered my coffee and waited. 

"You're total is $3.50"

I paid for my coffee and walked back to Lynne and Mike sitting down. The workers left and Jacobs stood up. 

"Jacobs...thanks"

"I'll be in touch. Bye Chloe"

"Bye Jacobs!"

"Do you need a ride to work?"

"Yes please because I walked here."

We finished our coffee and walked out the door to the car. Mike opened my door for me. 

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome"

I buckled my seatbelt as he got into the car. I sat there for a minute with my eyes shut. All of the flashbacks came back to haunt me. I couldn't move or speak for a minute. 

"Chloe?! Are you okay?"

"The flashbacks are haunting me"

I was pulled into a hug and I felt him running his fingers through my hair. 

"I'm fine now"

Mike pulled away and smiled as he started the car. After 5 minutes we made it to work. Another 3 minutes and we were in our office. Our desks were right next to each other so we could talk as we worked. I noticed Mike looked distracted. 

"Flashbacks?" 

"Yeah. I should've saved her"

"Mike you tried. The door was stuck and her seatbelt was stuck. The president had to be saved"

"Yeah. You're right"

I smiled hugging him. We began working and apparently became so engrossed in our work because hours had past by. I finally finished and sat next to Mike. I glanced out at the window.

"MIKE SITUATION!" 

There was a huge plane flying by the window causing vibrations throughout the office making it shake. 

"Shit"

We both took off out the office down the stairs making it outside. The plane was shooting at everyone in its way. Mike and I ran yelling at everybody to get down. I tackled a guy keeping him from getting shot. A few feet from me Mike was by a car with two women keeping them down. We took off running towards the White House noticing so many bodies laying everywhere. We jumped as a bus blew up near us. 

"Hey!!! Hey!! Get the fuck down!" Mike screamed at a few guys ahead of us. We drew our guns shooting a few of the men. The one we missed pulled a string on his backpack and I instantly shot him making him blow up. Banning and I were thrown a few feet back. My ears were ringing. I felt arms wrap around me pulling me up.

"Chloe are you okay??" 

"Yeah I'm good"

"Lets go"

Gunfire was everywhere as Mike and I kept running to the White House front door. We stopped again noticing more gunman. We started shooting again killing as many as we could. We kept reloading constantly as we finally made it to the front door. 

"GO BACK!" I yelled at the agents that came out. It was too late. Gunshots rang out killing almost all of the agents. 

"RPG!" I screamed. The doors were blew off the hinges. Mike and I tried to warn the rest of the agents that came out but they all were shot. We tried to get the survivors inside by the got shot before we got all the way inside. We almost had one inside but bullets hit him. At least Banning and I made it inside. We checked all of the agents along the way seeing if any were alive. We then went and hid on the stairs and the terrorists came in shooting all the agents whether they were dead or alive. Mike and I quietly and quickly made it up the stairs. More agents were dead in the hallway. We checked them as well and pulled off any ammo we could find. We found one of the terrorists with a skull mask covering his face. Mike lifted the mask to see what the guy looked like and he looked Korean surprisingly. We kept checking other dead White House security men's jackets for any ammo. The last one we came to brought sadness to both Mike and myself. I was never close to him to actually know his name but he was a damn good worker. All of a sudden the power went out causing me and Mike to look at one another then the cameras. 

"We are so gonna make these fuckers pay" Banning said.

"Definitely"

We made it outside of the security room and made a noise. Footsteps could be heard causing us to push ourselves against the wall and wait for the threat to come out. A man stepped out with a gun and Mike quickly and continuously stabbed him while covering his mouth. Mike let his body drop and the guy died. I reached down to grab the extra ammo and handed it to Mike. I seen a picture sticking out of the man's back pocket so I grabbed it. What I saw made me freeze. A picture of the President's son, Conner. 

"Mike...he had a picture of Conner.." 

Mike's face immediately turned to hatred and he stood up grabbing his gun. He walked to a little table that had a number pad and he entered a code grabbing whatever was being protected. I watched as he hooked something in and then laid a little fingerprint scanner on the table. He hit a few buttons on the keyboard then placed his finger over the fingerprint scanner and verified his I.D. and shut down all of the camera access signal. He grabbed the two guns that were laid on the security desk. Before we left the security room he gave me two more things of ammo. We proceeded into the hallway and made it to the Oval Office making sure to quietly close the door behind us. The faint sound of a helicopter could be heard outside of the windows. I followed Mike over to the desk and picked up one of the office phones then the other. Nothing. 

"The phones are down too" I stated looking at Mike. 

Mike made his way over to the portrait of the Statue of Liberty and pulled it toward him. What the fuck even. The White House has all kinds of secret hiding places with number pads for passwords to be entered. I watched as Mike grabbed two things out of the safe and then shut the door and placed the portrait back in place. 

"Mike is that the President's SAT phone?"

"Yes and it has a blue tooth with it. I can contact Jacobs"

"Do it"

I watched as he placed the blue tooth on his ear and dialed a number on the phone. I listened to the voice that answered the call. 

"Mr. President?"

"Negative"

"Identify yourself" The man stated

"Echelon Four" 

"That's one of yours?" I hear the man ask then a woman answers.

"Designator?"

"Oscar Zulu 309-er" Both Mike and I answer

"Jesus, Banning and Chloe? Where are you?" 

"In the Oval Office. Is the President in the bunker?"

We heard silence. I look over at Mike.

"You know it's a good thing that we're ex-Special Forces, Ranger Battalion" I stated.

"Yeah, no kidding. Are you doing ok?"

"Yeah I'm ok" I smiled at him. 

We were still waiting for Jacobs to answer back to us. I walked over to Mike and let him pull me into a tight hug. I hugged back with as much strength as I could. I felt his lips press against my forehead in a sense of comfort.