A/N: Credits go to FanaticalPhoenix. Also, I don't own anything.

Enjoy the long awaited (not really) Operation Swordbreaker!

SGT. JOHN "LEAD" DOE - 1ST RECON MARINES

MARCH 15, 2014 1300 ZULU TIME

AL SULAYMANIYAH, IRAQ

John's POV:

It was the day after the fight that I become king. We were moving through the streets of Al Sulaymaniyah inside a LAV-25. Yeah, not really the best of vehicles, but it's good enough for me. I was sitting between Montes and Chaffin while in the background, Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down" is playing through the radio. I then get a call from my radio from Quinton Cole, aka Misfit Actual.

Cole: Misfit 1-3, this is Misfit Actual. Be advised, we are crossing the LOD in two mikes, over.

Me: Copy that.

Montes then speaks up.

Montes: Yo, does anyone else really not get what the f*ck we're doin' here?

Chaffin: Quit being a f*cking hippie Montes!

Montes: I'm just saying, bro. If this is about the PLR, we should be in Iran - not Iraq.

Chaffin: They're crossin' borders, dawg. PLR is the right people, all right? They don't make them any righter.

Cole then talks through the radio again.

Cole: Misfit 1-3, this is Misfit Actual. We have a situation developing here. Get your team dismounted and into the staging area ASAP.

Me: This is 1-3, copy. Out.

As soon as I said that, the LAV-25 slows down.

Montes: What the f*ck are we stopping here for? Our objective's 20 klicks north of here.

Campo (looking at Montes): I don't know Montes. (looks at me) You have any idea, Lead?

Me: Unfortunately, no. (I turn back to everyone) Alright, orders are orders for now. Let's get out on the road!

The LAV-25 stops and opens the rear door.

Me: Ok, let's go! Move it!

Montes: Whatever you say, "Prodigy"...

I slightly chuckle at his remarks. Once we get off, Montes talks to a nearby Marine.

Montes: I guess we're late to the part. Where's the LT?

Random Marine (points at an intersection): Hang a right up here.

Me: Thanks. (I look back to everyone) Alright, let's move.

We then started walking and make a right at a bazaar.

Montes: You ever ask yourself how this part of the world gets so f*cked up all the time?

Me: Yep. This place is a f*ckin' mess all the time. It is the Middle East after all.

Montes: You got that right, Lead.

We continue walking down the bazaar until we see Cole standing in front of some wooden pellets and having a map in front of him.

Cole: Gentlemen. Welcome. As you know we're dealing with the PLR insurgents crossing over from Iran. A lot of sectarian tension. I counsel you to remember, gentlemen, the people of this country are not your enemy - the PLR is. At 0930 we lost contact with Viper squad. They were investigating a possible IED near Spinza Meat Market, and that's a pretty f*cking bad part of town. We believe the PLR are involved. I'm sending you in to find our marines, provide support and calling CASEVAC if necessary. You're the quick reaction force, gentlemen. I'm trusting you to handle this. Let's go find our marines!

Me: We're on it. Let's go!

Our squad then sprints down an alley.

Me: We're way behind, gentlemen. Let's go find this patrol.

Campo: Do we have a sitrep on enemy inside this district?

Me: Hard to tell, but assume the worst, Campo.

We then take a left into a room, to where I kick down the door, with a another alley in front of us.

Me: Go.

We, except for Montes and Matkovic, sprint down the alley towards another door, with Montes and Matkovic staying behind for cover and then following us as well. As we get to the door, a dog is jumping on the fence, before it runs away at our sight.

Chaffin: Getting mad creepout vibes in here.

Montes: Me too.

Campo then pushes the door open and it leds us towards a school.

Me: Remember to ID your targets.

Chaffin: What is this, a school?

Montes: Oh right, I keep forgetting they don't have schools where you come from.

Blackburn: Ah, the countryside?

Chaffin: Yep.

Me: Anyways, stick together. Check your corners as well.

Campo: Roger sir.

We then move onto the stairs and start to climb in when we felt some rumbling.

Matkovic: What was that?

Campo: Someone needs to tell EOD to blow those ammo dumps further away.

Me: It was a quake tremor. We are about 90 klicks from a major faultline.

Montes: Earthquake coming soon?

Me (I slightly sigh): Probably. Just keep your heads up.

Montes: Yes sir.

Once we got done climbing the stairs, we turn left and exit the school, encountering the school gate in from of us, leading us to a big street.

Montes: Big cross-street here, hella exposed.

Campo: Yeah.

Matkovic: Yep.

Chafflin: Uh-huh.

Blackburn: Um-hm.

I then peek out to see a PLR technical come our way.

Me: Wait one. Something's coming.

I then verify the enemy technical.

Me: Get back. Wait for him to pass us.

We all then hug the walls of near the gate as a technical with some PLR insurgents passes by us.

Me: Alright then. Let's move. Okay, come on. Let's go.

I then push open the gate.

Me: Cross in threes. (I look at Blackburn) Black, you, me, and Matkovic will take the door on the right. (I look back at Campo) Campo, you, Montes, and Chaffin will take that alley over there. (I point it to them) Got it?

Campo: Yes sir.

Blackburn: Got it.

Me: Now. Black, Matkovic, on me.

Blackburn, Matkovic, and I head towards a garage to our right and the others go down that alley I pointed to them earlier. Once we reach our door, Matkovic pushes the door open and we head through the garage and make a right to another exit where the others are waiting.

Chaffin: Not a single civie. I don't like this sh*t.

When we head out, I then saw Chaffin hit by a sniper.

Me: Sniper! (I turn to Blackburn) Black, get Chaffin inside, now!

Blackburn: On it!

Me: Now! Suppressing fire! PLR!

The others and I suppress fire for Blackburn to drag Chaffin back into the garage.

Campo (cooks a smoke grenade): Popping smoke! (tosses it)

He pops the smoke when some PLR insurgents show up and we fire at them.

Matkovic: Where the f*ck is he?!

Me: Don't know! (I yell to Blackburn while firing my M4A1 at the insurgents) C'mon Black! Get him inside quickly! C'mon, c'mon!

Blackburn then manages to get Chaffin inside.

Me: Let's go! Move! That Sniper's still up!

Blackburn then runs out and starts shooting his M4A1 at the PLR insurgents as we were continuing to provide fire against them.

Montes: Tangos, left-side - by the wall!

Campo: Stay low. Where the f*ck did they come from?

Me: I don't know! Just keep f*cking shooting them!

As the PLR insurgents were moving through the cars to avoid our fire while shooting their weapons, I managed to get some off guard and shot them before they got the chance to shoot. It was then that I ran out of ammo in first mag.

Me: Changing mags! Cover me!

We continued killing off the PLR insurgents when the cars explode all around us.

Matkovic: Taking fire, 12 o'clock!

Me: Here they come! Take that f*cking guy out!

We fire some more before our coast becomes clear, for some reason...

Me: They're moving, they're moving! Let's go, behind me!

We continue moving on the street.

Me: Give me a sitrep!

Campo: I'm up.

Montes: I'm up.

Blackburn: I'm up.

Matkovic: I'm up. I'm f*cked up, but I'm up!

Me: Okay, let's get going!

I then see the building in front of me and scan it to see a PLR insurgent hold up his RPG with multiple support in the building.

Me: RPG, my 12 o'clock! Second floor! Stay away from the f*cking cars!

The RPG then explodes several cars before we get reinforcements.

Random Marine #1: Friendlies coming in. Friendlies coming in!

Random Marine #2: Everybody, light that building the f*ck up!

Me: Black, on me!

Blackburn: Roger!

Matkovic: Tangos by the building, far end parking lot!

Campo: They're flanking!

I then see mulitple PLR insurgents to my left.

Me (pointing at the insurgents): Guys, right there, right there!

I then fire a burst off my M4A1 and manage to down some.

Matkovic: They're coming over the wall, right side!

Montes: Contact left!

Our squad continues firing at the PLR insurgents as they swarm in to our side.

Me: Hold them just a little longer!

Campo: Sniper's still up!

I then look to see if there were more PLR insurgents swarming, which there was none.

Me: Cease fire! Cease fire! Get the hell inside the garage, now.

I then wave my hand to lead the rest of Misfit 1-3 inside. We passed by Caffin who was being treated by a corpsman.

Marine Corpsman #1: We got him. Hey, buddy, can you feel this?

I then kick the door open leading us to the stairs to go up to the roof.

Me: Alright, up we go. Check your corners.

Matkovic: I hope Chaffin's gonna be okay.

Me: He will be fine, he is a tough son of a bi*ch I can tell you that.

As we move up the stairs, we feel some more rumbling.

Matkovic: Another tremor?

Montes: According to the prodigy here, yep.

Campo: Let's just keep moving.

Our squad then reaches a door.

Me: Eyes open men. It is all you.

Misfit 1-3: Roger sir.

I then open the door, entering to a room full of empty shelves. As we move through the room, that sniper from earlier shoots through the window, but misses us.

Me: Sh*t, too exposed. We got to go cover to cover. Don't stay visible in the windows.

Misfit 1-3: Roger.

We sprint down the room and managed to avoid all the sniper shots, but 3 PLR insurgents enter the room to shoot us.

Montes: Gun, waste him!

We all shoot at the PLR insurgents, killing all of them instantly.

Montes: These guys weren't locals. They weren't speaking Arabic. Al-Bashir is exporting all-star insurgent talent outta Iran into here now?

Campo: Sounds about right.

Me: Montes is correct. It wouldn't be a surprise if the insurgents we just encountered earlier on the street were trained Iranian insurgents. Anyways, enough talk, let's just get up on that roof.

We continue moving through the stairs to get to the roof.

Cole: Misfit 1-3, this is Misfit Actual. That sniper's still up, be careful out there.

Me: Roger.

We then reach the door to the roof and Matkovic pushes the door open and we get outside on the roof.

Matkovic: Clear.

Campo: Clear.

Me: Clear. Here we f*cking go.

The sniper then fires a shot, destroying a flowerpot near us.

Me: Sh*t, contact! Anyone got eyes on?

Matkovic: I can't see him.

Montes: Dude, that's a f*cking .50.

Me: Stay low, stay low!

As we move to next cover, the sniper fires another shot at us.

Matkovic: It's the hotel - the hotel I think.

Me: That's all I need to know. Let's go, cover to cover. We'll draw him out. Ready, moving.

Montes: Okay, moving.

Matkovic: Going.

Blackburn: I'm moving.

Campo: Okay. Okay, moving.

Me: Moving.

We then get to another cover spot that gets us closer to the other side of the roof. Once we reach the other side, the sniper tries to shoot us again, but misses.

Me (whispering): Okay, get on the f*cking deck. We get down to the edge, he'll stick his head out, and then we f*cking shoot 'im. Got it?

Misfit 1-3: Roger.

One by one, starting with Matkovic, we crawl out of our cover.

Me: Hug the wall. Black, wait for us to get into position. Don't bunch up, keep moving.

I then crawl next with Campo behind me.

Montes: Talk to me, you got eyes on?

Campo: I got it.

Me: Black, now!

Montes and Black crawl towards us.

Matkovic: Shit.

Me: Just keep going.

We managed to reach the edge of the roof, with the sniper parallel to us in the hotel across the street. The sniper continues to shoot at us, destroying some of the pieces of the wall in front of us.

Me: Okay, there's the sniper. Across the street, 50 meters, midway up. He's dug into a spider hole.

Matkovic: I got AT.

Me: Hand it to Black. (I look at our cover) Shit, cover's getting ropey.

Matkovic then pulls out the AT-4 on his back and rolls it to Blackburn, who picks it up.

Matkovic: You're the bext shot.

Me: Black, you see that weapon glint - you waste him. Got it?

Blackburn: Yes sir.

Matkovic: Make it count, brother.

Campo: We believe in you.

Me: Okay, we'll cove you Black, and you hit him. Clear your back blast. Stand by - 3, 2, 1. Suppressing!

I then aim and start shooting my M4A1 while the others except for Black do the same. Blackburn then sees the sniper's glint and fires at it. The blast I determined probably killed him and destroys a portion of the hotel across from us.

Me: Good kill, good kill! Target is destroyed!

Matkovic: We good?

Me: We're good. Now let's go find this patrol.

A corpsman then gets on the radio.

Doc Holiday: Misfit 1-3, this is Doc Holiday. We got your man patched up down here, ready to move him back to the staging area for evac. Can you provide cover from up there?

Me: Sure thing, Doc Holiday. Which direction? Over!

Doc Holiday: North side.

Me: Got it. (I turn back to Misfit 1-3) Go.

Our squad moves to the North Side of the roof so that we can cover Chaffin and the evac team.

Me: Misfit 1-3, in position. Looks clear.

Doc Holiday: Roger that, we are moving, over.

Me (I turn back to Misfit 1-3): Keep your eyes peeled for hostiles. Our guys are pretty exposed down there. Watch your sectors.

From where we are, we see Doc Holiday carrying Chaffin and some other Marines come out of the garage and onto the main road.

Montes: I see enemy movement, street level!

Just as Montes said that, PLR insurgents start to swarm out and attack Doc Holiday and the Marines.

Doc Holiday: In cover, take them out, 1-3.

Me: Roger.

I then spot some PLR insurgents on the left side of us on the balconies.

Me: On the balconies, left side!

Matkovic and Campo: Tangos on the roof, straight ahead!

We start opening fire on the insurgents as Blackburn picks up an M110 SASS sniper and starts to down some of the PLR insurgents. I fire some bursts off my M4A1 at the PLR insurgents on the road and on and in the left side building and kill some. After some time of firing, all of the PLR insurgents who attacked are killed.

Doc Holiday: Ok, moving.

I then spot another wave of PLR insurgents on the roof and on the street.

Me: More guys coming in. Check the street level and rooftops.

Misfit 1-3: Roger!

We fire at them and eliminate all of them shortly after.

Doc Holiday: I think we're clear, Misfit 1-3. We are moving, over.

Me: We got your six, you are clear.

Montes then spots another wave of PLR insurgents coming in.

Montes: Aw you've got to be kidding me!

Me: Take them out!

The insurgents come out of the gate where Doc Holiday and the Marines need to exit in order to get back to the staging area. Again, it took us little time to elimante all of them, with Blackburn playing sniper, Montes with his MG, and the rest of us firing bursts from our M4A1s. Once we cleared all of them, Doc Holiday got on the radio again.

Doc Holiday: Misfit 1-3, this is Doc Holiday. Many thanks, we're through. We'll take care of your buddy. Out.

Me: Thanks, over and out.

I then see PLR insurgents enter our building, while Blackburn shot some.

Matkovic: They are moving in on us now. I think they are in the building!

Montes: Can we get the f*ck off this rooftop now, please?

Me: Got it. We can't go back down - too messy. Need to find another way down.

Our squad then runs across the roof to a nearby water tank and across from us is another bulding roof.

Campo: We will never make it over.

Matkovic: We can use this as a bridge.

He points to a wood plank near us.

Me: Geniuses! Do it!

Campo and Matkovic pick up the wood plank and place it between the roofs of the building we're currently on and the other building.

Montes: F*cking boy scout.

Me: C'mon, go, go!

Our squad makes it to the other side, with Montes knocking the wood plank down the gap to stop the PLR from following us. We then slowly jump down some other roofs before reaching a wide street.

Cole: Misfit 1-3, this is Misfit Actual. You want to get moving to the site ASAP, over.

Me: Temporary setback, break. We are Oscar Mike to target location, over. (I turn back to Misfit 1-3) We are pushing through. Hope they are okay.

We then continue to move through the street.

Matkovic: So what happens if the PLR take over? Country run by terrorists ain't good.

Blackburn: That is true.

Montes: Bro, America was founded by terrorists, for terrorists. What do you think the f*cking Revolutionary War was? History is determined by the motherf*cking victor.

A/N: One of the best f*cking quotes of the whole game!

John: Damn Montes...

I slightly chuckle.

Me: Although I would like to disagree, Montes is correct.

I then see Montes grinning to himself.

Me: Aw shut it Montes. (I lightly punch him)

Montes: You like me don't you?

Me: Haha, very funny.

Campo: How did you even get into the Marines?

Montes: You know what, Campo, I often ask myself the same goddamn question.

We then head for a large building, with Montes kicking the door open and we all headed in. Then, some PLR pop out of nowhere and start shooting us.

Me: Sh*t, we got contact!

We then turn to a hall and shoot our weapons at the insurgents, killing all of them within a few dozen seconds. We continue on through the hall, but not before encountering 2 dead Marines.

Me: Sh*t...

Matkovic: Is that the patrol?

Montes: It's two of them.

Me: Goddamn. Let's just stay focused.

We then hug the walls near the exit and Montes proceeds to kick the door open. We then head out to a large street as the civilians ran away from us and the sound of sriens in the distance. We then walked towards a damaged HMMWV (Humvee), seeing two Marines inside.

Me: Holy sh*t...

Montes proceeds to rip the front passenger door open.

Montes: Sh*t, we got wounded and KIA in here.

Me: Got it. (I get on the radio) Misfit Actual this is 1-3. I need CASEVAC ASAP, how copy?

Cole: 1-3, I can finally oblige. Hang tight, Misfit, out.

Matkovic: Man, this layout dosen't look right at all.

Matkovic check the van next to the Humvee.

Matkovic: Yeah, I found something. This is totally not good. Secondaries under here.

Campo: Secondary!

Montes: Secondary, copy that! Aw, fuck boys. We are attracting a lot of fucking attention.

He means that there is an IED under the van.

Me: What's the problem? Can't you cut the wire?

Matkovic: I can't cut anything till this wire's traced.

Me: Alright. Black, you're with me. We're following the wire. Campo, you take temporary command.

Campo: Yes sir.

Blackburn and I follow the wire into an adandoned building. We go down the stairs and see the wire go through a ventation shaft.

Me: Sh*t. It looks we're going to have to crawl.

Blackburn: Yep.

We crawled through the shaft, only for a rat to scurry past me, when it was scared off by the earthquake tremors.

Campo: You okay in there? Just another goddamn tremor. Nothing to worry about. 1-4's here to reinforce. Just get that wire cut.

Me: Got it.

We then cross through the shaft and jump down into a room. Blackburn and I hear some beeping sounds coming from a device on a desk. There were 2 wires.

Me: Here goes nothing.

I then pull out the right wire. But just after I did so, a PLR insurgent came up to me and ambushed me.

PLR Insurgent: Aaaaaaaa!

The insurgent punches me in the face. Just when he tries to punch me again, Blackburn kicks him in the groin and then I headbutt him. The beeping sounds then get louder, to which Blackburn pulled out the left wire while I still fought the insurgent. I then throw the insurgent at the fence and smack him onto the fence. After that, I kneed him in the face and knocked him out.

Blackburn (panting): Well that's the end of that.

Me (panting as well): Yeah, let's head out.

Campo: Black, Lead, we're taking heavy small arms fire. Get up here now!

Blackburn and I nod to each other as we came back to where the others were suppressing fire against the insurgents. After some time, we received support from some other Marines near our vicinity.

Matkovic: Tangos by the walkway, left side!

A AH-6 Little Bird, callsign Hornet 5-0 talks over the radio.

Hornet 5-0: Misfit 1-3, this Hornet 5-0. I got your position, I got your targets. We're inbound hot.

Hornet 5-0 then open fires.

Random Marine #3: Incoming!

Random Marine #4: Waste those guys!

Me: Roger, we're engaging in the vicinity of 2-2-4-8-6 grid.

We push through the street, eliminating some PLR insurgents.

Me: Black, get up on the wall and pick up the SAW!

Blackburn then goes up the walkaway and uses the M249 SAW to suppress and kill some PLR insurgents. We provide support for him as well, however we were getting swarmed minute by minute.

Matkovic: Jesus christ, look at all of them. Where's CASEVAC?

Falcon: Misfit 1-3, this is Falcon. We are in orbit above your location, break. Be advised you've got a large number of individuals moving toward your position.

We then spot a PLR technical trying to pin us down.

Montes: Enemy vehicle coming from the north!

Matkovic: 50 cal's still good to go!

Cole: Misfit 1-3, this is Misfit Actual. We're sealing off all southbound traffic - But enemy fighters have been reported closing on your location. Over.

Me: Roger. (I turn back to Misfit 1-3) They're trying to pin us down!

Montes: No wonder! They're swarming the place!

As we fire some more, the technical gets destroyed and the PLR insurgents start to fall back.

Me: They're falling back, they're falling back.

Hornet 5-0: Misfit 1-3, this is Hornet 5-0. We're seeing a lot of movement converging on your position from the east.

Me: Roger.

As Hornet 5-0 said that, we were flanked from the side street near where an abandoned technical is.

Matkovic: Oh, f*ck. They're tryin' to flank us!

Me: C'mon, C'mon. They're gonna overrun us! Let's move, move, move! (I point to the abandoned technical) There, that enemy vehicle wreck! Black!

Blackburn: Yes sir?!

Me: Get onto the technical and man that PKM! We need suppressive fire on that street now!

Blackburn: On it!

Blackburn then climbs onto the techincal and open fires on the PLR insurgents, with the rest of us continuing to fire upon them.

Cole: Misfit 1-3, this is Misfit Actual. Hang tight, chopper's circling back for you.

Me: Well hurry up then! We might get slaughtered here!

Cole: Just hold on.

As we continue firing, the tremors appear again.

Me: SH*T! EARTHQUAKE!

Matkovic: Come on, let's f*cking go!

The street beneath us cracks from the earthquake, knocking Blackburn off the technical and my feet as we both fall to the ground. The buildings in front of us start to all collapse, with one falling towards us and in the process destroying Hornet 5-0's Little Bird.

Me: Well f*ck...

Blackburn: Yeah n-

Blackburn and I then fell unconscious and everything then turned black.

Back at Wellston High School

Third Person POV:

Sera was still in shock over John. How could he lie to her like that? Was she not that trustful to him? Did she do something wrong?

Sera: And just who is John fighting against? Us, or that PLR he talked about?

Sera fell asleep thinking about what he said to that man yesterday. And why he is Joker.

A/N: And that was the end of Chapter 3, aka Operation Swordbreaker. Next chapter is Uprising. I hope that youa re enjoying this ride so far. Remember to review and vote!

Have a nice day!