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The hike to the radio tower was every bit of three hours, an hour longer than John had thought it would be. When we arrived at the summit of the hill, we found what looked to be a vacation resort. There were several, two story, large blue painted houses that sat cross a paved road from each other There were also much smaller straw and bamboo huts, like the one we had stayed in last night. They weren't in the best of shape, but they still looked very strong and welcoming and I even thought I could hear a generator humming somewhere in the background. The radio tower looked as if it had gone up not too long ago, but I didn't see any wires that could have led back to a CB or a HAM, making me think it was one of those newer wireless one that American and Russian scientists had been working on for a while.

"Let's move to the blue house at ten", John said pointing to the house and motioning to Frank and Issac.

"Stacking", Hudson said as he and Frank approached the house.

"What can I do?", I asked as John started from the grass.

"Stay here and protect my brother", John said.

I nodded, "Rodger."

"Okay then", John said, "I'll whistle for you when it's safe."

John went to the door with Hudson and Frank. A few seconds later, Hudson bashed the door open and they tossed a couple of grenades inside. After the bang they went inside.

"Hope they didn't just kick the hornets nest", Issac said leaning against the tree, "the two of us wouldn't fare too well against Spetsnaz forces."

"I hear ya brother", I said, "but I think that John and the others can handle whatever might be hiding in that house."

"Hope your right", Issac said.

A few minutes after John and the others had disappeared inside the house, he stuck his head out of the door and whistled.

"That's us", I said as I helped Issac climb onto my back. I slunk from the grass over to the front of the house and Hudson helped Issac off my back. I used the rain to get the mud off my scales before I entered the house. The walls were the same dark blue color as the outside and the ceiling was white to mix. It was a tight squeeze, but there was just enough space in a room behind the stairs for me to comfortably curl up. I closed my eyes and I could hear John and the others talking.

'Your looking dandy", Hudson retorted.

"It works wonders bro", John said, "I actually feel human again."

"Issac should go next because of his foot", Hudson said.

"Seems fair", John replied.

"I'll help him up", Hudson said, "you take five and figure out what were gonna do next. Frank is up stairs looking for a radio."

I could hear John sit down on a couch with a huff and start pulling apart his guns. I also heard Frank walk down stairs and set something down.

"You believe in miracles?", Frank asked.

"The house and then the radio?", John asked, "if I didn't then I do now. Here goes nothing, fingers crossed."

There was a pause.

"Overlord 1 Actual", John said, "this is Raven 2-2, do you read?"

There was only static for the response.

"Overlord 1 Actual", John said, "this is Raven 2-2, do you read?"

Static.

"Overlord 1 Actual", John said for a third time, "this is Raven 2-2, do you read?"

"..Rodger that Raven 2-2", a man's voice answered, "Overlord 1 Actual, good to hear from ya brother. What's your situation?"

"One wounded", John said, "requesting medivac, location is exactly 112 degrees west longitude and 109 degrees south latitude. How copy?"

"Rodger that Raven", the man on the other end of the coms answered, "Blackflag 4-2 is inbound, ETA in 20 minutes."

"Thank you sir",I said back,"Raven 2-2 out.", John shut off the CB and looked up at Frank, he was smiling widely.

"I'd never thought I'd be so happy to hear Holland's voice", Frank said,"that reply was like opening a present on

Christmas morning."

"We gotta keep our guard up though", John said getting up, "if there are any Spetsnaz in the area, they heard that call."

"Ahhh", Frank moaned, "fucking Russians, I forgot about them."

From where I was I could see John get up and start slipping his muddy gear back on.

"In twenty minutes Blackflag 4-2 will be here to pick us up",John said grabbing his 48 from beside the wall,"grab your gear and get ready, if the Russian's are tracking us, they heard it and are coming in."

"Damn", Hudson sighed, "forgot about them."

Hudson set Issac down on the couch next to me and then put on his gear.

"Let's secure the LZ", I said.

"Good idea", Frank said.

They exited the house. Issac and I waited in tension. About five minutes later, the first shot rang out.

"Fuck", Issac sighed.

"Contact!",Hudson shouted.,"it's the Russians!"

"Fall back to the house!", John shouted.

"Get inside!', John shouted again,"Blackflag is ten minutes out,we can't die here! We won't!"

Hudson and Frank rushed inside as John slammed the door behind us and locked it. It wouldn't stop them,but it would greatly slow them down.

'Frank", John said, "living room window, Hudson, upstairs, sniper."

"Yes sir",they replied as one.

Hudson darted upstairs and Frank went to the living room window.

"What can I do?", I asked.

"You can keep Issac safe",John told me.

I nodded, tough I was annoyed about guard duty. Issac had a gun, he knew how to use it. Though I disliked the idea of killing people, I'd take that any day over sitting on my tail and letting my friends get overrun by a bunch of thugs.

"These guys just don't fucking stop", Frank yelled.

"Keep shooting", John shouted,"Blackflag is inbound!"

"Damn", Hudson shouted, "more enemy incoming!"

"Empty your clips if you have to!", John shouted over the rip of my 48, "Wyatt is counting on us!"

I counted at least 197 rounds before John's machine gun went click. Just as the box hit the floor, he shouted.

"SHIT! RPG!"

Next thing I knew, the front of the house caved in around him. Issac stood up, slouched over and putting most of his weight on his right leg.

"Fuck this shit", he said charging his rifle, "I'm getting in this."

"No your not", I said, "John said you need to stay off that foot."

"You my commanding officer?", Issac asked, "no, John is and he's currently buried under a pile of rubble! Help Hudson dig him out."

I nodded and Issac and I left the room. I went to Hudson and started helping him dig John out as Frank ducked back inside the house to reload.

"Issac", Frank said, "can your cherry ass boot John's Mk-48 Bravo?"

"Hell yes", Issac said picking it up.

"Then get on it brother", Frank said holding his Uzi out the window and letting a mag fly downrange with no consideration in where it was going to land.

"You move so slowly",John told Hudson and I,"perhaps you should work in the central office, that way you need not worry about exploding buildings."

"With you near by", Hudson said pulling the last beam off me,"I'm sure any building is likely to explode."

John took his gun from Issac and once again began ripping into the Russian soldiers. After about six minutes, the sound of whirling blades began to fill the air, Blackflag.

"Pop purple smoke", John said, "Blackflag is here!"

Hudson tossed a can of purple smoke out the window and then a big black helicopter appeared from over the house, firing it's mounted guns into the enemy soldiers.

"This is Blackflag 4-2", a man called over the radio, "I got your back Raven."

We pushed out of the house and the Humans boarded the helo. They lifted off as I rocketed up into the sky, following closely behind it back to wherever it was we were headed.