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Jun 5, 2023 11:31:37 GMT -5
Post by Francis Dominic on Jun 5, 2023 11:31:37 GMT -5
He was looking at it like a mini vacation and that did him well or so he kept telling himself. "Glad to know," he said. "As far as my gun goes I think I will be fine. If not I am bringing a knife as a back up." He wanted to learn to be multi faceted with the use of his weapons but without bringing harm to anyone else. "It's going to go good and if it does not it will be those standing on the other side who hurt not us." Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Jun 5, 2023 15:16:10 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Jun 5, 2023 15:16:10 GMT -5
This vacation had a lot of work still to be done in it and Alice was having a good experience too. She'd also showed the others how she could use her flight skills in the first sessions today and that would continue after lunch. While the French forces did things different from what she was used to she could still follow their ways. "That's good to know. a knife is always a good back up as it also is your bayonet for Mr FAMAS. The local criminals have no idea what is about to hit them" she replied with a smile. Then after lunch and more water they trained for two more hours with Alice and Francis swapping teams so they'd get used to each half squad and doing a practice run as their own pairing against their hosts. So they'd know how they worked in their own patch. This was quite effective as their dummy grenade plays showed. Francis Dominic
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Jun 6, 2023 7:47:08 GMT -5
Post by Francis Dominic on Jun 6, 2023 7:47:08 GMT -5
He really was actually trying which was rare for Francis but on the other hand he needed to get more serious about his job as in making sure that he put in the training that was needed so that no one ever had to worry too much about him. It made him feel good also if he could feel like he had done his part. The water training was something that he felt that he could use more of but he was not going to fret at the moment. He did get much enjoyment out of the dummy grenades though, perhaps a little too much. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Jun 6, 2023 12:59:33 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Jun 6, 2023 12:59:33 GMT -5
By the time the evening came round time was called on the training but as you might expect a twist was in the tale. One final tactics meeting was being carried out as Laurent was still working to the original time table. Then a messenger ran in with a written message for their host. He spoke to his team sounding surprised "nous partons ce soir. 2200". Alice looked at Francis and then at her host. "Mme Seraphim. We have to go in tonight at 2200. The timetable has been changed". The balloon had gone up and they hadn't long until the time for battle came. Francis Dominic
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Jun 7, 2023 11:23:27 GMT -5
Post by Francis Dominic on Jun 7, 2023 11:23:27 GMT -5
He knew it would only be a matter of time before the other foot dropped so to say because things had been going too well. "We will be ready," he said. It was all apart of the job after all, changes happened and a lot of times they were big ones that you had to learn to deal with. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Jun 7, 2023 13:36:05 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Jun 7, 2023 13:36:05 GMT -5
It was now 4pm and that gave time for every member of Lt Dumas' team to rest up and carry out their rituals; every soldier had them but it was rare with cops to have one. They usually didn't have time to prepare like this. So Alice had one thing to complete as the shock sunk in; she felt as ready as she could and they got a lift back to their hotel to rest, refuel and focus. The pickup would be at 8pm and they'd join up with the rest of squad by nine. So Laurent drove them back and would make sure their rifles were ready for the battle to come. Alice found herself back in her room altering the jacket she'd been given and now she looked the part. Hand stitching the cuts she'd had to make in the back was relaxing to her as she listened to the local radio station; not that she understood much of it and then cleaned and field stripped her pistol; knights had their swords and this was her sword. It might not be the classic flaming sword you'd see an angel with but tonight was about delivering law and order along with justice. Francis Dominic
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Jun 8, 2023 13:13:23 GMT -5
Post by Francis Dominic on Jun 8, 2023 13:13:23 GMT -5
He never liked the thoughts of going in unprepared or even the thoughts of war really but he knew that eventually no matter how much someone tried to keep the two apart there would be times where they were very eerily similar and this was one of those times. Still as 2200 rolled around he had confidence in himself, his partner and even the people they had met and became teamed up with which left him feeling overjoyed in a way. In his room he made all the necessary preparations and even some for some of those that he knew he could not see coming and only then did he knock on Alice's door. "Ready to go?" he asked. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Jun 8, 2023 15:12:25 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Jun 8, 2023 15:12:25 GMT -5
By the time Alice heard the knock on the door she looked the part with the pistol on her hip holster and wearing the full French uniform. She even had her hair up and pinned back and wearing the beret. Opening it she seen Francis and replied "I'm ready for this" and closing the door behind her as she left. It felt strange to her in some ways but very comfortable in others. She also felt comfortable with the people round her and then it was back to a truck and the next stage of the mission. So by the time they were in place at the docks she felt calm and content. The shadows were their friend as she gave her mini flashlight one last check. They might need light later on. The FAMAS was on a sling and her pistol was loaded. Then came one last communications check as the team all had the radio head sets now. Alice heard words in French and then Laurent's and Francis' voice. "I'm ready" she confirmed as they moved out. Laurent, Francis and herself made up their own little radio circuit but she was able to listen in on the french if she switched channels. The target was a familiar experience for the visitors; a warehouse as a much bigger one than the last one they cleared out. Also more opposition was expected. Francis Dominic
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Jun 9, 2023 15:50:00 GMT -5
Post by Francis Dominic on Jun 9, 2023 15:50:00 GMT -5
Warehouses always took a second to know and even if you knew them then they still took a minute to familiarize your mind with. As they moved out he made sure to look around for what he considered familiar stones or areas of improvement in case things did go bad. It was not something you wanted to think of but it did happen. The closer they got the more he had to calm not only himself but his heart rate as well. Still he was ready as the vehicle stopped and they stepped out. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Jun 9, 2023 17:02:01 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Jun 9, 2023 17:02:01 GMT -5
They exited the truck just like they'd trained and Lt Dumas' point man was first to the door. It was locked but that was expected. A little piece of C4 that he'd already set up for this eventuality was placed on the lock and with short clipped french the rest of the squad gave him room. The bang was barely heard and now they were in splitting up into two teams. Alice went left with one team. That left Francis with Lt Dumas and the rest of his squad going right. As they had radio communication that wouldn't be a problem. It was also the familiar semi-darkness but the element of surprise was holding for now. The squads moved stealthily and it was the squad that Alice was with that encountered the first criminals. There was no thinking about taking this gang down and taking them prisoner. They were shooting to kill and so would the marines. Prisoners would be a bonus. The noise of the first grenades going off was the signal for things to get serious. "Once we get clear I'm checking out the next floor" Alice's voice said as it came through the headsets. She could get there quicker than the marines who would have to fight their way up the stairs. Also a lone fighter wouldn't be as noticed. Francis Dominic
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Jun 10, 2023 9:29:25 GMT -5
Post by Francis Dominic on Jun 10, 2023 9:29:25 GMT -5
The hardest part of the job was knowing that you might have to hurt someone and they did not always want to do that. Francis was going to make sure and listen carefully with the headset on his head. As his group encountered the first few waves he heard the bullets and he ducked and aimed at someone who was aiming at him, only hitting the man in the shoulder but taking him out. "There are a lot of them we need to move quickly and carefully and take down as many as possible but with at least of blood." It sounded hard to do but he knew that everyone here was trained to work under such pressure. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Jun 10, 2023 10:18:40 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Jun 10, 2023 10:18:40 GMT -5
Alice would ask for headsets like this once they got back home. Life felt so much easier this way as she advanced flying upwards onto the upper level of this building. Given all the attention of this gang of smugglers was on the the bottom floor she was using her pistol to just badly wound the few she was encountering. It did feel like it should be harder but perhaps going in a night early did help. The people they were fighting has no sense of readiness or organisation and they were being picked off a few at a time. While the elite team was clearing the way uniformed police was also arriving and mopping up. Tagging the dead smugglers and arresting the wounded. Quite a few in fact so there'd be plenty of people to question later on. Also by now the way to the stairwells were clear in both directions and she spoke again on the radio. "Stairwells are both clear. You can join me and I've spotted quite a lot of smaller crates up here. Will be worth checking out later on". The whole warehouse certainly would as others would as this operation was being smashed all over the docks. Not just the limbs of it but eventually the body. Alice did notice something else the deeper she went in and as support arrived on this level. "I also see what looks like an improvised armoured fighting vehicle. Probally a truck with armour plate and plenty of firing ports and sub machine guns. Also a turret with a heavier machine gun". This looked well beyond what a smuggling gang should be able to get their hands on and that worried Alice. She did recall a story from her childhood and that might help her out now. "When you find it roll grenades under its belly. That looks like a weak spot". The reason why US forces rode on top of their transports in Vietnam given how thin the floor of them were. Francis Dominic
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Jun 11, 2023 14:07:36 GMT -5
Post by Francis Dominic on Jun 11, 2023 14:07:36 GMT -5
His heart always raced when he was at work and actually working, and perhaps it was because he knew that it was because his job was always adrenaline filled. Today doing his job on a different island had him going at extra speeds but it did not matter too much. He was going to make sure that the job got done as he was glad to hear that the stairwells were clear and he took a second to look for the vehicle. "Spotted it," he said as he carefully pulled a grenade out of his pocket and rolled it under the vehicle and then turned around and ran to be out of the way of the impact as he heard the big BOOM and felt the ground beneath him shake a little. "Did it work?" he asked over his radio. Alice Seraphim
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Jun 11, 2023 14:56:22 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Jun 11, 2023 14:56:22 GMT -5
Alice flew again to get a better look at this tank. The rest of the soldiers had to keep the smugglers off the grenadiers. Francis had rolled in the first grenade but a guy from her squad was trying to do the same. This grenade bounced just in front of the armour shaking the vehicle up but not stopping the shooting coming from it. "Not quite Francis. It needs another one" she reported back before taking up her rifle and shooting some smugglers who finally had joined the battle. A pity they had ran into her as semi auto shots hit home as Alice shot opponents on her flight path. Something she could do that accurately as they might not get up again. She hadn't the time to just wound. She did have her own grenades, two in fact and they might need them later on. Seeing another knot of smugglers beyond some crates and hidden from the others she flew over and landed beside them. A wing whack followed taking two out as she shot the other one. They were winning the ground battle but that heavy machine gun remained in the turret as the vehicle still moved slightly. Francis Dominic
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Jun 12, 2023 6:53:23 GMT -5
Post by Francis Dominic on Jun 12, 2023 6:53:23 GMT -5
Francis felt the small rattle but the job was not done as he heard speaking through his ears and he rolled another grenade under the vehicle as he slowly stood up to watch the action. It seemed to get the job done as he spoke. "That should clear the vehicle out of the way at least," he said as he took a second to catch his breath. Too much bread. "What's the next move so we can hopefully figure out who or what is behind this?" Alice Seraphim
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