Brutal yet beautiful….
Tyler and Janessa got called back for one last round with the Navy and they were due back a week ago.
We left the kids with Alannah and headed out to find them.
"Be careful, Chase, our boy needs his father.."
Alannah's words made me uneasy.. I'd almost lost him several times to these trysts. But, I couldn't make him stay and he wasn't stopping until we found Tyler. They'd been like brothers since their first tour together and if life had taught us anything it was that family-- didn't always have to be blood.
"They were stationed in Germany."
" I've already got tickets for the flight, it's in an hour we have to move."
The thought of going back put a sick feeling in our stomach.
We kissed the kids, our family -- Said our goodbyes and were gone.
"We're going into this blind. All Tyler would tell us is
where they were headed."
At least we had an exact location. We couldn't go to the base and ask questions because we weren't supposed to be privy to anything. It was apparently big, whatever they got called in for.
We got to the location, all of their stuff was still in the room but, it was tossed, hard.
"Megan, look."
Chase thought to look in the box springs where their old designated hiding spot was and found a thumb drive.
Janessa said that they were coming in on it because Our president had made a deal with Germany. They sold some nukes to them and in return, the U.S. would be untouched. But, they were taking out a few other countries.
They were there to extradite him back to the states for treason before he made the trade off.
That meant that anything could've happened and we had to find out what, and quickly.
Chase spun around. “Someone's coming.”
He ducked into the bathroom and I slid behind the door. We waited til they entered and then I jumped from behind, grabbing the person.
“Who are you?”
“I’m a reporter, I’m following a lead that two Navy Seals went missing on a mission to stop the President from selling nuclear weapons to Germany. I just came here to find anything that could help.”
“Do you know where they're being held?”
“No,I got word that they had been taken to a base here in Berlin but I wanted to check here first.”
Here in Berlin? That makes no sense unless the whole unit they were working with was rogue and working against the U.S.
“You stay here, If you find anything you call us. Do not
follow, don’t contact anyone else. They could be using you to get to us.”
The reporter nodded in agreement and we were on our way.
“Chase, I know the Layout Of the base, Follow me, If Tyler’s Unit is working rogue, we’ll have twice as much on our hands.
“Let's go..”
We were right because as soon as we got just inside the base there were what should’ve been Friendlies Firing at us, People we knew...
“Damn, they know who we are, they were waiting for us.”
Chase took out the gunman while I staved off the rest,We had the first wave down in a few minutes. It wasn’t long ‘til we had about ten soldiers on our heels and to our surprise, they were trained a little better than the last crew.
“Megan, Go! I’ll hold them off.” “I’m not leaving you”
“GO! Find Tyler and Janessa I’ll Catch up!”
I went down a narrow hall which led to a conference room. Three of them. I took the first one down and went for the other two, One managed to get behind me and I had a bar to my throat, struggling to get free I flipped backwards over him and broke his neck taking the bar and impaling the other, I moved further into the base.
Without alerting them, I slipped past another room full of soldiers. There were about twenty in a training session. I passed through another doorway and alarms started sounding….”Damn.”
They started pouring in as I fought them off, dodging bullets trying to get free, Eventually pulling a grenade from one of their belt clips I blocked the door and waited for the explosion.
“Megan!”
“It’s about time you caught up.”
“Sorry, I ran into a corporal who was less than pleased to make my acquaintance.”
“That room was rigged with an alarm, we’re getting close
to where They’re being held.
We entered two other rooms, the last of which opened into a third.Chase looked at me…”but what’s behind door number three?”
He swung it open to find Tyler Blacked out and Janessa on the ground.
Tyler came to as we walked in. “The bastards are --”
“Yeah, we got that.. Gotta hurry...
is she -- ?"
Tyler's eyes welled with tears as he checked for a pulse. "I can't leave her. "
I spoke softly... "Tyler, we can't…"
Angerly,
"I'm not leaving her!
He threw her over his shoulders and we took off.
“This way… there’s an exit”
Should've known it wouldn't be that easy. Just as we reached the exit, six men gathered in front of it, Weapons drawn. Tyler tore into them and Chase followed as I pulled Janessa's body to the side and then joined them.
“Tyler!”
-- Crack!-- he fell to the floor I thought it killed him, the stock of a gun across his temple.
Chase was fighting, so I lunged towards the man I thought killed Tyler and tore him apart.
Chase and I ripped through the others and he ran to Tyler.
"He's still breathing."
Chase pulled an ammonia stick from his belt and held it under Tyler's nose. He woke up immediately deathgrip on Chase's throat
"Whoa! Easy."
He dropped his guard and looked over at Chase as
though to say sorry. And straight over to Janessa's body, welling up with tears again.
“Which way?” “Right.”
We started right and were greeted by six more. What luck...they were there to prepare for the war.
They were surrounding us and things weren’t looking too bright when about ten soldiers came in to help us.
As it turned out our little reporter friend had brought some help.
We all fought the masses until we were clear and headed out
“We never caught your name.”
“Scott.”
“Thanks, Scott, we might’ve been in over our heads if it weren’t for you.”
“It’s an honor to work with you.”
I looked at him as though he was speaking in tongues. “We told you to stay behind.”
“Where would you be right now if I had listened? You can repay me by giving me the insider interview.
I looked at him annoyed although I knew he had a point and an interview was a small price to pay.
“We’ll get in touch with you.”
We got to the nearest hospital and were treated and released. Janessa was shipped back to Ireland on ice. Tyler was heartsick.