Everybody’s standing quietly in the assembly listening to Boss, “Today we’re going to infiltrate the Berets. We’ve been waiting for this moment for years. I want every soldier to prove today that they are Ravagers. Highly skilled and highly lethal. We’ll be heading out at 9pm sharp. You have 14 hours to finish preparing yourselves. We’re taking our country back!”

A lot of cheers and screams fill the place. After the speech we all go back to our posts to prepare ourselves. I check the plans they sent us and trust me when I say, this is a recipe for disaster. I don’t know if they’re doing this on purpose or what but I’ve never seen such poor planning.

Since I’ve been told to shut up and stop interfering, I’m going to do just that. The clock hits 9 pm and the sirens cry. We board the trucks and off we go. Shakira and her team are going after Hatari. Apparently Mark was able to track him with ease.

He was only accepted because his grandmother is a war veteran and she’s Azaporian. He’s Fralandian and if it was up to me, I wouldn’t have accepted him. I would’ve actually had him deported.

Approaching the Berets’ HQ, our vehicles are bombarded by heavy fire. We immediately fire back and keep driving towards them. In a split second one of the trucks is hit by a bomb.

We turn the trucks around only to find out we’re surrounded. Berets in all directions fire at us. We hide behind our vehicles and cover each other while firing back. A bomb hits close to us and its shockwaves send us flying.

I hear a scream and turn around to locate where it’s coming from. It’s Puo. He’s being dragged away by the Berets. Boss and Norman follow after him, also being dragged.

“Hold your fire!” I shout.

The Berets look back at us and after one whispers to them, they start talking.

“Give us Shakira and we’ll give you your leaders,” they announce.

“She’s not here!” I scream.

They turn around and start heading to their HQ.

“Wait!” I stop them. I call Sindi, one of Shakira’s teammates, “Sindi, we have a problem. Puo, Norman and Boss have been captured. They say that they’ll give us them back if we give them Shakira.”

“Oh my goodness! Okay I’ll tell Shakira.”

She hangs up.

“I told her. Can we now have them?”

“Not until we have confirmation that she’s with us,” the Beret replies.

We sit outside and wait for them to tell us if Shakira’s with them. After 15 minutes Puo, Boss and Norman are released. We silently drive back to HQ. I’ve lost. Shakira’s now with her father and we’ll probably never see her again.

When we arrive at HQ I can see Sindi and the others waiting for us outside. I jump out of the wrecked truck and immediately question her.

“Where is she? What happened? Who did she go with?”

“Slow down…she left with Rage. We met Hatari and Shakira showed him flames. Miss V can seriously throw a punch. He’s being transported to the cells.”

That’s my girl, I celebrate in my thoughts. I knew she still had it in her.

We unpack our things and get busy with some of the injured soldiers. After 2 hours my phone rings.

Shakira?

“Where are you?” I immediately ask her.

“GB is at 12 Magnolia Avenue, Cressida Hill. Bring your whole team and my team too. I’m not there though. 12 Magnolia Avenue, Cressida Hill.”

“But where ar…” before I can even finish she hangs up.

“Shakira just gave me GB’s location. Let’s go!” I announce to everyone and then quickly send them the address.

Without wasting any time, they get into the black Jeeps and move out. I also get into one and follow them. As we’re about to pass a petrol station, I see a familiar figure. No one has such a beautiful body except for…

I immediately stop and open the window, “Let’s go!”

She sees me and runs to the car. As soon as she’s in I speed up to catch up with the others.

She looks upset and her eyes glisten as they fill up with tears.

“Are you okay? Sindi told me what happened. Don’t worry. Hatari’s locked up,” I try talking to her.

“I’m fine,” she says and turns to the window. Her silent sobs break my heart.

As the Jeeps slow down, I realise that we’re at GB’s house. All the soldiers stop a distance away and run on foot to the mansion.

“Care to join me and kick some butt?” I ask her with a smile.

Shakira refuses to follow me so I let her sit in the car. We jump the walls and start shooting the guards. This house is so heavily guarded.

After a few minutes, the noise dies down a bit, I hear two gunshots coming from where the Jeeps are follwed by a scream. Shakira’s scream.

“You’re going to die bastard!” she shouts.

I immediately run to help her because I know that Hatari’s attacking her. How did he even get here?

When I appear behind the cars I hear another gunshot. I peep through the window and see Puo holding a gun and Hatari on the ground.

Puo slowly picks up Shakira and puts her in one of the cars and then he speeds off. She looked like she’s wounded.

I walk up to where Hatari fell and shoot him in the chest. I then run back to the fight. The noise has already died down and ambulances arrive in numbers. Paramedics run around with stretchers. One stretcher in particular draws my attention.

It’s holding GB. Apparently he’s still alive and kicking.