Jaded heart

Scrapped mission

Donte pov

Unsure whether this is good timing but as I watch Gabriella walkaway my phone goes off and I know that means one thing, mission, isn't it always a mission. Heading in the other direction I head towards the building while Gabriella heads to the fields with a smile, theres just something about her which is so calming, the more time I spend with her the more chance I want to ask her on a date and see if there is something between us, more then attraction but I know there is however its the timing thats shooting us both in the foot. Refusing to think more into my lack of commitment I head into the building looking for everyone, I have no idea what mission this is but I know we have been training hard for anything, I just need something to get my mind off Gabriella. 

"You and Gabriella ay?" I hear one of my members ask looking at me with a smirk but he knows there can be nothing between us yet, as every relationship I have tried had crashed and burned with me being away majority of the year, I have no time on my timetable for love. Looking at the guy who asked the question, I only come up with one reason why he asked it and he's probably seen me and her hang about with each other, but she makes the job less stressful. 

"You know who her father was right? She's still looking for revenge" I hear another of my members say and I know she's still looking for revenge, its written all over her face. I happened to work along side her father and his platoon once and I can see him in her, he was an incredible solider and she only followed in his steps for one reason. 

Before having a chance to answer the questions I was asked I spot maps on the board with two different locations, I am trying to figure out the mission but I come up empty, I know we will be told by our leading commander but I like to have a little understand before getting all the information. While waiting for our leading commander I look at the guys shaking my head not needing them to talk about Gabriella anymore as the last solider who spoke ill of her father was on the floor in seconds and she got a slap on the wrist for that. She has someone looking out for her as anything like that can be followed with a discharge of service which from the looks of her she doesn't want that nor does the service as her set of skills we need and she knows it. 

Boarding the plane for the mission I take my seat watching the rest of my team board the plane talking among each other, we have been working hard lately pushing ourselves making sure we hardly make any mistakes, I can over work them sometimes but the last thing I need is for one of my men to come back in a box. Counting my men I make sure everyone is here before nodding to my leading commander and his staff, we are all ready for this mission and need it to go off without a hitch. Waiting patiently for the flight to touch down I try to close my eyes but I cant seem to get any sleep as the mission is running though my mind, everything I need to do and what I cant do. This mission has to be by the books and they are the worst type of missions, the last thing I want is someone asking questions about my every move. The plane ride seems to fly pass and now we are embarking on touch down, I am ready everything is ready to go, the equipment is working and laid out incase we need a back up. Climbing to my feet I am stopped in my track before the door even opens and I can touch the ground. 

"Hold up men, the mission has been scraped" turning around I look at my men wondering what the f**k they are playing at, we have worked out all the possibilities of this going side ways and now we have touched down they choice to scrape the mission, couldn't they do that before we left. Walking back towards the plane I notice our commander on the radio with any commander, I thought it was only us here but I could be mistaken however I really want to know why the mission was scraped. 

Standing around I wait for further instructions on whether we are heading back or sticking around here, I don't have to wait long to know whats happening as I walk up towards the commander with a pissed off look. Our mission was planned and we all looked over it ready to go and now I could be spending my men back home without getting at least a little bit of dirt on our hands. Glancing at the screens I don't know what I am looking at till I read riot and I now have a clear understanding why it was scraped, we couldn't possibly do a mission at dark when theres a riot kicking off around town, I'm not even sure whats kicked off for all this to happen. 

"Theres a unit on ground that needs helping navigating out of there" I nod my head as I listen to the commander but as though the droves in the air, we don't have to wait long too only see smoke, there no chance we can talk a unit on the ground out of the riot. Looking at the screens the riot is in full gear and ready to take out anything they can, they have blocked roads with parked cars and are walking the streets. 

"We could meet the unit there and use the same road coming back" I say pointing to the road I am on about but from looking at the road I can tell if this is granted we don't have long before the riot comes this way, its moving pretty quickly and I don't want to get caught in it. With the smoke blocking our view from the top we be going in there partly blind and thats a risk I am willing to take for now but once visible is gone, then we are in for a rocky mission. 

Climbing in the cars we bought with us I climb in the back seat blocking the windows with a piece of cloth not allowing any one to look inside the car, my car will be the leading car while one of the guys drives the second car behind us, if all goes to plan we should be in and out however I have a back up plan incase everything goes t**s up. Looking out the small gap I take note of everything thats happening making sure I have a drone on this road making sure it doesn't get blocked by the riot, we only have a couple of roads that we can use that are still in working order but I couldn't tell how long for before the riot comes this way so I am hoping the platoon on the ground have made it too the location without getting caught. Five minutes out I am crossing my fingers really needing them to be there, I have a radio connection connecting me to our commander and he's telling me the riot is moving quick, they are getting closer to blocking us in. 

"Lets go" I shout as I spot the platoon and no surprised its Connor platoon once again, I'm starting to think they have a habit of being in danger. Looking Connor up and down I would have thought he retired now as no one would blame him or took a job at a desk, I think I have heard that he's been offered a trainer job similar to Laura but other than that I haven't heard much. 

Driving back to the airport where our plane is currently I know we don't have much time till the riot starts heading that way and we have to find another location for pick up, the last thing any of us want to be doing is suck in the riot and trying to find a way out of it. We could take cover in someone house but telling which houses are being used is a little harder, looking out the window I am hoping the smoke doesn't get much thicker up there by our drone. I am watching the smoke and where it is coming from, if those fires get closer to where we are then we have a small idea which way everything is heading and currently our road is still clear but not for long. We cant turn around as the road behind us is now in use for the riot, our choices are coming limited now. 

Spotting our ride back home we drive it back in place and make sure everything is tired down needing to get out of here shortly before the rioters get word we are here, we don't need them chasing us down. Looking around the plane I make sure everything is in order and ready to go, we may be on a timer but everyone safety is our first concern and when I know everything is good to go I get tired down ready to go. I cant wait to be on home soil now.