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This is the first part of the first chapter from my new fan fiction based during the invasion of the Combine forces, it follows a Joint Special Operations team made up of British Parachute Regiment, SAS, American Navy SEALs and Marine Force Recon, criticism appreciated 
Chapter 1 ? Callsign
"Zero, this is Zero Bravo, over"
"Zero to Zero Bravo, what is your situation, over"
"We are exactly 4 minutes away from LZ2, LZ1 is compromised, over"
"Understood Zero Bravo, continue to LZ2, we will contact you at 20:00 hours, over"
"Understood, Zero Bravo over and out"
Eddie keyed his personal radio and switched back to squad level communication channel, he leaned back in the Merlin helicopter, his weapon resting on his knees, reaching up and scratching his stubble slightly, looking down at his fingers, rubbing the camo cream into his fingertips, his eyes darting up to the figure opposite him.
"Well, we didn't get dressed up for nothing, right boss?" The man opposite him said.
"Suppose you're right Steve" Eddie replied, straining his head behind him
"Everyone alright back there?" he shouted, hearing a chorus of "Roger" from the back of the Merlin.
Eddie got up from his seat, moving over to the pilots, his hands on the back of their seats as he shouted so that they were able to hear him "How long left guys?"
"About 2 minutes, sir, get your men up and ready"
"Roger that"
Eddie moved back into the rear of the Merlin, holding up two fingers to his men, showing them how long left, each man nodded and began to check their weapons and kit.
Moving back to his seat he double checked his magazines, checked that a round was in the chamber of his rifle, patted his thigh holster to make sure his pistol was still there and tightened the chin strap of his helmet, "1 minute" he heard one of the Pilots shout, breathing slow and steady he raised to his feet and patted each of the men on the shoulder as he stood next to the tailgate of the chopper, his hand resting on the controls for the door.
"30 seconds"
This is it he thought, gripping the pistol grip of his weapon tighter, hearing his men line up behind him, feeling the huge presence of Steve behind him, making him smile slightly as the Helicopter slowed down, and then that feeling came over him, that feeling you get when you?re going down in a lift, his stomach did a somersault and then he heard one of the pilots shout "Go, Go, Go!"
The tail of the helicopter came down and for the first time in two hours his feet hit solid earth, after running 10 metres away from the helicopter he kneeled, his weapon raised and looked around the area in front of him, he was knelt next to a fallen tree in a forest made up of pines, the ground beneath him was hard and the air was cool, he looked over his shoulder and saw the other 5 members of his squad in a perfect circle around the helicopter as it began to lift away, each of them concentrating on the area in front of them.
After the helicopter pulled away a strange silence came over the area, the sounds of birds chirping, the sound of the river running and of course the sound each man heard of himself breathing.
Eddie called in the team by raising his hand and patting the top of his helmet, he turned around and saw the men running towards him at the crouch, lining up in front of him, all kneeling down with their weapons in a relaxed position.
Eddie looked down at his watch, 19:26, 34 minutes until the next transmission; he looked at each of his men as he began to speak
"Right then lads, here we are, we?re going to move parallel with the river, we follow that for a couple of miles and we should be where we need to be, everyone ok with that? Good, lets move off, Adrian, you're point, move"
The men moved into file formation, Adrian point, Eddie second, Steve third, Isaac fourth, Bass fifth and Robert sixth.
Adrian began to move off, and Eddie started to remember how they got where they were now.
Chapter 1 ? Callsign
"Zero, this is Zero Bravo, over"
"Zero to Zero Bravo, what is your situation, over"
"We are exactly 4 minutes away from LZ2, LZ1 is compromised, over"
"Understood Zero Bravo, continue to LZ2, we will contact you at 20:00 hours, over"
"Understood, Zero Bravo over and out"
Eddie keyed his personal radio and switched back to squad level communication channel, he leaned back in the Merlin helicopter, his weapon resting on his knees, reaching up and scratching his stubble slightly, looking down at his fingers, rubbing the camo cream into his fingertips, his eyes darting up to the figure opposite him.
"Well, we didn't get dressed up for nothing, right boss?" The man opposite him said.
"Suppose you're right Steve" Eddie replied, straining his head behind him
"Everyone alright back there?" he shouted, hearing a chorus of "Roger" from the back of the Merlin.
Eddie got up from his seat, moving over to the pilots, his hands on the back of their seats as he shouted so that they were able to hear him "How long left guys?"
"About 2 minutes, sir, get your men up and ready"
"Roger that"
Eddie moved back into the rear of the Merlin, holding up two fingers to his men, showing them how long left, each man nodded and began to check their weapons and kit.
Moving back to his seat he double checked his magazines, checked that a round was in the chamber of his rifle, patted his thigh holster to make sure his pistol was still there and tightened the chin strap of his helmet, "1 minute" he heard one of the Pilots shout, breathing slow and steady he raised to his feet and patted each of the men on the shoulder as he stood next to the tailgate of the chopper, his hand resting on the controls for the door.
"30 seconds"
This is it he thought, gripping the pistol grip of his weapon tighter, hearing his men line up behind him, feeling the huge presence of Steve behind him, making him smile slightly as the Helicopter slowed down, and then that feeling came over him, that feeling you get when you?re going down in a lift, his stomach did a somersault and then he heard one of the pilots shout "Go, Go, Go!"
The tail of the helicopter came down and for the first time in two hours his feet hit solid earth, after running 10 metres away from the helicopter he kneeled, his weapon raised and looked around the area in front of him, he was knelt next to a fallen tree in a forest made up of pines, the ground beneath him was hard and the air was cool, he looked over his shoulder and saw the other 5 members of his squad in a perfect circle around the helicopter as it began to lift away, each of them concentrating on the area in front of them.
After the helicopter pulled away a strange silence came over the area, the sounds of birds chirping, the sound of the river running and of course the sound each man heard of himself breathing.
Eddie called in the team by raising his hand and patting the top of his helmet, he turned around and saw the men running towards him at the crouch, lining up in front of him, all kneeling down with their weapons in a relaxed position.
Eddie looked down at his watch, 19:26, 34 minutes until the next transmission; he looked at each of his men as he began to speak
"Right then lads, here we are, we?re going to move parallel with the river, we follow that for a couple of miles and we should be where we need to be, everyone ok with that? Good, lets move off, Adrian, you're point, move"
The men moved into file formation, Adrian point, Eddie second, Steve third, Isaac fourth, Bass fifth and Robert sixth.
Adrian began to move off, and Eddie started to remember how they got where they were now.
