Our Turn

"Talon-1 and Talon-2, inbound to Fireteam A position. ETA: Two minutes," said the pilot of the Apache with a callsign, Talon 1. 

Inside Talon-1, Captain James Whitaker, the lead pilot, scanned the battlefield through his helmet-mounted display.

"IR sensors picking up multiple hostiles," his co-pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Derek Nolan, reported. "A lot of movement on the bridge. What's left of Fireteam Alpha?"

Static filled the radio before Command's grim response came through.

"Fireteam Alpha is gone. Assume all ground personnel are KIA," Thomas informed with a low voice, completely affected from their loss as they were the first summons that had been killed.

Whitaker tightened his grip on the cyclic stick. "Shit."

Talon-2's pilot, Lieutenant Brian Adler, came through the radio. "Command, confirm if any survivors are still moving."

"Negative. Drone feed shows no movement. Your priority is eliminating all remaining hostiles."