While walking out of the building after talking to Mackenzie Rose.
"Where did Mitchell go?" asked Sonata.
SSgt Paul replied, "He got a call so he had to run."
***
A few minutes ago.
Mitchell walked out of Mackenzie Rose's office and closed the door after Sonata entered. He picked up his walkie talkie when he was called over it to assist in a public indecency so he ran with his right hand on his twenty-three inch wooden baton.
***
Now.
“Oh Sonata.” said SSGT Paul, “Don’t want to sound rude. But you’ll need to redo training to lose the baby weight you gained.”
Sonata slapped her own brother for him, more or less of him calling her overweight or feeling fat but Sonata has been getting some exercises mostly by running to keep her cardio up.
“We’ll go to Ft. Colossal tomorrow morning at 05:00 HRS.” said SSgt Paul, “It’s an Army Base and Airforce Base home to the 8th Multirole fighter wing, 5th Medical wing, 14th Recon wing, 12th tactical bomber wing and 11th Transportation wing. And home to the 39th Airborne Regiment.”
***
Tomorrow morning.
At Fort Colossal.
Sonata stretched her legs and arms before she yawned.
“Why do we got to train at Five in the morning?” asked Sonata.
Paul replied, “Just a one day training and we’ll be deployed.”
Sonata had to run the mile track which she ain’t use to running a mile but half a mile.But she kept breathing and kept running.
“How was that to wake you up?” asked SSgt Paul.
Sonata replied, “Go fuck yourself Paul.”.
“I bet it was a fun way to wake up.” said SSgt Paul.
Sonata replied, “Give me a reason I shouldn’t hit you or kick you in the nuts?”.
“Because you love me because you’re my sister and I’m your older brother.” said SSgt Paul.
Sonata replied, “Yeah I do love you because you are my brother but running a mile is not a great way to start off the day!”
Sonata then went to the obstacle course and Sonata shocked Paul that she’s still in fit and as Sonata said that even though she left active service and more or less a desk jockey in the town of Dillimore armory but she still does some physical exercise.
“Is this getting back at me for becoming a desk jockey?” asked Sonata.
Sonata then got off the monkey bars and cracked her fingers.
“No Sonata this isn’t about you becoming a desk jockey with an eight to four job.” said SSgt Paul.
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Sonata replied, “It feels like this training is getting back at me though.”.
“It’s not,” said SSgt Paul. ,”I want you to be ready enough just as if you were a soldier.”.
Sonata then kept going with the physical exercise until eight thirty in the morning. Paul had Sonata go to the firing range and gave her a X16 and as if she was still a soldier she either hit the bullseye or close enough to the bullseye.
“Good shots but I can do better.” said Sgt Mitchell.
Sergeant Mitchell took the X16 and placed a twenty round magazine and placed all twenty 7/62x52mm rounds into the bullseye.
“I spend a quarter of my free time on the police or military firing range,” said Sgt Mitchell.
Sonata replied, “And the rest of your free time?”
“I spend it with my wife, our kids and my friends.” said Sgt Mitchell.
Sonata replied, “Okay then interesting.”
"Is anyone else going to come with us?" asked Sgt Mitchell.
Staff Sergeant Paul told Sergeant Mitchell that he hasn't thought about finding another person to join them but Sergeant Mitchell told him about his half twin sister Cadenza Amore a twenty-year-old woman who's apart of the Little Bird Armed Forces Special Warfare Group Three.
"Who is she?" asked Sonata.
***
At a farm a mile and a half outside of the town of Clearlake.
"Nice car in the driveway." said Sonata while getting out of the car.
"Hey Cadenza!" shouted Sgt Mitchell.
The person who was working on the car hit their head on the hood and the person turned around to be a twenty-year-old woman with a brunette hair color wearing a black muscle shirt, jeans, socks, and tennis shoes.
"Hey Cadenza I wanted to know if you want to join us for a international mission off the books type?" asked Sgt Mitchell.
Cadenza replied, "Sure. What's the mission type?"
"Travel light with search and rescue." said SSGT Paul.
Cadenza replied, "So recon and search and rescue then?"
Staff Sergeant Paul nodded his head in agreement.
"I would like some more information about the mission." said Cadenza, "Before we go there."
SSGT Paul replied, "That's classified information."
"You're a Staff Sergeant." said Cadenza, "I'm a Commander. I'm a O-5 and I outrank you. Even though I abhor nepotism and favoritism but my father is General of Special Operations."
SST Paul knew who her father was and is and he's not a man to piss off not adding he's the most decorated soldier in the Little Bird Armed Forces who earned a lot of medals even seven medal of honors in the Vietnam war.
"Do you know how to shoot?" asked SSGT Paul.
***
Several minutes later.
Cadenza placed a blindfold over her eyes and she couldn't see not even her lever-action rifle. Her half twin brother, Mitchell sat seven glass soda bottles onto the fence.
Cadenza took a deep breath and fired all seven rounds and all seven rounds hitting the bottles.
Sonata and Paul besides Mitchell had their mouths opened with shock and surprise.
Cadenza took her blind fold off and saw the glass on the fence where she wasn't shocked nor surprised that she hit the seven bottles.
"How long have you been shooting, Commander Amore?" asked Sonata.
Cadenza replied, "Since I was four-years-old. First with his fine rifle here and with a M1903 Springfield and a M1 Garand. I fired other weapons but the three rifles I mentioned I commonly fire."
***
5:00 pm, at Ft Colossal.
In a dark room. There was a map of a country.
"It looks like a slice of pizza." said Sgt Mitchell.
SSGT Paul cleared his throat and said, "This country is called Salaqueras. The population is four and a half million. There's a lot of small towns and one capital city and lots of farmland and forests... And a shit ton of terrorists."
"A free fire zone." said Cadenza.
Mackenzie Rose replied, "There will be a lot of people who are either too scared or just want to live their life in peace. It won't be a entire free fire zone."
"This is where Julia and her team were last at and her team last know location where the distress beacon. Near this location of Azoda." said SSGT Paul.
"Once we're on the ground?" Asked Sonata.
Sgt Mitchell replied, "All of the terrorists' and their supporters are on the 'Open Season' list. The rest are on the hold your fire list."
"What do mean by 'Open Season' Mitchell?" asked Mackenzie Rose.
SSGT Paul replied, "He means that the rules of engagement for the terrorists and and their supporters that they can be killed."
"My favorite rule of engagement." said Cadenza.
She's some kind of a blood knight, Sonata thought, She enjoys the carnage of war! Or enjoys fights.