Chapter 1: Operation RedHorn

Sergeant Keith Runner sat in one of the many seats inside the Blackhawk as it sat on the tarmac, outside thousands of soldiers ran towards their respective transports for the operation. The operation was a joint US-UK-RU-FR-GM attack into Syria and Iraq to finally stop ISIS from attacking Turkey. Around him was his squad of the British 118th. The Blackhawk was quite packed for the fact the squad was also joined by a two manned American Mortar team. "We ready?" Keith asked his fellow squad mates.

"Yep, let's get this over with." His squad's gunner, Daniel laughed. As soon as he finished the radio on the squad's communications expert, Tim came alive.

"Alright ladies and Gentlemen, Operation begins now." A rough voice said.

"You heard the general, let's get this puppy in the air." Uri, the squads Medic stated, he thumbed with his L85A2 in his hand. The rotor on the Blackhawk began to spin up and soon they were in the air.

30 minutes later

Keith looked out the Blackhawks door to see hundreds if not thousands of Blackhawks and other helicopters around him. "I can't believe their sending 250,000 troops on this operation. Do they think it's going to be that bad?" Maddie, the squads rookie asked

"Na, they probably want to hit them while their not looking and get this entire war over with." Derik, the squads CQC (Close Quarter Combat) specialist stated. Keith just kept looking out of the door of the Blackhawk at how many helicopters were around him. There were even some fighter jets around them. As one of the jets flew past Derik noticed it "Good hunting gentlemen."

"Yes, this should be a piece of…" Darren, one of the Americans from the Mortar team started, but was cut off as one of the Blackhawks around them burst into flames. The Blackhawk shook as missiles and Flak flew past them.

"DAMN! ENEMY SAM'S AND FLAK!" one of the pilots shouted. The soldiers in the back held on to their seats as the Blackhawk began to descend into the port city. As they began to see the city they saw a lot of defensive and anti-air firing at them. They flew over the beach and started to slow down into the city. Suddenly the Black hawk shook heavily. "SHIT! WE'RE HIT! WE'RE GOING DOWN!" the pilot shouted as the helicopter crashed into the street with a thud.

Keith awoke to find Uri, the squad's medic standing over him. "Sir, SIR!" he shouted at Keith, who let out a groan "Thank got your alive. Sir, I need you to get up." Keith nodded and began to stand up

"What happened?" Keith asked

"RPG hit us, one pilot and one gunner are dead, and the rest are alive with only minor wounds. They set up in a shop across the street." Uri said as he walked out of the wrecked Blackhawk, Keith in pursuit. As Keith left the helicopter he found that the city was still under heavy siege. Blackhawks and other helicopters still flying over.

"Looks like the operations still a go." Keith muttered.

"Yes sir. Ted's got communications to command. Our objective still stands. Get mortar team 6-6 to the Requa Plaza to provide fire support for Challenger tank platoon 4-7." Uri explained. The two walked into the shop to find the squad in defensive positions. Nick, the squad's sniper greeted them

"Sir, it's good to see you're still kicking." Nick stated, his voice showed he was worried "but we need to move towards our objective. ISIS troops are getting closer to our position."

"Ok." Keith stated, he turned to the rest of the squad. "Ok, we are moving to our objective. Stay together and don't get separated." The soldiers of the squad nodded. He noticed a pilot one of the gunner's from the Blackhawk walking over.

"Sir, what about us?"

"Stick with us till we reach our objective." Keith answered quickly. "Now let's move!" the squad was up and walking cautiously out of the building and down the street. Their respective weapons locked and loaded and ready to engage any hostile.

The squad walked for a few minutes. Keith lead the squad, followed by Daniel, Derik, Maddie, the gunner and pilot, Darren and the other member of the mortar team, Gen. Across the other side of the street the other members of the squad walked at the same time with Keith and his followers. Ted, the squad's communications and main tech guy lead, then Uri, Nelson, the squad's anti-air trooper and nick. The road was barren. Cars stayed still as the squad walked along the dead road. Many of the buildings hand bullet holes and some had parts destroyed. Many of the cars in the street were destroyed. Then a bullet went out "CONTACT!" Maddie shouted as the squad rushed behind any cover they could find. Some hid behind rubble while overs behind open shop walls and others behind cars. A hail of bullets went past the soldier's heads.

"I got multiple!" Nick shouted from his position as he looked through his L118A1 AWC's scope. He noted about 15 to 20 hostiles moving down the road. "GUN THEM DOWN!" he shouted as the hail of gunfire started to slow as many of the hostiles had to reload. Giving the soldiers a chance for payback. They popped out of cover and fired into the hostiles. Taking 3 down while the others retreated into cover.

Daniel set up his L7A2's bipod and began providing suppressing fire. Keith watched his fellow soldiers pepper the enemy with gunfire. "COVER ME!" Keith shouted as he sprinted across the road towards Ted. He crouched next to the communications officer and spoke to him "Get us some back up."

"Cant sir, people are pulling out. From what I've heard theirs a nuke in the city."

"A nuke!" Keith said in shock.

"Yep, all troops are evacuating the city."

"What about us?"

"There's a Blackhawk coming to get us."

"Good, that means…" Keith started but was cut off as a gigantic explosion went off that shook the entire city. His face turned to horror as he realized what it was. "EVERYONE TO ME NOW!" he shouted. The soldiers quickly ran towards him, surprised to see the hostiles running for their lives. Even more when they saw the Sergeant was scared. "GET DOWN!" he ordered as they huddled around a destroyed corner of a wall. A wave a wing knocked the soldiers to the floor. Keith watched as a large wave of black smoke and dust coming down the street towards his squad 'So this is how it ends…' and everything went black

AN: So that's the first chapter of my new story. the War that the soldiers are fighting in with ISIS is completely made up as of when I write this. Please Review and thank you.