[b]Daniel Crowe - The Catacombs - The Raid Party[/b]

Daniel slowly nodded to each man as they were assigned to his squad. It felt good to be back in command, and he was at ease with himself. However, by the time the gravity of the situation set in, the groups were split. He had no idea of the capabilities of these men. Could they fight, shoot, and hold themselves high enough to stand tall in a firefight? He realized that this is how the foreign insurgent soldiers must have felt against heavily trained soldiers. 

“Men,” Daniel gave a slight nod to a young woman, maybe around shannon’s age.”and women. I am Master Sergeant Daniel Crowe; US Army CAG. I don’t know the slightest bit about any of you, but I can tell you’re good people, so I wish you well when we enter the catacombs.” Daniel motioned to Amy, who stood at his side. “This is Amelia Stephens, and I trust her with my life. Robert has given me charge of each of you and now I tell you that some of you will be taking orders Amy. Before we go, I’d like to know a few things.” A total of eight people looked at him.

“First; who’s your best sharpshooter?” A man called Henry stepped out. “Good, you’ll assume point with me. Now; I need the two fastest people here.” Daniel continued to list of the requirements until he came up with what he needed. With him, Henry the sharpshooter, James the fastest, Miles the shotgun, and Audrey. He’d picked Audrey for a specific reason, and pulled her aside to explain to her. 

“Audrey… these men keep women locked up for pleasure…at all times, I’d like you to keep yourself hidden from view of the raiders. The reason being that, with your permission I’d like to use you as a decoy.” 

“Wait, wait, wait- What!” Audrey sputtered. 

“Look, you meet the criteria; you’re young and pretty, and I’ll bet that the raiders would hesitate if I pretended to threaten your life.” He set his eyes hard on the girl for a minute. “That would only be an absolute, last minute resort. Tell me if you can’t do it.” 

“I… I can do it…” Audrey nodded and returned to the group. Daniel triumphantly returned as well, leading the group away from the trucks. It took a total of five and a half minutes to get through the streets and find the store that the raider had told him the secret entrance was to. They’d broken in after another two minutes of lock picking, and slowly checked the dim corridor. 

Daniel held his AR-15 leveled forward and began to proceed into the den of the raiders.