Stronghold
20:39, 28 December 2024(Bell, Sev, and Woods are inside the safehouse)
Sev: They're wasting their time in there. She's not going to give anything up
Woods: Just be patient
(Marshall exits the room where Harrow is being kept)
Marshall: Hey, we got a problem.
Sev: Harrow still playing hard to get? Big surprise
Marshall: She had something embedded in her forearm. A device. Felix thinks it's a tracker of some kind
Sev: They know where we are?
Adler: We should assume that
Sev: Then let's get out of here. Take her someplace else
Marshall: No. We don't have time to relocate. We make our stand here. If the Pantheon want her, they're gonna have to fight for her on our turf
Bell: We need to get her to talk before that happens
Adler: Oh, she'll talk. One way or another
Sev: Doesn't sound like she's on our schedule
Adler: Leave that to me. I've got something tucked away that'll help. I just need some time to prepare. You're okay with this, Marshall. Right?
Marshall: Get on it. The rest of us will start fortifying the house
(The screen fades to black before it shows Bell standing right next to Woods)
Woods: If you got any unfinished business around here, now's the time to take care of it. Once we get started on Harrow, we're in it for the long haul
Adler: We're almost ready
Bell: Did you know Harrow well?
Adler: Obviously not well enough. When Harrow arrived at Langley, she held a lot of promise. Curiosity, intellect, ambition. I tried to guide her in those early years. Maybe I wasn't the right one for the job
Bell: Alright, let's hear it. What's the big idea?
Adler: Its official name is phenosorazine, but MK-Ultra coined it "Separation". I've had it for a while. Let's hope it doesn't have an expiration date
Bell: MK-Ultra? The fuck does that thing do?
Adler: In most test subjects, it fragmented their psyche. A form of induced schizophrenia. We're gonna find the part of Harrow that's willing to talk to us. But this won't be an exact science
Woods: Think she'll survive it?
Adler: Probably
Bell: Probably?
(Marshall and Felix bring in Harrow to the ops center while Sev follows them)
Harrow: Is all this really necessary? I am outnumbered five-and-a-half to one
(Woods draws a knife)
Woods: Just give me a fuckin' reason
Marshall: Enough bullshit
(Felix turns Harrow's chair around to have her look at Marshall)
Marshall: Just tell us what you're doing with that bioweapon. This doesn't have to get ugly
(Harrow chuckles)
Harrow: Oh, where's the fun in that?
Marshall: Jane, please, okay? You're better than this
Harrow: Oh, you don't even know if you can do it. Hmm, we've both made our choices, Troy. I stand by mine. Do you?
(Marshall looks at Alder and Felix to proceed with Adler's plan)
Marshall: I miss the old you
(Marshall and Felix grab Harrow as Adler uses a syringe to inject her with Phenosorazine to start MK-Ultra)
Marshall: Let's see if she's still in there
(Felix turns Harrow's chair to have her look at Woods)
Marshall: Jane. Jane, you there?
Harrow: What is this?
Marshall: Adler calls it "Separation". Just relax
Harrow: Relax. Ha. I'm- Troy?
Marshall: What is it? Talk to me
Harrow: No, please no...
Marshall: Jane?
Harrow: I don't wanna do this. No...
Felix: Pantheon is here
Marshall: Already?
(Felix uses the computer nearby)
Felix: Multiple perimeter breaches to the north
Marshall: Shit. We can't stop now. Woods, I need you to take this over. Get what she knows. We'll take care of the rest
Woods: Send 'em my regards
Marshall: Sev, seal the ops room
(Everyone, except for Woods and Harrow, exits the ops room before Sev closes it)
Marshall: Listen up! We need to buy Woods time. As much as we can
(Bell, Marshall, Adler, Sev, and Felix all arm themselves for Pantheon's arrival)
Bell: We've got a distress beacon active. Hopefully someone hears it
Marshall: If Woods can't get any answers out of Harrow, then all this - everything we've been doing - is for nothing. Don't know about the rest of y'all, but I'm not here to die a forgotten footnote in history. So lock and load. Let's give our guests the welcome they deserve. All of you - on me!
(Everyone follows Marshall outside the safehouse's main entrance)
Marshall: Take positions
Marshall: You all in on this, Felix?
Felix: Yes. The gloves are off
Marshall: I noticed
Bell: We've got explosive charges around the perimeter
Adler: Use those when they get close
(After some time, Pantheon throws a smoke grenade)
Adler: Pantheon approaching
Bell: I see
Marshall: They popped smoke. Get ready
(Several Pantheon soldiers are seen coming through the smoke with shields)
Sev: Shields!
Adler: Blow those charges, Bell!
Bell: Detonating
(Bell detonates the first explosives)
Marshall: Hell yeah! Weapons free! Keep 'em away from the house!
(Bell, Adler, Marshall, Sev, and Felix all open fire and stand their ground, defending against the Pantheon soldiers coming down from the road)
Felix: Left side! This is a fine day to die!
Sev: For them, not us!
Marshall: Definitely them
Bell: More incoming!
(The team fires at the Pantheon soldiers coming down from the left side. Eventually, all the enemies are killed)
Adler: We're clear!
Marshall: Woods. Sitrep
Woods: She's not responding. Doin' what I can
Marshall: Keep at it
Sev: To the right of the road!
(The defenders fire at the Pantheon soldiers coming down from the right of the road)
Felix: Snipers, up on the ridge!
Sev: And an RPG!
Bell: I'll take care of them!
Adler: We've got the ones on the ground!
(After clearing out all the soldiers, a Pantheon APC is seen driving down the road)
Marshall: APC incoming! Fall back! Take cover on the patio!
Adler: Bell, the rocket launcher!
Bell: Yep!
(Bell grabs a HE-1 launcher and fires at the APC, destroying it)
Marshall: Nice shot, Bell! APC down!
Felix: Wie gefällt dir das! (How do you like that!)
Adler: There'll be more. I hear a helo in the distance
Marshall: Woods, she talking?
Woods: Think she's comin' around
(A rocket explodes near Bell and Adler)
Bell: Dammit!
Adler: Keep holding 'em back!
(Bell gets back up and resumes fighting the Pantheon soldiers)
Sev: Another group, right side! Shotgun!
Adler: Comin' our way!
(Adler takes out the shotgunner as the squad holds their ground against the Pantheon soldiers)
Felix: More movement on the left!
Marshall: Hold your ground!
Sev: They're everywhere!
Marshall: Bell, you and Adler push to the shed! Get those turrets set up!
Adler: We need our sentry guns! Come on!
(While Marshall, Sev, and Felix keep the pantheon's forces at bay, Bell and Adler head down and approach the shed)
Adler: Let's do it!
(After the duo enters inside the shed, another Pantheon helicopter is heard nearby)
Felix: Another helo incoming
Sev: They're dropping off reinforcements
Adler: I got this one. Bell, get the others. Let's set 'em up
(Bell and Adler set up some sentry turrets)
Adler: We've got this. More by the cliff, right side!
Bell: I see them! Engaging!
(Bell, Adler, and the sentry guns hold their ground at the shed against Pantheon reinforcements)
Adler: Keep pushing 'em back!
Bell: Trying!
(The defenders manage to eliminate all hostiles in the area)
Marshall: Mowin' 'em down. Nice work, fellas
(Pantheon throws another smoke grenade near the shed)
Adler: Smoke!
Marshall: Pull back towards the house. Woods, what's going on?
Woods: Harrow's out cold
Marshall: Wake her up!
(Bell and Adler regroup with Marshall, Sev, and Felix at the safehouse)
Adler: Miniguns, be ready!
Bell: Oh shit!
Sev: Near the shed!
(The defenders fight off more Pantheon soldiers arriving near the shed with their juggernaut. The juggernaut got shredded up by the sentry guns but was finished off by Marshall)
Felix: Now I see what you mean about these minigun operatives. Quite formidable. I'm impressed
Marshall: Let's admire them once they're dead
(The defenders manage to dispatch the remaining Pantheon soldiers)
Marshall: They're down!
Sev: We did it!
Felix: He's off to meet his maker!
Woods: Marshall, think they're inside!
Marshall: Shit. Everyone, into the house! Adler, Sev, Felix - flank 'em on the right. Bell, on me!
(Bell, Adler, Marshall, Sev, and Felix all head back into the safehouse)
Marshall: Gas, look out! Tango upstairs, balcony!
(The defenders clear out the safehouse before heading back out to the main entrance)
Marshall: They're gonna keep coming
Adler: We need to cut off road access
Felix: I could blow the bridge. A few C4 charges should take it down
Marshall: Do it
Bell: The rest of us can keep the pantheon off of you
Adler: They've got a shotgunner. Take him out!
Bell: Can't let 'em get to Harrow!
Marshall: Push up, we need to get Felix to the bridge!
(The defenders kill all hostiles at the main entrance)
Sev: Everyone okay?
Felix: Never been better
Marshall: Agree to disagree
(The team moves up and fires at more Pantheon soldiers on the bridge)
Felix: I'm going out there
Bell: What?!
Marshall: Wait! It's not clear!
Felix: No more waiting!
Adler: Clear off that bridge!
(The defenders eliminate the Pantheon soldiers and proceed to go on the bridge)
Felix: On the bridge. Setting charges
Sev: Sniper up high, left side!
Marshall: Give him some covering fire, Bell!
Bell: All over it
(Bell takes out the pantheon snipers)
(The defenders protect Felix from more Pantheon reinforcements. Felix manages to set up the first C4 charge on the bridge)
Felix: Two more!
(Felix manages to set up the second C4 charge on the bridge while his teammates cover him)
Felix: Last C4! Under heavy fire!
(Felix manages to set up the third C4 charge on the bridge)
Felix: That should do- Arrrgh! Scheisse (Shit!) I'm hit!
Marshall: Case, get him out of there!
(Bell goes over to a wounded Felix and drags him out of there while taking out more Pantheon soldiers with a GS45 pistol)
Felix: There's no time! We must blow the bridge, now!
Marshall: No! Get clear, we can hold 'em off!
Adler: We got incoming armor!
Felix: It's now or never, my friend!
(Just as a Pantheon APC starts to cross the bridge, Felix detonated the C4 explosives - destroying both the bridge and the APC)
Felix: They'll need more than that!
(A bunch of Pantheon helicopters are seen above as they head towards the safehouse)
Marshall: Damn. Looks like they've got it too
Bell: There's so fucking many...
(Adler, Marshall, and Sev all run for the safehouse while Bell helps Felix get there)
Woods: Marshall, you there?
Marshall: Gimme something good.
Woods: The Cradle's in D.C. The Capitol Building. They're gonna release it after grabbing Harrow
Marshall: Holy shit...
Woods: I let Livingstone know. Let's see if that asshole finally listens
Marshall: Copy that
Woods: Fuck!
Marshall: Woods? Woods!
Woods: It's go time!
Woods: Arrgh! Fuck!
(Woods coughs from where Harrow stabbed him. There are several dead pantheon soldiers from Woods's shotgun)
Marshall: Woods needs medical attention! Felix, are you-
Felix: Go! I'll live
Woods: You can't let her get away!
Marshall: Sev, stay with him. Give us some cover fire. Adler, Bell, on me!
Sev: Go, Bell! We'll be fine!
(Marshall, Bell, and Adler reload their weapons and head out)
Marshall: Gotta find Jane.
Adler: Go. I've got this area locked down
Marshall: Bell, let's go! Gimme a hand!
(Bell uses his metal arm to pull up the debris to let Marshall get to the other side before going under and letting it drop. Once they're on the other side, the screen zooms in on Harrow as she is seen giving an orange case to a Pantheon soldier at a helicopter while a second Pantheon soldier with a rocket launcher guards her)
Marshall: Got her in my sights
(Marshall shoots at his former friend, but he misses the shot and while Harrow goes inside the chopper, the second pantheon soldier spotted Marshall and Bell before firing his rocket towards the two. While Bell was okay, Marshall was injured from the debris falling on top of his legs)
Bell: Marshall?!
Marshall: Bell! Can't let her get away. It's up to you. Go! GO!
(Bell uses his assault rifle and kills a few Pantheon soldiers before running towards Harrow's chopper. Just as it started lifting off, Bell jumps and holds onto the chopper. A Pantheon soldier checks outside before Bell kills him with his GS45 pistol before he started going inside the chopper. However, Harrow kicks Bell and while the chopper was making a left turn, Bell lets go and holds onto the other side of the chopper before hoisting himself up)
Harrow: Close it up!
(While Harrow closes the right-side door of the chopper, a Pantheon soldier tries to close left-side door before Bell grabs and pulls him out with his metal arm as the soldier falls to his death)
Harrow: Aw, for God's sake!
(Harrow tries to use her pistol, but Bell gets inside the chopper and slams her against the closed door)
Harrow: I shouldn't have protected any of you!
(Harrow tries to point her pistol at Bell, but he grabs the barrel with his metal arm and crushes it. Harrow headbutts Bell and kicks him away)
Harrow: I pushed Livingstone for Marshall's suspension! I wanted him out of the way!
(Bell draws his pistol and tries to shoot Harrow. Harrow redirects the gun and Bell accidentally shoots the pilot)
Harrow: Dammit!
(While the chopper loses control, Bell and Harrow started to levitate and fight mid-air before falling back down)
(Bell and Harrow both crawl over to the pistol on the floor and before either one could grab it, the chopper crash landed)
(Bell and Harrow both see the interior started filling up with water due to the chopper falling into the Black Sea)
Bell: Shit...
Harrow: No...
(Harrow tries to pull the chopper door, but it wouldn't open)
Harrow: No! Look what you've done!
(Harrow tackles Bell)
Harrow: I know what you really are, Bell!
(Harrow punches Bell)
Harrow: You owe EVERYTHING to the Pantheon!
(Harrow punches Bell again)
(Bell grabs the canister of the cradle and smacks it onto Harrow's head, stunning her. Bell smacks Harrow's head with the canister again. And then again, causing it to leak the Cradle into the chopper before he tosses the canister aside and looks at his hands)
(Bell angrily grabs Harrow)
Harrow: Oh, what is happening...?
(Bell pushes Harrow into the water)
Harrow: We have to get out of this together!
(Bell pushes Harrow down under the water before he looks at his hands again and starts strangling Harrow. Her neck crunches under the iron grip of his metal hand)
Marshall: Bell! Sitrep! Bell, he responded! Livingstone's cleared out the Capitol, Everyone's safe. It's over! We did it, Bell! We did it
Park: Need a hand, boys?
Adler: Park?
Sims: Don't count me out
Adler: (Chuckles)
(Sims and Park arrive with reinforcements, responding to the mayday call. The battle topside against the pantheon is an afterthought. But the helicopter floods with water)
(Bell uses his metal arm to punch a window open and swims to the surface)
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