(GM Post)
"Get that portal up and running! The Deputy Director's sending in another agent at Camp Desert Rock!"
"Understood, sir! We're still working on it!"
Agency personnel were moving about and around the portal room to oversee the activation of another portal. The only difference is that this room is used to deploy agents on foot with the other portal at the motor pool for Agency vehicles.
"Sir!" An Agency guard greeted the man in a hood. "The Deputy Director wants you to have this."
He handed to him a bluetooth-based earpiece and a smartphone encrypted like the one issued to Chin and the others.
"You'll need this when you communicate with us or with the other agents in the field."
"Understood," Edward answered. Donning the earpiece and pocketing the phone, he stepped through the portal once it was ready. Edward soon found himself in one of the driest places he'd ever been to and noticed a group of people in the middle distance. He headed over to them.
Life's too short, so love the one you got."Stop the car here." Chin instructed Nyarue to park the SUV next to an abandoned cottage once they arrived at the deserted camp.
"Right!" Nyarue cheerfully replied when she parked the vehicle and killed the engine.
Chin was the first to get out and saw Kenway approaching them.
That guy's in a hood. Is he with us?
The ex-policeman heard rumors of someone who was recently recruited after prototype trials with a time machine resulted in an explosion that killed six people, three of them being the ones in charge of creating the time machine and two guards with one discharged due to massive injuries sustained.
"Looks like we got someone here." Chin squinted his eyes to get a good look at him due to the sun. He was thankful that it was starting to get dark that he was able to see the white hood on Kenway.
"Hey..." Nyarue walked next to Chin and pointed to Kenway. "Is that guy with us?"
edited 12th Dec '14 5:29:20 AM by Ominae
"It's okay." Chin responded to Kenway himself. "We're with the Agency."
Chin showed his official Agency ID. "This may not be much to identify all of us beyond our names, but we saw the incoming portal."
Nyarue nervously got out her ID and showed it to Kenway as proof.
"Hey guys." Chin told the others. "Just show him the ID so that he'll know we're all at the same side."
edited 12th Dec '14 11:19:35 PM by Ominae
"We're deployed in the western part of the United States to investigate what appears to be covert testing done by a hostile group." Chin explained to the hooded man the reason why they were in Nevada.
"Agency intelligence indicates that we need to get pass this area." Nyarue pointed the way for Kenway to see.
"We're going to expect some resistance on the way, seeing that the test is done near a federal government facility." Chin drew out his Glock 21 from his sidearm, being careful to not damage or get the silencer removed. "So be on your guard."
"It's almost fully dark now." Nyarue did her hand gesture again and placed her hand inside in some empty space again.
"What are you doing?" Chin asked her.
"Getting something to help us navigate our way." Nyarue pulled out a box that had night vision goggles inside. "You'll need these. And these are fully shielded against alien tech that can render them useless."
"Thanks." Chin got a NVG headset from the young agent and wore the head harness on his head before he attached the NVG on. The ex-police officer switched it on and saw everything in green.
"Keep low." Chin pointed to the nearby abandoned house. "Let's sneak around and use the house for cover." He crouched, using the desert fauna as cover before he got prone and started to crawl to the nearest house.
A group of armed men jumped out from a M35 truck, heavily armed with HK G36A2 assault rifles. They wore a variety of military gear over their windbreakers, combat pants and boots.
"Everyone spread out! Mr. Reinhardt wants some peace of mind for his test and he wants it done without the feds getting involved." An armed man from the truck shouted to the five-man team before he got the truck to drive off to another location.
The patrol began to secure the area, keeping an eye on the abandoned camp for signs of life.
edited 14th Dec '14 11:14:33 PM by Ominae
Chin motioned to Nyarue to follow him inside an abandoned house. He crawled up when the mercenaries weren't looking at his position. Nyarue just ran up ahead. Thanks to her height, she was able to avoid being detected.
"Inside." Nyarue whispered to the ex-cop when she opened the door.
"Okay." Chin then got up and dashed inside to hide from the patrol.
"They're getting closer." Chin whispered to the other agents on his headset. "Sneak around them and take them out."
He peeked out and saw the five-man patrol approach the foliage near the abandoned houses. Chin hoped that they can hide by using the foliage or the houses.
"Careful now." One of the mercenaries used the tactical flashlight on his assault rifle to illuminate the path to the abandoned houses. "Last thing we want is some civilian stumbling onto the site."
"Right." Another merc replied.
They were seen approaching the area using a wedge formation.

(Nyarue post)
"Ah. Thanks, sir. I got the location."
Nyarue cheerfully thanked Deputy Director Chong on the headset before she said to the others, "We should be almost there, guys. Standby and prepare to disembark."
The young agent drove the SUV towards the outskirts of the deserted Camp Desert Rock.
"We should be there in a while, assuming that nothing is going to interrupt our ride."