Maine: The Damned Dam

Jack and his men rolled in looking for one of their own. He sent a team to check out the dam and they all returned but one a young kid by the name of Jay. From what he was told it seemed as if Jay wanted to venture in and Albert who was leading the small team agreed with it as he figured if they could clear the whole dam or at least a good section of it then they would have no problem moving in with a larger force. Albert felt bad for leaving his brother Jay behind but he thought of the others and when Jack was gathering men for the mission he decided to have Albert tag along. Family is family after all. Once arriving at the gate Jack stepped out of the humvee that took the lead and he let out a heavy sigh. Soon enough he was joined by the rest of his men. "Well Albert at least you guys were smart enough to lock up the gate." said Jack to Albert.




Jack lit his cigarillo and took a few drags off of it before his second in command stepped forward Ryan Burgess. "So boss I was thinking instead of just trying to blast our way in how about we go around to the side where Albert and his team entered?" suggested Ryan to Jack who nodded a few times taking a nice long drag off his sweet cigarillo before answering him. "That is an option. Alright so let's break up into four teams. I'll take one, Ryan you got one." said Jack to Ryan who nodded.






The men stood in formation and as they did Jack paced back and forth looking at the men as he decided who would lead the other two teams. He stood in front Albert and patted him on the shoulder. "You got this?" asked Jack to Albert who nodded. He was ready for not only redemption but to find his younger brother and bring him back home safely. "Yes sir." said Albert in a confident tone. Jack gave him a nod and he stepped forward. 






Then he had to pick the last squad leader and as he once again paced back and forth he looked at them as he had his hands behind his back. He stopped at the British man named Nathan. He knew Nathan wasn't popular around camp due to his actions but he trusted him and he let it slide. He was a good soldier and to Jack that's all that matter. "You up for this Nathan?" asked Jack to Nathan who nodded. "Always sir." said Nathan to Jack who nodded. Soon the squad leaders picked the rest of their teams and everyone team served a purpose. Jack and Ryan were going to go in while Albert's team was on watch making sure no one was going to sneak up on them and they could potentially see people or "swarmers" that's what Jack called the dead. Nathan's team was simply guarding the humvees an easy task that the British man was all in for as he always was willing to take the easy way. 

The teams were now gathering their weapons and as they were gathering their stuff all Jack could think about was the bottle of rum that he would be enjoying later tonight. Wither it was for a celebration or a funeral remained to be seen.

Troy just shook his head and let out a sigh of annoyance as he saw the new group in front of them. He looked at the skull that was located on the door of the humvees and hearing Claudia that they were either deserters or possible Army men didn't inspire much confidence in him on one hand if they were former Army men then that had skills such as Claudia, Mallory, Mark and Jake. As far as he knew those were the only ones with any real military experience. But these guys had a handful of men that had those same possible set of skills. On the other hand if they were just pretending to be Army then he wouldn't be worried. When Roger left to go tell Mallory and the others he kept his eyes on the new group like a hawk. 

When Mallory showed up he stood back letting Claudia explained the situation. Once she asked who was going down with her to meet this new group Troy smirked and gave her a nod as he stepped forward. "Yeah I'm in. Big man?" asked Troy to Cutler who nodded. "Those guys don't scare me not one bit." said Cutler to the group. Troy felt confident that he and Cutler were going yet at the same time they were walking into the lion's den with meeting this new group.

Jack had just finished checking his guns when Albert walked over to him. "Please...Bring him back if you can." said Albert softly to Jack who nodded and patted Albert on the shoulder. "We leave no man behind. Dead or alive." said Jack to Albert. Ryan had a map of the Dam laid out on one of the humvees and Jack walked over to him looking it over. "Okay so my team will enter through-" said Ryan before he was cutoff by Albert. "Incoming!" said Albert as he looked through the scope of his M40A3 Sniper Rifle. Jack turned around as he saw people coming towards him. A few of his boys were jumpy he could see that some of them were ready and he smirked at them. "At ease gentlemen!" said Jack to his men and they relaxed. As they did Jack looked at Ryan, Albert and Nathan. "Come on boys no need to keep our guest waiting." said Jack as he smirked at his men. While Jack seemingly had carefree attitude about it on the outside. On the inside however he was on guard and his heart was slightly racing as he didn't know wither these people were possibly friend or foe. Once Jack was in front of these new people. He took a few drags off his cigarillo before making introductions. "I'm Master Sergeant Jack Carver well former Master Sergeant. Pretty sure titles mean nothing now." said Jack with a light chuckle before turning to his companions. "This is Ryan Burgess my second in command, Albert Price and lastly this is Nathan Firth." said Jack as he introduced his companions. Ryan then spoke up as he looked at the woman. "We are from Castine-" said Ryan before he was cut off by Jack who had an annoyed look.



"It's called Coalport now." said Jack annoyed as he quickly corrected his second in command. He then turned to look back at the woman and her companions. "So what brings you guys out here?" asked Jack casually to the woman in front of him.

Troy looked at Mallory confused at first but he smirked and shrugged as he had no clue who Apollo was. "You mean Apollo the boxer from Rocky? He was a Greek god?" asked Troy to Mallory sarcastically. Max shook his head and lightly punched Troy in the arm. "Get serious pretty boy." said Max to Troy who just kept his usual smirk. Although when he heard Paco's comment about Cutler not being able to swim he did look at the big man surprised. "Damn...That explains why you were always just tanning or went in just about ankle deep." said Troy to Cutler. The big biker just rolled his eyes ignoring Troy's comment. When Mallory started to move Troy and Cutler were right behind her. He then knew it was time to get serious.

When they met the man they got a name Jack Carver and he was former military as well. Jack looked at Mallory and smirked as he heard her say she was a former Marine and that she was leader of Bar Harbor. "Well it's nice to meet you commander Faraday and your companions as well. Troy and Cutler was it?" asked Jack as he looked to the two men. "Yeah." said Troy casually as he nodded. Troy was on guard and his hands were at his side ready to grab his saw-off shotgun just in case. Jack looked over Troy and Cutler. While Mallory was dressed in tactical gear Troy and Cutler were dressed in leather and he knew that these two possibly couldn't be military. "I'm guessing you two aren't like us?" asked Jack to Troy and Cutler. "What? Men in uniform? Nah never was one to serve Uncle Sam." said Troy. Jack let out a laugh and took one last drag off his cigarillo before throwing it to the ground and crushing it. He turned back to Mallory as he heard her say that they were planning on clearing the dam and seeing if it needed to be repaired. Jack figured he could use the help with clearing the dam and in a way this to him was a test to see if he could trust these people although he figured they were doing the same thing as well. Everything in this world was now a test after all.

"Well we could use each other's help after all. You see I had a group come out here not to long ago expect one of them didn't come back and he was left in there. So we help you clear the dam and possibly find my soldier. After that we can talk about furthering this relationship. Sound good Faraday?" asked Jack to Mallory as he extended his hand to seal the deal.

Jack was already impressed with Mallory Faraday as she was going to set up perimeter defenses and intended to keep the place running a slight smirk appeared on Jack's face followed by a nod. "She's determined I'll give her that." thought Jack to himself. Being called "Mister Carver" once he would let it go but it happened twice now and he felt the need to address it before Mallory walked away. "Please call me Jack. We are friends here now." said Jack casually to Mallory. Once she left Jack walked over to his group. Troy walked with Mal and hearing her say something was off he shrugged. "I mean I didn't feel anything off maybe a bit uptight but military assholes are usually like that. No offense Mal." said Troy with a smirk and chuckle to Mal as he hoped she wasn't offended by his comment. Once meeting with the others and bringing them up on the situation Troy decided to get friendly with some of the military folks. He walked over to a group of them and he nodded at them. "Yo sup?" asked Troy to the group of men standing before him. The men just looked at Troy obviously weary of him.




"What do you want?" asked the ginger in a aggressive tone towards Troy. Troy just chuckled and nodded as he was getting the message. "Just wanted to say hey that's all." said Troy to the ginger and the group of men. The ginger got up in Troy's face and the biker didn't even move a muscle. "Well now you have so...Fuck off." said the ginger to Troy who looked at his uniform and saw his last name Spencer. "Spencer? Yeah I'll remember you." said Troy softly. "Douglas Spencer don't forget it." said Spencer to Troy who just shook his head and walked away. "Yeah that's right walk away." said Spencer loud enough for Troy to hear and he wasn't going to let this go. He walked back to Spencer and his friends. "Hey you know what-" said Troy to Spencer before he was cutoff by one of his guys stepping in getting in between him and Spencer. The man then faced the soldier. "Knock it off Spence! Go grab some water." said the man to Spencer who just walked away. The man then turned to Troy. "Sorry about Spencer he is an asshole. He just likes to cause trouble for anyone." said the man to Troy.




"Name's William Bennett." said William to Troy as he extended his hand. Troy smiled at the man and shook his hand. "Troy Morrow. So seems like you guys are quite the Army?" asked Troy to William which made him chuckle. "Yeah well once we took back Coalport we decided to make a change for the future. It's bigger than all of us." said William to Troy who nodded.

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Nathan one of Jack's lieutenants was walking around when he saw Bree struggling with some supplies. He rushed over to her and helped her out. "Yeah that's pretty heavy. Christ I almost threw out my back." said Nathan with a chuckle his British accent becoming noticeable. "Name's Nathan Firth. But most people call me Nate. So tell me what's a pretty American like yourself doing out here?" asked Nathan to Bree as he smirked at the girl. Nathan wasn't well like around camp due to him flirting with younger girls and a few complaints were brought up to Jack but once Nathan explained to him the differences in their culture that being the laws in the UK. Jack allowed him to stay in his position much to the dislike of the other lieutenants that were around. Nathan had his Heckler & Koch MP5A3 hanging on a sling while his Llama Martial was in his holster. He was wearing his tactical gear like everyone else. "So are all the girls in your camp supermodels?" asked Nathan jokingly as he was trying to flirt with the American girl.











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Jack walked over to the command tent that was being set up with his second in command Ryan and Para jumper Patrick Taylor. Meeting Claudia Jack nodded to her as did Ryan and Patrick. Hearing of the weapons they have and the gear Jack nodded once again as he was impressed. "Roman tactics? Gotta respect that. We've been teaching our men "Small Unit tactics like leapfrogging and Guerrilla warfare." said Jack to the ladies. Once the tent was set up they would talk about the plan of attack and Jack was all for that. "I'll be over there." said Jack as he pointed to his humvee. He then walked away with his second in command Ryan. Patrick however stayed for a moment and looked at Claudia's bat. "Looks brand new. You have a chance to use it yet?" asked Patrick to the woman. Patrick carried a M4A1 and a Glock 19 on him.

Nathan smirked as he heard Bree saying she loved the English and he chuckled at her comment finding it somewhat humorous yet he slightly blushed at it. So he got a name Bridget or Bree for short and Nate was totally digging her as she was already wooing him with her smile. He listened to her as she joked and mentioned someone named Chloe Faraday who seemed to be a local celebrity even going so far as to win gold in the Olympics yet the name didn't ring a bell. "Well love, I'm sorry I have no recollection of that name. I was more of a football player and I mean the English not the American." said Nathan to Bree. When asked about if there were pretty girls at his camp the English man shrugged and smirked at the cheerleader. "Yeah we go some fit birds but none of them are as gorgeous as you love." said Nathan with a smile to Bree.



When asked what it's like over at Coalport. Nathan knew he had to choose his words carefully as he didn't want to mention force labor or anything like that but to Nathan he didn't see it that way. "It's nice....I mean about as nice as one place can be. Everyone pulls their weight around camp who knows maybe if this works out I can show you around our camp? Wouldn't mind showing you what we have to offer." said Nathan to Bree as he locked eyes with her. Before he could say anymore he was called over by Jack. "Hey Nate come here!" ordered Jack to Nathan. The British man looked the cheerleader and smirked at her. "Duty calls." said Nathan with a smirk followed by a wink as he left Bree to go see Jack.



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When asked by Claudia wither if any of the soldiers wanted to join in Jack looked at his men and gave them the nod. Getting the go-ahead a few volunteered but when told not to get in Claudia's way Spencer rolled his eyes as he let out a sigh. "Great ruin my fun why don't ya." said Spencer slightly annoyed.




A few of the soldiers chuckled at Spencer's comment but they knew the times for jokes was over it was now time to get serious. Spencer had his Heckler & Koch HK416 with a AAC suppressor, foregrip and EOTech sights. He also had a hunting knife on him as well. Patrick had his M4A1 Carbine and a knife as well. Jack looked on as it seemed a few more of his men were volunteering and that's when he called Nathan over. "What's up boss?" asked Nathan to Jack who leaned against his humvee as he looked on at Claudia before looking at the British man. "I need you to go with them and watch our guys backs in there. I'll be honest I'm not sure about these guys but if anything fishy goes on in there I need you to take care of it yeah?" asked Jack to Nathan who nodded as he understood what he needed to do. "You got it boss." said Nathan to Jack. The British man then left his leader as he lined up with his men who were volunteering to go in.

Troy was nearby with the other bikers and he looked to Claudia giving her a nod to her as he and the rest of the bikers were ready.

Jack watched on as Mallory and Claudia took control of the situation in front of them and he was impressed with these girls even more. He smirked as he heard say that if they had any CQB specialists now was the time to send them in or they could clear the hallways as well. Jack chuckled at Mallory's comment and he lightly shook his head as he lit up another cigarillo. He took a few drags off it before looking to Mallory. "You guys take a break. My men will clear the hallways." said Jack to Mallory. When she left Jack walked over to his men and he smirked at them. "Alright men we saw what the ladies can do now let's take care of the hallways and remember don't split up from your team." said Jack to his soldiers.






He looked at Ellis who did exceptionally well when it came to CQB training. He was still young but he was determined and Jack liked the spirit he showed. "Alright boys it's going to be tight in there so close quarters only which means you use your gun as a last resort do I make myself clear?" said Jack to his soldiers. "Sir yes sir!" said Jack's men in unison. "Alright Ryan, Spencer, Ellis, Nathan and Albert lead your teams in and be careful. If you find Jay alive then that's great if he has perished..." said Jack looking down at the ground letting out a heavy sigh. "Then give him mercy." said Jack in a calm but serious tone to his men. "Alright men you have your orders. Go to it!" ordered Jack to his men. Soon enough Jack's soldiers went in and as they did Jack went back to his humvee enjoying his cigarillo. 

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Troy was with the other bikers when he looked up as he heard Mallory asking him if they found out anything. He shook his head as did the other members. "Nah they aren't exactly the friendly type. They are definitely up to something but what I don't know. " answered Troy to Mallory. When she pointed out the workers Troy looked at them as did the other bikers. They were wearing grey jumpsuits and were doing the heavy lifting for the most part. Troy looked at Mallory as she pointed out that they looked like they didn't want to be here and Troy shrugged as he looked at her. "Well let's go talk to them." said Troy to Mallory. He started to walk over but as he did he was stopped by William the soldier who got in between him and Spencer. "Sorry but I can't have you interfering with the workers." said William in a calm tone to Troy.




Troy just smirked and chuckled as he looked at William. "It's no big deal. I was just gunna ask them if they wanted food." said Troy to William who inhaled deeply before nodding. "Well I appreciate you looking out for them but they are fine." said William to Troy in a calm tone. The two men were face to face with one another and Troy could see that this soldier was having some doubts he could see that something was wrong. "What's going on?" asked Troy in a quiet tone to William who shook his head. "Three two point six. That's my radio frequency. I'll be on channel eight." said William in a soft yet quick tone. "Three two point six, three two point six, channel eight." said Troy to himself as he said the frenquency and the channel to try and remember. "Sir I'm not gunna ask you again I need you back away." said William in a calm yet serious tone to Troy who looked confused. "Sir." said William in the same tone expect this time he had his hand on his pistol which was in his holster and Troy knew what he was doing. He was trying to keep up appearances and Troy slowly back away and walked over to Mallory and the others. "Three two point six and channel eight." said Troy to Mallory. "That's the best I can do for now." said Troy softly to Mallory.

He turned around and as he did he was face to face with one eyed Jack. "Can I help you with something?" asked Troy to Jack who smirked as he looked at the young man. "Just came here to tell you don't bother my workers. They are...Still shaken up after what happened at Coalport." said Jack to Troy who looked somewhat concerned. "What happened?" asked Troy to Jack who took a few drags off his cigarello before answering the young man deciding to tell him the story of how Castine became Coalport.



"Well you see in the beginning of all this life was good in Castine until the Mayor who was running it began to hoard all the food for himself and his men. Now that didn't sit well with me I mean I fought for my country and I believe in a system where we help one another no matter what. So we fought back and we freed the town of his evil, I am by no means a heartless man so I gave his followers a choice ether we work together for the greater good or...I can throw you out on your ass. As you can see..." said Jack as he looked at the workers. "They made their choice so they work for their food and water. Better to keep them on a leash rather then let them run loose right?" asked Jack to Troy and Mallory who was behind Troy. "That's how I lost my eye here. Fighting for the greater good." said Jack to the two of them. "What happened to the Mayor?" asked Troy to Jack who shrugged. "He is a prisoner back at our camp. He is carrying a life sentence. That's why we renamed Castine to Coalport. Building the future and leaving the past behind." said Jack to Troy. Soon enough Jack's men came out of the dam and he smirked at his men before smirking at Mallory. "Always believe in my men to get the job done." said Jack to Troy and Mallory as he smirked at them.


Albert and Nathan came out last carrying the body of Jay and as they set him down on the ground Albert kicked the dirt in anger. "Fucking idiot!" screamed Albert at Jay's corpse. Tears were running down his face and the once joyous moment that Jack felt mere moments ago was placed with sadness and pain. Jack tossed his cigarillo to the floor and walked over looking over Jay's corpse. He had bite marks all around him and he was torn to shreds. Jack placed a hand on Albert's shoulder as was distraught and he hugged his fellow soldier. "It's okay...It's okay..." said Jack softly to Albert as he hugged him. Jack looked at Nathan and gave him a nodded and the British man nodded back as he rushed over to one of the Humvees and grabbed a body bag from the back. Ellis and Nathan put Jay in the body bag and soon loaded him in the back of one of the humvees. Troy looked at Mallory as he saw the scene happening in front of him. "He seems honorable...I mean...I can't read him and I am usually good at that shit." said Troy softly to Mallory as he didn't want to alert anyone nearby.