the strange craft from mars (edited)

I am Captain john hiller the commander of the 101st marine fire team nicknamed the “hell fighters” an elite unit of the USMC that deals in “unconventional” warfare. I sat In the passenger seat of the Blackhawk helicopter in full body armor, our armor is experimental, solid plated of some form of composite that is pretty bullet resistant. Not that we thought that would actually help on this current mission, but we wore it anyways. armed to the teeth

my fire team was en-route to a strange aircraft that landed in the small town of fenton Michigan, and attacked a few locals with what the survivors said “melted them to ashes”

My team was made up of 5 marines himself and one science officer assigned to them by the navy

The whole team loaded up with the most powerful weapons they could carry he looked down the line of eager soldiers

Joan ‘’medic’’ the teams medical officer was barely armed with only a Glick 17 9mm pistol

Kim ‘’wraith’’the teams best sniper had a M107 .50 caliber snipers rifle with 5 extra mags in her duffle, and 10x optics, a bit of a heavy weapon but we didn’t know what kind of armor these aliens would have. And a Glock 17 pistol

Jeff ‘’tank’’ their heavy weapons expert was loaded down with an M249 the saw (squad automatic weapon), a Glock 17, and a ballistic shield

Tanya ’’fang’’ the teams close eliminations/hand to hand expert was loaded up with two fully automatic Glock 18’s one on each hip, two separate 7’’ combat knives, and her favorite sub gun an mp5

Next up was Kevin whom the whole team unanimously nicknamed ‘’ghost’’ the teams stealthy eliminations expert was loaded very light in comparison he had an M-4 assault rifle with a silencer, and a Glock

also silenced tanya was training in a jungle with Kevin one time and she didn’t hear anything until he was right behind her and slashed her with the ‘’knife’’

And what about me you say? They call me “the reaper’’

Well my load out is simple. Im loaded with an H&K 416 , and two Glock 17’s 9mm semi auto pistols

Suddenly the light beside me turned red flooding the bay we where in with light

Everyone in the team knew exactly what that meant ‘’2 minutes till drop’’ the cabin fluttered to life with movement as everybody put their helmet on and locked the pressure seal

I put on my own helmet locked it and turned on coms saying “com check’’ all 4 said ‘’coms up’’ over the com. It was game time!

‘’okay’’ I said over com ‘once we hit the ground ghost I want you to get in as far as possible wait for my green light then do what you do’’ he nodded ‘’wraith I want you to pick the most hidden spot you can, and wait for my green’’ she too just nodded ‘’tank I want you up in front fang, rear guard’’ I paused ‘’ we will make the main assault’’ both flashed the devil horns. I turned to the science officer I think her name was jenny ‘’jenny you are now ‘’doc’’ welcome to the team your on chopper guard. Stay here until ghost comes in he will lead you to us’’ jenny said ‘’I can handle myself’’ ‘’your on my team now! Stay with the god damn chopper until ghost comes”

The light turned green and I stood up and opened the bay door. Clear for now the pilot turned off the engine and I jumped out and took a look around. My jaw dropped. The whole area looked like it had been burnt to ashes once I regained my breath I called over com ‘’ move out hell fighters the ship is to the west’’

Wraith and ghost slipped out of sight, and tank got in front of me, fang to the rear

‘’holy hell’’ fang said over com ‘’this place looks like it got hit bad’’

‘’move out’’ I said we walked for half an hour till we saw the ship. We landed a mile from it so we werent spotted on radar if they had one. I pulled out my field binos

It was huge!