Hostage Rescue Team.

[ MODERN FANTASY ]

"You can't run from feds."

CW⚠️ : lots of death, blood, violence, tough topics, shooting, crazy detail. possible trauma? casualties the usual stuff you see on my profile. :000

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STRATEGIC CONTEXT: Washington Under Attack.

In the midst of escalating tensions between the United States and the Supernatural Coalition (S.C.), the S.C. has launched a brazen, multifaceted assault on the American homeland, codenamed Operation Bird Storm, aimed at decapitating U.N/ U.S leadership, crippling critical infrastructure, and sowing widespread societal collapse. Washington D.C. has devolved into a warzone of unprecedented anarchy, with chemical weapon deployments, infrastructure sabotage, and coordinated strikes turning the capital into a fucking warzone. The S.C.'s objective: their forces are actively hunting President Andrew Brawnford, who vanished during an evacuation attempt, leveraging the chaos to extract or eliminate him while delaying U.S. response forces through diversionary engagements.

The S.C. operates through a network of elite infiltration squads, sleeper agents embedded within civilian contractors and local populations, and rapid-reaction teams equipped with advanced chemical munitions, drones, and electronic warfare tools. Intelligence from the CIA and NSA indicates that multiple S.C. kill units have established forward operating bases in abandoned buildings, subway tunnels, and urban hideouts across D.C., exploiting the power outages and communications blackouts to coordinate movements undetected.

These units have deployed hit-and-run tactics, ambushing first responders, setting up sniper nests on rooftops, and using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) laced with chemical agents to create kill zones that slow advancing U.S. forces. The Capitol Building has become the focal point of intense fighting, with S.C. squads fortifying positions around the complex to draw in reinforcements and buy time for their main raid team pursuing Brawnford's trail.

Confirmed reports detail S.C. control over key chokepoints near the Capitol, including the National Mall and adjacent federal buildings, where they've rigged barricades with mustard gas canisters and drone-