Posted on: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Posted at: 2:47 PM
Story - We were a teamIn history, written down in a thick yellow book of fading words, there was once a group of elite killers. They were the Silent Operation Unit (SOU), a group that worked under the World Wide Crime Threat Department (WWCTD). The SOU was seemingly the only force the International Police Department (IPD) could rely on, whenever approached, it was a desperate measure, the last resort. This group of elites called themselves Rose. Reason being whenever there was a new operation, a rose will be planted in the small garden of their headquarters. The rose represent the life of their enemy, when their mission succeeded, the rose will wilt. The source of the magical rose was always a mystery, no one in the team knew it's source. It remained magical to all. Members of Rose were spread worldwide, and they were always on the move, no one can seem to mention their exact location, even the head of WWCTD failed to do so. They move silently. Quickly. Their headquarters was in the Ford Country, Mississippi, down a long tunnel in Lowtown, the black section of Clanton.One day, probably after 3 years of moving, they were called to assemble in their headquarters. There was a mission, as usual a letter and a rose were delivered to their headquarters. Everyone in Rose had a specific role to play, operation organiser, weapons IC, sniper, frontline, in mission co-ordinator, etc. They varied in terms of size and sex and strength and weakness, but when they were one, they were invincible, indomitable and inevitable.The leader, Raken, read the mission to the team. Their misson was to bring down, cracked, and put a stop to Kirizon, a powerful, unstoppable group of drug syndicate that deals with arms too. For years the IPD was trying with their utmost effort to bring down, convict, indict Kirizon, but all C.I.D, S.W.A.T, SPU failed. Everyone froze when the letter was read.When Raken finished reading the letter, everyone finally exhaled. Their hearts expounding. This was Rose mission, after 3 years of isolation from any operation. Everyone had slackened. Everyone seemed reluctant. The operation organiser, Enmary, was sick and tired of going through the detailed and dedicated planning. The weapon IC, Rhoda, could not be bothered to do the routine weapons' check.Weeks after weeks, it drags on. Raken took on the job of planning. Discussing with several members, Gande and Jin En, he did the background research on Kirizon, planned the route, the advancement, the attack, the retreat and the back-up plan. Everything was more or less taken care of. A month it takes, and Rose was once again called back to the headquarters. Raken pasted all the necessary information on the dusty, neglected, dead notice board.The response was poor. Perhaps 3 years had caused the team to lose their professionalism, bond, touch and responsibility. Only a handful responded. The rest could not be bothered to check or follow the steps given for each role. People started suggesting. People started asking why can't they take another route? Why can't they do it on another day? The usual enthusiasm and co-operation of the elite team was lacking. Everything had a cause and an effect. In the end, the operation was a flop. It stunned the IPD. A failure for a team that had never failed before. A failure for the widely acclaimed Elites in the IPD. The IPD was at loss, not knowing who they can rely on after Rose.In the end, Rose broke up and disbanded. The rose in their once glorious headquarter blossomed and grew into a rose garden. The EndLong but Sweet. xD
Berwin Chua.
