Onboard the C-181 still.

Sonata Jackson was thinking about her future but she thought about leaving the military when her eighteen months are up and she's thinking about getting a normal job either a nine to five or a blue-collar job.

"There's been a change in plans," said the Squad leader, "The Maximum security inmates in the Max Security prison on Admiral Culver River in the city of Empire have thrown a riot and taken complete control over the prison. They're holding thirteen corrections officers, five psychiatrists, seven psychologists, fifteen janitors, ten workmen, five workwomen, fifteen doctors, ten cooks, ten nurses, one accountant, one chief, and five dozen families. Before you ask the COs were able to get the weapons out of the armories and bring them inland,"

They got suppressed weapons.

Sonata replied, "Sergeant? How are we going to infiltrate the prison?"

The Sgt replied, "There are two ways and one is to wait until 1950 hours and we'll do a HALO jump, or option two we take an inflatable raft down the river and infiltrate by a drain. And we're doing option two due to its faster and who knows how long they've eaten and drank anything."

Sonata then sat on the inflatable boat where the other four joined her and the plane lowered and the ramp opened where the boat slid out onto the river and the plane pulled up and made a one-eighty degree rotation heading away.

The boat soon came to a drain where they moored it and they also placed some thermal paste onto the iron bars which cut through the iron bars and they went in.

***

In the drain.

"This is Phantom 1-2," said the Sergeant, "We're moving into the East wing of the prison."

There were some other voices such as "This is Phantom 1-1 we're moving into the West Wing, This is Phantom 1-3 we're moving into the North Wing. This is Phantom 1-4 we're moving into the South wing. Phantom 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, and 1-9 are waiting for civilian exfil."

They moved to a service ladder and opened a manhole cover and they entered the showers and it was poorly lit.

"This is Phantom 1-1," said Phantom 1-1 leader, "We're in the power building and shutting off the power and back up power in three... two... one... The power is off. I repeat power is off."

It got dark real quick and they turned on their Night-vision goggles but the max security inmates lit fires which made their night vision pretty much useless.

They then saw two inmates with two snubnosed .38 double-action revolvers and the squad quickly dropped them before moving on.

"This is Phantom 1-2," said the Sgt, "Do we know where the hostages are in the East wing?"

Command replied, "That's a negative. Keep your eyes peeled and check anywhere if you can. Phantom 1-10 out."

The squad searched everywhere they could but decided to split up to be faster.

***

In another area.

Sonata was knocked down by a big inmate who took her rifle only for Sonata to quickly draw her suppressed pistol and killed the inmate and got her rifle back before it hit the ground and made a sound but it didn't.

Sonata then opened a door and found some of the captive people where she freed them and took them to the showers and led them to Phantom 1-7 who brought them to the mainland.

The rest of the squad did which was quick and the other squads freed them as well and they all left quickly and silently.

With all hostages secured and all friendly units out of the prison island, the main assault from the Third Marine Division began with them having three hundred Amphibious Vehicles each carrying thirty marines so nine thousand marines who are battle harden who fought in Vietnam, Gulf War, and Second Korean Wars.

Not adding the Marines have Amphibious Armored Recon/Airborne Assault Vehicle tanks even though they're prohibited from using rounds that'll destroy the buildings.

The Inmate ring leader told the assaulting marines that he'll have the hostages killed only for the ring leader's lieutenant to tell him that they're gone and can't be found.

The inmates were quickly overwhelmed by the Third Marine Division but their Shives and .38 revolvers didn't go through the Marine's body armor which protects them from dull knives to 12 gauge magnum rounds even 12 gauge buckshot and 12 gauge flechette shells.

They boarded a P-117S a short medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter and flew back to Camp Thunder along with the flight, Sonata got some rest due to she was tired.

***

Back at Camp Thunder

Sonata got some bad news that some local religious terrorist had taken over her hometown and she knew who it was and was given some time off by one day to try to end it peacefully.

Unknown to Sonata that her hometown is surrounded by sixteen hundred battle harden and veteran army rangers with two hundred self-propelled guns, one hundred Infantry Fighting Vehicles, and one hundred main battle tanks.