War Pigeon

An enemy base after dark. Armed patrols, dogs on scent, searchlights on the wire. The two operatives sent inside: a decorated war pigeon, and a cat who works the ground. You move between them, and neither can finish the job alone. The cat creeps, hides, climbs, and reads a patrol before it turns. The pigeon scouts from the air, pulls a guard off his post, and carries the intel home. Slip in after dark, take what you came for, and be gone before anyone knows you were there. The enemy does not follow a script. Guards investigate a sound, dogs track your scent across wet ground, and searchlights sweep the yard. Lose them and the base locks down, then hunts in force until the trail goes cold. Light exposes you. Noise carries. The ground remembers your steps, so when it turns against you, you send up the bird and leave no trace. A clean run, in and out unseen, earns the only rank that…