Unspoken Chapter 1

Prologue

I should've told the truth. If I had, maybe they'd save me. Maybe they'd care. But I lied and they hate me. They gave me to them. They didn't even try to help.

My father always spoke of a group of men so skilled, 14 of them took down an army of 600, leaving only one alive.

They were called Ghosts. They were experts of stealth and speed. To me, it seemed like they crawled straight out of a fairy tale. Men that powerful couldn't possibly exist. I told my dad that once. He just laughed. Yet I still idolized them. They were everything that I wanted to be. Smart, strong, stealthy, cunning, quick... brave.

David and I... We never believed him when he spoke of these men. But Dad was so sure, it had made me second guess my opinion more than once.

I doubted him until the day David and I met them in No Man's Land.

The day I met Keegan.

My name is Logan Walker and I am 27 years old. I have an older brother named David, but I call him Hesh. He's 28. Our mom died when I was young, so my dad, Elias, raised both of us. We lived in a big hose in San Diego where it was sunny every day and I could hike and camp whenever I wanted. But our lives weren't exactly glamorous. Our dad trained us as warriors. Hesh and I never complained though, we loved it when Dad showed us new stuff and I found myself looking forward to the challenges. Primarily because of the look my dad gave me when I did something right.

Even though my dad raised me into this life, I don't think he really wanted me to join the military. I was his youngest and his only daughter. I knew how my dad felt about me joining up but I did it anyway. Something about the military always appealed to me. There were countless things that appealed to me. The action, the thrill, the way you get to see on the front lines exactly how everything you're doing affects every single person back home... I loved it. There were millions of jobs out there, hundreds that involve helping people, but only one that gives you such an incredible adrenaline rush. And I have been injured but what soldier hasn't? And I'm not gonna lie, I have felt the true meaning of terror. True, there are times when I regret signing up, but I haven't backed out. I don't think I ever will. I honestly couldn't see myself doing anything else. Being anywhere else but the front lines.

I joined the day I turned 18, a year behind Hesh and a year after ODIN. 9 years later, I found myself doing things even I couldn't believe. In No Man's Land, fighting for a position I was lying to get. That day.

The day I tricked them all into thinking I was a guy. After all, would you want a girl in your elite task force? Well, I guess that's unfair. It's not that women are burdens on teams, but of you lead a team full of the best soldiers in history, would you want a female that you don't know tagging along and possibly ruining your reputation? I didn't think so.

They believed me too. Merrick once questioned why I hadn't taken off my black mask but with a quick confirming glance at me, Hesh easily lied saying it was because of personal reasons. Trust issues at shit. Well, I guess he didn't really lie. He just didn't tell the whole truth and that was fine with me. What the Ghosts didn't know wouldn't kill them.

I kept my secret hidden and I hid it well. I wanted, my god did I want to. But I couldn't. I couldn't do it. I couldn't lose everything I'd worked for.

Looking back at it now, I should've told them. Despite what might've happened if I had, it would've been a lesser price than one we've paid because I lied. Because other people knew. And that information could be fatal when in the wrong hands.

I would've told them the truth had I known that the Federation world figure it out first.

So this is a new idea. This will most likely be my main focus for a while so I should have another chapter up next week at the latest:) R & R