Walking through the tall thick grass, Tyler held his rifle above his head to avoid getting any insects or dirt inside of it. The sound of distant mortar fire made him shoulder his rifle and turn to the direction of the noise, but when he realized it was safe he immediately returned to looking for The Spot.
Holding up the rifle, Tyler continued wading through thick foliage. He tried not to think about it, but tying not to made it harder not to think about. Eventually he remembered what he tried so hard not to remember… this field usually had lots of snakes. With that thought in mind Tyler waded a little faster, the sharp blades of grass nicked and cut his face but he didn't care… as long as he got away from the snakes.
After a few minutes of getting sliced by the grass Tyler finally reached what he was looking for; amidst this jungle of grass and brush was a small shack. The shack had been abandoned a long time ago, so long that when he and his friends found it twelve years ago it had enough dust to make Ike sneeze a few hundred times. Regardless of the shacks shape however, he, Yuji, and Ike decided to make the place their official hangout.
Opening the door Tyler remembered the first time they had told anyone else about the shack, Ike had a crush on the neighbor girl (who turned into a good friend after a very short time), a light haired girl named Kazumi Yoshida. Ike, however, didn't consider that a girl would like all of the Metallica and Van Halen posters that were scattered around the walls of the shack. Very subtly Yoshida turned the shack into what it was now, well it was prettier than it was now, but trust me it was girly.
Slinging his rifle over his shoulder Tyler looked at the now peeling blue walls and the ruined couches that were covered in stains, and given the number of homeless in this town Tyler didn't think to hard about what those stains were.
Artillery fire in the distance snapped Tyler of his trance, shouldering his rifle Tyler ran out of the shack and headed to the rendezvous point. If he could regroup with his squad, maybe they could find her. Even if he couldn't find his squad… he would find her.