10, July, 2027
"Hey! Hey, hey, it's okay. You're safe, you need to lay back down," A pair of slender hands pushed Hesh back down onto the medical bed. "Everything's going to be okay."
Hesh was beginning to go unconscious again but the furrow in his brow said otherwise. "Logan. Where's Logan?"
A pair of brown eyes came into Hesh's sight, a furrow in her mahogany brows and moisture filled her brown eyes.
"He's gone. He wasn't there with you when they came to pick you up. The only thing about him that was left… was his blood. There was a trail but…" She placed a hand over her mouth to muffle the sob that left her lips. "You said something about Rorke and destroying the Ghosts."
Hesh watched the girl as she spoke, the crack in her voice, the tears flowing from her eyes. The girl who was trained along with him and his baby brother. The girl who he caught looking at his baby brother, Logan would look and she'd blush. Hesh knew she had liked Logan, Hesh knew that Logan had liked her but didn't want to show it. Sarah Diane Merrick was Merricks little sister, she had been with them in their missions.
Merrick also knew that there was something going on between Logan and Sarah. Hesh feels his own grief of losing his brother rise and squeeze inside his chest, Sarah takes in a sharp breath and leans back in her chair wiping her eyes.
"I'm sorry, after your father and now… Logan. We've been looking since evac picked you up, Keegan and Riley tracked into the jungle but lost his scent. They keep going back and they send helis to go further-"
"Where did you get that?" Hesh narrows his eyes on a necklace around Sarah's neck. Hesh knew the silver chain and he seen the silver locket, "Where did you get that?!"
Sarah jumps and puts a hand over the locket, "Logan!... Logan gave it to me," She stands and steps back that's when Hesh realized his fist was clenched and it was raised slightly.
Hesh steps back and puts a hand on his side where the bullet that was meant to kill Elias had also gotten him. They repaired it the bullet wound but it was going to take a awhile to heal. Sarah sighs and runs a hand through her hair, the curls and waves fall around her face and over her shoulders. The Federation were done but that didn't Elias couldn't start them back up. He was angry and he was in pain physically and emotionally, and this girl was the only tie left to Logan.
Clicking of nails brought Hesh out of his thoughts as Riley yelped and licked his hand. Hesh smiled and knelt down, to the best of his ability, and he scratched behind the dog's ears. Hesh's thoughts were still going, Sarah was there when Elias was killed, Sarah was there to help her brother, she was there to help Riley. Sarah covered Logan as he carried Riley to the copper, but they were split up as Merrick kept Sarah into the base grounds. She had actually had gotten sick and Merrick kept her, she had actually thrown up a few times during some missions.
She kept saying it was nerves and that she would be fine, and she had gotten really moody. She almost gave away their position once because her mood had turned ugly and Keegan had to tackle her and cover her mouth. Once they were in the clear Merrick scolded her and went to send her back to base but she protested. Hesh has seen that the two were edgy and more touchy than usual, but kept it low key. Hesh has been confused but was quickly distracted by enemy gunfire.
Keegan walked in and helped Hesh back into the medical bed, Sarah sits back down and Keegan puts a hand on his shoulder. Keegan tells Sarah to tell Hesh the other news. Hesh looks up and Sarah takes in another sharp breath.
"What's going on?" Hesh looks to Sarah but her head is down and he looks to Keegan. "What other news?"
Keegan looks to Sarah again and she's looking at Hesh, "I'm pregnant."
Hesh glances at her confused, but he's surprised, "Oh shit, congratulations."
But the smile that Hesh put on was lost by the look on her face and the grief in her eyes, "It's Logan's."
Hesh does a double take, "What the fuck?! Holy shit!" Keegan agreed, "How far along are you? What are you going to do? Oh my god, my brothers having a baby. Oh shit..."
Then realization filled his expression and hit him like a tide wave, Sarah nods.
"Three weeks, remember those times I was sick and I was acting like a bitch?" Hesh nods vigorously. "Yeah, that's when I really knew I was pregnant but when I got sick again. Merrick forced me to see a doctor."
Hesh took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, "Are we going to?" They look at him confused, "Are we just going to sit here or are we going to find my brother?"
8, June, 2027
Logan watches what goes on between Merrick and Hesh, one of the other soldiers broke up a impending fight. He sat Hesh down and a smaller, slender form calmed Merrick down. The unknown Ghost looked at Logan and he seen he had golden brown eyes, and had a Ghost design. And also had a hood up.
"Stow it! All of you!"
"We have to go back! Our dads down there and we're not leaving him behind!" Hesh stands back up.
The unknown Ghost with the good places a Hesh's shoulder and guided him back to his seat.
That's really admirable of you. But you father's not there anymore," The one crouched in front of Hesh took off his mask.
"Dad?! This whole time you were a then? You're a Ghost?" Hesh asked, surprised and Logan looked up at the unknown Ghost that stood in front of him.
"He's the Ghost," He pulled back his hood and pulled off the mask. "That's you're commanding officer," It wasn't a guy, it was a girl.
"What the hell?" Logan looked from her to his father and the other Ghosts. "You, too? What the hell, Sarah?"
"This was that big secret that I couldn't tell you. My secret mission," Sarah sat next to him and Elias began speaking a moment later when Logan didn't reply.
Logan looked back at Sarah, she was looking at Elias as he told the story, she caught his eye. He looked away and listened to his father's story about Rorke. They were taken to a housing and settled in.
Sarah dropped her bag and plopped on the couch beside Logan with a huff. She looked at him and he looked back at her, it was weird, Keegan picked up in it.
"You look you've been haunted," Sarah smirks at him and stands to get a beer.
Logan takes in a sharp breath and let it go, he stood with her following her, "Yeah, well, I didn't think I'd see a girl I've known my whole become one of the most badass from my father's stories."
Sarah chuckles and leans her lower back against the counter in the kitchen, Logan grabs a beer from the fridge but doesn't open it. Sarah takes a swig and looks back at him.
"Well, I wouldn't say you've known me you're whole life. I was practically invisible to you," She takes another drink before setting it down on the counter beside her.
Riley pads over and sits down beside her and looks up at her.
"He likes you," Logan smirks down at the dog and Riley knocks Sarah off her feet by brushing his body into her legs. Logan caught her before she fell on the floor laughing. "Easy Riley," Riley's tail wags and trots out the room.
"He's a character," Sarah says and Logan helps her stand straight but he doesn't exactly let her go.
"Yeah, he is but he's loyal and he's a pain in the ass sometimes," Sarah looks up at him and her breath catches in her throat. "You weren't invisible to me, how could you ever be invisible?"
His hands tighten on her waist when she kisses him, she wraps a hand in his hair to pull him closer and one on his back. One of Logan's hands press her between her shoulder blades and on her hip. Her body molds against him, her legs lifts to his waist and he nips her bottom lip for entrance. She moans softly when she rolls her hips into his and lifts onto the counter.
"Hey, Sarah, Logan. Hesh, and Kick are going to get food. Is Chinese okay or do you- Whoa!" Keegan stops just inside the kitchen, Logan and Sarah separate.
Sarah was startled and she accidentally hit her beer bottle, it felt to the kitchen floor with a smash. The shattered pieces of glass scatter around the kitchen tile floor.
"Everything alright in there?" Elias calls.
"Yeah, I just dropped my glass," Sarah says and pulls her hair into a ponytail.
Logan, Keegan and Sarah clean up the glass and the liquid before Sarah creates room between her and Logan. Keegan lowers his voice, "Hey, guys I'm not judging but if you're not willing to continue this, at least be careful or make it known you two are together."
Sarah shakes her head, "No, it's fine. It was just… It was a mistake," She walks out quickly but takes a beer with her.
Logan sighs and rubs a hand over his face, "It wasn't a mistake was it?" Keegan asks quietly.
Logan looks up at him, he shakes his head, "I've liked her forever, she was the first to make a move," Logan says and runs a hand through his short hair.
Keegan stands next to him, they hear Sarah laugh and Merrick and Elias continue the story they're telling. Logan smiles unconsciously hearing Sarah's laugh. Keegan watches his face as he looks at the wall clearly knowing that Sarah's on the other side of it. Keegan hums lowly and Logan glanced at him sideways.
"What?" Logan asks and Keegan looks at him.
"Nothing," Keegan shakes his head and sips his beer.
Logan gives another sideways glance but drops it, the two are quiet from the reminder of the time to food arrives. Sarah helps Hesh and carries a bag into the kitchen. She basically avoids Logan all together and she's quieter than usual. After they finish eating and Elias briefs them on the next mission, then Kick brings something up that confuses the rest of the crew expect Merrick, Elias and Keegan.
"Are we going clubbing or are we staying here and acting like a bunch of old people playing poker?" Sarah snickers.
"Honestly Kick that doesn't sound so bad, what do we have to celebrate for anyway. We lost the beach," Sarah leans back in her seat around the kitchen table.
Merrick kicks her chair, "That doesn't mean we aren't sitting in this room right now. Let's celebrate that lives we lost," Kicks lifts his drink to Merrick.
Sarah scowls and Elias doesn't say anything but just watches the girl and watches his boys look at each other with slight fear. "The Feds or ours? Because it seems to me we're just sitting here and not pushing them back!"
Elias doesn't say anything but stands ready if he needs to break up a fight.
"What the hell is going on with you, Sar?! You've been pretty pissy for the past two days," That does make Sarah stop for a second and she feels the familiar symptoms of PMS.
She sighs, then Kick laughs, "Are you on your period?" He continues to laugh as Sarah's eyes grow wide.
She checks herself and chucks a chip at Booth, "No! You ass! I just friends today! Why wouldn't I be pissy!"
Keegan speaks up, "Sarah, we all lost a friend too. There's something else that wrong, what's going on?" Keegan walks over to her and talks quietly to her.
Kick starts up a conversation to keep the attention off Sarah and Keegan. Elias observes the others and notice that his youngest has fallen quiet, quieter than usual. It concerned him but he also knew that it had been a long day, but Logan snuck a glance towards Sarah. He knew that look and he seen the way he looked down before looking back at Kick and Merrick. His brows furrowed and then laughed along with the others as Merrick commented on something on Booth.
Sarah and Keegan join the group again, Sarah doesn't sit down. "We going clubbing or are we staying here?" Sarah smirks as Kick whoops and jump from their seats.
"Serious?" Merrick asked.
"Yeah, let's go," Keegan walks out the kitchen with Sarah.
"You Walker boys coming?" Merrick asks standing behind his sister.
Hesh and Logan look to each other then to their father, "Why are you guys looking at me. You're adults," Hesh smiles and looks to Logan.
Logan gives Hesh a sideways glance and Hesh has a mirth glint in his green eyes. "You wanna to go clubbing?"
Logan smiles despite knowing what his brother is going to pull, "Please don't."
Hesh looks at him innocently as the two follow the three other Ghosts as they get ready to go. "What are you talking about?" Hesh asks nonchalantly and even Merrick and Keegan know what Hesh is going to pull.
Sarah walked away and up the stairs and cleaned up. She looked at different choices of dresses, she picked two and decided a red backless tube top dress that ended by the middle of her thighs. She pulled on some black strap suede sandal platform heels to bring her height up to the boys from her regular 5'7 ft to at least to 5'10. She combed her hair and let the mahogany dark curls fall over her shoulders and put on mascara and eyeliner and some lip gloss and she was done. She grabbed some cash and her phone and walked down the stairs hearing the boys down there.
She was making sure she had everything went quiet, she looked up without moving her head before turning to the guys. They were all wide eyed and staring at her.
"What?" She asked. She looks down, "Did I over do it?" She nervously plays with her silver bracelets.
Merrick shakes his head, "I just haven't seen you in a dress for years. The last time you wore a dress was for-"
"My junior year, for prom." Sarah smiles and looks down.
Kick takes a deep intake of breath, "We ready to go?"
Keegan looks to the others, "Yeah, let's go."
They walk over to a car and then Hesh stops, "Is there another car or are we going to have to squish in?"
Kick, Merrick, Keegan, Logan, Hesh, and Sarah all look at each other and then they all settle on Sarah. She sighs and knows what's going to happen, she's going to have to sit on someone's lap.
They pile in the car and Sarah has the sit on Logan's lap, she leans back against his chest as they pull away. They all laugh and converse as Keegan drives them to the local club and Kick begins to sing a song by Iggy Azalea. Sarah teases about his jumble of words and Kick challenges her to do the rap. She gets it and Kick pays up and then they all sing along to a song by Cher, Believe. They all laugh when Hesh sings a high, off key note in one of the verses and Sarah's head drops back onto Logan's shoulder.
They don't notice but Kick does and he smiles at the blind feelings for each other. When they reach the club, Merrick and Sarah are the first to exit the car. The rest get out and someone cat whistles, Sarah turns and sees a man with rich dark skin and beautiful features. He bites his lower lip as he scans Sarah body from her feet to her face. She blushes slightly but also jumps out of her skin when Logan wraps an arm around her waist to pull her away.
Sarah knows not to question when the guys stand behind them as back up. Sarah doesn't fight it because she knows that the guys are looking after her but why did Logan have to do that. It could've been Hesh and she would be fine with it but why was she angry that Logan did it?
They walked to the doors and Logan let go of her and she was grateful and also disappointed by it. She looked up at him as he passed to go to the door. He opened it, Kick went in eagerly and Keegan shook his head and gently nudged Sarah forward. She walked in and the others followed with Logan in the back, they all walked to the bar. Someone called Sarah's name and nearly knocked her over, Sarah laughed and hugged Carly back.
"Damn! Who you showing off for?!" Carly asks and scans Sarah outfit. Sarah laughs and shakes her head, "It's about time you show off your those petite, long legs girl!"
"Look at you though, you're showing off you figure too," Carly snorts.
"I'm straight with big boobs, you're like a freaking Victoria Secret model that goes in the front lines," Carly orders another drink and orders Sarah's usual. "Hey, Tommy!" Carly hugs Merrick and Keegan and turns to the Walker boys. "Well, hello," Carly eyes the two new guys.
Sarah snickers, "Carly, this Hesh, and Logan Walker. They're on our new team, Hesh, Logan, this Carly Smith."
Hesh smiles at Carly and she shakes his hand and Logan's. They converse for a little bit until Carly steals Sarah and goes to get their drinks. Carly leans into Sarah's ear and says something and Sarah laughs. Merrick gets him and Keegan a beer and Hesh orders a drink for him and Logan. Keegan and Merrick go off on their own and Hesh and Logan are almost tackled by girls.
Carly and Sarah snicker and talk at the bar until a pair of arms wraps around Sarah's waist. Sarah knows who it is and turns around in his arms and reaches up to kiss him and kisses her face that makes her giggle. Logan feels knife twisting in his gut like pain and jealousy. Merrick claps the guy on his shoulder and he turns around and jokes around with Keegan and Kick. Hesh gets pulled into the dance floor so Logan joins Merrick, Sarah, Carly and the this other guy.
He hears Carly and Sarah call him Chris, he scans the guy and notices that he's military. Merrick sees Logan brings the kid over and introduces him to Chris Tiller. Chris smiled when he notices he's Elias Walker's son, but something about Chris makes Logan's anxiety go up. He shakes his hand, and ask Chris what he serves in and Chris tells him, he's a Marine. But Logan also knows that there's no Marine names Christopher Tiller but he doesn't say anything.
He also knows that Chris is studying Logan, Hesh comes over and he's introduced to Chris. Hesh's brow furrows and he comments about that there's no Marines or a Christopher Tiller in the military system. Carly had left before Hesh came over and Keegan and Kick come over. Sarah's confused and looks up at Chris but he doesn't meet her eyes and she notices Chris is tense. Chris looks at Logan as the realization crosses his face, Chris shoves Logan.
With the promise of a fight some of the clubbers circle but the Ghosts drag Chris and Logan outside with Sarah following. In an alley, Chris breaks from Merricks hold and lands a punch across Logan's jaw. Hesh and Keegan let go of Logan as he defends himself.
"What the fuck is going on?!" Kick yells.
Logan holds his hands and glared back Chris, Sarah's watching with fear and her eyes land on Chris then to Logan. She knows and yet she didn't say anything, she couldn't, she was forced not to. Chris steps forward but she flies and presses herself between the boys and puts her back against Logan's chest. Chris stops as well but his defensive reverie comes back and orders Sarah to get away. The Ghosts try to break it up but Chris and Logan stop them.
Sarah's heart beats out of her chest, she turns to look up at Logan and pushes him back. He looks down at her and then glowers at Chris when he says something that makes his anger flares again. Sarah wraps her arms around Logan to take him off guard but stop him from doing anything. They watch the anger fall from Logan's face and he steps back and Sarah follows, she turns but doesn't let Logan go.
"What is going on here?" Merrick finally asks and looks at Chris.
Hesh also realized what's going on, he answers before Sarah or Logan can, "He's a Fed."
Sarah looks at Chris, "He forced me to give information and provide cover for him."
Chris glares at Sarah, and she flinches at his hard, cold gaze, "You fucking bitch! I will kill you!" Chris lounges forward.
Logan pushes Sarah aside gently but got the message and Logan meets Chris halfway. Chris lands another punch across Logan's jaw but Logan rewards him with a solid right hook to his nose. Chris goes to punch Logan again, Sarah gets between Logan and falls against Logan with a yelp. She's holding her cheek, Logan wraps his arms around her, the fury is rolling off of Logan in waves. Merrick, Keegan, Hesh, and Kick stands in front of the two and glare at Chris.
"Leave before I regret doing something to you," Merrick orders.
"Don't let him get away, he knows too much," Sarah says.
She flinches again and hides her face from Chris in Logan's chest. Sarah was never afraid but she was now and it was showing, Keegan stepped forward with Merricks approval. Hesh and Kick turn around and walk over to Logan and Sarah, there's crack and Chris's body fall to the pavement. Logan sighs and looks at Sarah, she looks up at him and he sees the tears in her eyes. Logan doesn't care about what looks he got when he kissed Sarah's tears away and picks her up bridal style.
They leave for the house, when they arrive Elias is at the kitchen table with papers spread around the surface. Logan walks in with Sarah behind him and Elias stands seeing the dark bruise on his son's face and on Sarah's. Merrick and Keegan fill him in and Kick warms up some leftovers and filling in what he can as well. Logan hands Sarah an ice pack, she gives him a grateful smile, she sits at the table and takes her heels off. Merrick gives her comfort as she tells Elias what she had done and says she'll leave if Elias wants to kick off the team.
Keegan, Hesh, Logan, Kick, and Merrick look at each other and look to Elias but his face is soft and he's calm. Elias puts a hand on Sarah's shoulder and gives it an reassuring squeeze. She looks up at him with tears in her eyes and her mascara was running.
"I'm so proud of you," Elias says and she gawks at him so do the others. "You might have been forced to give information and might've been killed if you said anything about it. But I also know you Sarah, you would've given false information as well."
Sarah smiles at that, "Yeah, I did. I bet they were pissed when I told them we were going to Asia to form alliances when we were going to meet up with your boys. But Chris found out about your boys real names though," She grimaces.
Elias shakes his head gives Sarah some tissues, she wipes her eyes and blows her nose. "It was going to get out there but that means we're going to be extra careful on our future missions."
They all nod, Merrick turns to Logan, "Hey," Logan looks up at him, "Thank you for taking the punches for her."
Logan meets Sarah's gaze, he sighs and turns to Merrick, "Anytime."
"At least I got to crack his neck," Merrick Keegan and Kick chuckle.
Sarah shakes her head with a smile, she stands and grabs her heels before leaving the room. The guys joke around and Sarah comes back in in a pair of leggings and a big, Captain America shield shirt. Kick snorts, Sarah sits next to him and shares his plate of food, Merrick gave her a nice ice pack when she was done.
Merrick sits next to her on the couch, "So you and Logan, huh?"
She looks at him, "What do you mean?"
Hesh and Keegan walk out of the kitchen, Logan and Elias still in the kitchen. Hesh smirks at Sarah, "I didn't know you and Logan were together."
Sarah huffs, "We're not."
They all look at her sideways, "Riigghhttt," Kick has a raised brow.
"I'm serious," She looks at all of them. "We're not together, there's nothing going on. Logan has always looked out for me since high school," Sarah takes out her phone and scrolls through a browser.
"Mhm, so you guys were always the affectionate type of friends?" Kick asks.
"No, what brought this on?" She looks to Kick.
"You wouldn't let Logan fight Chris. You held him back," Keegan answers.
"No one was ever able to stop Logan if there was a fight. You held him back, I've never been able to hold him back. You'd have to knock him out to get him off of someone," Hesh says and sits on the other couch.
Sarah runs a hand over her face, "Guys, we're not together, honestly."
Merrick and Kick let it go but Keegan knew the two had strong feelings for each other and he also knew that they were making out in the kitchen only hours before.
"I think that we should call it a night," Elias sighs and walks out of the kitchen with Logan behind him.
Keegan yawns, "Yeah, it was a long day and a long night," Merrick and Hesh agree nodding.
"You coming up, Sar?" Logan asked at the bottom of the stairs after the doors closed upstairs.
She shook her head and ran her hands through her hair, "I'll be up soon."
Logan looked up to the second floor then walked back over to Sarah and sat next to her on the couch. Sarah huffs and climbs onto his lap and went to ask her what she was doing but stopped him with a kiss on his lips.
"We didn't get to finish what we started," She says lowly between kisses.
17, June, 2027
Sarah crawls over to Logan on her belly and she checks him for wounds, he didn't have any despite watching him fall and get caught in the trees. His vest helped prevent injuries to his vital organs. Logan gasped and got defensive when Sarah touched him.
"Whoa! Whoa! It's me, Logan, it's Sarah," She lowered voice when he realized it was her. "It's okay, are you hurt? You fell higher than the rest of us," She helps him onto his feet.
"No, how about you?" They help each other up as Sarah shakes her head.
"No, I'm fine."
"Everyone report in." It was Elias.
"It's Hesh, I'm with Merrick," Hesh reports.
"Good. Keegan's with me." Elias responds. "Logan? Sarah?" He calls over the comms.
"It's Sarah, I'm with Logan," Sarah replies into the comms.
Logan looks at her when it's just static from his comm. "I think it got jacked up," Logan stealths his pistol and knife.
His tracker scanning for enemy's, "Sarah? Logan?" Elias calls again.
"I seen them get snagged on some trees. Sarah hit first then two minutes later Logan," Hesh says as Sarah examines her comms.
The two look at each other, "My mics busted, how about yours?" Sarah checks his comms. "Your mic and the speakers busted," She looks at him.
He kisses her, "We got this, we're Ghosts."
She smiled at him, "Yeah, let's go."
"Shit! Get down! Looks like we've got company." Hesh says.
"We're coming to you," Elias reassures them. Sarah takes out her secondary pistol and follows Logan as he leads them forward. "Logan, Sarah, if you guys can hear me, try and find the crash site. We're just up the hill. Stay low and quiet, and you will find us. You can do this."
Comms go silent after that. There's nothing but the buzz of insects, and the beeping of Logan's tracker as we draw closer. He looks at Sarah as they crouch and stay hidden from the patrolling Fed. A tremor shakes the ground. It's not strong enough to knock them off their feet which which says that whatever caused it is couple miles off. They shake it off and continue on.
"What the hell was that?" Hesh asks.
"A tremor, maybe... but I've been wrong before," Elias replies and images of ODIN's destruction flash through Logan and Sarah's mind.
They continue on, Sarah takes down a Fed and grabs the silent assault rifle and goes back into cover beside Logan. Logan's pistol isn't exactly silent like Sarah rifle, so she takes out the Feds that are in their way.
"We still have patrols moving around out here," Hesh says almost apologetically, "You'll have a group of them headed your way, Elias."
"Copy that, stay safe. Both of you."
They stop seeing a some Feds their way, Logan goes behind Sarah as she aims and shoots the Feds down. Logan turns for more but their clear, they continue forward and then Logan stops seeing black smoke rising into the sky. Logan nudged Sarah softly in the side, she looks at him and then follows his gaze. She gasps a little too loud when a Fed closed their path. He sees them when drop back onto the ground, Sarah drops him before he can radio in.
"That was close," Logan says and keeps leading them forward.
"These guys are getting close," Hesh says suddenly and relief floods through me until he sighs, "We're going to have to engage."
"Oh no," Sarah's whispers.
"Left side, left side!" Hesh calls, chaos erupting on his end.
"Hesh!" Merrick cries out.
"Hesh? Hesh?!" Elias calls but there's no response from Hesh or Merrick.
Sarah tried to call in but she hears the static in Logan's comm. "Hesh? Elias? Merrick? Merrick, you there?"
Nothing.
"Logan, Sarah, they're moving through the plane wreckage," Elias warns, "You're going to have to go around."
"I was afraid of that," Sarah says to Logan as they continue forward.
The two continue forward keeping Elias advice in the front of their minds. Logan pulls Sarah to him and slides a dirt cliff from against an edge of a canyon. They continue on their way, Logan buries his knife in a Feds throat before they continue there way to the hill ahead.
"Logan, Sarah, we can see you guys on the tracker. You're almost to us," Dad says suddenly over comms; you can hear his relief clear as day.
A little further they can hear water and smell it, the two break in a run and see Elias and Keegan on the other side of a stream. Keegan pulls Sarah into a hug and squeezes Logan's shoulder with a smile.
"We heard gunfire, you guys okay?" Elias asks.
"Yeah, we're fine," Logan looks down at Sarah before looking back at his father.
"Let's go get our boys," Elias says and the four of them continue up a hill and drop down when they come into view.
"Hesh, we see you," he advises softly, "When this goes loud...stay low. Logan, do it."
Sarah gives him her rifle and he lines up his shot before taking it, Elias, and Keegan, drop the other Feds before Merrick shots his Fed. Sarah bolts straight for Merrick, he catches her and laughs but hugs her back just as tightly. Merrick claps Logan on the back with a smile, Logan hands Sarah her rifle before taking one of his own. Sarah takes Logan's hand, giving it a squeeze and a smile, he returns it.
"Everyone good to go?" Elias asks. They all nod, "Mako's picking us up two klicks from here."
The ground shakes again, a little more intensely this time, Logan momentarily loses his balance but steadies Sarah as she wobbles. When they regain their footing they turn to each other.
"What the hell was that?" Keegan asks.
"I don't know," Elias replies wearily before becoming authoritative. "Whatever it is, let's not make ourselves an easy target. We move quiet and quick, we'll make it home safe. Let's go."
Elias starts up the creek and we all follow after him. The canyon we enter is narrow, high cliffs on either side that makes any noise echo and bounce off the sides. The gentle rapids and soft splashing of the river seem louder. Then there's the fast thumping of helo blades somewhere up ahead.
"Sounds like a helo's up ahead," Merrick says.
"I hear it. These canyons aren't doing them any favors," Elias replies.
"Let's use it to our advantage then," Hesh says before pressing forward with Keegan.
Elias, Merrick and Sarah follow behind them as Logan takes up the rear. Elias announces its a supply drop and says to hang tight. Sarah leans against the canyon wall and Logan's beside her, Merrick watches the two as they look at each other then to the others.
Elias gives an order to get moving, they all continue forward, "Mako, you read? We're halfway to you," Elias says into the comms.
"More of them coming back this way!"
"We can hide behind that waterfall," Hesh suggests.
"Do it," says Elias and they all take off.
Sarah crouches beside Merrick, watching the waterfall. They all have their rifles trained on the waterfall as distorted Spanish draws closer.
"I see 'em. Stay still and let 'em pass," Elias says from the entrance.
"Don't move," Merrick says.
Sarah crouches quickly and looks to Logan, she holds up an okay sign, and he nods. Sarah turns back to Merrick and catches his eye, she knows he was watching them. He doesn't say anything but looks between them before looking back to the waterfall as the Feds pass by.
"Let's move before they head back this way," Dad orders before they're all off again.
They fall in behind Elias and Hesh, Keegan and Merrick now bringing up the rear. We hit a grove of trees crawling with Feds and stop to try and find a way past them. Hesh spots one and points it out. Dad agrees and gives the order.
"Alright, flank right. Stay low. Only engage if spotted. On my mark. OK, go! Now!"
He and Hesh creep forward while Logan and Sarah stay low and silently follow. There's some stop and go and a couple of close calls but they all manage to make it to the other side just in time to see a couple of helicopters buzz by overhead as rain starts to pour down.
"Great," Sarah scowls, and Logan snorts at her.
She stuck out her tongue at him and he reaches out to tap her chin. She quickly closes her mouth and he just grins at her.
Sarah pushes Logan aside and the foliage rustles and they all freeze, Logan stays put on his back, they continue on. Logan gives Sarah a mocking glare, she punches him and Logan scoffs softly before Keegan tells them to knock it off. But he's smiling and Merrick shakes his head.
The team halt at the tree line and watch as Feds in ghillie suits pile out of the birds, disappearing into the shoulder-high grass just in front of them. Elias tells them to creep past them, follow him in a single file line. Logan can hear his heartbeat beginning to pound in his ears, he distracts himself by keeping an eye on Sarah. Once they're past, and they hurry to get the river. Hesh is calling in their position when a tremor so big knocks Sarah down and Logan tumbled over her.
The two laugh briefly but it still doesn't scare the shit out of them.
"What's doing that shit?!" Merrick demands.
No one knows. Not until a rocket blasts off nearby, tearing through the sky and causing all hell to break loose. Hesh is worried it's nuclear but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the Federation's interest in ODIN. Mako's saying it's not the only one and Dad's telling them to sit tight.
"Helo! Get down!" Keegan shouts.
Logan drops just as he gets to the rock and grass.
Merrick yanks Sarah down, "Hold still!"
She stays on her side, "Don't move!" Keegan hisses.
Elias shouts for them to move and the all run the an incline, Sarah squeals as she slides down behind Elias and Hesh. The rain had made it slick enough to slide down and it wasn't too steep. Logan pulls Sarah to her feet and the team all take off once again, Keegan took up the rear as Sarah and Logan follow closely behind Merrick. And it sounded like Elias and Merrick are arguing over who gets to beat the hell out of Rorke first. When they reach the river, Elias tells them to jump.
Elias and Hesh were the first ones, Logan scooped Sarah into his arms and he jumps. Sarah whoops and Logan laughs, they separate when they hit the water, they surface and the two look back to see the others behind them. Sarah dunks Logan laughing and Logan pulls her under from under the water. Before they surface he kisses her once again, Sarah splashed him playfully before a couple of Zodiacs arrive. Riley's on one of them and Sarah's call out to him and he began barking seeing them.
They're helped onto the boats and they're taken home.