"Do you think that killed him?" asked Sven.

"No. It will take a hell of a lot more to kill a creature such as him, and I do mean a hell of a lot." replied Steel, looking out to sea where the group had last seen Nightbane fall from the sky.

"First thing first, we have to find out who's going to command this ship." said Dugger, reminding the group of the demise of the Captain.

"No need," said a figure walking across the flight deck. On his uniform he bore the rank of Commander. "I am Commander Mark. The death of the Captain was tragic, but we will not allow his death to be in vain. He knew his duty. I will command this vessel. The important thing is to get over to that island and shut down that dammed portal."

"I will stay behind," said Shogou stepping forward. "These are my people and the threat in Japan has not been fully vanquished yet. I will provide what assistance I can from here and also see what I can do for the people in my country. I long to fight by your sides, but I believe I can accomplish more from here than being on the ground. I wish you all the best of luck."

The group nodded their assent. "I understand man, you gotta do what you gotta do. Just don't get too lazy back here." said Dugger laughing.

"Never. Just try and save some for me. On the other hand, kill them all." replied Shogou with a smile.

"You know me, man." Dugger grasped Shogou's arm and gave him a firm hand shake.

"Give 'em hell." said Shogou.

Meiko said nothing, but ran up to Shogou and gave him a hug. She released him and punched him in the shoulder.

"Ow." said Shogou rubbing his shoulder. He smiled. "Do what you do best, Meiko."

She nodded and walked off to go stare off the edge of the flight deck.

The rest of the group said their goodbyes.

"Well then, one final thing." said Dugger as Shogou and the Commander went off to go plan their logistics. "This will be a hard fought battle. This will not be like the city. We will be facing creatures that are not from this world. You all saw the video. I will not blame any of you if you wish to stay behind." He looked around at the group.

"You know I'm up for a fight," said Kyon.

"The world is in ruins, there's no need to run. I will fight." replied Storm.

"I agree with Storm, I will fight for a better future." said Ashley nodding.

"Do you even need to ask me?" said Sven.

Dugger laughed.

"You heard my dog though," said Shawn with a smirk.

"It's my job to fight. Plus this is my homeland. Of course I will fight with you." said Kanade, who was busy checking her weapons.

"The flood cometh. And I will stand strong." replied Khalid, slamming his end of his pike down on the deck.

"Snow Wolves. Enough said." said Steel. His eyes burned brightly as he stared off at the distant island.

"Yes." replied Yuki.

"Death, destruction, and chaos. How can you expect me not to fight?" said Dave.

Meiko returned to the group. Resolve could be seen in her eyes. "You know I'm in," she said fiercely.

Dugger nodded. "I couldn't ask for a better team. Alright, everybody le-" He was cut off suddenly by the sound of approaching footsteps. Four figures ran up to the group.

"Sorry sir, but I couldn't stop these two. When they heard that there were survivors going out to fight, they bolted to the flight deck. We'll take them back." said one of the Black Knight soldiers.

"Wait. Let me hear them out." replied Dugger.

The figure on the right spoke up. "The name's Profit. You're going out. I'm coming." He had a darker complexion than Dugger. He wore the Black Knights assault uniform. On his back he had a battle axe and on his hips he wore two 9 millimeter pistols.

"And what makes you so sure that you are?" replied Dugger, looking over the newcomer.

"I'm tired of waiting on this ship. Everyone back from where I come is either dead or they have turned, which is just as good as being dead. I want to fight. There's nothing else left."

"I see. Very well, it's going to be a rough fight. I hope you're ready."

He nodded. "Bring it on."

Dugger smiled. "Introduce yourself to the rest of the group then. Now, what about you?" he said, asking the other person who ran out with Profit.

Profit went over to talk with the others while the second newcomer spoke up.

"The name's Hansell. I've been preparing for this day for the longest. When I first heard of the outbreak, I was already ready to go. I know that the worlds never going to be the same, but as for right now, I want to make a difference, and give humanity another fighting chance. I've taken down many zombies to get to this ship, and I too am tired of waiting around. Put me in the fight." He also had the skin tone of Dugger. He was dressed in regular clothes, but he was armed to the teeth with knives, grenades, pistols, and ammunition. He also had an katana on his back.

"No need to say more. I was the same way. Welcome to the group." Dugger nodded to the others. "Make yourself at home."

Hansell went off to begin his introductions. By this time Shogou and Commander Mark had returned to the flight deck to see the group off.

"So what's your plan?" asked Shogou.

"Ultimately it is to shut down that portal. While we're in there, I'm hoping we can find a cure of some sort, but if not, I'll be happy with just shutting down that device. That will stop the souls or whatever it is that's coming out of the portal from coming into this world. And I can't forget about the threat that Nightbane poses. We can't let him gain control of the zombies. He'll rip open the portal and use it for his own means. We must stop him at all cost. It will be a hard battle, but one that must be fought. There is no other option. That aside, how is the delivery of the MOAB coming?"

He looked away for a second. "It's ready to go." He handed Dugger a device. "Press that button when all hope is lost. We'll strike the area. Hopefully it will shut down the device. Use that only if there is no other option."

Dugger put the device in one of his chest pockets. He nodded. "I understand. We'll be off now. We have the last known location of where we lost the other choppers locked in. We'll start our search there."

Shogou put his hand on Dugger's shoulder. "The best of luck to you. We're all counting on you. Try not and die."

"You too, old buddy," said Dugger with a smile. And with that he turned back to board his chopper. Both choppers were already loaded up with their rotors rotating. They all had returned to the choppers that they had returned in, with the exception that Profit was in Dugger's chopper and the Hansell was in Kanade's chopper, as she had took over for Shogou's position. They were just waiting for clearance from the ship's control tower to take off.

Dugger went and secured the doors to the second chopper. He gave them the thumbs up sign and ran off to his own chopper to do the same. He climbed into the forward passenger seat and put on his head set. He looked out the window and saw the some of the flight crew on the deck salute the chopper. He returned it. A voice in his headset spoke up.

"Black Knight Assault Force One and Two, you are clear for takeoff. Give 'em hell." said the aircraft controller in the tower.

Taking Off

"Acknowledged tower," replied Dugger. He nodded to the pilot. "Let's do this." The pilot put the chopper into gear and rose from the flight deck. They began their journey to the island.

The two choppers reached the island at nightfall. It was heavily forested with a beach surrounding it. It couldn't have been more than 10 miles wide. Using the spotlights on the chopper, the group searched the area from the air. They soon came upon a large gash in the forest. The ground and the tress were shattered. It was where Nightbane had fallen from the sky. When they came upon the end of the wrecked forest, there was no body.

"Well that's not unexpected," said Dugger, speaking into his headset. "He's here somewhere, probably waiting for us."

"Yeah, we're ready for him." commented Steel, also speaking into his head set.

"Alright, pilot, take us to those coordinates," said Dugger.

"Yes, sir." The pilot turned the helicopter to begin heading towards the location when a loud buzzing sound was heard.

"Missile lock!" he yelled out.

"Evasive maneuvers!" yelled Dugger in response. The pilot didn't respond. He was too busy trying to break the missile lock. "We've got a lock too!" yelled BK Two.

"Damn! Everybody, strap yourselves in, this is going to be rough!" shouted Dugger over the channel. He looked back into the cargo hold. Every one already had their straps fastened. Some looked queasy and others were grinning. "Hold on everybody!" he told them. He turned back to the pilot. Sweat was streaming down his face. Outside the window bright flashes could be seen where the missiles and anti-air fired missed the chopper. The flashes light the sky up. "You good, man?"

The pilot stared straight ahead. "Yeah," he said though clenched teeth. His hands gripped the control yolks tightly. He yanked one of the sticks left, and sent the chopper into a steep turn. Off to the right of the helicopter, a missile that the pilot barely dodged flew up. "Close one," said the pilot. "Yeah" replied Dugger.

Something flashed past the helicopter. It wasn't a missile. "What was that?" asked Dugger. One of the group members from the back spoke up, it was Storm.

"It's some type of creature. They rose up from the forest. I think there's a battle going down there." she said.

Meiko spoke up from the other helicopter. "She's right. I can see gunfire down in the forest, it looks like somebody beat us here. Those missiles aren't just aimed at us, it's aimed at them too."

Air Ambush

"Get on the machine guns!" yelled Dugger. The sound of the chopper doors could be heard opening. A moment later the machine guns could be heard firing. Tracers streamed out the doors.

"Who's on the guns?" asked Dugger and Kanade at the same time.

"Me," answered Storm.

"I've got the other one," said Shawn.

"Kyon and Meiko are on ours" said Kanade from BK Two.

"Just cause I don't have a turret don't mean I can't fight." replied Hansell also in BK Two. He had braced himself between the doors and started to fire at the creatures with his assault rifle at the same time that Kyon had opened up with his machine gun.

"Light 'em up!" yelled Ashley.

"That's one down!" shouted Shawn.

"That's another," yelled Storm.

"Scratch one bogey," said Kyon happily.

"He's down." replied Shawn.

Taking Fire

One of the creatures had flown into the open hatch of BK Two. "And where do you think you're going?" yelled Hansell over the roar of the machine guns. The creature flapped it's wings and opened it's mouth to reveal multiple sets of razor sharp teeth. The rest of the crew in BK Two were strapped in so they could not fight the creature. It was up to Hansell.

The creature lunged at Hansell, but he dodged wiping out his katana at the same time. The creature called Slyther turned around and attacked again, this time biting down on the blade of Hansell's sword. Hansell twisted the blade and it shattered in the creatures mouth.

"Damn!" yelled Hansell. 'That was my good sword!" Disregarding that his blade had been broken, Hansell shoved the remains of his blade through the back of the creature's head. The creature clamped down on Hansell's arm and he grunted in pain. "Oh no you don't!" he roared. With his other arm he upholstered his pistol and fired a full clip into the creature. The creature flinched and released the grip on Hansell's arm. Seeing that the creature was weak, Hansell spun around and kicked the creature out of the hatch.

"You alright, man?" asked Kyon who had let up on his fire for a moment to check on Hansell.

Clutching his wounded arm, "I've seen better days." replied Hansell through gritted teeth.

"You did good, now strap yourself in. This might get bumpy," said Meiko, who didn't even turn around as she was busy engaging the flying creatures.

"Yeah," replied Hansell who had returned to his seat. Kanade had came from the front and went to go check on Hansell's wounds.

The tracer fire continued to stream from the two choppers, gunning down the strange flying creatures that tried to attack the helicopters. All the while the two pilots continued to perform evasive maneuvers.

"Anybody know what those things are?" asked Dugger.

"Slythers," replied Yuki from BK Two. "Mutated birds. It is unknown if they are of this world or not."

"Well whatever they are, they're not taking us down." said Dave, observing the fight from his seat in BK Two.

Suddenly a cry came over from the radio channel.

"We're hit! BK Two is hit! I repeat BK Two is going down!" screamed the other pilot. "Brace for impact!" yelled Kanade from BK Two.

Dugger looked out the right windshield. The other chopper's tail rotor was wrapped in flames and it was spinning out of control. It dipped down and was soon out of sight. The creatures followed the helicopter down. Dugger yelled into his mic. "BK Two respond!" No response. "BK Two, come in!" Still no response. "Damn it!"

A voice came over the speaker. It was Sven from the cargo bay of BK One. "I heard all of that over the radio. Do you think they made it?"

"I don't know. We can only hope for the best." replied Dugger grimly.

"We're here." said the pilot. They had successfully managed to make it past the anti-air fire. The creatures that were following their chopper had flown off and went to follow BK Two. The pilot's spotlight was shining on the ground. Below their chopper were two other Black Knight helicopters. The markings on their tails told them that they were the choppers that Recon One had flown in on.

"Right. Take us down." said Dugger to the pilot.

The chopper descended to the ground beside the two Recon One helicopters, but before it could reach the ground, gunfire began to erupt from the woods.

"Open up with the machine guns!" ordered Dugger.

Shawn and Storm begin pouring gunfire into the surrounding forest.

The helicopter touched the ground.

"Covering fire! Everybody out. Take cover behind the Recon One choppers!" shouted Sven over the roar of his machine gun. The group rushed out of the chopper hatches and assumed their positions. They immediately opened fire on the unseen enemies. Meanwhile, Dugger and the pilot, who's name was Samuel, also got out. They ran over to the chopper nearest to the right. The pilot pulled out his side arm and began firing.

"Who are these guys?" yelled Sven as he pumped round after round with his sniper rifle into the woods.

"Use you night vision sights." said Dugger who was also busy firing into the woods.

Hot LZ.

Sven flicked the switched and activated his night vision. The world turned eerily green but all became clear as daylight. Through his sights he could see multiple enemies in the woods. The bright flashes from their weapons were like mini explosions. He fired on one and watched the bullet pass through him and out his back. He watched him fall. He gasped.

"Specters!" he yelled.

"I should have known. Oh well, they're in our way, so they'll die too. Keep up the fire!" replied Dugger, who continued to fire on the Specters in the woods.

The machine gun fire from the choppers died down. Dugger looked back. Storm and Shawn were off their guns and fighting unseen enemies. Their blades clashed in the air and created cascades of sparks.

"Damn it, they still have their cloaking devices. Steel, on me!" he yelled.

Steel broke off on his attack and went and crouched beside Dugger. "What's up?" he asked.

"Shawn and Storm are in trouble. I know you can see cloaked enemies. We need to help those two out."

"I got you, let's go." said Steel.

"Covering fire!" yelled Dugger.

"Will do!" yelled Ashley.

"We got you, just don't get shot in your butt!" added in Profit. The others responded by increasing their gunfire.

"Let's do it!" said Dugger, and with that him and Steel rushed back to go help out Shawn and Storm, all the while dodging bullets from the Specters behind them.

They reached the two in seconds. They pulled out their bladed weapons and immediately jumped into the fray.

"What took you so long?" asked Shawn, who swung his blade and it clashed with another unseen blade.

"Who cares, at least they came to help us out." said Storm, who had out her twin daggers and was slashing and blocking viciously.

"Right." said Dugger. He kicked out and it connected with one unseen enemy. It caused his suit to malfunction. The hologram projector flickered and died out. He paused at his sudden vulnerability, and Dugger took that slight hesitation to his advantage. He lashed out with one of his long knives and severed the Specter's head. The Specter fell to the ground with a thud.

"Three more," replied Steel, who's eyes glowed red. He could see the Specters clearly.

"Awesome." said Shawn. He swung low with his sword, but feinted to the back and kicked high. His kick connected with the Specter, which caused his suit to flicker and died out also. Shawn reversed the grip on his sword and ran it through the Specter's chest. The Specter grunted, but kicked back at Shawn, which caused him to back out and bring his sword out of the Specter. The Specter continued his attack. Storm, who saw that Shawn's Specter's back was unprotected, spun around with her daggers. One dagger blocked an unseen attack from her Specter, but with her other dagger, she jammed it in the Spine of Shawn's Specter. He staggered and Shawn saw the opening in his defenses. He leap up, and swung down with his katana. He cleaved the Specter's head in two. As soon as he landed he engaged Storm's Specter.

"Two left." replied Steel.

"Not for long," said Dugger. "Alpha formation!" he yelled.

Steel went behind Dugger and the two begin to spin. Their blades glinted deadly. Shawn and Storm jumped back.

"Right!" shouted Steel. The two moved in unison. Steel's sword connected with something and a fountain of blood erupted as one of the Specters fell to the ground in two halves.

"He's running!" yelled Steel.

"Oh no he's not!" replied Storm pulling out one of her throwing knives. "Where is he?"

"Northeast and to your left!" said Steel. Storm immediately turned and let her blade fly lose. It connected with something. The Specter's suit that it hit malfunctioned. He stopped in his tracks. The blade was sticking out of the back of his head.

"Nice throw." said Shawn complimenting Storm.

"Got that right." said Dugger glancing back at the others. Some of the Specters had breached through the defense line since the fire from the machines gun died down. Khalid was engaged with three Specters by himself. Ashley was fighting with two. Profit was still firing on Specters in the woods with Sven backing him up with his sniper rifle.

"Let's get over there." said Steel.

"Right behind you," replied Storm. The four rushed over to assist their friends.

Meanwhile, in another neck of the woods, the group who was in BK Two which crashed were having their own problems.

"Huh? Where am I?" said Kanade groggily. She looked around here. The windshield was shattered, and blood was every where. She was cut in multiple places. Beside her lay the pilot. He was covered in his own blood. A large spine of some sort had pierced through his chest. Kanade checked his pulse, but she already knew it was to no avail. He was dead. She pulled out knife and cut herself out of her flight harness. She climbed back to go check on the passengers. She heard gun fire and looked out the back. The rear of the chopper was wrecked, but it was some what intact. Meiko and Kyon were limp in their straps. She looked outside the chopper and saw Hansell, Dave, and Yuki firing on something. She couldn't help them out right now so she and went to go check on Meiko and Kyon. She check both of their pulses. They were still alive, just knocked out by the crash. "Thank goodness. But I have to get the out of here. I smell fuel." She took out her knife and cut Meiko down first, followed by Kyon. She dragged them out of the helicopter and to a tree. When she had dropped them off she went to go join the others fight. The creatures that had followed them down when they crashed were swarming around above them. The survivors held them at bay. But there were also flashes of light coming from the forest.

"What's the situation?" asked Kanade, while pulling out her rifle and firing on the creatures swarming over head.

"The Specters are back. But they have their own problems to handle. These things aren't very picky who they attack, but we've been holding them off for a bit." Before we crashed, I saw a large building. I think that is where we lost contact with Recon One. That must be where BK One landed since I didn't see them get hit." replied Dave who was keeping up a steady volume of gunfire.

"How far do you think it is?" asked Kanade.

"Two point three miles southeast," replied Yuki, who picked off the flying creatures with deadly accuracy.

"We should move," said Hansell. He had ripped one of the machine guns off it's mount in the helicopter and was pouring bullets into the creatures which Yuki had named Slythers. Despite his injuries from the air ambush, he seemed to be holding strong.

"I agree with him." said Dave. "The fire from the Specters in the woods has stopped. It's beginning to worry me."

"True. Alright, everybody get ready to move out. Dave, go pick up Kyon. Hansell, you get Meiko."

"Got ya." replied Hansell. He went over to pick up Meiko, but suddenly she awoke and slapped his hand out of the way. She got up slowly and held her hand on her stomach. Kanade ran over to her.

"Are you alright?" asked Kanade. "Your wounds still haven't healed from your last battle."

"I'm not dead yet." grunted Meiko. She pulled out her sub-machine gun and took off the safety with a click. "Point me to the bad guys."

"Just look around you!" yelled Dave who had just finished picking up the unconscious Kyon.

Meiko did as such. "Oh. Well that simplifies things." She fired a burst behind Kanade and one of the Slythers fell to the ground just a few feet from her.

"Nice shot." remarked Hansell. He continued to fire.

"No time for waiting around. Let's move. Yuki, lead the way." said Kanade.

"Yes," replied Yuki, as she shot down another Slyther with a well placed shot.

The group moved off into the woods, following Yuki's lead, firing the entire time.

Back at BK One's landing site, the fight was still raging on.

By now, the Specters had fully breached their perimeter. Everybody was engaged in hand to hand combat. The Specters who they were fighting did not have their cloaking devices equipped, which made it easier for the survivors.

"Will they stop ever stop coming?" asked Storm. She was fighting three Specters at one time. Her knives were weaving a deadly dance through the air. At least six other slain Specters laid at her feet.

"I know, right," replied Ashley, as she jacked another round into her shotgun. She fired a round into a Specter. He attempted to block the pellets with his sword, but failed to block them all. He fell to the ground as another one ran up.

"How you holding up over there, man?" asked Shawn. He was engaged with two Specters. He cut and slashed every which way with his katana. The two Specters tried to pierce his defenses, but couldn't.

"You know me, man," replied Sven. He hadn't drawn his katana yet. He was wielding his sniper like a club. Parrying attacks and knocking out any Specter who tired to run up on him. He caught one by surprise by thrusting forward with his rifle. The barrel of his rifle went through the chest of one Specter and out his back. Sven pulled the trigger and killed two more who were running towards Khalid.

"Thanks man!" yelled Khalid. He swung with his pike mightily and beheaded two Specters who didn't have the strength to block the attack. He spun his pike and engaged with another Specter.

"Watch where you're swing that thing!" commented Dugger, as he shot at one Specter with his sub-machine gun and slashed at another one with his knife. The Specter he shot at fell down and another one ran up. Dugger reversed the grip on his knife and punched at him, knocking him off his feet, he reversed his grip again and sent the knife flying into the neck of another Specter. He immediately grabbed another knife and engaged with another Specter. He observed a Specter leaping out the air towards Profit. "You got one incoming!" yelled Dugger.

Profit looked around and spied the incoming Specter. He shot it out of the air with one of his pistols and turned around and shot at another one that was behind him. One Specter slashed viciously at him, but he managed to get one of his pistols up in time to block it. Sparks flew as the two steel objects collided. The pistol flew out of his hand. Unfazed he turned his body and shot at the Specter with his other pistol. The Specter collapsed to the ground and another one immediately jumped up to take his place. He pulled the trigger but the gun clicked on empty. He tossed the gun at the Specter but he blocked it. Profit pulled his axe from his back and parried the next attack from the Specter, when suddenly, a bolt of black lighting flashed within the middle of the group. Everybody disengaged from their attacks and stepped back and observed the now burning ground. But the fire was not natural. It was black. Loud howling could be heard. All of a sudden some sort of dog like creature leapt out of the flames and ran at the first thing it saw. A Specter.

The creature was wrapped in burning flames. Its flesh was decayed and blacked. It's eyes were deep scarlet. It roar caused the woods to tremble at it's terrible voice. These were the Hellhounds that assisted in annihilating Recon One.

The beast bounded over towards the Specter. He slashed at it, but the Hellhound just shrugged off the attack. The creature leapt on the the Specter's chest knocking it over. It ripped out his throat in a spray of blood. The dog immediately turned from it's current victim and went to search for somebody else to kill. From the center of the ebony flames came more beasts. They swarmed over the area, attacking everyone in sight.

"What are those things?" yelled Storm as she turned to face the incoming threat.

"Hellhounds!" replied Dugger. He turned disengaged from the Specter who he was fighting. An unspoken truce had formed between the two groups. The Hellhounds were the biggest threat now.

Hellhounds.

Ashley, who had disengaged from her Specter took aim at one of the Hellhounds that was running at her. She squeezed the trigger on her shotgun. It clicked empty. She frantically searched for more shells on her person but came up empty. "Damn!" she yelled. The Hellhound leapt at her. In desperation Ashley pulled out her cleaver and threw it at the beast. The cleaver connected cleanly with the Hellhound and it buried itself in it's head. The Hellhound was unphased. It landed on Ashley's chest. She reached out and tried to push it off all the while the Hellhound snapped viciously at her. "Help!" screamed Ashley. Storm, who was busy fighting off her own Hellhounds turned and say Ashley. "No!" she yelled as she fired a burst at the Hellhound pinning Ashley to the ground, but it was to no avail. The rounds impacted the beast but had no effect. Ashley's strength was fading away and the Hellhound soon overwhelmed her. The Hellhound sank it's teeth into Ashley's stomach and ripped flesh and organs from her as she screamed. "Ashley!" yelled Storm, but there was nothing she could do. She turned around and continued to engage with the Hellhounds nearest her. "It wouldn't do me any good to get killed too." she thought to herself as she shot at an incoming Hellhound. The screams from Ashley died down and soon faded away into the chaos in the woods.

Soon a voice cried out, causing the Hellhounds to stop their hunt. Searing flames shot out from the ground. A figure walked through the flames. He was also wrapped in burning flames. Beside him were two particularly vicious Hellhounds. His neck looked like it had been broken previously, but some how reset into position. His flesh was decayed and burnt like the Hellhounds beside him.

His voice was deep and unnatural as he spoke. "You!" he yelled out as he pointed at Dugger.

"Uruz?" asked Dugger as he looked at the figure. The creature nodded. "But we killed you. I made sure of it!"

"Obviously not well enough," said the undead Uruz.

The Return of Uruz.

"Let's finish this!" yelled Steel. He didn't even hesitate to ask questions, he immediately jumped up and attempted to engage with the Uruz, but he was repulsed by an unseen force. His eyes flashed dark crimson as he crashed with the unseen force. He yelled out and fought against it.

From a great distance, a sinister laugh could be heard. It was oddly familiar.

Steel continued to fight. Eventually he pushed through the barrier and the voice that laughed cried out as if it had been attacked directly.

When the two blades struck each other the very ground trembled. A crater formed beneath the two.

Steel looked back, his eyes ablaze with a dark flame. He spoke with a voice not entirely his own. Go! Stop Nightbane! he yelled out as he continued to clash blades with Uruz.

Dugger nodded. "Everybody, let's go. Into the building!" He ran off and the others followed him. All but one. Profit stood where he was. His axe was dripping with blood from the Specters and Hellhounds that he had killed. Something didn't look right about him. There was a strange look in his eyes and he smiled darkly. "No," he said quietly." I can't do this anymore... No more running... The screams... I can still hear them... Blood everywhere... Blood everywhere! You all must die!"

"Profit! No!" yelled Storm. She tried to run back and get him. Dugger stopped her by grabbing her shoulder. "He's lost it." he said sadly. "Not everybody can handle this much stress. Let us go. Let him be." She looked back at Profit once more. He had ran out and engaged with two Hellhounds and 5 Specters. By the light of the unnatural flames, the Specters that they had been killed could be seen rising up. The undead Specters began shuffling towards Profit, and he was soon lost from sight. Blood sprays could be seen from where Profit attempted to fight them off, but soon even that began to fade as more and more undead Specters surrounded him. Meanwhile Uruz and Steel continued to clash fiercely. The sounds of their blades colliding echoed in the forest. "Let's go, Storm," said Dugger. She nodded and ran back with Dugger to catch up with the others.

"Wait, what about the pilot, Samuel?" asked Sven looking back.

Unbeknownst to the rest of the group, the pilot had fought bravely against the Specters, but he had received multiple gun shot wounds from the battle. He had leaned against a tree and with the remaining rounds in his fired at the Specters closing in on him. He killed two, but the rest of the Specters continued on relentlessly. Samuel unloaded his pistol and looked into his magazine. "One round left, huh? I always said I wanted to go out with a bang." he thought to himself. By that time he was surrounded by Specters. They looked at him, waiting for him to make a move. Samuel smiled and put the pistol to his head. "Bang." he said and aimed at the nearest Specters head and pulled the trigger, blowing out the Specter's brains. The other Specters reacted instantly. Five swords pierced the chest of Samuel and pinned him to the tree. Little did the Specters known that due to the wounds that he had received earlier, he had bled out and died before the Specters could strike.

"I haven't seen him in a while," replied Shawn.

"I don't think he made it," said Dugger. "But we don't have time to wait. We gotta go now. We don't know how long Steel can keep Uruz at bay. Let's move."

The group soon came upon a large structure in the woods. There was only one entrance, and the door leading inside had already been blown out.

"This must be the place where Recon One was lost at. Are y'all ready?" said Dugger looking back at the remaining survivors.

The group checked their weapons, loaded fresh magazines and nodded their consent. There was no need for words.

"Let's do this then." said Dugger.

And with that the group entered the building cautiously, not knowing what to expect.