/January 5th, 2030. Outside of Denver, Colorado. 3:12 AM/

James, Hawkins, and Kazumi all frowned, as they sat in the living room of the cabin, listening to the Federation's radio channel. James sighed, looking down, as they heard a man talking on the radio.

"-Where over one hundred Chinese troops where killed in action. Now for the news on the North American front. Russia is beginning early stages of pulling out it's soldiers on the eastern coast of the continental American Federation. Russia is moving the heroic troops onto the Alaskan, Chinese, Pacific, and European fronts, to weed out the last pockets of resistance by NATO, Japanese, South Korean, and Chinese troops, to bring victory to our motherland. In other news, Jonathan Mettic has been named the new Governor of the American Federation, by Russia's government to help keep peace and security in the region, and to-"

James frowned, turning off the radio.

"Motherfucker..." James muttered

"This is bad... Does anyone even know where the US Army even is?" Kazumi asked

"Last time I heard, they retreated somewhere to... somewhere..." Hawkins said, trailing off

James sighed, and nodded. Suddenly, the squad saw a van heading towards the cabin, making them go wide eyed.

"Oh shit!" Kazumi said

"Merryweather? Or Russians? Chinese?" Hawkins asked

"Or the KKK?" Kazumi asked

James frowned, cocking his pistol.

"Dunno, don't care... Kill whoever's in the van. Make sure they can't attack first!" James ordered

Kazumi and Hawkins nodded, cocking their pistols.


/Outside of Denver, Colorado. 3:12 AM/

Aelita smiled, as she stepped out of the van, seeing the cabin. Jeremie and Kylie smiled, as they stood next to her, and as everyone else stood next to her. Chase violently coughed, as Juri helped him out of the van.

"Ghost, are you okay?" Juri asked, with concern

Chase nodded, wiping the coughed-up blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Y- Yeah... I'm good... Fucking cancer meds are making me cough..." Chase said

Juri nodded, as Chase coughed again. Dylan smiled, getting out with Rebecca, holding her and Michael's hands.

"God, I would murder for a nice shower..." Rebecca muttered

Dylan chuckled, nodding.

"Don't worry, sweetie. You'll get a-" Dylan said

Dylan was cut off by a loud bang. Dylan screamed, and fell to the ground, as a bullet went through his leg, coming from the cabin. Rebecca moved Michael behind the van, as everyone took cover behind it. Chase and Juri started shooting back at the mysterious gunmen, as Ulrich and Odd dragged Dylan behind the van, who was growling with pain. Chase growled, as he, Juri, and Prizrak all pulled out their weapons.

"Motherfuckers!" Chase growled

Juri looked over the hood of the van.

"Hold your fire! We have no interest of fighting in any-" Juri shouted

Juri was pulled back down by Sam, as the shooters kept shooting, making Chase growl with anger.

"Maybe they can't hear her?!" Yumi guessed

"Oh, they can hear her..." Chase muttered

Chase looked over the van's hood, looking at the cabin.

"HOLD YOUR FIRE, YOU FUCKING SHITHEADS!" Chase roared


Hawkins growled, taking cover from a volley of bullet fire.

"HOLD YOUR FIRE, YOU FUCKING SHITHEADS!" One of the gunmen shouted

James groaned, loudly, looking out of the window.

"FUCK OFF, MERRYWEATHER!" James growled


Odd growled, looking at the cabin.

"FUCK OFF, MERRYWEATHER!" One of the gunmen shouted

"We're not MERRYWEATHER! We're just people trying to get by!" Odd growled

"Bullshit! Find your own goddamn cabin!" a shooter yelled

Aelita loudly groaned.

"That IS our cabin, you idiots!" Aelita shouted


"That IS our cabin, you idiots!" a woman gunman shouted

James went wide eyed, as he looked out the window.

"YOUR cabin?! No! This cabin belongs to MY family! I should know! My uncle is President Enheart!" James growled

"Wait, WHAT?!" one of the gunmen shouted

Hawkins and Kazumi groaned, loudly.

"You heard him! Now get the hell outta here, whoever you are!" Hawkins shouted

There was silence... Finally, James saw a gunman walk out into view, making him go wide eyed as he realized who it was.

"James...? A- Are you in there...?" Chase asked, with wide eyes

James dropped his pistol, with shock.


Aelita had a wide eyed look, as she walked next to Chase, staring at the cabin.

"D- D... Dad...?" James asked, with wide eyes

Chase went wide eyed, as Aelita had a shocked look.

"Oh my god... J- James?! I- It's Aelita! W- We're all here!" Aelita said

Suddenly, the group saw James run out of the cabin. Chase opened his arms, and let James run into them. Both of them tightly hugged each other, smiling. Aelita rose an eyebrow, as she saw two other men come out of the cabin, holstering their pistols.

"Who the hell are you?" Aelita asked

"Who the hell are you?" Hawkins countered

Sam groaned, with annoyance.

"We're with the President..." Sam said

Hawkins and Kazumi went wide eyed, with shock.


/Navy Pier. Chicago, Illinois. 9:12 AM./

Wendy had a wide eyed look, as she saw a crime scene outside of Navy Pier. Sharon, Connor, and Kyle had curious looks.

"I wonder who died?" Connor asked

"Who knows..." Kyle said

Sharon smirked.

"They don't call it 'ChIraq' for a reason" Sharon said, smirking

Wendy smirked, nodding in agreement. Suddenly, Wendy saw a familiar face standing near her group. Wendy recognized the face as Agent Ryan Mettic, of the FBI. Wendy saw another person with him that she didn't recognize. Wendy looked at her group.

"Wait here" Wendy said

Sharon, Kyle, and Connor all nodded, as Wendy walked to Ryan. Wendy tapped his shoulder, making Ryan turn, and instantly go wide eyed.

"Agent Mettic" Wendy greeted, smiling

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