/Outside of Denver, Colorado. 9:15 AM/

The group was sitting in the living room of the cabin. Dylan's gunshot wound was being tended to by Hawkins, Sam was quietly talking to Odd, and everyone else was busy watching TV, trying to figure out what's happening. Yumi looked at Kazumi, with curiosity.

"So... You're Japanese?" Yumi asked.

"Yep. Are you?" Kazumi asked.

Yumi smirked.

"Damn right." Yumi said.

Kazumi smirked as he and Yumi high-fived. Meanwhile, Dylan winced, as Hawkins wrapped his bullet wound up in gauze, causing Hawkins to smirk.

"How does it feel knowing your nephew shot you?" Hawkins asked

"How does it feel knowing you're an idiot?" Dylan growled, with pain

Hawkins chuckled, tying the gauze around the wound.

"Pretty good, Mr. President..." Hawkins said, smirking.

Dylan growled again, as Rebecca tightly held his hand. James had a curious look, as he looked at Chase.

"Dad, where's mom and grandpa at?" James asked

Everyone froze, going wide eyed as Chase had a saddened look. Aelita sighed, as she and Chase looked at James.

"James, there's a few things we need to talk about..." Chase said, sadly


/Outside of Chicago, Illinois. 4:45 PM/

Wendy rose an eyebrow, as she sat in a stolen RV with Sharon, Kyle, Harkov, and Connor, and as Ryan drove down Route 66. Harkov had a guilty look, as Wendy looked at him.

"You work for the FSB...?" Wendy asked

"Formerly... I was sent to the United States with Russia's Ghost, to find the President, and assassinate him..." Harkov explained

"Why didn't you?" Sharon asked

Harkov sighed.

"I saw Jonathan Mettic kill an FSB officer... Before that, I agreed with his ideas. I followed every order he asked... But that murder showed me how unpredictable he is... How he could just snap at a moment's notice..." Harkov said

Wendy nodded, in agreement, and then looked out the window, with curiosity.

"How long until we're in Colorado?" Wendy asked

"About half a day" said Ryan

Kyle looked at Harkov, and rose an eyebrow.

"Wait, if you're FSB, then do you know where the remnants of the US Military is?" Kyle asked

"Yes... What's left of the NATO fleet is gathered in Iceland. Somewhere in Reykjavik..." Harkov said

"Reykjavik?" Connor asked

"The capital of Iceland, you idiot..." Sharon said.

"So the NATO fleet's in Iceland? Okay... Good to know..." Wendy said.

"And there's another fleet gathered in Canberra, Australia." Harkov said.

"How would we even get to either of those places?" Connor asked.

Ryan smirked.

"I've got a couple of ideas. Good ones, actually... But we're not leaving without the President" Ryan said.

The group nodded in agreement.


/Outside of Denver, Colorado. 9:20 AM/

James was cowering in a corner, violently sobbing in his hands. The rest of the group had sympathetic looks, as Aelita and Chase looked down at James.

"I'm so sorry, James... We tried... I swear to god that we tried..." Chase said

James sniffled, shaking his head as he whimpered. He slowly looked up at Aelita, while trembling.

"M- M... My mom's d- dead... M- My g- grandpa, t- too..." James whimpered.

Aelita nodded. She crouched down next to James and pulled him in for a hug, letting him start sobbing into her chest. Aelita gently petted James's hair as she looked down at him.

"Shhhh... Shhhh... It's okay, James... Shhhh..." Aelita soothed.

Sam sighed and looked at the group.

"What're we gonna do after this? We obviously can't stay here forever" Sam stated.

"We know. But we'll just have to stay for as long as possible. We can't risk the President's life. And we're being hunted by a LOT of different motherfuckers." Hawkins said bluntly.

"You're hunted too? By who?" Rebecca asked.

Hawkins shrugged.

"The KKK, Merryweather, the Russians, the Chinese, the FSB, the MSS, the FBI, the CIA, and half of Nigeria, probably." Hawkins said.

Rebecca nodded, and shrugged. Juri looked at Dylan.

"I do not agree with your plan for traveling to France, and going through Russia. But I will stand with you if you want" Juri said.

Dylan nodded. James finally stopped sobbing, as he looked at Chase, sniffling.

"M- Mettic caused it, d- didn't h- he?" James whimpered.

"Baseplate killed mom... But yes, Mettic's the one who caused it..." Chase said sadly.

James wiped away his tears as he nodded. He cleared his throat, awkwardly.

"I'm gonna kill him..." James swore.

"I know you will... It's okay..." Aelita said.

James frowned.

"I mean it... I'm gonna kill Jonathan Mettic..." James said.

"None of us think that you won't, kid... We're right behind you." Dylan said.

"That man is responsible for god knows how many deaths. We're not letting him get away from this." William said.

James nodded and eventually gave a small smile.

"Thank you..." James said


/Unknown Location. China. 00100110100111010/

Metric growled with fury as he looked at a Chinese MSS agent. Mettic roared as he grabbed the agent's neck, with fury.

"WHERE IS HARKOV?!" Mettic roared.

"I- I have no idea, sir!" the agent said.

Mettic roared again as he broke the agent's neck, letting the lifeless body fall onto the floor. Mettic growled as he looked at the other agents that we're in the room.

"Tell Prizrak to kill him! Him, the American Ghost, the Chinese Ghost, the President, AND EVERYONE ELSE!" Mettic roared.

The agents all nodded, as Mettic growled.

"If Prizrak doesn't kill them, then I want him dead too!" Mettic growled.

"Yes sir! Right away!" an agent said.

The agents walked out of the room, as Mettic growled. He looked at a holographic map of North America, and had an infuriated look as he saw the Russian troops falling back. Mettic then looked at Europe, and smirked.

"If America isn't the key... then maybe Europe is..." Mettic said with an evil smirk.


==3 Days Later==

/January 8th, 2030. Outside of Denver, Colorado. 5:22 PM/

Kylie, Jeremie, and Aelita were all sitting outside on the cabin's second-story deck, taking in the sunset. Kylie was sitting in Jeremie's lap, and Aelita was smiling at the sight. Suddenly, Aelita saw Jeremie go wide eyed.

"Jeremie? Are you alright?" Aelita asked.

"There's an RV coming!" Jeremie exclaimed.

Aelita looked at the road, and gasped, as she saw a white RV approaching from the road.

"Shit!" Aelita cursed.

"Get inside!" Jeremie said.

Aelita nodded and grabbed Kylie. She and Jeremie ran back into the cabin with her, causing everyone to go wide eyed.

"Woah! Where's the fire?" Odd asked.

"There's an RV coming!" Jeremie said.

"WHAT?!" Hawkins asked.

Kazumi and James growled as they pulled out their M9's, cocking them.

"We'll go see who it is..." Kazumi said.

Everyone nodded as Chase and Yumi moved Rebecca, Dylan, and Michael into a back room and locked it for their safety. James and Kazumi hid by the window, and got ready...


Wendy smiled, and stretched, as she stepped out of the RV. She rose an eyebrow as she and her group saw a van in front of the cabin. Wendy looked at her group, and nodded.

"Get ready. People're here..." Wendy whispered.

"Fuck... How many?" Sharon asked.

"No idea, but there's a van out here... It might be a lot..." Wendy whispered.

Everyone nodded. Wendy and Harkov both walked into the RV, grabbed a pair of stolen AK74's from the back of the RV, and walked back out. The group went wide eyed when they saw several shadows inside. Wendy and Harkov aimed their AK's at the cabin.


James and Kazumi growled and aimed their pistols out of the windows, after seeing two people aiming AK74's at the cabin. James suddenly went wide eyed when he recognized one of them as his sister, Wendy.

"Oh my god..." James said with shock.

"Lieutenant? What's wrong?" Hawkins asked.

"Wendy's out there!" James exclaimed.

"WHAT?!" Chase asked with shock.

James dropped his gun, and ran out of the door.


Wendy gasped when she saw her brother James run out of the cabin. She dropped her AK74, with shock.

"JAMES?! WHAT THE FUCK?!" Wendy asked.

Wendy went wide eyed as James ran to her, and engulfed her in a hug. Wendy smiled as she returned it, but evidently making the group smirk, except for Harkov.

"Uh... Huh..." Harkov said while not knowing what to say.

Wendy smiled and pulled back, looking at James with shock and happiness.

"The fuck are you doing here?!" Wendy asked.

"I was gonna ask you the same thing!" James said.

Wendy snickered and nodded. Wendy suddenly went wide eyed.

"Where's mom and dad...?" Wendy asked.

"Dad's inside..." James said.

"With everyone else?" Wendy asked.

James smiled and nodded.

"Yeah..." James said.

"What about mom?" Wendy asked.

Before James could answer the question, Wendy gasped, seeing Chase, Aelita, and Ulrich all walking outside smiling.

"DADDY!" Wendy screamed.

Wendy ran to them, and nearly tackled Chase, Ulrich, and Aelita in a hug. Chase, Ulrich, and Aelita all smiled as they returned the hug. Everyone else watched while smiling.

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