Chapter Three: Moving Day

Burrito was all geared up and ready to go when General Taco ordered them to get moving. He had known that the day was going to come when they finally moved away from "home," but he didn't expect it to be so soon. As they started to move away from the ruins that were New York, New York, everybody said a few words for their home for the past couple of years. The only one that didn't speak was Burrito who sat in awe of the destruction of the Darkness forces. If this was New York, what did the rest of the world look like, and what exactly awaited them in Washington? None could even begin to imagine. Burrito and the squad were almost so far off from their home that it looked as if it was piercing the very earth. They were in for a long night.

They made it into New Jersey without being spotted, either there luck was changing or they were running straight into a trap. Burrito started a fire to keep everybody warm and they all ate some of the rations that they packed. Burrito came up with an idea to liven up the squad. "Hey guys listen to this! I walk a lonely road, the only road that I have…"

Just as soon as he started Ghost slapped him across the face. "No more of that shit!"

"Quiet down you two," said Taco, "We can't tell what our surroundings hold, and I'd rather not find out the hard way."

"Aye sir" Said Burrito and Ghost in unison.

The squad was suspicious of what Taco might be talking about but everybody knew what could happen. Darkness forces could advance unnoticed while they were asleep and then just take us out one by one. No one wanted that to happen so they all quieted down and stopped with the stories. Burrito looked over a Katya and wanted to talk to her, get to know her. But with Ghost always in the way and Windows with their "relationship" that Ghost had mentioned. She was pretty but didn't want to get in the way of anything that was going on between her and Windows.

The camp started to calm down into a nice sleep. Ghost was the first to go followed closely by Katya. Burrito, being the fanboy that he was started to hum some of his favorite songs of all time. Taco appeared to be slipping away and eventually fell asleep. He noticed that there was something on Windows's mind, something that caught his attention and kept him awake. Burrito said to Windows, "It's going to be a long night."

"That it is private, that it is."