"Thank God." Lara said, panting.

Roth was still hiding in a small open "barn" where he would cover Lara with his sniper rifle.

(Lara- Via Radio) "Roth..."

"Yeah?"

"Grim's dead... They tried to use him as leverage to make me surrender..but he wouldn't let them."

Roth turned his head around, a little surprised.

"Grim you...you stubborn bastard."

"I'm so sorry Roth." Lara was about to cry, but Roth comforted her.

"No... Don't be sorry, Lara. Just make it count. We'll raise a glass to the old man when we get out of here."

Lara smiled at that, holding the radio in her hands.

"I'm going to try and get closer...can you cover me again?"

Roth checked his visual on the nearby area through his scope, then said:

"Yeah. I've got a clear sight with my rifle until the palace wall."

"Okay."

Lara just said, then turned around to face the bridge full of Solariis'.

"Engage rules?" Holt asked.

"Are you kidding?" Section(Jason) asked back.

Holt chuckled, then looked back into his ACOG sight scope.

"Take the one to the left, the other's mine." Section commanded.

"On your signal, boss." The other Ghost said back.

Two seconds later, two triggers were pulled, two shots were fired, two Solariis' were killed.

"Sweet shot, Holt." Section said as he stood back up. "We've got a town to find."

They kept walking for half an hour, until they came across a place full of metal towers, that should be it.

"The thing I hate is that I can't just ask Bowman where I am." Holt said, trying to enlighten the mood.

"I heard that." Bowman's voice echoed into Holt's radio.

"Don't be offended, it was a compliment y'kn-"

Holt stayed silent as he noticed Section to gesture at him to shut up, looking back into his Holographic sight scope, noticing many dead bodies on the ground.

"What happened here?" Section asked himself in a low voice.

"Where are you going now?" Holt asked him as he noticed his Ghost Lead going further into the strange town.

"I'm getting closer." He said sliding onto the dirt, while his other arm was holding his rifle, not to get shot while sliding.

(it's not good for you, nah.)

As Section got closer to a body, Holt was right behind him, taking a look for himself.

Suddenly, Section's stomach felt a little heat when he realized that there were 7.62x54mm bullets into the body's wound.

He ran for his life, focusing on where the potential sniper was.

Holt did the same with the nearest spot to him.

Section's arm/hand gesture clearly said:

'SNIPER ON THE HUNT'

Section thought of what he could do, glancing at the surroundings, until he finally noticed a piece of glass on the ground, which he could use as a mirror, roughly, but he could.

He pointed it behind him, out of the cover, trying not to catch too much of the Sun' reflex.

He didn't see anything suspicious at all, until he noticed the thing he was trying to avoid himself, a reflex.

He let the glass slide onto the metal floor, towards Holt, as to say: 'Take a look'.

Section's left hand fully opened, letting Holt know where to look with the improvised mirror. (y'know..the clock..)

Section changed position, thinking the sniper might have noticed him, while Holt checked the sharpened mirror.

He jumped on the other side, touching the dirt again, finding a small path with a ladder at the end of it. He did the most obvious thing, walking the path with his rifle pointed, until his hands and feet touched the wooden ladder, climbing it. When he got on top, he found his potential killer or ally, but not knowing who he actually was, he had to point his ACR at him.

*rifle metal sounds* He chose to be kind.

"You have 1 second to turn around empty handed before your brains get blown up." Section said to the man that was crouched in front of him, holding a wooden rifle.

Almost, kind.

Roth didn't raise his arms, he promised Lara to cover her.

"I can't." He said.

"I wasn't asking." Section said threatening.

"Look, I'm protecting the girl who's about to get on that bridge, otherwise we're all fucking dead, now. (...1! Section was counting)

Look, I noticed you and your friend there, I take it you're the men they sent to rescue us!" Roth said, without leaving the sight scope with his eyes.

Section's face changed expression into a worried one, and lowered the rifle a bit.

"Was that you? The S.O.S."

"The girl. Now, do me a favor and go help her, I got no sight after the bridge." He said, holding the sniper rifle tightly.

Section didn't say a word, he got off the little spot and commanded Holt to go to the path on the other side of the platform, to protect him, while he would go on the bridge.

"We'll regroup, then." Holt said, nodding and heading towards the ladder.

Section found out that the only way to the bridge was parkour, so he had no choice.

He firstly put a hand on an upper rock, a foot there, and pushed to raise his body up. That repeated for a few times, and he just had to go further, where Lara was, holding her pistol.

Lara was hiding before jumping into the action, and as soon as she sighed, she raised her face for a second, noticing Section's figure walking towards her, which she immediately pointed her pistol at.

"You might wanna reconsider shooting an ally.." Section said, noticing Lara's wounded body.

She sighed in relief.

"Oh God... I lost any hope after the plane crash!" She said shortly after, noticing Section's military equipment, and his face different from all the maniacs that lived on that island.

"I know. I lost my pilot too, but let's focus now. Your' friend told me that you'd be here, he's got no clear sight after the bridge, so I'm here to help you get through this."

He said to reassure her, who was visibly surprised.

"Thanks." She nodded.

Section glanced at the people on the bridge, and knowing he and Lara were highly outnumbered, he grabbed his sidearm, taking the suppressor off of it, handing it to Lara, which she took gladly.

"Take this, if they hear us we're done for."

She did try to attach the suppressor, but with no results.

"..Ahh..?" She sighed, clearly not knowing how to get it done.

Section grabbed her gun and the suppressor, obtaining a silenced pistol in no time, then he handed it back to the survivor, who grabbed it.

"Right behind ya'." She said, ready.

"Alright, stay here for a minute, watch our 6." He said walking onto the wooden bridge.

Lara noticed that the path behind her was clear of any threats, so she looked at Section, she must learn something from him.

"Two guys on the left, on the right…" Section tried to figure out how to execute the 3 Solariis'. He decided to shoot one of the two guys on the left, stab the one on the right, and hopefully he would have a knife to throw to the third one on the left. He visualized the execution in his head, getting ready to (lol) execute it.

KNIFE THROW TAKEDOWN: UNLOCKED

[(Just kidding, but Jason with a machete is a well known character, let's not waste it ) though I'm talking about Brody and Voorhees]

He approached the 3 men, silently, as a proper Ghost should, and when he got closer to the guy to stab, he shot 1 guy on the left, he let the ACR fall into his chest, stabbed the prick on the right, and..shit, no knife.

He couldn't grab his AK, it would have been too loud and the whole stealth plan would have failed.

He quickly got his machete out of the Solarii's neck, throwing it to the man in front of him with all the strength he had in his right arm, killing him instantly.

"That wasn't close, but I gotta be careful.."

[About Brody, my OC IS Jason Brody, but with another look. So, same voice, same tattoos, rook island yeah, liza, grant and those things. Though my character hasn't got any beard (it doesn't match the face I imagine for my OC) and the OC has dark blue eyes, and yeah it's a little weird but his hair...do you know Adult Gohan?.. Now imagine his haircut, but human. Pretty cool, even with that pointed hair falling on his forehead, giving him that serious look..I know it's weird. Oh, one of his eyebrows has a scar, so it has like a double cut. Obviously you can imagine my OC as you prefer ] {brown hair bro}

"...Holy shit!" Roth said, causing Holt to chuckle: "What?! Hm?"

"Your friend took 3 lives away in..what, 5 seconds?"

"Oh..usual Ghost stuff." Holt answered.

Lara walked on the bridge, towards Section, who was looting their body. Ammo never is unlimited.

"..I bet you trained for years. What a mess.." she said, glancing at the dead bodies.

"Uh? Oh.. JSOC, ever heard of it? Like 6 years of training." He said going further.

"JSOC? I'm not really into military. What's your team, though?" She asked.

"Ghost Recon. Fantasmas." Section explained.

"Never heard of it." She said as she pulled out her bow, killing the remaining Solarii on the other end of the bridge.

"That's why we're called Ghosts'. Like the Black Ops, but more elites than them. And you're not too bad with the bow, even if I recommend using a firearm."

"Thanks. It'll have a use soon, I'm sure." She says, walking in front of the palace.

(Lara- Via Radio) "Roth?"

(Roth- Via Radio) "Lara, you've made it. I don't have a visual from he-"

"There's another spot on that side of the mountain." Holt's voice echoed into Lara's radio.

(Lara- Via Radio) "Who's that?"

"I'm not alone here." Section said from behind her.

(Section- Via Radio) "Holt, get to a new sniper position with him, we'll go further. I believe there are other civilians here." He took his finger off the Push-To-Talk button, glancing at Lara, who was looking at him.

"Is that so?" He asked.

"Yes, there's other people here." She said in response

His finger touched the PTT button again: "Yeah, they're not alone. Anyways, if you find anything tell me, or tell Bowman." He hung up on Holt, who disappeared from the last position together with Roth shortly after.

Lara was still looking at Section.

He turned around, grabbing his ACR from his back. When he set eyes on the girl in front of him, he waited for her to say something.

"This is the palace I have to get into. A friend of mine disappeared and it's here, I believe." She said.

"Ok." Section said, holding his trusted AR in his arms.