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xldoorslx:Haha I would like to see you ball up in a corner and suck your thumb... so yeah. Anyway I'm really trying to get updates sooner, but school is killing me right now (x_x) Wow, didn't think someone actually read my other fic...lol, but for all the fans out there stay tuned for some cool flashbacks (^_^)/.
P.S.: I have to let you wait a little more for your baby sry...(I'm mean, I know)

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Well then..., let's get back to why you're here...

Chapter 4

A hint

"So?" Mila crossed her arms as the Ghosts approached her. Hesh and Keegan kept themselves in the back, knowing that Merrick would handle the talking. Even though that wasn't the best solution. All the vehicles had already been loaded in the plane and everything was ready to go. They where just waiting for the decision of the Ghosts. Did Hesh, Keegan and Merrick even have a choice here? Mila apparently was the only source they had that could lead them to Logan.
"We'll join you." Merrick explained, watching a spark of surprise light up in Mila's eyes. She ripped her glance of Merrick by turning around. She waved them after her.

They entered the plane from the back. The light condition changed rapidly from bright daylight to night. Only the instruments and emergency lights illuminated the cargo fuselage. Hesh could only see enough to not bump into anything or anyone. Everything was covered in a green flare.A loud hiss of air filled his ears followed by a load thud of the closing loading area. From his seat between Mila and Merrick, Hesh could see how the rest of the team got to their seats too.
"Ladies we're about to take off." The pilot informed over the louder getting roar of the engines. The rotors speed up and the single blades disappeared. "Prepare for a bumpy take off."
With that Hesh made sure that his seat belt was even tighter. He always hated take offs. There was no apparent reason why; he just couldn't stand it. He pulled Riley closer as he felt the plane getting faster. The vibrations of the plane rolling over the desert ground caused everything to shake violently. They did a good job in securing the cargo, since it didn't move back or forward one bit. Only seconds later the shaking stopped and the plane was of the ground. Minutes of awkward silence passed, until one of the board crew members told them that they could open their seat belts. Meanwhile Riley got comfortable lying on Hesh's feet. The head buried between his front paws, his eyes closed but still wide awake. Hesh sunk in his seat and followed Riley's example of gathering some energy.

From the opposite row of seats, the Ghost could hear the others chat and laugh about a joke or something. Beside him he heard Merrick checking his rifle. Followed by the snapping of the stock and the grip. At last the silent klick of the safety switch.
"Where are we headed anyway?" Merrick got curious, some would even call it leery.
"To our main base." Mila responded. Hesh wondered where their base may be. He concluded that it was most definitely in Europe, but he couldn't pinpoint where exactly.
"You must have been busy all these years." Keegan took a look around.
"That's right." Mila's glance fell onto the floor. Keegan leaned against the next Humvee near them. Mila jumped as Hesh's head fell on her shoulder, followed by a chuckle from her.
"How many years?" She asked smiling at Hesh. She had only known him as a toddler, but know he's a full grown man; not only that but a Ghost, just like his father was.
"Too many." Merrick growled. As he remembered that they weren't getting any younger. Not only that but what happened all those years ago. His eyes subconsciously searched for Mila.
"He has grown into a fine man." Mila grinned, closing her eyes.
"They would be proud." Keegan threw in. Mila shifted into a more comfortable position with Hesh still asleep.
"I'm sure of that." Mila agreed.

The sun set and the moon was about to rise. The sky turned into a field of glowing stars. Unfortunately inside the plane none could see it except the pilots. It's been several hours since they took off from Mexico. The flight had been rather calm until now. Most of the people aboard where asleep or cleaned their equipment. Hesh had been asleep for hours. Mila was catching up with her soldiers.
"You should get some sleep too." Merrick set down beside Keegan, who had settled on the ground, his back pressed against the same vehicle from before. The sniper held his rifle close and sat there in silence. Keegan felt a sigh of Merrick whoosh by his with a beanie covered ears.
"You are still holding on to that promise, aren't you?" Keegan looked like he was ignoring his friend. Merrick was well aware of what was going on in the other man's mind. It was in his stare; it was the stare a sniper had when his eyes had found the target. The target was Hesh, but he was not really what you would call a target to Keegan.
"I couldn't save Elias. I couldn't stop Rorke from kidnapping Logan." Keegan swallowed the emotions. His ocean blue eyes still locked on Hesh, he carried on."I couldn't forgive myself if something would happen to Hesh too." Merrick fell silent. He admired Keegan's sense of duty, but this promise would sooner or later be his doom. Merrick shook his head, what alerted Keegan.
"It was her dying wish…" Keegan trailed of as the horrible pictures flashed in front of his inner eye. They appeared as clear to him, as if it just happened yesterday. None of them spoke, they just listened to the sounds in the background. The Sniper again followed his duty and kept on watching Hesh, who apparently was mumbling something his sleep.

"He looks so drained." Mila joined the conversation.
"How would you feel, when your father was killed and your brother was MIA." Merrick snarled. Mila clenched her fists, she could sense the pain in Hesh's heart. If only she could do something for the poor boy. The corners of her mouth moved slightly upwards.
"I would probably not see the light anymore." Mila said, her glance locked onto Hesh. She searched for any signs of reaction in the other two's faces. Keegan returned a small smile. He couldn't remember Mila being so kind and warm hearted. Merrick on the other hand looked much more surprised to hear that coming from her. He was starting to believe that this person wasn't her at all. He thought about the past and what happened back then the whole flight. He felt something about her was different.

"You are back!" A blond haired girl jumped into Mila's arms. The elder woman couldn't even react in the right time before she was wrapped into a warm hug. Both shared a smile;
"I told you I would be right back." Mila smirked, as the girl looked over Mila's shoulder to see the rest of the soldiers exit the back of the plane, but three of them didn't belong here.

"You are…" She shove Mila aside, her eyes wide open. Amazed she examined the new arrivals, while her mouth gapped open.
"the Ghosts…" Her eyes flew all over them. You could tell they were feeling awkward in that moment. Hesh scratched his neck to not appear stiff, while Keegan rose an eye brow. Merrick kept his glance on the girl, who appeared to be younger than Hesh. Her freckled face turned into a slight red, while she smiled.

"Keegan, Hesh and Riley…" She pointed at them respectively as she was bursting out their names. Her eyes centered again moved up to Merrick. Two pairs of hazel eyes made contact. "Merrick." The bearded Ghost watched her turn to Mila again. It felt like a slap in the face to Merrick to hear his name be spoken in such a soft voice.
"How has everything been going while we were gone, Cady?" Mila looked at the girl, who's name apparently was Cady. She kicked her slippers into the dirt her arms behind her back. Her face moved downwards;

"Not much." She mumbled. Cady moved her head slightly sideways to see Merrick form the corner of her eyes. She couldn't believe it. It was really nodded and Cady fell back to walk beside Merrick, who was a lot taller than herself. She watched him closely with every step they took forward. Merrick felt her eyes on him and let a small sight out;
"What is it?" He growled.
"I'm sorry but…" Cady fell silent, what sounded like she lost track of what she wanted to say. It was better for her to shut her mouth. They were already thinking of her as a weirdo. So she decided to keep a low profile for the rest of the walk.
Behind the two Hesh walked beside Keegan and Riley. The two of them tried to get as much information about the place just by scanning it with their eyes, while Riley sniffed on the floor. The group moved towards a big hangar at the end of the roll way. In front of it stood several other aircraft, such as helicopters or fighter jets. What was strange about was the fact that the had no country tag on them, just like the plane they came with.

The mechanics working on one of the vehicles, stopped their work when they saw Mila approaching. Mila returned a nod to them, than she looked over her shoulder to see Cady still starring at Merrick. Hesh jogged by them to catch up with Mila; Riley close by his side.
"Why did you bring us all the way here? Hesh tried to get aware of his surroundings."Why didn't we travel directly to my brother's location?"
"That wouldn't have been possible" She answered. They stepped inside a hangar. The floor was painted over with all sorts of markings and lines. A bunch of helicopters stood in line, their rotors tugged in to save some space. On the other hand space wasn't really the problem in the hall. It was enormous; the mechanics, technicians as well as the soldiers needed a ride to get from A to B fast.
"Why?" Hesh wanted to know. His mouth gapped open slightly as he heard himself speak this word of shear curiosity. In Hesh's case it wasn't only curiosity that was driving this urge of knowledge. He would do anything to get a little more information on his brother.
"I'll explain everything as soon as you have settled in." Mila smiled, while leading them through a smaller gate into a room which appeared to be an armory. Shortly after them arrived the rest of the soldier that where on the plane with them. Without further redo each on of them startet to put their gear on the big table in the center.

"How was the mission?" Cady asked wide-eyed seeing all the gear. The Leader, Stephan turned his attention away from disassembling his rifle over to the blonde.
"You know it…" His glance meet Mila's. "It was terrible I have never seen such a sad place, I swear it." The girl set her eyes on the ground frustrated and moved on to the guy next to him.
"You can store your gear here and let it be checked." Mila informed in a friendly tone. Keegan and Hesh nodded, but Merrick just kept watching Cady pace around in the room like a child around a christmas tree. Merrick let his rifle drop on the table with a loud thud. Now he had all the attention he needed;
"So…" He cleared is throat. "You dragged us all the way here; wherever the hell here is, to give us some intel." Cady watched closely as they set their gear on the table. The stuff had been quite through some tough fighting. The rifles of all three of them were covered in dust and dirt. The nose of the young female caught something strange as she peeked over Hesh's shoulder.
"Ohhhh." Hesh's face grew red in embarrassment, since Cady's loud expression of disgust, alerted everyone. Luckily they didn't have any idea what kind of bath they had taken earlier that day. Riley didn't smell better ether. The shepherd kept close to Hesh for protection, but was soon overwhelmed by Mila's share of affection and kindness.
"I'm sorry Riley about back then." Mila patted Riley on the head. The dog returned a yawn and dropped to his belly, because he knew it was safe here. Hesh met again that smile on Mila's face; the very same one she had when he confronted her by their old house.
"About that…" Hesh remembered how Mila knocked Riley completely out with one blow. Mila brought her attention over to the Walker boy.

"I see you are all finished." Mila noticed as the rest joined the conversation. The soldiers circled around Mila, while Stephen kept himself a little bit up front to reinforce his role as leader.
"All I have to say now is; You have all done well out there. It makes me proud to have such loyal and strong Ghosts under my command." She dismissed her squad. The room emptied itself, until only few people were left. Must of them walked of to the showers or to the mess hall.
"You ever held a rifle." Keegan felt Cady starring from behind. Looking over his shoulder the Ghost saw her shaking her head. Hesh chuckled slightly, since he had been using weapons since he was big enough to hold them steady.
"Cady why don't you jog over to the Com-Center and see of they need some help." Mila demanded Cady to leave them alone. She hesitated briefly before storming out the very same door the came in. In her rush she nearly stepped on Riley's tail, who didn't seemed to be bothered at all. She slammed the door close, what resulted in a loud bang.

"Now back to the reason you are here." Mila pinched the bridge of her nose and grabbed a remote from under the table, while a screen showing a map came down from the ceiling. Everyone waited for Mila to continue as the lights deemed down.
"Borneo, Riberalta." The maps changed from a wide view of south america to a close up to Borneo in the west of the continent. Mila circled the City of Riberalta with the cursor.
"We believe that somewhere from Riberalta down the River, the Federation has a secret camp-"
"-Bullshit." Merrick interrupted Mila, who turned around not really surprised of the man's reaction. The elder Ghost leaned against the table, while examining the map."That area is chemical wasteland!"
"No sane person would set a foot on that ground." Keegan added.

"If that's where Logan is; sure thing I'll be there too." Hesh announced.

Wow, what do you guys think they will find in Borneo?
Find it out in the next chapter!

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