The next day the swelling had gone down, and he wasn't in as much pain. when he woke up it was mid day, and no one was around. He gets up, and unhooks himself from the monitoring device. Once he wasn't tied to the machine anymore he heads out. he had a bit of a limp. its at this time that Agent Orange walks into the medical center to check up on Hunter. "Oh your awake. come on lets get you something to eat I'm sure your hungry." Hunter nods and follows her outside. She was covered in bandages just like Blue was. She lead him to a table where there was some burgers. "mom made extra so i brought some here." Hunter sits down at the table and slowly eats a burger. Cuttlefish was staring out into the Octo-valley when Hunter finally spotted him. "why is Cuttlefish standing over there?" Blue looks over and chuckles. "Don't worry about that its what he does when he wants to think. Agent 1 and 2 return from there patrol, and remove there masks. Callie sees the burgers and goes to grab one. Marie sees Hunter sitting at the table, and sits across from him. "Hi Hunter. How are you holding up?" Hunter looks at Marie. "good" tears welled up in his eyes showing the opposite. Marie sighs and starts to eat a burger. "is it because you got blacklisted?" Hunter stops, and looks at her. Then just nods before resuming eating. Hunter finishes his burger, and gets up from the table.
Hunter walks over to the tent that was his makeshift home. he moves the music player, and speaker. Before turning it on, and laying down. It was obvious he needed time to think. The past few weeks have changed his life. To the point where he no longer feels in control of his own life anymore. He falls asleep exhausted from the day. Marie felt bad for Hunter. She goes over to talk to her grandpa. "I feel sorry for hunter." Cuttlefish looks at Marie. "I don't blame you for feeling that way. Ever since he got the helmet his life suddenly was out of his control. all we can do is be there for him. once he gets back in control of his life that's when we can point him down the right path." Marie looks over to where Hunter was sleeping. "is there anything we can do to help him feel in control?" Cuttlefish shakes his head. "I do not know. we can only do so much...he has to do most of it himself." Marie didn't feel good about letting Hunter be alone on this path.
Hunter wakes up the next day. he gets up and goes to the shower facilities in the medical ward to get cleaned up. After his shower he dries off as best as he could. Then heads back to the tent to get into the Hero Gear. Once he had it on he left ready for some training, but no one was there. "Hello?" He looks around then he hears a voice from behind. "Hello!" He turns around and sees the shadow version of himself. "YOU!" Hunter takes aim and starts shooting, but nothing was happening. he looks back at the other him. "HA HA HA HA HA! You Keep running but you never go anywhere. Your life is no longer in your control you should just give up instead of fighting the raging river!" a distorted voice could be heard "Hu...er...ap...of...t..." Hunter looks around for whoever was talking hoping they could help him. Suddenly he was hit in the head with a roller and he explodes in blue ink. He respawns near by. He readies his weapon and look around frantic. Agent Blue and Cuttlefish were here, but not the shadow version of him.
Cuttlefish approaches Hunter. "Calm down...what is it!" Hunter lowers his weapon and holds his head. "I saw him...he was standing right there!" when he pointed to where the shadow him was. there was blue ink lying where he actually shot. Cuttlefish sighs. "Its getting worse...Hunter you need stay strong. The other you will keep trying to break your mind until he gets control over you." Hunter looks at him worried. Cuttlefish places his hand on his shoulder. "Remember you don't have to fight this alone. we are your friends, and we will be there for you." Hunter nods and tries to calm down. Cuttlefish walks over to agent blue. "Ok your going to run a Team exercise with Hunter. let me just get the hard light fields calibrated" Cuttlefish goes over to a computer stand and starts typing on it. Shortly after he started typing the combat field starts to alter.