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Call of Duty Ghosts:

Phantoms of War

Act I

"Aftertmath"

Seeker's sitting down, strapped, in a seat and was steadily snoring away. The plane made a sudden jerk and he awoke. He looked around looking for a disturbance. "Nothing... just turbulence..." He thought. Seeker hadn't been on ease since they were prepped. They were given a secret mission and told if they failed they'd be disowned and left to die. Something no one wanted. He looked around again and noticed his team was still asleep. He decided to do the same when the plane shook again. "Damn... I'm not getting to sleep anytime soon with this turbulence..." He thought again. He decided to look at his watch and noted it was only 6:00 am. He sighed before the plane shook again.

He would've chalked this up to turbulence, if it hadn't kept shaking. His team mates soon woke up and started looking around. After a minute a waiting the intercom system, in the plane, turned on as the pilot spoke. "Hey! Grab you'r gear and get ready to bail out! We're just over our intended destination! Something's gone wrong with the controls and-" The voice cut off as the plane suddenly went into a nose dive. Silver unbuckled himself and went to grab a parachute.

Seeker, seeing this, immediately called out to his new squad leader. "NO SILVER DON'T!" It was to late. The plane fell into a full blown nose dive. After what seemed like minutes the plane level out and Silver fell, breaking his neck on the rails. Their Captain was already dead and the mission hadn't even started yet. Things weren't looking good already. Another of his team members went to go get the gear. Before he could unbuckle, and make the same mistake their captain made, Seeker shouted. "Stop! Wait until the plane is under control!"

Just as he finished the plane nose dived again. When the plane finally leveled out again he was thanked by said ghost. The plane went into yet another nose dive. This time the plane only straightened out a little bit. A pilot ran out and shouted. "Brace you'r selves! We're going d-" The pilot didn't get to finish as he, along with various other things, was flung towards the front of the plane. Seeker could feel himself being pulled forward from the impact. He managed to turn his head right, just in time, to see the back part of the plane get ripped off. He was now hanging in his chair holding on for dear life. Before anything else happened the plane hit something and he blacked out...

Seeker found everything black. He could here some fire in the some where. The sound was distorted. He had a head ache too. When he went to pull himself back into consciousness it intensified and he groaned. He decided to just lay there until it went away. After a while, whether it be an hour or a few minutes, time seemed to be non-existent while he laid there, he felt tugging on his pant leg. Seeker waited; barely comprehending what was happening. He then heard voices in the back ground. They where far to distorted for him to understand. He only let out a stifled groan which seemed to make his headache come back. Apparently he scared off who ever it was; because the voices stopped.

He realized the head ache wasn't going to simply leave him so he decided to get up. He, eyes closed, and attempted to get to his hands and knees. his body didn't respond at first and remained still. He put more force behind it and his body twitched. He finally opened his eyes and saw he was pined under a large piece of metal. He groaned again, as his vision blurred. It came back though. He tried to move his arms; but found they wouldn't budge. His vision faded again before coming back along with lots of pain. He looked around and found he'd, not only, been thrown from his seat, but also, thrown from the plane entirely. He had no idea where he was. He looked around for anyone or anything to get this chunk of of metal off him; but saw nothing... just trees...

He tried one last time to move it off himself. Adrenaline kicked in and he succeeded in getting it 4 inches from his chest before he reached his limit. He let it fall back on him. It began to slowly crushing him. He looked right and saw his right arm was severely bleeding from a gash on it. The gash was obviously formed from when the chunk landed on him. Judging from it's weight it was from the hull of the plane. A fairly large pool of blood began forming around his fore arm; soaking his black fatigues in the process. If he didn't find a way to treat it he would die of blood loss before of being crushed. Beginning to become desperate; he shouted out his friends names in hopes that they'd hear him. "Shadow!... Dare!... Anyone!..."

His vision slowly started to fail him as he began to fade in and out from blackness. He could feel death welcoming him into it's cold embrace. Right before he passed out he saw four figures approach him. His vision as so far gone though that he couldn't see them. Even though they were right on top of him. He blacked soon after...

45 Minutes Earlier

In the woods everyone had gathered for a meeting called by Winston. He was no doubt addressing the issue of the recent human activity in the area. The humans had disappeared from the park for 10 years and now, all of the sudden, they return. Winston sat on a rock over looking the rest of the pack. to his left was Eve and to his right was Winston. Further behind them were Kate, Humphrey, Lilly and Garth. He made sure everyone was there before clearing his throat.

"Alright... I've called you here to address a serious issue... humans... for 10 years the human activity in Jasper has been little to nothing... now more and more humans have began showing up... They began setting up fences and stealing our hunts... However I want to stress the issue of safety the most... From what our scouts have learned there's a massive concentration of them some where North of here. I want everyone to stay clear of that part of Jasper until the humans leave... Another scout reported back that these humans could be hunters... They have equipment such as guns that hinters like to use... This makes them extremely dangerous... I want everyone to travel in groups... no less than 2. If these humans do have weapons then they pose a serious threat and cannot be taken lightly... Now with that being said: Stay clear of the northern part of our territory, stay in groups of 2 and make sure! that if you see one of these humans you do not interact with them and to report it as soon as possible..." Winston then went on to talk about normal pack affair and as soon as Winston was finished he turned away and began hearing the pack mummer to themselves. everyone was on edge. Humans tend to be bad news for the pack and now they had infested the northern sector of the territory?... Not good...

Kate was naturally worried by the recent turn of events; but not enough that it'd ruin her day off. She wanted to spend the whole day with Humphrey and that's just what she was going to do. When the meeting was over she turned to him and said "Hey Humphrey. I'm going to go take a bath. Mind helping me clean up?" He blushed in reply. She just giggled and swayed her ass side to side as she walked off. She knew he'd take the bait. Soon enough she heard paw steps behind her and she smiled. They got the lake and she walked into it. Humphrey stopped at the edge and starred at her figure. When she got her fur wet it showed off every curve on her body. He liked the view... a little to much... He quickly walked into the water before anything else happened. Kate started to scrub herself until she noticed Humphrey just sitting in the water. He wasn't really doing anything. All he did was try to keep his gaze occupied.

Finally she spoke up and said: "Mind getting my back?" Humphrey looked like his heart was in his throat; before he gulped and nodded. He started to scrub her back with his paws and she growled softly. Her leg began thumping in the water uncontrollably. She smiled as she, unconsciously, tilted her head upwards and let her tongue hang out. When Humphrey stopped Kate shivered and shook her fur. When she turned back towards him his fur was soaked. She placed her paw over her mouth and spoke to Humphrey. "Oh my god! I'm sorry Humphrey!"

Before Kate could continue on with a stream of apologies he spoke. "Kate calm down. You didn't hurt me or anything. Look I'm fine." He ushered to his body then, when he saw she was still worried, smiled at her.

His smile would always melt her heart. She smiled in return. She said, while still smiling: "Well if you're fine then you wouldn't mind finishing scrubbing me would you?" His eyes widened as she laid on her back. Giving him a full few of her under side. "Will you scrub my belly?" she asked. Humphrey, although nervous beyond belief, nodded. He started to scrub her stomach fur clean of any dirt or blood stains she had in it. He did his best not to wonder to low on her and tried to keep his eyes off of Kate's women-hood. She smiled and again growled softly in pleasure. As Humphrey scrubbed her lower stomach Kate told him: "Humphrey... could you go a little lower?" He obliged and went a little lower than usual. When he stopped Kate said again: "A little lower Humphrey." He did so until he was right above her women-hood. Before he could react Kate pushed his paw lower to where it was on her women-hood. Humphrey instantly locked up. However Kate continued to move his paw.

Kate opened her eyes, stopped moving his paw, and stared at him. She couldn't wait any longer. She wanted him, no, needed him now. With out warning she leaned up and kissed him. At first he was shocked; but once he got over the shock he kissed back. She allowed him to push her on her back and stand over her. After a while of kissing she felt something prick her stomach. She pulled away from their current kiss and said: "Why don't we take this some place private?" She added a wink to the end so Humphrey would get what she meant. He smiled and nodded. They got up, shook dry, and walked off into the forest...

After searching around a while they found a nice part of the forest that seemed quiet and isolated. Not to mention it looked breathe takingly beautiful. Just before they got started they heard a groan. "What was that?" Humphrey asked.

Kate looked at a small hill to their left and said: "It sounds like it came from over there..." She stood up and walked over with Humphrey in tow.

When they got over the hill they were shocked to see a creature with a skull, but some how had hair despite not having flesh, for a face. It looked like a variation of a human... only decade... and dead... There was a large slab of metal on it. It's arm appeared to be bleeding. It also had a trail of blood dripping out of the corner of it's mouth. There were a few other chunks of metal scattered about. "What happened? It looks like he was in a log-sled crash..." Kate just stared at Humphrey. "What?"

"Humphrey you know humans don't log-sled. Don't you remember what my dad said earlier?"

"Oh yeah... Well we can't just leave him here..."

Kate seemed to think for a moment before coming up with an idea. "What if we bring him back to my dad?"

"Kate don't be crazy. You know pack law forbids it-"

"-Yeah; but we broke it to be together..."

Humphrey went to say something to counter it; but didn't have anything on hand. He sighed and finally submitted. No point in arguing a battle he couldn't win. "Fine... I'm all ears..."

"Okay you grab his left leg and I'll get his right. This thing doesn't look too heavy..." He did as he was told; but the two soon fond Kate's prediction to be wrong. It was heavy...VERY heavy. After struggling to pull on it's legs it hadn't moved. In fact it seemed as if the gash on his arm was worse now. They had removed some of the pressure on it allowing the blood to move more freely and spill out more.

He groaned and Humphrey froze in place. He whispered into Kate's ear. "What now?"

Kate seemed to be thinking when the metal started moving. She bolted for the tree line with Humphrey. When nothing happened she looked in between Humphrey and it. She had trouble deciding if it was a good idea to save it at all. Finally she decided to save it. Perhaps it could give them insight as to why thee humans were there. It had to of encountered them for it to have something like this pinning it right? "Alright let's go get Lilly and Garth to see if, with their help, we can get this off of it and bring it back to my parents."

He nodded and followed her off in search for her sister and Garth. It didn't take long as they were at the lake she and Humphrey were at not to long ago. She ran up to them and they turned to greet her. Lilly instantly noted Kate smelled like Humphrey and hoped they didn't what she think they did. "Kate where have you been? Mom and dad have been looking for you."

"They have? Why?"

Garth spoke for Lilly this time. "Because they want to start training us to be the leaders of the pack."

Kate gave Garth a confused look before Lilly specified. "In the case something were to happen to me and Garth you two would be the next pack leaders. So you need o go to the "orientation" too."

"Oh okay... Where is it?" Kate asked.

Before Lilly could respond Humphrey cleared his throat, drawing attention to himself, ad spoke to Kate. "Well this is interesting and all; but Kate I do believe there was a reason we were looking for hem right Kate?"

"Oh yeah! Garth, Lilly we need you'r help. We found something the could help explain why the humans are here. Problem is it's pinned under something really heavy. Can you help us?" Garth and Lilly looked at each other, both unsure, but they came around when Lilly silently nodded. "Great! Follow us!" Kate then turned around and darted back into the woods with Lilly, Garth, and Humphrey following close behind. It only took about 5 minutes full sprint to reach there.

When they got there the alphas were fine; however the omegas needed a breather. As they caught their breathe Garth asked Kate to show him where the thing was. Before she could say anything they heard some shouts. They were: "Shadow!... Dare!... Anyone!" It sounded as if it was in pain. Everyone rushed over to it the location of the sound.

Much to Humphrey's terror they saw the skull had eyes in it now and that they were rolling into the back into it. That only meant one thing... It was dying... "What is that?!" asked Garth slightly disturbed by the sight.

"That's what cold explain the humans. Now hurry up and help me lift this off it. Garth walked over to the opposite side and they started to lift it. They got it a few inches off of it before they had to set it down.

"Son of a bitch that's heavy!" Garth shouted hold is paws in pain.

It was then Humphrey came up with a plan. "Hey why don't me Garth and Kate lift while Lilly pulls it out from under?"

"That's actually a-" Kate was cut off by Garth.

"-A terrible idea. what if that thing wakes up and attacks her?"

Humphrey would've responded if it had not been for Lilly doing it first. "Garth I'll be fine. Plus from the look of it I'd say it could die any minute... It's to valuable to not take back." Garth couldn't believe what he was hearing. Lilly actually wanted to do it! even though Garth didn't want to; he eventually agreed knowing Lilly had developed the determinism of her mother...

Everyone got into position and got ready. Kate to three and they lifted it up. It got about two feet off it's chest when Lilly started pulling it out. Even though there was three of them it was still excruciatingly heavy. They dropped it the second she cleared it out from under it. "Well... what now?" asked Garth

"Now we take it to our mine and Lilly's parents to see what to do with it..."

With one final sigh they, Humphrey and Garth, started dragging it towards the resting grounds...

Along the way wolves were staring at them. Whether it was out of fear or just plain curiosity they weren't sure. After dragging the creature threw the territory Garth commented: "Wow, this thing's... really... heavy..." Garth complained and he was right to complain. 220 bl. soldier with an extra 60 pounds on, rounding off to 280 pounds, was a lot heavier than one's average 225 bl. male caribou. They continued to drag it towards Winston and Eve's den until one wolf finally stopped them...

"Hey what are you doing?"

Everyone froze in place. The voice?... was none other than Tony himself... They turned around and winced. He was going to blow a gasket. Needless to say it was worse than assumed. Tony looked like he was going to have a nuclear melt down...

Seeker sat in a forest. The grass around him was a dull green color. He was in his standard ghosts gear. He looked around and saw Silver to his right he was fading in and out of existence. When Seeker reached for him he faded out. Seeker looked around to see if he reappeared somewhere. What's going on? Was that really Silver? Or was his mind playing tricks on him? These were the questions running threw his mind.

Before he knew it he heard voices. He couldn't make them out though. He managed to blink a few times an found he was in a dimly light cave. He was sitting up right and could now hear arguing outside. He coughed and blood came out making his throat burn. His eyes were heavy and not wanting to move. when he forced them to move the whole room starting spinning and he felt dizzy.

Finally he decided to tough it out and lift his head up and gazed around himself. It was dark; but to his left was a spot of light. There also appeared to be a hole in the roof letting in what looked like moon-light. He coughed some blood out and realized his arms were bound. "OH CRAP!" He started pulling and twisting; but his arms kept tied behind his back. Finally he let out a sigh. What ever these bonds were made out of he wasn't going to break it anytime soon. Seeker looked around the small cave and took in a deep breath of air. At least he survived it right? He wished he hadn't. The cave reeked of dog, a something rotten. He nearly gagged on the stench. "Man and I thought N.M.L. smelt bad."

He shifted onto his knees and continued looking around. It was strange that he somehow managed to get to this cave; with no memory of what happened. Even stranger was the fact that he was bound; but that could be chalked up to being captured by the Federation. As he hobbled over towards the back of the small cave he stabbed his knee on something. He quickly moved it and looked down. It was hard to see; but he could make out a white yellowish point sticking out of the dirt. He re-positioned himself and used his boots to dig up what ever it was. When he saw it he was slightly unnerved. It was a bone.

An idea snapped into his head and he went into action. He turned around and leaned back so what ever his bonds were would be under the bone. He then started pulling on the it. "If I can... just break these... bonds..." He heard a snap and was sent forward from his own force. When he got back to his hands and knees he was dog tired. what ever happened to him drained him of any energy he had; plus his wounds still ached- "Wait a minute..." He looked at his body and saw there were leaves wrapped around various places of his fatigues. One on his gash, one around his chest, and one on his right shin. "What the?" He mummered to his self.

He crawled out side and saw a group of wolves in the distance. It looked like they were arguing. "But that's impossible wolves don't have arguments... do they?" He sat there staring at the curious scene before the realization hit him... He's in a wolf's den... wolves eat meat... he's meat... Not needing any more information to convince him to leave he slowly made his way left towards the opposite direction they were in. He kept crawling, he had to get out of there other wise he'd die, and when he was sure they couldn't hear him got up and took off into a fast limp. He limped for about 5 minutes and eventually stopped and rested against a boulder.

He was breathing heavily and worn out. Though he knew he could continue after a short rest; he collapsed to the ground. He leaned his back against a boulder and released a sigh. He was pretty sure his wound shad re-opened and no doubt were infected thanks to the shotty patch up job he got. He still needed to find his team though. Once he was with them he could get proper medical healing and get more info on the plan from Silv-. The thought of his team mate's name reminded him he was gone. He stood up and started hobbling up into the higher parts of the mountain. He was still dizzy; but managed to keep his bearings. As he got higher he looked for any rock formation that could offer a clear few of the area. He kept climbing until he eventually found a tall mound of rock sticking out of the trees. He walked around it and nearly let out a whine. It was a long walk up.

Seeker stumbled and made his way up the uneven stone path way and even had to back track a few times to find the path up to the highest point. As he sat down he looked over the horizon and discovered it was already sunset. It was a beautiful one too. The sky was orange and the further up you got the more it transitioned into purple then blue. The only thing that would make this better was if he wasn't in hostile borders. He reached for his radio and pulled it out. He clicked the button and said "Predator 1-2 and/or predator 1-4 confirm..."

He waited and got no answer. He clicked the button on the radio and repeated his message. "Predator 1-2 and Predator 1-4 respond..." Again nothing. He pulled the radio away and notice a huge crack running across the screen and the case in the front was also cracked. The radio had broken sometime during the crash when he blacked out. It was useless now. "Fuck!" He chucked the radio to the ground. Upon impact it bounced up and over the ledge leaving behind only tiny pieces of black debre. He heard it clang and smack against the rock as it went down until he heard a yelp at the end. Curious he looked over the cliff and saw two wolves. A gold one and a grey one. The grey one rubbed it's head while the the gold one looked up and saw him. He quickly ducked back behind the cliff and pulled out his combat knife from his ankle holster. He held it up, ready, to stab what ever might come around the corner.

He began to hear voices after a short amount of time. One was a guy. He said: "Ouch that really hurt."

He was shushed by a feminine voice saying: "Quiet you don't want it to hear us... Garth go flank it mom and I'll distract it."

Heard some pitter-patter of paws and figured they'd use a canine unit, like ghosts did, to try and bring him down. He pulled out his M9 and pointed it to his right. There was a hole just large enough for a large German Shepard to fit through. To bad he over heard them and it wont work. He readied himself for the approaching firefight. Canines unit on his right and... more canines on his left? He saw several dog like shadows approaching threw the passage. This was a terrible strategy to be honest; but he shrugged it off as maybe locals. He heard the paw steps echo through the tunnel to his right and stilled his nerves. He didn't want to have to kill locals; but if he had to do it then it needed to be done for the sake of the mission.

He heard the paw steps cease and looked right. He saw a wolf staring at him. It was large and had an auburn coat. It looked scared while staring down thee barrel of his M9. However he couldn't afford to put his weapon down. He knew from his experience in N.M.L., No Man's Land, that they're all cold blooded killers who would kill and eat him if given the chance. He swallowed he stared at it. He heard a pebble move to his left and turned. There was another wolf there. This one snarling at him. It was a faded tan coat and was close to his face. He locked up out of fear and couldn't move. His eyes were wide as he waited for what was going to happen... Before he knew it the same auburn wolf tried to lunge at him. He rolled forward making it miss; but rolled off the cliff in the process. He hit a rock and bounced off it landing on another ledge.

He looked back towards the area he was at and saw the wolves staring at him. No doubt trying to figure out a way to get to him with out dying. He felt his head and it was wet. He pulled his hand back and saw blood on head had been cut open from the fall. The rock beneath him started to give way and jerked forward. This was enough to fling his legs over the edge and made him hold onto the rock with the last of his already weakened strength. He started slipping and soon adrenaline pumped threw him. His muscles began to burn and he started pulling himself up despite the rock starting to detach from the base of the formation. With out warning it suddenly gave out and all his momentum and strength disappeared. The rock flipped so he was under; but flipped again right before it hit the ground saving his life but still knocking him unconscious...

"OH CRAP!" Garth shouted as he saw the creature hit the rock.

He was silenced when Eve smacked him with her paw. "Watch you'r mouth Garth. We need to get down there and make sure it doesn't get away... I propose we break it's legs... Any Opposition?"

Everyone went wide eyed at Eve's idea before Winston looked back and said: "Let's not and say we did... Garth and Kate head down there and secure it. Humphrey and Lilly go alert the rest of the pack's alpha that the prisoner had been caught and will be transferred to the holding den. Me and Eve will make sure it doesn't get back up from here..."

With no objections everyone did their part. Winston and Eve peered over the cliff where the saw the figure another pool of blood beginning to form around it again. Eve sighed at how frail this thing seemed to be. At this rate it would probably die before any interrogation could happen. That's exactly what she planned to do. Interrogate it... Eve style... Soon enough they saw Garth and Kate arrive down by the body. "It's funny from this angle it almost looks like a hun..." Eve didn't finish and bolted down there towards her daughter.

Eve had had a run in with a hunter during the time of peace when she was younger. She'll never forget it. It's why she was always aggressive and why she doesn't like humans. She was at alpha school when a human hunter had stumbled onto it and ended up killing her brother who was also training to be an alpha. The monster not only did that; but it also killed most of the males of that year. Even the instructors... It almost got her too; but before it managed to fire one of the female instructors bit and tore his throat out... Because of the isolation of alpha school, and the dead male instructors, what remained of the boys, exactly 4 of the 15 that were there, had to be moved in with the girls location and taught by the same teachers. That's how she met Winston. They ended up sharing the same den, despite the objections from both of them, and they eventually grew to liking each other...

When Eve made it down she growled fiercely and almost tore out the human's throat. Luckily Kate grabbed her before she got a hold of the vital body part. "Mom! Stop! What are you doing?!"

Eve quickly replied to her. "It's a human! A hunter! It's too dangerous to be kept alive!"

Garth pinned her down and said: "So? We still need answers... and if this... human creature thing can give them to us then we need them..."

"You really are meant to be a pack leader Garth... You can let me up now... I'm alright..." Eve said.

"Yeah, no... Not that gullible Eve..." Was Garth's response.

Eve pouted before saying: "Fine... I promise I won't hurt the human... thingy..."

"Promise on you'r pack leader status?" Kate butted in. There was a moment of hesitation before Eve agreed. That kind of promise was important to any wolf. What kind of wolf are you if you threw away you'r pride and honor? The answer was none... She was let up as Winston came trailing down. There was a moment of silence before Kate asked: "What do we do now?"

"Garth and I'll take him to the interrogation den while you and Eve go get the pack healer." Winston spoke.

Nobody bothered to argue. As sense of foreboding came about them. The sense that this will only get more chaotic and worse in the time to come. Nobody bothered to argue; because everybody knew this was only the beginning... Little did they know though... this was no ordinary man... he was a ghost-no... a phantom... a phantom that'll haunt his enemy's dreams for the rest of their lives... he was a phantom of war...

Author's Note: Well I know this took a really long to get; but meep... stuff happens Hope you enjoyed learning a little about the past of Eve there and why Winston and her were so close... Anyways Sabere Logging off again, I corrected my mistake with the whole Stinger situation last chapter... so yeah... No excuse for this update other than... I've been in like... a funk... Where I don't wanna right as much as I used too...

Also I'mma try to wrap up my stories... That's right no new stories posted until 2 of my current ones are finished... Might have to wrap up wist of fate sooner than planned; but I digress... I'mma try to be more professional about my writing, which means long times between updates, so as soon as I have a schedule up I'll post it on my profile... Until then enjoy...

Sabere Stamp of Approval! This chapter has over: 5,734 words. So for any chapter over 5,000 words it earns the S.S.A. (Sabere Stamp of Approval.) It also has the R.B.S.A. for being a record breaker..