Alex's first encounter with David Walker, or as everyone called him, Hesh, was in No Man's Land pulling a wolf off of him. She tackled it off of him before it could sink his teeth into his throat and it ran off with its pack as Merrick fired off a few rounds to scare them. She helped Hesh to his feet and he immediately noticed her mask. "You look lost." Merrick said to the brothers. "We're not lost." Hesh replied, turning to the Ghost. "We're looking for you, Captain Merrick."

"Walker. I believe you have something for me."

"We came across some Feds moving a guy to "Firebase Charlie". He one of yours?"

"Yeah, Ajax." Alex informed Hesh.

"Alright we don't have a lot of time." Merrick told the others. "You can stick with us, but you do what I say when I say it-Understood?"

"Yes sir." Hesh replied as the group of five… and the dog took off up the hill.

At the top of the hill, the team reached a gate that led straight into Federation territory. "Right on schedule." Alex said as Hesh pulled off the iron gate door so they could get through. They walked down closer to the activity where they saw there were some stragglers.

"Keegan, Alex post up and keep us covered. You Walker boys are with me." Merrick ordered. "Alright Keegan kick us off." Keegan took the first shot and it set of alarm in all the Feds below. Merrick, Hesh, and Logan all went down for close corner combat as Keegan and Alex kept them covered from above. Alex was a good shot, but not nearly as good as Keegan…she has never seen him miss a shot. He took care of the Feds approaching down from the other hill while Alex covered her brother and Logan and Hesh. She already knew No Man's Land was the boys' final test to get onto the Ghosts and he wasn't a fan of new people coming onto the team. It meant that there weren't a lot of Ghosts left and they needed more soldiers for the team. So the way Alex saw it, Hesh and Logan were replacements and reminders of those who have fallen.

Once most of the area was clear, Keegan and Alex jumped down from their position and fought their way over to regroup with Merrick, Hesh, and Logan. Alex took out a few Feds without much trouble and maneuvered her way through the barely standing buildings to get to the hill. She was barely able to keep up with Keegan with the Walker brothers a few steps behind them. She climbed up to the part of the road where it broke apart and followed her brother down the road. "Keegan, take point. Get us headed towards the stadium." Merrick told his teammate. "Ajax doesn't have long."

OOOOO

They emerged from the shadows and vanished in the sunlight. Outside the wall, their reputation lingered over No Man's Land like a shroud of fear. A weapon far more effective than brass or steel. Merrick, Keegan, Alex…these were the men dad had spoken of…the Ghosts. And someone dared to go against them. They were headed to San Diego, Federation Territory, to find their man Ajax. Ghosts…we only imagined them. Now, we were determined to be one of them.

It was an hour of walking through Federation Territory to get to the Stadium which was mainly walking through buildings threatening to collapse, overgrown grass and weeds, and roads that were cracked right down the middle or in half. Now they were right across the street from the Stadium waiting for the trucks to drive by and for Keegan to set up the online sniper. Alex was checking the rounds in her guns for the fifteenth time and counting her grenades and flash bangs while Hesh sat with his brother and German Shepherd, Riley. Alex looked over at him as she slid her magazine back into her gun as he scratched his dog behind its ears. She was never a big fan of dogs…well actually the thing was she was kind of afraid of them. Silly, right? She wasn't afraid when someone was shooting a gun at her trying to end her life or throwing grenades her direction, but a dog? Forget about it. She's been like that for as long as she could remember and she always got teased from her brothers about.

"Alright, remote sniper's online." Keegan's gruff voice sounded, breaking Alex from her thoughts. She stood up as Logan took his position on the sniper to try to locate Ajax. "Scan around. See if you can get eyes on him." Merrick said. "Enemy patrols…keep searching. He isn't on the field, look around the press box. Wait right there. Twelve o'clock. Zoom in. Zoom in. That's him, that's out boy." Keegan moved so Alex could get a view and saw Ajax getting punched repeatedly by Federation soldiers. They stopped for a moment and Ajax raised his arm and flipped off the guards behind him. A small smile appeared on Alex's face of his action, thinking it was classic Ajax, but it soon disappeared when one of the Feds hit him in the head with the butt of his gun, knocking Ajax out. "They're moving him, we should go now." Alex said as the guards picked Ajax up out of his chair and drug him out of the room.

"We're going in there, what about back up?" Hesh questioned.

"Why do you think you're here?" Alex retorted, cocking her weapon and walking past him.

"Convoy incoming."

"Grab that grenade launcher." Merrick told Logan. "Pick your shots carefully. We'll have to trigger them to detonate."

Both Merrick and Logan shot the grenade launchers as the trucks passed by and landed a grenade on just about all of them. Once they were done, the team moved down into the parking garage where they had their truck parked. Keegan was driving and Logan got in the front with Riley between them while Hesh, Alex, and Merrick got into the back. "They're moving Ajax so our window is closing fast." Merrick informed the team. "We'll hit em' at home plate and work our way up from there."

Keegan may have been a perfect shot, but he was a terrible driver. Alex thought she was going to fly out of the truck when he turned into the Stadium. Then he slammed on the gas to get to the entrance and Logan blew the charges when they were about ten yards away. They crashed through the blown up trucks and Keegan sped through the field, Alex holding onto the side of the truck so she wouldn't fly out. "They're boxing us in! Go right!" Merrick yelled to Keegan. "HOLD ON!" Then Keegan drove up the rows of seats and through a gate before slamming on the breaks and sliding into a wall. The impact knocked Alex off of her seat, but she got up as soon as she fell and jumped out of the truck. She slid behind a wall with Keegan for cover and began to fire at the Feds. "Next time, I'm driving." She told Keegan. He scoffed and reloaded his gun. "Alright Princess." He replied.

"How many times do I have to tell you to not all me that?" Aaron questioned with an annoyed tone. Keegan smirked and the two continued to shoot down the Federation soldiers. They moved up as soon as they were clear and Alex threw out her grenades to try to get to Ajax faster. She saw Riley run out and take down a few of the Feds via Hesh's command when she realized she was low on ammo. She ran into an old hot dog stand for cover and began to reload when a Federation soldier reached the doorway. She didn't even get her gun up when Riley jumped on the soldier's back from behind, causing him to fall to the ground. The dog ripped the Fed's throat out and Alex looked at the dog in surprise. "Thanks." She said to the dog. Riley barked and then ran back out to the fight. Alex stood up and took cover behind one of the vendors in the middle of the food stand in the middle of the hall. She was joined by her brother as they shot down the remained Federations soldiers.

"We gotta reach Ajax! He won't last forever!" Merrick yelled after the last Fed fell to the ground dead. The team regrouped and walked up the stairs to the press boxes in single file. "Ajax should be up here. Fingers on triggers." Merrick told the others. When they reached the top floor and the room where Ajax was supposed to be, there were many voice coming from inside. "Check it out with the remote sniper." Merrick told Logan. Inside there were about eight Feds. Logan took the first shot and then the team breached the room. Alex took out two of the Feds on the right upon entry. "Clear right!" she yelled. "Clear left!" Hesh added. "Room secure!" Keegan called out. There was one Fed on the ground and Riley was barking at him furiously. "He's not here!" Alex told the others as she looked around and went over to the Fed, grabbing him by the front of his shirt and slamming him against the wall.

"Where is he?" Merrick asked the Fed in an angry voice while Hesh grabbed Riley. "Where did you take him?!"

Alex pulled her knife out and held it to the Fed's throat. "Where is he?!" she demanded. "WHERE IS HE?!"

"I don't know where he is!" the Federation soldier told her.

"Riley's got his scent." Hesh told the others.

"Let's go." Merrick said and looked at his sister. "Wait, wait, wait…" the Federation soldier babbled just before Alex slid the knife across his throat in one quick movement. Blood splashed out of his neck and onto the window as he fell to the ground dead. She followed Merrick out and the two were led down to the lower level by Riley when an explosion went off causing the sibling to fall down to the lower level. "Ambush!" Keegan yelled. Alex saw her gun next to her and grabbed it before standing up. "Use the remote snipe to take out those RPGs!" Merrick ordered. Once Logan took out the RPGs, Riley led them downstairs to the basement where the batting cages, locker rooms, and tunnels were. When they reached to one door, they came across about a dozen Feds on the other side. "We don't have time for this…gas masks on." Merrick told the others. Alex put her gas mask on and then threw her tear gas under the door. It wasn't long before the Feds were coughing and gagging and trying to get out there. A few went through the door that made them perfect targets for the Ghosts. Alex took them out and went out into the hall with the others to find more Feds coughing and gagging. Due to their vulnerability at the moment, they were quick to kill and the team took off down the hall with no problem. The team encountered more Feds as they followed Riley down to where the Manager Offices were. When Riley reached the set of double doors that led into the one locker room, he began scratching the doors and let out a crying noise. "This must be where they're holding Ajax." Alex said.

"Keegan, Logan, see if there's another entrance." Merrick ordered. "We'll wait here for your signal."

Alex reloaded her gun and so did Hesh and Merrick as Keegan and Logan went around to the other side. Alex kept telling herself Ajax was alright. Even if he got under her skin on a day to day basis, he was like her family. Just like Keegan, Kick, and Neptune were. Them and Merrick were all she had left in this excuse for a world, so Ajax had to live. He had to.

Keegan's voice over the radio caught her attention, telling them to breach in five seconds. Alex counted in her head and then door was kicked open. Riley jumped on the closest Fed and sunk his teeth into his throat as Alex and the others shot down the others. It was over in a matter of seconds, and then Riley began to bark and ran into the next room. "On Riley. He's found Ajax!" Hesh told the others. Alex ran after where Riley went and turned on her flashlight. She found him on the ground surrounded by blood. "Ajax!" she yelled rushing over to him. Keegan followed and slid in behind him, pulling him into his lap, cradling his head carefully as Alex put her hands on Ajax's chest.

"How is he?" Hesh asked.

"It's bad." Alex reported when she saw how much blood he'd lost.

"Rorke…" Ajax forced out. "It was Rorke…he's targeting…look…the wall."

Ajax struggled to breathe and Merrick told him to hold on…but it was no use. Ajax died in Keegan's arms. Alex put her head on his chest. "I'm sorry…" she whispered into his chest.

"Merrick you gotta look at this." Hesh said to Merrick as he looked at the wall.

"Get him ready to move." Merrick told Keegan and Alex. Alex sat up and helped Keegan get Ajax up over his shoulder when she heard Merrick say Rorke was targeting Ghosts. She didn't have time to say anything as Merrick told them they had to leave that second. They ran out of the locker room and towards the tunnels. "You boys did okay, but you have to get back to L.A now." Merrick said to the Walker brothers. Alex reached the tunnel and was greeted by bullets flying her direction. She quick dove for cover behind the wall as Merrick ordered Logan to take the reinforcements out with the remote sniper. Logan cleared out the first area so the Ghosts could get out of there. Merrick pushed Alex ahead of him and told her to take point as Keegan and Merrick followed. Alex took out the Feds nearby and Logan took care of the others.

When they got to the helicopter, Alex got on the controls and began to take off. She had the most experience with flying helicopters since it was one of her jobs in the Delta Force. She could fly helicopters and she was a good shot, but she was afraid of dogs and was the person who tripped over her own two feet. Graceful, right? Once Alex had them in the air they were in the clear. "Get yourself home you two." She said to Hesh and Logan over the radio as she flew away from the stadium.

OOOOO

The Ghosts got to San Diego first and had enough time to get into a different helicopter and pick up Elias before the Federation gained too much leverage and land over the base. They were able to locate Logan and Hesh in the building where Elias would have been and Keegan and Merrick rappelled down to save them from the burning building. Logan was stabbed and Alex was looking at the wound while Hesh freaked out. "Hey we're not going anywhere!" he said in an angry voice as he approached Keegan. Alex stood up and watched the scene unfold when she realized Logan was fine. "Calm down, kid." Keegan said as he pushed Hesh back from him. "Hey! We just saved you asses!" Merrick yelled as he slammed Hesh into the side of the helicopter. "Merrick, back off!" Alex told her brother in a stern tone. "We didn't need your help!" Hesh replied, pushing Merrick off of him, but Merrick spun him around and slammed him into the seat next to Logan. "Like hell you didn't." Merrick growled.

"Merrick I said back off!" Alex repeated as she took her mask off for the first time, revealing her face to Hesh and Logan. Her long auburn hair fell to her shoulders and her bright blue eyes sent a glare to Merrick. Hesh was taken back when he realized she wasn't a guy. "Wait, you're a woman?" he questioned. Keegan instantly dropped his face into his hand and Alex looked off to the side. "I am going to pretend like you did not just say that." She said as she walked to the middle of the helicopter.

"Stop it, all of you!" Elias ordered as he sat Hesh down.

"We have to go back. Our dad's down there and we're not leaving without him." Hesh explained.

"That's real admirable of you." Elias said. "But you're father's not there anymore." Elias then took off his mask and revealed himself to his sons as a Ghost. "Dad?! The whole time you were one of them? You're a Ghost?!"

"Try the Ghost! That's your commanding officer!" Merrick told Hesh angrily as he stalked off to the front of the helicopter, Alex following behind. Elias talked to his sons for a moment before Merrick asked Elias what they we going to do about Rorke.

"He's the one hunting the Ghosts, right?" Hesh questioned.

"Yeah he's good." Elias said. "Very good. And he knows how we operate."

"How's that possible?"
"He was one of us."