John and Sanya stood their in the forest as the sun began to set in the distance. John had begun to move in closer to her to give her a kiss. Sanya began to move in also to meet his lips but before she could the radio tuned in on Sanyas shoulder ruining the moment.

"Sanya" Eila came on "Sanya are you okay, did he get you."

"i have him in my sights now Eila. I'm going to take the shot" she whispered into the radio. this made John laugh until he saw Sanya bending over and picking up the guns. "they probably wont like the fact that we agreed on a tie" she said handing him the other gun. "were just going to have to shoot each other at the same time."

"do i really need to do this" John asked

"if you don't want to lose" she said pointing the gun at him. John put up his gun and they both fired into each other. putting one shot into each others chest showing a killer shot to the heart. "alright lets head back to base" said Sanya as they started to walk off into the woods. soon the sun had gone down and a thick fog had set in.

"Jez its dark out here" John remarked. after saying that a bush began to rustle gaining the attention of Sanya.

"Eila is that you" Sanya asked as she went to investigate.

"Sanya wait come back" John said as he soon lost her in the fog.

"Joooooohhhhhnnnnn" said a soft voice in the distance.

"Sanya? where did you go" He waited for a response.

"Joooooohhhhhnnnn" it repeated a little louder.

"come on Sanya this is a bad time to be making jokes"

"JOHN!" said a loud deep voice from behind him. John spun around only to be stabbed in the stomach. John crumbled to the ground scraming in pain as the tall man in a trench cloak started to walk circles around him as he licked the blood from his blade.

"Ahhhhhh John" he said in a soft crackly voice. "it has been so long since i last saw you. do you remember me" asked the man. John just lay their coughing up blood. the man stopped walking around him and grabbed him by the hair pulling him up. "I SAID DO YOU REMEMBER ME DAMN IT!"

John was able to muster the strength to speak. "y-yes... i-i remember you... Vlad"

a smile came across the mans pale face that was riddled with slices and scars. "I knew you would not forget me." he said dropping him back on the ground. "they said that you would not remember me. they said that you would lie and pretend not to remember me"

"Who..* cough* Who sent you" John asked covering the wound.

anger appeared on Vlads face as he kicked John in the stomach. "DON'T INTERRUPT ME!" he screamed than kicked him in the face. "they told me not to kill you though. not to kill you yet." as he backed off. "i will be the one to kill you though. they want me to keep you alive so i can destroy you first."

"Vlad... what did you do with Sanya... your anger is with me." John screamed along with his pain.

"NO SHE IS PART OF MY REVENGE! our revenge" he said stepping to the side showing sanya had appeared behind him. she was laying their uninjured but also unconscious.

Vlad snapped his fingers and Johns wounds healed with a flash of blue light. 'what the hell was that. how can he preform magic'

"now the real battle begins. first we will take your friends and loved ones than we will take you life" Vlad said as he turned his back on John.

"wait Vlad... I don't want to fight you. we were friends back in the unit. i turned a blind eye to what you did. sure you were fucked up back then but not like this."

Vlad slowly turned his head to Meet Johns gaze with cold red eyes. in less than a second he had appeared in front of him holding John by his throat. "THEY TOLD ME I WAS NORMAL! I AM NORMAL NOW! YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE POWER TO DESTROY YOU JOHN WALKER! I WILL ENJOY DRINKING YOUR BLOOD!" he screamed turning into a burning black human figure than evaporating into the air as John dropped to the ground.

"SANYA!" John yelled as he ran to her to make sure she was alright. she was still breathing but John was still worried.

"You Bastard!" John heard from behind him as he slowly turned around to see Eila pointing a loaded gun with live ammo at him. "You have gone to far with this exercise. what have you done to Sanya!" she screamed not taking his sights off of John as he slowly lifted himself away from Sanya.

"listen i know this looks bad but i am trying to help her. i didn't hurt Sanya. im not that type of person."

"Not that type of person! i heard how you attacked everyone without any remorse for how they might have gotten hurt. for gods sake you shot Yoshika in the head."

'i knew that was a bad move' "listen. Eila. i didn't mean to hurt anyone. but we are in danger here. their is a bad man out here with us trying to kill me.

"the only one in danger here is you John." Eila replied still not shifting her aim from him.

"i don't care right now. you can kill me later if you get to me first. right now we need to get sanya back to the base."

Eila lowers the gun with a shocked look on her face. "you really don't care what happens to yourself? you do realize that when you get back to the base everyone will hate you for what you have done to Sanya"

"Eila... the less people that like me the better right now. all i need is help right now. i did not hurt Sanya and i really want you to believe me."

'for some reason i do believe that he did not hurt Sanya. he cares about her too much to hurt her. but why dose he not want the others to know that?' Eila thinks to herself. "i do believe you John" she says putting her gun away.

John puts his hand on her shoulder "than i need you to do exactly as i say"

...

Eila returned to the base with Sanya over her shoulder.

"what happened!" exclaimed Yoshika

"John" she said before pausing and exhaling "John hurt Sanya. i didn't see how but she was their with him standing over her. the game may have gotten to him"

"that sounds about right." replied Barkhorn "he was taking the mission very seriously. it was almost like he was trying to hurt us."

the other girls exchanged looks but they did see how that could be. a few nodded in approval.

"so where is John now" asked Major Sakamoto "he should come forward with what he has done"

"oh uhm.. he ran off into the woods" said Eila trying to come up with an answer.

"are you telling us everything Eila" questioned Sakamoto.

"we need to get Sanya to the infirmary first i'll tell you everything later"

...

as Vlad sat in the tree watching over the girls as they talk he began to talk to himself.

"i shall strike tonight. in one move we have taken his friends away from him and silenced his loved one long enough for us to kill him without their protection. i told them that we did not need the other three to break him. i was the only one they needed."

as Vlad spoke to himself he lowered the sleeve on his black jacket and pulled out one of his knives.

"I am the only strong one" he whispered to himself while slicing into his arm just for it to heal itself.

"the only one that deserves retribution" as he examined the knife.

"the only sane one" he muttered licking the blood of the of the blade.

...

John sit their in the dark as he thought about what was happening to his life.

'this is all i have come to accomplish. i try my hardest to keep people safe from the enemy but now my old unit is returning.' John pulled out the revolver he had received that morning. 'they want me to kill them. it is once again become kill or be killed. just by doing one thing they have changed the teams. i have no one to fall back on. no support and no friends.'

John remembered what had happened that had made Vlad want to kill him. what made him go so silent for the rest of the time he was around him until he had thought he had died.

...

it was after a mission that they had just finished in Africa. just some recon on a small rebel camp that was imposing on a local town. they were waiting for their next order from the base and John was waiting in a tent that he was sharing with Vlad. John was loading bullets into a clip for his rifle when Vlad walked in with a young girl no older than ten over his shoulder. she screamed and pounded him on the back as he threw her on to the bed. at that moment John sprung up from his bead.

"What the hell do you think your doing to that girl" he screamed as Vlad held her down by her arms and started to nibble on her neck.

John threw him of oh her and on to the ground. he than picked up the girl and led her outside.

"Bless you sir" she said as she ran away up the road and out of the camp.

"what the fuck is wrong with you Jack! she was mine"

"you cant do that to a girl that young Vlad you sick freak"

"Take that back" he said tackling him to the ground and pounding his face into the dirt. John kicks him off of him and grabs him by the shirt. "But Jack its what we do. we can take what we want" Vlad says with a bloody smile

"No Vlad. were not rapists. no mater how deep into hell we set ourselves" he than finishes him of with a strike to the jaw. leaving him in the dirt.

"Jack whats wrong with you. were all on the same team" said another man as he ran up to cheek up on Vlad who was now unconscious.

"Jack where are you going." asked another voice that was older than the others. it belonged to the commander of the unit. general Medan.

"i need some time to myself" he said as he wiped the blood from his nose and kept on walking.

"you cannot escape the sins of the Hound Unit John. no matter how hard you try you will not be able to wash the blood from your hands.

...

'I now realize what you mean by that. my sins have returned to take me to hell.'

John put the gun away and stood up.

'i must now face my demons'