Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Scoped and Scouted. Enjoy the 5600-word chapter. I do not own Halo and such, 343, and a few others do.
Chief looked over at Nina, Dovan, Vettel, and Tomas, all of them were laughing, a quartet of AIs around them.
Vettel laughed… All of them laughed, the campfire between the quartet had left their helms next to them.
All of them were too interested in the plan… They had all planned, all of them and he had been ready for the next step that had been made.
The Weapon looked at them, too interested in it all before she looked to the side, something which made her sigh, she knew that the quartet was enjoying some semblance of peace… They knew more and more they were likely to die before now.
"We should go." The weapon stated to which Chief nodded, watching as she vanished.
Chief slowly approached them as the group looked out over the ring… He was surprised each had a personal AI… But then again? After the Created were made? The UNSC had made more to cover their gaps in manpower.
"We need to go," Chief stated as Vettel hummed before he looked to the side.
The others grasped their weapons, put their helms atop their heads, and then looked at each other as they grabbed their weapons.
"Plan is still the same?" Nina heard before she looked to the side.
"Correct… We need to get going." Chief heard from Vettel as they went through the plan again, Mouse pulling up a map.
Nina hummed before she looked at Dovan and Tomas. They had something else on the edge of their minds… Something about the plan was thrown for now.
Nina rested her hand on her rifle as Vettel went over their plan.
"We know due to Kovan's recon, the Banished have the rest of the dig site locked down, at least a platoon or two… And access to reinforcements and some air support." Vettel stated as Dovan hummed.
"So, both I and Tomas take down half of their defenses… While Nina deals with the Banshees… And Chief sneaks inside the dig site… Vettel? I assume you are backing the rest of them." Dovan stated as he crossed his arms.
"I will back up Nina… We cannot bring in the rest of the Marines, they would end up killed, direct force is out of the question." Vettel responded before they looked downwards.
They looked over the pair of M12 Warthogs, the rest of their manpower was busy dealing with preparing to strike over to the soldiers.
She hummed to think of how to strike the Banished as they thought of what was growing on his mind. They moved towards the two warthogs; the rest of the Marines seemed to think of this as part of a much larger plan.
Which it was, after that? They planned to take back another FOB, there were more UNSC transponders on the ring and most of them were alive, they would continue to handle it for now.
She hummed before she thought of what was growing on her mind as she relaxed to the side.
Nina seemed to think of it all before she glanced at Dovan.
"We're going to need to get inside the drill," Nina said as Dovan shrugged.
"Then we get inside…. For now? We focus on the security. After that? We focus on reclaiming the other FOBs… Each FOB is another plan." Dovan stated before he sighed to himself.
The sound of warthog engines was heard as Dovan sat on the minigun. He prepared fully for the fight ahead as he looked to Nina, too interested in the next move.
He sighed; he had been prepared for now…. With the fight coming up? It would be something harder and harder for them to deal with for now and for good.
Nina looked at him as the two ATVs roared ahead, both were curious. They had a plan, but it was a partial plan in progress, something that needed to be done and dusted.
They had a plan but he was not stupid, neither of them was stupid enough to put it all in this one plan.
Yep, something about the plan was going on, both were growing on the mind.
"Ok, we need to handle the plan… There are plenty of things going on now… Plenty can go wrong… So much about this is going wrong." Dovan stated to which Tomas hummed.
"You are fun at parties, aren't you?" Dovan heard from the IV.
"Have a sparkling personality… We are assaulting a dig site; we need to hit hard and fast. The sooner they are all down for the count? The sooner we can end up with a foothold on the ring." Dovan stated before he racked the weapon.
Nina hummed, nodding to herself more than him. The second that they were beating the enemy? Second, they could focus on the rest of the choices.
Dovan hummed to himself; he had no real desire to deal with the enemy any more than usual.
The rolling towards the site was in silence, never a good sign when it came to such a design now. Nina could tell these were how ambushes came to be, something about it all became a bad omen now.
Nina hummed, too tired and too low on ammo to be fussy when it was all said and done. She knew the fight coming up was something that needed to be addressed properly, something that could only be fought through tired now.
She looked to the ceiling, an idea which had been harder and harder to think of back and forth, something about it all became harder and harder to grasp.
Granted, the idea of going to war was harrowing to whomever one asked, and the problem was not one to take lightly.
Nina looked over to Dovan as the Spartan-IV scanned the sky, the whirling of the Vulcan he was busy manning only reminded her that each second could be one used to ambush them.
Granted? Nina stayed silent to herself.
"Do we know how many Banished infantry we're dealing with? defenses?" Tomas asked as the Weapon spoke up once more.
"35-40 Banished infantry, mostly Jiralhanae and Sangheili… Spartan Kovan also reported they have several plasma cannons and at least 2 Banshees." The Weapon stated as they hummed.
"Lot of security for a simple dig site," Tomas stated as Nina hummed.
"To be fair? We both know they want something here… And as the news says? We stop them… We must deal with their entire army sooner or later." Dovan said as he paused. "Whatever they want? It is important, we need to break through their army one way or another." Dovan added before he hummed.
She was all too interested in that as Nina held her rifle up, both of their warthogs coasted down the ground. Nina watched as they began to round on the dig site, both Warthogs ground to a stop as the 5 Spartans disembarked.
Dovan and Tomas rushed to one side and Nina and Vettel rushed to the other side, all of them were prepared for now.
Dovan raised his rifle as did Tomas with his AR. Dovan looked over at the others before he motioned toward them.
Something was growing in his mind before he looked to Nina as the IV slowly started to climb upwards, digging her fingers into the stone as she pulled herself up.
Chief had simply vanished; it was clear to them that the Spartan-II surpassed them in a dozen ways. He was a veteran and they were not to the same degree.
"Yeah, mostly Brutes and Elites… Why are there mostly Brutes and Elites?" Dovan asked to which Tomas shrugged.
"1 officer, the one in red armor… Any others?" Tomas asked as a marker was placed over them.
Another came from another marker which was placed over an elite which was in ultra rank armor. She looked at him before nodding once more.
Dovan hummed, questioning what the rest of the warriors here would be doing. Something about this reeked as a contest before it came to a head now.
"So, we fire on 3 or are we drawing straws?" Dovan asked with a nod as Tomas chuckled before both Spartans raised their rifles.
Both unleashed a stream of bullets, they aimed not at the elites, knowing the brutes and elites would be a waste of ammo.
A pair of grunts dropped downwards, methane leaking from their armor. Dovan advanced, tackling a jackal freebooter before he cracked their throat.
Dovan hummed, entirely unsure of the next move, too ready to snap at the sudden shock of it, something which kept them in line for so long, that they had to fight.
Dovan dove behind the cover, questioning what Tomas would do before he pulled his rifle back, stabbed a grunt, and advanced.
There were a lot of things he had yet to do, some of which were beyond annoying… Now? Now he had no such ideas, only designs on things he could not change… Would not change.
Dovan felt more spikes punch into the stone. He had been too interested in thinking… Not fighting.
Instead? He simply looked over to the side, tired.
"Kovan? Might want to help a little… We all cannot be experts at sniping." Dovan heard as he felt his shields flicker while he gunned down a grunt mule.
"And they can't hit the side of a damn barn," Nina stated as she aimed her scope.
The sound of a bullet that went through a charging elite was heard, sending him crashing into the ditch. Gunfire emerged at her as well while Vettel cursed and began firing.
"No, they cannot… And yet we are busy mopping the floor with them." Dovan said as his shields drained by a quarter before he shot the jackal sniper down.
"Don't get cocky," Nina stated, her Scottish accent reminding him of a tv show.
"Then stop being so damn skilled," Dovan responded as he fired at a pair of grunt conscripts across the pit.
For the moment? It was clear the Spartan-IV squad was able to contend with the Banished, most of the soldiers went down to combined fire from Tomas, Dovan, and Vettel… The problem? They expected reinforcements sooner or later.
Dovan was hit by a screeching monster… A brute berserker who tossed himself at him… He cursed as he was forced to fire his jetpack, gaining him his distance as his shields dropped to near zero.
He knew the Banshees which circled would be just as dangerous… So? He did what they did not expect and charged one.
Dovan tucked his feet inwards, angling his descent to land on one of the banshees as the other, possibly being pragmatic or simply not caring. Opened fire on the Banshee as he swung around, the shots putting holes in the craft, causing it to drop as Dovan leaped off the craft.
"Show off!" Vettel yelled with a chuckle as Dovan angled for the other banshee.
The banshee twirled, the wing smacking him in the side as the Spartan-IV was sent slamming into the ground, his shields breaking fully as he grunted.
The craft turned towards him, weapons ready before another shot rang out, the banshee swerved and slammed into the wall, exploding alongside the first one.
Dorian stayed cursing to himself before he looked to the side, they had been too interested in it all before he sighed.
Dorian looked at Nina, her rifle smoked as she looked at him, poking him with her foot.
"Are you ok?" Nina asked as he hummed at her.
She seemed to be done at the time, her tone as stark dead of emotion as it was amused. She was trying to contain herself and falling just shy of the mark now, something that needed to be done.
Dovan grunted as his shields slowly started to climb back up fully, he knew at least air support was taken offline.
"Is there at all a plan or are we just killing them?" Dovan asked as he put his back to the metal grate.
He watched as the remaining Banished soldiers who were regrouping roared at them, firing and clambering towards them.
The more of them seemed to think of it all before now as he looked to the side… There was more of the Banished but they were not done yet.
Nina questioned what the next move was as she and the others began to fight, cutting through the rest of them now.
He sighed, too unsure of himself as he gunned down another Jackal freebooter, turned and gunned down a pair of grunt conscripts, and then drew his magnum from his hip.
"Chief? We have put a hole in their defenses… Do not know how long we are going to be able to hold them all off." Nina stated as Dovan hummed.
"How many of that 35-40 have we killed so far?" Dovan asked before he looked to the side.
"10… Maybe 15." Vettel stated, shields flickering as he gunned down a brute warrior, grabbed a pulse rifle, and gunned down another brute.
It was clear that they had been taking the Banished down, however. Dovan could see the bodies of brutes, elites, jackals, and grunts in the slopes, they were pushing the enemy back at the very least.
That had made him curious as to how this would go at the end of it all… Something about that sort of chaos was making it all mean something.
He had been too interested in it all before now, an idea which had been harder and harder to deal with for now.
"There's a lot more soldiers we have to beat…" Dovan muttered before he grabbed a grenade and tossed it down the slope, a pair of screams and curses as it went off.
"And there will be reinforcements… Keep taking them all out and we win." Nina stated before she looked to the side.
All of it was harder and harder to deal with it all for now at the time being.
She turned and then shot through the elite warlord, tossing them to the ground. They had been too interested in this all before as he looked to the ground.
Dovan turned and shot down the next elite, he cursed as his magnum drew empty. He was tired, too interested in fighting them all at the end of it all.
The rest of the Banished began to set in. Dovan placed another magazine into the magnum.
They had a lot more to try and figure out. He sighed to himself before he looked at Nina, lowering his handgun before he prepared for combat.
It had been something that he could not deal with for now as he cracked his fingers and then thought of what was growing more and more at the time being.
Nina seemed to have a plan, one which he could not fathom. So instead? He simply rolled with it all.
Nina seemed to be thinking of their next step forward, they had been tired of fighting off what was growing ahead.
Dovan hummed to himself, bringing up his weapon, and opening fire as he took interest in it all before it all was done and dusted.
Nina put another bullet through the next elite, questioning how many soldiers they had left to clean up. Nina had 2 or maybe 3 magazines for her weapon and she was curious if Dovan was the same.
"Chief? Why aren't they advancing?" Dovan asked to which Nina looked at the mining laser, something that had been thrown off now.
Perhaps it was something else, something which had been too interesting as he paused to think of it all, they had something about it all became harder and harder to fathom.
(Within the drilling rig)
The pair of elite enforcers collapsed to the ground, Chief calmly stepping over them as he looked out over the site.
"The Spartans have crushed 50% of the entire garrison." Chief heard from the weapon. "But there are reinforcements on the way, one of the dreadnoughts just sent in reinforcements to come here," Chief stated before he looked to the side.
He had been too interested in it all before now, something that had been done and dusted. The Weapon was silent, too interested in it all before now, she had been too interested in it all.
They had been too distracted by it all now, something before now had been harder and harder to relax.
The team had been something that needed to be done and dusted…. Something about it all had been odd, very odd now.
"And the rest of them?" Chief asked before the sounds of footsteps behind them drummed in.
The weapon was silent for a moment before the sound of more soldiers attacking the rig was heard, it was clear they had a LOT of soldiers to fight.
"Realizing you're here." The Weapon said to which there was silence.
Something about it all had been harder and harder to think of. It was an odd little thing, but one they dealt with personally.
"Spartans, clear out the enemy, regroup, my location," Chief stated as he brought up his bulldog shotgun to greet the Banished reinforcements.
(With Nina and the other Spartans)
Nina watched as 2 Phantoms dropped off more reinforcements, reminding them the Banished were quick to reinforce their position.
"We need to fall back inside the rig… Easier to defend it." Vettel stated before gunning down a trio of grunts and hopping off the Phantom.
"I will gladly remind you we are outgunned here, Vet… They are not going to just back off… We need reinforcements." Dovan stated with obvious amusement at the assessment.
"We aren't bringing in backup, that wasn't the plan, remember?" Vettel asked to which Dovan hummed.
"Then I need another gun because I'm running out of soldiers," Dovan stated to which he seemed to be thinking of what was growing as he relaxed.
Dovan tossed the empty pulse rifle, grabbing a plasma pistol and then elbowing an assault grunt with a blow that cracked their skull. Dovan hummed, watching as he paused, shooting another grunt.
There were at least another 2 dozen reinforcements, brutes, and elites who growled at them with interest.
There were plenty of soldiers here, he was running out of ammo, tossing the empty plasma pistol, and then rolling, rolling towards the rig which continued to fire its massive beams.
Dovan hummed as he relaxed, tired at the end, his muscles ached and his armor scanned the Banished soldiers with each of them in the way.
Nina's rifle clicked one twice, two rounds into the heads of a pair of brute captains, causing them to stagger before a barrage of gunfire from Vettel's RK78 which put them both down.
The 4 retreated… Ducking into a UNSC trailer… Then noticing that it had been stocked with dozens of UNSC guns.
"Huh… Holidays came early." Tomas joked before Halius hummed.
"We're secure what's left when we are done…" Vettel stated to which Dovan nodded.
Tomas gripped an M247 machine gun, tearing it from the base as Vettel hummed, grabbing a CQS48 Bulldog shotgun and then another 2 clips with it.
Vettel hummed and tossed Nina a DMR as Dovan grabbed another 2 clips from the crates.
The 4 ducked out of the crate before Tomas turned and unloaded the machine gun, the massive cannon spewing
12.7MM rounds which chewed through a pair of jackals and a brute, sending their bullet-soaked bodies down the hill.
Tomas beckoned the others towards the rig as Dovan fired his jetpack, flying towards the rig.
Nina rolled her eyes and rolled into the lift as she hummed and lifted herself into the rig. The sound of Dovan's rifle being blasted out from the window, too fascinated at the rows and rows of Banished.
Dovan dropped a spent magazine into the dirt, inserted another into it then continued to fire.
"I do not mind if you jackasses break this thing… But the least you could do is make it interesting." Dovan stated before Nina put her hand on the wall.
Nina opened fire, blasting 4 more jackal freebooters, watching them crash into the dirt. Nina hummed as Dovan sighed to himself, looking at her as he nodded.
"Think this site might be a bit more important than Griffin stated." Nina heard Tomas humming.
"Agreed, the site is important… They have a lot more security than they should." Vettel stated before he looked to the side.
There was something resembling violence from the AI as Dovan watched his AI act up, curious as to the idea before now.
All of them were curious as to what needed to be done… Something about it all had been harder and harder to think of it all now, they were still pushing the enemy back now at the end of it all.
Nina hummed before she looked to the side and then thought of what was growing on her mind. Nina was all too interested as she looked towards the Banished.
Nina looked over towards her friend… Something about this situation made him curious as to what was the plan.
The thrum of the machine gun went off for 10 more seconds and then Tomas came off the lift and into the machine.
She did not at all know what was growing on her mind, something about it all before now made it clear.
She thought of it all before she looked to the side… The rest of the Banished, 20 soldiers or so… They all had charged the rig… It was made clear within 30 seconds? The Banished would be taking the position.
Vettel joined them as well… And then there was chuckling as if a small mountain had chortled at them.
"Spartans… SPARTAN DIE!" He heard as the 5 all aimed their weapons.
"So, we're making a stand here?" Dovan asked as Tomas discarded the empty machine gun and drew his assault rifle.
All of them knew they could hold the position; they had held a lot of different parts of the land.
Nina hummed to herself before she looked to the side. They had a lot more to fight on about now, something about it was odd.
"5 Spartans versus 20-30 infantry? We can handle them… Only a handful of ways inside the rig." Tomas stated as Dovan hummed.
"There will be more, Tom. There always is." Dovan stated, bringing up his BR.
"Hold the line… I need a few minutes." The Weapon stated to which they looked over at her.
Nina looked over at Dovan as he nodded, bringing up his rifle before he sighed to himself. Dovan hummed to himself, ducking behind one of the alcoves.
Nina also looked over at Vettel and Tomas who both took up positions near the hatch.
There were 7 elite mercenaries and brute warriors who came up the hatch, clambering towards them as 5 streams of bullets all hit them, sending a trio of them falling down the shaft.
Dovan emptied the clip into both elites when their shields died, their bodies collapsed to the ground, limp and lifeless, and spikes sprang off the metal next to him.
Nina brought up her rifle and peppered the squad of grunt conscripts with gunfire which sent them spinning down the slope, the lift sending them upwards morbidly.
The beast that came up next? Well, they were a brute and they towered over almost every single soldier in front of him.
The beast wore the armor of a chieftain… and it was clear he was as massive as a warrior of that stature needed to be.
He almost cursed, something about it all was tiresome… And he realized they were all too amused, all too distracted now, and for good reason.
Everything here would be VERY hard to think of it all. Now and for good did it end all the way?
The monster chuckled at them, gnashing his fangs as if it were a great monster… It was made clear to him that this Brute was strong and dangerous at the same time.
And backed by a group of elite mercenaries and brute warriors… Dovan looked over at Nina as she glanced over.
"Spartans die easy, break open like a toy." The brute hissed as Dovan snorted.
"Got it, he's the stupid but strong type." Tomas joked as Dovan hummed.
"Well, maybe we could convince him to walk in front of the nice laser then," Dovan stated as he and the others began to back up.
"I will kill the chieftain, eliminate his backup," Chief ordered as the others nodded.
Rather than attempt to fight the brute? The others spread out, opening fire at the 8 or so soldiers who flanked the massive brute.
They knew better than to fight him at the time, Vettel and Dovan instantly bringing down the minor brutes with headshots while the elites split up, 4 for each pair of Spartans.
"This is why I don't go for any real plans besides shooting the enemy," Dovan stated as he sighed, firing his jetpack.
Dovan caught a punch from an elite which weakened his shields by a quarter and tossed his head slightly aside… But allowed him to kick one elite back and drive his knife through the neck of one… Then tackling the other as both went rolling into the command center.
Nina drew her knife, flicking it into the chest of one elite, then slammed into the bulkhead as she rushed straight into the elite.
It growled and went to hammer her only for her to tackle it, wrenching her hands to its throat as she strangled the alien soldier to death.
"Spartan Dovan life signs erratic," Mouse reported bluntly as Nina finished off the elite.
She hummed and looked over as Mouse opened a line to Dovan.
"Oh, yeah… He is dead." Dovan's AI stated as the Spartan appeared, his hands caked in Banished blood.
The Brute Chieftain roared as Chief tossed a giant plasma coil at the brute's skull, causing fire and plasma to burn the monster, causing it to stagger around as Chief peppered it with assault rifle fire.
Dovan used his jetpack to slam into the creature, further throwing it off balance and into the wall before a glancing blow sent him flying across the room with shields barely holding.
Dovan cursed in sheer annoyance, pain flooding across his body as this monster turned towards him, hefting his hammer.
Nina tossed an M9 which managed to cause the brute to stagger just slightly before Dovan slammed a punch into the brute, causing its helm to dent in… But they sent him flying again with a kick that brought down the rest of his shields.
He skidded across the room as Nina cursed and then started to fire her weapon, sending the others tripping over themselves towards the exit as the brute growled, rushing towards her to squish her under the hammer.
She managed to slide across the ground, firing her DMR which pinged off the brute and his armor like drops of rain but draining his armor. She slid towards Dovan as the Spartan rose, his side in obvious pain but not letting it get to him.
He looked at her as he fired his BR… The shields of the Brute finally broke… But given the monster was a wall of muscle with alien armor? It meant little… Dovan would only understand this as it was beaten into the Jiralhanae.
"Remind me… What is the plan to kill this guy?" Dovan asked as his shields recharged.
The Brute grinned at the trio as the three Spartans realized they could not have allowed it to go this way.
She did not at all know what was growing on his mind before looking at the brute once more, she looked over at him before thinking once more.
Nina was all too interested in fighting alongside him as she looked to the side, something that had been done to end the fight.
Both Spartans dodged the hammer as Dovan cursed, trying to line up a headshot, it was clear they would need something big to kill him… Granted? They did not have much… But Dovan hummed, an idea growing on his mind before he looked to the side.
The hammer came like thunder and he dodged it, slamming into the monster with hammer blows of his own, a fist to the face sent the brute reeling back, and he slammed a knee into their chest, winding them slightly.
The brute growled, angry at the prey to shatter under his might.
He followed Chief's way, trying to keep the brute preoccupied… Dancing in close range and fighting the brute was suicide, engaging one with a hammer was inviting death.
Granted? That? That was ENTIRELY his intent, the Brute expected caution from them before he looked at Chief.
Dovan tackled the brute, gripping his hammer as the brute tugged… Only for Nina to tackle him right after, gripping the brute by the neck.
He growled and punched at them, shattering both of their shields… Their bodies hurt and it was a miracle their armor did not shatter under the weight.
However? It was only when the plasma grenade sailed over their heads… And into the beast's mouth, did they release their hold.
Bassus growled and then ignited like a gas cloud as his skull burned… And then the beast crashed through the window of the control center, slamming into the ground below with a crunch that ended any hope of his survival.
Chief nodded at Nina who looked at the ceiling before she looked over at Dovan who collapsed, sitting on his knees as he sighed and then rested on his BR. The Spartan thought of it for a moment, looking at her.
"Wasn't he on some most wanted list or something?" Dovan asked as Nina shrugged before Dovan hummed. "Screw it, I don't care," Dovan stated, looking around, too exhausted now to do much.
She had been too interested at the time being. Something about it all had been something to deal with for now, a tiresome antic now.
She looked over at him, pausing to think, an idea was on his mind which made her more curious than before… Granted, it was not something that had been harder to figure out now.
Something about it all had been too interesting for now.
She had been tired, both had been tired… Nina felt ready to collapse, too exhausted now when it was all said and done.
Both were exhausted at the time being, she had too much to deal with for now… It was more than enough for her to laugh at as she paused to think of it.
Nina seemed to be thinking of it all as she thought of it back and forth… Chaos was something the Spartans had grown used to, unsure of what needed to be done now at the time being.
Nina did not know what was being done, did not want to know it all now… Something about the pain.
"Are you ok?" Nina asked to which she looked at Dovan as he sighed and then lay down on the ground… Before a giant explosion made him too tired to do anything.
"Tired… But yeah." Dovan muttered as he sighed to himself before he looked upwards as he thought of it.
Nina seemed to be tired at the time being as she looked downwards at the ground.
He had been too interested as of now, what was he had been too tired now. He knew that she would be able to relax and now and for good reason.
The mining rig exploded with them aboard as she cursed, all of it made them odd for now. Nina looked over to the side, something which had been harder and harder to fashion.
Both were thrown off as Vettel and Tomas seemed to emerge backward into the group.
Chief looked at the two soldiers, too curious as to it all as she and he looked over and around the room.
The rig exploded before leaning to one side as the Weapon overloaded the leg struts as well… Causing a dozen fireballs which also took out the remnants of the Banished platoon in the area.
Within a few minutes? All was quiet, all of it was clear to them. They had a path and a place to hunt in.
Chief gave the Spartans a few minutes to catch their breath and grab new weapons, deciding to take stock of what the Banished had stolen from the UNSC in their small trailer.
Vettel looked at the two Spartans resting on the floor, almost deciding to speak before deciding to ensure something was done about it back and forth when such things were done.
They had earned a moment of reprieve and he knew they would need it now and for good.
All of this was going to get a much bigger deal harder, all of them knew this. Now? Now they had a plan to deal with every single problem at the time.
Something about that made Nina ready to keep going, something about it all as odder and odder to think about it all.
Nina hummed and climbed to her feet, pausing to think to herself as Dovan did the same. This mission was not over and the war with the Banished continued…. Now and only then would need to come from it.
She had been too distracted at the time to be interested.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out I am still reading the Rubicon Protocol so I am trying to make the others like the book. The next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will be 900-6500 words, showing Dovan and the others proceeding into the ring. Until then, Lighting Wolf is out!
