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"Shouldn’t- Shouldn’t they be here?" Alistair panted as he leant on his knees, Ghost pacing up and down the street a little as he blinked a bead of sweat from his eye.

        "Just, give them a second…" Ghost panted back, as his eyes scanned everything. Archer leant against a wall to catch his breath, eyes closed with a pained expression on his face clutching his ribs, "Stitch?".

        Archer looked across at his brother and nodded before palming Ghost's concerned look away, "Don’t worry about it… All part of living in the Danger Zone". Ghost panted and exhausted laugh before his eyes shot left and his gun raised at the sound of a sharp breath and scuffing.

        "It's only us-!... It’s only us…" Saiyan breathed as he staggered around the corner, Fox strolling close behind helping him keep his balance. Without a word, Ghost dissappeared from the crowd inside's sight. He wrapped his arms tightly around Fox and pressed the side of his head against hers and sighed with relief.

        "'I'm alright, Ghost"

        "Now that you're back in my arms, I know you are" He said softly as he gripped her hand tightly and lead her back to the front doors.

        "Hey man, it's cool, don’t be relieved to see I'm ok too or anything" Saiyan complained sarcastically as he trudged along behind with a weak grin. Archer threw an arm around Saiyan's shoulders and ruffed his hair that stuck out from under the back of the mask.



        "It's ok, I still love you man"

        "Glad someone does" Saiyan smirked jabbing Archer in the ribs. Cheers could already be heard through the glass when everyone saw they'd all come back safely. The guards swiping the tags and the doors opened, patting their backs as they walked in and locked the doors behind them. They pulled their masks off, their hair mattered and plastered to their foreheads and cheeks from sweat as they smiled weakly.

        "Shutters down guys, let's call it a night" Ghost smiled with exhaustion and the guards nodded. One radioed it in to the others in the control room, moments later the thick reinforced shutters came smoothly down on the outside of the building, locking into place slightly underground with a similar slam and lock system the gates had. The lights were turned on low, gently illuminating the building as Ghost addressed the crowd, "It's all ok, we retrieved Fox and Alistair. As suspected, they got seperated at a junction" He paused glancing down at Fox who blushed slightly and stifled a giggle as Saiyan smirked and punched her thigh, "But luckily, Fox had marked a path for us to follow. We found her and Alistair swiftly and unharmed and were able to return as quick as we did".

        "We heard gun shots though… Is everything really ok?" a younger girl asked shyly from the back. Ghost looked to her then around at his team, they all looked back and shrugged.

        "Your call, Ghost…" Alistair said softly and Ghost nodded with a sigh before looking back at the crowd.

        "We were attacked, yes.", the mass of people broke out in murmurs of fear as some clutched their children against their side, Ghost raising his hands again, "We saw, something, before sundown. I cannot confirm or deny what we saw, if it was Shade we need to be more alert and careful on patrols" the last comment Ghost slyly directed in Hawk's direction who watched from the upper balcony, "But we're all unharmed… Thanks to Fox's clever thinking, Alistair and Archer's team work and Saiyan's throwing arm and sharp shooting, were all home safe and sound. Let's all have something to eat and a good nights rest, yeah?" He managed to smile, the crowd smiling back softly applauding as they dispersed.

        The group watched the civilians disappear towards the mess hall, chatting to each other about theories of what they saw, some speculating it was a survivor, other less cheery suggesting it was a hybrid or some greater mutagen of Shade that was beginning to surface that wasn’t deterred by bright light.

        Great.

        Ghost's eyes fluttered as his conscience came back to him at the touch of Fox's hand to his back, his tired chocolate eyes looking down to meet the amber of hers and he relaxed back slightly into her palm.

        "Thank you for coming, Daniel… You didn’t have to, I know-"

        "I was not going to send another squad to bring you home… I'm just glad you had Alistair with you" Ghost sighed pulling her into a tight hug in front of everyone, catching her off guard as she hugged him back. Ghost - real name Daniel Boorer - A recruit nicknamed him 'Boo', due to him being so hauntingly terrifying during training that it sort of stuck, hence Ghost, wasn’t an openly affectionate person. His business was his business. People knew only what he wanted them to know, so public displays of affection where rare and usually meant something was troubling him.

        Fox smiled at his concern but laughed hard when she felt another body squish against her back, another pair of strong arms wrapping around them and Daniel groaned.

        "Don’t you just love these deep and intimate moments?" Archer sighed rubbing his cheek against Fox's hair.

        "Yes, up until you ruin them, Ryan" Daniel smiled swatting his older brother away. The raven haired giant jumped away slightly, as he and Daniel began to mock fight, Ryan going up onto one leg in an awkward Crane stance. Archer, - real name Ryan Boorer - is Daniel's older brother. His alias given to him by Daniel for his matching personality on the battle field to the comical animated TV Series character, Archer Sterling.

        Fox watched the two box and lunge kick at each other sitting on a chair with a tired smile, Saiyan gently stepping up beside her and massaged her neck, his cheeks flushing red as she let out an unintentional moan. Her head rolled as her eyes closed, looking to the floor with a smile, Saiyan continuing to rub his thumb against the tight muscles for a moment before stopping.

        "Tyson" She groaned at length looking up at him, "You're such a tease" she smiled as the brunette shrugged with a sly grin, folding his massive arms across his thick, taught chest.

        "Not the first time I've had a girl tell me that Eliza, probably won't be the last either" He replied with a wink and a giggle as Eliza rolled her eyes and smiled. Tyson Austin - Alias Saiyan in reference to his first Cosplay, when Eliza had ever met him, Super Saiyan Gohan, which just consisted of a blonde wig and Tyson strutting around topless - was a mutual friend of hers through another squad leader, Josh Elvin - Alias Fenris - who was currently held up on the other side of the district as a trainer of new recruits, none of them had seen him for months.

        Eliza Middlemiss - Alias Fox, given by Daniel after the first day he met her, Cosplaying as Fox Jack Frost - had become very close to the brothers, Tyson, Alistair and Josh during the fall of the world. She was, unofficially, Daniel's partner. Though he never confirms or denies their relationship, everyone found it easier to say they were together, considering he was deathly protective of her above all others.

        Most of them lost their family instantly, or are still looking for them, with what hope they have left that they're alive. The only really lucky member of the group, was Ryan. He was in the middle of making horrific kung-fu noises while at war with his brother when something small grabbed his leg, making Ryan look down in an instant before smiling scooping up the tiny disturbance. His son, Logan.

        "Don’t go injuring him, Daniel, we kinda' need him alive you know" Ryan's wife smiled as she walked up behind them all. Daniel grinned hugging her tightly before pressing a kiss to his nephew's head who shrieked happily at his uncle's affection.

        "Hey, a little wounded that you don’t think I could beat him" Ryan said with a look of sarcastic pain on his face. She smiled kissing him gently as Logan covered his face babbling "Yucky" with a giggle. Daniel smiled at his nephew before something caught his eye and looked to the balcony, Hawk was still sitting at an empty table, eyes fixed on the mug cupped in his hands, looking like he was ready for the scolding he was about to receive.

        "Uh-Oh, game on, here we go folks… Bet Daniel will hit him square in the jaw, name your odds" Alistair sighed turning another chair around, sitting on it with his arms crossed against the back of it, his chin on his arms. Alistair King - Alias, well Alistair - Is the bastard son of a high ranking military officer. The biological father had an affair with Alistair's mother, conceiving him, fondly relating himself to the bastard son of the King in Dragon Age Origins, also named Alistair. Tyson sat with huff onto Eliza's lap and she grunted at his sudden weight before bouncing her legs, hands rested on his hips as Tyson "uhhh"ed like a baby, giggling at the bounce in his voice every time he jolted on her lap.

        "I don’t think Daniel will hit him… He'll take him into the barracks, or the locker room and chew him out for coming back without us" Eliza said looking at Alistair next to her. He shrugged and looked back up at the balcony as Daniel finally reached Hawk at the table, sure enough leading him out another set of double doors on the top floor.

        "Well, glad I didn’t bet on that one" Alistair smiled as he stretched, his joints cracking and he groaned.

        "He doesn’t want to upset everyone again… Our squads are never going to be perfect, someone will always have a problem with someone else… So long as no one endangers anyone else and we work as a team, in harmony, that’s all Daniel cares about… But he won't risk panic amongst the civilians, thinking that their only main line of defense is falling apart" Eliza said softly, no longer bouncing Tyson on her lap, just mindlessly and gently scratching his back through his shirt, around the weaponry strapped to him.

        Alistair nodded silently before getting up off his chair, putting it back at the café table and huffed looking at the other two beside him, "Well, I'm going for a shower… I stink. So do you" he shrugged at Eliza who sighed and nodded slapping Tyson's thigh softly.

        "Yeah, I know… C'mon big butt, up you get" she huffed.

        "It's not 'Big'! It's luscious!" Tyson pouted as he wiggled his butt against her lap in defiance making her laugh, slapping him square in the middle of his butt cheeks as he stood up. He hissed with laughter as he rubbed his butt through his cargo pants and awkwardly walked with her and Alistair down the hall towards the showers, "Ahhh that’s gonna' leave a mark".

        "The hell where you thinking! Coming back to get me wasting more time when you could have gotten her yourself!" Daniel barked, slamming a clenched fist against the locker beside Hawk's head, who understandably flinched, "You had more men, more fire power, you where there! Search and recover! That’s all you had to do!"

        "We didn’t know where we lost them and-"

        "You didn’t keep check of your squad at any or all checkpoints!?" Daniel was upset before, but now he was furious, his cheeks grew red from ear to ear and not in the shy school boy sort of way, "I'm about to ask you something and I swear you better be telling the truth…". Hawk nodded in fear as Daniel straightened, towering over Hawk and his eyes narrowed onto him.

        "Did you plan this? Was it supposed to be some sort of trap?". Hawk froze as the questions left Daniel's lips, those dark eyes still on him, "You knew I would come at the mention of Eliza's name, was this supposed to be a coup on your Commander?" Daniel asked as his tone got louder before he stood stock still, tall and firm.

        Hawk's eyes went low and he shook. Daniel was growing tired of the silence, he grabbed Hawk by his vest with one hand and held him against the lockers, Hawk's feet dangling in the air and he wheezed, choking on his uniform.

        "N-No! It wasn't! I swear on my life-!"

        "Funny thing to swear on when it was already balanced on the knife edge, Hawk"

        "I was just a coward! Ok!?". Daniel stopped for a moment, he dropped Hawk back to his feet and stood a couple paces back, thick arms folded across his muscular, broad chest and he listened.

        "I'd… I'd heard you tell stories, about the Shade's… What you'd seen them do to people, showing your scars, telling the kids what they did to you and how you fought them off…", Hawk paused rubbing his neck as he stood up and looked at Daniel who sighed, his hands resting on his hips, "I'm not like you, man-! I was fucking SHITTING myself when I saw it was getting dark! But then I realized I was going to have to come back here, and tell you id lost your fucking girlfriend! Being eaten alive by the Shades suddenly seemed like a better idea, you know!?". Hawk was now sobbing as he yelled at Daniel, the bigger man rubbed his neck and looked at him.

        "Look, I understand… I wasn’t born this way, I learnt, I adapted… I was scared again today, not knowing where she'd gone, that I HAD trusted her into your care… Knowing she was with Alistair made me feel a little better… but when we were down there, and her markers where smashed up… I didn’t know what to think…" Daniel finished quietly, his hand softly scrubbed his mouth and he straightened looking at Hawk, "From now on you do a head count EVERY check point, even every damn corner if you have to… Understood? I don’t want this happening again, to anyone…". Hawk nodded as he wiped his face trying to calm down as Daniel braced him in a brotherly hug, slapping him hard on the back, "Go get something to eat and have a shower… I'll take night watch"

        "But you've just-"

                "Earnt it, I know… Go get a decent nights rest… I'll be fine".

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"Shouldn’t- Shouldn’t they be here?" Alistair panted as he leant on his knees, Ghost pacing up and down the street a little as he blinked a bead of sweat from his eye.

        "Just, give them a second…" Ghost panted back, as his eyes scanned everything. Archer leant against a wall to catch his breath, eyes closed with a pained expression on his face clutching his ribs, "Stitch?".

        Archer looked across at his brother and nodded before palming Ghost's concerned look away, "Don’t worry about it… All part of living in the Danger Zone". Ghost panted and exhausted laugh before his eyes shot left and his gun raised at the sound of a sharp breath and scuffing.

        "It's only us-!... It’s only us…" Saiyan breathed as he staggered around the corner, Fox strolling close behind helping him keep his balance. Without a word, Ghost dissappeared from the crowd inside's sight. He wrapped his arms tightly around Fox and pressed the side of his head against hers and sighed with relief.

        "'I'm alright, Ghost"

        "Now that you're back in my arms, I know you are" He said softly as he gripped her hand tightly and lead her back to the front doors.

        "Hey man, it's cool, don’t be relieved to see I'm ok too or anything" Saiyan complained sarcastically as he trudged along behind with a weak grin. Archer threw an arm around Saiyan's shoulders and ruffed his hair that stuck out from under the back of the mask.



        "It's ok, I still love you man"

        "Glad someone does" Saiyan smirked jabbing Archer in the ribs. Cheers could already be heard through the glass when everyone saw they'd all come back safely. The guards swiping the tags and the doors opened, patting their backs as they walked in and locked the doors behind them. They pulled their masks off, their hair mattered and plastered to their foreheads and cheeks from sweat as they smiled weakly.

        "Shutters down guys, let's call it a night" Ghost smiled with exhaustion and the guards nodded. One radioed it in to the others in the control room, moments later the thick reinforced shutters came smoothly down on the outside of the building, locking into place slightly underground with a similar slam and lock system the gates had. The lights were turned on low, gently illuminating the building as Ghost addressed the crowd, "It's all ok, we retrieved Fox and Alistair. As suspected, they got seperated at a junction" He paused glancing down at Fox who blushed slightly and stifled a giggle as Saiyan smirked and punched her thigh, "But luckily, Fox had marked a path for us to follow. We found her and Alistair swiftly and unharmed and were able to return as quick as we did".

        "We heard gun shots though… Is everything really ok?" a younger girl asked shyly from the back. Ghost looked to her then around at his team, they all looked back and shrugged.

        "Your call, Ghost…" Alistair said softly and Ghost nodded with a sigh before looking back at the crowd.

        "We were attacked, yes.", the mass of people broke out in murmurs of fear as some clutched their children against their side, Ghost raising his hands again, "We saw, something, before sundown. I cannot confirm or deny what we saw, if it was Shade we need to be more alert and careful on patrols" the last comment Ghost slyly directed in Hawk's direction who watched from the upper balcony, "But we're all unharmed… Thanks to Fox's clever thinking, Alistair and Archer's team work and Saiyan's throwing arm and sharp shooting, were all home safe and sound. Let's all have something to eat and a good nights rest, yeah?" He managed to smile, the crowd smiling back softly applauding as they dispersed.

        The group watched the civilians disappear towards the mess hall, chatting to each other about theories of what they saw, some speculating it was a survivor, other less cheery suggesting it was a hybrid or some greater mutagen of Shade that was beginning to surface that wasn’t deterred by bright light.

        Great.

        Ghost's eyes fluttered as his conscience came back to him at the touch of Fox's hand to his back, his tired chocolate eyes looking down to meet the amber of hers and he relaxed back slightly into her palm.

        "Thank you for coming, Daniel… You didn’t have to, I know-"

        "I was not going to send another squad to bring you home… I'm just glad you had Alistair with you" Ghost sighed pulling her into a tight hug in front of everyone, catching her off guard as she hugged him back. Ghost - real name Daniel Boorer - A recruit nicknamed him 'Boo', due to him being so hauntingly terrifying during training that it sort of stuck, hence Ghost, wasn’t an openly affectionate person. His business was his business. People knew only what he wanted them to know, so public displays of affection where rare and usually meant something was troubling him.

        Fox smiled at his concern but laughed hard when she felt another body squish against her back, another pair of strong arms wrapping around them and Daniel groaned.

        "Don’t you just love these deep and intimate moments?" Archer sighed rubbing his cheek against Fox's hair.

        "Yes, up until you ruin them, Ryan" Daniel smiled swatting his older brother away. The raven haired giant jumped away slightly, as he and Daniel began to mock fight, Ryan going up onto one leg in an awkward Crane stance. Archer, - real name Ryan Boorer - is Daniel's older brother. His alias given to him by Daniel for his matching personality on the battle field to the comical animated TV Series character, Archer Sterling.

        Fox watched the two box and lunge kick at each other sitting on a chair with a tired smile, Saiyan gently stepping up beside her and massaged her neck, his cheeks flushing red as she let out an unintentional moan. Her head rolled as her eyes closed, looking to the floor with a smile, Saiyan continuing to rub his thumb against the tight muscles for a moment before stopping.

        "Tyson" She groaned at length looking up at him, "You're such a tease" she smiled as the brunette shrugged with a sly grin, folding his massive arms across his thick, taught chest.

        "Not the first time I've had a girl tell me that Eliza, probably won't be the last either" He replied with a wink and a giggle as Eliza rolled her eyes and smiled. Tyson Austin - Alias Saiyan in reference to his first Cosplay, when Eliza had ever met him, Super Saiyan Gohan, which just consisted of a blonde wig and Tyson strutting around topless - was a mutual friend of hers through another squad leader, Josh Elvin - Alias Fenris - who was currently held up on the other side of the district as a trainer of new recruits, none of them had seen him for months.

        Eliza Middlemiss - Alias Fox, given by Daniel after the first day he met her, Cosplaying as Fox Jack Frost - had become very close to the brothers, Tyson, Alistair and Josh during the fall of the world. She was, unofficially, Daniel's partner. Though he never confirms or denies their relationship, everyone found it easier to say they were together, considering he was deathly protective of her above all others.

        Most of them lost their family instantly, or are still looking for them, with what hope they have left that they're alive. The only really lucky member of the group, was Ryan. He was in the middle of making horrific kung-fu noises while at war with his brother when something small grabbed his leg, making Ryan look down in an instant before smiling scooping up the tiny disturbance. His son, Logan.

        "Don’t go injuring him, Daniel, we kinda' need him alive you know" Ryan's wife smiled as she walked up behind them all. Daniel grinned hugging her tightly before pressing a kiss to his nephew's head who shrieked happily at his uncle's affection.

        "Hey, a little wounded that you don’t think I could beat him" Ryan said with a look of sarcastic pain on his face. She smiled kissing him gently as Logan covered his face babbling "Yucky" with a giggle. Daniel smiled at his nephew before something caught his eye and looked to the balcony, Hawk was still sitting at an empty table, eyes fixed on the mug cupped in his hands, looking like he was ready for the scolding he was about to receive.

        "Uh-Oh, game on, here we go folks… Bet Daniel will hit him square in the jaw, name your odds" Alistair sighed turning another chair around, sitting on it with his arms crossed against the back of it, his chin on his arms. Alistair King - Alias, well Alistair - Is the bastard son of a high ranking military officer. The biological father had an affair with Alistair's mother, conceiving him, fondly relating himself to the bastard son of the King in Dragon Age Origins, also named Alistair. Tyson sat with huff onto Eliza's lap and she grunted at his sudden weight before bouncing her legs, hands rested on his hips as Tyson "uhhh"ed like a baby, giggling at the bounce in his voice every time he jolted on her lap.

        "I don’t think Daniel will hit him… He'll take him into the barracks, or the locker room and chew him out for coming back without us" Eliza said looking at Alistair next to her. He shrugged and looked back up at the balcony as Daniel finally reached Hawk at the table, sure enough leading him out another set of double doors on the top floor.

        "Well, glad I didn’t bet on that one" Alistair smiled as he stretched, his joints cracking and he groaned.

        "He doesn’t want to upset everyone again… Our squads are never going to be perfect, someone will always have a problem with someone else… So long as no one endangers anyone else and we work as a team, in harmony, that’s all Daniel cares about… But he won't risk panic amongst the civilians, thinking that their only main line of defense is falling apart" Eliza said softly, no longer bouncing Tyson on her lap, just mindlessly and gently scratching his back through his shirt, around the weaponry strapped to him.

        Alistair nodded silently before getting up off his chair, putting it back at the café table and huffed looking at the other two beside him, "Well, I'm going for a shower… I stink. So do you" he shrugged at Eliza who sighed and nodded slapping Tyson's thigh softly.

        "Yeah, I know… C'mon big butt, up you get" she huffed.

        "It's not 'Big'! It's luscious!" Tyson pouted as he wiggled his butt against her lap in defiance making her laugh, slapping him square in the middle of his butt cheeks as he stood up. He hissed with laughter as he rubbed his butt through his cargo pants and awkwardly walked with her and Alistair down the hall towards the showers, "Ahhh that’s gonna' leave a mark".

        "The hell where you thinking! Coming back to get me wasting more time when you could have gotten her yourself!" Daniel barked, slamming a clenched fist against the locker beside Hawk's head, who understandably flinched, "You had more men, more fire power, you where there! Search and recover! That’s all you had to do!"

        "We didn’t know where we lost them and-"

        "You didn’t keep check of your squad at any or all checkpoints!?" Daniel was upset before, but now he was furious, his cheeks grew red from ear to ear and not in the shy school boy sort of way, "I'm about to ask you something and I swear you better be telling the truth…". Hawk nodded in fear as Daniel straightened, towering over Hawk and his eyes narrowed onto him.

        "Did you plan this? Was it supposed to be some sort of trap?". Hawk froze as the questions left Daniel's lips, those dark eyes still on him, "You knew I would come at the mention of Eliza's name, was this supposed to be a coup on your Commander?" Daniel asked as his tone got louder before he stood stock still, tall and firm.

        Hawk's eyes went low and he shook. Daniel was growing tired of the silence, he grabbed Hawk by his vest with one hand and held him against the lockers, Hawk's feet dangling in the air and he wheezed, choking on his uniform.

        "N-No! It wasn't! I swear on my life-!"

        "Funny thing to swear on when it was already balanced on the knife edge, Hawk"

        "I was just a coward! Ok!?". Daniel stopped for a moment, he dropped Hawk back to his feet and stood a couple paces back, thick arms folded across his muscular, broad chest and he listened.

        "I'd… I'd heard you tell stories, about the Shade's… What you'd seen them do to people, showing your scars, telling the kids what they did to you and how you fought them off…", Hawk paused rubbing his neck as he stood up and looked at Daniel who sighed, his hands resting on his hips, "I'm not like you, man-! I was fucking SHITTING myself when I saw it was getting dark! But then I realized I was going to have to come back here, and tell you id lost your fucking girlfriend! Being eaten alive by the Shades suddenly seemed like a better idea, you know!?". Hawk was now sobbing as he yelled at Daniel, the bigger man rubbed his neck and looked at him.

        "Look, I understand… I wasn’t born this way, I learnt, I adapted… I was scared again today, not knowing where she'd gone, that I HAD trusted her into your care… Knowing she was with Alistair made me feel a little better… but when we were down there, and her markers where smashed up… I didn’t know what to think…" Daniel finished quietly, his hand softly scrubbed his mouth and he straightened looking at Hawk, "From now on you do a head count EVERY check point, even every damn corner if you have to… Understood? I don’t want this happening again, to anyone…". Hawk nodded as he wiped his face trying to calm down as Daniel braced him in a brotherly hug, slapping him hard on the back, "Go get something to eat and have a shower… I'll take night watch"

        "But you've just-"

                "Earnt it, I know… Go get a decent nights rest… I'll be fine".