7. Josiah Hill

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(A short chapter here!)

After meeting Maurice Fox, Ryder and the other Ghosts are now heading to a small fishing building where they can find Josiah Hill, a surviving Ghost. They arrive at the small building which is near a nice lake. Jamie gets out and limps over to the lake with Tido and Ellie following.

Tido: "Whoa, whoa. Jamie take it easy there."

Jamie: "I'm thirsty. Agh, my head feels funny. I-I think...I think I'm feeling fatigued."

Tido: "Ok Jamie, we'll rest by the lake. Ellie and I got you."

Ryder: "You 3 wait out here. Tido, make sure Jamie's alright. Ellie, you help him. I'm heading in."

Ryder walks into the small hut and he grabs out his pistol in case Hill's not there and it could be. a trap. Then, he calls out his call sign.

Ryder: "Hey! Red Queen!"

???: "White Rabbit. Ryder?"

Then, a man walks in and Ryder walks out and smiles.

Then, a man walks in and Ryder walks out and smiles

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Ryder: "Josiah? Holy shit. Nice to see you still above ground."

They then shake hands.

Josiah: "Anyone else from your chalk?"

Ryder: "Few. We're scattered."

Josiah: "Man. We sure screwed the pooch on this one."

They then sit down on a mattress in the room with Josiah grabbing a bottle of alcohol and drinking it.

(In the game, the protagonist drinks alcohol but for this, Ryder doesn't.)

Ryder: "Josiah... I saw Walker out there, hunting down our soldiers."

Josiah then looks at Ryder with disbelief.

Josiah: "You saw who?"

Ryder: "Lieutenant Colonel Walker."

Josiah: "Cole Walker? Here? Fighting our guys? There's no way."

Ryder: "I hope that son of a bitch burns in hell for what he did."

Josiah: "I thought he was your friend."

Ryder: "That was 2 days ago. Today, he's the asshole shooting at our soldiers."

Then, he gets up to take a deep breath and he looks back at Josiah.

Ryder: "So what's your lay of the land?"

Josiah then gets up and clear his throat.

Josiah: "Either Walker sank that cargo ship or someone he was working with did. Look."

He hands Ryder a phone with information. Ryder takes a look and it contains information about Jace Skell, it reveals that he's responsible for sinking the cargo ship.

Ryder: "Jace Skell sunk that cargo ship."

Josiah: "Damn. Everything that happened here is 'cuz of that prick."

Ryder: "I'll locate Jace Skell. I met some Skell Tech employees. I'll see what they know."

Josiah: "I'll try and round up more survivors. We'll link up at RP Delta."

Ryder: "Sounds good. See you later."

He then walks out and sees Jamie, who's now standing up walking normally, drinking his canteen bottle of water and Ellie and Tido who are just chatting.

Ryder: "Ghosts. Let's go. Head back to Erewhon first. I'm starving."

They then follow Ryder and get in the car and drive off back to Erewhon through the forest.


To be continued...

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