Ghost

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IN THE SECOND ELEVATOR, Ketevan was trying to hold back her tears, sobbing quietly in the corner while resting her hands on Ninas shoulders. Tyler put his hand on the side of her face, trying to reassure her.

"Hey. It's alright, we're gonna get you out of here, we're gonna get you back to your sister, okay?" She shakily nodded, continuing to sob quietly.

The trio made it to the roof, Ghost and Yaz shooting the Nagazi while Nik reloaded. They waited until enemy fire ceased, charging forward into a new position.

Downstairs, a Nagazi soldier waited for the elevator to open, and when it did he was met with a rigged grenade that exploded, killing him and his partner. Tyler charged out of the staircase, followed by Ketevan and Nina. They were shot from the side when they turned the corner, so the headed to the locker rooms instead.

"Assistance needed, seventh floor south side." Tyler spoke into the radio. "Stay here." He looked at Ketevan.

Yaz ran down to get the family while Ghost and Nik stayed up top, shooting the soldiers. Nik charged forward and tackled one, Ghost switching to a diving knife and stabbing a man three times in the neck. Nik sat on the mans chest, trying to shoot one of the other soldiers when the guy she was sitting on tried to grab her gun.

She swung her leg over, pivoting her body so she locked his arm under her. She shot one of the men behind Ghost while she pulled out her handgun, shooting the man Nik was on in the head. The women nodded at each other, going back to fighting.

Yaz raced down the stairs, encountering a male and female Nagazi soldier. Tyler was in the weight room, taking on six soldiers at once, while Ketevan was curled around her daughter in the locker room. Yaz killed both guards, not before being flipped into the floor and slammed into the staircase railing. And being shot twice in the shoulder and chest.

Nik and Ghost were fighting some of the most GMO men ever, and Nik got judo flipped by her riffle into the ground. She pulled out two long, slender knives, stabbing the man in the legs with them. He grabbed her by the vest and threw her into an air vent. Ghost shot at him, trying to save her partner and ignoring the man behind her. 'This is why I work alone,' she thought. The man came up behind her, and tried to grab her neck. Since he was discombobulated from being beat repeatedly with her riffle, his depth perception was a bit off and he only managed to grab her shemagh.

The head covering was ripped from her face, and two long (h/c) French braids spilled out from the pocket of fabric they were nestled in. She whirled around, shooting the man in the face, braids flying crazily behind her. Her (s/c) skin glistened with sweat. The man fell backwards off the roof, taking her shemagh with her.

On the seventh floor, Yaz would glance out the window and see the falling man with the familiar scarf, and once the worry went away he became giddy at the idea of seeing Ghosts face.

Ghost watched in horror as Nik was tackled off the roof, and when she raced over she was slightly relived to see that she had only landed on the glass awning. She was less relieved when she noticed Nik was unconscious. Still wrestling with the last two guards, she struggled to get away from them long enough to reach a weapon, so she jabbed the man in front of her in the eyes, and kicked the man behind her in the crotch. Both men hit the floor in pain. She reached for her gun, hoping to shoot the men before they could recover, only to be met with the depressing *click* of an empty magazine and chamber.

Tossing the gun at one mans head, she pulled out two more diving knives, straddling the man she hadn't thrown the gun at and stabbing him eight times, three in the throat and five in the chest. The last soldier tackled her from behind, and tried to shoot her between the eyes. She bucked her hips up, pushing the man off. She dodged a bullet to the head, but ended up with one in her right shoulder, just above the breast and below the collarbone by the armpit. She cried out, twisting the mans wrist until a sickening crunch was heard, making him drop the gun. She grabbed it from the ground, shooting him twice and checking the magazine. One more bullet.