Call of Duty Ghosts: The Aftermath

Chapter 6

LOGAN

As Kick and I walk around, fingers on the triggers of our guns, I glance over at him.

"So how far do we have to go? This patrol is taking a while. We should start heading back." I say, and Kick nods.

"Yeah. We've gone far enough. Let's head back and get some food." He agrees. Turning around, we start back towards my house, walking along the cliff edge that leads precariously down into the deep ravine created when ODIN struck. The home and town that David and I had known was now a wasteland, dangerous and unpredictable.

As we walk down the road, I hear a shout ahead of us.

I instinctively raise my gun, glancing to the side slightly at Kick, who does the same. I stare ahead, then I see someone jump down from one of the walls, and look up and down the street.

Then their gaze falls on me, and our eyes lock. My eyes widen.

"Hesh?!" I shout, and he runs over to me.

"LOGAN!" He embraces me tightly, and I jolt in surprise, then hug him back.

"Hesh, are you okay?" I ask as he steps back, and he nods, staring into my eyes.

"We need to go, Logan. Now!" He says, and I tilt my head in confusion.

"What? Why?" I ask, and he shakes his head.

"We just-"

Kick steps up behind Hesh.

"Hey, you can't leave. We need to stick together." He says, putting his hand on Hesh's shoulder.

Hesh's eyes widen, then he grabs Kick's hand and spins him around, holding his arm behind his back and forcing his head down. My eyes widen, and I grab Hesh.

"What are you doing?! It's just Kick!!" I shout, as Kick struggles against Hesh. Hesh looks up at me, and there's something different about his eyes.

Something that I've never seen before; true fear, and pure rage and anger.

He lets Kick go, dropping him to the ground, then he grabs my wrist and drags me along.

"Logan, we have to leave. Rorke is still alive. I know it. I can feel it! We can't let him live!" He shouts, and I shake my head.

"I feel like he's still alive too, Hesh, but we can't just leave the Ghosts-"

Hesh groans, shaking his head.

"They'll just slow us down!!" He shouts, and I lean back with wide eyes, my usually calm and collected brother replaced with an angered, irrational young man.

I can hear Kick groan behind us, and I glance over my shoulder to see him stand up, look at Hesh, then put his finger to his ear.

"Merrick, Keegan. I found Hesh, and there's something about him. He's...not him. I need you to come down to our position. We're one click southeast of you, on the-"

Hesh glares at Kick, then walks over and grabs him, holding him in a chokehold. My eyes widen, and I start to run over. I can hear Merrick's voice crackle through the comlink.

"...Kick?.....Kick, are you there?...."

Hesh hits him over the head with the butt of his gun, dropping an unconscious Kick to the ground.

I stop in my tracks and stare at my brother with wide eyes. He looks up, and his expression of anger changes to fear.

"Logan, we have to leave!" He shouts, grabbing my arm as he runs past me. Dragging me towards the ravine, he jumps down onto a lower road that still somewhat spans it. Running across it to the other side, taking me along with him, he shoves me up onto the ledge.