Call of Duty Ghosts: The Aftermath

Chapter 12

KEEGAN

The door opens, and Merrick, Logan, Spike and I all turn. Gavin and Hesh walk in, and Hesh is....smiling?

I haven't seen him smile like that since before he was turned by Rorke. I wonder what Gavin said to him to make him actually break out of his shell and come up here.

They walk over, Hesh going straight to Logan. They talk and hug, and I turn to Gavin.

"What did you do to get him out here?" I ask, and Gavin smiles as he walks over to Spike, Merrick and I.

"I just told him how we understand. That it's not his fault, and that we can help."

I nod slightly and grin.

"Nice."

Turning back to Spike, I lean on the counter.

"So you were saying?" I ask, and Spike nods.

"Right. Gavin and I have been tracking some of the military movements around, and we think we might have found something. In New Mexico, we got a small ping from a radio tower."

Hesh and Logan look up and walk over.

"So what?" Logan asks, and Spike turns around.

"It was on the channel that the Ghosts use." He says, and my eyes widen, as does everyone else's.

Hesh steps forward.

"Hold on. You're telling me there are more Ghosts still out there?" He asks, and Spike shrugs.

"Well, there were 14 of us, to begin with. Rorke, Elias, Ajax, Merrick, Keegan, me, Gavin, Kick, Thrash, Bolt, Heath. Then there's Slate, Match, and Cody. The elite Shadow squad. The three of them were always their own team, working the lowest profile and highest risk missions. They were all very strong men when they became Ghosts, but not as strong as you boys. Or Keegan." He glances to the side at me, and I smirk.

"I was 18 when I became a Ghost," I say, catching Logan's wide eyes. Merrick nods.

"Slate was thirty-two, Cody was thirty-one, and Match was thirty. I had no idea they were still...well....alive. We haven't heard from them in 9 years. But, just yesterday, we got a small ping from New Mexico. On the channel that us Ghosts still use. Only the Ghosts. Rorke doesn't even know about it. So our first thought was that it was Shadows."

I cross my arms.

"Can we get a message back to them?" I ask, and Spike shrugs.

"I mean...I don't know. The signal from here is pretty weak. Although....." He trails off, and Merrick raises his eyebrow.

"Spike, what is it?" He asks, and Spike looks to the side at Gavin, who looks at us.

"Since you guys need to get out of South America anyway, we could travel up to New Mexico to try to find them," Gavin says as Logan and Hesh look at each other.

Hesh glances back at us and narrows his eyes.

"Trust me, I want to get as far away from this fucking place as possible. And I do want to find the other Ghosts." He says with a determined look on his face, and Logan puts his hand on Hesh's shoulder.

"Yeah. Me too. If there are more Ghosts still alive, we have to find them." He says, and I turn to Merrick.

He sighs, then raises his gaze to Spike and Gavin.

"How would we get out of the area, though? The Federation has all access roads to any other area blocked."

Gavin and Spike exchange a smirk, then turn back to us.