Call of Duty Ghosts: The Aftermath

Chapter 41

1002 hours

David West

I look around, walking through the D-quadrant.

Where did Keegan go? I thought he was going to meet me in the mess hall after finding Logan. I shake my head.

"RUSS?" I shout, then I hear a yell.

"WEST!"

I turn to see Jim Carney running up behind me. He stops and catches his breath.

"I heard you're looking for Sergeant Russ?" He asks, and I nod.

"Yeah. You seen him?" I ask, and Jim shrugs.

"Sort of. Last I saw him, he was looking for the Walker kid, and I sent him over to the east wall. That's when I saw him last." He says, and I nod.

"Thanks. Want to come with? I'm looking for him." I ask, and Jim shrugs.

"Sure."

We both start to run towards the east wall, and as we get closer, I can hear something like a sob. I stop Jim, and he looks over at me.

"What is it?" He asks, and I raise my eyebrow.

"Do you hear that?" I ask, and Jim listens for a moment, then frowns.

"Crying?" He says, and I sigh.

"Jim, I'll find Keegan from here. Thanks for the help though." I say, and Jim nods.

"No problem." He runs off, and I look up at the wall.

Slowly walking up the stairs, I look to the left, then stop when I see someone slumped against the wall. Making my way over slowly, I stop in front of Keegan.

Hesitating, I sigh.

"Russ?" I say quietly, and he slowly raises his head to look at me with red eyes, his face tear-stained.

He opens his mouth to say something, but no words come out. I crouch in front of him and put my hand on his shoulder.

"Keegan, what is it?" I ask softly, and Keegan takes a deep breath, then shakes his head.

"He's gone...." He murmurs, and I raise my eyebrow.

"Wait, who's gone?" I ask, and Keegan wipes the tears away with his sleeve.

"Logan. He....he told me....I'm not his brother anymore and that he's leaving." Keegan says, and my eyes widen.

"WHAT?!" I shout, glancing around to get an idea as to where he might be. Keegan shakes his head.

"It's no use. He's long gone." He mutters, his voice cracking.

I shake my head, then grab his wrist to hoist him up.

"Come on! We have to go and see if we can stop him! He's probably in the barracks. Let's go!" I say urgently, and Keegan nods, still shaking himself back into reality.

We both run down the stairs, then through the compound over to the barracks. Glancing at Keegan as we run, I take a breath.

"Did he say why he was leaving?" I ask, and Keegan sighs.

"He said he was done with all this. That he couldn't take any of this anymore."

I sigh and frown.

Reaching the barracks, I throw open the door, and some of the soldiers at the other end give us a bit of a startled look. Running down to where Logan and Keegan's bunks are, I stop and frown when I see that Logan's pack and gun are missing. Keegan bends down to pick something up, and his expression fades to worry. I look over his shoulder a little.