Sergeant Hartman's Story

Chapter 9: The Forest

Now I could go on an adventure.

Morocco. Seriously, why was there snow in the middle of Morocco? I could never find the answer.

Anyways, we were walking through the suddenly snowy forest looking at the map, when we heard a sound.

"You're dead. I've killed you. Right here." The voice belonged to a male.

"AAAAAHHHH!" That was a female.

Then we heard something like fighting.

"Looks like we've got some trouble!" I said.

I got out my rifle and led everyone to the sounds.

When we came to the site, there were indeed 2 people fighting. A blond girl, and a bearded man. So I took action.

"Alright, hands up!" I yelled. "What's going on? I want an explanation."

They immediately stopped fighting and put their hands up. Well, at least, the girl did.

The man didn't. "Hanna, it's alright." Was all he said.

I could have yelled some more, but when the man said that it was a simple misunderstanding, I paused, hoping that he wouldn't fight.

"My name is Erik Heller. I was just training my daughter Hanna as an undercover agent, or spy, if you will. We're not actually fighting, it's fine."

Phew. I was glad that they weren't fighting, but I had other matters to discuss.

So I told the father and his daughter about our situation, and for some reason, when I said 'Marissa Wiegler', Erik's eyes went wide.

It was even more shocking when I heard that they were fighting against Marissa too!

"Father, I'm ready, you know." Hanna told him.

"Well, I suppose we can work together."

I looked over at Private Terra and Aqua, who nodded. I knew that it was safe.

So we began traveling together. While we did, Erik and I had pretty good conversations with each other.

Except when Erik talked about his past. He had a hard time talking, but we eventually got through it.

I was pretty surprised to hear about how Marissa killed Hanna's mother. Apparently, before she died, she entrusted Hanna to him, even though they hadn't had her together. At that time, Hanna had been just a baby.

It was a secret, and Erik trusted me to keep it. So I did.

And as we traveled, we came across a Taco Bell. When Terra started talking about it, he made us all hungry.

So we went in and ate, but as if this trip hadn't had enough excitement, Hanna pointed towards a van. And guess who was in it? Issacs.

Who else would it be?

So, as if on cue, he drove the van towards us, and we ran.

It was the first car chase of my life.

447 words.