Far Cry 5: The Panther

The F.A.N.G. Center

Luke's Bike climbed as he made his way to what he hoped would be the F.A.N.G. Center. Without his map, he would be traveling Hope County blind. Just getting from John's Ranch to Fall's End took him four days. Continuing on, he seen a tell-tale giant bear in the sky.

Reaching for his radio, he prepared to try and reach a man name Eli. Luke was contacted earlier by the deputy and some man named Dutch.

~Earlier~

Luke had just crossed into the Whitetail Mountains, and he was getting anxious.

"Hello, Luke are you on this frequency?" The sound of a gruff old man voiced over his radio.

"Yeah, and who might this be?" His voice was untrusting, who the hell would be calling him?

"Hey Luke, it's Rook! Where the hell are ya?" Luke smiled at the female's voice that came over the frequency.

"Well Rook, I would tell ya, but it's gonna be real dangerous." Luke could feel her roll her eye's through the radio.

"Your saying that the mark on my collarbone isn't from a dangerous dead man?" Luke hesitated to answer, to Rook and everyone else, he was dead. But in reality, he was safe and sound at Joseph's compound.

"Y-yeah, I-I guess your right."

"Hey kid, you alright there?" Dutch's voice came over the radio again surprising Luke.

"Alright Rook, I'm heading up to the Whitetails to deal with Jacob. I guess i really can't stop you from heading out this way." 

"Hold on tell me wear you are!" Rook began to gather her things before heading out.

"Just listen to the cultist chatter, you'll figure it out." Rook sighed as she sat back down.

"Go on kid, I'll keep in touch and tell you if anything happens. Hey Luke, there's someone up there who could use some help. His name is Eli, I'll tell him your coming." Luke smiled as he pocketed his radio.

Stopping his vehicle, he put the kickstand down, and slowly made his way over to the ledge.  Having only his pistol, he realized now how dangerous this mission would actually be. Looking through his binoculars. three machine gun nests, two alarms, one sniper, two , one Heavy, and 2 wolves, why were there wolves here?

Slowly making his way down, he kept to the evening shadows, and maneuvered. desperately trying to stay hidden, his advance was stopped when he heard a low growl. Quickly turning right, he had just enough time to see a wolf jump on him. Quickly moving his arms into position, he flipped the animal and snapped it's neck. 

That would be his undoing as it let out a loud yelp when he did.

"Hey, you hear that?"

"Yeah, I'm gonna go check it out."

Luke laid low to the ground as a peggie made her way over to his spot. Pushing a little bit of brush out of the way, the body of a dead Judge came into view. Opening her mouth, all she felt was a hand cover it before a knife found it's way into her neck.

Luke slowly laid the body down and closed her eyes, leaving streaks of blood along her face. Securing her assault rifle, he made is way around to the front, before the sound of a dreaded siren filled his ears.

~Elsewhere~

Rook drove through the whitetails, avoiding the main roads in hopes of finding Luke. Her hand hovered over her radio waiting for Dutch to call about any information on his location. Almost an hour and a half has past and nothing about Luke's location has come up. Fearing the worst, she begins to turn around as Dutch's voice breaks the suffocating silence around her.

"Hey kid, I'm hearing all sorts of chatter on the Peggies frequency about an attack on the F.A.N.G. Center, I'm thinking it might be your friend. Eli said he'll keep an eye out for your friend. Dutch out." Rook sighed in relief as she answered back.

"Thanks Dutch, I'm heading there now, Rook out." Slamming on the gas, she pulled out onto one of the wider roads and barreled down the winding roads to the F.A.N.G. Center. Stopping early, she climbed to a higher point and pulled out Luke's rifle. A quick scan of the area showed Luke was held down right inside of a giant Cheeseburger.

Multiple vehicles pulled up around the compound and there were too many for him to take out on his own.

Panning back to Luke, she watched as he slowly exited the cheeseburger with his hands up. She watched in worry as his clip ejected from his pistol as he chucked it to the ground. Two peggies quickly detained him as she fired the first round. The spray of red surprised bot Luke and the peggies as Luke dove for cover, securing the weapon that the now dead cultist had.

Firing continued from both sides as the Deputy provided cover fire for Luke, until there were only two left standing.

"To any Whitetail Militia who hear this, this is Park Ranger Luke Wilmette, the F.A.N.G. Center has been liberated. I repeat, the F.A.N.G. Center is ours!" Luke clipped his radio back to his belt loop as he watched the cliffline for any sign of the sniper who had helped him. 

He scoffed when the Deputy stood up and began to wave at him. 

"And just what the hell are you doing?" He yelled, although he doubted she heard him a second later her voice came over his radio.

"I don't know, but from up here it looked like I just saved your ass!" the next voice that was heard stopped them both.

"Look what we have here, an Deputy who thinks she's a soldier, and a sniper who still thinks he's in the war." Jacob's voice taunted them from over the radio.

"Listen here assho-"

"Jacob, you know as well as I do, war doesn't stop for a soldier until he dies." Luke's solemn voice said one sentence, but it showed just Rook just how much he had seen in his time of service.

"Tell me something Luke, when you go to bed at night what do you see, hmm? Happy dreams of a peaceful life, or maybe the smiling faces of your family?" Rook knew what Jacob was trying to do, angering Luke into a rash reaction. She clicked her radio on to give Jacob an earful, but was silenced before she could do so.

"The face of a child through the view of my scope. He couldn't have been older than five, but there he was with a god damned suicide vest on, running at my guys. That's what I see when I sleep. Tell me you sadistic fuck, what do you see, huh." Deputy watched as multiple vehicles pulled into the Center, none bearing the Project's insignia.

"It doesn't matter, I know your weakness, your weak, and my hunters are coming for you. But I think I'll take the little Deputy first." Jacob's voice echoed in his head as he looked back at the Deputy.

"Dep, I need you to go to the Henbane and help the Sheriff."

"Luke, I can't do-"

"Shut up and just do it! I'll keep in touch with Dutch, but the last thing I need is for you to get caught, no arguments." Luke watched as she stomped her foot before storming off.

"Are you the Park Ranger?" Luke turned around when he was addressed.

"Yeah, and I'm speaking to?"