Renegades

Nightwolf

Written by Kenny_McCormick56

The battle of Albany had been won. But still, I felt that the blow was not enough to take out the UF. So when the generals said that a strike team would infiltrate an important UF bunker, I was the first to sign up. Every mission needs a good sniper. I found out later that Watchdog was injured, and that's why he had not been in recent deployments. Neither was he in my team. The journey was long. I used the time in the HRATT (Heavy Rolling All-Terrain Transporter) to remember the last time I had gone to enemy lines in New Jersey. 

The cold was getting worse. Massive blizards blinded my team. I knew there was not a lot of hope. Jackdaw, one of my favorite commrades, was the most optimistic. Watchdog seemed on edge, his M16A3 slung at his side. Watchdog rarely used automatic fire, and Jackdaw was the opposite: His Kriss Vector was always wasting ammunition. We had reached a bunker. A UF guard saw us. I don't remember much after that. Everything went black. But for some reason, I had been left behind. Jackdaw was gone.

The HRATT rolled to a stop. We breached into the facility. Quickly, I found myself alone in the building. I gripped my AKM tighter. Somewhere, Major Rykes's dying plans were hidden. But the biggest suprise came later. As I walked down the snowy, broken halls, I heard a voice. Jackdaw? I thought. But it wasn't Jackdaw. It was Rykes himself.

"How the hell?" I said,"I shot you in the head!"

"I wasn't on the feild, Nightwolf."

"I never told you my codename..."

"I've always known you, Nightwolf. Ever since this stupid war began."

"The hell are you talking about?"

"Watchdog. He was going to take us down. The UF was applying pressure. I did what I had to. We were going to die."

"Wait..." I remembered the mission. Jackdaw dissapeared, and Rykes quickly became my biggest threat. "Oh my god... YOU KILLED SLEDGEHAMMER!"

"Indeed. It's me, Jackdaw. I'm alive. I turned myself in. I gave incriminating information on Watchdog in order for my freedom. But they wanted me to join. I would have defected as soon as watchdog was taken care of. But they need me..."

"Enough with the charade Jackdaw! You betrayed me," I said, reaching for my Deagle 44, "And you're the reason we all died on that mission!"

"I can't keep this going. I'm deserting."