Teacher has returned to his cave, leaving the base full of mutants behind. There's no way he will fight with the entire base filled with armed people.
'Knowledge is a great power'
He thought. He has no knowledge on abilities of those mutants, what kind of weapons they have, how much they are trained, etc. He was wandering: He won't be able to hide in this cave forever, someone will find him, and the entire island will know about his existence. He needs the base of operations, somewhere where he won't be found, where he could gain allies. He place his AKM before him and drifted to sleep.
He was dreaming this night, bad dreaming. In his dream, he saw a military helicopter, flying in the direction of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Then, the helicopter met an invisible anomaly and catched fire. The pilot of helicopter couldn't fly back to base, so he didn't have a choice, but to make an emergency landing.
The helicopter landed roughfully on the local power plant. Ukrainian soldiers opened the doors and stepped outside. They drew out their weapons and made a perimeter next to the crashed helicopter. Suddenly, the soldier in the military exoskeleton flew backwards and slammed against the helicopter. Soldiers started shooting randomly and screaming in terror, but Teacher didn't saw what happened.
The next scene in his dream was his former brothers. The monolith were fighting with the army, using BTR's. One of the zealot saw an enemy BMP, which started shooting at his fellow comrades, he pointed his Gauss rifle and takes a shot at it. The bullet pierced through the BMP armor, killing three crew members and piercing an engine, catching the vehicle on fire. The remaining soldiers in the BMP tried to abandon vehicle, but the couldn't, all hatches were jammed. The BMP continued burning, killing all soldiers inside.
He awakened, hearing the sounds of signal stretch marks. He quickly grabbed his AKM and made his way to the exit of his cave, ready to kill any intruder. He expected a massive search party of those mutants, an army of them, random humans who were lost, but... he saw one tall and muscular middle-aged man. Who is also unusually large and broad. He has short brown hair, a beard and hazel eyes.
He wears a two-tone olive green coat over a black 3/4 sleeve shirt, and a large belt. His pants are black, with a pouch strapped to each pants leg, and his boots are brown with white fronts. His hairy arms have some scars near the edges of his sleeves. The stranger raised his arms, seeing Teacher aiming at him.
"Don't shoot, I'm not your enemy"
Teacher didn't stopped aiming at him. The stranger started speaking:
"I mean no trouble. My name is Hazel Rainart"
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Teacher didn't respond.
"Look. I don't know you. I don't know why are you here. I don't know anything about you... But in your eyes, I see a broken man. Someone or something leaved you in the great pain, and you want the ones who is responsible for it dead. Trust me, we are alike. So please, lower your gun, so we can talk like a civilized people"
Teacher hesitates, but slowly lowered his rifle. Hazel nodded and approached him slowly. Teacher and Hazel made their way in the cave, and sat down. Teacher pulled out a bottle of beer and two plastic cups. They started their conversation.
"My name is Teacher"
Said former monolith member.
"That's not a name"
Hazel said while drinking beer. Teacher agreed:
"Yes. Zone don't like names, Teacher is my nickname"
Hazel nodded, not really understanding who or what "Zone" is.
"Like I said, I just want to talk, and maybe help you"
Teacher had taken off his gasmask and drink beer from the cup. He asked Hazel what he wants to talk about and Hazel said:
"The one, who am I working on takes a great interest in you. You appeared out of nowhere, there is no evidence of you, and grimm isn't react to you. So She wants you, to work on her"
Teacher thought about it for a moment and after slurping his drink, asked:
"How it will benefit me? What she can propose to me?"
Hazel thought for a second and said:
"Literally anything you want, money, roof above your head, purpose, etc. She is the most powerful, and important person you'll ever meet"
Teacher thought: 'Smells like bullshit, but I think I got no choice. I'm living in the cave, and my supplies will last for a start of the winter. I need a shelter, money to gain supplies'
"I agree"
"Perfect. I have a bullhead in the town, pack your belongings and I will lead you there"
Teacher nodded, put on his gasmask and started packing his things.
