by Max Barry

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Region: St Abbaddon

Once they got to their destination they got out of the armored car and walked over to a metal gate.

The wound on Shepherds shoulder was already healing… a lot faster than it should have been. Enough to where he could walk again without pain.

Jesse. “This just looks like some abandoned military base.”

Shepard. “Good. That is exactly what it’s supposed to look like.”

There was a computer terminal in front of the metal fence gate that had a robotic voice. “Please give the password.”

Shepard then types something on the keyboard and the gate opened. “Authority recognized. Welcome back General Ross.”

They went inside a little building where the only thing inside of it was an old elevator.

They took it down and it ended in a huge War Room that was very similar to the one in the Royal Palace.

Shepard. “Welcome to Shadow Company. The best handpicked group of soldiers on the planet. They are the best of the best when it comes to Black Ops and Counterterrorism.”

A soldier named Nathan then walked over to them. Jesse and Jake recognized him as one of their team members.

Jesse. “We were wondering where you were.”

Nathan. “Yeah sorry about this. Me and Jordan have been busy getting everything ready for you both to join us here officially.”

Shepard. “Shadow Company was founded by your father Emperor Brian with help from the other nations after what happened with the Oceanic Civil War. Our job is to monitor threats to various nations and make sure that nothing like that happens again.”

Nathan. “Draganisia lost over 50,000 good soldiers during our involvement in that war while the rest of the nations hardly lost anything. With Shadow Company we are making sure that they do their fair part in helping to keep peace on Abbaddon. You can guess who our #1 Most Wanted is.”

On the main screen was a picture of the Black Dragon that ambushed them.

Jesse. “Who is he?”

Shepard. “His name is Makarov. He leads a group of mercenaries that he calls The Inner Circle or TIC for short. They trade blood for money and are willing to kill anyone and destroy everything to achieve their goals. Makarov and his forces used to work for Nicholas Vinski until you two ended his plan to destroy the world.”

Nathan. “They are planning a Terrorist attack somewhere in Oceania but we don’t know where. We believe he is trying to finish what Nicolas started.”

Jake. “Have you tried to contact the Oceanic Government to warn them?”

Shepard. “We have but ever since the war they have not really liked talking to us. Especially their new President.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Boundaries shift, new players step in, but power always finds a place to rest its head. We fought and bled alongside the loyalist Oceanics. But we shoulda known they'd hate us for it. History is written by the victor. And here I am, thinking we'd won. But you bring down one enemy and they find someone even worse to replace him. In this case it’s his daughter.”

Nathan continued. “She doesn’t want anything to do with this and honestly I can’t blame her. But if she won’t listen than a lot of innocent people are going to die. That is why we have a man on the inside trying to prove that Makarov is behind all of this. His name is Allen.”

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