As Ghost and Liberty entered the dining facility, the room grew silent as the two marched up to food window to get the Ghost something to eat. As he places his order, a small group of people begin making their way to him, only to be greeted by Liberty Bell.
"Hey, you're the one called the Ghost of Ottawa right?"
"Yea, what's it to you? Trying to size me up?"
"No, no. We are the leaders of the other test groups. From what we watched of your run, you did a fucking awesome job leading them! You build this absolute unit! You're incredible!"
"I didn't do anything alone. My team and I did it."
"True, but without you, the math just fails. I'm Jenkins by the way, my group is out of New York. My second in command is Liam, he and Daniel spoke earlier. My group survived a year in the simulation, but we died do disease warfare in our run."
"Listen, I'll chat with everyone later, right now, I'm grabbing a bite to eat then heading to bed."
"Oh..alright! We'll chat later yea?"
"You got it Jenkins."
As the Ghost took his sandwich back to his room, he let Liberty Bell inside and shut the door and sat down on the bed.
"Is there something wrong Ghost?"
"I don't....It's complicated Liberty."
"How so?"
"Everything was a simulation, I watched everyone die...I died."
"As did I, but here we are, back in the real world."
"Liberty, what is the last thing you remember?"
"I watched to spend your last moments on the steps of the Reddick Mansion, I could not see what you saw, but from the look on your face, you were….at peace."
Meanwhile, Commander D. Perry went into the command center, there, scientists and soldiers were monitoring the entire Area 32.
"How's the Ghost doing?"
"Similar to the others, he's experiencing some trauma and trouble adjusting to this extreme change."
"Is he alright?"
"Yes, why do seem so invested in him?"
"Let's just say, he's about to get a whole lot more useful if things keep going the way they are going."
"Do you mean to say…."
"Nothing is confirmed yet Doctor, so keep your ideas to yourself."
Commander D. Perry stepped out and began making his rounds. All of Area 32 was designated as the US's testing ground for designing weapons and soldiers against the New World Order. Although they had yet to show themselves, the current turmoil in Ukraine was making it harder to spot their intentions.
Deeper in the facility, Commander Perry and his team had been constructing Constitution. She was much bigger and with are more powerful weapons. However, just like Juno and Leon had struggled with, the Area 32 scientists and engineers couldn't find a stable power source to keep her energy levels stable for longer than sixty seconds.
"Tell me we're making progress."
"I wish I could Commander, this beast is far from the original design, and since in the sim, the Japanese designed and built the reactor for Constitution, things aren't exactly progressing quickly."
"I spoke with Juno, she said she would help us, so hopefully she'll find a way to power this behemoth."