Morning came and soon everyone woke up. Riot rubbed his eyes, trying to clear up his vision. "Jackal...? Deacon..?" Riot said in a raspy morning voice. He began to worry as they both were nowhere to be seen and not a single word about where they went.
Riot slowly stood up and walked over to Dozer. He shook him a few times before raising his voice. "Dozer get up, both Deacon and Jackal are missing," Riot said with a slight panic in his voice.
Dozer sat up and mumbled a little. "What are you on about" Dozer cleared his throat and began realizing what Riot had said. "Wait what? So you have no clue where they went?" He asked with a brow raised.
"No I have no clue and I have a feeling Deacon has something to do with it, I mean think about it, all he was talking about was taking Jackal to get tested to figure out how he's immune," Riot explained. Dozer thought about it for a moment and sighed.
"Yeah, my guess is he took Jackal away while we were asleep." Dozer stretched and grabbed his gear. "Alright then, let's head out and try and find those two." Dozer looked at Riot waiting for approval.
"Damn straight, and if I find that bastard, his head is going to be on a pike," Riot promised. The two got set up and made their way out of the stone structure and into the woods.
Riot crouched down and looked at the dirt. "Hmm this trail looks fresh, let's follow it, it may lead us to them." Dozer nodded and they both began following the trail.
An hour went by and yet they still hadn't found any more clues about their whereabouts. Suddenly Dozer stopped and gestured for Riot to stop moving. Dozer then proceeded to point at a cabin in the far distance. "They might be in there and it doesn't hurt to check" He suggested. Riot gave him a nod, approving of this suggestion.
The duo moved closer and closer to the cabin. Every step made them feel more and more uneasy. Once they were about 40 feet away from them they both stopped and looked at one another.
"Something's off but I'm not sure what it is," Riot whispered to Dozer. he nodded showing that he felt the same. Suddenly the two were shot at by a barrage of bullets. Riot took cover behind a tree as quickly as he could and Dozer did what he could and ran for the nearest cover he could find.
The door to the cabin creaked open and Deacon walked out along with two extra men behind him. "How the hell...where did those guys come from? Was this a trap from the beginning? fuck, man.." Riot gritted his teeth and grabbed his G36C.
"Come out boys, we both know how this is going to end!" Deacon shouted. "You just prolonging the inevitable!"
Riot waited until he was done talking and shot a few rounds off at them, only managing to hit one of the men in the back however it didn't kill them. Dozer took advantage of this and shot one of the men down while they were distracted with Riot.
"Good shit Dozer, I'm going to attempt to fla-" Riot was cut off the radio as he was now being tackled to the ground by Deacon. "Grr get off me you traitor!" Riot shouted in pure anger.
"Hold on I'm coming!" Dozer shouted as he stood up and ran as fast as he could over to Riot. Before he could reach him, the other man that was behind Deacon shot him in the leg sending him tumbling to the ground.
Riot punched and kicked as Deacon tried subduing him. He quickly got the upper hand rolled on top of Deacon and began punching his face in. "YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF DEACON!" Riot shouted with blood on his fist.
Deacon was now barely breathing but Riot decided it was best not to kill him but rather let him suffer the consequences.
Riot stood up, somewhat wobbling in the process. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back and checked to see what it was. "what the.." he grabbed whatever was poking him in the back. pulling it in front of him, his eyes widened. He was stabbed with a tranq dart in the middle of the fight. "How did I not...notice that.." Riot quickly fell to the ground in an almost paralyzed state before falling asleep.
"R-Riot no!" Dozer cried in pain as he tried crawling to him. The man who shot him then proceeded to stab him with a tranq dart and soon Dozer was out cold.