Death is Inevitable (Higgs Monaghan X F! Reader) [UNDER EDITING]

Part 16: Returning East

[Name]'s POV

My eyes slowly open and I sit up to find I'm in a jungle. Moonlight peeks through the tall trees, and I get onto my feet at the sound of helicopters flying overhead.

'My guess is this is Vietnam during the Vietnam War.' I frown while creating an assault rifle out of chiralium. 'I need to find Sam.'

I call Sam with my odradek while creeping along a path in the jungle. "[Name], you all right?" he asks right when he answers.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Cliff ought to be here, so we need to find him. It's going to be hard to meet up since we're in a jungle, and there's not necessarily a place that stands out that we can meet up at. Best thing I can suggest is we make our way towards where we hear fighting; hopefully, we'll run into each other."

"This battlefield... is this-"

"Vietnam?" I respond and smirk faintly. "It has to be, so be extremely careful here, Sam. Guerrilla warfare tactics were utilized largely in this conflict. Watch out for traps and ambushes. We're in a jungle which is perfect for this type of warfare."

"All right, I'll be careful. Hopefully, I'll see you soon," he says before hanging up.

'All right, now to head towards the closest fight,' I sigh before making my way towards where I hear explosions going off.

The smoky night sky lights up orange from the light of the explosions going off, and I sneak past wooden huts and helicopters on fire as I get closer to the fight. I pull the charging handle on my rifle back and release it as I try to avoid the gunfire of helicopters and ghost-like figures.

Missiles hit the ground around me, and I start sprinting, making my way towards a wooden house that's on fire. Voices from the past fill my ears as I creep into a village, gasping when I spot Sam heading in my direction.

"Sam!" I call out, and he looks up before running over to me.

"Have you seen him yet?" he asks as we head through a different part of the village.

"No. I'm hoping we're close, though," I respond as the fighting ceases.

We leave the village and head back into the jungle, walking down a path until Sam suddenly clutches his head. He places his hands on his knees and takes several deep breaths before standing up straight and looking at me.

"He's looking for us," he tells me.

"All right, well, at some point, we'll run into him since he wants BB," I respond, and we make our way forward, sliding down behind a log when we spot several of the skeletal soldiers.

I peek out of cover and shoot at one while Sam kills the other, and we move into the brush as more of the soldiers run down a hill towards where we are. I fire at them from the cover of the brush before continuing forward and killing each one I see.

Cliff appears out of the brush, and Sam and I shoot at him while avoiding his bullets until he disappears into a puddle of tar and leaves behind tracks, showing us where he went. Sam and I follow them deeper into the jungle, winding around the bottom of a hill before walking up part of it.

We press up against a large rock when we spot one of the soldiers, and Sam shoots at him while I duck down and rush towards some brush. I shoot at the skeletal soldiers I see, killing them as I make my way around the area.

I spot Cliff shooting at Sam, who fires back, and I sneak up behind him and shoot him several times in the back of the head. He retreats into a puddle of tar, leaving behind smaller puddles as tracks to show us where he went.