"What surprised me most about manking during the Great War was not our ability to adapt to new arenas of conflict... but our willingness in victory to so quickly return to the old."
Fade in to dead bodies in grey armor, followed by a massive reconstruction effort
Voice: To the Director of Project Freelancer, from the Oversight Sub-committee Chairman.
Soldier: Captain Reebus! We've got something over here!
Chairman: Dear Director, I want to thank you in advance for your openness in response to our Sub-committee's request for more information.
Reebus and the soldier find a soldier in red armor and escort him through video surveiled hallways as the following dialog is done as voice-over
Chairman: We were... disappointed that your Recovery force reported a total loss at Outpost 17-B. We had hoped there would be at least one soldier left, that could shed some light on the situation. I know that your agency has enjoyed a high degree of freedom with very little scrutiny in the past few years.
PA Voice: Attention, all personnel: set kilo one, delta one, sierra one...
Chairman: It is not our intention to disrupt such a, progressive military program; but instead to find a way, we can work together, in a manner that befits all our responsibility. I am certain that you will agree. And we look forward to making this review process as painless as we possibly can.
The red soldier is brought to a room with several large view screens with various displays on them, from one of which a voice starts speaking
Counsellor: Thank you gentlemen, would you please excuse us.
The Captain and soldier bugger off somewhere
Counsellor: You are Private Walter Henderson, correct?
Henderson: Yes Sir.
Counsellor: You can dispense with the formalities Walter. Please feel comfortable to speak as candidly as you wish. Can you tell us what happened at your outpost, Walter?
Henderson: Yes Sir-ah, yes. I had been there about six months. Everything was pretty much like normal and one day this... ship... crashed.
Counsellor: I see. Is this the ship to which you are referring?
A holographic representation of the downed transport ship from the trailer shows up
Henderson: Yeah. Yeah that's it.
Counsellor: Please, tell me what was on the ship Walter.
Henderson: I don't know. The Blues got there first. They fought us off while they cleared it out. Took the stuff back to Base. By the time we got a hold of it it just seemed like a regular old transport. Our engineer said some of the wiring had been messed with but he didn't seem, you know, worried about it or nothing like that.
Counsellor: I see. Thank you for that.
Henderson: But whatever was on the ship, must have been what started the whole thing.
Counsellor: Please Walter, define "thing."
Henderson: The infection. The Blues just stopped fighting us. Some of them set up camp outside their base and trapped the rest of their team inside; blew up their comm tower for some reason. Their own comm tower. Then they blew up ours. That's why we couldn't radio for help, we couldn't figure out why they would do that. After that, nothing. No word from them at all. The CO sent a squad over... all the Blues were dead. They had killed each other.
Counsellor: Please, continue.
Henderson: We brought all the equipment back to base and brought it online. And that's when the infection started for us.
Counsellor: The soldiers became... sick?
Henderson: No. They just... they were different. Off. We would catch guys getting in to areas they shouldn't get in to. But the weird thing was, a guy would go crazy act up, and then we would throw him in a cell, and he would be fine. Then another guy would go nuts, disobey orders. Like trying to bring the comm tower back online even though we were told to leave it be. Maybe they knew it was coming.
Counsellor: They knew what was coming?
Henderson: At first we thought it was Help. It ransacked Blue Base, searched all the bodies... then it came after us. Seemed focused on the guys that were infected. Eventually, it just started killing everything.
Counsellor: Could you describe it for us, Walter?
Henderson: Not really. It moved fast, when we first saw it, and after Blue Base it was... it was different.
Counsellor: In what way, different?
Henderson: It looked, like it wasn't there. I don't know how to explain it.
Counsellor: That's alright. I know this has been difficult for you Walter. We're going to do everything we can to help you.
Two soldiers in grey walk in behind Henderson
Counsellor: Please, follow these men to your new quarters. You'll be with us as long as absolutely necessary.
Henderson obediently walks off with them, like a dog
Counsellor: You have my word. Agent Washington, what do you make of all this?
Washington: I think it sounds like exactly what I encountered.
Counsellor: Mhm.
Washington: Except it's stronger now, and becoming moreso all the time.
Counsellor: Does that concern you?
Washington: Look, the last mission I ran against this thing, I got my ass kicked by that thing while my partner got away.
Counsellor: Agent South. We feel some, responsibility for that.
Washington: Yeah you should. If that person didn't help me, I'd be dead now. So while this isn't ideal and I don't feel like sticking my neck out for you guys, if it puts me on a path that leads to him, you can trust me at least that far.
Counsellor: So you would say that you have overwhelming feelings of anger, and a need for revenge?
Washington: More than you know.
Counsellor: Excellent. Now that our agency is under investigation, the Director feels it is important for us to be as open as possible. With each other. If our suspicions are correct, the Meta has made another addition: the Omega A.I.
Washington: It was Omega and, Tex right?
Counsellor: Yes it was.
Washington: The Meta doesn't leave much behind. It's gonna be hard to track.
Counsellor: We think the best place for you to start, would be the Omega's last known location. The soldiers there have the most experience with our program.
Washington: I see. So I should contact these experts-
Counsellor: We do not like the term "experts."
Washington: Because no-one really knows what our program is doing?
Counsellor: Let's just say the term "expert" is a little too... complimentary in this particular case. Do you still have your old suit of armor?
Washington: Of course. Wait... why?
Washington suddenly appears in THE FUCKIN' GULCH in older looking armor with the same colours
Washington: Oh great.
Cuts to a bedroom with two suits of armour laying on the ground
???: Sister, why did you have to have sex with me for 20 hours straight?
???: For the last time Ghost you didn't get to the base on time so it was punishment.
Ghost: But why did Dhuka join?
Dhuka: <I joined because you are my husband and if you are going to fuck anyone that is not me than i will be a part of it.>
Sister: FOR THE LAST TIME HE IS NOT YOUR HUSBAND YOU BITCH!!
Dhuka: <OF COURSE HE IS!! HE HAS THE SWORDS AND HE SAVED MY LIFE I AM HIS SERVANT AND WIFE YOU FUCKING WHORE!!>
Sister: TRY ME!
Ghost: BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!
Both Sister and Dhuka instantly shut up and look at Ghost
Ghost: I don't want both of you fighting every time this happens.
Cuts to a montage of Dhuka and Sister fighting for you.... FOR THE PAST 14 MONTHS!!
Ghost: I love both of you so get dressed.
Sister: Why?
Ghost: Because we have company.
Washington: Hello? Hello. Anybody here?