Vison gained but what is all of this stuff cluttering my vision it is just like those video games I played as a kid and when we were at Wick.

A map in the top right corner showing terrain and the weather and wind speed and a little bit of a range finder but marks of distance like on scopes or maps to indicate scale the one thing I suck ass at “Now the process is done as you are the only person who can operate this helmet for life unless its gets hacked from outside sources which is more common than you think can happen” Keep that in mind later me “Now you may see a bunch over clutter over you vision but one easy way to get rid of it is touch twice on the sensor and it closes all ‘tabs’ not in use or required for it to operate” already having my hand there a push it twice and my vision can breathe.

Looking around with this thing on is defiantly going to be an experience and a half to get used to. I look over towards the twins to look at their ‘newer’ model helmet though hunter helmets according to Jackson has stopped being produced a little over 25 years now but this was the new model that was introduced 5 years before it went into dirt. Their helmets seem more angler and sharp while mine and Jackson’s seemed to be rounder and with less angles as to keep a low profile while the twins are for tracking and close combat with knifes and such.

“Alright in your own time you can customise the helmets view and such but time for us to get to the tracking system for allies and such” he breaths in as he had been talking quite a lot “now if you please tap the right side ear piece of your helmet twice you will have a menu of sorts popup” I bring my hand over from where it was at the sensor to the earpiece and double tap lightly with my index finger and like he had said a sort of menu like thing pops up in my view.

It is spit up into two sections the allies registered and pending request tab “Now, look at one another and it should say to add to allies this can only happen if both parties have this tab open” I look over to Jackson add him to allies but the process is weird kind of.

You look at the person and it pops up saying do you wish to add to allies and you have confirm or not to confirm but to do that you have either nod or say yes, how does it know if I nod or not unless it knows from the camera allowing me to see which is smart, for all of them I just nod my head once and it works so I won’t complain one bit about it.

With everyone added to the list the map shows blue dots of where they are and I would presume that every else has the same thing as well “Now that is done we can get moving make sure you helmet lights are on full brightness it is a setting that is found near the top left 4 option” I look over to where he said and saw a sun with half not filled and half-filled the universal symbol for brightness settings I guess.

When I looked over to it a screen popped up showing a scale I…… “Set to max brightness” I said in a whisper low enough not for anyone to hear this is also when Jackson pour water over the fire leaving the room to be illuminated with the hue of our helmets with both mine and Jackson’s giving off more than join in the twins.

the room in the middle had the dying out glow of the fire with 4 helmets with lights with the same pattern looking towards it as it dies I would imagine anyone looking at this would think something supernatural is happening at this current moment.

The sound was dominated by the howls of the wind roaring in the background with the sudden cracks and pops coming from the dying fire in front of us “Let’s move” Jackson says that I hear in my right ear me and the other two stand grabbing our rucksacks and throwing them over our shoulder and heading towards the exit to this hideout that we found.

When we step out the howls of the snow get louder even while wearing a helmet it is still loud enough to hear clearly I look at the map in the corner of my view and the map in my hands and watch as the map in the corner updates with information so I pack up the map I had psychically in my hands and stash it away in a pocket in my jacket.

I look at the map find which direction is right as it has this helpful thing of direction facing so I was easy to find which way to go and go in that direction.

Behind me the others follow as Jackson is at that age to where he can’t always take the lead he needs some breaks mark was designated as the sentry and merry was to keep an eye on Jackson if anything were to happen to him so I was to take lead but if one of were to get separated before having the helmets we all knew how read maps and compasses although being a little hard use as snow is flying at you at high speeds.

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with what feels to be 4 hours of travel I begin to see distant and tall structures, the city Mabey, looking back I see tree sets of helmet lights.

Letting out a deep sigh of relief that no one was left behind in this type of severity of the storm thank God it is going to be over in 2 years as the storm is relentless when it want to be. When everyone caught up I wanted to know if they were alright but judging by what is coming through the earpiece the twins are a little puffed and the old man Jackson can still go on as it sounds like he is fine but I doubt it.

I start the track again to the city sliding down the dune of snow that had piled up and landing firmly on my feet while not being submerged in snow.

This is good we have finally reached solid ground and by the feel of it quite warm ground, could it be that the city was found here due to how warm it is?

I continue on to the city that gets closer by each step I take at this point I feel like I can taste it I don’t like how I think of that.

Before long we are in the heart of the city, it really is abandoned like the info broker said, I could not help but look upwards to see the sky as pure white as ever and tall buildings missing the tops of them due to decay.

This is our new home and where me and mark are going to be trained to become hunters.

“Hmm, what is this is my sis showing interest in our boy over there” mark said that filled my ears, I look towards the twins and Jackson where both are looking at merry I can’t tell what their face look like but by how they are acting.

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They are very intrigued and smug.

“Come on stop fooling around for the moment we need to find a place to set up camp then a way to eat food reliably and power so we use electronics and charge the helmets that have a really long battery life it seems” I say to get us organised when it should be Jackson doing it.

We continue to wonder exploring the city more to get the layout for it until we stumbled across a building that had lost most of it structure from 2 floor up inside of it was clear like it was being contrasted but never really finished but to a point where you know what is going to look like.

Just another normal looking building that was going to reach the stars like every other building made.

This place had nothing in it but rooms built and same with the upper floor rooms built and stairs leading to what will now be the roof but with how many rooms are located throughout the building and how perfect it is for people to live in a homemade house of sorts I am expecting more people to live here in the future.

I hate how this feels like a very poor planed story waiting to happen, make me wonder what it would be called Hotel after the ice age, that could be a really good novel now a days.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I felt a hand on the shoulder I looked back to see it was marks hand he gestures back towards the other 2 silently looking around.

We both walk over getting the attention of both merry and Jackson “so make this the new home base this time for indefinite time” mark said with a happy tone “sure why not it is going to need some work though like finding windows, doors and other materials to build with” said merry in exhaustion, I don’t really blame her for brin exhausted as the storm is really bad outside more so than usual.

“I agree this place is already partially built and it is located near the heart of the city so we have easy travel to other areas” Jackson says in his wise deep voice “it does have a lot of room for things to be placed around so I say yes as well” I say more intrigued about how much this place can hold inside.

“Well, this is our new home now decided by us so let’s find stuff to build it” we all nod and headed outside “Oh, yeah old man did not say that there was a military base here that used to belong to the Arcaisian empire right?” he looks over to me surprised I even remembered what he had said about that place “Yes, if you head north on the outskirts” he pointed in the direction also giving me a marker on my map of the general location “Thanks I am going to secure us some weapons that are military grade and that are better than just these combat knifes we have” I walk by mark and Jackson to stop at merry unclip one of the knifes I had around my thigh and pass it to her.

She gave me questioning look “In case you come across the wolfs or get stuck somewhere” I walk away leaving merry looking at my back.

I wonder if she will ever come out of her shell and recognise her feeling, everyone including me has noticed you do act somewhat flustered around me but you marry, is that one incident still scaring you even after this long amount of time.

I shake my head to think straight and remind myself what I was originally going to do and that was to get weapon’s to be able to defend ourselves better and well to help for us train with actually weapons then having no weapon’s to train with.

Walking is something, you get time to think to yourself with quiet that you can feel sometimes.

Looking back on our whole adventure together for the first 4 years of wondering that we did nothing really happened to really push us close it was just walk, find suitable place to sleep wake up, eat, and repeat until we settled at Wick which I barely have memory of with happened there but do remember that one particular incident onwards. Then the 2 years after that until now was the same routine we were used to.

We did have one hiccup along the way though and that was when merry cut something to make a path through, she had unknowingly cut a piece of rope for a trap to headshot someone with a knife. We were lucky that I was quick enough to push her out of the way and block the attack with my hand having a hole put through it and an infection leaving me sick for a month till I felt better, I have a scare on my hand due to that and merry blamed herself that much that she put herself in a bubble and locked away her emotions.

She may still act all happy and cheerful to put our minds at ease but we all know she is doing it to punish herself.

I was suddenly pulled from my thoughts as I had run into a fence unknowingly, God I need to stop going into deep thought whenever I am travelling so these things can stop happening. I look around to see if I could find a sign to see if I had the right place, I look over to my map and see that yes I am here.

I take a deep breath in and let it out, I reach for the top of the fence and grab I proceed to pull myself up and throw over one of my legs to create a balance so I don’t fall, I bring over the leg and slide of the top and land on my feet.

I look around for bit and start walking to a what looks like a storage area in the far distance, this place I wonder what it used to be an airfield an actual military base housing soldiers ready for war at a moment’s notice.

While walking I notice a sign leading that had arrows point in different directions before I could even read it my map expanded in my view to show me that the area I want to look in are in three different spots with possibility to find weapons in the area and having the possibility to find ammo.

The highest chance to find both was to my right, looking that way it seem like it was an Amory where most of the weapons and ammo would be stored and kept safe. I start my walk that way having my cloak sway violently towards the distant store houses as the wind is strong in going to that direction.

When I am at the armoury the question of how do I get in arises. I could blow a hole through the side of the building but that would be too risky as it would cause the ammo inside to explode and set off a chain reaction most likely.

Fuck it, I am going to blow through the door with the thermite I was given while at Wick from someone that I don’t know.

I place the charge on and step back quiet a distance away as not to get hurt and pull the rope I have connected to the thermite grenade when I do so a bright orange is seen coming from where I had placed it.

Before long the bright orange and red glow of thermite being ignited dropped to the ground and started to puff out.

I walk over and open the gate leading into the armoury seeing many racks of weapons full and storage boxes full of ammo.

I walk a bit more into the armoury and see a weapons locker not packed to the brim with stuff I walk over to see one singular rifle sitting there alone in the locker. I grab it and put the sling over my head and put my right arm through.

The sniper rests pointing downwards and the butt of the gun reaching my left shoulder and the barrel going down to my knees and this thing is heavy as all hell but not to much to the point of having it weigh to much and have it held at all times to not put that pressure on your neck, it is just the right amount of weight and girth for me.

I walk out with my new sniper and pistol I picked up as well in its holster on my right leg. Time to head back and tell them about the find we have.

The snow is piling up than more before I need to get back now, I walk towards the place where I jumped the fence earlier on by walk back with my actions as the footprints I had left behind were buried.

Right now, this is not good I have to rely on my map of where I am going from this point onwards, I have spent to long outside and need to hurry. I start to panic a little about what happening but keep myself calm a little bit.

I just have to follow the steps that I have taken from here to back to the place we found, I look around to see the fence I jumped a little while ago and rush towards it, at this point the snow has reached up to my ankles but a little further up from them at this point the sniper is getting in the way so I slide to my back for somewhat easer movement.

I jump the fence and head down the road as when I was in thought for longest amount time I did not take any turns just walked so if I walk down this way I should find the place.