Victor let out a low soft sigh and nodded. He has his life back, he thought she was gone, but she is back. He couldn't feel any better then this at this moment. He knelt on the floor, holding on of Natalie's hands, his head bowed again her chest after the kiss. He didn't care about anything else at the moment, his only concern, is keeping her alive. They still had so much to do. As they flew he thought that the PMC and all callers would give them a little time perhaps. They'd both survived an explosion, and Natalie needed to go on the mend for abit. A few weeks wouldn't hurt anything.

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[i]Wakhan province, near the border[/i]

Carl grit his teeth, that last fucking rock he had stepped on had been slippery and he'd twinged his ankle again! He hadn't had time to do more then wrap it during a rest stop some time back. He had twisted it after the crash. Cranked it good, it wasn't broken as he could walk on it, but it wasn't healed up either. A very bad sprain. But he was toughing through it. Every step he took felt like a knife being thrust into his calf, but he just wasn't willing to use something as a crutch. He blew out a long deep breath, hard and fast, clearing his nostrils. Bringing his LMG up to his shoulder for the thousandth time it felt like. He scanned the area behind them through his scope. He grunted as he lowered the weapon and limped higher.

After abit Ramsay spoke up. Carl couldn't help but chuckle a little, "How'd we get into this? That is...a really damned good question." He used the butt of his LMG to help him up a ridge before responding, "I was Canadian Armed Forces, big fire fight, got my hands on a LMG kept back a whole Taliban raider group, took three rounds, leg, arm and shoulder. Got out of their, and was put into the Canadian Rangers, the incorrectly named Arctic Patrol. Someone heard about what I did with an LMG, they brought me down presented me with one of those." He pointed at Ross, "The suit he's got on. Of course I accepted the job but I sent the suit back to Canada, got this sleek beauty you see here back. They put me and Capn Ross together after that." He winced and nearly stumbled as his ankle twinged again.