Marcus stepped out into the courtyard once more, it was still dark out. Then again, the weather was really overcast this week, so it felt like it was night all week. It made alot of people paranoid but Marcus just used it as an excuse to kill vampires 24/7. He could tell who called him down when he saw a highly decorated, uniform-clad officer staring at him as he walked out of the elevator, like he was waiting for someone. Marcus walked up to the man and saluted, though it was an empty gesture, he had no respect for the military.<br/><br/>"Marcus Anders, Civilian Class One I presume?" the officer said.<br/><br/>"Yes sir." Marcus replied, "You called for me?"<br/><br/>"That is correct...we have a problem and all of our forces are a bit busy what with what the eggheads are calling a "Prolonged Night". Weather's going to hell and so is the war effort." he reached in his pocket and lit a cigar, putting it in his mouth, "I need you to go on a search and rescue mission."<br/><br/>"What kind of search and rescue sir?" Marcus asked.<br/><br/>"We sent out a squad of commandoes to do a reconnaisance mission in vamp territory," he said. He took another long puff from his cigar and blew a cloud of smoke, "It's been awhile and he hasn't reported back to the fort nor has he reported on his radio to say he would be late. I want you and a group of civies to locate him and bring him back if possible."<br/><br/>"Is that all sir?"<br/><br/>"Yes, your team is waiting for you outside, they have been briefed same as you and have a map that will tell you the general area where Tyler (that's the leader) and the rest of the squad might be, understood?"<br/><br/>"Understood sir." Marcus saluted reluctantly and the officer saluted back.<br/><br/>"Happy hunting Marcus." he said.<br/><br/>"Thank you.... sir." Marcus hesitated on the title this time. He walked out the frontside gate and met his team in an army 4x4. They drove away into the forest, most of them afraid of the mission they were put on.