Four years before

"This area is cleared!"

Three UNCI squads are searching a small town in Peru, checking to see if there is any terrorist activity. Two of the Alphas search one of the rooms before taking off their masks.

"So Kyle, I heard you were dating some Polish chick. How'd that relationship turn out?"

"Alex, I would rather not discuss that right now, alright?"

"It's alright. I know you suck at relationships."

"And you're one to talk? I heard your wife kicked you out of the house. Would you like to talk about that?"

"No, why would you bring that up!?"

"Because you brought up the Polack."

Alex turns and walks out of the room, growling in anger.

Sacramento, California

Alex is sitting next to his daughter and holding her close to him. "I love you Alexis."

"I love you too dad."

Alex smiles, but something… something inside of him changes. Next thing Alexis knows, Alex is standing up and growling in rage at nothing in general.

"God damn it! Every time I… Alexis, you haven't cleaned your room since… ever! Do it now!"

"Mom, dad's angry!"

Peru

"How dare he bring her up?! Sure, I got kicked out of the house," and Alex turns around and looks back at the building he just came out of, "but at least I can get it up!"

He keeps walking when he sees this… odd shooting star. The weird part is that it was coming straight towards the building he came out of.

"Hmm… This is new… It's almost as if it's a…"

The shooting star smashes into the roof of the building and a small explosion happens a second later. Alex is thrown off of his feet and lands on his back.

"Not… a shooting… star," he manages to mumble out before pushing himself to his feet. He watches the survivors of the explosion evacuate the house, but one of the militants is dragging out… "Kyle," Alex shouts before running over to him.

"Kyle, are you alright?!"

Kyle looks up at Alex and smiles, but very weakly. "Alex, Hunter… he's hurt bad… he got hit by shrapnel from the missile launched by the terrorists… stop them."

Alex looks at the center part of the village and growls. "Those shit bags are going to burn!"

He turns around and walks towards one of the munitions cases and opens it up. He grabs the weapon inside and the militants watch their Alpha head into the main part of the village carrying a flamethrower.

"Burn you fuckers," Alex shouts as he releases the flame from the nozzle. The building resisted the flame at first, but soon shot up in a bright orange blaze. He keeps moving until he reaches the next building and does the same thing.

Three villagers; one man, one woman, and a little girl, are running from the raging inferno. Alex spots them and releases his purging fire.

"Die you animals!"

The male caught first, being the closest, and the living flame jumped from one victim to another until all were caught in the throes of death.

Alex turns around and sees a twelve year old girl staring at him. "What the fuck are you looking at?!"

The girl continues to stare which in turn makes Alex angrier. He pulls out his M1911 and shoots her in the leg. She falls to the ground and starts to cry and whimper in pain.

"Oh that's right, cry little girl. I want you to cry and scream… Scream as loud as you can!"

The girl keeps on screaming, but Alex isn't impressed. He shoots her in her other leg and she screams even louder.

"There you go! Now let's try to get you to bleed even more."

He aims the gun at her chest and fires three shots. Each shot hits a vital area and she lies on her back and tears begin to fall from her eyes. Alex looks at her frail form and laughs, but she's soon replaced by… Alexis, his daughter.

"Alexis," says Alex before the tears start to stream down his face, "Oh Alexis, I'm… I'm so… so sorry! I… I… Oh God, I… I'm a monster!"

"Where's Alex?"

"Ryan, he'll come back, I promise."

"Kyle, he's been gone for three hours inside of the burning village. How do we know he isn't hurt?"

"It's Alex; have you ever seen him get injured?"

"No, but he's been gone for a long time. I'm going after him and I'm going to bring him back."

"Ryan wait!"

Ryan turns around and looks at Kyle. "What?"

Kyle grabs his pistol and hands it to Ryan. "I know it's not much, but it's something. Now go find him."

Ryan smiles and twists around. He soon runs off into the burning village.

"Alex! Where are you Alex?! Alex!"

As Ryan is walking, one of the burning buildings collapses in an explosion of dust and smoke, causing Ryan to back away from the building. As he coughs and chokes on the smoke, he turns to see Alex in the center of the town, kneeling in front of a girl.

"Alex, there you are!"

Ryan rushes to Alex and hears him… crying?

"Alex… what's wrong?"

"I… I killed her… I killed her I killed her I killed her! I killed her and… I tortured her like she was some… creature of the night! I deserve to burn in this place! I'm nothing but a monster!"

"Alex, you're not a monster, you just… just went a little crazy, but it's over now."

Alex stands up and twists around and glares at Ryan. "How the fuck was that supposed to help?! 'Oh, you just went crazy, that's all.' Don't treat me like I'm some insane freak!"

"Alex, just relax and I'll get you out of here. You can beat me up later, okay?"

"No, I'm going to beat you so bad that the dirt will be stained crimson with your blood you little shit!"

Alex lunges at Ryan, but Ryan twists around and runs through the burning village, attempting to lead Alex back to the convoy.

"Get your ass back here you pathetic piece of trash! I'm going to grind your bones to dust!"

Alex watched the fleeting form of Ryan in front of him and that just made him angrier. He wanted to seriously beat the little shit.

As he follows Ryan through the burning village, he suddenly, he falls to his knees in pain. He sees Ryan turn and start to shout at him… but he couldn't hear him. He turns his head and sees three people walking towards him, weapons drawn. He turns his head back to Ryan and sees him shoot multiple times and he can feel his face becoming wet with his aggressors' blood. Ryan soon holsters his pistol and runs towards Alex, concern evident on his face.

Even though Ryan is yelling, Alex could barely hear his words. "Alex… alright! Everything… Do you understand? Are… right?"

Alex just looks at him. Ryan pulls out his radio and shouts, "Medic! We need a medic over here! We're in the western part of the village! We have wounded!"

"Copy that, Recovery team is on its way."

A/N: The next part is going to be about Ryan. R&R