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White scratches the side of her nose. "Out in the middle of nowhere? This doesn't seem like a high-priority area. But what do I know?" She shrugs and stomps her foot on the lawn. "I hate bugs. Anyway, we're just here looking for our man who left his post."

White glances back down to the injured soldier.

"All right, Lopez, we found you," she says and nods to Croston.

Lopez swings his arms wildly as the muscled soldier hoists him up as easily as a father carrying a squirming toddler.

"No, no," Lopez mutters until Croston sits him in the back of the Humvee and closes the door.

"Well, our work here is done," she says in an upbeat tone. She picks up Lopez's pistol from the ground and tucks it into her belt. "Let's head out, boys."

As the soldiers turn to leave, you…