James's POV

"You Alright?"

I ask the Woman, placing away my Bayonet as Arthur and Francis Rush Behind me, making sure non of those Combine Police officers or whatever show up. He woman stares in shock at me and my Appearance.

"W-Who are you?"

She asks me as i responded with.

"My Name is Lance Corpor-...James, My name is James Bishop. The two behind me is Francis Swofford and Arthur Grayson, we're U.S. Or supposed to be U.S. Marines."

I Explained to the Woman in Question as she quickly regains her composure.

"Just like Gordon Freeman...Ditch the Uniforms and Weapons, trust me."

We all turned to each other in confusion then turned back to the woman.

"We rather not."

Francis says as he Quickly Grabs a Passing Combine Unit and pulls him into the alleyway while knocking him cold by Arthur hitting the stock of his rifle at the Combine's head.

"Who the fuck are this guys anyways? They look like the Ripped off version of the S.A.S."

Arthur says as Francis and Him brings the Combine's knocked out form and The Dead combine behind a dumpsters.

"We call them CP's...listen, you need to follow my instructions so you can survive."

She says as Francis and Arthur finishes hiding the Bodies.

"Listen, we don't know if we can even trust you. The streets are roaming with Those...Combine soldiers or CP's or whatever! Plus, what the hell do we wear?"

Francis asks The Woman in question as she shifts her gaze to the Combine Units on the ground as everyone else followed it.

"...You gotta be shitting me."

Few Minutes Later

I uncomfortably wear the Combine Soldier's gear and uniform as we follow the woman. We had duffel bags on our backs with our gear, clothing, and weapons. We walk through the streets of the Old Manhattan Island. It looked the same, the damages were fixed. But the noticable thing was the advancements and Combine Occupation.

According to the woman now identified as Jessie, City 1 is the most secured City in the world that unlike other cities, Combine Units were dialed down, outside City 1 are Multiple Combine Garrison's, So City 1 is the safest city and no one can get inside of it but we didn't need to. This was also a stupid decision if you ask me.

As we enter the Empire state Building we walk pass a CP, staring at me noticing some blood on the chestplate but shrug its off.

As we enter the elevator Arthur sighs.

"This fucking thing sucks..."

Arthur mutters, his voice muffled and changed by the Masks we wear.

"Deal with it, i thought you three are Marines not whiners."

Jessie says to us as Francis and Arthur shuts up and i just chuckle.

The Elevator door opens as we Follow Jessie to her Home. As we stopped in front of a door she turns back to us.

"Okay, you guys just say your dropping me off after i accidently violated something. Don't worry my Mother is used to it."

We gave her a questionable stare before going with it. I knocked on the Door of the House as Jessie's Mother open it.

"Oh Dear God...What did she do now?"

Her Mother asks me and the other two.

"She...Violated a Scene by accident. We are just dropping her off."

I told the Mother as she nods, moving to the side letting us in.

"I'll just be in the Bathroom, you can leave whenever. I'll file a letter to the City Administrator about her actions."

Jessie's mother say as she enters the bathroom. I turned to Jessie with a smirk behind this Mask.

"Get in Trouble all the time?"

I ask as she grins while nodding. We enter her room and placed the Duffel bags on the ground as we all removed the Masks, revealing our balaclavas.

"Jesus that was hell..."