The four looked around, they couldn't see their missing comrades.
"Back to back!" Kruger ordered. The four of them turned in four different directions and stuck their backs together. This arrangement gave them no blind spot.
Missing one person could be considered a misfortune. Missing a second one, they could chalk it up as they brought idiots with them. Missing four, however, it's not something natural. Something or someone was stalking them.
Kruger was full of disbelief. How could veterans like them be victims of stalking? Normally, it was them who stalked others. His eyes darted around the darkness, trying to spot something unusual. He truly missed those night vision goggles that he usually brought during a night operation.
They were all silent as they watched their surroundings. They were veterans. They didn't need Kruger to explain why the alert. They knew something was wrong. All of them readied their weapons.