Logan

warning for military inaccuracies, suicide attempt, vomit and angst, also Rorkelias ahead

Logan – he tried to kill himself at least four times in the Pit. Each time he did Rorke and the Feds had to leave him alone until he finally recovered. It served as both an attempt to end it all as well as a break if it failed.

Kick –  remember the USB drive he and Ajax store all of Keegan’s accidental 3am selfies on? Ajax had it with him when he died. Kick decided to bury it with him. It wasn’t fun without Ajax anymore. 

Ajax – after Sand Viper he and his family yoinked the ball of teenage angst and trauma that formed Keegan. It helped them both a lot.

Merrick – once went outside for a smoke, slipped on black ice and landed on his ass. He threatened he’d kill Kick (who was with him, laughing) if he ever told anyone. 

Rorke – he and Elias knew each other when they were still young (19 and 21), hence their understanding of each other without words. Rorke also knew he fell for Elias, hard. During moments of clarity, he wondered if he could desert the Federation and go back to his best friend and finally work up the courage to tell him. 

Elias – knew about Rorke’s crush. He tried telling himself he didn’t reciprocate it, but once his wife died and Rorke was there for him and his boys, he knew he was in love. He regretted never saying it out loud. Had Logan and Hesh not been there he would’ve said it at the Luxor. 

Keegan – he picked up smoking at 14, a month before turning 15, from a friend. Swore he’d quit after he finished his first pack. Swore again after buying his second one. In the end the feeling he got from it won. 

Neptune – while searching for intel from a Fed hard drive he found a video of Rorke’s torture. Kick found him a few hours later lying on the ground, a vomit puddle next to him.

Hesh – his first superior on the field was such a bad one that he fragged him during a blur of a battle. Only Logan found out, and never snitched. 

I got this request AGES ago and I totally forgot about it D:

anyways, I have indeed read Warrior Cats :> first, second and third arc, and some of the not arc ones.

As you will probably see, something possessed me and now I’ve made an entire AU instead of just clans and names so here comes a yap:

The Ghosts campaign would take place after “The Darkest Hour”. The US is gonna be the Clans of the Forest, the Ghosts will be still Ghosts, while the Federation is turned into BloodClan, and so in this AU they would pose a greater threat and it would be a war and not a battle. Sand Viper would be somewhere in the past, with Keegan, Ajax and Kick still being apprentices then. 

The “Ghosts” as we know them would start then, a secret, taboo alliance between the fifteen of them. They gather at Snake Rocks every quarter moon.

The ODIN strikes are transformed into a mass rat luring by BloodClan into the different camps. All Clans fall into chaos, and the Ghosts reveal their alliance. 

SO without further ado,

Rorke - I’d make him a Maine Coon mix because of how huge he is in canon. I am thinking of Tigerstar design for him, just with some tweaks like reddish dark brown fur and brown eyes, not amber. If I could I’d give him the name of “Dramastar”, but unfortunately I can’t so he’s Oakstrike, then Oakstar.  He’s definitely ThunderClan’s leader. Lieutenant at the time of Sand Viper, but he’d become leader not much after. He’d immediately call for all Clans to pay close attention to the threat BloodClan can become at Gatherings, but they’d usually brush him off, only acting when it came to the equivalent of the assassination on Almagro, where Rorke got taken, brainwashed (I have no idea how it would work since they’re you know, cats) and demoted back to Oakstrike. By that time he’d still have seven lives from StarClan.

Elias - ThunderClan warrior, lieutenant under Rorke. When Rorke “died”, Elias only received two lives, as Rorke was still alive. He’s gonna be a light ginger tabby (thick stripes) named Dunestorm. 

Merrick - rogue that was taken into WindClan at 8 moons old, and promptly named Thornclaw. He sticks out like a sore thumb, due to his huge build and spiky fur. Dark, dull brown tabby with four white legs. 

Keegan - ShadowClan, and he’s a black cat. No way otherwise for him. He’s mostly got short hair, but has some cheek fluff, tail fluff, and back leg fluff. He’s also got a white streak over his nose bridge and speckles under his cheeks. Naming him Ebonypelt. 

Ajax - half-Clan — half RiverClan, half ShadowClan. His mother was a ShadowClan warrior so he lives there. The only light for Keegan’s grumpy self. He’d be fluffy, making him seem huge. Giving him sunshine-golden fur. Naming him Sunheart. I always headcanon Ajax as an extrovert who yoinked Keegan, so it translates here too. 

Kick - born in WindClan, so he has the slim build to chase rabbits, but eventually joined RiverClan, which lacked warriors, as opposed to WindClan. Made him ginger, to match his amber eyes — he’s also a shorthair. Whenever you see Neptune he will be next to him, to annoy and/or help. 

Neptune - RiverClan warrior before becoming a medicine cat. He’s got long dark grey fur, a darker stripe on his back, and blue eyes. In his warrior days he was named Stormclaw, but once becoming a medicine cat it was changed to Watertail. (P.S. on this: I know his name doesn’t need to be changed, but it felt appropriate)

Hesh - golden-brown fluffy boy. Gonna name him Pineheart, because he deserves that name way more than the canon one.

Logan - since his name means “little hollow”, his name is Holloweyes here. ThunderClan boy, obviously. Since he’s the protagonist, I wanna make him special: black tortie male cat. Genetically rare BUT possible. He’s not a shorthair, but he doesn’t have super long fur either. He is also a lot smaller than everyone else.

Keegan and Elias know each other from the military but are both retired, and one day Elias invites Keegan and his daughter over for dinner (yes he's a girl dad, her name's Ellie and she's four and a half, very important detail) and while he and Elias talk Logan casually plays dolls with Ellie and when the Keegan is driving home all she's talking about is how much fun she had playing dolls and ponies with Logan and how he said he had a horse at some fancy stables.

I forgot this existed

Cue to a few years later, and they have to work together. They have not gotten over that hate yet. But they'll have to if they don't wanna get interrogated about what the fuck is going on with them.

In "Into The Deep", Logan thought Keegan would just let him die. He did not expect to be saved and shot Keegan several glares. After getting out of the water, he had to be carried bridal style by Keegan. (cliché dialogue incoming) Logan: "I still hate you." Keegan: "I know."

Rorke - MudWing. Specifically the eldest one, the one who helps his siblings hatch, the biggest and the leader. He'd be born from a blood red egg, making his scales fire resistant. After he got taken he strapped a SandWing's venomous tail barb to his own tail.

Merrick - also a MudWing, but the second hatched. He's not a born leader, but if the eldest dies, he has to take the lead of his siblings.

Elias - SeaWing. He'd have dark, dull green scales. Stress from* fighting has made the luminescent scales on his body emit only a dim light when used.

Keegan - look at that fucker and tell me he is not a NightWing born close to one full moon. He has some small seer powers; he gets visions when danger is imminent, but he can't see long into the future. It's suspected he has an IceWing ancestor, because of his blue eyes.

Kick - SkyWing. His eyes are described as being amber, so he'd have orange scales. In canon he can fly a helo; so he gets the best flight skill here too.

Neptune - don't know anything about him other than he's in a sub in Clockwork, so, Sea/Ice hybrid. He inherited frost breath, swimming agility and some of the luminescent scales and spikes; but he can't breathe underwater. His scales are a pale mintgreen. He got the SeaWing headshape, and webbed talons; he has the IceWing body shape and horn shape. His tail is thicker than an IceWing's, but not as thick as a SeaWing's. His wings have characteristics of both tribes.*

Ajax - we don't know much about him, so I think he'd be another MudWing, but he'd be one of the last hatched, with zero want to lead.

Hesh - SeaWing. He got his father's green scales, but they're lighter, more vibrant. Since he loves to knock stuff with a fire extinguisher, safe to say the SeaWing tail is perfect for him.

Logan - as his brother and father, he's a SeaWing. Though his scales are Oxford blue, and* they fade into sea blue on his wings. His underbelly scales match Keegan's eye colour (according to Mell0_Mell0 on Ao3, light steel blue). The luminescent scales on his face form small stars.

(warning ahead for canon death.)

Logan – he never drank before the ODIN strikes, only got a beer for his 21st birthday, and is therefore a complete lightweight. 

Kick – his dad taught him to drive in an empty parking lot at fourteen; each time the team pokes fun at Keegan for his shit driving he’s cackling because they forget his driving.  

Ajax – always preferred warm weather; and oh he knew he’d die as soon as Rorke left. Just hoped he’d live until Keegan and Merrick came so he wouldn't die feeling cold.  

Merrick – after Elias’ death and Logan’s capture, he swore he could feel Elias’ ghost breathing over his neck in disappointment and hurt.

Rorke – got called a psycho for preferring energy drinks at room (or higher) temperature. 

Elias – stepped and slipped on Logan’s Lego Duplos while Gabriel was over; he knows footage of his agony filled expression and his toddler’s shriek-wails is still out there

Keegan – more than once woke up at 3am to check his phone and got flashbanged with a selfie and he didn’t bother to delete them; Ajax and Kick once got ahold of his phone and put those involuntary selfies on a strictly guarded USB.

Neptune – contrary to his appearance he is a gossip QUEEN. Give him wine and you’re in for a whole adventure.

Hesh – was the kid pretending to drown to see if anyone reacted (no one did. Logan started copying him and he did get saved.) 

(is a bit Walrussy! and maybe could be Elias/Rorke too, interpret as you wish)

Logan – is Riley’s favourite just because. Hesh is chronically upset about this.

Kick – once when a bit tipsy he tried to stick a plunger to Merrick’s head. Did not end well.

Ajax – got the plunger incident recorded on the shittiest camera known to mankind ever

Merrick – when he started losing hair he was caught researching hair transplant treatments by Rorke at 4am 

Rorke – laughed his ass off and told everyone (it’s one of the many reasons Merrick wants to shoot him)

Elias – the day Rorke’s status was changed to KIA he found himself staring at the sky at ungodly hours and wondering if his friend was actually alive and counting on Elias to come rescue him.

Keegan – when he was sent to retrieve Hesh from the beach he found one of Logan’s dogtags in the sand. He didn’t tell anyone; he wears it along with his now.

Neptune – is so used to Keegan and Kick’s terrible driving skills he can take a nap while everyone else fights for their lives in the vehicle

Hesh – after Logan was taken he fell into some bad coping mechanisms. He snapped himself out of it when Merrick threatened to discharge him.

Riley – he too realised something was wrong when Elias didn’t return, and later when Logan didn’t. He laid his head on Hesh’s shoulder whenever the man slumped to the floor hugging his knees.