As Blondie searched, there was a strong gust of wind that gently shook the treetops and sent needles and pine cones plummeting to the hard earth with a number of very light thuds. Then there was a louder thump, off to one side. A moment later a soldier burst out of the trees, covered in snow and aiming his gun wildly around. He was dressed in the black overalls and tac vest of a modern, well equipped force and was armed with an M4A1 asault rifle, but his infra red goggles were pulled down around his neck to reveal a youthful freckled face that was panicked and staring, and looked strangely out of place with the bullky black helmet crammed down over his head. As he stared around at his surroundings, he suddenly caught sight of Blondie and yelped. Raising his weapon as though marking him as a threat, he seemed to think better of it and blundered off into the trees again, not very far away.