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"So- So this means Im just going to be miserable for the rest of time?!"
"No. This means that you have to live life to the fullest. You have one life, live it well. Make sure you die without regrets. Get a new life, new mate, new family. You, out of all people, don't deserve a terrible fate of misery like that. Having nothing to look forward to is good. It makes sure you want to keep on going. Living is a right, not a privilege."
[Chapter 9]
***I woke up, once more. It was one of those rare times where I woke up on my own. Zaroff has made me so weak that I don't require meds to keep me paralyzed. I am paralyzed. I have tried to take advantage of it, but Zaroff is smarter than he looks. I keep having bad dreams... about other missions. Only dreams that aren't evil are the ones with Leanne. I smiled at the thought of her.***
***But that immediately brought me back to reality, for I felt my face move. everything went in sight, for I truly woke. I felt the blood, my blood, dried all over my face. The tip of my nose was cut off, and i couldn't feel anything below my neck. I tried to close my eyes, to fall asleep again. I couldn't close my eyes. I couldn't close my eyes. Why couldn't I close my eyes? WHY COULDNT I FU©KING CLOSE MY EYES!?!? No.... my eye lids.... the sick fu©ks cut them off.... then It all came back to me, the memory. Why they were cut off....***
| Zaroff: I know you know the defense system for Reach by heart! Give it up! NOW!
*I looked at Zaroff, too weak to speak*
Zaroff: Thats it, off they go!
*He took tweezers and grabbed my right eyelid, he pulled hard. They ripped off, and I felt part of my right eye dislodge. I tried to scream, but I was too weak.*
Zaroff: The other one is coming off if you don't tell me!
*I give up, I thought. I tried to speak to him but.... I couldn't. I was too weak. The bastard has been slowly killing me to the point when there is no point anymore. Oh, how I regretted not letting up earlier*
Zaroff: *sigh* I don't know how you live with this pain. You should've given up by now. But no matter.
*He placed one half of the tweezer next to my eye, under the lid. He squeezed the tweezers and pulled. It ripped off, and I felt part of my brow go with it* |
***God.... why? How could this happen.... this is not what a SPARTAN DOES! I will NOT go down without a fight..... And I will use every last bit of my strength if I had to.***
*I raised my head, using most of my strength, and I lifted my body along with it. Oh how it drained me to just move. I saw that it was dark, everybody must be sleeping. Then I saw my largest challenge. I was strapped down, the wrists and ankles. =*
*I had to do it. I had no choice. I pulled as hard as I could with my right arm. The pain.... so great ... it woke me up. The first strap broke, good. I used my hand, the first time in weeks, and unstrapped myself. I got off the bed and I immediately hit the ground, for I haven't stood in weeks either.*
***I stood, feeling wobbly. I started walked, using ever bit of concentration I could. I saw a saw on the table, and I instinctually reached for it. I tried to hold it with my left, but couldn't. I looked down and noticed that my fingers have been burnt off. How? And why? I held in in my right, and I used my remaining left palm to support my self along the wall. I walked to the door, and opened it.***
***I walked out into the bright hall, no body there. It seemed endless, and my feet were getting tired. I saw a corner from a door, and a woman walked out of the door. I could tell if she was a nurse or a officer, but either way, once she looked up from her clipboard and saw a sick, deformed, mutilated, thin, tall me towering over her with a saw in my hand. She screamed, and out of instinct, I raised the saw and struck it down upon her. After realizing what I have done, I looked down to see her right shoulder completely spit in half, blood was everywhere. Then when I looked at her face, she had blonde hair and blue eyes. I saw Leanne . I was horrified at what I had done. I looked again and saw it was not Leanne, for sure. I just killed at possibly innocent woman. I reached down and took the saw from her shoulder, and kept on walking. Don't let this take you down Thomas. You got work to do. ***
*I arrived in a big but empty room, and I crept behind a guard, and I placed the saw at his throat and covered his mouth.*
Where is Zaroff? *The words came out like a buzz saw to a chalkboard. I was raspy*
*I slightly took my hand from his mouth*
Guard: He's left... back to the fleet. Who is this?
Nobody you know.
*I slit his throat with the saw, and as he spewed blood everywhere, I kept sluggishly walking. I went down some stairs, and I saw the word Armory, and a arrow pointing down a hall. I started walking towards there.*
*I arrived at the armory, and I saw what I came for at first, why I was on this rock. A Nova Bomb. The Alarms started blaring, and I heard yells in the distance. I grabbed a nearby magnum and dropped the saw, and I kept on walking towards the bomb. I sat next to it, next to its console, waiting for the guards to come*
|*I stared at Leanne, while she looked out to sea. She looked back at me, obviously a tad upset.*
Leanne: Well, you can have fun not seeing me ever again.
*She pouted, got up, and she started walking away. I grabbed her dress and she looked back at me*
Im so sorry... I always loved you. I always will. I just don't know how to express myself.
*she smiled and sat next to me again. I noticed the tide was getting higher, because we were sitting in water normal people would've freezer in, but we shrugged it off.*
Leanne: Me either Tommy... I was raised the same way you were.
Hmm.
Leanne: I love you. So, so much.
I love you too. Im so sorry if I neglected you all these years... I just had to focus on my job.
Leanne: Its alright!
No its not. I should've spent more time with you. But now Im here, in this base, within a inch of dying from starvation/bloodloss/trauma.
*Leanne smiles*
Leanne: Thomas. Every single moment Ive ever spent with you was the best of my life. ever. I regret nothing.
*I smile, and wipe the sand from my hair*
Thank you....
*I get up and start walking towards the sea in my clothes. Its too cold, even for me, but I keep going.*
I love you! And Ill miss you! Forever!
*Leanne looks after me and smiles*
Leanne: Forever! |
*I wake up, next to the Nova Bomb. I look ahead and see 7 Innie soldiers pointing their DMRS a me*
Innie: Put down the gun SPARTAN!!! SURRENDER!!!
*I give them a half smile, and I look to my right. I see the console. I straighten myself and start typing into the bomb*
Innie: Stop what your doing or we'll shoot!
*I press the final command button. a AIs voice starts to speak through the console*
Bomb: 10 seconds until activation. 9...
*The Innies get wide eyed and start running, all but 3. I hear Leannes voice in my head*
Bomb: 8.... 7...
Leanne: Ill love you forever... I want you to know that.
*I smile*
Forever...
Bomb: 6... 5...
Leanne: It was an enjoyable ride Thomas. Ill miss you.... goodbye my lover...
Bomb: 4... 3...
Innie: DEACTIVATE THE BOMB NOW!
Forever....
Innie: Huh?
Bomb: 2...
*I look up and raise my gun. I smile as if Ive never been happier*
FOREVER!!!
*I shoot 2 times into the innie, and the recoil breaks my arm, and shatters my shoulder. The other two innies shoot at me and I feel the bullets hit my chest, and my limbs*
Bomb: 1.
*And then, everything went black*
[Edited on 10.30.2011 12:35 AM PDT]