[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 -blam!- CLOSE MY EYES!?!? No.... my eye lids.... the sick -blam!-s 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 11.03.2011 11:59 PM PDT]