Title: Collateral
Rating: T, we'll say for disturbing images
Characters/Pairings: OCs
Genres: darkfic
Warnings: This fic involvs death, injury, and children. If that disturbs you, don't read. I won't be offended.
Summary: Movieverse. The Joes saved the world, but there's always collateral damage. These are the innocent bystanders who lost their lives in the fight.
Author's Note: I mentioned in my G.I. Joe review-type thing over on LiveJournal (link in my profile) how upset I was with all the innocents who died in the movie and promised to write some drabbles, so here are six of them. They are in chronological order, and each is related to a specific scene/event in the movie, so if you don't recognize it, ask and I'll be happy to explain.
Author's Note v.1.2: Probably no one will be interested in these since they're all OC-based, but I had enjoyed writing them. I really grew attached to some of these characters, even though I was only with them for 100 words. Talk about murdering your darlings... Hope you enjoy them! (Sorry of the long header on this first one. There won't be any on the rest.)
Matthieu Laurent was having a normal day. He had eaten breakfast, kissed his family goodbye, come to work in the lab with Dr. de Coubrey - all as usual. Then his coworker's wife and another man came storming in with a large metal case and demanded the scientist arm the missiles or the intruders would kill everyone in the building.
Matthieu stayed back, hoping to remain unnoticed. He thought of what would happen to Marina and the girls if he didn't come home.
They would soon find out, as the man in white pulled his gun to back up the threat.