"Do you really have to go away now? You don't ship out until tomorrow..."
Jennifer didn't want me to go, and I did'nt ever know what to say to her..she was so frail I was always worried that the slightest mistake would make her crack and just fall down crying. I tried my hardest to avoid the question as I clipped my helmet onto my head making sure all of my gear was packed right into my pack and i checked to make sure my lancer was loaded. Thats when I finally looked over at her. Thankfully, she couldn't see the tears coming down my face thanks to my helmet.
"Yes Jennifer...I have to...I can't just stay here and try to make some excuses to stay in the hospital bed..its just something I HAVE to do.." I said it solemnly, but loud enough so she could hear me. I could tell she was trying to keep herself back or something of the sort, she looked like this whole conversation was kiling her and she ran over and hugged me tightly so as to keep me there for a few more minutes.
"Please...dont go...just stay..." She almost cried that out, but I couldn't listen...i feared if I did then I really WOULDN"T go...so I had to drown her out and just get out of her tight grip heading towards my raven with my squad in it and I sat down in it staring sadly towards Jennifer. She clutched her hand on the chest part of her armor looking at me pleadingly, as if trying to pull me back to her...I wanted to..but I couldnt...so I just looked away holding my lancer in my hands as my raven finally took off, I looked back down towards her until finally she was nothing but a little dot in the background and I sighed turning my head forward to wahtever fate awaited me...
Jennifer waited back at base for what must have been a few weeks, waiting constantly for word of Ryan's well-being. Every time there was word on the Omega Four she was the first one on the scene trying to see if Ryan was alright. Today was different though, a couple of days ago Omega Squad was sent into the Locust Tunnels by Jacinto. Some of the worst Locusts were there, and needless to say, this nearly gave Jennifer a heart attack every time she heard it. But she mustered up and just kept telling herself everyday that Ryan could make it, he wasn't in the Omega Four just because he looked the part, he was a VERY good shot with his Lancer even if he was a bit of a coward. But whenever the situation called, he was a KILLING MACHINE. She had to chuckle lightly at that one but needless to say, she was still worried.
Another week passed by without any word of the Omega Four and Jennifer just kept trying to keep her hopes up that somehow, somewhere Ryan WAS alive, holding on so he could come back. Days more went by with no word, and still she prayed. It was actually starting to look dreadfully hopeless for her, until finally a Raven came to base with the Omega Four's symbol on it. She smiled happily and quickly ran outside to meet Ryan again, waiting for him to get out of the Raven, one by one until finally Lt. Loghain himself came out. But...Ryan was nowhere to be seen...she looked around for him desperately, praying he'd pull the stupid hero move and show up at the last moment, she DID notice that Loghain never moved after he got off the ship, but he tilted his hat a bit and he walked over to her slowly and he looked at her.
"You Jeniffer Anderson...?" he asked, almost a bit...scared? She looked at him and nodded a bit, he just took something out of his back pocket, and he placed it in her hand and he quickly walked off not even bothering to look back at her. Jennifer looked at him curiously then looked down at the object in her hand.
Gear Tag 1943058735 Ryan Chad Gaertner
Diclaimer, Yes we KNOW i dont own Gears of War, I DO own Ryan, and Fire Kunai owns Jennifer
IM SORRY I USED JENNIFER WITHOUT PERMISSION I JUST HAD THIS IDEA IN MY HEAD FOR A LONG TIME AND I NEEDED TO DO IT! DX DONT HATE ME! Anddddddddd yea REVIEWS!