I
never understood him.. that rookie solider, but I always knew that
he'd get somewhere. He had the moves, skills, and what it took.
Physically and mentally. But there was something about him that never
seemed there. Something was off. It was all good though. It was the
bad off. We all need that quirkiness to us I suppose. Never
understood him, and I suppose I never will. That's not a problem with
me though. The less I know about people the better. We all make
mistakes.. I'm just glad that he makes less now then he did.
"I
dunno.... I can't make it down without a rope..." Snake turned to
me and sighed as he looked lost on where he had placed the rope not
even thirty minutes ago. He peered down from where he stood and
looked at the long fall that he'd take if he just jumped down. He
started to look around the room in a lost, kind of in a confused
manner. I just in a way that looked like he was hoping to find the
rope just laying there in front of him somewhere. "well... um... I
know it's around here somewhere.."
"Great. Use the rope
then." and I waited while he still looked around for the certain
item he'd misplaced. "Well, where is it? You do have it don't you?
I told you to pick it up.. what's wrong with you?"
"Calm
down. Don't get so angry Fox. I know that I have it. I picked it up?"
Me? Fox? Get angry? Ha.. only when you do something stupid like you
just did kid. He took one final look around where he had been,
looking for the stupid rope that caused all this in the first place.
"well, I had it right here a minute ago..."
I sighed
heavily and started my way down the steps. Next time, pick up the
damn rope. Take a few rations or two while your at it. You run out,
and no one is going to be there to back your ass up." So I made my
way down the steps and looked to where the rope previously laid.
Nothing was there but boxes, rats, and a few cobwebs in the corner.
Fighting must not have happened to long ago because the smell of gun
powder and blood was still in the air.
"If it's not here
then where..??" Snakes stupidity was shinning through clear as
anything.
"Please... tell me.. that you got the rope?"
this was getting stupid. All this bickering over a rope? Come on..
gimme a break already.
"Well, I thought I did.. but it's
not up there, or down here.. Maybe I dropped it?"
"Did you
see it when you were coming down?"
He looked around for a
minute, carefully turning back around and peeked up the stairs. He
just as slowly turned back around at me and shook his head. "No.. I
didn't see it anywhere."
"Tell me why I haven't smacked
you yet... really hard? That just might help.. get some sense into
that head of yours."
Snake just looked at me. "What? I
know that I had it around here. I don't know where it could be."
"Hm.. maybe well, you've gotta have it somewhere. Take
another look around. Did you set it down somewhere?"
"Um...?"
great... this was great. And he was suppose to be a great solider? He
couldn't even remember if he had laid down a stupid rope somewhere. I
was doubting this whole thing more and more after everything he'd do.
"I don't think so."
"Well, if you don't have it on you,
and if you didn't forget to pick it up then Snake, logic will tell
you that most likely left it somewhere."
"Yea I guess."
what do you mean you guess? Why aren't you remembering? Do us all a
favor and cut the drugs. It'll help in the long run.
"Well?
Why are you still standing here? Just go back, and look for the
stupid rope and we won't have to have this stupid discussion anymore.
The sooner you find it, the sooner you can get down and move
on."
"Right" Snake just nodded and started to work his
way back up the stairs. He looked back and looked at me, then around
to the place where he had started out in the first place. He looked
around near the boxes, the storage, and empty crates. He walked over
to a turned over cardboard box and lifted it up. "Oh... here it
is."
"...what? What do you mean.. "oh.. here it is"?
You had it under your damn cardboard box this whole time? What the
hell is wrong with you. You couldn't remember that?" He just gave
me a blank look. Like he didn't know what to say. That was a first...
