Humphrey's story
Chapter one: A new Dawn
It had been nearly a year since this whole mess had started. All Humphrey could think about was how he ended up here. How he ended up in hell…. Because he was a soldier in our nations special forces. But every hero has a beginning and an end…. He slept in a filthy foxhole, he drempt about home, about his past.
It was a warm spring day when it happened; he remembered it like it was yesterday, the day he found love. He was 18 and an army brat who had a loving father and a mother who gave up on him and left when he was a small boy. An outcast in his school, But it was his last year there before boot camp "It's only because I'm small, but you just wait I'll be in the history books someday" Is what he thought as he walked through his High school. An average day, on his way to homeroom, ignoring the ridiculing stares of those he passed by. He did not know why or how but everyone seemed to hate him. All he could think about was when he would see his father again, he had been living with his step-mother while his father was off in some part of the globe, fighting a war to keep him safe and secure at home. He thought about being a hero in everyone's eyes. Maybe even Kate, the girl he fell in love with. They had only talked on a few occasions but every time she smiled Humphrey would melt inside. She was the only one that made him feel ….. Normal. "Hey Wimpy!" were the words that broke him out of his trance. "Hey Garth" was all he could spit out before catching a fist to the gut.
"Garth!, stop that leave him alone he did nothing to you" and there she was, the love of his life defending him before her boyfriend. "Wait why is she helping me?" was the thought that raced through his head.
"Oh calm down babe were just playing right buddy" Garth said while looking at Humphrey. "If that's what you call playing….jerk" he whispered the last part. "What was that coyote?" "Um Nothing" Humphrey said while backing slightly away. "good" "Oh come on Garth we have to get to class" She started to walk away but not before giving him one of her trademark smiles that made him melt. "Bye Humphrey" "Bye Kate" He then went to class. Lucky for him his first period was science with Kate, and no Garth. "Today classes we are teaming up on a project, choose your partners wisely." Humphrey had nobody so he figured he would work by himself. That's when the teacher spoke up. "Humphrey do you have a partner?" "No ma'am." She looked around the room and stopped at Kate. "Ok then you can work with…..Kate" Humphrey's mind went blank, "What! Kate and me!" But it was too late to speak Kate was already at his side. "Um hi Kate" "Hello Humphrey…what's wrong your….. blushing" He looked at her awkwardly for a moment thinking of the right thing to say then looked away hiding his blush. "Well um ahhhh, I'm just ahhh, well Kate, the truth is" He looked into her beautiful amber colored eye's and knew he could not lie "I have always liked you a lot, like more than friends" He managed to spit out before immediately regretting it, "Kate I'm sorry please just tell Garth" But she stopped him with a hand held in the air, "Just stop for a minute there, you like me?" "Yes" He looked at her quizzically. "Well?" It was her turn to blush. "I like you back" Humphrey's mind exploded and went black. Picture your mind shooting itself with a sawed
-off shotgun and multiply by 10. Humphrey could not believe what he had just heard. 'R…r…really?" "Yup" she said giving him that smile that made him melt. "Well what about Garth?' He asked half wanting to hear the truth and half not. "I think maybe we could work something out" She smiled again, and then black.
Then he heard talking. He had woken up. He remembered, he was on a mission to assassinate a high ranking military official. But the voices were not American; they were of a native tongue. He was in Russia. He knew they were soldiers when he heard them start whispering and step closer. Humphrey slowly unsheathed his blade. The two men peaked their heads over the edge. He quickly stabbed the closest one in the throat, and let go of his knife letting it stay embedded in the falling body. He then grabbed the other one bye the mouth, digging his claws into his cheeks and pulling him in, flipping him over, unsheathed the struggling man's knife and then cut out his windpipe. "Damn Russians don't even train" he thought to himself. He quickly dragged the other body in and removed his own knife. Before he moved out, he pulled a picture out of his breast pocket, and stared at it. "Kate, I wonder what happened to you, I know I will keep my promise though, I will come home."
Short I know, But hey its just a chapter, and it was my first one so please try to go easy on me, but go ahead and review.