It was never supposed to turn out this way.
The mission was that fucking simple, soldier!
I clutched my younger brother's, Scary, hand. He trembled at the touch.
How could you have killed your own sergeant!
I looked into Scary's eyes, which were wide with fear. I ruffled his hair as the rain continued to pound into our shelter.
I highly doubt this was an accident, certain soldiers had tipped me in that you may have been traitorous, but I didn't listen...
Scary shivered again, and I pulled him into a hug with all the warmth I could muster.
You must be punished for your crimes. You are to be killed at once!
Like I'd ever let that happen, those fucking bastards. I don't give in to anyone. People don't just take me, they reach out and I kill them in the process. What was with them, anyway? How dare they assume that I, Germani, would have so little honor as to betray my group. But to hell with them now, look at what they've done to us, me and my brother.
Of course I had to escape. I'm not that stupid. I ran from the black ops, and as I suspected, they sent their fucking assassins after me and my little brother. My brother was innocent, he had no part of this. But no one seems to give a shit these days. There seemed to be no place to turn, until I found out about this one place where me and my brother could take refuge, at least until this whole thing blows over.
Lightning flashed overhead and thunder exploded in the sky.
And speaking of blowing over, I wish this storm would stop...
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Germani cracked open her eyes as strong beams of sunlight pierced the ragged walls of her and her brother's bush shelter. She pushed herself to her knees, then reached her hand forward to shake her muddy younger relative.
"Scary," she hissed. "Scary, get up."
Scary opened his eyes, then got up as slowly as Germani did. He rubbed the side of his cheek, smearing the mud that was there. "Is..is it time to go?" he mumbled softly.
"Yeah," Germani shrugged. "We can't stay here forever. We should get going."
Germani prepared to wiggle out of the bush when she felt her brother grip her wrist.
"Germani," he whimpered. 'I'm really hungry. I want food. Now."
Shit, Germani cursed inwardly. Food, of course. Now that I think about it, I'm starving. Germani sighed and ran a hand through her rich, brown hair. "We'll have to go find some, out in this forest."
Scary let out another whimper of displeasure, but he nodded. It pained Germani to see her younger brother like this, so cold, hungry and lost. It wasn't fair. But she had to protect him.
"C'mon, up and at 'em," Germani encouraged, finally pulling herself out of their fiftieth temporary home.
"I'm up, but I'm not at 'em," Scary whined underneath the mass of twigs and leaves. "I hate this forest. Can we go back to that freeway?"
"No," Germani snapped, more harshly than she meant to. "We can never go back. Ever."
Scary looked out from under the bush, sadness and guilt in his bright, red eyes. "I..I'm sorry.."
Germani bent down and roughly brushed mud off of Scary's filthy red jacket. "No, I should be sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you, it's just..."
Silence.
"C'mon, Germani," Scary said after a while. "It's not like you to brood. Get up before a snake tears your ass up!"
Germani laughed. "At this rate, Scares, I'd eat the damned snake."
Thus concludes chapter one of my gift fic for Scarlet Creed, There's a period between Scarlet and Creed, but fanfiction won't let me put it there)hope ya like it! And REVIEW :3