A lot has happened over the past couple of weeks. We launched an attack Irons troops and it was going well. We had the upper hand in the fight. That was until Mantis was dropped on us. Mantis is a gas which can kill anyone not in the system Irons made. Me Ilona and Gideon were ok. I guess he forgot to remove us. But Knox wasn't. He slowly died next to us as well as hundreds of other soldiers. We were then captured and brought to Irons who also had Cormack. He took me and Cormack into a room and tied us up while Gideon and Ilona watched from behind some glass. I could Ilona was worried about me. That was made clear to everyone when Irons bashed my robot hand in till it didn't work. He said he was taking back what was his. He then shot Cormack and left. Gideon and Ilona managed to overpower the guards holding them and came to help us. We ran for the truck. By the time we escaped Cormack was dead. It hurt a lot to lose Knox but to lose Cormack. I've known him for years. All could think about if it hurt this much to lose him it would kill me to lose Ilona. That's why we started to fight. I had the brass make her stay behind while me and Gideon assault atlas. Let's say she hates that.
"Why are you making me stay behind." She shouts at me again pacing from one side of the room to the other while I remain still. She really doesn't like the idea of being left out.
"Because I don't want you getting hurt. Me and Gideon can handle this but we need someone to guide us. That someone has to be you. You're the only one who knows the base best. You can find us the fastest and safest paths." I counter calmly trying to get her to see reason. It appears to work because she stops pacing.
"Jack your arms broken you won't be as effective in battle." It's nice to know she care een through she tries to hide it from other people. To anyone they might think she only thinking of the fight but really she worried I won't be able to protect myself.
"We will be in mechs don't worry." She looks away from me so I slowly turn her face to look at me. "Hades, Irons... Will don't mean anything compared to your Ilona. That's why I want you to stay. You are the one thing in my life worth fighting for. I can't lose you like Will. Me and Gideon will end this. I love you." That seemed to have worked because she then agreed to stay behind.
After we cleared things up it was time for me and Gideon to start. By using the mechs we were able to more faster through atlas killing anyone in our war. We managed to stop the mantis missiles from firing but the explosion wounded me. Gideon had to carry me as we tried to escape the however had other ideas and locked our exo suits. And left us to die after giving us a speech about him saving people which was bullshit. I managed to get free and went after him as Gideon tried to escape. When I caught up with him one thing lead to another and now we are hanging off the side of the building. Irons holding on to by broken arm while I hold on to the ledge.
"Jack pull me up." He desperately yelled at me. Like I was going let him live. "The world needs me. Help me up." Was he always this crazy or was it because his son died. He was letting go of my arm any time soon so I was left with only one choice. Pulling out my knife I cut my broken arm and watch as Irons body falls into the fire. Now that he dealt with I still have the problem of hanging of a building which is exploding with only one arm.
"Oh great." I mumble to myself. I can feel myself slowly slipping. It is at this point Gideon reappears grabs me and pulls me up.
"I take it he's dead." He asks slightly out of breath.
"Fell into the fire." I tell him which makes him smile. "And thanks by the way for saving me."
"Don't mention it. We're friends." I smile at this. "Besides I saved you more for my sake." I raise an eyebrow at his comment. But he just sits there smirking. "Ilona would kill me if you died." I laugh at his joke. I guess he figured us out. Not surprising with the way we've been acting with each other. "Come on let's get out of here." And with that we made our way out of the building.
After reporting back to the brass about Irons I had to deal with Ilonas worry. It became worse when she saw I was missing an arm. She told me she didn't care and I believed. But I still wanted a new arm. We were told I could get a new in a few weeks. We spent the rest of the night together. It was around five A.M when I realized how much I love her. I was watching her sleep and it just hit me. I knew in that moment I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.