Hey guys I just wanted to create another story just for fun. I always had this idea crossing my mind for so long, and I felt like I wanted to make it. Don't worry I will be working more on Love that Exceeds the code more. My interest for that fanfic is higher than before, I will still do the Nightstalker but might slow down a bit on the story. I hope you enjoy this new fic. Here is the Prologue to the story.

Prologue:

Anakin Skywalker lived in a small neighborhood in Long Island, New York. His family wasn't as rich as their neighbors but they showered Anakin with gifts that they could afford. Several years on Christmas day Anakin didn't even get any presents because his parents were tight on money. It never really bothered him because all he needed was their love and affection which they provided. Anakin praised his parents and looked up to them as role models. His dad was a renowned mechanic in the area, while his mom was a nurse.

When Anakin went to middle school, he was bullied by the other kids. They would make fun of him because he wasn't rich and his clothes were from the thrift store. Anakin was traumatized during middle school, he used to get beaten up by his bullies almost everyday. He would come home with a new bruise on his body. His parents always felt bad for Anakin and tried to cheer him up. He loved how caring his parents were for him, they never left Anakin to deal with problems by himself. They were always there for him in rough times. As highschool approached Anakin focused more on his self. He hated how he used to get bullied in Middle School and wanted to change that.

He worked out all summer and took martial arts classes, and when he entered highschool as a freshman no one fucked with him. His bullies from middle school stayed away from him because of his physique. Anakin however was still a shy person and never really liked talking to people except his parents. But if he got in a fight he quickly ended it by knocking the other kid out. Anakin became an expert in hand to hand combat. He was glad that no one messed with him because that meant he can spend time learning more about his future career. His dream was to attend MIT and become a famous mechanical engineer. He wanted to make his parents proud and get a good job so he can help them financially.

4 years later

It was Anakin's 18th birthday and he was excited. His parents left him at home so they can go grab him a present from the mall. A few hours passed and Anakin heard a knock from the door. He casually walked up and opened the door to see two police officers standing outside.

"Are you Anakin Skywalker", the one police officer asks. Anakin steps outside and closes the door behind him.

"Yes", he mutters. "What's going on", Anakin says concerned. The police officer opened his mouth but the words wouldn't come out. He knew the boy would be devastated and he didn't want to be the messenger of bad news. He glanced at his partner who stepped up and placed a hand on Anakin's shoulder.

"Son I'm sorry to say this. But a bomb blew up in the mall and your parents were killed", the police officer says softly. They began to walk back to their squad car and Anakin entered his house and quickly slammed the door. He threw his back to the wall and slowly dropped to the floor. He began to sob uncontrollably. Anakin lost the only two people in his life. He never had any relatives, only his mom and dad. Now they are gone, killed by a terrorist attack in the mall. The worst of all is that it was on his birthday.

"Why, God. Why did it have to be them. On my birthday", he cries. Nothing could hold back his tears. He couldn't have a proper funeral for them because he didn't have the money and there was nothing left of his parent's bodies, they were burnt to a crisp.

Weeks passed and Anakin dropped out of high school. His dreams of becoming a mechanical engineer and attending MIT were crushed because of a terrorist attack. Anakin felt anger boil inside of him. This anger pushed him to join the military. He wanted to go fight and serve his country.

He wants to protect families from suffering the same fate as him. He enlisted into the US Army at age 18 a few months after his parents death. Anakin decided he wanted to be something different now. He doesn't want to be a mechanical engineer anymore. He wants to join special forces. This was his new calling and Anakin was determined to achieve his goal. He wanted to make his parents proud and he was going to do just that. He served 4 years in the army as an infantryman. Anakin met a few cool people along the way in his platoon. He was called "Deadshot" by his peers because of his superior aim. Whenever they would go to the range Anakin never missed his target. He was always on point no matter the conditions.

His skills in combat were overlooked by his superiors and they proposed that he should take the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course (SFAS). He qualified for Airborne training and then entered the course. It was a grueling three weeks of intense physical and mental exhaustion. The training was created to weed out the people who weren't strong enough mentally and physically. Even though the course was the worst thing Anakin had ever been a part of he pushed through. He proved not just to the instructors there but to himself that he is strong enough.

Anakin wanted to impress his parents, they loved him deeply and to see them die affected him. But now he wants to be an elite soldier and nothing was going to stop him from reaching that goal. The instructors noticed Anakin's determination and entered him into the "Q Course" or Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC). This was a 6 month period where recruits mostly did SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape training). During training Anakin was taken hostage by the instructors and for a few days had to endure how being a prisoner of war was like. He was beaten, forced to burn the American flag to save another soldier's life, and was subjected to listen to propaganda recordings. Somehow through all of that Anakin passed training after phase VI and received his green beret. After two years of training Anakin finally achieved his dream at 23 years old. He signed a contract with the Green Berets to serve for 5 years in the special forces.

He had never been this excited before, butterflies flew through his stomach as he stood there proudly receiving the thing that signifies what he worked so hard to achieve. He was finally a green beret. He was part of the 5th special forces group. This group which is based in Fort Campell, Kentucky focused on operations in the middle east, persian gulf, and Central Asia. Anakin served as a weapons sergeant in his 12 man detachment (A team). He loved his team, they were all brothers to him. The two medical officers were Kicks and Tup. The other weapons sergeant was his best friend Fives. The commanding officer was Rex while the warrant officer was Cody. The intelligence sergeant was Echo, and the operations sergeant was Appo. The two communications sergeants were Waxer and Boyle. The two engineering sergeants of Anakin's team were Jesse and Thorn. The team Anakin was apart of was the best of the best. They held the most honor and were feared on the battlefield. Because of their superior skill in combat Anakin's team was usually sent on direct combat missions fighting head on against the enemy.

The Green Berets changed Anakin for the better. He learned discipline and teamwork which were vital skills in the civilian world. He learned that he can push his body to limits he never thought possible, and it showed him how brave he was to protect the less fortunate. The Green Berets had a motto that Anakin always whispered to himself which was De Oppersso Liber "To Free the Oppressed."

After years of fighting Anakin fought many battles and saw many good men die. This took a toll on him later on especially right when his contract was coming to a close. They were given a simple mission of taking a compound that was being held by a small group of extremists. Anakin's team and another ODA "Operational Detachment Alpha", were sent to take the compound over. As they approached the compound in their humvees something felt strange in the air. It was very quiet and Anakin didn't like it.

"What's wrong", Fives asks punching Anakin's shoulder. He shook his head coming back to reality and turned to Fives.

"I think this is an ambu...", Anakin tried to say but was immediately cut off due to a loud explosion. The lead humvee just hit an IED on the road and exploded.

Suddenly heavy machine gun fire surrounded the Green Berets convoy. Terrorists were lined up on the sand dunes about 150m out laying down fire with their DSHK armored technicals.

"Everyone get the fuck out and find cover", Rex shouts. Anakin jumped into a ditch with Fives. He looked up to see a soldier returning fire with a .50cal machine gun but got cut down by enemy fire.

"God fucking damnit. We are surrounded", Anakin shouts ducking his head while bullets whizzed past him. Fives smacked Anakin's helmet and faced him.

"Anakin cmon we have a battle to win", Fives says encouragingly. Anakin nodded and placed his M249 saw on the sand in front of him and began laying down suppressive fire for the rest of his team. Fives did the same and they both alternated fire superiority. When one had to reload the other kept firing and they switched back and forth.

It only has been 15 minutes in the firefight and Anakin felt like they have been fighting for hours. It seemed neither side gained any ground. It was just an intense stalemate.

Anakin dropped behind cover and began to reload when suddenly a bullet flew and hit Fives in the chest.

"Ahhh", he screams falling back down into the ditch. Anakin quickly jumped down to his best friend and started applying first aid. Fives was badly injured the bullet hit his side and pentrated its way to his neck. He was slowly dying and Anakin couldn't do anything about it.

"Hang in there Fives, I am going to get you out of here", Anakin says comfortingly. He pulls out bandages to stop the bleeding, he also injected a shot of morphine to relieve the pain Fives was feeling.

Fives placed his hand on Anakin's arm. He expressed a bloody smile and began to caugh up serious amounts of blood.

"Fives please stay awake. You are going to be fine I promise", Anakin says worriedly. He didn't want his best friend to die there were so close. Ever since Anakin was put into Rex's team, Fives was the man Anakin turned to. He was like a true brother to him. They literally did everything together.

Now seeing the man he cares about slowly dying in his arms made Anakin sad and angry.

"Anakin", he chokes. Fives paused for a moment. "Please promise me one thing", he coughs. Anakin pulls closer to his friend and listens in.

"Yes I'm listening", Anakin says tearing up. Fives gave him a reassuring smile.

"Promise me you kill every single bastard that is shooting at us", Fives says before giving up his last breath. His eyes slowly close and his head flops to the side. Anakin softly lays Fives down onto the sand and grabs his light machine gun. Vengeance ran through his veins as he began to unleash hell at the extremists.

"FUCK YOU", Anakin shouts spraying all his ammo at the enemy. He felt someone tug his shoulder and it was Rex.

"Anakin let's go we are getting out of here", Rex orders. Anakin didn't listen however he kept on firing not laying his finger off the trigger. He wanted to stay and fight till every single motherfucker was dead.

"Let's go", Rex retorts. Two UH-60 Blackhawks started to land providing suppressive fire so the retreating Green Berets can get on safely. Rex tugged on Anakin's chest plate but Anakin didn't get up from his position.

"Cmon we have to go, more enemies are coming, we will die if we stay", Rex commands.

"NO", Anakin shouts at Rex. "I'm killing every single bastard that's left for Fives. I made a promise with him and I am going to finish it", Anakin explains. Rex had enough and punched Anakin in the face causing Anakin to stumble backwards.

"Not today you are. I am not letting you die out here", Rex whispers. He called Kicks over to grab Fives dead body and carry him back to the heli. Rex pulled Anakin all the way back to the blackhawk and when everyone got on they flew out of the confrontation. Anakin opened his eyes and looked down at the battlefield. He saw more hostiles approaching the location. He then realized if he stayed there he would've died.

"I'm sorry Fives. I didn't fulfill your promise", Anakin mutters.

After his best friend's death Anakin became more depressed and when his contract ended he fell to alcohol and drug abuse. One of the hardest things was transitioning back to civilian life. He had PTSD from that firefight and from his parents death. After the bombing Anakin watched videos on the internet and watched in horror as he clearly saw his parents being blown into bits and pieces.

Anakin was at the worst stage of his life. He kept having suicidal thoughts and couldn't stop drinking alcohol. This caused him to get involved with many crimes and illegal activities. A few months after leaving the green berets Anakin decided to change his habits and restart his life. He hated how he was living. Anakin was unemployed living in a one bedroom apartment shithole in Manhattan. He would waste all his money on alcohol, drugs, and prostitutes. He needed to change and clean up his act. His parents probably feel upset of how he is living and Anakin soon realized that. Even though he was a proud of being a green beret and all the good things it made out of him it didn't prepare him for the true horrors of combat. He was a well disciplined man, and intelligent. However constant fighting took a toll on his mental health and all his discipline was slowly fading. Anakin didn't want to lose it so he decided to go into rehab.

After a few months of rehab Anakin was a drug and alcohol free man. He never felt any better, it was like a huge burden was taken off from him. However weeks later he went back to occasional drinking because he began to experience nightmares.

Almost every night he lived through the moments of watching his best friend and his parents die. He needed help fast before he goes back to drugs and his life goes to shit again. Luckily he kept in touch with his friend Kicks who started his own Veterans focus group. Anakin started attending these groups whenever he had those nightmares and slowly it occurred less and less. It felt nice for him to sit down with fellow vets and discuss their combat experiences and the issues they are currently dealing with.

But Anakin faced another challenge in his life and that was to find a job. Ever since he transitioned back to civilian life it has been hard for him. He tried to find work but no one wanted to hire him. They had resentment towards veterans because many believed they were short-tempered and mentally unstable. This angered Anakin because they don't understand what he and many others had to go through. The hardships of seeing the people you care about get killed left and right.

Anakin got to receive his parent's inheritance and their car. It was a 2013 Chevy Impala and Anakin was glad to see that he can keep some of his parents' things. With his parents money he moved out of Manhattan and flew to Massachusetts. He found a one bedroom apartment in Cambridge. Anakin decided once more to go look for a job. For weeks he traveled around Cambridge looking for work but it came to no luck. No one wanted to hire him or even have an interview with him. He felt this might be the end and he will never get a job. Suddenly his phone rang and he was happy to hear that he has an interview tomorrow at Coruscant Elementary School to become a security guard.

As the call ended Anakin let out a small smile when he was finally accepted to have an interview. Out of all the things Anakin thought he would be after the military he wouldn't have guessed becoming a security guard at a elementary school but he couldn't keep his hopes up. Maybe they wouldn't hire him and that made Anakin nervous. He hated sitting around doing nothing, he needed a job. He wants to start a new life as a civilian and hopefully make a comfortable living. This was literally his only chance left at a new life.

End Of Prologue

Just to let you know I love learning about the military. Ever since I was young I always wanted to be a soldier. Please don't bash me if some of my info about the Green Berets is incorrect. I don't know every specific detail about their training and combat, but I put my twist on how I thought it would be. Sorry again if I'm wrong, no hard feelings. I don't mean to be incorrect it just I'm not that intelligent when it comes to special forces.