Chapter 21
Incredible Discovery
"But...but-" Andrew cut me off. The strange man just ignored us and faced forward.
"When you shot at me," He closed his eyes fighting back tears. I closed my mouth and raised a brow, "I was hit by the first shot, but only wounded. The second shot missed me," So it did hit my wall after all.
"I...but you-"
"I'm not what, or shall I say who, you think I am," He said. He opened his eyes and they met mine.
"What?" I looked at him curiously.
"My family, my life, it was all a cover up..." No!
"But-"
"I'm sorry Dragon but it was for your own protection."
"From who?"
"From yourself," I just looked at him in disbelief.
"So all the time we spent together, it was all a joke? You never really cared about me, you never really looked up to me?"
"Well-"
"I cared about you so much, and this is how you repay me?" I yelled at him. I stood up and unsheathed my katana, "You ungrateful little bastard!" I drew my katana back, ready to strike.
I sliced it through the air, forward. "Dragon, No!" he cried out. I stop just before the blade met his neck. He began to sob, "I...I...do love you, its just, I couldn't tell you, they made me promise..."
I just looked at him, the anger in me slowly subsiding. "They made me promise," he murmured over and over. My head dropped. I sheated my katana and knelt in front of him.
I hugged him, "Hey its ok, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you."
I felt him smile, I did the same.I heard the unsheathing of a dagger. I could hear his thoughts. Andrew drew out his dagger. My eyes widened. Before I could react he stabbed the dagger deep into my shoulder. I screamed in pain. He got up and jumped out the left side of the hummer, "Andrew no!"
He landed about five feet across. He was...floating. Then the outline of a hummer appeared, and then the full form of it, and then the hummer itself. Cloaking device.
Tetsuko was driving, she winked as she blew a kiss at me. That bitch. Once again I was double crossed by someone I truly and deeply loved. Their hummer had NOS. They sped away and then clicked the cloaking device on. I sat down and sighed.
"Dragon are you all right?" Exclaimed the strange man.
"Yea, why do you ask?" He looked at me like I was insane. He pointed to my shoulder and said, "That's why!"
I looked over at my should and gasped. Then I grabbed it and shouted in pain, "Damn that kid, I knew he was trouble..." I pulled the dagger out and put it into a spare sheath I had.
We made it to a rest stop and K'arr, once again, dressed my wounds. "So who are you?" I finally asked the strange man. "They call me Hawk."
Chapter 22 The Truth
"So what's up with you guys bringing Andrew along?" I asked.
"Well," said K'arr, "Andrew has been our spy, so to speak. He gives us reports every night on what you have done that day. He didn't report in the night before you attacked him so we went to check things out. We arrived too late, you were already gone. Andrew was unconscious, he went into shock after you shot him. He was fine, however, and he got medical attention. We've been tracking you for three days. We, once again, arrived too late at Ecclesaties' compound. No one there survived, but we didn't find Ecclesaties' body. And we finally began to catch up with you but we arrived too late for that battle you fought with the Ghost Brigade. And then finally we found you here. We were afraid you weren't, well we doubted you were the chosen one. But now there is still hope..." He trailed off.
I just nodded, I was somewhat speechless. I walked over to the vending machine room. Looking from left to right, I made sure no one was watching. I punched the glass on the vending machine and it shattered. I pulled my hand back quickly enough as to not get it cut. I took as many bags of snacks as I could fit into my pocket. And then, while whistling, I casually walked off.
I met Hawk and K'arr and we got into the hummer. I shared some snacks with them as we drove off.
"So where are we heading?" I asked.
"Well... I was hoping you could tell us," said K'arr. I looked at him like he was crazy, "Where are the Ghost Brigade going?"
"West Hampton..." I trailed off, figuring out there plans, "We can't go there, we're barely armed and there's
only three of us."
"Granted, Dragon, but we have something they shall never have... You," I nodded.
"Let us go then."
Hawk also told me about K'arr. K'arr was in his late twenties. He had more men in his squad but they were seperated when they decided to spread out and search for me. However, most were all lost. They had failed to report yesterday. The group that was taking my story to the mainframe computer was the only one he had contact with.
When we were about ten miles away we got an incoming trasnmission from the other hummer. They said they had made contact with the lost groups.
"Sir.." The transmission was staticky, "We...they are...in a...battle...huge..."
"You're breaking up."
"Huge battle....West Hampton... backup... immediately... on... our way."
"Over and out," I looked at K'arr, "Its war!"
We went as fast as the hummer could take us, about 85. We made it there in about 15 minutes. I had only my katana, a dagger, and a pair of berettas they brought me. K'arr was armed with an M-16 and a backup desert eagle. Hawk was armed with a pair of HK-MP5s and a pair of mini-uzis.
We stopped the hummer and jumped out. There were about nineteen other hummers on our side, each with an average of four guys. They all had M-60s on top. When we stopped, a fellow soldier jumped on the back and took control of our M-60. I followed Hawk and K'arr over to the central command post.
"Sir," said the cheif in command proudly, "We are outnumbered 22 to 1 atleast, they only have jeeps right now but our intelligence says they are expecting a small amount of hover tanks and possibly a much smaller group of drone choppers."
"Damnit," said K'arr, the soldier nodded, "Can we expect any allies?"
"Yes sir, but-"
"But what?"
"They won't be here for a few hours.."
"What can we expect?"
"A hundred and fifty foot soldiers, twenty drivers, fifteen hummers, five tanks, and three APCs."
"Good, we need to hold them," he looked around thinking, "I need a small group of soldiers willing to infiltrate the enemy line," he looked over at me.
"I'm in," I said.
"Me too, sir," said Hawk. A few other soldiers joined in, so did the commander in cheif, whose name I learned was Zak.
"Ok, Zak you're in command. The rest of you obey orders. And Dragon," I looked at him, "Be careful, without you, the war is over." I nodded.
We had to crawl through an old sewer system to the other side. We ran over to the entrance.
"Ok, we are undetected as of now, we need to use the element of surprise wisely. We cannot be seen until we reach our destination point," He pointed over to a large military truck, "Once we get there, someone needs to take the truck," Hawk said he'd do that, "And the rest provide cover, Dragon and I need not to be seen through this entire thing, we have a different mission, understood?"
We all nodded, "Ok, keep low, stay quiet, and follow me."
We obeyed and followed in a straight line. I was behind Hawk who was behind Zak. I wondered what my mission would be. We arrived on the other side after about ten minutes. We all crouched down, weapons ready.
Zak motioned forward with his hand. Two of the soldiers ran out, close to the ground. He motioned with the same hand, only the opposite direction, and Hawk and the other soldier ran out.
"Ok Dragon, this is our mission," he whispered, "We're going to setup a small camp and establish a surveillance system. We're going to stay there until their back up arrives, understood?" I nodded.
Zak and I ran out, into the depth of battle.
"But...but-" Andrew cut me off. The strange man just ignored us and faced forward.
"When you shot at me," He closed his eyes fighting back tears. I closed my mouth and raised a brow, "I was hit by the first shot, but only wounded. The second shot missed me," So it did hit my wall after all.
"I...but you-"
"I'm not what, or shall I say who, you think I am," He said. He opened his eyes and they met mine.
"What?" I looked at him curiously.
"My family, my life, it was all a cover up..." No!
"But-"
"I'm sorry Dragon but it was for your own protection."
"From who?"
"From yourself," I just looked at him in disbelief.
"So all the time we spent together, it was all a joke? You never really cared about me, you never really looked up to me?"
"Well-"
"I cared about you so much, and this is how you repay me?" I yelled at him. I stood up and unsheathed my katana, "You ungrateful little bastard!" I drew my katana back, ready to strike.
I sliced it through the air, forward. "Dragon, No!" he cried out. I stop just before the blade met his neck. He began to sob, "I...I...do love you, its just, I couldn't tell you, they made me promise..."
I just looked at him, the anger in me slowly subsiding. "They made me promise," he murmured over and over. My head dropped. I sheated my katana and knelt in front of him.
I hugged him, "Hey its ok, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you."
I felt him smile, I did the same.I heard the unsheathing of a dagger. I could hear his thoughts. Andrew drew out his dagger. My eyes widened. Before I could react he stabbed the dagger deep into my shoulder. I screamed in pain. He got up and jumped out the left side of the hummer, "Andrew no!"
He landed about five feet across. He was...floating. Then the outline of a hummer appeared, and then the full form of it, and then the hummer itself. Cloaking device.
Tetsuko was driving, she winked as she blew a kiss at me. That bitch. Once again I was double crossed by someone I truly and deeply loved. Their hummer had NOS. They sped away and then clicked the cloaking device on. I sat down and sighed.
"Dragon are you all right?" Exclaimed the strange man.
"Yea, why do you ask?" He looked at me like I was insane. He pointed to my shoulder and said, "That's why!"
I looked over at my should and gasped. Then I grabbed it and shouted in pain, "Damn that kid, I knew he was trouble..." I pulled the dagger out and put it into a spare sheath I had.
We made it to a rest stop and K'arr, once again, dressed my wounds. "So who are you?" I finally asked the strange man. "They call me Hawk."
Chapter 22 The Truth
"So what's up with you guys bringing Andrew along?" I asked.
"Well," said K'arr, "Andrew has been our spy, so to speak. He gives us reports every night on what you have done that day. He didn't report in the night before you attacked him so we went to check things out. We arrived too late, you were already gone. Andrew was unconscious, he went into shock after you shot him. He was fine, however, and he got medical attention. We've been tracking you for three days. We, once again, arrived too late at Ecclesaties' compound. No one there survived, but we didn't find Ecclesaties' body. And we finally began to catch up with you but we arrived too late for that battle you fought with the Ghost Brigade. And then finally we found you here. We were afraid you weren't, well we doubted you were the chosen one. But now there is still hope..." He trailed off.
I just nodded, I was somewhat speechless. I walked over to the vending machine room. Looking from left to right, I made sure no one was watching. I punched the glass on the vending machine and it shattered. I pulled my hand back quickly enough as to not get it cut. I took as many bags of snacks as I could fit into my pocket. And then, while whistling, I casually walked off.
I met Hawk and K'arr and we got into the hummer. I shared some snacks with them as we drove off.
"So where are we heading?" I asked.
"Well... I was hoping you could tell us," said K'arr. I looked at him like he was crazy, "Where are the Ghost Brigade going?"
"West Hampton..." I trailed off, figuring out there plans, "We can't go there, we're barely armed and there's
only three of us."
"Granted, Dragon, but we have something they shall never have... You," I nodded.
"Let us go then."
Hawk also told me about K'arr. K'arr was in his late twenties. He had more men in his squad but they were seperated when they decided to spread out and search for me. However, most were all lost. They had failed to report yesterday. The group that was taking my story to the mainframe computer was the only one he had contact with.
When we were about ten miles away we got an incoming trasnmission from the other hummer. They said they had made contact with the lost groups.
"Sir.." The transmission was staticky, "We...they are...in a...battle...huge..."
"You're breaking up."
"Huge battle....West Hampton... backup... immediately... on... our way."
"Over and out," I looked at K'arr, "Its war!"
We went as fast as the hummer could take us, about 85. We made it there in about 15 minutes. I had only my katana, a dagger, and a pair of berettas they brought me. K'arr was armed with an M-16 and a backup desert eagle. Hawk was armed with a pair of HK-MP5s and a pair of mini-uzis.
We stopped the hummer and jumped out. There were about nineteen other hummers on our side, each with an average of four guys. They all had M-60s on top. When we stopped, a fellow soldier jumped on the back and took control of our M-60. I followed Hawk and K'arr over to the central command post.
"Sir," said the cheif in command proudly, "We are outnumbered 22 to 1 atleast, they only have jeeps right now but our intelligence says they are expecting a small amount of hover tanks and possibly a much smaller group of drone choppers."
"Damnit," said K'arr, the soldier nodded, "Can we expect any allies?"
"Yes sir, but-"
"But what?"
"They won't be here for a few hours.."
"What can we expect?"
"A hundred and fifty foot soldiers, twenty drivers, fifteen hummers, five tanks, and three APCs."
"Good, we need to hold them," he looked around thinking, "I need a small group of soldiers willing to infiltrate the enemy line," he looked over at me.
"I'm in," I said.
"Me too, sir," said Hawk. A few other soldiers joined in, so did the commander in cheif, whose name I learned was Zak.
"Ok, Zak you're in command. The rest of you obey orders. And Dragon," I looked at him, "Be careful, without you, the war is over." I nodded.
We had to crawl through an old sewer system to the other side. We ran over to the entrance.
"Ok, we are undetected as of now, we need to use the element of surprise wisely. We cannot be seen until we reach our destination point," He pointed over to a large military truck, "Once we get there, someone needs to take the truck," Hawk said he'd do that, "And the rest provide cover, Dragon and I need not to be seen through this entire thing, we have a different mission, understood?"
We all nodded, "Ok, keep low, stay quiet, and follow me."
We obeyed and followed in a straight line. I was behind Hawk who was behind Zak. I wondered what my mission would be. We arrived on the other side after about ten minutes. We all crouched down, weapons ready.
Zak motioned forward with his hand. Two of the soldiers ran out, close to the ground. He motioned with the same hand, only the opposite direction, and Hawk and the other soldier ran out.
"Ok Dragon, this is our mission," he whispered, "We're going to setup a small camp and establish a surveillance system. We're going to stay there until their back up arrives, understood?" I nodded.
Zak and I ran out, into the depth of battle.