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Is There No End?

It is yet again the next morning in Blood Gulch. Max had been up all night making a new plan in order to capture that flag! He was very tired. Jake had also woken up and made a full recovery from the "incident." Kevin……..is fine, thank you! Anyway, Max has called for a group meeting on top of the base.

"Well Jake, Kevin, I have been up all night but I think I have finally come up with the perfect plan!" said Max.

"Does it involve me carrying the flag?" asked Jake. "If so, then I'm just going to have to say that it sucks and no I won't do it and I quit the army! So-long!"

Jake was just walking away when Max stopped him.

"Jake, get back here! You haven't even heard what it is yet and your wrong!"

Jake turned around and walked back. "Well then! What's it called?"

"The greatest plan ever though of by man!"

Jake and Kevin just stared at him. "………That's it?" questioned Kevin.

"What do you mean is that it?"

"You can pretty much give any plan that name sir, good or bad. No offense!"

"Well, that's what this one is called because the title says it all!"

Jake sighs. "Ok, let's hear it!"

Max opens the envelope and reads it. "Ok, we have to……engage the enemy base…."

"Yea?"

"Run inside."

"Yea?"

"Grab the flag…."

"YEA?"

"…..and run back here! OH, and don't get killed!" finished Max as he put the letter back into the envelope and grinned his elite grin about his new plan. Jake and Kevin just stared at him with confusion.

"Ugh…..isn't that just the mission objective? And it sounded really simple and it wouldn't work that easily." said Jake.

"Why didn't I think of that?" said Kevin.

Max turned to Jake. "You see?" he said. "I guess some people know true works of art when they see or hear it!"

"Alright, let's do it……I guess!" said Jake.

"That's the spirit Jake! This plan will work, trust me!"

"Your plans used to anyway!"

"ALRIGHT! Let's MOVE OUT!" As for me, I will sit on the hill up there and walk you through the plan!"

Jake rolled his eyes and ran off with Kevin. "Whatever!"

Max ran to the right and up into the cave. Jake and Kevin ran out in the middle to the elite's base.

"I've got a clear shot on them with my rifle sir!" said Jake.

"Permission denied! We must sneak in!"

"What if they know we're coming?"

"They won't now run in….trust me!"

"Fine! I'll trust you on this one!"

"I don't know what your problem is!" said Kevin. "it seems like a well thought out plan!"

Jake turned to Kevin. "It's way too simple!"

"Exactly! It's easy to remember!"

"…….Let's just go!"

Jake and Kevin ran up to the base and snuck inside from the bottom. They walked into the elevator and went up.

"I think we're clear!" whispered Kevin.

They both went up to see that the room was crowded with elites. Jake and Kevin didn't say anything but the elites immediately turned around and stared at him.

"Take the flag!" commanded Max over the radio.

"We kind of have a problem!" said Jake back to him.

"Kill them, take the flag and run!"

Jake picked up his sniper rifle and shot one elite in the head. Kevin didn't hesitate he ran forward and grabbed the flag. The elites fired their rifles at both of them. Kevin melees one in the back, which killed him, and ran out the front door. Jake ran down the elevator and killed a few more elites on the way out. Kevin ran back to base.

"Now take it back to base!" said Max.

"Where are you anyway?" asked Kevin.

"Back at base of course!"

"That quickly?" asked Jake.

"I ran back a long time ago."

Jake and Kevin ran on top of the base.

"Wow!" said Jake in amazement. "That actually worked?"

Just then, a sniper shot came out of no where and shot Kevin's hand in which he dropped the flagged and it returned. They all looked out beyond the base to see a huge crowd of elites run away, laughing. Jake and Kevin look at Max.

Max shrugged. "HUH! How bout that?" Jake and Kevin just continued staring at him.

Anyway, the sun rose over Blood Gulch, again. Actually, more like again and again and again! A whole week had gone by and the Red Team had failed a total of 12 times at least! It had become almost seemingly impossible to do such a simple and pointless task. All their plans ended up failing one way or another. One time, they were half way back to the base covering Kevin, who had the flag, but Kevin had run off behind their backs and go to the bathroom so the flag was left alone. Another time, they dressed in blue armor, hoping to trick the elites in which it worked until Kevin took the flag while they were looking. And another time where they eventually flipped out and tried to kill each other but that didn't work either (don't ask how they all lived and of course Max is already dead.)

We now rejoin Max, Jake, and Kevin getting ready to set off on their next attempt!

"Do we really have to go out again?" complained Jake.

"Yea!" said Kevin. "This game is rather boring now!"

"Let's just face it Max, we suck at this!"

"You guys are just going to quit that easily?" questioned Max.

"That easily? Your lucky we have been trying for two weeks straight! I wanted to quit long ago."

"Me too! But like you, I think this mission is pointless and I want to leave as well!"

"….So….why don't we?"

"We need to get this thing done, whatever the reason."

Jake sighed. "What's your plan?"

"I'll grab the flag this time, I guess." said Max.

"Whatever, let's just do this! OH, and Kevin already started."

They looked out to see Kevin running off (they were used to it by now and stopped caring long ago!) Jake and Max sighed at their next attempt as they ran off the base and caught up with Kevin who was behind the rocks to the left!

Jake turned to Max. "Gotcha covered sir!"

"GREAT!" said Max. "Kevin, we need you as an optional flag carrier in case I die!"

"I thought you were already dead?" asked Kevin. "Unless……YOUR NOT MAX!"

"OF COURSE I AM! NOW PAY ATTENTION!"

Kevin saluted him. "YES CAPTIN!"

"I'm a sergeant!"

"Really? I'm a private!"

"We don't care! NOW GET READY!"

Max loaded his carbine and ran up to the base. Luckily, the elites weren't paying much attention. In fact, it looked as though a few were missing. Max turned on his radio.

"They look as though they're waiting for something!" said Max over the radio. "Cover me with sniper fire if you can!"

"Yes sir!" responded Jake as he and Kevin moved forward and away from the rocks a little bit and to the right of the blue base (in the open.)

Max walked inside and hid behind the wall. He could hear elites on the other side, yet again. When Max accidentally took one step, the elites were suddenly drawn to the noise. The elites picked up their rifles and walked behind the wall. Max quickly ran to the other side, picked up a grenade, and threw it to the other side. The elites just stared at it as it exploded and killed all three.

BOOM!

The elites on top of the base heard the grenade explode and they heard that red team had the flag. They looked over to see Max running out into the open.

"THEY'RE ON TO ME! KILL THEM!" shouted Max over the radio.

Jake ran on top of the base and Kevin ran to the other side. They could see that two of the elites began to snipe at Max. They missed twice but one shot hit Max's leg and he ran for cover. Jake ran up to one sniper and punched him in the head. The elite quickly recovered and tried to fire at him but Jake punched the plasma beam rifle out of the way, kicked him in the groin, and butted him with his sniper rifle.

Kevin was stopped by three elites right behind him as he picked up his dual smg's and fired at them. They answered back and Kevin even had to hide behind the ramp for cover.

Jake had now run up to the other elite who was sniping at him up close. Jake backed up and off the base and ran back to the rocks. The elite kept sniping at him as he ran back. Jake picked up his rifle and sniped back but missed. The elite jumped out and sniped three times at him and hit his arm.

"FRICK!" screamed Jake as he hid behind the rock.

The elite sniped at the rock hoping to scare Jake but Jake just stood there. The elite fired at Jake some more as he rolled out from behind the rock. The elite hid behind the wall and waited for his rifle to cool off while Jake just sat out in the open. Jake fired his rifle just as the elite went back out from behind the wall and hit him in the head.

"YEA!" screamed Jake again. "HEADSHOT!"

The elite dropped his plasma beam rifle and fell to the ground. Meanwhile, Max saw both snipers die and started to run when he heard from nowhere…..

"FLAG CONTESTED!"

"Flag contested?" Max wondered. "What exactly does that mean?"

Max shrugged and ran around the wall on the right of the red base when he heard the teleporter being activated. He turned around to see a blue elite run off with a red flag.

"WHAT!" Max yelled. "SINCE WHEN DO WE HAVE A FLAG? Oh, right! I've noticed it in the base long ago. Guess we should have accounted for that!"

The elite ran into the cave and Max followed him. The elite heard someone running behind him and turned around to see an elite in red armor carrying a blue flag. The elite ran forward and swung his flag at Max but Max jumped out of the way and dropped the flag. The elite ran forward to return it but Max quickly got up and kicked him over. He ran over to pick up the blue flag as the elite got up and ready.

They both tried fist fighting each other without dropping their flag. They also tried hitting each other with their flags. Max held the very bottom of the flag and the elite held the bottom of his. They used their flags as swords and had a sword fight. They swung right, left, right, then left again but all swings were blocked. Max swung his flag at the elites arm which injured hit. The elite screamed his elite scream and Max backed up and threw his flag like a spear at him. The flag stuck threw his heart and it fell.

However, the elite threw the red flag a good long distance and Max ran after it. Max caught up to the flag and returned it. He then ran back into the cave but the flag had already returned.

"DANG!" said Max in frustration.

The radio turned on and Jake was talking at the other end. "MAX? did I just hear that the flag returned, again?"

Max ran back to the red base where the other two were. "Yea! But you missed a pretty interesting fight and apparently they want our flag as well."

Jake didn't answer. In fact, as soon as Max got back to base he saw Jake talking to command. Max turned to Kevin.

"Max?" started Kevin. "I'm scared of Jake now!"

"Jake scared me from the very beginning!" said Max. "What's going on?"

"I don't know! We got back here and as soon he heard that the flag was returned, he contacted command!"

Max turned to Jake. "JAKE! WAIT!"

Jake had just finished talking with command when he turned to Max. "What?"

"Don't quit just yet! I want that flag so we can prove to command that we don't suck!"

"Too late!" said Jake as he smiled an evil smile. "I've got a plan!"

"What plan?" asked Kevin.

Jake chuckled quietly. "OH! You'll see."

Just then, two pelicans dropped down on top of the red base and a marine jumped out and walked up to Jake.

"Where do you want it, sir?" asked the marine.

Jake pointed to the left of the base. "Over there!"

"Jake!" yelled Max. "What is going on?"

Jake turned to Max. "I have a plan that can't fail and it's not full of crap!"

"At least you didn't try to jump into the pelican again! Good boy!"

Max threw Jake a treat.

"Where's my treat?" asked Kevin rejected.

"Oh yea!" said Max as he picked up a dog biscuit and threw it into Kevin's mouth. The marine ran back over to Jake.

"Ok!" he started. "It's dropped off. Now where do you want the marines?"

Jake laughed. "Just drop them off next to the tank!"

Don't miss the final chapter of "A Game of CTF!" The reason why the next chapter is the last one is because the story is starting to get repetitive and I'm running out of things to write about. BUT, before you get disappointed, I will come out with a sequel eventually. So, like I said, the next chapter will be the last and I'm kind of anxious to see what happens too so we'll say at least one more review. Thank you and be patient!