Love Struck Delusion

Chapter 67 – Ask Yourself. Have I Been Worth The Trouble?

Raptor's POV, Holding Cells, Pakistan.

Everything was going black. The cold was putting me to sleep. Along with the pain I could barely feel anything at this point. The ropes around me kept me in place and I had no control over them or my body. I could almost feel them getting tighter. I felt like my organs could pop at any moment.

Trying my best to keep my eyes open, I looked around the room as best as I could. From what I knew there was a table to my right. I'm sure there was a way to get free from this if I could only access it.

"Are you sure about that?" Looking in front of me to the chair, I rested my eyes on Shadow who sat there like Linnen once did.

I kept silent this time as he smiled at me.

"You really got yourself into some trouble this time huh? Why not go with Char when you had the chance? You could have fled. G.U.N might have thought they killed you in that crash." He stated as I already knew this.

"It's not what I wanted." I replied calmly as he looked confused and questioned.

"You wanted this? For Char to get away safely and for you to get tortured by the people you vowed to beat? You know they could kill you right?"

Looking into his eyes I replied.

"I know."

"Your a weird one Raptor. I'll admit I still don't understand you too well even after so much time spent together. So what's the point then?" He wondered as he looked to my ropes.

"I don't know." I replied as he nodded to my answer.

"All you've done is get yourself hurt it seems. I'll be honest I haven't seen someone this messed up in a long time. How's the ear?" He wondered as I replied.

"Fuck you."

Immediately he laughed and said.

"Okay I get it. You're not in the mood for my jokes."

"Leave." I ordered him as he looked to the table. Slowly getting up he approached it to reply.

"You know I can never truly leave Raptor. I'm part of you."

"Your a memory." I stated in denial as he shook his head while grabbing something from the table.

"I'm real." He replied as I shut my eyes to reply.

"Your my imagination. You always have been. How many times do I have to tell you your nothing but my mind playing tricks on me? Your nothing more then a memory who's coming back to haunt me every time I get kicked back down."

"Is that all I am to you? A memory?" He asked as I heard him now in front of me.

"Yes. A memory." I replied as I felt it get really cold. Immediately I opened my eyes as I felt it roll over my neck. In confusion I looked around to see he was gone.

"What?" I questioned as I tried to look around. Slowly trying to force my neck to the right, I panicked as I felt something rolling around on my lap. Looking down I widened my eyes. One of my claws rested there. My mind was lost in utter confusion of how it got there. It couldn't have been real. It had to be another mind game.

Shutting my eyes as fast as I could, I tried to relax and fall asleep. Maybe I'll never wake up this time around. Maybe all these tricks can stop for once. Maybe I can rest in peace.

Wreak's POV, Dunes, Three Miles Outside Pakistan Border, Two Hours Later.

The chopper left us behind in the sand. It would be back at this spot in three hours tops. After that we would have to find our own way back. We had no time to waste. With Black taking the lead and Vector behind him, I stayed in the middle with Archer who still seemed a little unconvinced by his actions thus far. I could see he didn't trust him.

"How far till we reach the canyon?" He asked as Black shouted from the front.

"It should be a half mile away! We'll be there soon! Just watch your step when we get there! The canyon has been known to falter under weight!"

Archer didn't respond as we just all kept walking.

"You okay Major?" Asked Misty from behind as he looked back at her to reply.

"Yeah. I'm okay."

Archer looked to me as I shook my head to his response.

"I'll be fine." He stated as I replied calmly.

"Okay."

Now going silent, I looked back to Black to ask.

"What was your team called Black?"

"What?" He replied in confusion as I restated.

"Your team? Were your Special Forces or Black Ops?"

"Nether." He replied as I knew he was going to continue.

Giving us a few moments of silence he soon went on to say.

"Linnen has a few teams to his command like mine. We're not Special Forces. We're not Black Ops. True Black Ops has some of us, but our teams are different. We're what Linnen calls Users."

"User?" Questioned Archer as I was interested in hearing more.

With Black keeping his focus on our front he replied.

"We're highly trained soldiers. Trained in advanced combat and tactics. We are given access to higher tiers of training that even Black Ops doesn't get. We're advanced killing machines with one goal. To protect our leader. Linnen in this case was our goal up till now."

"So your a security detail. Hehe." Stated Archer in a cocky tone of laughter as Black glared back to reply.

"We're better then you could ever dream of being Major. You might as well get over it." He urged him as Archer immediately shouted.

"Wana say that again!?"

Stopping in his tracks, Black turned around to reply.

"I shouldn't have to repeat myself to you."

"No please! Go on! I didn't hear you the first time!" Stated Archer as he rushed Black to take a swing. Immediately Black ducked and pulled a few feet back to urge.

"Don't do this. I'm warning you."

"Relax guys!" Shouted Misty as I tried to tame Archer.

Ignoring me Archer replied while going in for another swing.

"No please tell me again! Tell me how good you are you FUCK!"

Blocking the swing, Black sent a jab as fast as he could into Archer's mouth. Archer immediately pulled back to go for his gun. The second he did however Black did the same and me and Vector jumped in the middle of it to order.

"Calm down! Both of you!"

Archer now aimed at me as Black aimed at Vector. Standing between them I said.

"I know you don't trust anyone who was with G.U.N Archer, but your losing your shit here! He's an ally!"

"Same goes to you Black! Stand down and relax! Your better then this! Don't take it personally! We're all on the same team now!" Stated Vector as I looked back at Black to see he was already calming down by lowering his gun.

"I don't have to take shit from a washed up soldier who thinks he's got more to live for then me in this war." Stated Black as Archer shouted.

"Washed up!? You wana step out from behind them to let me show you how washed up I am!?" Shouted Archer as I ordered.

"Stand down! Your not going to show any of us! We're all here for the same reason! Now we're just wasting time instead of helping the Commander who's in trouble! Swallow your pride for a few hours Archer and let Black take the lead on this one! We're not saving Raptor without him and you know that!" I stated towards him as he questioned me to ask.

"You trust him Wreak!?"

"I trust he knows what he's doing! If you two wana kill each other; at least wait till we get back to Iraq so I can have a place to bury you!" I urged them as Black nodded and turned away from us to keep walking.

Looking back to my comrade, I watched his eyes. He was clearly enraged.

"Archer?" I said to him peacefully as Vector now continued on his way.

Putting down his gun he replied.

"You better hope he's alive when we get there."

"He won't be if we keep stopping like this. Now come on." I urged him as I refocused and turned back to follow Black and Vector. Misty kept herself in the rear as we soon reached the Canyon.

Now we were ten minutes behind. If things kept up this way we wouldn't live long enough to see the Capital.

Sorry for the short one today. I'm a little tired from work. I'll have a longer one up soon. Thanks again for reading guys and gals. It means a lot.

mT Shadow.