My chest felt heavy as if someone was pressing on it. It was hard to breath and I couldn't see anything for a while, until I sat up. I was in my bed, Cackles sitting on a chair across from me.
"Flippy! You're awake!" She said and jumped up. She ran to me and I stood up.
"My chest hurts" I said and she nodded.
"Well yeah, you got stabbed in the chest yesterday. Remember?" She asked.
"What! No, I don't" I said and I had a hard time thinking about yesterday. I didn't remember anything. I just remember being buried, buried and pain.
"Oh, you must have forgotten or something" She said and I reached for a bottled water on my nightstand.
"Help me up to see Scout" I said and she looked away.
"Flippy, you must really not remember than. We were attacked on the way to the base. Scout's dead" She said and I looked at her.
"WHAT!" I said and sat down on the bed, stunned.
"You really don't remember?" She asked sadly.
"No, when!" I asked.
"You woke up after we rescued the soldier you almost murdered. You passed out but woke up shortly after in the army truck. We were driving and we got ambushed again, and Scout was shot. He was snipped and you went crazy! You killed everyone!" She said and I laid back down. I felt tears in my eyes and my breathing became jagged and short. I was pissed, but also devastated. I didn't remember my best friends death!
"How long have I been asleep for?" I asked.
"2 days" She said and I wiped the tears away. I got up and leaned on the wall to hide my face. I then looked at Cackles who seemed to stand there, and look at me. Pity me. I don't need her pity! She can find someone else to feel sorry for. I let Scout die, and now I have to protect Cackles, no matter what. She's the only one of my squad members left. The only one who thinks I'm still sane. It's funny how we're so different and yet alike. She's a hyped up laughing maniac, but I'm a melancholy psycho.
"Lets go, on me" I said and walked out, Cackles following.
"Flippy, I'm sorry" She said and I took in a deep breath.
"Don't be" I said and she looked at me, but I didn't look at her, I had my eyes up ahead. I burst open the doors out of the medical wing and to the training area. I dismissed Cackles and practiced my knife throwing for a bit before a white furred Polar Bear come through the door.
"Flippy" She said and I waved to her.
"Tweak, how's the business going?" I asked.
"Its going good, though I think Shifty want's to go bigger. He can barely keep up anymore" She said. I smiled and threw a knife in the middle of the target, bulls eye.
"Good aim. We could get you a knife for a reasonable price you know" She said and held out a sharp blade.
"I'm good thanks. Probably stole anyway" I said and she rolled her eyes. Tweak was dating Shifty, and the two opened up a business together on whatever Shifty could get his hands on. She was nice, but she could sweet talk anyone with her snake tongue. Tweak mostly sells weapons and goods tot he soldier, but sometimes someone would make a request for a item, like a pack of cards and she'd find a way to get them. She used to supply Mouse Ka-Boom with them back when those two were a couple. She was a good soldier, but she was more of a inside operative than on the battlefield. She tossed me the knife, almost cutting me, but I caught it.
"Keep it, a sample if you want" She said and I smiled.
"That's very generous. What do you want?" I asked and she smiled.
"Nothing, just remember that I'm a good friend. And I'm always there for you" She said and I nodded suspiciously.
"I'll keep that in mind" I said and she left. Shifty came in, loud as always.
"Flippy, you seen Tweak?" He asked and I stopped for a second before shaking my head.
"She was supposed to go on a treasure hunt with me! The museum is opened tonight and we're gonna steal the big ruby there!" He said and laughed before rushing off to find his girlfriend.
"Oh boy" I said and put both the new and old picket knife away. I hid the old one in my shirt and as for the new one. Well behind the ear is a good place, right? I walked outside and headed for the debriefing room, wanting my next assignment. I had to get my mind off of Scout. I saw the office and was headed there but was stopped by my Sargent.
"Flippy. I have your next assignment if you want it. I can tell that's why you're here" He said and handed me a folder containing the information. I looked at him as he walked away and I wondered how he knew. I shrugged and went to my army cabin. I was housed with two others, a wolf and a fox. They were in different divisions so we didn't really talk, but we all respected each other. I laid out the files on the spare desk we kept and I sat in a wooden chair, pulling it up to the desk. I had to capture the enemy base in another country and find out where the Tiger General is hiding. I gathered up all the files as my roommate, Sam the fox came in. He had dark brown fur and a light brown in the tip of his bushy tail. He watched as I got up, grabbed my gun from my bunk bed and headed to the collection office to receive my supplies.
"Here, 5 grenades, 5 packs of bullets, 3 flash bangs, 5 claymores and 3 knifes. That's it for the week, don't use them all up today or you wont have any for your next mission. Remember these bullet packs have 20 bullets in them each, so 100 bullets for this mission seems reasonably don't you agree?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yeah" Was all I said and got changed, putting on a bullet proof vest under my army jacket and pants. After I was done I fixed my hat and left for the truck outside. Cackles, my Sargent and brown bear were in my unit when Tweak came running towards us.
"Wait, let me go! Shifty wont stop tracking me down!" She said and climbed aboard.
"Nice timing." Cackles said and giggled.
"I'm sorry but Shifty wouldn't let me go! He kept bugging me about the museum! He does the stealing not me! I sell them, nothing illegal there" She said.
"Yeah, nothing at all" Cackles said and I smirked. The truck had lurched forward and we began moving towards the forest.
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