A/N: Hey guys 3rd chapter. What's going to happen now to our marines? Will they escape? Will they die? Find out now!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything about Halo, only the fictional characters I make up
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Inside prison cell
Date unknown
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"Wake up you worthless slugs!" Said an Elite. I wake up, along with the others to the loud Elite. "We're going to have some fun today!" Fun? I get up and out of the cell to be surrounded by more Elites. "Get moving!" and I get a nice kick in the rear by an Elite.
"What's going to happen to us?" I ask
"Oh you'll see, you'll see."
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Outside of the Covenant base
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I'm pushed outside to a rather large, empty, dug out pit.
"Alright slugs, into the pit!" Yelled the Elite. He points to Howard and me.
"Why?" I ask
"Shut up! Either you go in willingly or I'll shove you in there!" Not wanting to be hurt even more I go in with Howard.
"Alright slugs! Here's how it's going to work! We give you each an energy sword and you two try and kill each other!"
"What if we don't want to?" Howard asks
"Then we kill you both. Either way, someone dies."
"You sick bastard!" I yell
"I appreciate the comment!" He tosses two energy swords inside. By now a large group of Covenant surrounds the pit. Howard picks up an energy sword and takes a fencing stance.
"It's either you or me kid." He grins "And I plan on staying alive." He rushes at me with eyes that can kill. I'm right now so scared that I can't move. He picks me up by the collar. "I'm sorry kid, but you'll have to die." I quickly knee him in the groin and he keels over in pain.
"Don't do this Howard!" I grab the other energy sword preparing to defend myself.
"You heard what they said, either one of us dies or we both die. I would rather choose the first option if I were you."
"Haha!" Yelled an Elite "I bet my entire day's ration on Howard!"
"I am stronger than you!" Howard boasted. He charged at me once more, sword raised, and ready to strike. I trip him over and he loses grip on his sword and accidentally impales himself.
"Gah…..please….spare me…." I could tell Howard was suffering, but I couldn't kill him. I couldn't kill anyone, nonetheless my own comrade.
"Kill him now!" Yelled an Elite as he jumped down into the pit "Kill him or I kill you both!"
"Cognan!" Yelled another Elite "Let the slugs suffer in the pit!"
"Well slug," Cognan says as he raises his plasma rifle at my head "Either I kill you both or you kill him." He motions me toward Howard. I walk over toward Howard, heartbeat increasing with every step.
"I'm sorry Howard." I say as he looks up at me
"Please….no….."
"But it's either you or me." I close my eyes and he closes his.
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Inside the prison cell
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"I…..I killed him." I say sobbing. That was the worst experience if my life, I took his head off. Blood spattered all over the ground. Even the Elites commented me on being "ruthless" and saying that they "would recruit me if I wasn't a worthless slug." Cognan was so happy he even gave me an extra meal.
"You had to" Said Sam comforting me "You couldn't do anything, you were held at gunpoint."
"I would have rather died than kill someone else!"
"Would you?" Asked Jesse
"Yes, I would of willing died instead of kill." I said Wiping tears from my eyes.
"Every goddamn day I look at this crucifix" he said "and every day I wonder where the fuck is my god now? I have to live through this hellhole now."
"Jesse shut up." Sam said glaring at him "You're not making him feel any better about this."
"Whatever, all I know is we're going to get out of this prison in either two ways. In A body bag or scarred for life.
"C'mon Rob, you just need a good rest." Sam said taking me into her arms. I fell asleep crying that night.
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Streets of New York, 2009
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"Hey man that was ruthless!" Said a large Black man
"Yeah you killed his ass good!" Said a Bald man
"No…..he didn't deserve to die…." I just killed another man to collect drug money. He wouldn't tell me where the money was. So I was forced to torture him. It was….satisfying to say the least.
"Dude he's all over the room!" I cut him into pieces until he told me where the money was. Then, I shot him. The worst thing is that…..I enjoyed it. I relished the kill and I hated that about me.
"Yo, we best be splitting before the fuzz gets here." I couldn't move. I curled up into a fetal position sobbing. Soon the police arrive. An ambulance took me to the hospital. A few months later I had my trial. My lawyer pleaded insanity. I was found not guilty. They put me into therapy for 6 months. Those months were hell.
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Inside the prison cell
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"Rob wake up!" Sam said "It's just a bad dream." Sam started rocking me and kissed my forehead. "It's going to be alright, we're going to get out of this alive."
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A/N: Wow that was a pretty emotional chapter. A lot of first's: First marine causality in the story, Jesse's first time talking, Gill's first kill, probably a lot more. Yea Sam is showing some affection toward Gill. But the ratio of action and romance will be 4:1. Unless I get enough reviews to push the GillxSam thing. SO R&R! No preview this chapter guys! Sorry! Tell your friends about this, review, make this story priority!