Tiger of the Sands
A Soldier of the US Marine Corps finds lost letters that lead him back into the past. There was a terrible war in the Middle East, and nuclear fallout occurred. Millions died. But wrapped up in all this, he falls in love with a woman he has never met.
Ch.3
*********finders keepers**********
Mark's POV
My blue eyes blur as the rain pours down. My face is drenched; the helmet doesn't help me much. The lip is far too small. Patrolling the outpost is super annoying, especially when it's fucking raining. That just makes it that much worse. I can hardly keep my eyes open though. I've been patrolling for at least nineteen hours now.
I figured that since no movement has happened for over 7 hours, there is a little bit of time where I can get some sleep in. But right as I laid my head up against the side of the camouflaged wooden utility shed a man slammed the door right in my face. It figures that once I decide to take a nap, movement happens. I stood up and quickly aimed the gun at the man scratching at a piece of paper. He turned around once he realized that he had a gun to the back of his head. Right at that moment his eyes widened, and he slowly held up is dog tags that hung around his neck while raising the other hand, which held some kind of paper, into the surrender position.
It was Sasuke, the guy who was supposed to be patrolling with me. That guy is always doing stuff he isn't supposed to. Everyone thinks he goes missing, and then right when he finds it convenient. That fucking ass hole. Thinking he owns the place or something. But, anyway, I put my gun down and un-cock it. I just couldn't hold back my anger of him coming back in the middle of the night. It's fucking ridiculous shit. I hate it when he does this.
"You fucking bastard! I almost shot you!" I just started to fire out at him. He just stood there looking at me like I'm an idiot. Then he started to laugh while putting his hands down. He gets a kind of sorry smile, thinking it's all good that I almost shot him.
"What's that fucking piece of paper anyway?" I rip it out of his hand. That's when I realize it's a letter, a letter from whom? But I can't find a signature, or even a date. "This is total bull shit. Can't you see it's a fake? It was written to scare us. There's no date no fucking signature. Nada."
"It isn't bull shit." He said kind of muffled under his breath. He reached out to grab the paper from me. I'm much more butch than him, so I pull away to where he can't grab it from me. "Give it back!" He shouts at me. He jumps up, trying to grab the letter. Might I add trying, which means not achieving.
"Are you saying that this letter actually means something to you? Ha, bull shit. You'll believe anything anyone says or writes in this case...God Damn you're gullible." I just laugh at him, making him feel like a complete idiot. He just puts his head down and stops reaching for the letter; I could have sworn that I saw this big tough guy draw a tear.
"Yes. It's important to me. I don't know, maybe I'm a fool for thinking its real. But can I at least have it back? It isn't not yours to keep." He softly spoke while keeping his head down.
"Sasuke...t-t-t, don't you know anything?" I figured if anyone should have it, I should. It simply isn't a fake, and I wanna keep it for myself. Fucking Sasuke needs to get a life. Its mine now. And 'finders keepers' was never a game for me.
Alright. Let me know what you think of this guy Mark. Personally i don't like him. He must have been spoiled rotten as a kid. Well, anyway, I love what this all is leading into XD And again I am sending thanks to all those who reviewed : Jen1490, and DarkendMoon. Thank you all for reading, and please review :)
