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Chapter 2: Hide and seek.
It has been a couple of hours since he killed the pirate group, since then Jason had stopped the truck a bit farther from where the rest of the pirates were now burning. He was checking over his ammo, medicine and map. While searching the truck he had found something very interesting. This truck was supposed to deliver fuel to the Island Port Hotel.
The exact location where Liza, Oliver, himself…Past-Jason… he still wasn't sure how to call the other Jason. But more importantly there was definitely going to be Vaas there.
He could stop so much from happening. Stop his past-self from getting more controlled by Citra, save Oliver early maybe even make sure that his past-self doesn't act like an idiot and pushed his friends away…he wasn't so sure how to make that last one happens without revealing who he really was, but he would find a way… somehow.
So, he was going in there, disguised as a pirate, deliver the fuel, make sure to be the one to be in the room with Vaas, save the others and kill Vaas for good.
But there was a couple of problems. First, a truck full of fuel that was probably supposed to be there sooner suddenly appearing with only one person with no bullet holes or nothing on it was suspicious, very suspicious. Second, his tataus. Vaas knew what Rakyat tataus looks like so it and if he was seen he would probably be gunned down on sight, even if he wore pirate clothing. And third, he was still Jason Brody. Want it or not every pirate, hell every person, on this side of the island knew what he looked like and even if his hair was longer and his five-hour shadow was now a full on small beard, he would still be recognised.
Which is why he was looking at himself trough one of mirror on the side of the now not working truck. He first needed to change his look a bit, he had a bandana with him, so he didn't need to cut his beard, but he did need to cut his hair. Sadly for him, he didn't have a pair of scissors and wasn't to fond of the idea of using fire so the next best thing right now was using his machete…
"This is not gonna end well…" Jason whispered to his reflection, hoping that it would have a better idea.
It didn't.
With a sigh, he brought the machete to the top of his head and tried to not cut himself to badly.
…
A couple of minutes later, he was looking at his hair that was now cut to scalp level. It wasn't perfect, but it would have to do.
Now for his tattoo problem. He needed a jacket of some kind to hide his arms and at least one glove to hide his tattooed hand.
Thankfully, some of the pirates had gloves and jackets.
Now his last problem was the truck itself. He needed to do enough damage to make it believable.
So now here he was in front of the truck, AK at his hip, M1911 in his other hand and M133 on his back.
Aiming the pistol at the front windows, he began to shoot at it.
It would take a lot more to make it look like a rakyat attack but it was a start.
…
Jason was nearing the abandoned hotel, the truck now riddled with bullet holes and barely even working. He had to restart it multiple time in only a couple of meter.
'Maybe that shotgun blast wasn't a good idea…' He thought while restarting the engine for what seemed like the hundredth time.
Thank god that the hotel was now close.
'Alright, first I need to make sure they don't suspect me.' Jason thought, while steering the truck toward the entrance of the hotel.
Turning off the truck and going out, he immediately saw multiple sniper aiming straight at him. He put his hands up, hoping that the snipers would not ruin everything.
What seemed like hours passed before one of the sniper grabbed his walkie-talkie and alerted what was probably the commander here. The moment he finished talking with the person on the other line, the hotel doors opened, and multiples pirates came towards him guns in hand. They approached until they were only a couple of meter away from him.
With is hands still in the air, Jason, in the hope that even the sniper could hear him, strongly said "My group was attacked by some rakyats fuckers, I'm the only survivor."
The pirates continued to stare at him, guns still aimed. Sweat was running down his forehead. Nobody talked or moved, the message was clear : "You move, you die."
A couple of seconds passed in silence, until footsteps were barely heard coming from over the entrance of the hotel. Jason tensed up a bit, unsure of who was coming. A bit of worry entered his mind when he saw the pirates also tense in worry.
"What the fuck is goin' on?!" A familiar accented voice resonated from inside the hotel.
Jason's eyes widened in shock, he felt his breathing getting labored and his heart began to beat so loud he was sure everyone one around him could hear it. He knew he would see him again but Jason wasn't prepared for the pure shock that trough his system.
He stared at Jason, pistol still smoking, a smirk was etched on his face. He didn't care about what would happen to him, he could get eaten alive for all he cared. Maybe Hoyt would be angry, furious even, about killing him prisoners that could be worth thousands maybe even millions but right now he didn't care. He just wanted to see that little white boy run.
Doing his best to calm his beating heart, he glanced toward the entrance of the hotel.
There he was. Vaas Montenegro. The one that made his life a living hell. The one who killed Grant and so many others.
He felt pure rage beginning to cloud his mind. It would be so easy, just aim and shoot. But he would be killed in seconds and that's not even talking about what the pirates would do to the prisoners now that Vaas wasn't there to stop them.
So for now he had to stay hidden.
Coming out of his thought, he saw that Vaas was speed walking toward him, his M1911 in hand.
"Fuck…" Jason said under his breath.
In the blink of an eye Vaas was only inches away from his face, pistol pressed against Jason's forehead.
"You have 5 seconds hermano…" Vaas simply said.
"We ran into some rakyats!" Jason said, doing his best to make his voice deeper. It seemed to work as Vaas instantly gained interest. "We were trying to repair the truck because it started to sound weird and randomly shut off. So when we saw that it might take a while, I went out to get food but an hour later I heard gunshots. There was a rakyat Scavenger with a turret that was shooting at them. I shot the guy in the turret, but he had already killed everyone. After that they went of." He finished his story with a sigh, trying to be convincing.
Vaas stared into his eye, trying to make out if he was lying or not. The story was believable, very believable even when you think about how the rakyat were becoming more on the offensive now. But there was something about this guy that made his instinct go into red alert, maybe it was the completely lifeless green eyes that seemed to stare into his soul or maybe the fact that he didn't even flinch when he put a gun to his head.
Of course, this guy could be an ex-mercenary that Hoyt sent to help. Hoyt did send some guys over from time to time and those were always some of the most cruel and sadistic bastards Vaas had ever seen so it is enterally possible, for Vaas atleast, that this guy could be one of them.
With that thought in mind, Vaas asked "Did they check the truck for the fuel or did they just kill the others?"
If the rakyat knew about his plan for this motel than it could ruin his plan for Jason.
If only he knew.
"No, they just found us randomly as far I know." Jason simply said.
A couple of second passed before Vaas nodded, seemingly satisfied with his answer, and put the pistol back in his holster.
"Well then, Guess you're our saviour huh?" Vaas said with a grin while looking over the slightly taller man in front of him. "Tell you what, next time you pass by my place, I'll give anything you want. Booze, money, drugs or even some hookers, you'll get them." He said. "But for now, lets get those barrels out. I want everything ready when Jason shows up!" He added while turning towards the group of pirates that were now just waiting.
With that, Vaas went back towards the hotel leaving behind a secretly smiling Jason Brody.
Everything was going perfectly.
Night time.
Night had fallen on Rook Island. The abandoned hotel was now illumined by the moon's soft glow and the couple of torches that were lit by the pirates. Most of the people were now sleeping except for a couple of night guards and snipers. As for Jason, he was walking towards a door in the basement of the hotel.
'This is stupid.' Jason thought. And it was, what he was doing could ruin everything. But he wanted, needed even, the see them and make sure they were alright.
Now directly in front of the door, he took a deep breath, mentally preparing himself, and opened the door.
Only to receive an Ak aimed straight at his head.
"Who the fuck are ya?" The pirate practically cried, he looked close to panicking.
"Vaas sent me to take your place." Jason drily said.
"TAKE MY PLACE?! I knew it! He wants to kill me huh? Well he's got another th…" Before he could even finish his sentence, he received an wooden stock directly on his forehead, gratitude of an annoyed Jason, knocking him out for good.
Quickly stepping in, Jason closed the door so that no one could see him. Looking around, Jason first saw the multiple drugs and alcohol bottles that were laying around the room.
The second thing was the two tied up person that were sitting in chairs, now looking at him in shock.
Again, Jason felt a knot in his throat. He wanted to tell them so much. Tell them he was sorry. Embrace Liza, tell her he was sorry for everything that he put her trough and kiss her like they were back in high school… but he couldn't. He wasn't their Jason.
He was the Jason that killed them all.
"Jason…" blood splattered on his hand and face. Her shocked face looking back at him. He heard Daisy's shout of anguish. And now, Jason Brody stared in horror of what he had done. Horror in what he has become. And now Liza Snow slowly died but even then, she stared in his eyes, eyes already full of regret, and mouthed the word "I love you". Not even a second later did she become limp.
Even after all this, Liza still loved him.
Coming back to the present, Jason saw that Liza and Oliver were looking at him in fear.
He had to wince at that, he hated saying them looking at him like that.
Putting his hands up in a feeble attempt to calm them he slowly approached them to take off the tape that was covering their mouth. He brought a finger to his masked lips, asking them to be silent.
They hastily nodded.
Going over to Liza, Jason quickly ripped off the tape covering her mouth, getting a wince of pain from her. Next was Oliver, who also winced.
Stepping back, the room fell into silence. Jason wanted to talk to them, but he couldn't. The words simply didn't come.
What could he say? "I'm your friend/boyfriend from the future that killed you just because I was thinking with my dick."
So now he just waited for them to make the first move. He didn't have a lot of time so he hoped they would hurry.
"Who are you?" Liza asked, looking completely confused.
"I'm with Jason." Was the first thing to come out of his mouth.
Immediately, they both perked up, looking at him with shock.
"Jason!?" "Is he alright?!" They both asked at the same time.
"Yeah… Yeah he's alright." He answered numbly, trying his best to change his voice again.
"Where is he?" Liza asked desperately.
"He's hum… not here right now." Jason answered, feeling like an idiot.
Silence came back to the room. He felt like a complete idiot for coming here. He honestly didn't know what he hoped would happen?
"Look, I can't let you out right now, but in a couple of days, maybe even tomorrow, Jason will be here and then I will help him get…"
Suddenly, the door opened. Panicking, Jason turned towards the door, seeing a lone pirate that was staring at the bleeding unconscious body on the floor.
Quickly snapping to his sense, Jason unsheathed his machete and bolted toward the pirate. But it was to late, the pirate had already his finger on the trigger of his AK. He let loose a volley of bullets. While most of them missed because of the recoil while shooting with only one hand, but three of them did it. Two in his right shoulder and one on his right leg.
Jason quickly killed the pirate with a machete to the throat and ripped out the Ak from his dying hand.
The pirate was dead before he even touched the floor. There was silence for a solid second, before they were replaced with scream and the sounds of multiple boots coming in their direction.
Turning back towards his tied-up friends, he saw that both were staring in shock and horror at the now dead body.
"Oh, this is just fucking amazing…" Jason growled.
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Hey guys, this is just an A.N for those that are curious as to where I'm going with this story.
First, I want to have Jason's friend be a lot more involved. What I mean by that is that I want them to be fighting with Jason. Of course it will be a while before you see that but I really want to do that.
Second, the pairings. In my first A.N I mentioned that Daisy might be the one with who future Jason gets paired. Well, I thought about it and decided to change it. I'm gonna give you guys what I thought could happen, please tell me if it sounds like something that might be interesting.
Okay so the pairing I thought would be future Jason/Liza. What would happen his a sort of love triangle with present Jason getting more and more distant and aggressive towards his friends while future Jason will be trying his best to get closer to them, even though his past his always setting him back. After a while, Liza gets closer to f-Jason and quickly start to get attached to him. He is more mature and serious while still being well… Jason. So pretty much everything she ever wanted In a man.
After that she finally learns what happened to her future self. While she is horrified of what happen to her and her friends, she decides one thing. She wasn't going to be a damsel in distress. She would fight. And what better person to help her than f-Jason.
So yeah. Of course the others will join her and Jason, Oliver probably being the first one as he is shown to have absolutely no problem in the idea of killing pirates as we can see in his rescue mission.
And finally, when the group discover who our Jason his. This might come sooner than I first thought to be honest. Maybe even next chapter. But we'll have to wait and see.
Anyway, take care guys. DoctorIm