Hey hey hey hey hey! YES a new chapter. I'm amazing~

First off, Happy B-Day Scented Of Roses! When you commented and said it was your B-day, I thought that hmm... maybe she'd like me to dedicate a chapter to her... so The Gulag Pt. 2 will be written in your honor! ^_^ YAY!

Okay, so this chapter is pretty basic. It's Mckinley informing you guys on her situation... yes, I neglected having her mention anything really IMPORTANT about her growing feelings for Ghost... I thought that doing so would just drag it on... and I'd prefer to have this chapter just be about her reasons why she doesn't want to enter the gulag, but has to. I really hope you all enjoy this! And please, spend 2 minutes of your time and just REVIEW! It's really appreciated. It makes me very confident, and I write much better and faster.

Oh, and I have found Queen/Ghost themes! "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem feat. Rihanna and "Beautiful Disaster" by Kelly Clarkson. Both really good songs! OOO and Love the Way You Lie gives you a hint as to what's to come in future chapters! Beautiful Disaster sorta does, too...

Okay... that's it! Please enjoy the chapter!

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Chapter 11:

Contemplation

Mckinley Front

There are a few reasons why I didn't want to go into the gulag. On the other hand, there are also a few reasons why I had to go into the gulag.

Reason 1 for not wanting to enter the gulag: It was really freaking dark in there. I mean, yeah, I've been in dark rooms before. But being a mile underground (I'm exaggerating, obviously) in pitch darkness is not the greatest thing to experience. Besides, who knew what could be lurking in the shadows?

Reason 2: Shepherd was making us go. I already knew how much of a SOB he was, unlike the rest of Task Force 141, thanks to my Modern Warfare experience. So, I knew that at the soonest chance I could get, I would be pounding Desert Eagle bullets into his skull. Hey, don't blame me for hating him so much. I had to endure watching him hammer bullets into Roach and Ghost in "Loose Ends." He deserves to be punished, and I don't think MacTavish's knife-throw to his eye was enough. My opinion, naturally.

Reason 3: I was fricken' tired from all the running around on the oilrig. All I wanted was to take a nap. A simple nap is all I wanted! I wouldn't even care if it was on the floor. I just wanted to shut my eyes for an hour or two and let my body replenish itself.

Now, the reasons why I knew I had to go into the gulag.

Reason 1: Captain Price was inside, waiting for us to rescue him. Now, I'd never played Call of Duty 4 before trying MW2, so I really had no idea who he was… but he was MacTavish's friend, and I owed it to him. I mean, c'mon. MacTavish was out there whipping his own sorry butt to keep me safe. The least I could to was go along with him to save his friend.

Reason 2: Shepherd was making us go. Enough said. Apparently what he says, goes. Whatever.

Reason 3: It was an order. And I'm not the kind of person who will go AWOL from a mission… okay, so I'm a senior in high school who's never been given a mission equivalent to that of Task Force 141… but I really wanted to avoid making a bad name for myself while alongside these guys. I'd also promised myself in the past that if I ever joined the army, I wouldn't ever abandon my men. Ever.

Right about now, you're probably wondering if I'd forgotten my real, normal life and replaced it with this psychopathic virtual one where I get shot at by homicidal maniacs. Yeah… no. I didn't forget about my family, or my friends, or my last year in high school. Don't worry, those thoughts were still chugging away in the back of my mind. But I have to admit that I was all for being "Queen" for the rest of my life and never hearing the name "Mckinley" ever again. I mean, the real Queen wasn't showing up at all, and all the men believed I was her. Heck, we even looked the same! (Rocket showed me a picture of Task Force 141 from a few months before I was there, and the real Queen was practically my twin, only older.) I could continue my life as Queen and never go back to the real world… couldn't I?

I still wondered what would happen if she turned up… what would happen to me? What would Task Force 141 do to me?

More importantly, would MacTavish, Ghost, and the rest of the team forgive me?

Those were boundaries I wasn't sure I'd like the outcome of if I decided to cross them.