Chapter three: Flash back.
It was a cold dark night our enemies seem quiet as we walk through the darkness hoping we will not be ambushed.
I keep my gun ready to raise to strike if an enemy happens to pop up.
On either side of me is my group as we are a little spread out following our commanding officer L and deputy Light along through the darkness of the woods.
I think I see a moonlit clearing up ahead!
We get closer and closer to it, our hearts beating in anticipation as we don't know if the enemy is waiting to strike us down or not.
The world seems to hold its breath along with us as the suspense thickly fills the air with the only sounds being crickets and the soft sounds of our footsteps.
I raise my gun a little more to being ready fire as I get a bad feeling.
We get into the clearing and we all individually look around depending on which side we are on.
No sign of the enemy so far then a twig snaps making us tense as we start to back up towards each other moving almost back to back.
Everyone stills with the guns raised ready to strike anything that happens to pop out at us.
I have a feeling that our enemies are somewhere here just waiting to ambush us. I swallow the extra spit that has gathered in my mouth as I watch the darkness just waiting for something to pop out of the dark depths of the woods around us.
No one says a word and we start to relax a little thinking it was only our imagination….. until our enemies pop out from the darkness and begin shooting.
We hurry and shoot back while trying to dodge bullets with our enemies doing the same.
I fire and just barely miss my target when he fires at me not giving me time to dodge.
It's all over!
I close my eyes tightly waiting for the pain… only it doesn't come. I open one eye half way then I open both eyes wide as I see that Near had jumped out in front of me taking the bullet for me.
He starts to collapse and I drop my gun hurriedly catching him as Matt covers us.
I hold him in my arms as I sit on my knees and I look down at him with a quick glance to his wound.
The wound….. it's going to kill him pretty fast if he's not already dead.
I look back to his face. "Near?"
He opens his eyes to half way then weakly looks to me. "Mello…" He croaks out as it's obviously painful to speak.
"Why? Why did you do that?" I demand.
He gives me a smile. "I was…. Repaying you…" He coughs a little as some blood drips from his mouth. "For saving….. Me when I….. Was hurt and….. we were….. retreating…. You… saved me and… now I'm….. returning it by….. saving you….." He tells me.
I can see his eyes start to close indicating his life is slipping away. "Thank you." I say softly then his eyes close as his body goes limp…. As his spirit leaves his body. I hang my head over his body sadly as I feel the warmth of his body leave with his spirit. I then open my eyes feeling a rage engulf me. I raise my head with a death glare at the enemy who killed Near. I gently lower Near's body carefully to the ground then I pick up my gun standing up. I raise it right at the enemy who is being distracted by Matt. "This is for Near." I say then I fire right at him hitting his chest killing him. I continue shooting at his body not caring if he's dead or not at the time I started firing more shots into the enemy's body.
He took Near's life even if it was to save mine and I keep going until I start to feel my rage slide away as I stare at the bloody body that has holes from my gun shots.
I spit on his body then I turn away looking back to Near's own dead body.
He sacrificed himself to save my life and I killed the bastard that killed him.
End of flashback.