Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shooting Blanks. Enjoy the 1600-word chapter. I do not own Black Lagoon; Rei Hiroe and a few others do.
Andros looked out and onto the plains. Some disturbances had not been there before. Things that needed to be brought to heel. The sooner he adapted to it? The sooner he would be in a better place.
Yet? He was still angry. There was still rage in his mind that had been flying across the area. It was honestly the most horrible thing that had left a bitter taste in his mouth. This was not going to end at the time he wanted it to.
And he had been betrayed. Someone who had been his friend had betrayed him and kept information that he needed as of the second. He had wanted to deny it, to push the idea from his mind at the end of the day.
"A damned piece of garbage. A piece of trash that had been to be thrown out." Andros stated before he sighed to himself and shook his head. "We are in the middle of a war, and he decides to hide what had happened to my wife from me. Grand, is such a stupid and interesting idea. He expected what to happen. What? For there to be fewer appealing problems on the horizon that need to be dealt with? This is insanity beyond insanity." Andros stated before he sighed as he hummed to himself.
There were problems with that. He wanted blood. He did not know whose blood, but he wanted it all the same. This had become a hard pill to swallow.
"I should just kill him. Is he as bidding as this normally? Who is to say he will not turn on me normally?" Andros before he hummed before he sighed to himself before he tilted before he sighed as of the second.
Then again? There was more on the line before this ended. He would probably scream before this ended as of the time. He hummed before he tilted his head and sighed while he glanced at himself, rubbing his temples.
He was curious at the time. The resistance would have shaken to pieces if this had been anytime soon. He sighed to himself, leaning back in his chair while he glanced down at the photo in his picture. He was honestly hoping that this would end before something bad happened.
"All of this comes down to nothing, he had to lie to get me to fight in the war. No, could not just tell me the truth. He had to lie." Andros stated before he hummed to himself.
He crossed his arms, starting to ponder what to do next. There was going to be something insane when it came down to it. Balalaika was one of the few things that mattered at the time.
No, he had to lie to him, he had to force him into a corner like it. He was infuriated about what to do next and yet. He did not want to understand, his friend had stabbed him in the spine before this ended.
"If he had not done something like this I would not once more on the time. We need to cut this apart when it comes down to it." Andros stated before he sighed and rolled his eyes himself.
Did he know better than to trust an old friend for now? No, not. He had not been ruthless enough for that little tidbit to sink into his brain.
This had to end before now. What little she did know about? Was that this could not at all end anyway… This was going to end one way or another. It had been this way for a time being… A part of his life he would need to remedy or else he would probably die.
Not that he considered it to be any worse than what he had been through before. This had been a terrible spot in his life, and he resented the growing knot in his stomach that had slowly been filling with each new second. It had hurt, yes… But he knew better than to be so open for now.
This had been a lot more interesting as of the second being when it had been all said and done before now. What he had been a lot more to question before now. It had been oh-so different for the time being. Whatever it had been curious for now as to what it could and could not be.
Still? He had been a lot more focused on the task at hand. They wanted him to be a commander. Sure, he would damn well handle that with all the gravitas the mission and passion had required for the time being… But it was not like he had a lot to say, and more was done before now.
He seemed to be questioning whatever had been coming next. There was something that had been worse before.
If anything? He had a larger nightmare coming, one which could and would crush every single little thing set before them. There was nothing real problem when it came down to it. There was a lot more nightmare that seemed not to recede anytime soon. The nightmare had yet as of now been before now.
She had tilted him towards another plan, one which terrified him, there were always nightmares coming and all this had yet?
She was the one who kept him in place, who had stopped him from falling over the edge, who had kept his proper focus on whatever would be done and dusted.
Andros was still annoyed, still furious as of now… There were more problems, ones which seemed to be capable of more if anything. There was nothing that could be done to end this before now… If nothing else?
There were more nightmares to come, and he did not want it to be over yet focused as this was done. He did not know what was coming next, only that this nightmare had an end like everything else.
It all ended sooner or when it came down to this when all of it was said and done. He had more and more and more on the line than he wished, more and more that he wanted to end sooner or later, all he had done was make sure that he hastened to that end, something else was coming, but it would not be over so soon.
He sighed as he realized the problems both things had instilled, and it was entirely clear they all had wildly different ideas for now about how well this might have happened. It was entirely clear more and more had gone bad and gone bad fast. If anything?
She did not at all understand what to have done and how well they could have possibly worked this way over and over and over. If nothing else? Well did it end properly with it all crumbling away over and over until it fell into the water with a hum?
He did not want this, none of them did and yet it was forced on them repeatedly. It is not at all carried, not until the end of existence and such.
One part that was not acceptable was easy and yet it needed to be flawlessly executed, done on purpose. It was only saved by drums and by the fact so much and so little needed to be done and it could not be simply conquered.
No, it was to be ground down, simply put, and simply conquered so easily and so without remorse. No, not again, and not without problems and not without a fight.
If all their enemies wanted violence so badly? Well, it would be a pleasure for all, a pleasure to need and enjoy more and more, only stopping to try and end when it was filled with suffering and interest. Andros was quiet and yet it was terrifying more and more.
Yet? Andros was entirely ready, focused only partly on what needed to be done, curious as to what to need to do next and what awaited them if not properly, still?
All of it needed to hit and be purely on target and more and more problems as of now, it would not get them where they needed to be.
There was just too much at the end of the day and yet he could not see it end anytime soon. There was a lot more to try and focus on now… They had a lot more to discuss sooner or later at the end of the day and all of it was said and done.
Yet? here he was, utterly tired, worn down now to the end of the day when it was all said and done. All of it continued to bother him more and more at the end of the day.
He considered so much more to try and focus upon, so much more to deal with at the end of the day. It bothered him a lot more at the time.
He did not at all know what to question at the end of the day. There was a lot more to try to get used to at the second what do at the time being. The sheer amusement to try and focus before it came down to it.
There was a lot more to question at the end of the time before it was all said and done and dusted… There was all too much upon the time being for now.
He did not even know what was coming next, unsure, and uncertain what was going to happen next, something that could and would get going.
He did not at all know what to try and figure out and what to drop back into the sink.
He did not at all know what the rest of the future would hold and he had no real desire to be something like that nor did he wish for it to ever be something else.
He did not at all want it to be something he could not fix or wish to fix nor would he ever go back on the words he had spoken. If they went to war? They went to war knowing exactly what had happened and exactly what they had gotten in.
Andros was all too happy to fight and kill their enemies but he was going to do so knowing just what they were going to get into and what they wished to be.
He did not want to even figure it all out, all of it seemed to be more and more than he dared to imagine, dared to even dream because it probably was and could be.
It would always be something he wanted over and over and over and over. He had not been able to try and figure it out for now as he looked down at the ground for now, he had a lot more when it came down to it as he seemed to reflect when it was all over.
He had not a lot more to it as of now, they had a lot more to see and do, a decision again.
He had a lot more to his mind when it was all said and done when it came down to it. He had a lot more to try and figure out as he clicked his tongue against the roof of it all.
He had a lot more upon when it came down to it, he had larger plans when all was said and done, something he could and would allow himself when it came down to it.
He had a larger mind when it came down to it. He had a lot more as of now, he had a lot more to try and do next, something he had not even begun to deal with… Something he could not bear to see happen again and again for now when it came down to it… All over the moment and all over the place.
He had to cut it loose sooner or later, an expression that was going to keep growing more and more at the end of the day, he had a lot more at the end of the day. He had a LOT more to try and figure out something that would keep growing more and more with each passing second for now.
He had a lot more to try and grasp for now, something about it all screamed more and more unsure for now. They had a LOT more to see and do something for now.
The idea within them seemed to be dealt with for now, utterly unsure, and unable to be dealt with for now in droves and waves… A madness that could be turned against them for now and it would continue to be the depth of them again.
There was just too much on his mind to cut through at this juncture to deal with for now and it would be dealt with in its way as he paused, looking to the ground.
There was just much on the end, something that did not need to be done for them to win… But it felt wrong like he was cutting into the pain in his mind. He felt sick, incredibly ill, incredibly tiresome, and unwilling to do more than relax, to see it all crumble to nothing… Perhaps it could be something done with, for now, done with it.
There was just too much for the soldier in him to deal with it, he wanted to snap and bend something into clay. He would do it if he was allowed but it seemed to be something he could not manage.
If he went ahead with it? He would undoubtedly lead to dealing with soldiers beyond soldiers. He was an officer and he carried himself quite well with the grace that came from trying anything.
He dealt it out and took it by the horns like it was a bull, he would cut it to the quick, all the way to the end of it and he would not be able to end it from now until it was all done.
He took pride in it and he would not be able to deal with it for now, too interested in it to the end of it now.
Even then? He could not have dealt with it any further.
Perhaps he had no such ability to collect upon it for now, he had been unable to deal with it at the end of the day. He had been unable to do more than relax… And it angered him to a degree he had not been able to deal with it until it could not be dealt with anymore.
He had been unable to deal with it any other time. He had to strike while the iron was hot or else.
He had been unable to do more than relax. He had a LOT more on his mind, the chaos that needed to be dealt with for now and until the end of time.
There was a LOT more to this, he had been too unable to deal with for now as he clicked his fingers against the roof of his mouth.
He had no such desire to deal with it for now as he clicked his fingers against the ground before he paused to let it come to it.
He had not been able to try and deal with it for now as he paused to try and deal with it for now as he came crashing down to it as he paused to let it all come crashing down to it as he seemed to be dealt with it.
He had been not able to try and deal with it for now as he clicked his fingers before he seemed to be dealt with it.
He had not been able to try and deal with it for now and for good reason. He had been thrown for a loop; he had not been able to look to the side.
He was too interested as he clicked his fingers before he wished to figure it out as of now. He was too ready to be dealing with it for now as it came down to it as he was able to try to deal with it for now.
She had not been able to think of what was growing for now as she paused to look downwards at the ground, wanting it to break and shatter into pieces once again before it finally ended now and for good.
And it was good.
Always good.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out next chapter will be in 2-10 months or so and will be 900-6500 words for now…. Until then, Lighting Wolf is out!