《The Innocent Soldier - Linstead》Chapter 7
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She just said she loved me. I love her too but she didn't give me a chance to say it. Why the hell would she love me though? I'm obviously too weak to get through this damn thing. Just the flashbacks and memories. I can't take it anymore. I decide to get off my ass and head to the Chicago Bridge. I don't know what I'm gonna do there but it's better than sitting here.
I'm now pinned up against the Chicago bridge wall by my car but with another car in front of me. Sorry, let me rewind real quick.
I park my car over to the side. Once I'm to the middle of the bridge I look over to see the water. Damn this place is pretty. I'm kinda hungry so I start looking around for a cafe or something but I see a jewelry store instead. "I still need to find a ring." I think to myself. It's quite far away and the roads are busy so I go to get in my car. I'm just about to open the door but I hear screaming and a screech. I look up to see a car coming straight for mine.
Back to the present time
Sharp pains throughout my whole body. I can barely see. Lots of smoke, lots of screams and yells for help. I'm stuck behind my car and the other car is holding it in place. From what I remember, there were three cars. Mine, the one that's tangled in mine, and the car that hit this other one and slammed it into me. But I don't see the one the hit it.
"Do we have anything today? I'm bored." Ruzek asks. I shake my head. All of the sudden I feel like something bad is gonna happen. I look up and notice Jays empty chair. I wonder how he is. He's probably bored too.
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HV- "Just got a call. Car wreck on the City Bridge."
R- "What does that have to do with us?"
HV- "Witnesses say it was a hit and run"
Not often do we get called in for a car wreck. Jay would enjoy this case, he likes the simple cases. Usually car wreck cases are easy because you just look into one of the thousands of security cameras that Chicago has and then interview to suspect. Usually the suspects buckle under pressure. I'm just curious how Jay is doing right now.
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8 537Scaling Skeleton (Inside Online)
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8 198Until You Do It Right
The world ended on December thirty-first of the year two thousand and twenty, precisely at the stroke of midnight. The human race began to be systematically exterminated by the spawn of the System. We were given a chance to defeat them, to take back our place at the top of the food chain. We failed. The first to perish were those who bravely rebelled. The soldiers. The defenders. One by one, they fell. In their final moments, they begged for aid. Nobody replied. The next to succumb were those who feebly cowered. The deniers. The leeches. Together, they fell. In their final moments, they cried out into the darkness. Countless voices replied in kind. The last to decline were those who shamelessly ran. The deserters. The cowardly. Alone, they fell. In their final moments, they whimpered quietly. There was nobody left to answer. The final human to die was a survivor. A runner. As he died, he begged for salvation. His prayers were answered. He was offered a chance to save himself, along with all of humanity, and he took it. This is his story. “I sat in the dark and thought: There’s no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones.”― Neil Gaiman, Signal to Noise. I am absolutely new to writing and will take any and all constructive criticism. Please give feedback, it is greatly appreciated. I will update the tags as they change, and I hope that you enjoy this little story I'm writing! Quick warning: Seamus is intentionally a flawed character, and this story is going to explore those flaws and perhaps even change a few of them. I do not agree with all of his actions, but it is what it is.
8 250The Lion in Wolf's Clothing
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8 119Rooms of the Desolate
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