When I yelled out saying them to give up and get on your knees they looked towards the area of smoke where we breached, one did what I asked right away and the other did so slowly as if they are waiting for others to come and once he had reached his knees men came flying through the door there guns at the ready as once they see a target they make sure it is going to die, but we have a slight advantage as they don’t see us so I point my weapon up and open fire on the group of 3 men I point my gun at one of them and fire he drops and the other two point their guns at where the shot came and ready to let lose but before they could both of them fall to ground as they were both shot from above.

Kimber and Winters both drop down and secure the room I walk out of the smoke as both of them are putting in cable ties to make sure they are not leaving any time soon “Signal the rest to come in and secure the floor Winters” “Yes sir, what about those two” I look over toward winter put them in that room there “Sir, that is me Kimber” I turn off thermal vision “I forgotten that the thermals don’t turn off automatically like the last versions of military grade masks” so I face the right direction and point out a room he picks the two up that both have a bag over there faces.

When I look back to the hole we have made t is no longer there as the bots to fix these kinds of things are doing what they are meant to do, the rest of the team are stationed through out the room ready to move, I wave my hand and they all leave to clear out the building. I walk over to the room that winters went to and was followed by Kimber, Lich and Jones, Lich and Jones stood by the door and me and Kimber went in.

It is dark but there is a light that we can use Winters notices us and tarts to walk over to us “Captain it seems it is fine to take of the masks as the air should be fine but I still recommend wearing them as the air still has poison but not enough to kill though so it is up to you” “Thank you Winters for the update I will keep the mask on, you go help with the rest of team clear out the building” “Order received, you still owe me a drink thought I might as well add it in UTC, Thorn” “ remember get going” Winters walks by and exits the room I gesture to Kimber to remove the bags as I remove my mask, although I did say yes I will keep it on it gets hot while wearing one.

I grab a chair place it at the table I sit and take a deep breath to confront the leader of this rebellion and his advisor maybe or wife I don’t know, Kimber stands behind them ready to take of the bags I motion to do so and the faces I saw are the ones I never wish to see as a enemy, questions so many questions they cant see my face as the light is blocking there view but if the really focused I am sure both Beth and Jacob would recognize who it is. I look back at Kimber I can see he is distressed he can tell I know them but won’t say anything about it.

“Why did you start the rebellion? talk” Jacob moves his head to look at me but stops when the light hits his eyes “I- I am not a part of this I was just kidnapped from my home to come here” “Beth, it is Richard you know that right” “Yes I do Jacob” I move the light so they can see my face but they don’t. I pull out my knife and put it on the table both of their face look at it with horror “Kimber you know what to do” He grabs the knife and cuts them free from there ties and hands my knife back, I stand up as Kimber moves Beth away and the table. I walk forward to Jacob as he looks at me get closer, once I was in punching distance I grab him by the collar and look him in the eyes “WHY DAMMIT!!” I don’t even want to look him the eyes to due how angry I am at him “JACOB TELL ME, WHY JUST PLEASE!” I bet he is scared he does not want to talk “do you know that time when I surprized everyone when I arrived at the little park and you ask the question of how did I get the rank of Unit Team Commander?” I look at him, he looks in shock of why I am bringing this up “Yeah I do why do you ask” “Not even a month had passed when I first had my deployment then. Kimber you know what had happened that day right” I look at him he nods slowly “That day when I was first deployed” I let go of Kimber and stumble back to my chair to cover my face with my hands “I witnessed all of the people I was deployed with die, heads, arms, legs, torsos, lower body’s, upper body’s and organs strung all over the place like confetti at a birthday party but different shades of red I had to use them as cover to hide myself to survive, I was a coward that day I should have died with them not be the only one to live then there was the men you sent to capture me I could have let them do that but I let the Aku-no do what they did to my colleges. I was surprised that I kept my composer that day” I took a deep breath in and out then I moved my head up to, tears rolling down my freckled lettered checks “you know when I got back from H-55 I was going to talk to you about this but I had orders from the prime minster to deal with this first” when I was talking I presume he was looking at the floor like he is right now but when I said that he moved his head up to face me “you know I never knew you were a part of the nobles which rank, before you answer let me guess one of the highest ranked ones” he nods “Thought so, so can answer my question?” “I did this so you can have your eyes widen to the truth of what innate purpose you have and capabilities“ “Ah, yes the truth and capabilities I have, there is the truth of the Aku-no having a reason for attacking as my theory and the government of this place being corrupted by power to keep in control, then there is me a person who only has ever on record done 3 missions and yet is a UTC how funny”

I look over towards Beth and back to Jacob “So why did you bring Beth into this? when it is your rebellion and everything” “so you would have motive to follow the orders of the prime minister” he has a point there I would not have even come to do this if it weren’t had been someone I know got involved, “but why choose her out of all of the others” oh I said that out loud. “Well, you do care about Liz the most out of the whole friend group so it was only logical that I would choose her” Jeez Jacob you could do better than me at being a leader “and it was funny to hear her talk about you constantly” he giggled out, I got a good chuckle out of that as well “JACOB! I thought you weren’t going to tell him about that” we both look at her, she looks like a tomato about to burst from embarrassment and we both look at each other “tooo-mato” we both say then laugh for a little.

“Ah, that was good laugh” “it was” “but you do know that this is only going to end one way right?” yes, yes I do Jacob and that is probably why I am pointing a gun at you out of the view of innocent Liz’s view, Kimber noticed the tone and where this going to go and just in time as winters comes back to say that the building is clear and that the rebellion is over when Jacob is dead and so Kimber escorts out Liz to take home and unite her with her parents.

When the door closed I stood up walked over to Jacob and aimed my pistol at his temple “Any wisdom you want me to hear before you die, the man I consider a brother” “Yes, make sure to take care of Liz, ask her out already and make sure you see me every Saturday, yeah?” I close my eyes and look away as tears fall down my checks again I presume the same is happening to him but with a broken smile.

I pull the trigger and lower my arm, I grab my mask and put it on. i open my eyes and close his and leave the room with tears running down my face.