The Marine

The Truth

   So basically we are all walking back to the base... our walk was dead ass quiet, no one said a thing, I mean I don't blame them... this mission was confusing as hell and messy at the same time... We all have questions but no answers, not even the captain knows what's up.. which is bad news...

If the captain doesn't know anything, it means that their boss knows but didn't tell them... Must be a secret...

I sighed...and out of nowhere, my shoulder started hurting... I groaned.. while clenching my jaw.. it was killing me... I kept rubbing the wound..massaging it might work to release some of my pain... Elliot saw me and looked worried and said: "Drake you alright?" I nodded and kept walking...I felt the blood oozing down..which means my wounds are reopening...great... I was carrying a soldier which is the cause of my wounds to reopen no wonder haha..but it doesn't matter I gotta take him back..never leave a man behind..no matter what!!

We weren't even close to the base, walking with so many injured takes a long time... I heard our captain asking for help, but he got no response...

4 or 5 hours later

It was freaking hot, well, of course, it's hot it's freaking Iraq, but it has gotten worse each hour we were walking... we stopped like 3 times so far, since the captain needed water or someone else needed some..my wounds are very painful each hour I spend without tending to them..but I am not stopping anymore these men could die if we don't move quickly...

While walking my mind wandered..why us? Why choose us to do this mission? Why did this even happen?.... I need to stop... No one will give me answers anyway...I sighed once more each step I take, the heavier this guy is.. he is still breathing but he is asleep... Meat and Dash were walking next to me... Meat glanced at me every now and then...he looked worried but he knew what I had to do... Dash just kept looking forward...I was starring at the ground biting my lip...

Out of nowhere Jack comes running to us and said "GUYS!!!! GUYSS!! THERE'S A FUCKING HELICOPTER!!! YESS WE ARE SAVED!!!.. HEY!! OVER HERE...WE ARE HERE!! PLEASE... SAVE US!!" I said "Shut up Jack..just keep walking.." pretty much now everyone stopped moving and sat down... I kept walking no matter what..Dash "Rex stop..let's wait" I said "No time for waiting... this soldier might as well die if I stopped.." I didn't stop... I was starring at them "What if that is the enemy..what if it comes here and once we realized that they are the enemy .. we would all be dead... I am sorry, but I am not taking any chances.."

Everyone was silent.. one of the cleaners that I wasn't with said: "He has a point... what if that is the enemy and we just signaled them our location..."

Everyone held their breathe... I noticed Jack he looked shocked and scared... I said "Jack, don't worry, you might be right," He said, "Fuck you Drake...first you disagree with me saying that it's my fault they are coming..and now your fucking agreeing with me to cheer me up.." I sighed and looked away "look we all have our opinions...I am not sorry for what I said...but you need to look at both sides... I don't mind you cursing me out, but I was just trying to keep everyone alerted...I don't need any more deaths today...I just wanted to make sure that you can be right and didn't want you to..you know what forget it... " I looked around and I saw a pair of binoculars... I used them to see if we are in danger or not...

I saw.....dun dun dun.. CLIFFHANGERR! (JKJKJKJJK)

What I saw was our plane... I said, "we are safe..." I didn't even glance at Jack or any of the men.. I laid the man on the ground gently and walked away... I was sitting like 5 feet away and was just looking around..listening to everything that was going on, starring at that helicopter, which was inching closer and closer to us... I was wrong..but I still have no regrets making that statement... I heard footsteps coming to where I was... I looked at saw it was Jack.. I sighed and said "Look I know what you're going to say..so you don't have to tell me... I am fine and I am not bothered..." He nodded and sat beside me... I sighed and said, "What is it?" He said "I feel bothered by it... I had no right calling you an asshole.." I said "Jack you had the right to be calling me that... I was being an asshole but I had to be... What if that was actually the enemy...right now while we sit here, believing it is us... it's actually the enemy...while we sit here to wait, they appear and surprise us, because frankly this mission is sketchy as fuck..and they start shooting at us, and then this whole disaster comes.. I just don't want any more deaths to occur...so Jack I had to be that asshole...so If I had to hurt your feelings so be it... I rather hurt someone's feelings than seeing our brothers shot dead all around us..." With that, I got up and shook off the sand on my butt and walked to a different area... I want my alone time..to think...to understand...I looked back I saw Jack was starring at the ground..kicking the sand around him.. I noticed Meat and Dash sit beside him.. Meat was starring at me starring at Jack... I know I was harsh.. I didn't think I was that mean, I was just proving a point...he should understand that.