This Above All (GirlxGirl)

Tick, tick, tick. That sound has been echoing through the room the whole time I have been sitting here, waiting. I have been sitting patiently for about an hour now, making sure my hair doesn't fall out of the perfect tight bun its been in. 

I felt my leg starting to fall asleep so I stood up, my heavy boots beating against the hard wood floor. I turn to my left to the large mirror in the corner of the lobby and gaze at this woman I have become. Only 19 years old and am already a Corporal in the U.S Marine Corps. 

Standing straight with my hair neat and tidy and my uniform wrinkle free, my parents would be so proud if they saw me now. My dark green eyes staring back at me as I remember that night 5 years ago-

"Miss. West?" says an older mans voice behind me.

I turn to look at him. "Yes sir." I say and step forward to shake his hand.

"Come in my office Miss. West." he says and I go into the office and stand at ease waiting for him to gesture so I can sit. The older man who seems to hold the rank of Sergeant Major introduces himself as Kahne. He offers me a seat and I take it. 

"Do you know why you are here Miss. West?" he asks and folds his hands on his desk once he sits.

"No sir I do not." I answer back honestly.

"You are to be shipped off to the war in the middle east. They need someone with your skills." he said.

I looked at him puzzled.

"Is something wrong Miss. West?" he asked.

"Yes sir, I just dont understand why they need me."

"Well you score at the top of your class in anything you do, you are a Corporal at 19 and female." he stated.

"Sir I'm just a scout sniper, I don't see how I do anything more special than the next sniper."

He stood and started pacing. "We picked you because we know you can get the job done, not only that you have no family to hold you back." 

I stood up quickly, "I have a brother and sister that need me, here in the U.S not across the globe."

He stopped for a second. "A brother and sister huh? how old?"

"My brother is 15 and my sister is 10." I said.

"And where are they?"

"At a boarding school in Oregon." I said softly.

"Listen go home and pack, I'll talk to the board later tonight and discuss it with them. I feel that this deployment could do you a lot of good but we also understand the needs of family."

"Thank you sir." I stepped forward and shook his hand and left his office.

When I got back to my small apartment off base I picked up the phone and called my brother and sister hoping to talk to them. It rang a couple times and then my brother Blake answered it.

"Parker!" he yelled, I haven't called in a while so he was excited.

"Hey Blake how's it goin?" I asked, opening a beer and sitting on the couch. Yes being friends with all Marines has perks even as a 19 year old.

"It's uhh good I guess." he answered.

"Blake, whats wrong?" I asked in a concerned voice.

"It's just the thing on the news." he said. I sat up and turned on the TV trying to find what he was talking about.

I changed it to the San Diego news and my jaw dropped. The title just said "The living dead is real."

"Blake what the fuck is happening?" I asked.

"The news said up in Canada they were trying to develop some medical thing and it turned bad, it killed the test subject then came to life and attacked the scientists. Parks, its like the movies, its happening." he said.

"Blake does Lydia know? Shes only 10 she doesn't need to see this." I asked.

"No shes in bed."

"Okay good."

"Parker?" he asked.

"Yeah Bud?" I said.

"I'm scared, what if it reaches the U.S? What do Lydia and I do without you?" he asked quickly.

"Don't worry the CDC and National Guard wont let this spread and I'm going to come up there as soon as I can I prom-" I cut myself off remembering I might get shipped off.

"Parks?" 

"I was told I might get shipped off today, but with this happening I doubt I will. How long ago did the news start this?" 

"Like a half hour ago. It just happened they said." 

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you guys okay?" 

"Okay, but what if it gets here before you do?"

That's a good question I thought. "I want you to do what they do in the movies, find somewhere to hide, be quiet, have plenty of food and water, have a weapon, remember last summer I showed you how to shoot. Don't trust anyone okay Blake, your sister is to young to fend for herself. She needs you okay. I want you to go to the nurse and get masks and anything else you can okay. Get prepared before it crosses the boarder. Do you understand Blake?"

"Yes Parker I do, but where do we go?"

"No where I want you and your sister tomorrow to go find any scrap wood or metal you can anything you can find take is and put it in your room. If you get in trouble tell the dean to call me okay?"

"Okay." he said.

"Oh and Blake one more important thing."

"Yeah?"

"Don't you dare leave your sister alone, ever I don't care if she has to go pee, you check the bathroom and sit at the door till she is done, got it?" 

"Yeah Parks, I got it." he said.

"Okay I love you, go to bed and I'll call you tomorrow with more details. Night Bud." I said.

"Night Parks, I love you too." 

I hung up the phone and went to pack my bags, but not for deployment but to go get my brother and sister. I know that the CDC and National Guard cant contain something like this, and the military knows it too. We were so focused on war our best defence is across the globe and by tomorrow all over seas transportation will be shut down including air planes. The only thing running will be the military and we don't have the amount of weaponry and people to deal with "zombies". 

But I'm thinking a head of myself, I mean it's still in Canada. 

I go into my closet and pull out my bag of guns, I have my first sniper riffle I received with my promotion from Lance Corporal to Corporal. I made sure there wasn't one in the chamber then I looked down the scope and made sure it was clean and scratch free as well as centered correct. Next were my standard  pistols I inherited from my father he was a Marine as well. A damn fine Marine and being the next one in the West family to achieve becoming a Marine is such an honor. I felt a tear well up in my eye and I brushed it away.

I sat on my bed and took a swig for my Dad. One for him and one for me, then another for all those people coming back to life and how the U.S is going to fuck them all up.

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