The Peacekeepers

The Peacekeepers; Part One; Chapter One

The Beginning; The End

How did this all happen? How did this all start? I can't very well recall how it started but I know where I am now. Nearly fifty men outside either unconscious, crippled or trying desperately to breath through cracked ribs and punctured lungs. Blood on my busted knuckles and dented steel toed boots.

I slowly start to apply more and more pressure to this man's skull. His groans and screams of pain and anguish are like a sweet melody to my ears. I see the tears roll down his cheeks and I hear him blubbering. I can't help but to smile a bit.

He thought he was "The Shit". I proved him wrong. I apply a little more pressure just to torture him. Just like he tortured so many others. This bringer of hatred and fear, this "Hardcore gangsta"... this brutal murderer and rapist. He would kill anyone who so much as breathed in his direction. He never even spared the lives of innocent children.

He's sick, twisted, insane and needs to die. I was always raised to believe that there was nothing more valuable than life. Anyone willing to take this precious gift away for no apparent reason deserves to die. He doesn't just deserve death... he's earned it. I applied a little more pressure and his screams filled the dimly lit room, coupled with the subtle sound of his cranium cracking. Like crushing a bag of potato chips; except easier. Much easier. I could kill him in a full second if I willed so. Just one... little... push. I could finally end this nightmare.

I hear someone else walk into the room.

"Ya don't wanna do that Drake."

I don't even have to look to tell who it is. The thick Irish accent gave it away pretty quick.

"Sheamas" I say. "He's a murderer and a rapist. You've talked about killing him yourself before! Now you have the chance to watch it happen. We get to see him suffer and die!"

I turn up to look at him and he's about ten feet away with his nine millimeter trained right on me.

Ya know, it's true what they say. Your life does flash before your eyes in the seconds before your death.

Now everything becomes all too clear. Everything in my life has led up to this point. My training, my fighting, meeting Sheamas, joining the Peacekeepers... and my fight with Crimson.

My life is one I wouldn't wish on anyone...