Battle Born Vagabond Prequel

Chapter 13: A trip down memory lane: Czar: Warden Bōkun Reaux: July 11, 4996

  My son and I walk back to my house. I didn't look at the prison or the farm yet, I still need to do that. We're just walking side by side.

He asks me a question "what did you have in mind to do today?"

"Honestly I wanted to visit the prison, visit the farm then I wanted to reminisce of my different missions while comparing what you've done. You're on the right track to take over, but it will still take another 10 years." We walk inside my mansion and I get out a wine barrel of fruits that I've been letting ferment for a while now. I get 2 glasses out. "You don't define the world in black and while. Because there's so much hiding in the grey."

"Yes I know, I've read 'wisdom in facebot as well"

"Do you know why I say that?"

"I'm going to guess that it's because all actions have both good and bad intent and reactions behind them."

"I'm going to say yes for now but let's go reminisce on our battles together. Let us retire to the server room."

"I'm too young to retire."

"Let's go relax and watch some movies of our missions." I use a book as a lever and the bookshelf opens up. To reveal an entire wall as a screen A few seats in the back of the room. Two nice meals next to two of the seats. First up, is my first prank mission. I remember like it was yesterday, meanwhile it was back when I was younger than you are right now. Ok, it's starting.

"Ok men, I've brought you all here today. To just play a little prank, have some fun. I got ahold of our sergeant's key to his room."

"So we are going to beat him up?"

"Hell no Bird, that would get us in trouble."

"So what are we going to do?"

"Ok Bird shut up. Our plan here is to do a classic prank. While he is asleep use significant force to shove him in a sleeping bag. We won't have to worry about his roommates because we'll toss in a sleeping grenade."

"And what if that fails?"

"I already thought of that. We punch him in the neck and blame Cody. Sorry Cody, just remember, I didn't say it was your fault I just said I was going to blame you."

Cody speaks up, "If I'm going to get the blame can I at least request that we add additional shock to this whole thing and we do it streaking?"

"Sure why not. Its Sunday people are sleeping in no one is really going to see us."

We run across the halls silently, I'm holding the sleeping bag. Cody has the key to the room. We are all wearing gas masks. And Cody quietly opens the door and steps aside. Bird tosses in a sleeping grenade. And the loud bang wakes the roommate as we are entering the room but he almost immediately falls back asleep. Sargent Keyes is staring right at Bird, we found out that he sleeps with a gas mask due to getting attacked in his sleep too often.

I come out from behind the smoke and I punch Sargent in the throat and start to run. "Cody, why would you do that? The prank you made is that much worse now!"

Cody yells out, "I didn't do a fucking thing!" And starts to run. Sargent is coughing a little bit and Bird slowly backs out of the room keeping eye contact with Sargent the entire time. And when he's out of the room is when he sprints down the hall and passes up Cody then myself.

Bird makes it and opens the door, then Cody. Then myself. I don't know what happened before I came in the room but they were holding each other. After the clip of the movie ends I say to him, "I decided to go swimming for an hour or two to train because the way they looked at each other I wanted to give them privacy I didn't feel right hanging with them when I felt they were going to have sex. I got with your grandpa after that and we started establishing what we now know as the GOC. At the time it was called "Alternative lifestyle dorms, 'ADL', it was so the ones who were not gay did not have to deal with scenes like that. We noticed in upcoming years that straight guys who could not handle this lifestyle needed to be separated as well because they were offended by the soldiers who thrived in living like they wanted to go out and kill on their missions. They gays sometimes were more brutal in missions than the regular soldiers so we allow them to have absolutely any job they want, but if they are deemed "caring" they are only given jobs that do not require killing ever but they also never leave the base. I had one gay and caring fellow around the time you were born that asked to be a farmer and to not eat what the other guys ate. He just works 4, 36 hour shifts a week and is off for the rest, he seems to enjoy life, whatever elevates your boots I guess. Last I checked his rank he was actually a Dirty Dog, this morning he reported to me that they are working on some new lettuce this week. I love me some salad and I can tell he loves his job and he does farming well. He even has managed to get a long term boyfriend his story I consider a success story."