Ang aking buhay sa piling ni Kuya Richard

Ang ganda talaga ng kanyang katawan.... parang natutuyuan ako ng laway at ang lakas ng kabog ng aking dibdib nang aking makita ang kanyang buong katawan napatitig ako sa harapan nya ang laki at para bang namamaga ang kayan harapan na di ko alam kun ano bayon na halos pumutok ang kayang brief,..."sa isip isip ko yun ba ang titi ni Kuya Richard"...; na nuoy di ko alam na nakatingin pala sya sa akin bigla akong namula at napahiya kasi baka magalit sya akin ngunit aniya ... "Ikaw talaga panuorin mo akong sumisid ha basta ipangako mo sakin na di ka maliligo?" Ah Eh OO Ba"!! ang sabi ko.

lumundag sya at parabang pakiramdam ku'y di na sya lumutan ang galing lumangoy ni Kuya Richard ang aking nasambit,.........Mga ilang saglit pa eh nagyaya na syan umuwi kasi raw malamig ang tubig at baka magkasakit pasya.... Masaya ako ng panahong iyon sa aking nakita ngunit nang hihinayang din ako kasi di ko nakita ang kung ano ang nasalikod ng kanyang brief;.. Alam ko na kagaya yon ng sakin ngunit ang tanong ko sa king sarili eh "bakit masmalaki yung kanya ?"

Araw ng Biyernes ng hapon around 1:00PM kinakausap ni Papa si Kuya Richard tungol sa nalalapit na piyesta ng bayan,inutusan nya itong manguha ng mga niyog na gagamitin sa mga pagkain na ihahanda nila para sa town fiesta ninais kung sumama sa kanya ng mga araw nayon laking gulat ko nang sabihin ni Papa na maaari raw akong sumama sa kanya basta mag iingat daw kami?...Agad kung hinila ang kamay ni Kuya Richard sabay sabing..."Halika na!, baka gabihin tayo sa daan bilisan mo kuya Richard"!!?....

Sa daan aming pinag uusapan ang tunkol sa mga tanong ko sa buhay dahilan sa itoy pinaguusapan sa aming school tungkol sa tamud at ang pagbabate.....Kayat tinanung ko iyon kay Kuya Richard ang lahat ng aking naririnig sa mga kaklase ko;.. "Kuya Richard Ano yung pinag uusapan sa school tungkol daw sa pagiging totoong lalaki?.." "Tungkol sa pagiging lalaki? ano yun?..." "Sa pag babate at yun sa tamud daw?" "Ah eh wala yun..., ginagawa lang yun nga mga binata!!" "Ikaw ginagawa mo ba yun?"...At hindi ko ba pweding malaman!!?" "OO nama kasi binata nako!!sabay tawa ng malakas...HA..HA..HA.." "Bakit ka tumatawa anu ba yun? At ano ang nakakatawa!!!?" "Wala yun halika may ipapakita ako sayo!!" Natuwa ako bigla at naisip ko na ito na marahil yun paraan at kung papaano ginagawa yun pag babate at sa wakas eh makikita ko na rin yun alaga ni kuya Richard ...

Kinakabahan ako at parang natutuyuan ako ng laway sa bibig at pakiramdam ko eh mapula ang aking mukha sa pag ka exited sa kung ano ang ipapakita sa kin ni Kuya Richard.... Pigla kaming huminto sa aming paglalakad;.. At sabi nya na dito na raw kami mangunguha ng niyog, at dito nya rin daw ipakikita yun kanyang sinabi kanina.."sabi ko "Ano bayun?"..

Na para bang naghihinala sa kung saan...hinawi nya ang malagung dahon ng mga kawayan na nakababa hanggang lupa at kamiy pumasok sa loob niyaon at laking gulat ko ng aking makita ang loob;, ang ganda at may kahoy na pinag dikit-dikit upang mahigaan; malabig sa loob ng puno ng kawayan, hindi ito basta mapupuna ng mga taong daraan sa lugar na iyon, kasi di mo akalain na may ganung kagandang lugar sa loob na maaarin mong pagpahingahan..!! Nakakagulat napayakap ako kay Kuya Richard sa pag ka mangha at pag hanga sa kanyang kakayahan; Lalo kung nagustuhan siKuya Richard...Sabi nya "dito ka muna at mangunguha ako ng niyog at buko na maaari nating kainin ang sabi nya"!!..

Di ako pumayag agad sinabi ko na "Mamaya na mag pahinga muna kami ;Sapagkat napakalayo ng aming nilakad"..Pumayag naman sya!! "Kuya Richard, Ano ba di mo pa sinasagot yung tanong ko sa iyo kanina!!?" "Ang ganun ba anu nga uli yun?" "Anu ba yun pag babate at tamud?! ("tanong na may kasamang pagkainis") "napatawa sya ng malakas,. "HA..HA..HA........sabay sabing "Ok ganito yun!!" Sabay lapit sa akin.. Samantalang akoy nakaupo sa mala papag na kanyang ginawa .. Kinabahan ako at tila naghihintay sa hakbang na kanyang gagawin; Bigla nalang niyang hinubad ang short kung suot pati na ang brief ko ;,.,.natakot ako at medyo kinabahan, ngunit ok lang heto nako at kasama ko ang aking pinagmamalaking Kuya...Bigla niyang hinawakan ang titi ko na matigas na ng mga panhong iyon.. Nagulat sya at ang sabi .."Oh tuli ka na pala!!! bakit ngayon mo lang sinabi sa akin ang tungkol dito? ..tanong na may pag ka mangha", sabi ko naman "Ah kasi nuon pa:, nun ako'y ipinanganak"!! Ah ganun ba ganito lang yun...Pero ipangako mo sa akin na huwag mung aaraw-arawin ito ha!!!.. "Hahawakan mo ng bahagya at itatas mo nang dahandahan...parang "taas...baba..." uulit ulitin mo...

Biglang maynaramdaman ako na tila nakakaliti saaking tiyan at bigla nalang lumabas ang kaunting parang ihi sa aking ari at nanghina ako at parang gusto kung maupo...Ang saya ng aking pakiramdam at ang sayasaya ko ng mga panahong iyon...!!! Sabi ni Kuya Richard na ito ang pag babate at ang lumabas saiyo ay ang tamud...Oh iyan "Binata kana!!" Sabay sabi ng pabiro na "Welcome to the club" wag mung aaraw arawin yan ha?!!....

Oh sige dyan ka muna at mangunguha ako ng niyog ,at buko ok; para lumakas ka ,kasi sabi nila na pangparami daw ng tamud ang buko lalo na yun mala uhog ang laman,: Masaya akong nag hihintay ruon at tila natutulala pa ako at iniisip ko pa ang nangyari sa amin, Hindi ako makapaniwala na hinawakan ni Kuya Richard ang titi ko at nilaro pa niya na gaya ng gusto kung mangyari at malaman. Halos di ko pa maipaliwanag kung gaano ako kasaya nuon. Mga ilang saglit pa eh eto na si Kuya Richard at nakakuha na sya ng nga kailangan namin....

Pagkatapos ay kumain kami ng buko ;at Hinubad ni Kuya Richard ang kanyang T-shirt at pinunasan nya ang kanyang mga pawis at nahiga sa papag na kanyang ginawa ; Itinaas pa nga nito ang kanyang kamay at inilagay sa kanyang ulo upang gawin itong unan ... Napaka pilyo ko talaga ng mga panahong iyon siguro marahil dahil lalo akong natuwa sa kanya ginawa sa akin at lalo kung ninais na mahawakan ang buong katawan nya ;Kayat ang ginawa ko ay kinuha ko ang T-shirt ni Kuya Richard at pinunasan ko ang kanyang mukha at buong katawan hanggang bandang tiyan, mayamaya pa eh nakatingin ako sa kanyang short na maong at nag nanais na makita ang kanyang alaga..Kaya ang ginawa ko ay binuksan ko ang bitones ng kanyang short at zipper nito nakita ko uli ang kanyang brief na puti at nagulat ako kasi ito rin yung brief na suot niya nung naligo kami sa ilog; Pero bakit mas malaki ang kanyang alaga ngayon kaysa nuong nasa ilog kami..nakakagulat;

Pero nang tingnan ko ang mukha ni Kuya Richard, eh hindi sya galit sa kung ano ang ginagawa ko..Kayat tinanggal ko na ang lahat at pati na yun brief nya .. At laking gulat ko nang biglang bumulaga sa akin ang kanyang kargada ang laki nito at ang taba ;mapula ang ulo at tumatango tango pa na parang nagaayang may humaplos sa kanya at handa na ito sa susunod na mangyayari....."tinanong ko si Kuya Richard kung galit sya?" pero ngumiti lang to at umiling".,kaya tatuwa ako at sinimulan kung hawakan ito;..

Halos di ko mahawakan ng buo sa laki at medyo mainit ang kanyang tarugo at may mga ugat na iyong makikita sa katawan nito na parang galit na galit!!!."Ibang-iba talaga ang aking pakirambam grabe ang saya-saya ko nang mga panahon yun at parang sasabog ang dibdib ko sa tuwa; at parang ang pula pula ng mukha ko,yan ang aking pakiramdam , at may kung ano akong nararamdaman sa aking puson ...grabe.."!Sinimulan kung himasin ang kanyang alaga na para bang nagsusuri ng isang bagay na tila ngayon ko lang nakita....hinimas ko rin ang kanyang bayag na puno ng mga balahibo "Sabay sabing "ano itong mga ito?"..

Sumagot sya at ang sabi... "bulbol" yan!! at magkakaron ka rin yan pag nagbinata kana!!!Napaka pilyo ko rin nang mga sandaling yon,; At binuka ko pa ang kanyang mga hita upang lubos kung makita ang kanyang kabuuan,At naupo pa ako sa pagitan ng kanyang mga hita...At sinimulan ko na ang pag himas sa kanyang ari na gaya ng tinuro niya sa akin..Nang mga sandaling yon "Nang aking sulyapan ang mukha ni Kuya Richard eh naka pikit ito at naka-kagat labi na parang damangdama nya at sarap na sarap sa aking ginagawa..."Umuungol ito!!Ahhhh.....aaaaanngg.... ssssssaaarrrapppp....."Sapagsasabing ito;.., lalo akong ginaganahan at natutuwa sa aking ginagawa at di sya nagagalit sa akin.."Sige ang sarap!!!!AHHH.... bilisan mo pa at himasin mo ang bayag ko!!!! at paabutin mo hanggang sa ulo ang pagbabate sa titi ko neil,ang sarap"...At nang sulyapan ko ang kanyang mga paa tuwid na tuwid ito at bigla nalang na sumambulat ang mga mapuputing katas mula sa kanyang titi na halos mapuno ang aking mga kamay sa dami ng mga ito at ang iba pa nga eh tumulo sa kanyang tiyan .."hindi ko binitawan ang kanyang titi hanggang sa maubos ang katas nito".."aaahhhhh...grabe ang sarap..... iba ka talaga niel!!!..." Sabay hawak sa ulo ko,;... at kinuha ang kanyang damit at pinunasan nya ang kanyang titi at pati nartin ang aking mga kamay".....Ang saya ko talaga". At matapos na makapag pahinga kami eh nagyaya na akong umuwi at masaya kami nuon at nagtatawana ,naghahabulan pauwi ng aming bahay..;"Sabi nya sikreto nating yun ha huwag mung sasabihin kina "MAMA mo at PAPA" mo ha!!?"Makakaasa ka!!" Kuya Richard ang sabi ko. Mabilis lumipas ang mga panahaon...mga araw...lingo...buwan...taon...at ngayon akoy grade 6 na!!!

Malaki ang naging pagbabago mula nuon at medyo nahihiya na ko kay Kuya Richard; Hindi ko alam kung bakit?! ako nahihiya,; Sakabila ng lahat eh sya parin ang iniisip ko ,pinag papantasyahan habang ginagawa ko ang tinuro nya sakin ang "pagbabate" parati kung iniisip yung nang yari sa amin at ang pag babate ko kay Kuya Richard at pati narin ang sitwasyon na aking pinapangarap na niyayakap nya ako at hinahalikan ang mga ganitong sitwasyon na di ko maiwasang isipin at marahil ay aking pinapangarap na muling mangyari.,,," itutuloy...............

Soldier's Story: Final Chapter

My breathing becomes uneven I don’t know where I am everything is pitch black. I scream hello into the darkness but no one answers; I scream again and yet again no one answers. I can feel my tears coming down my face I just start to run. I run anywhere away from this blackness but I don’t know where I am going I am just running. After what seemed like running for hours I just stop and fall to my knees crying loudly; I hug myself for support but can’t really do anything much about the darkness surrounding me. I hear mumbling in the distance but don’t pay attention to it. The mumbling continues but now I can somewhat understand it. Jennifer’s voice can be heard in the distance; I yell her name and get to my feet. I then start to run to where I think Jennifer’s voice is coming from. I run as fast as I can; as I get closer her voice gets louder. All of a sudden I feel I am on a bed and my senses start coming back.

I move a little on the bed just to make sure that I am on a bed. For some reason I feel tired; I then feel Jennifer’s hands on my cheeks. She calls my name a couple of times; I then open my eyes a little just enough so she can tell I am awake. She laughs and tears come down her cheeks “I am getting married to your brother” she says fast. I half smile at her “I know that isn’t on your list of important things right now but I just wanted to let you know” she says with tears. I then close my eyes and drift into sleep; I really didn’t dream of anything. When I open my eyes again the sun is still out; I take a deep breath and look around the room. Mark is standing at the end of the bed on the verge of crying; I then look to my right and Alan is there on my side. I take Alan’s hand and he laughs and cries at the same time “Hi” Alan says to me. I smile and say hi back to him; Mark then comes closer to me. Mark was about to caress my cheek but I pull my head back. Both Mark and Alan have this surprise look on their faces “Get out” I say to Mark. Mark looks at me confused and then looks at Alan; “Get out” I say again this time with hatred in my words. Mark takes a few steps back towards the door; his eyes never leave mine. “GET OUT” I yell at Mark; I then pick up the remote that’s on the side of the bed and throw it at him. Mark gets out of the way on time and the remote shatters at the wall behind him. I start crying and hug Alan; I can tell Mark and Alan are confused about the whole deal. “You should go” Alan says to Mark in a serious tone. I cry into Alan’s neck for a while; for the rest of the day Alan tries to get me to talk about Mark. I really didn’t want to think about Mark; he should be fine George will be there to lick his wounds.

For the next couple of weeks Alan and Jennifer take care of me. Alan helps me with my therapy; never would I have thought that walking again could be so hard. Jennifer took care of my health and forearm stiches. Dr. Collins comes into my room from time to time; he keeps telling me how much I am missed here. One day Dr. Collins and Jennifer walk into my room with smiles on their faces; “Good news” Jennifer starts. I look up and just stare at them “We can fix that scar on your arm” Dr. Collins finishes. I look at my forearm and see that the man who did it was carving coward in his language. Without hesitation I nod of approval; Jennifer then starts to prep me for surgery while Dr. Collins goes and clears a room for me. Jennifer starts to wheel me out of the room; we are at the hall and at the end of the hall I see Mark. I look at him and he looks at me; his face is soft and full of concern. I look at Mark and just look away; Jennifer has the biggest confused look on her face. Jennifer then starts wheeling me to the OR; “So you want Mark in the room with you” Jennifer says almost not sure of herself. I just shake my head and stay quite; “I’ll see you after the surgery” Jennifer says with a half smile.

Once again I didn’t really dream of anything; it’s like I have not slept at all. I wake up in the room alone; at least I think I am alone. I then look to my left and see George sitting next to the bed; George is looking at me. I was about to tell George to fuck off but he beat me to it “I saw him first” George chuckles “I know that is elementary thing to say but it does still apply to this situation” George continues “I met Mark long before you. I have been his friend longer than you and I have been in love with him longer than you” George says while looking at me in the eye. “For years I tried to get Mark to view me more than just a friend. Every day I was getting close to my goal….but then you come along and it’s like…..you stole him right from under me” George looks down. “I am sorry for the things that have happened to you…really I am. And I am sorry you had to find out about us the way you did. But please give me the man that I love so much to me” George says with a shaky voice. “You don’t know what it’s like to look at the man you love and when he looks at you….you know he is thinking of someone else” a tear comes down George’s cheek “So please give him to me” George whispers this to me and then he just gets up and leaves. I am just there lying in bed and somewhere along the way my heart goes out to George. It took a lot of courage and class for George to come to me and talk to me like I am his friend. I kind of put myself in George’s situation; for years trying to convince someone you love to view you as more than a friend is hard work. But it’s even harder when that person who you love falls in love with someone else; I envy George because I wouldn’t have except that….I wouldn’t have just let him walk away but George turned to a higher road that I possible couldn’t have taken.

It took a couple of more days for me to heal and to start walking on my own again. If I knew Mark he would be taking his frustration out on the other guys or even George. I don’t know why but my heart goes out to George; Mark deserves him and that’s the hardest thing to accept. After all I did end the relationship without explaining why to Mark and I was gone for a long time. One afternoon I made myself walk over to the mechanic area where I am sure to find Mark. As I get closer I can hear him screaming at someone; I was right Mark was taking his frustration out on other people. I stand in the open looking into the mechanic station; I almost laughed when all of the mechanics saw me and their faces where full of relief. George wasn’t around so this should make things a bit easier; surprisingly Mark was the last to notice I was there. Mark looks at me and I look at him “Can we talk” I say almost in a whisper. Mark nods his head and half smiles at me but somehow it seemed forced.

We walk into the office and Mark closes the door behind him; we just stare at each other for a while. The silence goes on as the ticks of the clock can be heard; Mark was standing there just looking at me and I was looking at him. “I umm….” I begin to say breaking the silence. “I have been here a while and no one has told me how long I was gone” I say with a half a smile. “Three months” Mark says in a soft voice. I love you those are the words I wanted to say to him; I kept saying those words inside my head trying to make those words come out of my mouth. I open my mouth to say it “I am sorry” Mark says before I could say anything. “I didn’t mean for you to find out about George the way you did….but I thought you were dead and I thought….” Mark says but doesn’t finish the sentence. “I would have wanted you to move on” I finish Mark’s sentence. My heart did go out for George but when I say Mark I just wanted to be wrapped up in his arms. I wanted Mark so bad that I really didn’t care about what George’s situation was but now that I hear Mark explain about George it’s a surprise. My heart started breaking and I was on the verge of tears; I did loose Mark and that alone is the most painful thing I have ever endured. It took all of my strength not to cry in front of him because I know that he won’t come to my side and comfort like he should be if he was still mine. “Well umm…” I begin to say “You’re not the only one at fault… I kissed Cory” I say just to sever any hope we have left in getting back together.

Mark straightens out and his eyes are both hurt and full of hatred; don’t know if that hatred is for me or Cory or both. The silence kicks in again and this time it’s needed. “I would have done the same thing Mark” I say trying to smooth things out. “It seems you did anyway” Mark says almost in a whisper but loud enough for me to hear. I had to turn away for a second to quickly wipe away the tear that escaped my eye. I was about to say something when I see pass Mark; George is standing outside of the office looking into the window where I stood when I found out about the relationship. I swallowed hard both Mark and I are looking down at the floor. This isn’t the way I thought it was going to end but it’s over….it’s over. I start to walk to the door; Mark has his back to the door and his hands are on his waist. I stop when I am next to him; I am so close to touching him but it’s not going to be the same if I did touch him. Both Mark and I are staring at the floor “I’ll see you around” I say almost in a whisper trying so hard not to cry. I then walk out of the room I don’t even look at George I just walk away.

I somehow manage to get back into the hospital and into the storage room where Jennifer and I put Alan to hide during the shooting. I close the door behind me and sit down at the very end of room; my breathing becomes uneven first. Then one tear rolls down my cheek and then another and another; soon I find myself crying out loud. Not loud enough for people to hear me outside the room but loud so I can let out all of the pain. I hug myself for comfort but the tears still keep on coming; nothing can comfort me at this point. How could anything comfort me when I just lost the love of my life? Things are going to be different now and I don’t think I can do this alone. I then put my knees up and hug them; I bury my face in them and cry some more. I then hear the door open and close I guess the janitor saw me and decided to give me my space. But then I feel someone sit next to me; I then feel a hand on the back of my neck. For some reason I think it’s Mark and I look up with red eyes; to my greatest disappointment and relief it’s Cory. He pulls me into him and I have my head rest on his neck; I hate that Cory knows why I am crying but he says nothing.

“Let’s get you back into your room” Cory says in a soft voice. He then puts his arm under my legs and one across my mid back. Cory lifts me up with ease and carries me to my room; the whole way I had my face buried in his neck. That night I didn’t even fall asleep I just spent the whole night crying alone in my room. By morning I hear a knock at the door; for some reason I think its Mark but when I turn to see who it is Jennifer is standing there half smiling at me. She comes in and sits next to me “I am so sorry sweetie” Jennifer says to me while she grabs my hand. I then start to cry some more and she hugs me in comfort. Jennifer knows that Mark isn’t mine anymore and my whole world is shattered. After a while I calm down; we then hear a knock and again for some reason I think it’s Mark but to my greatest surprise it’s Commander Stone. He stands at the entrance looking at me “I’ll be outside” Jennifer says. I try to tell her not to go; this man is the reason I went through hell for the past three months. As each seconds passed by my hatred came back to me; I was about to say something “I guess sorry wouldn’t mean anything to you at this point” Commander Stone says while he stands next to my bed. “I hoped that me saving your life would be the start of how sorry I am” Commander Stone says while I put on a puzzling look. “They didn’t tell you….I was the one who found you on the ground bleeding outside the mechanic office” Commander Stone stays his ground “I was the one who carried you to the hospital….and just in time too” Commander Stone says with a half-smile. “Adrian please I know I have done a terrible wrong here….and I am just trying to make it right” Commander Stone says with a surprising low shaky voice. This could only mean one thing; either Mark found out that Commander Stone is his father or Mark had been too busy looking for me that Commander Stone didn’t even matter to Mark for the past three months. “What do you want…..Sir?” I say trying to say it in a fuck you tone but yet still been respectful.

After all Commander Stone did save my life and I am very surprised he did. “Please give me my son back” Commander Stone looks at me with soft eyes. “I know that after three months you have the right to hate me with everything you have ….but please my son is the only weakness I have. With you gone he turned into someone else that I didn’t even expect him to be. George did the best he could to calm him down but it wasn’t enough; Mark’s love for you is to great” Commander Stone remains with his back straight and head held high but his eyes were full of pain. I should say fuck you to Commander Stone; I do have the right to hate Commander Stone with everything I have. But for some reason this wasn’t the case; I have gone through hell and back and I survived it…I survived. “You could just tell him the truth” I say in a calm voice. Commander Stone looks at me with a huge surprise look in his face. I guess because Commander Stone wasn’t expecting me to help him; he wasn’t expecting me to be so forgiving after everything I went through because of him. It’s just that at this point I just don’t care anymore; I am just happy to be alive. Commander Stone and I talk for about an hour and have agreed that he will tell Mark the truth the day of the wedding. As Commander Stone leaves the room I can’t help but think that Mark will need someone by his side when the news is broken to him. It’s at that point that I hope that George will be there for him….they…….really deserve each other.

A couple of weeks later Commander Stone signs me off to go home. He said that he was taking a lot of heat for sending a civilian to the pit; I argued that the board should let Commander Stone stay as the head guy on base and for me to stay. But after much debate the board decided to relief Commander Stone of his post and to send me home. I packed everything into three suitcases I don’t know really know how I got all of this stuff. My last day I spent it on the hospital saying good bye to all of my patients I had and all of the staff; Dr. Collins was the last guy I said good bye to. It was a long and tearful good bye but we agreed that we would see each other on the day of the wedding. “Good bye son” Dr. Collins says with tears in his eyes and one of his hands on my cheek. I hug him and hold on to him for dear life; we then hear a page for Dr. Collins and we break our hug. Dr. Collins just smiles at me and heads out of his office; I am left there to gather myself up. It was late afternoon when my plane was taking off from the base; as I headed to the plane almost half of the base was there. All of the soldiers that where there wanted to say good bye to me; it took about an hour to say good bye.

I was in tears because I didn’t know how much I meant to them here; I really didn’t say good bye to Alan or Jennifer because I know that in a couple of months I would see them. As we were all settling into our seats for the plane to take off a very familiar voice came from next to me. “Hey stranger” Cory says as he leans in almost saying it in a whisper. I turn and look at him; his dark green eyes lock into mine. That’s when I realize that maybe just maybe Cory can help me move on; Cory can be the guy who can get me back on my feet. Somewhere over the sea Cory and I sat at the very back of the cargo plane and talked; at one point Cory told me “I know I am not Mark but I would someday like to have what you guys had…will you be mine Adrian?” I just stared at him. “I…um…..Cory I…..” I stumbled to gather the words. “Take your time I’ll be right here by your side” Cory says in a soft but manly voice. We arrived late at night to the states and both of us just wanted to get some sleep. Cory wanted me to stay with him at his downtown condo but I wanted to stay at my house. “I’ll come and pick you up at 7 pm” Cory says as we part ways from the airport. It was around three in the morning when I arrived at my house; well it was my parents but since their death it became my house. Alan was gone most of the time so it was just me and the house; I really didn’t have the heart to sell it I have some memories here that I just can’t let go of. Since it was late January it was still kind of cold outside; I just turned on the heater and went to bed.

I didn’t wake up until three in the afternoon; I unpacked everything and at the end of my unpacking I found my camera. Even though I didn’t take that many pictures the two years I was there the ones that I got were pretty awesome. I even found one picture I took of Jake the day before he died; the rest just showed the bond of brotherhood the soldiers shared. That afternoon I submitted my photos to my editor to see if they can be published; before I knew it my cell phone was ringing. Cory was on the other end of the line saying that he was about ten minutes away from my place. I rushed to take a shower and put on a black suit; tonight Cory was going to be giving the Medal of Honor and I was receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Cory came and picked me up and we were on our way; the ceremony was to be held downtown. The president was visiting the city so my award was on the way; two birds with one stone I guess. We arrived and there were other soldiers there receiving the same award as well; the night went on and everyone got their awards except us. It was close to the end of the ceremony when a soldier comes up to the podium and starts talking. The soldier in the podium then introduces the President of the United States. The president comes out and takes the podium he then starts talking about Cory and I; he talks about a civilian who came to help and was captured. At the end of his speech the president calls Cory and I up to the stage; we got a standing ovation from the audience because they knew that we had killed the most wanted man in Iraq. Cory got his medal of honor and I got my freedom medal; Cory and I shook hands with the president and took a lot of pictures with him as well. We really couldn’t do that much seeing that it’s the president and there were secret service guys everywhere. “Thanks a lot son” the president says as he pats my back and leaves the stage. I really didn’t say thank you because he left in such a hurry; I guess the president had a lot to do now that Ashram is dead.

Cory and I stuck around seeing that everyone wanted to shake our hands and make small talk with us. “Are you copying me soldier?” a handsome soldier says while walking towards us. This soldier is good looking tall, blonde hair, blue eyes, and the cutest smile. Cory sees this blonde soldier and gives him a manly hug; they talk for a little while. “Sorry…..” Cory says as he turns and looks at me “Adrian this is Andrew Adams we served together for a while” Cory says to me with a huge smile. Andrew extends his hand and I shake it “Thanks for the service you provided” Andrew says with his cute smile. Than someone comes up from behind Andrew “David” I say; David then says my name and we both hug each other. “How are you?” David says to me as we part from our hug. Both Cory and Andrew are looking at us with a puzzled look. “We had clinical together a while back” I say to Cory just to clarify. David then congratulates me for my award “Andrew did you get an award tonight?” I ask but both David and Andrew look at each other for a moment. “I got mine about a year ago” Andrew says in a low voice. I was about to ask him for what “Adrian….he’s one of us” Cory says to me in a serious tone. That’s when I realize that Andrew was the soldier who everyone thought was dead. I quickly apologized but both David and Andrew were nice about it and told me that it was water under the bridge. All four of us talked for a little while longer; I said good bye to David and we traded phone numbers. Andrew then takes David’s hand and both walk away; they were close to the door way when Andrew gives David a kiss on his cheek. David blushes and both disappear around the corner. I smile to myself remembering that feeling when Mark would kiss me in the cheek. “So you want to go to a party tonight?” Cory asks me interrupting my thoughts. I look up at him and smile; I then nod my head “But we have to go to my house so I can change” I say while pushing Cory with my shoulder.

Soldier's Story: Chapter 7

Chapter 7

I stand on my own two feet in a room that looks like an OR. But yet at the same time it’s not an OR it’s just a room I am standing in. about five feet away from me stands a man with dark blue eyes and jet black hair. “Mark” I whisper his name. His eyes lighten up and a half smile comes across his face; he just looks perfect. Mark never takes his dark blue eyes off of mine; I feel so peaceful. I then whisper Mark’s name one more time; as I do I lift my hand up while holding a gun. I point the gun at Mark, scream his name and pull the trigger. I wake up in the same small room I have been in for what seems like a lifetime. The nights seemed to be getting colder so that would mean that we are somewhere in November or December. But it’s hard to tell what day it is exactly I stopped counting the days when it reached four weeks of my capture. More than four weeks have passed since the day we were attacked in the middle of the desert going to the pit. I have to remain strong but now my nightmares are occurring more frequently now. It’s the same dream over and over again; Mark and I standing in a room. I killed Mark so many times in my dream that I just don’t know what to make of it exactly; could it be that myself conscious is telling me that Mark is the one to blame for the situation I am in. to tell you the truth after more than four weeks in captivity it’s starting to sound like the truth but I just push those thoughts away. Mark is the one I love and I made the decision to go to the pit for our love; I made the decision to break up with him so he wouldn’t follow me. Sometimes I wonder if that was such a good idea; sometimes I wonder what things would be like if I told Mark who Commander Stone really was. Mark would have believed me but yet I didn’t know how Commander Stone would handle it. Commander Stone is the one to blame for all of this; Commander Stone is the one responsible for all of this.

My thoughts are interrupted when I hear Cory turn over on his side. I give myself a smile knowing that at least I am not the only one held hostage. After the bomb went off the two soldiers in the front died in a shoot out; Cory was unconscious but yet still alive. After we were brought here Cory was dead weight to our captures but I made them keep Cory alive. I made a deal with our captures; I would treat their wounded men while Cory would teach them how to shoot. It’s not the best of deals and not the one that I liked making; but it kept us alive all this time. Cory still has his eyes closed but I just look at him; anyone would be lucky enough to have Cory as a friend…..I mean boyfriend. As for me my answer has gone from no to maybe; I have been going over and over again in my mind why I have changed my answer. I don’t love Cory I love Mark it should be simple to be true to the one you love; but yet again after more than four weeks of been cut off from the world things do get fuzzy. Cory takes in a deep breath but yet hasn’t opened his eyes. When I met Cory he was clean shaved and now the same dark brown color hair goes down his chin. He trims it from time to time and yet he still looks sexy; Cory is one of those guys that looks good in any type of hair or beard style. I wipe my sweaty forehead with my forearm and lye back down on the ground. I only have one thin blanket for warmth and lately this blanket sucks at keeping me warm.

I shiver for about a couple of minutes until I find sleep; I am then awoken by the door swinging open and one of my captures screaming at me in his language. Cory opens his eyes and quickly stands on his feet; as for me I am dragged up to mine by my captures. Cory tries to defend me but is quickly hit in the stomach with a gun. I am dragged out of my little room and into one of the tents that is somewhere in the mountains. There are a lot of men around the tent; I am then pushed in and in the middle of the tent are four people. Two are holding down some guy’s chest to stop the bleeding while one is trying to gather all of the tools needed to save him. The man on the table is grunting in pain; as I look at him I realize this is a man of great importance to our captures. This guy that’s on the table is the guy who leads most of the rebels here in Iraq. I would do everyone a favor if this guy dies right here right now; but how do I make it look like I did everything I could to save him? I am pushed out of my thoughts as the man who dragged me in pushes me closer to the table. Everyone is screaming at me and I get to work on his chest; blood comes out like a river and I do my best to control it.

It took a couple of hours but I found the bullet and removed it all from his chest. The thought again comes into my head on how to kill this rebel leader without making it look like I killed him on purpose. Would it be so bad that I don’t do anything and get killed for it; I don’t mind giving my life for the countless soldiers this man on the table would kill if he lives beyond today. It then hits me a great idea on how to make this man dead in a couple of hours. I sow his artery back together but I leave gaps here and there. The gaps cannot be seen unless you were a doctor but these guys look on not knowing that I am killing their leader right in front of them. My heart starts beating and sweat begins to form on my forehead; my breathing becomes uneven but I control it without arousing suspicion. The guys are looking on around me making sure that I don’t do anything stupid; I glance at them from time to time. They must be thinking that I am nervous because if this man dies Cory and I die with him; I sow the last piece of artery and close him back up. Since we are on the mountains there is hardly any good medical equipment out here. Which means that this man will bleed out and no one will know it; I put everything away and look at my captures. Some have come to like me simply because I saved their lives but none will do anything to help me with anything.

I am then pushed into the small room with Cory; Cory catches me with his big strong arms. We both are in each other’s arms as the guard closes the door and walks away. “Did they hurt you?” Cory asks me with a worried look. “Fine but this may be the last day we will be alive” I say with half a smile on my face. Cory looks at me still holding me with his big strong arms. “Ashram was shot and I had to retract the bullet and sow his artery back up….” I begin to say while Cory looks on kind of guessing where this is going. “Let’s just say I may not have done a very good job of sowing his stitches tightly” I say while I look down at my feet. Cory looks at me for a while and with his hand he gently places it at the bottom of my chin and lifts my face up. I look at him and he looks at me; Cory’s dark green eyes say thank you because Ashram is the one guy no one could ever get. Cory then comes closer to my lips; I then feel his body heat. Cory’s lips brush up against mine and that is when I pull back “You’re still in love with him aren’t you?” Cory says in a manly whisper. I just nod and try not to make eye contact with Cory even though we are still in each other’s arms. I can feel the disappointment in the room as Cory let’s go of me and sits at the far end corner of the room. I was about to say something but I just didn’t move my mouth; simply because I had this feeling that Cory was just playing an act so I can feel bad. The worst part is that it was somewhat working but I didn’t say anything I just sat back down. The hours went by and nothing was heard; no one came to bother us except when the guard throws the food at us like we were caged animals. In the midst of waiting I begin to doubt if I had really loosened up the stitches to the point where there will be bleeding internally.

I begin to doubt myself; I may have done a really good job that the stitches hold and Ashram lived. The sun was setting and the night was getting colder by the second; I hugged myself hoping that I would keep me warm. For a couple of hours it did but as the night went on what little warmth I had was gone and the cold night air replaced it. I was shivering and rubbing my arms for warmth but that didn’t work; I could even see my breath and this time I couldn’t find sleep. I was shivering so much that I thought that I was going to die of it perhaps this is my punishment. “You could have just ask for help you know” Cory says as he lifts me up and sits behind me. Cory’s body heat feels so good that I don’t resist at all; his chest and abs connect with my back. Cory’s big strong arms wrap around my chest and stomach; I was still shivering but the heat that Cory produce was calming my shivering down. My mind raced with ideas but simply it was two guys sitting in a corner trying to keep each other warm. “Feel better” Cory whispers to me in my ear as I feel the side of his face on the back my head. I knew that if I push him away or say something wrong he would leave my side and the cold would return. To tell you the truth I didn’t want that to happen so I just nodded my head. I then lean my head back and it landed on Cory’s shoulder near his neck. I then heard Cory laugh to himself quickly but didn’t say anything; for some reason my eyes started to feel heavy and I drifted into sleep.

I am back in my room on base the lights are off. Someone is on top of me I can’t see his face but we are both naked and on my bed. The man on top of me then starts to kiss my neck and I moan in pleasure; it was Mark I know it was. I know Mark’s touch anywhere I didn’t have to see his face; I then tilt my head to the side so Mark can kiss more of my neck. Mark’s big strong arms are around me holding me tightly and his kisses are gentle on my neck. My hands explore Mark’s muscular back; my hands go up and down his back feeling every inch of it. I then turn my head and meet Mark’s lips the kiss is just as I remembered. Mark and I kiss for a while gently but yet dominant; all of my worries disappeared and only the man in my arms only mattered to me. I then spread my legs telling Mark in body language that I wanted him inside of me. Mark moves his hips back and forward as his dick gets harder; Mark’s dick rubs against mine and my dick gets harder. We kiss more passionately and Mark’s thrust get a little faster; I can hear his breath becoming uneven. My breathing becomes uneven as well mainly because I have missed his touch and kisses. I lift my ass a little so that Mark’s dick can slide down to my hole; with my legs I push Mark’s butt closer to me. Mark then pushes his dick in finally getting the message that I wanted him inside of me. It’s just as I remembered pain for a second and pleasure following; I moan in between our kisses and so does Mark.

Mark thrust his dick all of the way inside of me and pushes further down my hole even though his whole Marine dick is inside of me. I wrap my arms around his neck; both of our breathing has become uneven and sweat is starting to come down my forehead. Mark then slowly takes his dick out and pushes it back in with force. He does this several time and it just feels so good that I don’t want him to stop. His thrusts are deep and slow; Mark’s thrusts are powerful though so powerful that it knocks the wind out of me. Mark’s thrust then go to a short fast pace and his dick feels so good around my hole. By now Mark has been working on my neck and I feel so close to melting in his arms. All I can hear is my moaning, Mark’s manly moaning and the clapping sound that Mark is making with his dick as it hits my ass cheeks. Mark continues to slam me down for what seemed like hours until he stops working on my neck and kisses me. Mark’s manly moans can be heard between our kisses and then I feel hot liquid inside of me. Both of us are out of breath but don’t stop kissing each other; Mark then stops kissing me and looks at me. It’s so dark that I don’t see him but I know it’s him; then he leans over and turns on a light. My eyes widen as I see that is was Cory this whole time; Cory has a smile across his face and his dark green eyes sparkle as he looks at me. Cory is still on top of me; his dark green eyes locked onto mine. My breathing become uneven I fell like throwing up; how could I do this to Mark I feel so ashamed. Cory then gets a gun from nowhere and points the gun to the side of his head and pulls the trigger.

I open my eyes and for a split second I am out of breath. Cory’s arms are still wrapped around me as he sits behind me still providing me with warmth. “You ok” Cory whispers to me as he opens his eyes. “Yeah I am fine” I say trying not to make eye contact or tell him that I just had a dream about him. I was about to say something when the door to our little room flies open and I am yanked out of Cory’s arms. The guard then slaps me across the face but doesn’t let go of me. He then punches me in the face and pushes me hard to the wall. I hit my head and fall to the ground I feel blood coming out of my head; I place my hand on my head to stop the bleeding. My senses are off I feel lightheaded and I can’t concentrate right; I then hear a large cracking sound followed by a thud. My senses somewhat come back to me and I see the guard on the floor with his head twisted backwards. I then look up and see Cory breathing heavily looking at the guard with a cold hard stare. It’s the same stare Mark got when Alan slap me across the face when he found out that Mark and I were dating. I look at Cory for a while and that’s when it hits me; Cory Pearson cares about me and he wouldn’t let anything happen to me. I then shake my head and stand up as quickly as I could “Come one let’s go” I say to Cory while on the door way. Cory picks up the guards rifle and heads out the door with me. Cory has the rifle in one hand and is holding my hand behind him with the other.

My breathing becomes uneven but not that much because I know Cory can take care of us really well; after all Cory is an alpha. We head outside and everyone is running around the death of the leader meant that now there will be a power struggle. Cory takes a couple of grenades and throws them at every direction. All of the grenades explode, some things explode and other things catch on fire. The campground has turned into more of a war zone “Come one I think I know where we are” Cory says as he pulls me behind him running towards the mountains. I then stop dead in my tracks and Cory feels the tug; he’s so strong that I literally had to pull as hard as I can to stop him. “Go on” I say to Cory while thinking things over. “What? No I won’t go without you” Cory says as he tries pulling me to the mountain. “You know where you are and I will just slow you down….not to mention there are a lot of them we won’t make it far” I say looking into his dark green eyes. Cory looks at me knowing that I speak the truth but isn’t going to except it. Cory then says my name and moves closer to me; I then place his head in between my hands and kiss him. I had to tippy toe to reach his lips but I made it; I try to savor this moment. The kiss was soft, elegant and mesmerizing; another explosion goes off in the distance but I barely heard it. I pull back and take a couple of steps back the expression on Cory’s face is priceless. “GO” I yell at him “I’ll come back for you I promise” Cory says as he starts to run to the dark mountain. A tear comes down my face knowing that this time I will die here; it wasn’t a smart move to do but it was the last kiss I would ever experience. I run to the nearest semi-truck and start driving it down the dirt road.

I swerve knocking down tents, crashing other vehicles and try to avoid the bullets that seemed to be coming from everywhere. An explosion goes off behind the truck and it’s powerful enough to make me crash. I get out as quickly as possible and start to run down the dirt road; I can hear the men screaming in their language. Some even shot at me but I just keep running and for some reason I start to hope that I may actually escape. But my hope quickly vanishes as I am surrounded by vehicles; I stop dead in my tracks as twenty rifles are pointed at me. This is it this is how I am going to die in the middle of the desert; but I manage to help someone escape and he will spread the news that Ashram is dead. Someone gets out of the vehicle and walks towards me; his anger can be viewed by his walk and his eyes. I have both of my hands up just waiting to see who is going to shoot me first; the man that got out of the vehicle quickly hits me in the head with his gun and I black out.

I take in a deep breath and feel tile under me; my best guess is that I am somewhere back in the city. I then feel a sharp pain on my leg. I scream out in pain and open my eyes; I try to move but I am held down by someone who is on top of me. The man in a blue turban presses the knife deeper in my thigh and I again scream out in pain. “Do you know who I am?” the man in the blue turban asks me. Tears are coming down my face and the pain is so excruciating I don’t even answer. “You killed my brothers in this room a while back” the man in the blue turban says in an intimidating voice. I then force myself to look around trying to find something that can distract me from the pain. The room looks familiar and then it hits me; this is the room that I was brought to when I got captured the first time. There were three men; there was a huge light, and a camera. I try to breathe through the pain but that didn’t help “The camera recorded everything….and I saw you kill my brother with a knife….you stabbed him over and over again” the man in the blue turban says while trying to hold back his tears. “PL….PLE….PLEASE” I scream to the man who is on top of me. I force myself to look around the room one more time and there is no one except us. “I am going to kill you the same way you killed my brother….but before I do I am going to leave a mark so that everyone will know what you are…..a coward” the man in the blue turban than extends my left hand out.

With his left forearm he turns my head away and presses it to the ground hard. I cry even more and plea with him but he won’t listen to me at all even though I am screaming in pain. I then feel more pain as he gets another knife and starts carving down on my left forearm. I scream in pain again louder and louder each time the knife cuts into my skin; with my right hand I try to push him away but he is too strong for me. Tears come down my face while I scream as loud as I can in pain. I try to move away from him but he is too strong; he holds me down still carving something into my forearm. I scream out in pain one more time and that is when I hear bullets coming from outside of the room. It only lasts a couple of seconds but the man in the blue turban is too caught up in what he is doing to me. The door then swings open and the man in the blue turban is yanked off of me; I lay there not moving. I try to move, breathe and calm my tears but nothing seemed to working. I then see American soldier shoes; the man in the blue turban is now lying on his back while a soldier is on top of him. “YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE” Mark screams at the man in the blue turban as he is on top of him. Mark then start to hit the man in the blue turban over and over again on his face. I then see someone next to me “You’re okay Adrian” Alan says reassuring me. Alan then gets to work on my leg while Mark is still hitting the man in the blue turban.

Alan then yanks out the knife on my leg; at this point I am in so much pain that I don’t even feel Alan yank out the knife from my leg. Alan then throws the knife at Mark; Mark catches it and stabs the man in the blue turban in the stomach. Mark then presses the knife harder down making the knife go deeper into the man in the blue turban. The man in the blue turban dies a slow painful death; Mark then looks at me and his face softens. “How is he?” Mark says out of breath and kneeling beside Alan. “He’s okay for now but he still needs to go to the hospital” Alan says to Mark as he finishes patching me up. I am then lifted off of the floor but not by Mark or Alan; I still can’t move but I see that I am been carried out of the room and out to the hall. “I’ve got you” Cory says to me as he carries me down the hall, down the stairs and finally outside. We get to the Humvee and Cory places me in the middle; Alan gets on and searches his bag for something. I then see Mark he is not looking at me; he is looking at Cory with the coldest hard stare anyone can give. If looks could kill Mark slaughtered Cory with just his stare; “Can’t you give him something for the pain?” Cory tells Alan as he pulls out a small bottle. Alan then looks at me for a while and tears start to build in his eyes; a look of relief that he found me and of sadness that he has to see me like this. “I am going to give you a sedative; I promise when you wake up everything will be all right” Alan says as he gives me the sedative. My eyes feel heavy and before I close my eyes the last person I look at Cory; I could have sworn I say tears in his eyes before I blacked out.

I take in a deep breath and feel sheets underneath me; it’s the first time in a long time that I feel clean sheet underneath me. I open my eyes and look around; it’s the middle of the night. I see Alan on a chair next to my bed sleeping. For some reason I wanted to see Mark I haven’t seen him or touched him in a while and that’s all I want to do right now. I force myself out of bed and head for the door; I was so quite that Alan didn’t even notice anything. I sneak out of the room and out of the hospital; I then start to head for the mechanic station knowing somehow that Mark will be there. As I am walking to the mechanic station I can feel the stiches on my leg loosen and blood starts to come down my leg. I really didn’t care about that I just wanted Mark; it took a while but I finally made it to the mechanic station. The office light was on and I knew Mark was in there; I am ready to see Mark I am more than ready to hold him.

The office is on the back with large windows that you can peak through I walk towards them with a huge smile on my face. The pain on my leg mattered too little now knowing that Mark is on the other side of glass windows. I stop to look and see where Mark is but when I do my smile disappears and the pain comes back to me. I see Mark standing in the middle of the office but he is not alone; George Smith his mechanic buddy is holding him. George has his hands on Mark’s chest and both of their foreheads are touching each other. Tears begin to come down my face as I realize that Mark has moved on; Mark has found another person to love. There is a lot of blood coming down my leg; the pain returns but it’s nothing compare to what I am seeing. I fall to the ground; there is a small pool of blood around my leg. I try to apply pressure but I am weak and can’t do it. My eyes feel heavy and i lay down on the ground; I am bleeding out alone. It’s then that I realize that I am going to die because the man that kept me alive for so long now belongs to another.

Final Chapter coming soon…..

Soldier's Story: Chapter 6

Chapter 6

There once was a happy Iraqi family; a family who had everything. All were blessed with good lives; it seemed that their lives were perfect. But when the war came everything changed and the family was destroyed. The three members of the family where in the market one day with American troops walking around. Gunfire started and the family was caught in the middle of it; the man’s son Amir who was a year shy away from his teens looked on in horror. Amir had one flaw and that was bravery; Amir showed bravery when he shouldn’t. The gunfire raged on when an Iraqi rebel was shot dead no more than ten feet away from him.

Amir thought to himself that this would be a good chance to show the American soldiers what he is made of. Amir tore off of his parents grip and ran for the dead Iraqi rebel; Amir’s parents screamed for him to come back. Amir lifted the gun from the dead Iraqi rebel but before he could point the gun at the rebels he was shot. In the midst of the gunfire no soldier would stop and wait for someone to pick up a gun and see where they start shooting. To a soldier it is second nature to them to eliminate any threat before it becomes a threat to him/her and to his/her unit. To Mark it was second nature to point and shoot at someone who looked like the enemy.

To Mark it looked like an enemy was going to pick up the gun and start shooting at him or at his unit. An innocent mistake that turned deadly; when Amir’s parents ran by his side Mark knew what he had done. The boy was bleeding from his chest and gasping for air; Mark called a medic over. Alan came over and did the best he could to save the boy but the boy’s injury was far more than Alan’s capabilities. The father held onto his only child for dear life; the father didn’t understand that every second was crucial to his son’s survival. Alan had no choice but to rip them apart so he could take Amir to the hospital. The father and mother were left behind crying for their only son. When Alan came through the doors Dr. Collins was the first doctor on the scene; during surgery Dr. Collins did everything he could to save the boy. The boy lost too much blood and the bullet shredded his aorta; Amir died in late afternoon….it was a Tuesday.

When Amir’s body was handed over to his parents Dr. Collins personally told the father that he did everything he could to save his son. After the funeral several weeks past and the mother couldn’t take the pain anymore; she sliced her wrist open and bled out in the kitchen…she died on a Tuesday. After her funeral the father sat in his living room in the dark for days. The fathers thoughts went everywhere and anywhere and somewhere along the way hatred became his friend. The father devised a plan to kill the three people responsible; the father knew it would take years before he could make his move. It wasn’t murder or revenge but justice; justice to those who took away his family and his life…his plan was put in motion on a Tuesday.

As for me I told Mohammed to shot me instead of Mark; I told Mohammed my connection to the three men he was after. I didn’t know if it was love or just pure second nature; second nature to put myself in harm’s way for the betterment of several others. I guess a soldier’s thinking of the protection of his unit has rubbed off on me. The last thing that went through my head was Mark coming closer to me to give me a kiss but the gunshot beat him to it. I feel numb; nothing is happening. I don’t see a white light or heavenly music; I just don’t see or feel anything. I don’t even feel pain; maybe the bullet went so fast through my skull that death was instant.

I then hear Jennifer calling my name and I quickly open my eyes and take in a deep breath. I am still alive and still standing in the same spot that I was; I smile to myself and tears begin to come down my face. I look down and see that Mohammed is dead; a bullet hole is on the side of his head. But he did not commit suicide because the bullet hole is on one side and he is holding the gun in the opposite hand. I then hear a noise to my left and quickly look in that direction thinking it’s the other shooter. But to my surprise it’s Cory Pearson the alpha soldier I schooled yesterday; Cory is leaning against the door way with his small handgun pointed at where Mohammed was standing. I should have known the alphas always carry some sort of weapon with them at all times. I laugh out loud while tears are coming down my face; I then take a step towards Jennifer and Mark. “ADRIAN….” Jennifer screams my name and looks at me.

I then remember that the other shooter has found Alan and would probably shoot him dead. Jennifer then starts to work on Mark’s shoulder; I take a few steps towards her. “Adrian please…I am trying to save your guy….now please go and save mine” she says while she digs in for the bullet. I quickly bend down and grab Mohammed’s gun from his hand; I then rush out of the room passing Cory. I run as fast as I can to the storage room where I left Alan; in my mind I am thinking that he is already dead but I just keep going. I turn the corner as fast I could someone was standing over Alan with the gun pointing to Alan’s head. Without hesitation I point the gun to the man and pull the trigger.

I hit him in the back and I pull the trigger over and over again while stepping closer to the second shooter. The last bullet went into his neck and he fell on his back while his blood made a small pool all around him. I kneel on Alan’s side but he is not harmed in anyway; I then look at the second shooter and my mouth drops. Kareem the hot Iraqi nurse was holding onto his neck for dear life while gasping for air. Kareem’s blood kept coming out of his neck and the pool of blood got bigger; I just look at him and he looks at me. I just stay where I am not moving; not trying to save a fellow soldier. But after the events of today he, Kareem, is the enemy; and he tried to kill my brother. So I let him die right in front of me and I give his lifeless body a cold hard stare.

I then hear footsteps coming down the hall fast. I look up and see the rest of the Alpha team followed by other soldiers; I look at the Alpha’s and they look at me. “He’s in the OR near the entrance” I say to them knowing what they were asking me from their eyes. Alan was starting to come out of his sedation but he was still weak; I and some other soldiers got him into a bed and into his room. I stayed with Alan the whole time as the hospital began to come back to life. I stayed with Alan for a couple more hours until I see Jennifer walk into the room; she looks at me and I look at her. She smiles at me and nods; tears begin to come down my face and I hug her.

“Adrian… I….” Jennifer begins to say. “We’ll talk about it when Alan wakes up” I cut into her. She smiles and nods her head; she then turns her attention to Alan. “I’ll leave you guys alone” I say while I walk out of the room and across the hall where Mark is. Mark looks so peaceful; he has bandages on his shoulder. I grab his hand and kiss him in the cheek “I love you Mark” I whisper to him as my forehead connects to the side of his head. I then hear heavy footsteps outside the door and pull away from Mark. “Commander Stone” I say as he walks in. Commander Stone is the head military guy here; this is his base. He runs it and nothing moves unless he says so; he has short salt and pepper hair, dark blue eyes, and stands a good six feet. Commander Stone ignores me and stays looking at Mark “Is there something you need sir” I say while stepping closer to him. Commander Stone looks at Mark for a while and then looks at me; “Sir” I say confused as to why he is staring at Mark.

“Get out” he says in an intimidating whisper. I was about to say something but decided not to he is after all everyone’s boss here; I get to the door and look back. I don’t look at Commander Stone…I look at Mark with a sincere look. Commander Stone notices this and closes the door almost pushing me out of the room; I stand outside confused about the whole situation.

“Are you sure?” Jennifer asks me after I tell her that Commander Stone is with Mark. “Did he say what he wanted?” Jennifer asks again. “It doesn’t make sense at all” I say while deep in thought. “Well to tell you the truth Commander Stone and Mark have been good friends” Jennifer says to me and I look up at her. “Mark and Commander Stone are like you and me with Dr. Collins” she finishes saying. It then makes sense Mark is so good at been a soldier that Commander Stone took Mark under his wing just like Dr. Collins did to Jennifer and I. Alan shifts a little in his bed and both me and Jennifer stand still and hold our breaths but Alan doesn’t wake up. “Davis can I have a word with you” Commander Stone says while standing at the door way. As I walk out I turn and look at Jennifer and she shrugs her shoulders but then turns her attention to Alan. Commander Stone is outside of the room with his arms crossing each other and he is pacing back and forward. “Sir” I say almost in a whisper; even though I haven’t met Commander Stone personally this guy is intimidating down to his eyebrows. Commander Stone takes in a deep breath “I really need to talk you and I but I also need to follow protocol and so….when Dr. Collins comes back from his vacation we will talk” his voice sounded like he was trying so hard not to yell at me. Commander Stone then looks into Mark’s room and walks away; I guess he blames me for Mark been shot or something.

Alan hasn’t woken up yet so I decided to go to Cory’s room and thank him for what he did. As I get closer to his room I get a little nervous but somehow manage to put that aside. I step in and it’s almost the same thing as when I first walked into Cory’s room. Everyone is laughing and telling jokes but when they notice me all of them fall silent and look at me. “I…um” I begin to say but for some reason I can’t say thank you to Cory. Mainly because thanking Cory would mean that we would be friends and to tell you the truth I don’t want to be friends with him even though he saved my life.

I look up and see that Cory has his dark green eyes locked into mine. We stare at each other for a while I then take a deep breath in “Congratulations Mr. Pearson you are still fit for duty….when Dr. Collins comes back in a couple of days he will sign off on your reinstatement” I say and I begin to walk out of the room. “CORY” he says to me and I stop dead in my tracks. I then turn and look at him and has this half smile on his face I then smile and shake my head “Yeah right” I say and I walk out the room before this huge smile comes across my face and my cheeks turn red. As I walk back to Alan’s room I couldn’t understand why Cory had such an effect on me. I am with Mark and I love Mark; but Cory has this cocky attitude that makes him desirable. I just shake those thoughts out of my head and walk into the room. Alan is awake and he is staring at me with watery eyes.

Jennifer is standing next to Alan’s bed and Jose is leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. I almost busted out laughing because Jose has this worried look on his face; I then turn my attention to both Jennifer and Alan who are now holding hands. “Adrian we ummm…..” Alan begins to say “I know it just happened” I say with a half smile on my face. “But may I ask when did this happen?” I say while stepping closer into the room. “When you and Mark went to go visit Jake’s parents” Jennifer says with a serious tone. “She was there and I don’t know….like you said to me when I found out that you and Mark were dating….it just happened” Alan says. “They were actually more scared to tell you then they did me” Jose says with sarcasm on his tone. “My brother and my best friend” I say and smile. “I have to admit I didn’t see this one coming but I am glad” I say while hugging Alan and then Jennifer.

I spent the next couple of days alternating with Alan, Mark and my shifts. All around the base everything seemed to be at peace but only one thing was bothering me. Commander Stone’s words that he needed to talk to me kept looming around my head. What did Commander Stone have to talk to me about it’s not like I did anything wrong. As I walk to Alan’s room and I notice that the door is closed I was about to knock when I hear Jennifer laughing inside. I just pull back and decide to close Mark’s door; it was dark and only a small light illuminated the room. I step closer to Mark who was asleep; as I put my hand on top of his, he opens them. Those dark blue eyes that I love so much look into mine and that smile that makes my knees weak spreads across his face. I then smile back at him and take off my pants and scrubs “What are you doing?” Mark whispers to me as I get on top of him. “Just because you’re in a hospital doesn’t mean you can’t get some” I say while I pull the sheets down and his gown up.

By now Mark is rock hard and I spit on my hand and lube my hole. I then stick his Marine meat inside of me and in one quick motion sit all the way down. We both moan and I start to rock back and forward; with one hand Mark gets the back of my head and pulls me to his lips. We make out and my thrusts are slow and deep now. Mark then sits up and puts his hand on my shoulder pushing me down hard onto his dick. I can feel every inch of his meat going up and down my hole. The pleasure I get when Mark kisses me on the neck and when his dick is deep in me makes me so hot for him. I would never betray Mark he is my one and all; the thrusts get harder and harder. Mark grunts into my lips and I can feel his hot liquid inside of me; as we are both trying to catch our breaths we look at each other. We stare into each other’s eyes; my fingers caress Mark’s cheek and his hand is on my cheek. Mark goes soft after a while and I put my clothes back on. “Come here” Mark whispers to me and I lay beside him; his arm under my head brushing up on my forearm. I place my forehead on the side of his chin and for once I feel at ease; nothing can tear us apart. Before I drifted into sleep I heard Mark’s voice “You’re mine forever”

Dr. Collins returns to the hospital and asks me and Jennifer a million questions; but the main one was him asking us if we were okay. It took about an hour to calm Dr. Collins down but eventually he did and when he did he took a breath of relief that nothing happened to us. It was in early afternoon that Dr. Collins and I are in Cory’s room; Dr. Collins goes over the form and signs Cory off as still fit for duty. Cory thanks Dr. Collins and gives me his half sexy smile. I couldn’t help but smile myself and I had to look down because I felt my cheeks turning red. Dr. Collins leaves the room and Cory and I are staring at each for a while. I then clear my throat and break our eye contact “Congratulations” I say almost in a whisper and begin to walk out of the room. “Is that it?..... I don’t get a hug or something?” Cory asks me with his sexy smile and his dark green eyes checking me out.

I turn and laugh at him but I don’t say anything all I do is walk out the door before I say anything stupid. As I am walking down the hall I couldn’t help but think that I am acting like a child; Cory means nothing to me and yet I am here blushing and behaving inappropriately. Dr. Collins then breaks my thoughts by stepping in front of me his eyes meet mine. “Commander Stone is waiting for us in the conference room do you know why he is waiting for us?” Dr. Collins says all puzzled to me. I just shrug my shoulders and begin to walk with Dr. Collins to the conference room. As we enter the conference room Commander Stone is sitting at the head of the table; Dr. Collins closes the door. I am on Commander Stone’s left and Dr. Collins is his right; the room stays quite for a while. “I called this meeting due to troubling evidence that has been handed down to me” Commander Stone says while he opens a file. “The shooting that happened a few days ago was well planned….we know for a fact that Kareem was Mohammed’s inside man. But what troubles me the most is….is the fact that Mohammed befriended you and I can only ask myself what part did you play on his plan?” Commander Stone says with a serious tone. “Adrian had nothing to do with the shooting” Dr. Collins steps in and defends me.

“Out of all of the soldiers on base only Davis has been his regular customer visiting Mohammed almost every day” Commander Stone is looking at me with hate in his eyes. Dr. Collins steps in and defends me a couple more time; I should have spoken up I should have defended myself but something caught my attention and I couldn’t look away. Commander Stone’s dark blue eyes seemed familiar somehow; they look so familiar it’s like I have been seen them for a while now. Commander Stone looks at me one more time and that is when it hits me; that is when I find out who Commander Stone really is. “Oh my god” I say almost in a loud whisper. Both Commander Stone and Dr. Collins stop their arguing and look at me; I on the other hand have my hand over my mouth and can’t take my eyes off of Commander Stone. Dr. Collins looks puzzled but Commander Stone knows what I am thinking about; Commander Stone was about to say something when Dr. Collins’s pager goes off.

Soldiers Story: Chapter 5

I lift my leg up above the water in the bath tub; I can hear the water drip down my leg and back into the tub. The soap that’s in my leg forms little bubbles and most begin to pop filling my leg with a tingly sensation. Mark’s hand comes across my leg and wipes the soap off; he then laughs quietly to himself. Both Mark and I are in the bath tub together; Mark is behind me his abs and chest along with my back are connected. The back of my head manages to rest on Marks shoulder; Mark then gently pushes my leg back down into the soapy warm water. Mark then starts to kiss the side of my forehead gently planting one gentle kiss after another. I close my eyes and lift my head a little so Mark can have easier access to my forehead. I then feel Mark’s strong hands glide up my thighs and head for my hole; Mark opens my butt cheeks up and starts to play with my hole. I quickly moan in pleasure and grab both of Mark’s strong forearms; his kisses go from my forehead to my ear.

For some reason as Mark is kissing my ear I feel a pleasure that’s almost overpowering. A couple of moans escape my lips and Mark sticks a finger inside me; Mark then pushes and pulls his finger from my hole. I grab tighter to Mark’s forearms as he is still kissing my ear with passion. I couldn’t take it anymore so I pulled Mark’s finger off of my hole and turned around. I feel like the dominant one tonight and Mark is more than happy to let me take control; I straddle Mark. I then push Mark into an almost laying down position; Mark’s abs disappears under the water and half of his muscled chest is above it. I then put one of my hands on his chest for support and the other I reach down to guide his cock into my hole. As his head pops in I dig my fingers into Mark’s chest a little; as always it’s only when the head of his dick pops into me that hurts the most. After a couple of seconds I begin to sit on top of Mark with his dick entering me slowly. I can hear a couple of manly moans escape Mark’s lips. I then start to kiss Mark on the ear and do the exact same thing he did to me; more manly moans escape Mark’s lips.

I lift myself up and down on Mark’s dick and the water is going up and down as well. Mark wraps his big arms around me and starts to push me down harder; I then moan in pleasure as I lean my head back. Mark starts to kiss the front of my neck and then he moves to the side where my greatest pleasure spots are. As Mark is kissing my neck I can’t help but moan a bit louder in pleasure. Even though we are wet I can feel our sweat coming down both of our faces; I then wrap my arms around Mark’s neck as he pushes me down on his dick harder. A couple of more hard thrust from Mark and then his long moan comes out of his lips. I then feel his hot liquid inside of me as I feel my hot liquid between our stomachs. Both of us are trying to catch our breaths but our lips meet and we kiss for a while. Mark then pulls out of me but I stay on top of him kissing him like this is the last night we will spend together. Mark then wraps his big muscular arms around my back and stands up from the tub. With his foot he pulls the plug and turns on the shower; the water coming down between our bodies washes away the soap that is left behind on us.

We kiss for a while until Mark turns off the water and steps out of the tub while I am still wrapped around his upper body. I then unwrap my legs from his waist and I dry Mark off with a towel; Mark does the same but our lips never part. Mark then takes me by the hand and leads me to my bed; he lays down first and pulls my arm gently so that my body naturally gets on top of his. We make out for what seemed like forever; I then put my head on Mark’s chest and hear his heart beating. I just stay listening to it for a while “That’s still for you” Mark says in a manly whisper to me. I then smile and take in a deep breath as I wrap my arms around Mark. Mark pulls the covers up to my waist and then wraps his big arms around my mid back. I then feel him take a deep breath in “I love you” Mark says as he exhales. “I love you too” I say as I tighten my grip on Mark’s upper body. I then look at the clock and it’s one in the morning; I have to get up in five hours. But I didn’t mind because staying up late with the man that I love is well worth it. I close my eyes and drift into a peaceful sleep mainly because Mark’s chest made my head go up and down gently.

The sun was rising and I was already in my scrubs and in the hospital. I left Mark sleeping in my bed but left a note stating that I had a shift today. As always Jennifer and I team up only this time there wasn’t any soldier that needed surgery. The day went by with soldier with sprains, cuts and some broken bones but nothing to serious. By my lunch hour I went down to Alan’s room to pay him a visit; to my disbelief a particular nurse was assigned to look after Alan. Kareem the hot Iraq American soldier nurse was Alan’s nurse; before Kareem turned to look at me I roll my eyes. “Hey” Kareem says to me while looking at me straight in the eye. All I do is nod my head and sit next to Alan as quickly as possible ignoring Kareem; “So how are you?” I ask Alan. “Good I might get out tomorrow” Alan says with a smile. I smile back but at the same time I feel sad because Mark won’t spend the night with me anymore.

I then take a look at his scar from where Dr. Collins opened him up to do the surgery. The images of Alan on the ground bleeding come back to me and I quickly cover up his scar. “Listen when do you get off?” Alan says to me snapping me back to reality. I look at him and try to remember when I get off “It’s just that I need to tell you something and I need you not to be distracted afterwards” Alan says kind of nervous. I look at him puzzled “I’ll be distracted all day because you didn’t tell me what you needed to tell me” I say with a smirk on my face. “Yeah well deal with it” Alan says sarcastically. I laugh and stand up “Get out of here” Alan says with a huge smile on his face. For the rest of the day I spent treating soldiers that came into the ER with minor injuries. Dr. Collins left for a few days home to spend some time with his wife; I just hope that she didn’t mind that Dr. Collins stayed a while longer because of Alan. I also make it a habit to check on past soldier patients just to see how they are doing. All of my past patients are grateful that I was their nurse when they came into the ER; some were transferred to another hospital before I could visit them.

It was close to the end of my shift when I decided to pay a past patient a visit. I grab his chart his name is Cory Pearson; he’s Alan’s age. I call him my miracle patient because on the brink of death I saved him. I was about to enter his room when a female nurse stands in front of me. “Just to let you know…” the nurse says “He’s an ALPHA” the nurse says and rolls her eyes as we hear laughter coming from his room. I look at her puzzled but I knew what she meant; the alphas are a group of soldiers that are the best of the best. With that said the alphas are a bit cocky and think they are above everyone. I just take a deep breath and gather myself up because these guys don’t trust anyone. “How are we today Mr. Pearson” I say while walking into the room looking at his chart. I then stand at the end of the bed looking at Cory straight in the eye waiting for an answer.

Cory Pearson is not bad looking he has dark brown hair, big muscles like Mark, and has the most piercing dark green eyes ever. His facial hair is barely visible which enhances his masculinity more; I actually had to try not to blush in his presence. Cory is in the bed while there are six other soldiers around him; to tell you the truth all look intimidating by just looking at you but I stood my ground. “I am all right” Cory says not interested in answering the question. “It says here you’re not eating” I say while looking down at the chart and back at him. “Look let me make this clear I am no fag so I am not interested. I don’t need a fag nurse checking me out every chance he gets” Cory says while the other laugh at his remark. I then look down at the chart and wanted to walk out of the room with my tail between my legs. But I hold my ground and think of all of the things that I have gone through and came to the realization that I have been through much worse than a cocky soldier calling me a fag. I then laugh while still looking at the chart and shake my head; all of the soldier stop laughing and look at me like I am crazy. I then look up at Cory with a smile in my face; we stay looking at each other for a while. “What’s so funny fa…” Cory says but I cut into him. “Well let me see I find a few things funny actually” I say with confidence in my voice. “First off I find it funny that when you came through the ER a couple of weeks ago everyone in the room pronounced you dead. Even the doctor called your time of death in the room. I on the other hand stayed behind and after ten minutes and so close to losing my job here I brought you back.” I say now a bit louder and more confident than ever. “I also find it funny that I thought you alphas knew everything.

For instance you would have known that Dr. Collins, the head doctor here who deems whether you’re still fit for duty. He respects my decision and all I have to say is to clear you for duty and he wouldn’t think twice about it.” I say while not breaking my eye contact with Cory. “I also find it funny that when you go home and you tell your survival story countless times; everyone will tell you how lucky you are to be alive. And every time someone tells you that I know that in the back of your mind you will be thinking that you’re alive because of a fag. A fag that didn’t give up on you when all of the other straight folks did.” I say while closing his chart hard that it echoed around the room. “Now you listen to me. If you don’t start eating your food I will personally come down here and shove the food down your throat with the same windpipe I revived you in.” I say confidently. “You have a nice day and a safe trip home” I say with a smile on my face. As I turn to walk out of the room none of the other soldiers dared looked at me. As for Cory his face was hard; it’s the type of face someone gets when they know they have been schooled.

I walk out of the room not looking back; as I pass the nurse station the female nurse who warned me about him gives me a huge smile and mouths the words ‘thank you’. I smile at her and wink; I walk down the halls feeling more powerful than I have ever felt in my whole life. I know for a fact that the alphas will keep my sexuality a secret because they don’t want anyone to know that they got their asses handed to them by a fag. As the sun sets I remember Mohammed telling me to come by his shop because he will have new DVD’s for me. I rush out of the hospital and run across the base to Mohammed’s stand. Mohammed was already putting his stuff away “There you are” Mohammed says while putting a box into his trunk. “I almost thought you weren’t going to make it” Mohammed says to me while shaking my hand. “Sorry I got caught up with a patient” I say out of breath but with a smile on my face. Mohammed then hands me a couple of DVD’s “How much do I owe you?” I ask while reaching for my wallet. “If you promise to watch them all day tomorrow that is enough for me” Mohammed says with a smile. “Sure” I say knowing that I don’t have a shift tomorrow.

Mohammed takes off and I walk back to the hospital; I was almost at the entrance when I stop dead in my tracks. I then decide to take the DVD’s to my room just so I won’t lose them somewhere in the hospital. I get to my door and open it; I was supposed to just throw them onto my bed when something catches my eyes. Mark opens the bathroom door; he has black oil lines all over his body. For some reason the black oil lines enhance his muscles to the point that my lust for him shoots sky high; this turns me on so much that I jump into his big strong arms and press my lips against his. Mark lets go of the towel around his waist and he tears my scrubs like they were paper. He then lifts me up and I wrap my legs around Mark. We kiss for a while until I move onto his neck; Mark then spits on his hand and lubes his dick. He then sticks his dick into me; I let out a moan of pain followed by a moan of pleasure. Mark begins to thrust his Marine meat inside me with long slow thrust; my back brushes up against the doorway lightly. We kiss each other hard almost as if we are trying to suck each other into our lips.

Mark’s thrusts continue for what seemed like hours and it’s at this point I reach euphoria and don’t care about anything except the man in my arms. I then can’t take it anymore and I cum in between our stomachs. For some reason this always turns on Mark more that his thrusts become short and fast. Soon after he moans into my lips; I can feel his hot liquid inside me. Both of us are sweating, covered in oil and out of breath but keep on kissing each other. Mark then turns on the water and soon we are rubbing the oil out of each other’s bodies. Afterwards we lay on my bed; I am on my back looking up at the ceiling while Mark is on his side. One of his hands is bent for supporting his head while the other is across my stomach. We talk for an hour just about anything; we laugh and make fun of each other as well. In the middle of our conversation I turn and look at the clock; it reads eleven. I then place one of my hands on my forehead and exhale loudly. “What’s wrong?” Mark asks me. “Nothing it just that I told Alan I would visit him after my shift” I say putting my hand on Mark’s forearm and looking at him. “You can go in the morning. He will be pissed but at least you went” Mark says while removing his hand from my stomach and into my cheek. I then smile at him and snuggle a bit closer to him while still on my back. Mark then looks down at my shoulder; a scar was left behind from when I got shot.

Mark doesn’t take his eyes off of my scar and his breathing increases. “Mark” I say in a gently tone and put his face between my hands. I force him to look at me “It’s not your fault okay…I am alive, I am here with you and I love you that’s all there is to it” I say while Mark gets on top of me. Mark then looks away from me and clears his throat; I find it kind of cute how Mark is trying to hide and hold back his tears. I smile to myself and press my lips against his. Mark gives me the most passionate kiss I have ever received from him and I wasn’t going to let him stop anytime soon.

I wake up looking at the ceiling; I turn my head and Mark has his back towards me. I then snuggle into him and kiss the back of his neck a few times. I then hear him take in a deep breath; Mark turns and presses his forehead on mine. “Morning” Mark says in a manly whisper to me. I then press my lips against his and he tightens his hug. I then hear the door open and quickly break our kiss and look back; Jennifer walks into the room. “Come on Alan has been asking for you almost all of the night” she says while looking at me. Jennifer then looks at Mark “Sorry” she says and throws some scrubs to me. “I’ll wait outside and hurry” she says while walking out. Mark and I look at each other and laugh “Go before she comes back and drags you by the hair” Mark says in between kisses. “I’ll go later on just going to stay in bed for a little while longer” Mark says as he spreads himself on my bed. I get dress and kiss Mark one more time; I then head out with Jennifer to the hospital. I glance at Jennifer from time to time as we are heading to the hospital. Jennifer looks nervous and she is walking a bit too fast almost as if she doesn’t want to talk to me.

We get inside the hospital and into the main lobby “Okay what’s going on?” I say stopping dead in my tracks. Jennifer tries to make me walk but I hold my ground and won’t move until she will give me answer. Jennifer was about to say something when explosions near the entrance pushes off of our feet. We were far away from the blast radius that can cause serious damage but not far from the blast wave. I can hear screaming all around me but my senses seem to be off; I can’t focus. As I regain some of my senses I look over to my right and see that Jennifer is on her back unconscious, bloody and full of black dirt.

I grab her by the shoulders and drag her away from the entrance as far away as I could. I shake her and call her name but she doesn’t respond. All of my senses are then in high alert as I know that we are been attack by someone. As I shake Jennifer one more time she takes in a deep breath and covers her ears. As Jennifer regains consciousness we look around to see the damage; everyone that was near the entrance is dead. Only a few managed to survive; Jennifer and I picked up as many survivors as we could and treated them on hand. The weird thing is no one came to help us it’s almost as if the hospital itself was empty this day. I was treating one nurse when I hear gunshots go off in the distance; the gunshots were not coming from outside but inside the hospital building. Jennifer and I look at each other and know that we have to move the injured to some place safe.

One by one we drag each soldier and nurse to a room down the hall. The room is an emergency OR; it’s a big room it serves as an extra OR if needed on emergency surgeries. The good thing about this room is that the door locks from the inside and being so close to the entrance the door is bomb and bulletproof. We have at least ten people in the room; several gunshots go off in the distance. I then turn to Jennifer and tell her to stay with the injured while I go and get Alan out of his room. Jennifer fights me for a while but eventually both of us head out of the room and head for Alan. As we walk pass the entrance hand in hand I see that the main entrance of the hospital is caved in; but that doesn’t explain why back up hasn’t arrived. When the bombs went off in the entrance of the base the soldiers reacted in less than five minutes. I then begin to think that this attack isn’t just a random one but a well planed one to an end I cannot see. We turn corners with extreme caution; we hold each other’s hand tightly but neither of us loses control of our emotions. As we get near Alan’s room something in my head tells me to be careful.

As we both walk into the room my eyes open wide and I immediately run to Alan’s side while still holding Jenifer’s hand. Alan is tied up and is knocked out unconscious; Jennifer then picks up a small bottle that we use for sedation. Jennifer and I look at each other but then our stare is interrupted by a sound coming from the room’s restroom. Jennifer and I quickly and quietly free Alan from his restraints; both of us put Alan’s arm over our shoulders and carry him out. We were near the door when the restroom door opens; Jennifer and I stop dead in our tracks and hold our breath. No one comes out and the door closes again; Jennifer and I carry Alan out of the room. Both of us try to walk fast but Alan is too heavy for the both of us; we then hear screaming from behind us. I spot a janitor’s closet and motion Jennifer to head for the door; as we open the door I can hear footsteps quickly approaching. The room is long but not wide; we manage to hide Alan behind some buckets. Jennifer and I hide behind the door as it flies open; both of us stay very still behind the door. Both of us hold our breaths as we can feel the other person at the other side of the door; I could hear my heart pounding.

The door closes and that is when I hear them; it’s two men arguing amongst themselves. I then hear Alan’s name in the conversation but I can’t make out any of the other words they are saying. Two men are the ones who are attacking us in the hospital; two men with the only guns in this hospital. My guess is the gunshots we heard earlier were them getting rid of our security; the security guys were the only ones allowed with guns inside the hospital. “We have to get Alan to the OR…it’s the only safe place left” Jennifer whispers to me. “We don’t know where the shooters are… not to mention that we can’t go any faster than a slow walk” I whisper back. “There is a stretcher in the OR where everyone is…I can get it and I’ll come back” Jennifer says while getting close to the door. “NO…I am not letting you do this alone” I say in a louder whisper. “Do you want Alan to die?” Jennifer tells me while holding back her tears.

I freeze when she tells me this; I must have not said anything for a while because the next thing I know Jennifer runs out the door. I try to go after her but she is out of sight; I then close the door. I look at the opposite wall for a while somehow I kind of knew what Alan wanted to talk to me about but I couldn’t be. My thoughts are interrupted when I hear Alan mumbling quietly; I kneel beside him and shake him trying to wake him from his sedation. Alan mumbles some more and is swinging his head from side to side. “Jenn…..Jennif….Jennifer I love you” Alan says and drifts back into his sleep. I just stare at Alan with my eyes wide open and my mouth as well; “WHAT THE HELL” I say in my head.

***

Mark

I hear an explosion in the distance and I immediately get off of the bed and onto my feet. My first worry is the safety of Adrian. I quickly put my pants and shoes on; as I head out the door I put my shirt on and head outside. My heart is racing but my face is calm; “Please oh please” I kept saying in my head. I hoped with everything I have that Adrian is safe and away from where the bomb exploded. My hope started to come true but that all quickly vanished when I saw the entrance to the hospital. My heart sank as I saw the entrance caved in. “SMITH” I yell out to my mechanic buddy “HEY SMITH” I yell again and this time Smith turns around. “What’s going on? why hasn’t anyone gone in?”I say to Smith as I get closer to him. “The entrance is caved in we can’t move it by hand, the other entrances seemed to be chained and blocked from the inside and there are two shooters in the hospital” Smith says “Calm down Turner everything is going to be fine” Smith tells me and puts his hand on my chest.

I didn’t notice it but I quickly run to the side of the hospital; as I run to the side I grab a small handgun from one of the other soldiers. In the corner of my eye I see a window; I smash the glass as quietly as possible and unlock it from the inside. I jump up and over the window; as I am inside a small closet I can feel the tension in the air. I open the door with the small hand gun in front of me; in all of my years as a Marine I have never heard this hospital so quite. As I walk through the hospital everything seems to have come to a stop; this isn’t just a random shooting and bombing. Whoever is doing this they have thoughts about it well and have planned everything down to the second. As I walk through the empty hospital I can’t help but lose myself in my thoughts. A million things go through my head wondering if Adrian is all right; hoping to god himself that Adrian is not harmed or worse.

I push those feeling aside and focus on what I am looking at in front of me. I then hear a noise about ten feet to my left and see that a soldier is walking around. This soldier has the same determination in his face like I do mine to find whoever we are looking for. I see him and he sees me; I nod at him and continue. I really do best in a team but this is something I have to do on my own. I was almost down the last set of stairs when I hear a gunshot; but not only do I hear it I feel it. When I feel the bullet lodge itself into my shoulder I fall down the stairs. I mange to look up at the stairs and notice that the soldier I nodded to was the one who shot me. I unload a couple of shots at him as he disappears up the stairs. I somehow manage to pull myself up and run away from him so I can see the damage. But as I am walking away my vision starts to go blurry and I feel light headed.

I am now leaning against the wall for support as I am still trying to get away from the bastard that shot me. I then fall to my knees; I try to get up and keep moving but my legs are starting to buckle as well. I then feel a hand on my chest and point the gun at the person who has their hand on my chest. “Whoa easy with that soldier” Jennifer says to me as she helps me up. “Adrian…” I say almost in a whisper. “He’s fine…let me get you somewhere safe” Jennifer tells me and starts to walk with my arm on her shoulder. As we get to the OR near the entrance I can’t help but look around; some of the people here I know but Adrian isn’t around. My eyes then start to feel heavy and it seems that all of my body is starting to go numb. I try to say something to Jennifer but she is too busy trying to fix my shoulder. I grunt in pain as Jennifer puts pressure on my shoulder; then I pass out. But before I pass out I see a figure by the door. A man I suppose with something in his hand.

***

Adrian

I have to admit I didn’t see this one coming; my best friend and my brother are a thing. I don’t know how to feel about this exactly should I feel angry, happy… both? I guess anger is out because I didn’t tell Alan about me and Mark. This is what Alan wanted to tell me yesterday; this is why Jennifer has been acting strange. So my brother is the man who could tame Jennifer…I wonder if Jose knows about these two? But now is not the time to think about these things because Jennifer is out there and there are two men with guns looking for Alan. I then start to worry because Jennifer should be back by now; I look at the door for another minute or so. I then decide to look for Jennifer hoping that she hasn’t got shot or anything like that. I take a deep breath and open the door; before heading out I look both ways like I was about to cross the street. My breathing becomes uneven and memories of me alone in the alley come back to me.

This time I have no weapon to defend myself and I feel more nervous than anything; I turn a corner and then another. Somewhere along the way I grab a pen and hope to stab anyone that poses a threat to me. I know a pen won’t do that much damage but I at least have a weapon; I look at the pen and shake my head. This pen isn’t going to help me, Jennifer or Alan; I then hear a noise in the distance but nothing afterwards. Then I hear a scream coming from the distance; my heart sinks down to my stomach. There can only be one person who that scream belong to; I drop the pen and start moving my legs forward faster and faster. I am sprinting down the hallways; I can also feel the tears start to accumulate in my eyes. There can only be one place where Jennifer can be and so I run as fast and hard as I can to the emergency OR. I burst through the door and stop dead in my tracks as I see a gun pointing at me.

Even though I was out of breath my breathing became more uneven and my eyes widen as I looked at the gun man. I try to talk but nothing came out; I then try one more time and say “MOHAMMED?” Mohammed is standing in the middle of the room between me and Jennifer; my eyes then go further down and see that she is putting pressure on someone. That’s when I lose it tears begun to come down my face and I had no control over them. I look at Mark as he is lying on the floor unconscious and bleeding from his shoulder. Jennifer is sobbing loudly but won’t take her hands off of Mark’s shoulder. “I told you to watch my movies all day” Mohammed says as if it’s my fault I am here in this room with him. “Mohammed please…” I say “NO…don’t you dare tell me to stop…Don’t you dare tell me this isn’t justice for my son” Mohammed says with tears in his eyes. That’s when it clicks Mohammed is the father of Amir. I was lost in thought trying to remember the story; it’s one of the saddest stories I heard around the hospital. I then see Mohammed turn the gun on Jennifer “And you stop saving him…let him die. Let justice be done…LET HIM DIE” Mohammed screams at Jennifer.

Jennifer screams back with tears in her eyes and her sobbing gets louder. She sobs for a couple of seconds “NO” she screams at Mohammed. “I WILL SHOOT YOU” Mohammed says while cocking the gun. “WAIT” I say as Mohammed was about to pull the trigger. “Shoot me” I say. With that said Mohammed’s face softens and Jennifer stops sobbing. “Shoot me Mohammed” I say again as he turns and looks at me. “You want justice right I know what happen I just didn’t know it was you” I say taking a step towards him. “Dr. Collins was the doctor who operated on your son but failed to save him…I am the closest thing he has to a son” I say while tears begin to come down my face and with a shaky voice. “Medical officer Davis...the soldier who tore your son away from you and brought him here to the hospital….he’s my brother we are the only family we have left” I say trying so hard not to break. “And the man on the floor…United States Marine officer Turner….I am the love of his life” I say while glancing down at Mark.

Everyone in the room was quite all of them where either looking at me or Mohammed. “So if you want your justice Mohammed…the justice that you have been planning for, for god knows how long…than shoot me” I say with a steady tone now. “I am your justice Mohammed…do it for you son. I won’t resist” I say while putting my hands at my side and my head held high. I could see the turmoil going on in Mohammed’s eyes as he is trying to figure out what to do. After a while he looks up at me and points the gun at me; Jennifer whispers my name. I see her lift her hands off of Mark’s shoulder lightly “Tell my boys that I love them and that there was no other way” I say holding back my tears. I knew there was nothing Jennifer could say to Mohammed because even though Dr. Collins viewed her as a daughter and she was Alan’s love she didn’t have the one thing that Mohammed was after.

Mark is what separated us Mark is the one person Mohammed came to kill because of what he did to Amir. Mohammed takes a few steps closer to me with the gun shaking slightly in his hand. Mohammed’s breathing becomes uneven and I can see tears covering his eyes. “Found Davis” a voice from a radio Mohammed has on his other hand says but I don’t pay attention to it. I just hope that after Mohammed shoots me he would tell the other person not to harm Alan. I don’t look at Mohammed; I look at the gun that’s about three feet in front of me. The gun is pointing directly to my forehead; I close my eyes because I don’t want to see Mohammed squeeze the trigger. Images of Mark and I come to mind; all of our time spent together all of the things we said and done together. I can see Mark right in front of me smiling at me; looking at me with his dark blue eyes. His dark black hair moves with the wind; his touch ever so gentle on my skin. I take a couple of deep breaths and a tear comes down my face. Mark comes closer to comfort me wrapping his big arms around me; he was about to kiss me when………..BANG!!!!!

Chapter 6 coming soon…