Chapter 16 - Why...?

Tavish was pretty pissed about the fact I knew Amy. He thought we had something together or something, but luckily, that mistake got cleared up very quick. But that wasn’t our biggest concern… For the past week, the decisions the captain made were, as we expected, downright wrong. A few days ago, he sent out a small group to gather supplies, but they haven’t returned. They either got shot to pieces or got captured. What pissed me off was that he was making decisions on his own, and without discussing his plans with others. So far, the human prisoners got treated like they own the place, and everything they ask for got granted. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg… We were so sick and tired of that so we’re about to take measures in our own hands… Jarod, Scyth, Rico, Regan and I gathered around one night… [br]
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Regan: Any word of them yet…? [br]
Jarod: No sir… [br]
Rico: I can’t take this shoot no more… Everyone sees he’s making the wrong decisions and yet they keep supporting him… [br]
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Blain: Do you know people who want to get rid of him as well…? [br]
Scyth: … I do. [br]
Blain: Where…? [br]
Scyth: The south block… Most of them want to get rid of him… [br]
Blain: Anyone else…? [br]
Scyth: No, not that I know off… [br]
Jarod: How many of them…? [br]
Scyth: About a hundred… [br]
Jarod: That’s not enough…[br]
Blain: What…? [br]
Jarod: Look, we are outnumbered right now… Its not gonna succeed, even IF the south block is on our side… [br]
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Regan: We gotta find a way to stir things up… [br]
Rico: How you’re planning to do that…?[br]
Blain: You know someone who wants to get rid of him for sure…? [br]
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Scyth: Eh… One of the battlewalker pilots… What’s his name…? Vi… Vi something… He was one of the guys that helped us after the crash…[br]
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Blain: Vijay? [br]
Scyth: Yeah, that’s him. Nice guy really, he probably knows people too… [br]
Blain: Alright… Go to him, and explain the whole story… Ask him if there are more people who wanna get rid of him… We’ll approach the others and get this thing started… [br]
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Scyth: Will do. [br]
Blain: Keep in mind that this stays between us… If they find out what we’re up to, it’s over for us… Hoo-ah…? [br]
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All: Hoo-ah… [br]
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And so it happened… Scyth made contact with Vijay; Vijay passed the information on to people he trusted while he supplies us with names… And so, the news of a mutiny spread like a wild fire… In just a day, everyone who was against him was informed. Throughout the next day, I got a hunch that the opposite party was aware that something was up… So we had to keep a lower profile and used notes to pass information on… We got everything ready and tonight, we’re executing the mutiny… [br]
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That evening, I went to the sickbay to check up on Shifty…[br]
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Shifty: … Hey, sarge…! How you doing? [br]
Blain: ‘Sup Shifty. [br]
Shifty: I’m a frackin’ mess here sir… I fractured my arm, and my @$$ still hurts… [br]
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Blain: Too many rectal painkillers? [br]
Shifty: Hehehe… Naah I wish… Rectal painkillers wouldn’t hurt that much… [br]
Blain: When do you get out…? [br]
Shifty: Soon, hopefully. Everything’s gonna get better… [br]
Blain: Alright… I think you should stay for a while… [br]
Shifty: What, you don’t want me to get out sir? [br]
Blain: No, no, that’s not it. [br]
Shifty: Then what is…? [br]
Blain: *looks around* [br]
Shifty: What is it…? [br]
Blain: *shoves note in Shifty’s hand* [br]
Shifty: What the hell is this…? [br]
Blain: Read it when I’m gone. Then you’ll understand. [br]
Shifty: … What’s with all secrecy here sir……? [br]
Blain: Trust me… Once you’ve read that note, rip it into tiny little bits, to make it unreadable, and throw it away. Remember what it says. [br]
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Shifty: Will do sir… Is it some kind of mission sir…? [br]
Blain: Yeah, sorta… [br]
Shifty: … Can I ask what the mission is sir…? [br]
Blain: It’s a Nunya mission… [br]
Shifty: … Nunya mission…? [br]
Blain: Yeah… Nunya damn business… [br]
Shifty: Hehehe… Ow… Don’t make me laugh, my chest still hurts… [br]
Blain: Hehehehe… [br]
Shifty: *sighs* [br]
Blain: … You’re gonna eat that sandwich? [br]
Shifty: Well I- [br]
Blain: *grabs sandwich and eats it*[br]
Shifty: … I was saving that. [br]
Blain: Here. *gives chocolate bar* [br]
Shifty: Oh gee, thanks sir. [br]
Blain: Don’t get sarcastic with me Shifty. *pats Shifty’s cheeks* [br]
Shifty: … *eats candy bar* [br]
Blain: I’ll buy you lunch when you get out. [br]
Shifty: Hehehe. [br]
Blain: Take care Shifty. [br]
Shifty: Will do sir. [br]
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As I was walking through the dark corridors, I heard my own footsteps echoing. It got me thinking about all sorts of things, and if the mutiny would actually succeed without bloodshed… Already there have been a lot of lives lost for the past months… [br]
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I noticed I wasn’t alone at some point. It sounded like someone was running through the corridors… I bumped into Scyth as I turned a corner… [br]
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Scyth: Whoa!! Dude, you scared the shoot out of me..! I’ve been looking for you!! [br]
Blain: Why, what’s wrong? [br]
Scyth: They found out… It’s been compromised… [br]
Blain: They know about it…? [br]
Scyth: *nods* [br]
Blain: frack... How’d you know…? [br]
Scyth: While I was looking for you, overheard someone talking… [br]
Blain: Anyone from us…? [br]
Scyth: Luckily no… But that doesn’t change the fact we’re truly fracked… [br]
Blain: How’d it happen? [br]
Scyth: I don’t know, maybe someone snitched us… [br]
Blain: Damn… Now what? [br]
Scyth: I don’t know, I don’t know… Lemme think for a sec… [br]
Blain: What the hell are we gonna do now?! [br]
Scyth: I don’t fracking know right now!! Shut the hell up and let me think!! [br]
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Well, apparently, Scyth was nervous as hell. Hell, I was too… He looked around and sighed a lot… [br]
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Scyth: Alright, alright, I got it… Follow me. [br]
Blain: What are you up to? [br]
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All of a sudden, he had a determined look on his face. He walked through the corridors with a quick and a determined pace, as I could feel the tension growing with the second… I had no idea how we were gonna get through this one, but all I could do was to follow Scyth and hope he had a way out… We approached a large room where I could hear people yell and argue, and as soon as we opened the doors, everyone looked at us… [br]
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Scyth: Looks like the party started without us… [br]
Echidna: That’s them!! [br]
Blain: fracking… [br]
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We got pushed in the middle of a crowd where everyone was there that knew of the mutiny… A really bad sign… [br]
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Tavish: ‘Sup guys? Lovely day to die, isn’t it? [br]
Scyth: … No… Not tonight, Tavish… [br]
Blain: What happened…? [br]
Vijay: … Someone got scared and snitched on everyone… [br]
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Then the captain walked towards us… [br]
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Captain: I'll tell you a story of someone who was betrayed by those closest to him, by his own blood... They whispered in dark corners, went out late at night and conspired and conspired… But he knew they were up to something... He knew they were busy like little bees... [br]
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Then he looked at us with penetrating eyes… [br]
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Captain: One night he sat down with one of them and he looked at her and said, "Tell me what you've been doing… Busy little bee… Or I shall strike down those dearest to you. You shall watch as I bathe in their blood..." And what do you think happened then…? [br]
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Blain: … The little bee told him everything… [br]
Captain: Exactly… [br]
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Then he turned around, pulled out his pistol and shot the one who snitched us… [br]
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Captain: Tell me something… Is it fear, or stupidity that compels you…? One might say that it’s actually courage, but then again, the definition of courage is to hold on to fear for just a little longer… Some might even say that it’s merciful of me to make sacrifices in order for the others to survive… You see him…? You see the dead echidna…? Tell me, am I not merciful…? [br]
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And we all stared at him for a moment without saying anything… Just looking at him with cold eyes… [br]
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Captain: AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!!! [br]
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He walked around and looked at everyone who knew of the mutiny… [br]
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Scyth: This is it, Blain… [br]
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The tension was unbearable as you clearly saw 2 sides forming… One who was with the captain and one who was against… Friends became enemies, enemies became allies… People who shared the same ideal pushed their differences and opinions aside to work together. Scyth looked along the row that was slowly formed and he rose up his fist. Some of them nodded and you could see that they were alert… Their grip around their weapons tightened and I could see the other side was doing the same… [br]
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At that same moment, everyone aimed their weapons at the other row, as they immediately responded by drawing their weapons as well… I guess the captain got a bit startled by that as he immediately retreats to his own group as the yelling and arguing started again… [br]
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Scyth: shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot… [br]
Blain: What, what, what? [br]
Scyth: It failed again… I could have sworn it would work… [br]
Blain: What did…? [br]
Scyth: See that group in the back…? [br]
Blain: … No…? [br]
Scyth: Over there… We’d be sitting ducks if a gun fight was gonna start… We gotta distract them somehow… [br]
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Blain: Any ideas…? [br]
Scyth: … *shakes head* Lemme think… [br]
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Captain: We can still win this war!! You fracking little pissants are opposing it!! Don’t you fracking realize what you are doing?!! [br]
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Hedgehog: Do you?!! [br]
Captain: What?!! [br]
Hedgehog: I’m sick and tired of all this bullshoot!! You don’t give a shoot what will happen to us!! All you ever do is-[br]
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Then he got shot… This is getting way out of hand… It stayed total silence for a moment… [br]
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Captain: Mutiny!! The penalty for which is death by firing squad!! You have one chance, and one chance only to save your life of the lowest form of treason to ever be committed!! [br]
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Jarod: Man, frack you!! [br]
Captain: Those of you who do not wish to undo their actions are being executed!! [br]
Blain: He’s fracking delusional…[br]
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Then Scyth looked at me and walked away over to the other side… [br]
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Blain Scyth, what the frack are you doing…? [br]
Scyth: Sorry Blain… [br]
Blain: frackin-[br]
Scyth: Get ready… [br]
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Scyth walked up to the captain… [br]
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Captain: Well at least one of you still got sense… What’s you’re name? [br]
Scyth: Scyth sir. [br]
Captain: Good… How far would you go to prove you’re loyalty to me…? [br]
Scyth: I’d kill the traitorous dogs for you sir… [br]
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Tavish: What the frack is he doing…?[br]
Blain: No idea… He’s dead when I get out of here alive… [br]
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Captain: Anyone else?!! [br]
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Then a few others stepped over, following the example that Scyth laid out for them… [br]
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Captain: Gooooood!! We’re making progress here!! More volunteers?!! [br]
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Then everyone stared at the captain with a pissed off look as one of the guys put up the finger to him… [br]
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Captain: You have now been officially charged with disobedience to a direct order and mutiny against a senior officer!! The penalty for which is death by firing squad!! [br]
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And at that point, Scyth quickly pulled out his pistol and pressed it firmly against the captain’s head… This was something we didn’t expect… Everyone immediately aimed their weapons at each other again… [br]
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Captain: What the hell are you doing?!! I will not tolerate this!! [br]
Scyth: So be it…[br]
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He immediately pulled the trigger as chunks of flesh and chips of bone sprayed out of the captain’s head… The guys on the other side got distracted by the sudden turn of events, which bought us time to open fire. Then all hell broke loose… I kicked down a table and hid behind it. Like Scyth pointed out, Tavish, Jarod and me took out the group that had a clear shot to us, and after that, it was only a matter of firing back and try to stay alive… Maybe it lasted for 10 minutes, and it sure felt like that… One by one, you saw people getting gunned down by the second until there wasn’t much left standing… Everywhere you looked, you saw a lot of casualties on both sides… I threw my weapon away and sat down in a corner… And not long after that, Scyth, Tavish and Jarod joined me as well… [br]
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We didn’t say anything while we were sitting there… We were all thinking of what just happened… We didn’t want things to turn out like this… We tried to find a peaceful solution to get this misunderstanding out of the way. But I guess when someone who has the lead makes the wrong decisions and is determined to keep making the wrong decisions, is stubborn enough to die for his foolish ideals. But that wasn’t my biggest worry…[br]
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What got me was that basically, we were all on the same side… The humans were our enemy, not each other… So then again, I wondered how things could go like this. And no matter how much I thought about it, the answer never came, as with so many questions. They never got answered… And that really got me. [br]
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