The Lands of Meeriad

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SG&C: Humanitarian Aid The Sky Wolf, two miles from the Callice border and filled with the entire SG&C team, is flying from Callice back toward home in Zanardio. John is leaning up against a window watching the ground pass below. Tom is repeatedly working the action on his shiny new FAL 50.64 and grinning like a kid on Christmas morning. Jango and Jake are of course in the pilot and co-pilot seats, respectively, operating the ship. Chris is snoring loudly in the back behind Megan who is trying to tune out the obnoxious sound. They were just at Callice City for a gun show they had been waiting on for a few months. Jake: Hey, guys. Look a bit ahead of us and to the right on the ground. Megan finally takes the opportunity to wake Chris and tell him. They all move to the right side, the ship tilts considerably in that direction, and look on the ground. Below are the remnants of a small village. It is still burning. Tom: Oops. John squints after seeing a small flash in the midst of the village. He grabs some binoculars from a compartment and fixes them down there. John: I don't think that fire was an accident. There's a guy down there with an AK going to town. He scans the rest of the village and sees several more men armed with miscellaneous weapons. Chris: What's he shooting at? John: ... Looks like other people. It's hard to see through the smoke. Jake: Anyone shooting back? John: Not that I can see. Megan: Should we interfere? John: Probably. Looks like some scum picking on innocent people. Chris: Jango, drop us off just past the treeline. Jango: I can't land there. Chris: We'll fast rope. Somebody get the ropes ready. How much ammo do we have? Tom: Are you kidding? We just got back from a gun show. Ammo is no problem. A few minutes later, the Sky Wolf comes to a low hover over the thick side of the treeline. Chris, John, Jake, Megan, and Tom all slip down the rope onto the forest floor. Jango reels the rope in, closes the back door, and proceeds to circle the village while the rest of the team does their thing. They move up to the edge of the forest, and John uses the binoculars once more to scan the village. After a minute he lowers them and looks at the rest of the team. John: Definitely no one shooting back. The shooters look to be paramilitary. The "shootees" are just wearing average clothes and don't appear to be armed. All I saw left were women and children. Chris: Okay, do we take out the shooters or stay out of it? Tom: Shooting innocent people is a big no-no for me. I say we bust some heads. John: Remember that we're just assuming they're innocent. Tom: I know. Jake: Yeah. Megan: C'mon--before they all die. John: Okay. Let's move it. They unsafe their rifles and start toward the village. They see a man chase a kid and a woman into a building. There are three men standing in the "town square" of the village firing haphazardly into some burning buildings. Screams are coming from inside. Jake, John, and Tom each take down one man. Chris and Megan go inside the building they saw the man chase the two people into. The roof has caved in and parts of it are on fire. Man: Come back here! He fires once. There is a woman's scream. Chris comes around some debris and sees the man. The woman is lying face first on the ground bleeding through her right thigh. The small child is across the room looking at the woman whom is probably his mother. Chris brings all 11 pounds of his AK down butt-first on the man's head. He is out like a light, and Chris pushes him off to the side. Megan secures the man's weapons and ammo. Chris goes over to help the woman. He rolls her over to face up. She is pale and looks horrified. Chris looks up and sees the child, probably four years old, still standing by a wall looking terrified. Chris: Hey, we're here to help you. The woman is breathing heavily. Woman: Who... are you? Chris: Chris Storms. I'm here with my team, SG&C. We were passing through and saw your village burning and thought you could use some help. He looks around and sees an old tablecloth that has yet to be consumed by fire. He pulls it off the table and proceeds to wrap it tightly around the woman's wound. Megan is crouching a few feet from the child. Megan: It's okay. We're good guys. We're going to get rid of the bad men. Suddenly an unconscious paramilitary trooper with a black eye flips through a window into the house. Megan points at him and smiles a little. Megan: See what I mean? The kid almost laughs. Jake pokes his head through the window. Jake: Sorry about that. Meanwhile, Tom and John are clearing a burning house from which many screams emanated. There is much burning debris around. They hear a burst from a couple rooms down and rush to it. They come in behind and to the side of two men with G3A4s arranged almost like a firing squad in front of a wall to which five people are bound. Two men, a woman, and, two children. The two men are dead already from multiple gunshot wounds. They appeared to have put up a fight. Their guns lay on the floor. John: Shh-- Tom: HEY! The men turn around and catch many shiny .308 projectiles in the chest and face. Tom: *Shrugs.* Thought I'd give 'em a fair chance. John: Right. Help me get them down. They proceed to untie the woman and kids. They instantly fall to their knees sobbing. It appears the one man was the father and the other an older son. Tom grabs the bad guys' G3s. He crouches by the survivors. Tom: Hey. We're good guys... The three continue to cry and occasionally glance at the dead men on the wall. Tom: Look at me... We're not the bad guys. John: We're here to help. Tom: Do you understand? After a moment of staring blankly, the woman nods. Tom: Okay. We're going to go beat the stuffing out of the rest of the bad guys. You three stay here and take these. He hands the woman and the oldest kid the G3s. John and Tom turn and leave the house. Outside they see Chris holding the four-year-old from before in one arm and helping the wounded woman with the other arm along with Megan. Jake: I think we're clear. Chris: Any other survivors? Tom: Three in the house behind us. Nobody left alive in any of those houses. *Gestures.* Jake: I checked the rest. These must be it. John's head jerks to the right. He pulls his G36 to his shoulder and sights it. John: Bogey! He puts two rounds into a trooper crouching in the doorway of a burning house. Tom: We gonna do anything about these fires? Chris: Not much we can do. We'll just have to let them burn out. Unless somebody has some water magic. John: C'mon, Tom, let's go get those other three. They go into the house and down the hallway to the room they left them in. John: It's the good guys. Don't shoot. We're coming in. They step in slowly and see the woman holding the G3 on the doorway; tears mark her face. The older kid is sitting on the floor with the G3 in his lap, still sobbing along with the smaller child. John: It's safe. All the bad guys are gone. How about you come outside? The air's not good for you in here. A couple hours later, the Sky Wolf has landed in a clearing near the village. The fires are dying out, and SG&C are helping the survivors bury their dead. Megan is sitting with the wounded woman, Emily. Megan: Do you know who those men were? Emily: Yes... They are just a bunch of greedy people with a bad disposition. Megan: Why did they do this? Emily: Because we didn't pay our "taxes." Megan: What a penalty. Why do you owe them "taxes"? Emily: The only reason we did is because they will do this if we don't pay them. Megan: What do you pay them? Money? Food? Emily: Anything they ask for. It's the same for all the villages around here. We decided to just stop paying and fight them... Maybe that was a mistake. Megan: Perhaps. I don't think it's a mistake to fight against this, but perhaps it was a mistake to do it just yet. Emily: Thank you for saving us. Megan: You're welcome. I'm sorry we didn't get here sooner. Were there more "soldiers" than when we got here? Emily: Yes. There were at least fifty of them. They even had a couple of trucks with mounted machine guns. Then the majority of them left to collect the taxes from our neighboring villages. Those few just stayed behind to have their twisted sort of fun... Megan: Do you know if any of the other villages planned to fight? Emily: Nobody else wanted to. They thought we were crazy for doing it. They tried to convince us not to. Everybody here thought it was a good, if a bit insane, idea to fight. Megan: Did your people take anybody out? Emily: Yes. We did get quite a few. But we ran out of ammunition quickly... those soldiers just seemed to have an unlimited supply. Chris walks over to Megan and Emily. Chris: We've... finished burying everybody. Emily just nods and looks sad. Chris: Laura filled us in on the situation. Megan: Yeah, Emily was just telling me. Chris: Are there any white mages in any of the neighboring villages? Emily: Yes. Every village has at least one. We had three... but they were among the first killed here. Chris: We can take all of you to another village if you want--as long as you show us the way. We have a plane. Emily: Yes, that would be good. Thank you.	Tom Fender Member of SG&C Mercenary Not Banned (For conforming.) Immortal 7/6/2004 1:07:52 AM Level: 18 Experience: 26800 Total Posts: 323
RE: SG&C: Humanitarian Aid Chris: The Sky Wolf's cockpit is small. We'll stay behind while Jango brings you all to another village. If any thugs come back, we'll take care of them. Do you all have your belongings? Laura: Most of our things were burned, but we got everything we could. John: I'm sorry we didn't get here earlier. Those buttheads will get what's coming to them. Emily: We're just thankful you got here at all. A couple more minutes and none of us would have made it. The Sky Wolf lands and Jango lowers the ramp. Woman: We owe you our lives. Chris: You don't have to thank us. Go on. The villagers board the Sky Wolf. At the last moment, Megan follows them. John: What are you doing? Megan: Going with them. John: Oh. Duh. The ramp goes up and the Sky Wolf takes off. Jake: I thought we were all staying here. John: How can we trust them? Megan wanted to make sure they wouldn't kill Jango and take over the Sky Wolf. Jake: Umm... They were being mowed down by thugs. And we saved their lives. John: How can we know they're not thugs too? Just a safety precaution. Chris: Anyway, now what do we do? Tom: Eat tuna? *Produces two cans of tuna, a jar of mayonnaise, several seasonings, and a can opener from seemingly nowhere.* Chris: How did you--? Tom: Magic. Chris: *Turns to John.* Hey John-- ...What the heck are you doing? John: *Rummaging around the clothes of the unconscious thug, who has been tied to a tree.* Looking for ID or something. Chris: Why... in the heck... would he be carrying ID? John: I don't know. Thugs are stupid that way. I'm not finding anything, anyway. The thug moans and starts moving. John: He's waking up. The thug opens his eyes and tries to move, but soon realizes he's stuck to a tree. Thug: Who are you?! John: Tell me first. Thug: I'll tell you nothing. John: Wanna end up like them? *Gestures to the freshly filled holes in the ground 20 feet away.* Thug: Ha. You don't scare me. John: Very proud of you. You know what? I don't give a slag. You can just sit there and rot. See ya. John returns to the others. John: He's not scared of me. *Smirks.* Tom: Tuna? John: No, thanks. Tom: Hmph. Tuna, Chris? Chris: Why, of course! Jake: That's disgusting. The thug starts screaming. John: SHUT UP! Thug: MAKE ME! John: OKAY! *Gets up. Grabs handy roll of Duck®-brand duct tape, walks over to the thug, and tapes his mouth shut.* Just tell me when you're ready to talk. Oh, wait! You can't! Silly me. *Walks away.* Thug: Mpphhhpmhmmmmmhphhh! John: It's so much fun. Jake: Agreed. The sound of a jet engine is heard in the distance, and within moments the Sky Wolf lands in the village once again. The ramp lowers and Jango and Megan exit. Megan: They're all getting settled into the new village now. Chris: Good. Jango: Now what? John: We get some info out of that guy we captured.	Stasis Archer Bio-Shell Archer Banned (Spamming) Immortal 8/8/2004 12:34:43 AM Level: 1 Experience: 0 Total Posts: 1308
RE: SG&C: Humanitarian Aid Chris: Sounds good to me. They all walk over to the man tied to the tree. Chris and Tom munch on their sandwatches, making much noise. Jake bends over and rips the tape off the guys mouth. The man screams in pain. Man: You moron!! Tom: (Just taken a bite) Yff ifn naw puffiffon choo tooff. They all stare at Tom blankly. Tom: Wuuh? Megan: Anyway. (Turns back to the man tied up) What is your name? Let me guess, Steve? Man: All you need to know is that I am your doom-- Chris: Common, this isn't Stargate Atlantis. Cut the bullslag man. They all stare at Chris blankly. Megan: As you were saying? (Turning back to the man again.) Man: I am your doom. That is all you need to know. Megan: I like Steve better. Steve: Whatever. Tom: Eh' Steve! Ya hungry? (He wiggles a tuna sandwich in front of the man.) Steve: No. Tom: Whatever you say, chap. (Takes another bite.) Megan: Tell us about the thugs that were terrorising the village. Steve: (Silent.) Megan: Well? Steve: (Silent.) John: (Sighs.) Alright. Here's the scoop. You can tell me what I want to know, or I can leave you tied to this tree to starve and we'll go find your cohorts on our own. Which will it be? Steve: (Silent.) John: Alright. Have it your way. They all walk to the Sky Wolf and get in. John re-emerges a minute later with a bowl of Spaghetti-O's, and sets them about six feet in front of Steve. John: Have fun. John turns around and gets back in the Sky Wolf. The ramp closes up, and it takes off.	Chris Storms 1st In Command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 8/23/2004 10:36:30 PM Level: 20 Experience: 32580 Total Posts: 1382
RE: SG&C: Humanitarian Aid Megan: Jeez, Tom. You REEK of tuna fish. Tom: *Looks at her like she's crazy.* Oo hink Ah hivv a sagg? Megan: ...What? Tom: Evermachh. Megan: Later... Jango: We've covered the entire region and I haven't seen a dang thing, other than other villages. Jake: It's rather likely that they live in a village no different from the others around here. Chris: Or they're under a thick canopy. Tom: Let's toss 'em a nuke and be happy. Chris: Tom... Tom: Joke. It was a joke. Megan: Is anybody else worried about Steve? Everybody: NO. Megan: Oh. Well, we can't really leave him to starve. Tom: Why not? Megan: Because... because then, he'd die. Tom: And? Megan: ... Tom: Megan: Jango-- Jango: I'm on it. They return to the wreckage that was once a village and the Sky Wolf lands. The instant they step out, "Steve" starts screaming. Steve: HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO A MAN?! YOU ALL ARE SICK! YOU'RE MONSTERS! I'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN HAVE SOME FREAKING SPAGHETTI-O'S!! Megan: Who's a monster? Jake: You're lucky I didn't turn your face inside out. John: Okay, man. Calm down. I want to know where the others are. Steve: The others? John: Come on, Steve. Your cohorts. The people who did this. *He gestures at the ash and blackened halves of houses all around.* Steve: I can show you... if... John raises an eyebrow. Steve: ...If I can have the Spaghetti-O's. John: Umm... Okay... o_o Steve: Ohhh... THANK YOU, SO MUCH... YOU... You don't know how much this means to me. Tom: *Whispers to Jake.* Hey kids, can you say "mentally unstable"? Megan pulls out her M92 and keeps it trained on Steve as John unties him. As soon as the ropes are off, he almost lunges at the bowl of Spaghetti-O's. John: Whoa-whoa-whooaa! Hold on, now. You can have these in due time. Steve: NO! NOW! John: Okay, okay, man. Just calm down. Here you go. Steve falls to his hands and knees and wolfs down the Spaghetti-O's. Steve: OOOOOOHHHHHHHH!! HOT DANG, THAT'S GOOD! OOOOOOOOOOOH! ...You're incredible... I'll show you to the base now. John: You just remember now, if you trick us, we'll blow your head clean off. Steve: Why would I trick you? YOU GAVE ME SPAGHETTI-O'S, THE GREATEST FOOD IN THE UNIVERSE. John: Okay... Right... Come on. They all return to the Sky Wolf and it takes off.	John Gibson 2nd In Command of SG&C Mercenary Immortal 8/26/2004 8:00:30 PM Level: 19 Experience: 31580 Total Posts: 442
RE: SG&C: Humanitarian Aid The Sky Wolf is flying over the large, thick forest. Steve: *Has spaghetti-o's all around his mouth.* Wow. I've never been up this high. John: So, where is your base, or camp, or whatever? Steve: Uhh... I dunno. I dunno where we are. The Sky Wolf stops abruptly and hangs deathly still in the air. John: I told you--no tricks! Steve: No! I mean--I don't know how to get to it from the air! I've only gone a certain way through the woods! John: ... Jango: Should we go back? John: I suppose. The Sky Wolf turns around and heads back to the burnt-out village. It lands in the usual spot, and they all get out once more. Jake and Jango unload the jeep. Chris: Okay. Jake, Jango, you guys fly overhead for support or a quick getaway should we need it. The rest come in the jeep. Suddenly, a man atop a horse bursts from the nearby woods and stops near SG&C. He and his mount are bruised and cut and have twigs stuck to their hair. He is met at gunpoint. John: Identify yourself. Man: I'm Tula from a nearby village. The one you brought the survivors to. I come for help. The thugs are back and are punishing the villagers for harboring the survivors. Please, will you help us? The guns are lowered. Chris: Of course. Jake and Jango roll their eyes and load the jeep back up. John: Come with us. I'm sure it's faster in the air. There should be room for your horse. They all cram into the Sky Wolf, and it takes off. Jango opens the throttle all the way, and the ship screams toward the village. John: How many? Tula: All of them. Probably two hundred. They've got all their vehicles it seems, too. Tom: What kind of vehicles? Tula: Tanks and trucks with mounted machine guns. Chris: How many tanks? Tula: Three. John: I guess I'd better dust off the M136's. Chris: How well equipped are your people? Tula: Enough to battle infantry. We don't have any anti-armor. Tom: We do. We'll take care of that. Tom shoves the last bit of tuna fish into his mouth and tosses the can away. Tula wrinkles his nose at the fishy odor. Tom: What is wrong with the majority of people on this planet?! WHY DO SO FEW ENJOY THE SWEET SMELL OF TUNA FISH, CHICKEN OF THE SEA?!?!?!?! Megan: *Places a hand on Tom's shoulder and gives a caring look.* You're a special Tom. It's okay. We accept you. Tom: ... John: C'mon, Chris. Let's get the ropes ready. Everybody get ready to drop into an extremely hot zone. Chris and John squeeze into the hold to get the rappelling equipment ready. Jango: We're coming up on it. One building appears to have been hit by a tank blast. No other fires that I can see. John: C'mon, people. We ain't got all day. Jango: Hurry it up, and be careful. We're already taking hits. Jake starts up the miniguns and sends a hail of bullets into a group of thugs. The Sky Wolf rains hot 20mm cases onto the people below. Chris, John, Megan, and Tom are getting ready to fast rope. They are gathered around a hatch on the bottom of the ship. They can hear the tinkity-tink of bullets hitting the hull. Tom and John are carrying a couple M136's each. Everybody is carrying several M67 fragmentation grenades a piece. They all, of course, have their usual rifles and pistols. Megan: What're we hitting first? John: We'll hit the tank closest to the ropes first. It's too close for the AT4's, so someone needs to pop a grenade through a hatch. Who wants-- Tom: Me! Me! John: Tom will give the tank a grenade salad while we provide cover for him. We'll keep our backs to the tank. Tom, you stay on our side of the tank. He nods. John: We'll make up the rest as we go. Chris: Ready? They all take deep breaths and nod. Chris and John toss the ropes down and go down each rope. Tom follows Chris, and Megan follows John. They hit the ground and immediately take down five soldiers. Chris pops the machinegunner off the tank, an M1A3 Abrams, with his M4A1 (with attached M203A1). Tom jumps up onto the side of the Abrams while the rest put their backs up against it and cover in a 180-degree arc. Tom grabs a frag grenade, pulls the pin, and dumps it down the hatch the machinegunner was in. Tom: GO! Tom jumps down, and they all run away from the tank as the grenade explodes. The tank doesn't explode but it surely wrecks everything inside. Tom: Hey, we should try to capture one of these tanks intact. It'd be useful-- Chris: We'll see. *Puts a burst into a pickup truck.* Megan: What now, Mr. Planner?! John: Uhh... That tank! John points at the nearest tank. Tom: Hey! Don't blow it up! Let's see if we can take it intact! John: Are you insane? Tom: Are you stupid to ask that question? John: ... Probably. Tom: C'mon, guys. I'll do it. If I don't come back out, you can blow it up. Cover me! Tom takes off running for it. Dirt is exploding around his feet and bullets are whizzing by him. The rest follow, laying down suppressive fire that Tom seems to have forgotten about. Tom leaps onto the side of the M1. The machinegunner, fortunately, wasn't paying attention to him. Tom slugs the guy and tosses him off the tank. He pulls out his MK23 and hops into the tank, popping everybody with .45 ACP. Outside, a bullet hits the side of the tank just an inch above John's head. He looks over and sees one of the villagers shooting at him with a semi-auto Saiga .308 Winchester AK-style rifle. John starts shaking his head and waving his arms to indicate he's not a bad guy. The villager doesn't understand and continues to fire. John, Chris, and Megan run around another side of the tank. Megan: Great. Nobody thought that the villagers might shoot at us?!? John: Well... it crossed my mind. Tom pops out of the machinegunner hatch. Tom: I GOT IT! He grabs the spade grips of the M240 on top and starts blasting away at the soldiers. The villager realizes that Tom is on his side and doesn't shoot. Instead he turns and pops another soldier. In the Sky Wolf, Jake is shooting at the soldiers with the miniguns, careful not to hit any of the good guys. Jango spots something out in the woods. Jango: Uhh...! *He switches on the radio.* There are men in trucks and two more tanks coming to the--the village. Chris (Over radio): See if you can slow them down. We've got our hands full. Jango: Roger that. Jake, I'm gonna fly you over there and make a pass on those. You get 'em as best you can, okay? Jake: All right. The Sky Wolf manuevers away from the village and passes over the incoming vehicles and soldiers, firing the miniguns all the way. Back on the ground, Megan notices the turret on the last tank turning toward a cottage. Megan: John, get that tank quick! John goes for an M136 on his back. Tom is still blasting away with the M240. Hot cases and links are flying everywhere and making a mess... not to mention what the bullets are doing. Megan hears a disgusting snap sound and a grunt. She looks up in time to see Tom falling through the hatch. Megan: Tom's hit I think! Chris, cover me! I'm gonna go check on Tom! John fires the M136 at the tank, destroying it. Megan climbs swiftly atop the tank Tom fell into. She hops through the hatch quickly before being hit. She lands inside and can't see because her eyes have not yet adjusted. Tom: Wazzzzzup?? Megan: Are you dead? Tom: Yes. Megan's eyes adjust, and she sees Tom lying on the floor. There is a hole in the left shoulder of his shirt and body. He is grinning like an idiot. Tom: I was just... down here getting ready to get back up there. So, if you'll move, I'll do that... Megan: ... Psycho. She hops back out of the tank, and Tom promptly gets back on the gun. He puts thirty rounds into a half-ton truck. Megan gets back down with John and Chris. Chris: What happened? Megan: He got hit in the shoulder, it looked like. He was really happy and calm about it. Chris: I guess he's okay then. John: The man's nuts. Megan: You ain't kidding.	Tom Fender Member of SG&C Mercenary Not Banned (For conforming.) Immortal 9/9/2004 7:12:29 PM Level: 18 Experience: 26800 Total Posts: 323
RE: SG&C: Humanitarian Aid Chris: TOM! Tom is still mowing away with the M240, oblivious to Chris. Chris: TOM!! Tom finally runs out of ammunition. Chris: TOM!!! Tom jumps in surprise. Tom: WHAT?! Chris: Two tanks and more trucks inbound! Tom: Goody! Tom brings up his FAL and puts two shots into a truck. He turns and jumps down from the top of the tank. The Sky Wolf passes overhead. Jake (Over radio): We got the trucks. We can't dent the tanks. They're coming in on you at one o' clock. Chris: All right. We'll get 'em. John, Tom, tanks coming in at one o' clock. Tom: Hey, John. John: What? Tom: Wanna... capture two more tanks? John: Tom: Just think... We could have three tanks--M1A3 Abrams. John: John glances to his left and catches Chris drooling. Chris promptly stops and cleans up. John lets out a sigh that can be heard over the gunfire. John: Let's go... I can't believe I'm doing this. We could just use the rockets, but nooooo. Gotta do things the hard way. Tom: Quit yer belly achin'. Just then, the incoming tanks burst out of the woods into the clearing outside the village. Megan: All right, psychos, get a move on. We'll get the gunners. Megan takes the gunner on the right tank; Chris takes the one on the left. Tom and John run with all their might and insanity straight toward the front of the tanks. John: *Huff* This is *Puff* stupid. Tom: Oh, *Puff* be quiet. *Huff* John scurries up the right tank while Tom climbs the left one. John drops down the hatch. John gives everybody a look and sighs. John: Just give up now, okay? I don't feel like shooting anymore people. Everybody stares at him blankly. He stares back similarly. John: I'm tired and wanna go home. John stands rather surprised that they're not trying to kill him. He then realizes why. He is blocking the way to the only gun they have with them: a P90 hanging behind him. John: Okay. Uhm... So, you guys have no chance. Just put up your hands and come with me outside. There is a long pause and a whole lot of nothing going on. John: Come on... The three men inside reluctantly remove themselves from their seats and climb outside with John. John gets outside and sees Tom kicking a man off the top of the tank. Tom sees John and waves. Tom: Hey! I got the leader of this little army! See?! John: ... Was he the only one in that tank? Tom: ......................... Tom dives back into the tank and brings the rest of the crew out, poking them with his FAL. John points and gives a confused look. John: How... do you know that he's the leader? Tom: They were callin' him "general." John: Oh, rock hard evidence. All right. Whatever, Tom. Chris pulls out his radio. Chris: Jake, do you see anything more? Jake (Over radio): Nope. You're all clear. Chris: All right. Chris sheathes his radio and turns to John and Tom. Megan slings her G36. Chris: So... what're you gonna do with that bunch? Tom: Hand 'em over to the villagers I s'pose. Later that night in the village... The villagers as well as SG&C (including Jake and Jango) are gathered around a bon fire in the center of the village. The survivors from the first village had already given further thanks to SG&C for their efforts, and the people of this village are in the process of showing their gratitude. The man that had the Saiga and was trying to kill John earlier walks up to them. Man: Hi. My name is Robert. I... was the one shooting at y'all earlier. I apologize. I didn't realize you were with us. John: Well, if I got hit, it'd be my own dang fault. I didn't take into account the fact that you wouldn't know whose side we were on. Nearby, Tom, Jake, and Jango are talking about their newly acquired, fully intact, M1A3 Abrams tanks. They are discussing how in the heck they are going to get them home. A man steps toward them with a grim look on his face. Grim Man: Sirs, I have bad news. Jake: What? Grim Man: We can't allow you to have those tanks. Jake, Jango, and Tom give a blank stare. Tom's mouth hangs open. Jake's mouth twitches a bit. Tom: ... Why not? Grim Man: Because we blew them up. Jango's, Jake's, and Tom's eyes widen, the eyeballs nearly falling from their sockets. Tom (Screaming): WHY?!?! Tom slugs the man and stomps off. Tom: AT LEAST LET ME HAVE THE M240'S!!! He gets to the burning wreckage of the tanks. Jake and Jango arrive shortly after, held up because they had to vent on the grim man. They stand staring horrified at the sight. Jango: What a sad ending... Jake: Yeah. Tom: We RISKED OUR LIVES for absolutely NO BENEFIT TO OURSELVES and you repay us LIKE THIS?!?! Tom runs back to the grim man, who is just picking himself up off the ground, and dives on him. He uses the man's head for a speed bag. Hours later, the Sky Wolf leaves the village, headed back to Zanardio. Tom glances at Jake. Jake nods. Tom looks out the window and presses a button on a device he has hidden in his jacket. The village goes up in a giant mushroom cloud. Tom Fender wakes up in his bed in Zanardio. He checks the clock, and it says 10:30 AM. He gets up and heads to the kitchen where John and Megan are having breakfast. Tom: I had the strangest dream. I dreamed we were coming back from a gun show, we stopped at some burning village, waxed a few bad guys, went to a neighboring village, killed hundreds of people, captured three M1A3 Abrams tanks, and, in return, the villagers we saved burned our captured tanks. We left and nuked them. Then I woke up. John and Megan stare at him. John: Tom... Lay off the tuna fish. Tom: (So... yeah.)	Tom Fender Member of SG&C Mercenary Not Banned (For conforming.) Immortal 9/20/2004 12:07:43 AM Level: 18 Experience: 26800 Total Posts: 323

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