Chapter 27: A Mysterious Escape

Benton

My sadness transitioned to rage in a heartbeat how the fuck could he have lived through that! It wasn’t relevant at this point anyway, I was moments behind him, and he would be very injured, I would catch the cunt and brutally fucking kill him! I grabbed all my weaponry and headed after him. I jogged down the ally and headed back out of the street where I saw him get into a military truck, I ran after it just before it took off, grabbing onto the handrails on the side just as It pulled away, I was attached to the side of the vehicle but needed to figure out how to stop it… I didn’t have a way to stop it, but I did have a way to make sure it didn’t get away, I pulled out a tracking chip from my pocket and stuck it to when I was holding on and jumped off of the vehicle in a fashion that led them to believe that I lost grip. I may have lost him now but I would find him when I had a plan to destroy him once and for all!

Jade

For the longest time I had stayed out of the conflict, with the only notable exception being escorting the countries leaders out which failed miserably and I would hardly call it getting involved as I didn’t even have a weapon nor did I fire one either. I had remained absent from Benton’s plan to destroy the commander, I couldn’t go back to that mindset, if I witnessed anymore deaths while fighting along side them it would have broken me, losing Emily was far too much as it stood but then hearing about Daniel’s death and John’s Imprisonment really hurt. But from the last time I heard from Benton the commanders revolution had been almost completely squashed, he was running out of allies and was on the run trying to tie up loose ends and go into hiding, so by the seems of it battle school should be opening up and I can go back to the place I loved most… but it would never be the same we had lost 2 of the 6 that made up our close friend group and it made the tone of returning a little more depressing.

I got a knock on my door and at this point that was never a good thing every time it was for me it was always bad news, nevertheless I got up and answered it and too the both excitement and upset it was Benton that faced me at the front door my first instinct was to hug him as it had been the longest time since I last saw him and the last time I did was not under good circumstances and judging by the look of suffer in his eyes I knew instantly that this would not be a pleasant visit. “Benton, how are you? long time no see!” I started off simple as by the looks of it he could break down at any moment “You’re not going to like this, but I come with a plea for help and bad news.” Benton was unemotional, he was visibly suppressing the turmoil that followed him “What happened?” I asked curiously, and just as I said it whatever was bothering him was now in his head and he broke in the snap of a finger, the look of saddened rage painted his face, he began to tear “I know where the commander is, I managed to get a tracker on one of his vehicles and track him down to a compound he is hiding out and most definitely getting treated in.” that wasn’t it and I knew it, Benton hadn’t released yet, this was only part of the story “What else?” it was that sentence that brought him to tears, it took him a moment to regain his composure, I comforted him in his moment with a solid hug, for all the time I knew him he had never emitted this kind of emotion, whatever happened must have been the worst thing that could ever have happened to him. I then released when he got his shit together “Jack and John both died last night during an assignation plot on the commander, Jack died after saving John, John however died trying to kill the commander, pulled the pin on a grenade blowing them both up… only John died however.” The sense of dread in the air erupted but I didn’t break however, at this point it had been half a year and the closeness of the friendship had tapered off with the two, It was unfortunate but if I was being honest I didn’t have much emotion to show “what do you need me for?” I asked switching up the topic “I simply need you for one more mission, were going to finally kill the commander for good!” I was sceptical, after all this time trying to hunt him down? I don’t think we could do it no matter how good the data is “What would make this time different?” Benton still blunt stated “This time the Cunt won’t have anywhere to go!”