Topic: the old wound that never heals...

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-23 21:29 EST
::walks into the Graveyard and just looks around the sight of an impending duel between him and destiny::...hmmm...:looks around and kneels down infront of his old squads tombstones::...i wont fail...never again...for all of those who have died under my command and for those that have died to get me where i am today i will avenge you all...::bows his head down and closes his eyes::Vaan...Reaper...Drake...i wont let your sacrifice be invain...:he remembers the exact way they all died::..::he remembered the way Vaan was shot point blank after being captured, Reaper a sword in his heart, Drake was the lucky one,he was decapitated::...i cant allow another failure like that...::the final words of all of them still ring in his head..."stay strong commander"...::...Vaan...Reaper...Drake..i will make sure i follow your last wish...::all of the memories of them return, one that he seemed to take the hardest was when they first met,they all hated eachother then they grew to eachother likeborthers,four parts to a whole,another painfull memory was their first misson it failed but they lived through it none the less,they had became a whole person each with their own skill to add, Vaan the sword expert,Reaper the sniper, and Drake was the demolitions expert::...i cant fail..never again...i must prevent that from happening again...::the conversations they all had like..."so does anyone know what we`re doing in this god forsaken place"..no one really knew we just followed orders but we learned why...we were there to kill all of the enemies of our homeland, we were never the same afterwards we craved combat, craved blood::...how far have i fallen... how far did we fall...what did we become..::he knew theses questions would never be answered he just had to remind himself
of this fact..."we have been killing and what do we have to show for it, some stupid reputation as the best of the worst"... he knew thats what it was::::tears star to run down his face::...we were brothers by oath and by the way we lived with each other...::the fondest memory
he had was the day they found out that they all had the same bllod type, AB+::..we sealed our oath in blood and we couldnt keep that oath...and we failed...i have Failed you...::he finally took the memories and allowed them to fuel him::..we never gave up we never gave in...and it has led us to you guys being dead and me alive...know this i shall join you soon but i wont have come to you a failuer...my frineds i swear this here and now i wont give up...

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-24 00:33 EST
it has been five years since my friends have been killed.I have saught a way to avenge them but my search was led invane...nothing has come to pass...i havent gotten any stronger.I have failed my old friends last dieing wish to stay strong this time around, on the fifth year of their detahs i will become stornger and i will beat what is said to lie infront of me...but the thing thats drives to it is knowing all of my old comrades wait for me at the gates...but which gates not even i know but i know we will all be together again...

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-24 12:07 EST
"I have yet to understand what i must do..." he was ever uncertain about why they gave him command after Vaan,Reaper and Drake but he didnt care.He just wanted to continue the squad.the years that followed he gave his blood and sweat to keep his men alive but still they died.He never gave up...he constantly tried to grow stronger...but he is still blind to what they meant by the words "Stay strong commander"...

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-25 01:59 EST
"I wish i knew what you guys meant Stay strong commander..but i guess i must find out myself..."...::he had hoped that one day he knew what it meant but he never really looked for the answer::"...guys tell me please what it meant..."::he went home to his ship and thought about it all night and he finaly relized they didnt want him physically strong but emotionaly and mentaly strong::

Chaos

Date: 2007-03-25 04:47 EST
::Bob watched the coward run to his ship:: Pathetic. Completely deserving of his title of a weak meat sack, a waste of space. Gabe. You hit on Cal even though your married. I do understand the concept things when you do not. Worthless creature you are Gabe, you and all of your cowardly friends, you wish to battle but you are scared to die, you call yourselves powerful, yet you can not do any harm to me.

You would have gladly murdered Nahima just to get to me for this action I must use a human emotion, I seldom do this, but you deserve it.

::He held out his hand at the Tombstones Gabe held so dear:: Good bye

::He sent pure destructive energy at the stones and watched as they were blown to pieces with ease::

Gabe if this does not get your attention, nothing will!


::He flew off like the wind, and just as fast as well off into the black night for now::

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-25 15:41 EST
::as he hears theblast he turns around::..."Bob...why...would you desecrate a grave...and i havent hit on Cal i was cloned you jerk...im experiment 002...the rest were cloned from me..."...::his anger started to rise as he stared::

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-25 16:25 EST
::looks from the destroyed tombstone then to Bob and draws his blade as the runes glew bright::"...this is sacred grounds your kind isnt welcomed here...leave now..."::he removes the head band from over his left eye and activates the Sharingan eyes::"...leave your finall chance...or I will kill you"

Firebreath

Date: 2007-03-26 11:48 EST
Shadow walked slowly into the graveyard, she bypassed the direwolf, walked past the grave of Ryo's friend, pausing at the graves decimated by Bob. Of course she knew only one of these places by that name, the ones by Bob. She could feel him as acutely as if he'd smacked her over the head. She glanced at Gabe then moved to a spot a few feet away from the graves, an empty spot.

"I'm sorry for your loss." Said softly in Gabe's general direction. Her eyes dilated a moment, her mind returning to the memories that had driven her here. She closed her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks as she crouched, setting her hands palm down in the dirt. When she opened her eyes they glowed a brilliant blue. The light began to grow, flowing down to her hands.

The glow dimmed, but the air tightened around her as a small statue began to grow in front of her. It grew rapidly, becoming a silver bird.

It looked like a cross between a lizard and bird. Not a dragon. The hide was feathered, the wings had an airy plumage, at once protective and beautiful. The head was that of a bird, beak and all. It had a small crest on the top of it's head.The eyes, the eyes were what set it apart from the bird race. The eyes were slits. It's body was that of a bird, the wings slightly outspread.

It it's feet there was a pedestal. The engraving in a foreign script and language read "To all those who died at Ikari Syn Nekai. . . May your souls fly forever on the wings of your goddess."

Shadow sat down then. Her magic spent. She sighed. "I'm sorry..So sorry." Tears streamed openly down her face, abruptly the tightness withing her and around her stopped.

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-26 16:14 EST
::sheaths his blade and creates new tombstones for the graves::..."my freinds I have failed you for the last time...i will become stronger...I will grow for your memory..."...::he kneels by the graves and bows::...""by all of what we learned as we grew together i never learned the meaning of what you tried to teach me while I was the rookie...i have come far but i still have much to learn...i will learn all i was meant to..."::he closes his eye and just kneels there, he then looks over to Shadow::..."Dont pretend to think you know me...there is only one person that knows me...and my brother would never feel pity to me...he would tell me to move on..."

Firebreath

Date: 2007-03-27 15:39 EST
A glance at Gabe, tears still rolling freely down her face. "I never did..There's so much about me I can't tell others..I've grown accustomed to believing that of others as well.." A shrug. "It's normal for me. It doesn't bug me that I don't..I put this statue here because it was emptier here..Fewer people to wonder about the strange tongue..The odd script...." Her voice dropped to a bare whisper, cracking as she continued. "Fewer people to disturb their rest.."

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-27 17:10 EST
"Shadow you want to know the reason we I act like I do..."...::he looks at her::"I act like this because im preventing it from ha[ppening again...i wont lose anymore freinds...no more shall die for me...you hear me...no more..."::looks back at the graves of his friends and those that served under him in the GSA::

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-27 21:43 EST
"as I walk the along side with the shadows you have guided me...along the light you have walked with me...but what must I do to hear you again..i have fallen again and now I cant escape...this seems as a far off memory that is like a scattered dream...a scattered that is like a far off memory...i wish to hear it again...i need you to guide me...for the path before me is clouded...i must see the light again..."::he looks at the graves and kneels there not moving,tears begin to run down his face from his right eye::"why did you have to leave me...I have tried to carry on our Codes but i have failed...i have let our code fall apart and now i suffer for it...please guide me back to the true path..."

Firebreath

Date: 2007-03-28 14:19 EST
A slow nod. "I understand..Truly I do..I pray that for us both it is true..I'm sick of killing my friends..Killing innocents."

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-28 19:47 EST
"Then we walk the same path..."::slowly bows his head::..."...I wont let the darkness or saddness control me anymore..."

Firebreath

Date: 2007-03-30 14:32 EST
A nod. She said nothing else, seemingly lost in thought. Or perhaps memories.

Vega050

Date: 2007-03-30 15:40 EST
::he nodded back and just squated there looking at the tombstones, he closed his eye for a minute::

Vega050

Date: 2007-04-01 16:50 EST
::he clapped his hands as a new tombstone apeared and had his friend Shadow, the Ninja he trained with alot, he new soon he would have to avenge more than he could::

Firebreath

Date: 2007-04-02 11:42 EST
She glanced at the tombstone before turning and leaving, as she did so she muttered: "I'm not dead yet."

Vega050

Date: 2007-04-02 16:53 EST
"this is for another Shadow i know...he was a Ninja that died in the line of duty...i wont forget him..."

Vega050

Date: 2007-04-06 03:59 EST
::he takes out a stone from his bag inscribed on the stone was::" for all those lost to the war of life...to those yet to be lost you will have a glorious day when you meet your maker...you will know what you did for your home...you will know everything you have saved and how bad it would be without your assistance"

Vega050

Date: 2007-04-30 22:39 EST
::he stood and went to see if some of the rumors were true..had Suzume died....he was hurt by this news..she was like a sister to him...he didnt know how to take the pain and use it,he just bottled it up and put it away like all of the others::

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-01 21:10 EST
::there would be a new Stone..well more along the lines of statue, for Gabriel Ashlocke the 5th was killed in a fight to the death..inscribed on the base of the stone was this simple phrase::..."this will stand tall and fast for all who looked up to this man..his body may be gone but his soul lived on....he lived his life as if he would die the next day..unfortunately...he was cut down at the Age of Nineteen years old...Gabriel Ashlocke loved..lived..never forgotten"

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-02 21:59 EST
::he shook his head as he gazed upon the statue:::..cant they get it right...im not dead...yet..::he laughed,he was recently a monk,he was brain washed to believe that,but after recent events regained his memory::

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-03 03:08 EST
And sooner than later the Monk would no longer be a threat or an issue. Great forces were soon to be assembled and sooner or later it would be learned that Gabe was a pawn used in therons quest for artifical good and then it would only be needed that gabe too would be disposed of. Alana didnt like to think of that but she hadnt much of a choice. She would have to stand with her cause and if that meant watching him once more bleed out than it would have to stay just as that. More or less he was making silly choices. He would have been better off staying a simple monk. At least then he would be safe

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-03 13:17 EST
::he now had a weapon and a gem that would show him the paths he must take and show him the difference between truth and lies from there on,he ddint care who he worked for,aslong as he did what he used to do::

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-04 14:04 EST
But sadly the employer was all that mattered to the woman. And as the elemental seals slowly broke hell would again burst forth. All that mattered at this point was who you were to stand beside when the time came. And Gabe had made the very wrong choice. Alana wouldnt say a word to him. She would just watch as he failed miserably in his quest. One tiny mistake. All it took was one bout of anger, of Gabe striking first and he would be absolutly powerless. She didnt want to think about any of that either and so she really wouldnt. It would pass away filtering out of her mind as if it had never been there at all. Alana wasnt worried...She was just a bit weary of the situation. And she would have to talk to gabe about it when they had a few moments of peace.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-06 19:14 EST
::little did she know that he had changed,he no longer started fights...he ended them...but he would assume it was more for her to amagine than she could do ,oh well::

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-06 21:59 EST
Alana did both. She would start them. And she would finish them. Sad as it was to say. He was creeping to the top of that list. It pained her almost to think about that. Alana wouldnt want the pressure of that and she knew deep inside that Gabe had only changed for now. There was no way he was going to stay this way for long. Sooner or later someone or something would piss him off and he would flip off the deep end and lose everything...FOOL.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-06 22:20 EST
::if only she knew the training he was receiving....she would know he had a greater control than ever,he took the plate on the statue and ripped it off and replaced it with one for his younger brother Nathen Ashlocke:..i`ll miss ya you little smartass.....

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-07 02:25 EST
She had no idea of his training and in all honesty she didnt care. Alana knew the old Gabe she knew nothing of the new Gabe. She wished somehow she could know him. That somehow he and her could go back to being best friends. How great they were as friends. She missed those days. The days they drank and laughed and spoke civilly to each other. She just couldnt help but think that they might make great friends again someday when they could get past that. She knew someday she would be able to forgive him for what he had done to her but that day wasnt today the pain was still fresh. The wounds would heal as things such as this always did. Alana was not herself. She didnt care that she had been heartbroken. She had found something real and strong and most of all faithful. But that hurt didnt fade.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-07 02:46 EST
::he dropped to his knees crying?...no one has ever seen this side of him, he never let it out,he looked up at the statue,he missed his little bro killed in action his dad said, more like he was killed by his fathers own hands,he missed all of his old friends,he wanted things to be the way they were but he knew that would never be::....i swear little bro here and now at your new resting place...i will not make the same mistakes twice...i wont loose anymore friends and loved ones..if i have to i will throw down my sword....i cant...::tears rolling down his face::

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-07 14:11 EST
The words were touching. As if they belonged to the gabe she knew. And not to the new man who had taken over in Gabes place. She almost knew this Gabe. She heard him speak and she looked away now. She turned to leave. She didnt want to disturb him as of right now.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-08 01:15 EST
::he stood,tears running down his face but his voice showed no sign of crying::...Nathen....eleven years ago...I swore when i found out Father killed you I would kill him...And eleven years ago..I did.....I killed him....And now...please after today makes Twelve....I will always miss you....Rest easy brother.....And hold no ties to the sad world....::he turned his head hung low,he began to walk away::

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-09 15:53 EST
::Several Days after he was seen at his brothers new memorial....He would be back but with a larger amount of people,they Carried a Box on their shoulders and once the box was put into the Earth,they all gathered around::
".....It was said Our lord had a plan for each of us..."

::he was still dressed in his ARC Spec Ops Commando Armor and was acting like a preist::

"....I will never forget this young mans service....He fought with Honor...He lived his life by the very same code we swore to Uphold....Leadership Duty Respect Selfless-service Honor Integrity Personal Courage.....These things he lived by every day......He wont be forgotten but he will be remembered as a Hero....He died to save his fellow soldier....and when facing the odds against us.....He stood up and led the charge...PLease oh Mighty Father in heaven....recieve this young man not as another soul....But as a Fallen Angel...."

::he walked over to the similarly dressed men as he, stood behind them and they readied their rifle pointed towards the sky::

"Ready.....Aim.....Fire"::one shot from seven men, the 21 guns::
"Ready.....Aim.....Fire"
"Ready.....Aim.....Fire"
::after all the shot were fired, they ordered arms and left in a singal file line,soon after that all of the others that came left,Gabe stayed and put a special ribbon on the tombstone, if anyone knew what medal....They would say it was the Medal of Honor::

Firebreath

Date: 2007-06-09 16:06 EST
Shadow had wandered in as the gunfire stopped and the men left, but before Gabe left. She looked down at the new grave. It was sad..All these people. Gabe having lost so many, herself having lost so few comparatively. She sighed, and as she came upon Gabe she patted him on the back.

"I'm sorry for your loss, Who was he to you?" She fell quiet then, muttering a prayer for him (the new grave) in her native tongue.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-09 16:09 EST
He was a Delta....one of my platoon...one of the best and youngest I have ever commanded...::he looked to Shadow but stood still::

Firebreath

Date: 2007-06-09 16:13 EST
She nodded slowly. "He sounds like an excellent soldier..Something I could never be. I have too much free will. I'm sorry for your loss..I hope the gods give him a good afterlife."

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-09 16:22 EST
Yeah...I hope so aswell....

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-09 17:18 EST
Twenty one shots wereheard as alana was planting flowers in the cemetary, she had no idea what they mean or why they were shooting so she creeped into the bushes to see what was going on. Ever curious she would peek and see the new grave. She pulled out a hand drawn map of the cemetary and she made a tiny little red mark on it. She would have to seed grass and put up a soldiers memorial. As well as plant flowers there. She sighed.

No one had appointed her as a grounds keeper. And she never asked for a thing in return. Alana respected the dead. Higher than anything else. And they desearved to rest like royality. She would stuff the map back into her pocket and wander back to her flowers.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-09 18:20 EST
::he stood straight and saluted the grave::

"....Sargent....Rest in peace my friend...You have earned this vacation....We wont forget your bravery..."

::his implants pointed behind him and as he turned they scanned and found Alana...he wasnt going to speak up but he never realy did what he thought::

".....Alana....I`m sorry about the other night....It was the exact Day my brother Died and i was upset...I never should have done any of what I did.."

Jade Ravenlock

Date: 2007-06-09 23:38 EST
Jade appeared out of thin air infront of the grave wearing a black dress that was thigh high and her black heels. In hand was a single red rose.

She sniffled as she set the rose on the tombstone. It was elegantly carved, fit for the boy. A tear slid down her cheek. She didn't know the boy, but she knew he was a good kid. Another thing she kne was that she was the last thing he saw before he was shot down. That struck a cord in Jade. But the love of god, why was she the last thing he saw?
Jade was by no means like any of vampire out there. She cared, she had a heart.

She kneeled at the grave looking at the fresh dirt. Jade looked up and spotted Gabe and Alana talked, then stood silently.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-10 00:29 EST
::he looked to Jade and tried to stop the tears from falling down his own face.....He took his Helmet and put it back on and then looked to Alana::

"..............."

::he waited for her to say something, but it didnt matter he knew she was going to yell at him....And after he had tried to hard to change in one day::

Jade Ravenlock

Date: 2007-06-10 01:05 EST
Jade slowly walked over to Gabe, setting a petite hand on his shoulder. A smile to Alana.

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-10 01:28 EST
Alana was being quiet. She was unsure of what to say. A deep breath was taken before she looked up from her feet to Gabe. She would think again and then slowly speak.

"I know that we dont get along very well. And I know I have said some pretty bad things. And I know you have done some pretty bad things. None of that has anything to do with the man Burried there. I am sorry for your loss. If nothing else. I will be sure to take care of the gravesite"

Alana didnt know what else to say. She turned now to Jade and an smile was offered to her. It was clear by her face that there was something wrong and Alana had no Idea what that something was. So she spoke softly.

"Wanna talk about it?"

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-10 01:36 EST
::he sighed::"....Alana...please...thank you for taking care of this site....this man was the best damned soldier i have ever comanded....he was able to keep up with me......a shame how he died....I..."::he couldnt speak anymore about it but he forced himself to:

"......please take care of Brandons grave..."::yes he knew there was several Brandons in RhyDin but this one was like a bro to him::

"And Alana....Dont worry about the Past.....Whats done is done.....All we can do now is look ahead of us..."::he had grown up so much in only a short amount of time,some would ask was this the real Gabe or the one everyone hoped he`ld become::

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-10 04:55 EST
::several Hours after the last Funeral,he and the rest of the Base was back and had one more to add to the list of Angels::

"My friends.....We are here again to place in the ground one more brother....He like the last.....wont be forgotten...He like the last gave his life to help others...And thats all any could ask..."

::he stood behind that podium holding back a flood of tears::

"We musnt let this bring us down but let this passing drive us to fight harder and make sure our loved ones dont end up like this....But that is harder to do than say"....

::he looked over to the Bag Pipe Player he got for the Funeral::....
"Dave asked me a private question I will now be able to break...When he was a child he was fond of a certain song...and he wanted me to have it played here...And I am about to do just that....".

::the Bag pipes began to play (the following song has been retyped into English) for a minute::

"Lay me Down....on the cold cold ground....way before Many man have gone....Lay Me down on cold cold ground Way before many man have gone.......when they come...I will stand my my ground...Stand my ground...I may be affraid....Thought of home take away my fear....Sweat and Blood hide my viel of tears...Once a year say a prayer for me.....Close your eyes....And remember me.....Never More....Shall I see the sun..For I fell to a Germans Gun....Lay Me down...In the cold cold ground....Way Before......Many man have gone......Lay Me down...In the cold cold ground....Way Before......Many man have gone......Way before many man have gone...."::bag pipes play again and the 21 guns sound off during this point and soon it stops::....

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-11 02:35 EST
::He walked up and placed the personaly crafted and unique tombstone at the head of the grave and placed another medal on it. He hated losing his friends but he knew there was no choice in it. When a persons time is up its up.....No turning back. He stood at attention and saluted the grave::

"...Rest now Corpral.....And enjoy your vacation...I will see you at the gates when my time of Judgement comes...."

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-11 21:21 EST
Alana could nothing but watch from her space in the bushes. She sighed and returned to her weeding. She would finish up with it and a smile would be offered to her work. She then pulled a small pouch from her satchel and she smiled. She pulled from the pouch a handful of grass seeds and she sprinkled them heavily over the fresh earth on the ground before the graves and she sighed as she watered it. Alana didn?t like working on the new graves. She was no fan of death and yet this is what she chose to do with her free time these days.

Alana would then look around with a sigh to Gabe. Too many young men had been put into the ground. Planted with much honor and dignity. She knew so little of the men and yet she cried a tear each time she walked past the fresh graves. A soldiers grave was much more unsettling for her. They had died for something real. Unlike so many others before them and so many after them. At the same time though Alana knew that it was how they had wanted to go and that their deaths brought great honor to the families they had left behind.

A smile was offered to Gabe now and Alana place a single white rose onto each of the new graves. She would walk back to the bushes to think. And as she disappeared into them to meditate, a silent sob was released.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-12 17:36 EST
:A small Tear came to his eye as he looked upon the grave, so many young kids dieing....,he turned and put his helmet on. The Gunship was warmed up and was waiting on him. He looked back for a few seconds::

"Alana...Thank you..I`m not sure I put into words how greatfull I am to have a friend like you..."

::he turned back and walked off to the Gunship,once he got in he held a hand up to tell the Pilot to wait::

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-13 16:56 EST
Alana didnt know how to respond to this. She wanted to chase after him. To thank him as well. But she didnt know how. Alana wasnt one with emotions. She didnt think they were needed. She had for too many already. No sense in tossing anymore out there. She would just wave to him. And sit back in the bushes with a sigh. She would pull out the book she was trying to read and placed it into her lap. And once she had delved into the pages she realized she was getting much better at all this reading buisness. SHe would just smile to herself and then look back up with a sigh to the graves.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-13 18:58 EST
::he stood and sighed. The Pilot told him theyneeded to get back,he grabbed ahold of something and hit the doors, both Panels closed at once and the Gunship soontook flight. It zoomed out og the Cemetary and off to the HQ.He hated having hardly anytime with his friends but he had to di his Job to keep others safe::

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-15 20:57 EST
Alana never once worried when Gabe had been wisked away. She was so used to it by now. It hardly even phased her anymore. She would wait for him to return and if he did not she would know exactly where to find him. Her hands ran over her skirt now and looked around to the graves. She was be sure to water the grass that was now coming in well. She never fretted about her work. She did all of this by choice. No one had asked her to. No one had told her to.

She shrugged her shoulders and after she had finished with the graves she would begin walking towards the glen to get to the estates.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-15 21:37 EST
::And just a few days later he came back but this time a truck followed behind them,they had seven graves dug.This war had costed his men plenty::

"We are here regretably again..To pay tribute to one of the greatest squads...They were oen of my very best...I will miss them...And not a day will go by when they wont be remembered....I now Lay Squad Seven to rest....Boys....Fight the good fight on the other front....And know one day I will be there to fight with you...You boys fought with honor and courage...."

::he saluted the coffins as they were lowered into the ground.And what funeral for a hero was complete without the 21 guns.Many cried.Many were brothers and sisters, sons and duaghters, moms and dads, grandmothers and grandfathers. They all were drying and the Deltas snapped to attention and saluted aswell::

" Never forgotten...Never Failed..These are the true heros Let them live in every place of honor and be remembered in our hearts and memories forever..."

Ignorantblys

Date: 2007-06-19 19:35 EST
Alana would gently watch the funerals from her bush hiding place. She would count the graves as best she could and it made her throat dry. A mass burial. Horrifying. Why did these men keep being led to death. She shook her head and looked to her wagon with the flowers. She would soon need a horse and cart to take care of what she needed to in this cemetary. She sighed and wiped away her tears before going back to her silent watch.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-19 19:48 EST
He saluted all of the graves and started to talk to each of their families.You could tell he was hurt by what was going on.He never had to talk to so many people at once.He had to stop these deaths as much as possible.He bowed to each of the families and walked away for a minute,tears rolling down his face,he began to talk to himself as quietly as he could

"Come on Gabe get it together, men die but you know they were to young to die,it wasnt their time...it should have been me not them..."

he closed his eyes for a moment and then looked back and counted,he never wanted to have to burry another person again.

Firebreath

Date: 2007-06-20 08:09 EST
Shadow came when she heard the guns. Finding the seven graves she blinked a moment, then went and hugged Gabe. Not caring who was there, she knew what it was like to lose comrades in battle. Especially from a command position. She didn't want him to be alone at the moment.

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-20 12:24 EST
He pattd Shadow on the head and then he made up his mind,he was going to dismantle the Deltas,he couldnt stand anymore deaths of his men.He looked at all the graves and h closed his eyes,he couldnt go on with this anymore,he would have to dismantle the Deltas in order to save lives.He walked over and placed medals on each of the stones.

Firebreath

Date: 2007-06-20 14:59 EST
"What are you going to do?" Noticing the change in his resolve, in his aura and movements. "Are you okay?"

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-20 15:26 EST
He looked at her and shook his head.

"I am going to dismantle the deltas....."

He hated the idea of doing that but he had no choice in the matter.

Firebreath

Date: 2007-06-20 18:09 EST
She blinked. "Are you sure?"

Vega050

Date: 2007-06-20 18:11 EST
"Im not sure I just dont want more of my men to die in battle...Or die for no reason..."

He nodded his head and got himself under control,he wasnt going to bring down the deltas yet,he was gonna see if he could prevent anymore from dieing.

Vega050

Date: 2007-07-08 23:28 EST


He had a statue errected in Honor of Nicholai Crowly...he didnt like them man but he never did anything that wasnt evil,he may have seemed to hated the man ,but Gabe respected him,heck even in his reincarnated monkbody,he was a man of the church and he deserved respect,the statue would stand tall and fast in the memorial gardens of the Delta Comman HQ.