The Blood Gulch Revolution: Part 1
Posted By: Michael Archer<michael_archers_email_address@yahoo.com>
Date: 23 February 2005, 9:30 PM
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The light blue Spartan jogged up the red dusty hill towards the blue base. He looked around him at the bare canyon walls. As he looked, thoughts raced through his mind:
How did I get in? How did I get out? Why are there two bases in the middle of the canyon? What's this war against the reds for anyway?
He knew that officers had explanations for them all, but the young private still wondered why. As he walked into the middle of the base he asked his friend Brain Carly.
"Brain, why are we in a boxed canyon in the middle of nowhere?", he asked taking off his helmet.
"The officers know the answer Sandy. Why don't you ask them? I'm kinda busy right now".
Sandy Cruise sighed and headed out to the back of the base.
"Oh and Sandy?", said Brain
"Yeah"
"I don't really know myself", he said. "I've always wondered too. Why is there a rocket launcher laying on the field in the middle of this boxed canyon?"
Sandy laughed. Brain, what a pal. Sandy took a deep breath and walked up to Sergeant Mac was going through his guns, making sure all of them were there. The Sarge was a nice guy, but quite an oddball.
"Hi Cruise, what do you want from me today?", and the Sergeant.
"Sarge, why are we in this canyon?"
"Can't answer that son. That's one of the strange things in life that God left with us to answer. Why is the grass green?"
"Because photosynthesis causes..."
"Please son. Don't give me smart aleck answers. I'm got some stuff to do". Sandy watched as Mac tried to clean a dust bunny out of the shotgun barrel.
"Sir, that dust won't affect the gun very much..."
"Please Cruise, I'm trying to concentrate. And it's Sarge. I'm not a commissioned officer yet".
"Okay Sarge, but be careful. Remember that time when you were trying to get a scratch out if the sniper rifle and you accidentally hit your ba..."
"Will you get going Cruise!?"
Sandy shrugged and walked to the top of the base. He heard a gun fire and heard Mac call, "Ow, that's going to leave a mark!"
Sandy wondered once you get higher in rank, you don't take advice from lower ranks. Even your friends.
Suddenly, a shot rang out, right by Sandy's head. Sandy ducked and took cover behind the pillar. Sandy heard the Sergeant yell, "We're under attack, Bell, Carly, Cruise! Meet me in below the base to get armed! Sandy jumped into the hole in the base just after a bullet hit his foot causing his shields to flicker.
Sandy met Joe Bell, Brain and the Sarge underneath the base.
"So this is the armoury", Brain whispered to me, "Pretty lame. It's just some assorted weapons tossed on the ground".
"Grab an assault rifle and a sidearm", said Mac. "Except you Sandy. Take the usual."
Sandy grabbed a sniper rifle. When he was young he became interested in archery. He had extremely good eyesight, and had lots of archery trophies in his room. Now with the increased Spartan eyesight, he could hit any target.
"Gentleman", shouted the Sergeant. We are about to fight one of the biggest wars that the world has ever seen".
"Big war?" questioned Brain. "There are only like five guys on the other team".
"Shut up Carly. I've got a foolproof plan that will for sure work. Run around and fire your gun a lot".
"Sarge, foolproof?", said Brain.
"Didn't I just tell you to shut up?"
"Alright then", said the Sarge, "Cruise, go on top of the base and tell me what you see".
Sandy ran up onto the top of the base. From the top he could see the canyon of Blood Gulch, but he could also see a jeep coming into view, the chain gun on the back blazing. Sandy reported to the Sergeant what he saw.
"Well", the Sarge said. "Let them have it!"
Sandy fired the sniper rifle. The bullet echoed throughout the entire canyon. Man this sucks, thought Sandy. There's nothing in this damn canyon.
Sandy's bullet pierced the jeep's tire. The result flipped over the jeep. But the enemy was unharmed. Sandy told the team to attack. He could see the blue team blazing their guns into the field. Meanwhile, the red team flipped their jeep back over and began attacking again, their jeep limping on the ground.
Sergeant Mac to Cruise". shouted the Sarge into the COM channel.
"Cruise to Sergeant", Sandy said", "Are you okay?"
"What do you think?"
Sandy looked at them. Their shields were flickering and dying.
"Take some cover. I think you'll be fine."
"That was rhetorical private! Now head through the teleporter and give us a hand."
Sandy took a deep breath, and headed through the teleporter. A blinding flash of light and Sandy was through. But he wasn't in Blood Gulch. He was in a canyon just like Blood Gulch, but it was deathly cold. This wasn't his beloved Blood Gulch. Why is it that I got so attached to a bare box canyon in the middle of nowhere?
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