The Eve of Ning...

Today was suppose to be a normal job... Week 2 Day 1 Round... Nothing but a simply cleaning mission... True it was possibly the worse day of the two weeks... But it was simple enough for our three-man team... The morning began and I equipped myself with what I needed... I had my utility belt just incase... My "Washer" in my blue holster... In my pouch was the specialist equipment needed to cleanse the "Windows" we worked on... I was only lightly armored mind you... The day looked to be somewhat pleasant... Little did I know was that I made my first mistake of the day... Our team consisted of myself... I was the lowest rank there... Benny... Second in command... And Derrick... Commander... He called all the shots and stuff... When he said he was feeling under the weather this morning we should of knew something was wrong... But we went on anyhow...

So we began as normal cleansing the windows with little trouble and no resistance from any of the scum that lived in the area... Like always... It was a ghost town... Now and again you would catch slight glimpses of the creatures within the houses... It was our job to make sure the windows were clean enough to keep them at bay... I was granted heavy equipment and had the DL-AX... A ladder attached to another ladder for those hard to get windows... With a built in Blade that shot out turning the ladders into an Ax... Hence the name DL - AX (Double ladder Axe)... Benny was equipped with the DL - DB standard... A lighter weapon that Benny preferred... Derrick equipped himself with the SL - P... A long single ladder, which was good for long attacks if needed... (By the way I’m making this up as I go along so please bear with me... If you want excitement in reading pretend Christopher Lee is reading to you.... My god does reading Rock when you do that) *Farp!*

We reached the quarter waypoint of our task when disaster however suddenly struck... Our Commander... Derrick... He went down with serious illness and was unable to continue... HQ read his stats back at home and immediately called him back... In his state he was not going to make it... Not unless he took the APC that got us here... (Trusted Transit Vans :D) Benny and me had to stay behind however and continue with the work... We still had so much to do in the early hours of the day... The plan was that Derrick would take the APC back to HQ... We would finish what we started and he would come back and pull us out into other area's to work... It would keep us up in schedule for an early departure and keep things as they were... Once we agreed our commander left and we got to work motivated... We didn't want to let HQ or our commander down...

Usually me and Benny had a bit of a bad thing going on between us... We often would try to get each other into serious trouble with command by setting up some bizarre prank that would almost jeopardize our mission... However on this occasion we understood the importance and got on with the cleansing keeping the creatures at bay... We stopped off in the house of "Nimo"...He was a friend of my fathers and he offered us supplies to keep us going... After that we were truly on our own... We battled on as the conditions began to get worse... Benny was now in command and he wasn't doing the best job despite the experience he had under his belt... Never the less at least we were still progressing forward.... Still on schedule also... Things had been worse... However... Never as worse as it was about to get...

We reached the half waypoint... And a call came straight from HQ whilst I was half way up the DL whatever the hell I just named it... The APC wasn't coming back for us... It was at this point that me and Benny realized how serious the situation had become... I had seen it before but not like this... HQ ordered us to stay on the field and continue despite the dangers involved... We knew with no APC however it wasn't going to be simple... We were expandable... Their tools to say the least... It was hard enough carrying what little supplies and all the heavy equipment... But he had to press on... With one area down and one to go... We had no choice but to walk the whole hundreds of miles to the next area... HQ told us they would be satisfied with 67% of the area completed... Bah!... They were going to be lucky to get 43%... We walked the barren wastelands of Huyton as the sun was at its highest draining us of our energy and forcing us to use what was left of our supplies... And still we hadn't reached our destination... We managed to hunt down and kill a few camels on the way, which kept us going...

However... We arrived at our destination... And it was a forest hell hole... I hadn't seen the place for a good while and my god... The plantation had taken over the whole area... We had to get the windows clean so we had to go on... I battled my way through branches and leaves that constantly tried to eat away at my skin almost as bad as that infernal Mexican fighting tree that sits there all day on Goodwood Close... They weren't as bad as that forsaken plant but they were still something. As I cut through them uses my Axe... It was then that I saw it... An open Window!... My god had some of the creatures escaped?!... I couldn't hesitate no longer and I closed the window... However something grabbed my hand and pulled me forward... I managed to back away but the dam window closed on my hand... I shouted out in agony as I felt the bones break in my hand so slowly under the pressure... I heard noises all around me as I somehow managed to free my crushed hand... I looked around in terror as eyes all around stared at me through the jungle... I held my Axe over my shoulder pulling my cap down over my eyes... That’s when I got a glimpse of Benny Jumping in with both his ladders split off into blades chopping and shouting out like some karate master... I too took arms and we fought on for countless hours whilst cleansing what windows we could...

It seemed like months later as we hid in the darkness... Motionless... Silent... Not even daring to breathe as we looked out into the wilderness still trapped in the same area... Still many windows to cleanse... It became clear that we were not going to do this... I took several wounds to my right and left arms... My face and my Star Wars shirt... Covered in blood that was not mine... Benny looked like a monkey... He hadn't shaved in god knows how long and he always ended up looking like a monkey when he didn't shave... He was doing worse then I... We split up earlier and I could tell he went straight the alehouse from the look in his eyes... However we ended up in a hole in the wall... It would of been different if we had the APC... If we had derrick with us... Heh... I wouldn't have been in such a state if I had kitted myself out better in clothing... Me and Benny hadn't spoke for so long.... It was just an awkward silence... However he shot a look at me that I fully understood when suddenly turned around to face me... He wanted us to go out and die rich... He wanted us to go out and give it all we had...

I nodded and picked up my ladders with a serious look in my eyes... Before we knew it... We rushed out screaming and shouting... Ready to go down for what we believed... Lucky for us however there was a cab right in front of us as he jumped out the whole... We shouted in panic running in front of it to make it pull over... Cutting a long story short we managed to get back to Home... I mean HQ sorry in one piece... Kinda...

I still look back however at what happened today... They wanted 67%.... And we gave them 143.69%... Just out of spite... We did more then what they wanted... I look out into the night sky as you read this knowing that I am a survivor... A hero of sorts... But what you also must understand as you read this (Hopefully with Christopher Lee narrating it in your mind)... That today was the Eve of Ning... Tomorrow is a dangerous time for the world... Though we did what we could we couldn't finish the round... Tomorrow I will be fighting and cleaning once again... Fighting for you all... On the 19th Day of Ning...

Hey all... I had one hell of a day today :|... My god.... Derrick got sick so me and Benny had to do the whole Monday round on our own... It sucked major butt... Most likely I will have to work again tomorrow too... But oh well... She*t happens...

Saturday was one hell of a night out... I remember getting up around 11am in the morn and then going to my dads as I usually do... I then went to see my old one armed auntie and Uncle Eddie (What a guy)... They gave me some HMV vouchers... £10 x 3 :|... Indeedio... All good... Although I would have rather opened the card on my B day rather then right there... But my one arm aunt was threatening me to open it cause she wouldn't see me on my B day... My god... That arm... It’s like a fecking one-armed crab with an oversized claw... It was a wise move to open my card with great haste using my teeth alone...

When I got back to my dads all three of us watched Blade Runner... Don't the Dutch make the best English bad guys ever?!... What a film...

So anyway... Going onto the main point of the Saturday... The Saturday Night out :D... It all started in the household... I can't explain why but I had a bad karma going... I was sitting there on the computer listening to "Faint" by Linkin Park as I always do whilst getting ready... I had to sit down for a moment and think to myself... I had a feeling something was gonna happen tonight... I don't know why and this may sound deep... But I had myself convinced that I was gonna die... Not that I was afraid or even arse... In a way I was just waiting for it that night... My sister came walking in wanting me to play Final Fantasy VII with her and "I can't right now because I have to go"... "Go Where?" She replied... I just said "You'll see one day"... My god... Deep... What the hell was I thinking when I said that... She just gave me a quick hug and then went away... I then went downstairs... Of course my karma and inner sense of well being were all blown out the window with the remark "You going to the Gay bar again?"

*Stop Record...*

"What the fuck?!...." I replied... Man... What a way to spoil a perfect mood of accepting death to come and get me... True it may have been a joke and such as he says stuff like that all the time.... But it really pissed me off this time as I was in such a mood and it went away putting me back to my old self... I left my house on a bad note... (Wait a sec... My sister just came in and wants me to put a video on for her.... *Farp* Ok done...) Where was I?... Yeah so I went to the Kneen's... Then the two of us went forth towards the bus stop after a brief discussion... There at the Bus stop we met Stark... He informed us that Kev wasn't here with us tonight... (Jack wept)...

Usual stuff happened on the way to town... Had a crazy conversation with Starky... Can't remember what we were talking about now for the life of me... I know SWG came into it somewhere... So anywho... On the way to the meeting place me met Ste who came from the rear... We the went to the Varsity and met Brandon and Co... (B shot Bunji you know?)... Then came the drinking... And then some more drinking... Ad then shots... And some more shots... Then money... Then drinking...

Then came the Krazy House... What a night I have to say again... There was allot of Girls in there and such... I feel ashamed calling Stark SF man cause I can get quite bad myself as I experienced when dancing with a group of chicks... They only let me have one song with em before they moved on tho so I went downstairs and sat down thinking "Boo!"... That’s when Ste came along... Again... Wondering what the hell was doing... He began buying me crazy drinks that tasted more like juice then it did alcohol... "Linchpin" came on also during the night that rocked... My moshing song that it be... I was with a mad group of guys and girls I didn't know rocking out completely to it... They all gave their respects to me and I gave mine to theirs also... Then I went to the Kneen and Starky with a smile on my face...

There was also the finishing touch to the night on the way home when some mad gang of drunken yobbo's tried to jump us :p... What I laugh at so much is a memory that locks in my mind during the event... I got sucker punched in the side of the head and I stumbled back falling over... I remember rolling backwards and getting a glimpse of my watch... When I stood up straight I thought.... "Jesus... Is that the time?"... There was some mad confusion going on... But somehow I convinced the man that I didn't attack his cousin as they claimed... My only evidence was my fist that I shown saying "Look mate... My knuckles would be bloodied and red if I had been hitting anyone"... My god it worked... Good thinking Jack... Looks behind self to see some bloodied face dude saying "It wasn't them... No it wasn't them"... Dam... I thought I was smart then :(... There was hugs and apologizing from the group and it was over... lol... It was quite amusing... I wasn't panicking or drugged up on adrenaline... I had been dam calm all the way through and remained so after the whole ordeal...

Ste seemed pretty alright about the whole thing... Him and I were trying to make a laugh of it... Stark and Kneen had seen better days but were fine thank god... It twas only I who received a hit... I was worried when I seen someone jump up from behind Stark... I didn't see him after that moment until after it was all over... He was apologizing for no dam reason at all... Strange boy you... Twas not your fault...

Anyhow... Great night... I'd do it all over again... Can't wait for whoever's birthday it is next :D... Happy Eve of Ning all!...

Keep Rockin! *Farp*