text: Quick note! This is my first piece of writing EVER. So any kind of criticism is welcome, do not be afraid to hold back! This is based on a Video Game called Spec Ops; The Line. so expect spoilers for the game if you haven't played it yet. This is kind of like an intro to a story I plan on writing if people like this short story I wrote on it. Thanks! "You know, Captain, we drove through this whole city to find you. We... We Saw things. If you don't mind me asking, what was it like? How did you survive all this?" "...who said I did?" I am Captain Martin Walker of Delta Squad, and I am the good guy. I saved Dubai. I saved all five thousand of them left when I arrived. Those bodies? All hallucinations. I didn't cause that, good guys don't do that, they save them. Lugo and Adams didn't die, they're still in America at the base. This was a lone op. Konrad wasn't corrupt. There was never a revolution. The CIA was never here. The rebels were the bad guys. The 33rd were the good guys. I was apart of the good guys. I didn't cause any of that madness to happen. It's Konrad. He did it. All of it. I didn't cause Lugo and Adams to die. I didn't kill all those people. I didn't kill every single survivor. I didn't end the lives of hundreds of soldiers saving the civilian population. I did not let that CIA operative burn alive in that truck. I did not leave the entire population without water. Conrad did that. I was only following orders. I am the good guy. I am the good guy. ...am I the good guy? Did I really let Lugo die, and then open fire on unarmed civilians? Did I really kill the people trying to save the civilians? Did I destroy their supply of water? Did I really leave Adams to die? Were their lives worth so little to me? Did I singlehandedly kill all 5,000 people left in Dubai? Was I really following orders? Did I have a choice? Why didn't you stop? Why did you kill the good guys? This is all your own fault, Walker. You'll never be a hero. I am not the good guy. I am not the good guy. You never were. I killed them all. Lugo, Conrad, Adams. All 5,000 of them. All of their blood on my hands. The image of the mother and daughter melting in each other's arms will forever be etched in my memory. The image of Lugo hanging 20 feet in the air having the life drained out of his body will forever be etched in my memory. The screams of those civilians, of Adams. Do I really care about any of that? Ha, I wish I did. I am not Captain Martin Walker, he died back in Dubai. All of Delta Squad died. I am not the good guy. You're a shell of who you were, Walker. I could have stopped all of it, yet I was determined to ruin everything. For what? Just because I felt like being a hero? Well, look at what you've done Walker. Do you feel like a hero yet? Sure, I guess I killed them all, but am I really to blame at this point? They got in my way. I bashed that soldier's head in because he was going to kill me. I didn't go too far. He could've been alive. And why would I need to waste a bullet on a dying man like Riggs? I didn't trust the old man in the first place, plus he was already going to burn to death. Why not save the bullet for the next person to step in my way? Those civilians weren't innocent. They were going to be trained. Everyone there was against me. Lugo and Adams didn't trust me, and they paid the price. No one followed my orders, and look at 'em now? Who's the sane one here? The ones who fell or the one who slayed the giant? Who is truly sane here Walker? The sane don't justify the murder and torture of hundreds of people, good or evil. The Sane are peaceful, and quiet. The sane are the dead, and the living are truly insane. "Hey, Walker, you OK back there? You seem to be quiet. Anything you need to say?" "I am fine." No you're not, Walker. You'll never be just fine again. "By the way, I'm Sergeant Roberts. Next to me is Private Ryan and next to you is Corporal Jacobs. We're apart of Falcon-1." He is a sergeant Walker, just like Lugo was. "We're supposed to meet up with the Colonel if, and when we found you, Captain. We're roughly 10 clicks out. I would suggest that someone of your state to get some rest, god knows you'll earned it." You don't deserve anything, Walker. "I'll rest. Wake me when we arrive." "Your orders, Captain.