Jay drew his cigarettes, then looked up and saw the "Thank you for not smoking in the drop ship area" sign. He looked around his team, then shook his head slowly, before walking behind some crates, blocking view of him from the walk way. He drew his lighter, and lit the cigarette, taking a deep draw of it. No one wanted to deal with a pissed off sniper, so taking away his cigarettes had never occured to anyone. Besides his old squad. But they had all died, and Jay had been the only one to escape. Ironically, it was anger that helped him escape from the situation. The others had said sit and wait, and Jay had stormed off. The room was rushed at every entrance, and the entire team was slaughtered.<br/><br/>Jay shook the memories from his head, and drew the necklace from his armor, then pressed the cross to his lips. Though the cross was very small, "Mel" was written across, and "Belinda" was written down it. Mel was his sister, and Belinda his mother. Both were butchered in a colony on the outter reach. Suprisingly, that wasn't the cliche reason he'd joined the marines. Jay had looted a gun from a fallen attacker of his colony, and when help finally arrived, he had honed his sharp shooting skills. Growing up, he trained his eyes and his lungs. There was very little he couldn't do with a sniper rifle.<br/><br/>Jay had always had the lucky streaks as the loner of the group. This was his third squad, both dying only just over he had left the squad. The first, was the incident with the cigarettes and sitting tight, and the second, he was sent to do the scout's job, and the drop ship was hit and went down. He didn't mind being alone, but company was the only thing he wanted in this world.<br/><br/>Jay turned, and leaned against the crate, wondering what fate had become of his ex girlfriend. He hoped it wasn't something nice, like she'd found some form of storage room to lock her self in with enough supplies to last. Of course, Jay didn't hate her for no reason. She had been with several others whilst with him, then turned down his proposal of marriage because she wasn't interested in a full time relationship with him. When he broke up with her for cheating on him, her reasoning was "I Thought we were in a relationship where that was okay". Jay shook her from his thoughts, and dropped the cross down his armor again, then took another drag of his cigarette.