Supposedly Uncomplicated
She didn't understand, but then again, she never did.
After all, she wasn't the one born into the fighting, the bloodshed and all the shit that went with it. She was just an outsider, at the wrong place at the wrong time - and she had just gone with the flow.
And look where she ended up - right in the midst of a raging war.
She was rather tempted to blame it on bad karma and all that crap, but even that didn't make sense to her. But then again, nothing ever made sense.
Alex said they fought for peace.
Zoe said they were fighting furiously for liberty.
Kendel said they were fighting because of differences in ideology.
Meredith, that sweet and unassuming vice-captain of the elite infiltration squad, sad that it was because of religion.
Will, armory-in-charge, said that it was because mankind had egos too big for the world to handle.
And James? That quiet introspective guy - he said it was legal genocide. After all, he had stated rather levelly, wasn't the human population too large for the earth to handle?
She was shocked speechless.
Her friends were either too dehumanized after all those missions, or they were just plain callous. Or had they simply lost their faith in the good of mankind?
She shook her head furiously, willing those disturbing thoughts away.
Alex had said they fought for peace - a word she heard him use too many a time. She spared a moment to wonder if he even understood that word. Or if Zoe understood liberty, and Kendel differences in ideology.
Her inability to arrive at a concrete answer made her frown.
She didn't understand.
Why were they fighting?
Was it the oxymoronic thought process of having war so that one attain peace most treasured?
A sarcastic smile graced her usually-pleasant features.
She didn't understand, couldn't understand.
Every life is precious - didn't they know that? Especially since they faced death so often in the face. Then why?
Why go to war?
Why resort to physical violence?
Why did such a thing - her hand gripped her sleek handgun, exist?
Furious exasperated tears threatened to fall.
Because.
She let a sad smile grace her face as the answer came to her like light at dawn.
They didn't listen.
That's why.
(c) blade 2006
Whoo! Deep, i think. Anyone spot the GWing theme in there? Haha.
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