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Frontline...
It's a mission now, it was then too. Truth, justice, the American way? Funny how incredibly variable
those words can be. Keith Marks is who I am, and Frontline is his story, but really it revolves around
someone else. She is gone now, but I'll never forget her. Elise Winters, my best friend since forever.
If there was a reason I am who I am, it is her.
When I was a kid, my favorite game was hero. Unfortunately, I was scrawny, and Elise, she was a mutant.
Telepathy doesn't describe it, psychokinesis, her thought's manifested reality. So she got to be hero, and
I was saved daily. I didn't mind though, she was amazing like that, little bratty, but good at heart.
It was all fun until a few days after my seventeenth birthday, another mutant emerged. Apparently it was
dormant, but god was it powerful. If Elise hadn't been there, I'd be dead. Instead, I was shackled, restricted.
Every movement I made put me closer to making our little town ground zero. She fed me every day, cared for me,
not once did she slack. I was lucky too, she was cute, it was like my new attribute scored me an easy girlfriend.
Regardless...
Commander General John J. Eisin, the man who saved me. He brought me my first power dampener, something that
could allow me freedom, somewhat. The cost...forced conscription, it was only for me, but Elise followed. She
wanted to save me again...
We were the best, a team who conventional weapons had no effect on. A team who could win wars, and inspire troops to follow. Eisin was head of our little dog show, we were unnamed, unlisted, and unknown. Classified fails to explain it. We did not exist. Elise loved it, I did too, seeing such praise, admiration, knowing
we were bringing freedom to the world. Finally...I got to lead a mission
Operation ForceFall
Eisin said "Colonel Winters can't handle this, you are the only one who can" Oh, she protested. Elise had pride and it was in protecting me. Knowing I'd be the hero, it infuriated her...but she submitted to it.
Our job was to go in, and destroy a major insurgent hub. Necessary sacrifice, their lives would save millions.
...It was a ruse...a threat...it was our side flexing it's muscles, my muscles...
Eight thousand people...in less then ten minutes. They had no power to stop me, they couldn't even run.
I was a god, purging them from the planet, expediting evil for the sake of good. Men, women, children...
We won a war, we saved freedom. I heard "good job" from so many soldiers...probably because they knew it broke me. Elise...she was so proud..."We make such a great team Keith! We can change the world! We can do what we did here, and stop evil for real!" she said it, no remorse at all in her voice. This was not
right.
Mission over, we were discharged. I kept the name, so did Elise.
Mindfall and Frontline
A duo? No...we were enemies. She pushed her ideal, her sense of justice. I had to stop it. Who was the
bad guy? We never played this game, we never were on opposite sides. It was killing me, my spirit was
breaking, but I could not let my friend do something so wrong. Killing bad guys? Giving criminals strokes?
Worse...she smiled as she did it. I had to call her out, I had to stop her, any means...
Well...something else stepped in...some horrible fate. Her old military lab tests yielded horrifying results,
she was going to have multiple aneurysms...she had little time. Every time she used her powers, it was a
massive strain on her. The damage finally showed, before I ever had to touch her, she knew
The following, is our final conversation
"Keith...Why are you fighting me? Haven't you always looked up to me?"
"Yes, which is why I have to stop you. For my sake and yours"
"You already know...you don't have to do anything...right?"
"..."
"I'm going to die...very soon, and there isn't any way to help..."
"Elise...I'm sorry..."
"Keith, I'm really scared...."
"Just wait! If you stay calm, you might be ok!"
"...Saving another one...? Always such a little goody two boots. I did it for you..."
"What do you mean...?"
"I did the dirty work, so you could be the hero...There are symbols, and there are those of us
who give that up, to make a real difference"
"What difference?! What impact did you make?"
"You are...the best one. You need to give people a dream Keith...I'm not saying I was right...but
as long as you never had to go through it again, it was necessary. You...always were...such..a...
wimp..."
I won't ever forget it. Not because she wanted me too, but because in her final moments, she
had more regret then I could ever dream.
I'm Frontline, I'll do what I can for the dream I have. Spirit, will, and compassion, I will build
these in myself, so I can build it in others. Dream big, live bigger, and you are sure to move hearts.
It's a mission now, it was then too. Truth, justice, the American way? Funny how incredibly variable
those words can be. Keith Marks is who I am, and Frontline is his story, but really it revolves around
someone else. She is gone now, but I'll never forget her. Elise Winters, my best friend since forever.
If there was a reason I am who I am, it is her.
When I was a kid, my favorite game was hero. Unfortunately, I was scrawny, and Elise, she was a mutant.
Telepathy doesn't describe it, psychokinesis, her thought's manifested reality. So she got to be hero, and
I was saved daily. I didn't mind though, she was amazing like that, little bratty, but good at heart.
It was all fun until a few days after my seventeenth birthday, another mutant emerged. Apparently it was
dormant, but god was it powerful. If Elise hadn't been there, I'd be dead. Instead, I was shackled, restricted.
Every movement I made put me closer to making our little town ground zero. She fed me every day, cared for me,
not once did she slack. I was lucky too, she was cute, it was like my new attribute scored me an easy girlfriend.
Regardless...
Commander General John J. Eisin, the man who saved me. He brought me my first power dampener, something that
could allow me freedom, somewhat. The cost...forced conscription, it was only for me, but Elise followed. She
wanted to save me again...
We were the best, a team who conventional weapons had no effect on. A team who could win wars, and inspire troops to follow. Eisin was head of our little dog show, we were unnamed, unlisted, and unknown. Classified fails to explain it. We did not exist. Elise loved it, I did too, seeing such praise, admiration, knowing
we were bringing freedom to the world. Finally...I got to lead a mission
Operation ForceFall
Eisin said "Colonel Winters can't handle this, you are the only one who can" Oh, she protested. Elise had pride and it was in protecting me. Knowing I'd be the hero, it infuriated her...but she submitted to it.
Our job was to go in, and destroy a major insurgent hub. Necessary sacrifice, their lives would save millions.
...It was a ruse...a threat...it was our side flexing it's muscles, my muscles...
Eight thousand people...in less then ten minutes. They had no power to stop me, they couldn't even run.
I was a god, purging them from the planet, expediting evil for the sake of good. Men, women, children...
We won a war, we saved freedom. I heard "good job" from so many soldiers...probably because they knew it broke me. Elise...she was so proud..."We make such a great team Keith! We can change the world! We can do what we did here, and stop evil for real!" she said it, no remorse at all in her voice. This was not
right.
Mission over, we were discharged. I kept the name, so did Elise.
Mindfall and Frontline
A duo? No...we were enemies. She pushed her ideal, her sense of justice. I had to stop it. Who was the
bad guy? We never played this game, we never were on opposite sides. It was killing me, my spirit was
breaking, but I could not let my friend do something so wrong. Killing bad guys? Giving criminals strokes?
Worse...she smiled as she did it. I had to call her out, I had to stop her, any means...
Well...something else stepped in...some horrible fate. Her old military lab tests yielded horrifying results,
she was going to have multiple aneurysms...she had little time. Every time she used her powers, it was a
massive strain on her. The damage finally showed, before I ever had to touch her, she knew
The following, is our final conversation
"Keith...Why are you fighting me? Haven't you always looked up to me?"
"Yes, which is why I have to stop you. For my sake and yours"
"You already know...you don't have to do anything...right?"
"..."
"I'm going to die...very soon, and there isn't any way to help..."
"Elise...I'm sorry..."
"Keith, I'm really scared...."
"Just wait! If you stay calm, you might be ok!"
"...Saving another one...? Always such a little goody two boots. I did it for you..."
"What do you mean...?"
"I did the dirty work, so you could be the hero...There are symbols, and there are those of us
who give that up, to make a real difference"
"What difference?! What impact did you make?"
"You are...the best one. You need to give people a dream Keith...I'm not saying I was right...but
as long as you never had to go through it again, it was necessary. You...always were...such..a...
wimp..."
I won't ever forget it. Not because she wanted me too, but because in her final moments, she
had more regret then I could ever dream.
I'm Frontline, I'll do what I can for the dream I have. Spirit, will, and compassion, I will build
these in myself, so I can build it in others. Dream big, live bigger, and you are sure to move hearts.
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He is so Moe
Oh, and the message in it, is for the *******s who were talking in vent as I tried to draw
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8450/frontlinebn.jpg