Chapter 2: Prologue – The Essence of a Gun

This is my very first story. English is not my first language so I apologize for my bad grammar and wordings. But still, I hope you'll enjoy my work.

[ EDIT: 1st Rewritten and Reeditted on April 16, 2021 ]

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In a forest, a Grandpa and his grandchild are hunting for some food

"Alright. There he is. Make sure you don't take off your eyes on him." a man spoke whose name was Grandpa Alex

"Copy that gramps." a boy replied as he aimed down sights with his scoped .22 Winchester 69 (nice) rifle onto a wild boar, whose name was Harvey Tsiokosky

"Take your time boy. Make sure you hold your rifle steady before firing."

"Got it, gramps."

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*deep inhale* *throbbing heart sound*

" I ....got you...in my sights" the boy whispered.

BANG!

Birds came flying outside from the trees and animals came running.

As grandpa looked at his scoped .22 Winchester 69 rifle onto the boar, he sees the boar laid lifelessly on the ground, with distinguishable blood flowing out of its neck.

"Hehe. Job well done my boy! Looks like we're having a feast tonight eh?"

"Haha. It sure is gramps!"

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A couple of days before...

In a rural, countryside...

*cock-ka-loodle-doo!*

"Wake up boy! Happy Birthday! I've got some birthday presents for you! Come on and hurry up!" Grandpa Alex shouted.

Harvey, still laying down on his bed, insistently woke up and walked downstairs where his grandpa was.

"Morning gramps. Hmm?"

Harvey looked around. But there are no presents insight.

"Where are the presents, gramps?"

"Hehe. First, let us eat breakfast and I'll talk about the details later on." Grandpa Alex arranges the food on the table.

"Hmm, I got a feeling that this is gonna be a nice surprise."

"Oh, I'm sure you'll be very surprised about it! Hahaha!"

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While eating breakfast, the two are having a conversation as usual.

"Oh yeah, Harvey. When will Clara come to pick you up?"

"You mean mom? I dunno. Probably next week. I think she's still busy with her work in the office with my dad."

"Sounds tough eh? Haha! That's why I decided that living in the countryside will be much better than in the city. You got fresh air, sustainable food, and best of all, it's peaceful. On the other hand, too much pollution, crowded areas, and a lot of political crap"

"*munching* Hmhmm. Igehyurpeynt ( I get your point ). I also don't like political stuff as well." Harvey added

"Haha! Looks like you also inherit that in your mom eh? Haha! Speaking of your mom, I remembered Clara when she was just a mere child. She always calls me Papi and cries when she gets lost sight of me. That's why sometimes I prank her by pretending that I left her while walking or playing. Haha! But when she is about to cry desperately looking for me, that's where I will go up to her and cheer her up. Hehe! And when my wife got a wind of me that I pranked Clara, man, she will always scold me for hours! Hahahaha! *sigh* The good ol' days. *sips coffee* "

"Hahaha, really gramps? I've never heard of that! I didn't know that mom was like that before! Mom is always strict and stern with us."

"Hahaha. Well, she inherits that from my wife! Your grandma is also strict and very harsh towards us before - but in a good way! Hahaha!"

"Hehe yeah. Oh right, about my birthday present gramps?"

"Yeah about that. Finish your plate and I'll go ahead first to prepare it. I'll call you when it's ready."

"Sure gramps. * hmm I'm a little excited about this! * "Harvey thought to himself as he chewed on his meal

Harvey finishes up his plate and proceeds upstairs to his room while his grandfather prepares the presents.

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After a couple more minutes...

"HARVEY! YOUR PRESENTS ARE HERE! COME OUTSIDE TO THE BACKYARD! " Grandpa Alex shouted.

Harvey rushed downstairs and opened the backdoor.

"Tada! Here's your birthday present my boy!"

Grandpa Alex presents on a table:

.22 and 9mm ammunition, a pair of scoped Winchester 69 rifles,

and a Browning Hi-Power pistol.

Harvey's eyes widened. He is stunned by his gramps' present.

"Woah, gramps! These are so cool! Wait, am I gonna shoot these guns? "

"Of course boy! Hahaha. But first, let me teach you about the basics and safety. Come on here! " Grandpa Alex said as he waved Harvey towards him

Grandpa Alex first teaches the safety of using a gun. After that, he teaches proper control, grip, and posture of firing.

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After 30 more minutes...

"Alright. We're done with the introductions. Let's do some shooting! What gun do you want to shoot first? Both guns are great ya know" Grandpa Alex said cheerfully

"Hmmm. The rifle, gramps!"

"Alright. Up you go, lad." Grandpa said as he handed in the rifle

Harvey then picked the rifle and stood on the firing range that his grandpa set up.

He then loads a magazine to let Harvey shoot his first rounds.

"*chuckle* I'm kinda both nervous and excited about this... " Harvey uttered to himself.

Harvey now aimed his rifle onto a bottle target and disengaged the safety mechanism.

"Remember, proper cheek stock, hold the rifle steady, and aim small, miss small"

As Harvey locks onto the bottle, adrenaline-rushed into his body.

Harvey then breathes and focuses his aim taking a deep breath 

*deep inhale* *throbbing heart sounds*

"I got this" Harvey utters as he squeezes the trigger

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BANG!

The bottle explodes.

" *whistles* That's a good one! Considering that is your very first shot of a gun! Alright! Next target! "

Harvey racks another round and looks at the scope.

Locking onto the next bottle target...target he takes another deep breath and pulls the trigger once again his heart beating too

" *deep inhale* *throbbing heart sounds* "

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BANG!

Again, the bottle explodes.

" Wow! You are pretty good at this! It's perfect that I introduced you to this kind of stuff! Okay. Shoot the remaining 3 bottles! "

Harvey again racks another round and fires onto the remaining targets with no misses.

BANG!

*racks*

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BANG!

*racks*

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BANG!

*racks*

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As soon Harvey finished shooting, he felt a very strong euphoria. He's now taken a liking to fire a gun.

At first, Harvey is surprised by the present his grandpa gave him, but now, Grandpa Alex is the one that is now in deep shock when he saw Harvey taking down the targets with ease and no misses, especially it's his first gun shooting.

"*claps* Wow! Are you kidding me, my boy? That was a splendid shooting! I didn't know that you got some great shooting skills! Good thing that I offer these as your birthday presents! My gut is right all along! Hahahahaha! "

But, after the gramps laughed, his face began to get serious.

" Wha-what is it, gramps? "

Harvey holsters the rifle back to the table.

"Harvey, my boy. I get a feeling that you are going to become a very professional, and successful marksman when you grow up. You are gifted with such talent and skill for shooting guns. Use it to your advantage, my boy. " Grandpa Alex said to Harvey with a content face.

"Such as? " Harvey questioned

"You can use it for hunting when getting food or necessities. Use it for more target practices and join competitions. Or use it for helping those who are in need of help. "

"What do you mean 'need of help' gramps? " Harvey asked.

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Grandpa Alex then sits on a bench with Harvey.

"Harvey. Let me tell you a story that I've never told you before. Remember I was a Vietnam veteran right?"

Harvey went to sit beside his gramps on the bench.

"Yes, gramps. " Harvey replied.

Good. This was a story of me back when I was fighting alongside my fellow comrades. "

"It all started when I was your age. Back then, I never really wanted to become a soldier. But my dad does. He forced me to join the military because I was a sloppy, worthless, lazy bastard who does nothing but sleep, eat, and repeat."

"Then on the basic training, I was just following orders with no care in the world and really didn't take it seriously. I just did whatever they told me to do and not learned the lesson. They said that It's faster to go home when finishing basic training than to quit. So I grudgingly finished basic training just to get it done and to go home already."

"But at least my fellow squad comrades also graduated. I'm glad that they've also finished basic training, and to be part of their squad."

"Then after a couple of months, news came out that we are going to Vietnam for war. Our squad was also drafted there."

"What happened then, gramps?" Harvey asked.

" *sigh* It's while we are on a patrol in a plain rice field. We suddenly got ambushed by the militia. Gun fires are coming from everywhere. Then, being the incompetent, coward chicken that I am, I hid on the nearest hut and waited until the gunfight is over. "

" I fucking left my comrades outside, left them dying. They needed my help, but I didn't help." Grandpa Alex angrily said to himself while clenching his fists, and tears coming out of his eyes."

" By the time the gunfire stopped, I peeked through a hole and saw my lifeless comrades scattered across the fields. I'm the only one left. To see them lying there lifeless, it hit me. I deeply regretted my cowardly hiding. So then, anger came rushing into me in hopes of getting revenge. "

" I aimed my M16 rifle towards the militias that were walking out of their covers and started shooting. That's when I realize that my shooting really sucks cause I just saw splashes and dust to where my bullets struck. I can't even hit at least one living creature."

" There are so many militias that I thought that this is really my time and that this is my karma for my cowardice. But I just didn't care. My anger let me spend most of my ammo shooting relentlessly at them. I just wanted to hit even one of them or kill one before I die."

" Then, what happened? " Harvey asked.

"....after all of my ammo was spent, I laid down on the cover and laughed, thinking that I deserved this. I deserved to die cause of my cowardice. But then, I heard some explosions. I looked up in the sky and saw F4 Phantoms laying down fire missions on the fields."

" Then I saw the reason why there are F4 Phantoms - I saw one of my comrades who is a radio operator, lifelessly sitting underneath a tree with a phone in his hand. Then it hit me like a wall. It made me cry in rivers."

"Despite betraying them, they still fought to the bitter end and didn't betrayed me like shooting me beforehand, or leaving me. They still fought. They still covered me. And, they still think I'm their comrade, a friend, a brother. " as tears coming out of Grandpa Alex's eyes.

" It made me feel like a total piece of worthless shit. I deserved to die for my actions. But I didn't. It's like my brothers were telling me to make up my sins and to learn from my mistakes."

"Therefore I decided to train rigorously again and join the Special Forces."

"Wow! Special Forces? Cool!"

"Yep. Special Forces. That's where I made up my mistakes and faced my fears."

" I got my aims correctly, my mind was honed with discipline, and most of all, I got to pay back for my sins. "

" Wooow! Looks like it's fun to be in the Special Forces!" Harvey said with anticipation.

"Ahaha. It sure is. It makes you really feel like the best of the best. But it's really because you earned it. You earned it through tough and hard work, determination, discipline. So it's really hard getting that Special Forces role."

" I was then deployed to various secret missions. Sabotages, assassinations, infiltration, and other fun stuff! "

Grandpa Alex then looks at Harvey.

" And for you my boy, I saw hopes on you. I'm sure you can be one of the Special Forces someday!"

"Really gramps? You think so? Thank you!"

" "Ahaha. Your marksmanship is only the beginning and it will help you along the way. If you ever want to join, you need to train yourself more. Build up your body and health."

"O-okay gramps. I will consider it! "

"*sigh*. If only I also got the talent for guns back then or learned the lessons back in the training, I could've killed every single one of them or even save my brothers."

" But listen, Harvey my boy, I got a question for you. "

" What is it, gramps? " Harvey questioned

" A gun is meant for killing right? " Grandpa asked

" Uhm, yes? " Harvey replied

" Wrong! It's true that guns kill but, the true meaning of a gun is for protection. It's for protecting your country, your life, your loved ones. "

" Humans don't have superpowers. Humans are weak and fragile. So, if any evil may ever want to hurt us, hurt our loved ones, what option we will have if peaceful talking never worked? "

Harvey came into realization.

" Yo-You're right gramps. Even when you are a politician, a businessman, or some high-ranking person, a single bullet can take your life away. "

" Alright! I've decided gramps! I'm gonna join the military and become a Special Forces as you did! "

" Hahahaha! That's my boy! I'm sure you can do it! " as Grandpa Alex pats Harvey's back.

" May you protect ourselves and our loved ones from the ones who want to do evil. Like I should've done back then to my fallen brothers. " as Grandpa Alex raised a root beer in his hand and drinks it.

" Okay! Let's do now the pistol!"

"Roger gramps!"

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Back on the current day...

" Oh, that's right. Clara is now coming here huh? " Grandpa Alex asked.

" That's right gramps. I'll be tidying up my bedroom and pack up my things."

" You do that while I'm gonna also pack something up for you."

"Huh? What is it, gramps?"

"Come here. I got something to show you"

Grandpa Alex brings up a box case and opens it up.

Harvey is surprised by what's in the box

In the box, it was Grandpa Alex's Browning Hi-Power pistol with 4 loaded magazines

"Keep this. This is yours now. Don't tell your parents about this okay?"

"Bu-but. This is your pistol gramps! I can't take it!"

"Oh, I'm giving this to you now. I don't know how long I'll last, I'm an old champ ya know. So consider this as an early next year's birthday gift from me okay?"

Harvey then hugged Grandpa Alex.

"Thanks, gramps. You're the best."

"Hahaha! And you're the best hunter bud." as GranpaGrand pa Alex pats Harvey's head.

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After a couple of minutes, Clara's car came and parked outside of the house to pick up Harvey.

Clara came out of the car and went inside the house and greeted his dad.

"Hi, dad! How are you doing?" Clara asked as she kissed Grandpa Alex on the cheeks.

"I'm doing fine sweetheart. How's Danny?" ( Harvey's dad ) "

"He's fine. Although he's got so much paperwork to do and I've got to help him. Sorry if we are leaving quickly. "

"Oh, it's fine. Seeing you do well is enough for me."

"Thanks, dad. Where's Harvey?"

"He's upstairs. Go talk to him while I prepare some take-out food."

Clara walks upstairs to greet Harvey.

"Harvey?"

Harvey is wearing a headset, playing an FPS game, not noticing his mom just arrived.

Clara flicks Harvey's ear

"Oww. Mo-mom! " Harvey then paused the game.

"I see you're doing well on evading your school assignments huh?"

"Th-that's not it mom! I finished all of it! Hehehe." ( lies ) "

"Make sure it does or else I will be giving away your PC or selling it."

"O-okay mom."

It's now late in the evening. After a couple more minutes of packing things, Clara and Harvey came downstairs to say farewell to Grandpa Alex.

"Bye Dad. We will be on our way home now." Clara kisses his dad on his cheeks.

"Bye sweetheart. Say hello to Danny for me okay? "

"Goodbye, gramps! Thank you for everything! " Harvey hugs Grandpa Alex.

"Aww. I'm gonna miss my hunting buddy. " Grandpa Alex with a sarcastic frown on his face.

"You two get to take care now okay?"

"We will!" said Harvey.

Then Grandpa Alex watched his two loved ones drive off into the road.

"*sigh* And there they go. I'm sure that lad will be a tough man someday. I'm sure he will."

Granda Alex stretches his arms.

"Alright! Time to go back into my quarters to sleep. But first...."

Grandpa Alex goes to his room and picks up a guitar.

He then sits in the front of a portrait - a portrait of his passed wife - Grandma Lily.

"Oh let me get another lullaby song for you, my dear. Hoping you sweet dreams before I get to sleep. "

Then As Alex strums his guitar the house is filled with echoes of the song throughout the night.

 

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Chapter 01 – Enlisting

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