Reaching home

Jack decided to continue the journey on foot. As he approached the base, a soldier on the watch tower spotted him then shouted with a microphone,"stay back,don't come closer. This is a restricted area. I repeat, stay back and don't come closer. This is a restricted area". Jack stoped and stood where he was. The soldier at the watch tower also noticed Jack's uniform and thought he could be one of them. After a few seconds, Jack fell to the ground and went off. He was very weak after all he has been through. The soldiers on base rushed to pick him up but they kept him locked up until his identity was verified. After a few minutes of research,they confirmed Jack's Identity. "He's one of us sir. Jack Melton, he graduated marine school a few month ago and this is was to be his first mission. He was one of the few high performing new recruits that were chosen to be part of this operation. I guess he's lucky to be alive", one of the soldiers that were in charge of identifying Jack said to commander Jake. Commander Jake was one of the main commander in charge of the operation but it unfortunate that commanded Jake was on the side of Major general Ben but not too unfortunate because commander Jack was a good guy and only acted because of fear.

After Jack's identity was confirmed,they brought food for him to eat then a doctor was sent o go see him. "Hey there soldier ", the doctor said to Jack when he entered the room where jack was kept. Jack raised his hands to look at the doctor without altering a word. The doctor asked him if anything was wrong with him but he said he was fine and just needed to rest. "Ok then,take these pills to help you rest", the doctor said to Jack then left him t rest. Jack took the pills and went to sleep. After a few hours,he woke up,sat on his bed for some time,thinking about his friend when he heard a knock on the door. "Come in",Jack said to the soldier. He entered and said to Jack,"I'm here to escort you to commander Jake's office. He wants to have a word with you". Jack agreed and followed the soldier to the commanders office. At that moment, Major general Ben tried contacting Umar but found out that Umar was dead and Jack was aware of everything. Jack reached the commander office and was asked to take a seat. As soon as they were about to start the conversation,Major general Ben called the commander ,"The soldier,Jack,Has he reached base yet? ", he asked the commander. "Yes sir,he's here with me",the commander replied. Major general Ben then asked the commander to put the phone on speaker. "Hey Kid, my name is Ben Cultin, Major general Ben. I know you know it all so I won't talk much. Just let it be and act like it never happen. If you want to continue being in the army,I can get u a promotion. If you decide to leave the army ,I can get you a job out there and get you a good life son. And sorry about your friends,they were just collateral damage. But if you want to make this messy for both of us,so be it. And don't blame me for what happens to the people you love. I have given you a choice,I and I want an answer now". The Major general said to Jack then removed the phone from speaker. Jack burned with anger and did not alter a word. They commander tried talking to Jack and said to him,"Just do what he says kid,he's a very bad man and people you love will die. Just go home son". "Fuck you, unlike you, I have a choose and I choose bad. I don't mind dying doing what is right". Jack replied and left the office in an angry and disrespectful manner. Major general Ben was listening to the conversation. After jack left,the commander put the phone on speaker again. "If you want to kill a rat,you've got to be there to make sure it dies", Major general Ben said to the commander. The commander feared for Jack then said to the Major,"But sir,let us try talking to the kid more,maybe he still sad about his friend and needs time to recover". "Ok then,I give you up to the end of the day to change his mind or else he's dead,the Major replied.

Jack went to pack up fast in order to catch the next plane to the base back home. Jack reached base and everyone was shocked but also happy to see him. He went to look for Vanessa's father,Commander Jackson. When commander Jackson saw Jack,he couldn't see his daughter and began to look concerned. He looked Jack into the eyes and Jack shone his head as tears ran down his face. "I'm sorry sir",Jack said to the commander then pulled out Vanessa's dog tags and gave it to him. He reached out to jack and hugged him. Jack did not tell him what he knew about Major general Ben because he didn't wanted the commander life to be in danger. Later that day,Jack left base for Mr. Jeremy's store. The store was locked so he reached for his house. He got there to find Mr. Jeremy home. He knocked the door and the old man walked down to open it. When he open the door and saw jack, Mr. Jeremy was soo happy to meet Jack and fave him a warm hug. Jack entered the house and took a seat. Mr. Jeremy brought Jack something to drink and eat. They both sat on the couch and watched television. After Jack was done eating,they began to talk, he told Jack to tell him everything that happened