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Synopsis: A man reconsiders his actions and thinks about how it affects others, especially his friends.


Natural Born Killer - By Martin Vu

"Two... thraay!" Leon goes into a sprint. He's wearing a black coat, with a gray scarf covering

his neck dangling all over the place, and over his short dark hair, he wears a black cap. It's dark,

so Leon is hard to see. It is about 40 degrees out, the sky is nothing but clouds, and Leon is

getting cold.

He makes a turn around an 'abandoned for the winter construction site'. At this pace, if he

trips he would get seriously hurt, there are nails, tools, and wood everywhere. But he didn't trip,

he has incredible dexterity and balance, even with a rifle in his hand. It is obviously weighing him

down, but still he is as quick and quiet as a cat. He is wearing big thick glasses. That's the

only thing that gives him away, the glasses gleam in the street light.

Leon slows his pace as he approaches the back door of a house. Knowing his target is on the

other side of the house, he ducks and peers out slowly. Leon has the target in his sight. His

shadow is wandering around aimlessly. The idiot has his rifle held out unprofessionally, his armpit

is smothering the stock.

The target starts towards Leon. Leon, using his basic instincts makes a mistake. He quickly

withdraws back behind the house, making a lot of noise as rocks scatters.

Ralph suddenly hears rocks sliding, and it quickly registers in his head that his target is right

behind that house. Then Ralph bursts from cover and almost screaming points his gun across the

back of the house. His finger twitches, but doesn't pull the trigger. Ralph switches on the safety,

then pulls the trigger. He sighs and switches off the safety. Ralph deciding that the he's not in

danger, takes a break.

There's no better time to get Ralph then now, his guard is completely down. Where's Leon?

Monica peeks through her blinds after hearing strange noises coming from outside. She sees

a figure standing there with a gun. The person looks like he or she is stretching? Then the figure

gets into a position that looks like he or she is ready to kill, prone, and has the gun pointed

outward (almost professionally). Monica wheels around and quickly runs upstairs.

Leon is feeling like 'Leo'. A name he prefers, he feels cool whenever he was called 'Leo'. "I

can't believe I got away with that." With adrenaline and no where to put it, he accidentally pulls

the trigger.

Luckily his gun isn't very loud and he is far enough away from his target, that his target can't

hear it. The bullet goes straight up. Now Leon (after what happened, he's not feeling like Leo

anymore), is breathing hard. After he kicked those rocks behind the house, he immediately ran

towards the woods and hid behind the biggest oak tree he saw.

Leon checks on the target, who is fiddling with his gun. Leo sighs with a smile and continues

to observe his target.

The target begins to move. Leo waits until the fool glances in the wrong direction before he

moves to a tree even closer.

Ralph decides to move towards the trees, then the deck light of the house turns on. Ralph

now sprinting into the woods is scared silly.

Meanwhile Leo rotates according to the target's position. Other trees hide him from whoever

is looking out from the deck.

"Hey! Who's out there?" There's no answer, Monica pauses. "You better get out before I

call the cops!"

'This crap has to end now!' Leo thinks.

'Crap, this has to end now!' Ralph thinks as he speeds around in circles searching for his

target. He leaves himself out there in the open to get shot. All the running tires Ralph and he

gets dizzy. Frustratingly he starts running down through the trees away from the house.

Leo sees his target run right past him, the target stops about 20 yards away from him.

Leo gets even closer and aims the gun right at the target's head.

But then Leon pauses, he knows this man, Ralph. They're friends. Then why do they keep

trying to kill each other? Leon pulls the gun down from the Ralph's head to the nape of his neck,

the gun continues to lower slowly until the gun is aimed directly at his back, and a little to the left,

where the human heart beats. Memories go through Leon's head. Leon, does not only know

Ralph, he knew Ralph's parents since high school.

Ralph and Leon had been friends since they were ten or eleven. Ralph is one of the only

people that understands Leon, and as Leon, Ralph. They are in fact 'best' friends. "He'll forgive

me." Leon whispers. Leon, out of no where gets struck with emotion, Ralph isn't very fit. 'He's

chubby.' Leon is brawn, swift, and smart. Ralph doesn't stand a chance now. He feels much

sympathy for Ralph.

His finger is ready, just one pull, and it's over.

"I see you! I'm calling the cops!"

"God, where's-" SPLAT! "AH! OW!" Ralph curses loud enough for Monica to hear.

Leon stands up straight.

"How long have you been there?" Ralph asks.

Leon chuckles, "The whole time."

"God, you got me right in the back!" Ralph struggles to clutch his back wound.

"Uh, sorry." Now Leon really feels it. Ralph always suffered, Leon is the one that always

wants to play paint ball, Ralph is in on it because Leon likes it. Ralph never wins.

"Jeez." Ralph continues to writhe.

"It's okay Monica, it's just us."

Monica immediately recognizes Leon's voice. "You guys!" Ralph and Leon can already hear

the calming in her voice. "You've never played at night before."

Ralph let out a good groan. "Leo just got me in the back real good, almost point blank!"

"Leon."

"What?"

"You know, we don't have to play paint ball anymore if you don't want to."

Ralph forces a face he thought suggests he didn't know what his friend 'Leo' was talking

about. "What? Why? I like paint ball, we can still play it."

"No, I know you Ralph." Leon watches as Ralph looks away and then at his feet. "If you don't

want to play paint ball anymore, just tell me. We're friends, you can be honest."

Ralph gets red. "Alright, I hate paint ball. It's been a good experience at first, but then, it got

old. Plus, you always win."

Leon decides to look Ralph in the eyes. "Look, I'm sorry if I was ever inconsiderate. If I ever-"

"Yea, it's okay Leo."

The 2 friends start towards Monica's house. Leon carries Ralph's gun for him.

"Let's see who the real killer is when it comes to Battle Soldier 2."

Leo turns to Ralph. "Killer."