User blog:Nikolai the Second/Just the Tip of the Spear (The Insurrection, Part 1)

(Drullkus inspired me to finally do a short series on Nikolai's past.  I cut 70% of the story out of my short summary on the page, Nikolai Pereshenko so I would very much like to record the early story arcs of my character.  There will be more than 3 parts to this series. ) 2531 on the UNSC controlled outer colony of New Helsinki, near the City of Oulo

(A dark closet) An insurrectionists cocks his rifle. *chick, chick*

Innie 1 "Are you sure we are actually going to do this?

Marcus Andrei "Yes.  It must be done for freedom."

Marcus's men take more guns out of duffel bags.

Innie 2 "But you yourself have a pregnant wife."

Marcus Andrei "And I would happily give my future child to our cause if the need arised."

Innie 1 "You can't mean that."

Marcus Andrei "They made first blood when they witheld the payments. If they wanted a war, then we will give it to them."

Point Salo, named after the remote mountainside it rested on, is a quiet little school for the richest of the rich on the planet of New Helsinki. It is so remote that the staff don't have wifi and the phone only rings a couple times a week; the perfect getaway. It was protected by the mob, if 4 rent-a-cops count as protection. Most of the parents found solace in the remote location. They figured that if they couldn't reach there children then the war couldn't either. The couldn't have been more wrong.

Point Salo had been virtually untouched by the insurrection because the parents payed the rebels. It was a fake peace treaty built on lies blackmail and appeasement. Many claimed that this deal with the devil was the root of all evil on the colony and was the cause of the recent economic downturn.

But soon appeasement would yeild its grotesque son, the greed of man. Dues were raised by greedy rebels and greedy families refused to pay. The blackmail was revielded and the UNSC stepped in. The second those marines set foot on New Helsinki's soil the situation was clear to all parties involved. This ment war. This ment insurrection... Nikolai sits down for class. He thinkst that this school is stupid and wonders how long this one will last. He thinks  ''My father, Alexander Pereshenko, was just trying to send me away to a type of military school. Even the walls are a dull, pale, tinted white with only a blue line of paint going down the center that makes me think I am in a military acedemy''.

Teacher "You sir, what is your name?"

Nikolai looks around before answering.

"My name is Nikolai Pereshenko."

Teacher "What are you supposed to do if we have a lock-down proceedure?"

Nikolai "Well we should probably run out side."

Teacher "Clearly you weren't listening to my instructions.  You are to hide behind in this corner"  She motions to the far corner of the class room. "and crouch.  There is no sense in running outside when you will starve to death out there in the wilderness.  Now we are switching gears and................"

Nikolai zones out again. He thinks '' It was his first day and he already had the teacher mad at him. The tutors and baby sitters at home had not prepared him''  He looks back to the doorway.  He never wanted to learn he just wanted have fun like the kid next do--.

A bullet hits his teacher in the face. She drops dead. The class of 6 year olds stares at her dead body. Bloodcurdling screams pierce the horror of the moment.

Nikolai, who was never paying any attention to the teacher anyways, looks at the person who fired it. It was a young man named Private Zalone. The shooter was in his 20s and had a mustache that screamed "CREEPER!" He could tell the rank by the insignia on his fake uniform. His dad had made sure that Nikolai understood the rank of private. That was what his Alexander said he was to be treated like in his family.

Then Private Zalone pivoted on his heels and walked out of the room. Nikolai was stunned. He adrenaline was pumping. He could feel his head throb. He barely managed to talk.

Nikolai "Lets get out of here!"

He didn't know how much time passed between the shot and his call to arms but it didn't matter.

On his way out his catches a glimpse of the blood on the wall and he freezes. He looks back and sees a few kids had come to their senses and are getting out of their desks.

Nikolai now finds himself in the hallway. He sees Private Zalone shoot another teacher and leave the students. Just when the young boy is about to collapse in the face of sheer terror and madness he sees a glimmer of hope to his left.

Across an atrium a police officer is running down the hallway toward the young Fin. The officer ran with swiftness and a purpose. He never alters his stride. Nikolai reaches out his hand in hope of being saved by the cop. But luck was not with the child that day. A trio of innsurrectionists jump out into the hallway behind the officer and hip fire their rifles until he falls. Blood spatters all over the young boys face.

The young Fin looks to his right and sees children running outside into the chilly autumn morning. A fellow survivor runs past him and screams

"GO!  GO NOW WHILE THE MEN WITH GUNS ARE AWAY!"

He is pushed by the tide of humanity that soon forms as more and more classrooms unload their misguided cargo. He decides to move. He runs and runs and runs till he can't run anymore. When he finally comes to a stop he falls down on his back to take a breath. He closes his eyes but he doesn't know for how long. It is just all a blur. He thinks about the blood of the police officer and thinks about if he had a family and what they would be like. He thinks about their dog and their house. He cries. When he opens his eyes, a gun is pointed at his face.

Innsurrectionist 3 "Perimeter breach; south lawn.  Its contained though."

Nikolai looks around and sees that his entire group is surrounded by soldiers. A child breaks ranks. That child runs away. He is promptly shot with a pistol. The brutality shocks the students.

In the administrative building, Marcus Andrei is standing over the bullet ridden body of the mobster principal who ran the place. Marcus is mopping up survivors when he comes across the principal.

dieng mobster Principal "You think you tough, huh?  This world will consume you in a pit of darkness.  Criminals on this planet used to believe in things; honor; Respect.  What do you believe in?!  WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE I-"

The bullet plunged through the principal's prefrontal cortex.

Marcus Andrei "I believe that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you uncivilived."

Innsurrectionists 2 is working on the communications device that they brought with them.

Innie 2 "We have the communications up.  Its time for you to address the public."

Television screens all over the city of Oulo light up with Marcus's face.

Marcus Andrei "Hello citizens of New Helsinki.  This is the voice of freedom.  I will keep this brief because I know that you are very anxious to get on with your busy lives."

"We have your children.  Pay the randsom of 859,400,000,000 cr. and evacuate all UNSC personnel off of the planet and no harm will come to them.  But if this is all you think that we are capable of, holding your children for 3 months, then think again.  This is just the tip of the spear."

(Because this is my first story blog please leave any thoughts in the comments below.)