#282
by Agent Shlocky
After 11 shots and 5 beers, Slade felt the effects of the alcohol. He tried to get up off the bar stool, but failed. He felt warm and tired, and blacked out right on the counter top.
He sees a beautiful home in the middle of summer. The weather is perfect, it seems about 2pm. He walks up the steps and hears a child crying. He pulls his gun and runs inside. His see's his wife laying in a puddle of blood, her body beaten. She was obviously tortured before she was murdered. He screams, then hears the crying child again. His heart sinks, then he feels rage build up. He sprints up the stairs and sees a figure standing at the top aiming a gun at him. He reacts faster however and shoots him 4 times in the chest. He run to the kids room. One crib is burning with his daughter inside, the other was soaked in gasoline. Another figure drops a match in it, lighting up the crib. He heard his son's screams. He shoots the man in the knee and rushes to the crib. Too late, his whole family lies dead in his home. He turns to the man and drags him by the foot down to the basement. It sealed off from the rest of the house. He tortures the man for hours, lopping off fingers, pulling teeth, and breaking bones. He learns that they were from the Chaos Insurgency. After he drains the man of information, he lights him on fire. He leaves the basement and sees his home in ruins, its scorched. His wife was a foundation member, he knows that he must destroy all the evidence. He set up the acid vats in his basement, and disposes of all the corpses in the home. After he places his children in the vat he falls to his knees, weeping, and screaming. Emotions run through him, and he debates killing himself. He puts his gun in his mouth, and... waits. He decides that dying would be a disgrace to his family. No, he would not die, not until every last member of the Insurgency lied dead in a pool of their own blood. He still had a purpose. He still had a job to do.
Slade woke up dripping in sweat. He breathes deeply.
"I'm so sorry."