Jabo: The Perfect Soldier?

The silence of the army HQ halls was disrupted by the sound of footsteps. A figure walked down the halls towards an office, the figure was the Sergeant.

"Jesus!" the Sergeant said to himself, as he headed towards his office. "They seem to let any fucking moron into the service now!" As The Sergeant got closer to his office, he thought about what he had just said. He remembered about how earlier that day, he had new recruits on the shooting range. He also remembered how many soldiers needed a medic for gunshot wounds. As the Sergeant came up to the doors of his office, he showed a smile glad that the day was almost over. The Sergeant pulled out his key, and placed his hand on the door handle. When he did this, he noticed the door swing open.

"The Fuck?" said the Sergeant as he pulled out a handgun, and slowly made his way into his office. As he looked around his office, he saw that his filing cabinet was open, and files hed been pulled out. As he looked at his desk, he saw the chair was turned around. As he took a step forward, he heard the sound of a match being flicked. He watched as smoke lifted from the chair, and a hand came from the side and dropped the match.

"Greetings Sergeant," said the voice from behind the chair "long time no see."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" demanded the Sergeant "Just who the fuck are you?"

"You always did have a foul mouth Sergeant," said the man as his chair turned around. "Guess that's what I always hated about you!" As the man turned his chair around, a look of shock showed on the Sergeants face. The man in the chair nodded his head, two large men came up behind the Sergeant and held him down in a chair.

"Fincher!" said the Sergeant "Just what the hell are you doing back here?"

"Oh you remembered me!" said Fincher "I was almost heartbroken you didn't remember me!"

"Cut the fucking comedy!" said the sergeant "What are you doing here?"

"Quite the impatient one," said Fincher "but you always were like that. I guess I'll tell you why I'm here, not much you can really do about it!" As Fincher looked at the Sergeant, he saw him mouth the words fuck you.

"Anyhow," said Fincher "As you know, I was working in the development part of the army. Redesigning weapons, improving them, finding new ways to kill the enemy. I was one of the greatest workers there!"

"Yeah," said the Sergeant "till it went to your fucking head, and your ideas became unorthodox."

"I'm getting there!" said Fincher "Yes, some did say some of my ideas were unorthodox, but what did they know?"

"You wanted to use the living dead as weapons like in Return Of The Living Dead 3!" said the Sergeant.

"Granted," said Fincher "I will admit that was a bit unorthodox!"

"Oh," said the Sergeant "then there was the time you..."

"Enough!" said Fincher angrily "That was all in the past, it's behind me now!"

"So why are you here now?" asked the Sergeant

"Well," said Fincher "I'm working on something, and there is a particular person I need for it. I came here because I thought I could find this person!"

"So then I assume you found that person." said the Sergeant "You came looking for me, and you've caught me!"

"Please!" said Fincher "Deflate your ego, I didn't come here looking for you."

"Then who are you looking for?" asked the Sergeant

"Well as I recall," said Fincher "back in the war, there was a soldier who was a cut above the rest. I remember hearing stories about him during the war, I was quite fascinated. I am now trying to find him, I would like him for what I am working on. Strangely though, when I checked

through your files I couldn't find anything on him."

"I don't know who the hell you're talking about!" said the Sergeant

"I think you do Sergeant," said Fincher as he pulled something out of his pocket, and placed it on the desk. "Perhaps this picture will jog your memory." The Sergeant looked down at the picture, he recognized the face, it was a picture of Jabo. The Sergeant looked back up at Fincher and said nothing.

"Still not talking?" said Fincher "We'll find a way to make you talk!"

"Fuck you!" said the Sergeant. Fincher nodded his head, one of the guys pulled out a gun, and hit the Sergeant in the head with it, knocking him unconscious.

"Twinz" by Big Pun came from the speakers of the Hummer, as it entered Dalbe. As the Hummer drove though the city streets, Jabo could hear the sound of a helicopter. He looked up to see a helicopter fly by, Jabo noticed that it was a military helicopter.

"What's wrong Jabo?" asked Laura, her noticing the look of concern on Jabo's face.

"Nothing," said Jabo "it's just...nothing!"

"Okay Jabo" said Laura

As the group drove through the city, they managed to find a hotel. As the rest of the group went into the hotel to get their rooms, Jabo stayed sitting in the Hummer. As Laura was about to enter the hotel doors, she saw Jabo was still sitting in the Hummer. She motioned to James and Gordon she would be there in a minute, and walked over to Jabo.

"Hey Jabo," said Laura "what's up?"

"I don't know," said Jabo "I'm just getting a strange feeling again!"

"Well, we'll keep an eye on it." said Laura "C'mon inside and we'll get our rooms."

After a moment of hesitation, Jabo got out of the Hummer and walked into the hotel with Laura.

"Comfortable old man?" asked Fincher as he walked up to the Sergeant, who was chained to a wall in Finchers hideout.

"Go to hell!" said the Sergeant

"Still such a temper!" said Fincher "You must not be so angry all the time."

"Look, I gave you a fucking name!" said the Sergeant "What the fuck else do you want from me?"

"How about telling us where Jabo is!" said Fincher

"I don't know!" said the Sergeant "His life after the army is really none of my business!"

"And where are his files?" asked Fincher

"Destroyed!" said the Sergeant "So crazy fucks like you couldn't get your hands on them!"

The sound of running footsteps could be heard, as a man ran up to Fincher.

"Report!" said Fincher

"We found him!" said the man

"Where?" demanded Fincher

"At a hotel in Dalbe!" said the man "What do you want us to do?"

"Bring him here...alive!" said Fincher

"Yes sir!" said the man, as he left the room.

"Well," said Fincher as he looked at the Sergeant "Looks like you're in for a little reunion!"

Jabo was staring out the window of his hotel room, when he heard someone come in. Jabo turned around to see Laura standing in front of him.

"Hey Laura," said Jabo "What's up?"

"Well," said Laura "I was wondering if you wanted to do something?"

"Yeah, sure!" said Jabo "What did you have in mind?"

"Well," said Laura "I was thinking that since James and Gordon are out at the bar, just you and I would do something?"

"Oh?" said Jabo curiously "And what type of something did you have in mind?"

"Well," said Laura "when we came into this city, I saw a club. I was thinking maybe we could go dancing, and afterwards maybe come back to one of our hotel rooms together!"

"Well," said Jabo "not really sure about that dancing, but I'm up for the other thing!"

"Sorry Jabo," said Laura "it's all or nothing!"

"Ah, damn you!" said Jabo "Alright, guess I'll also go dancing."

"Perfect," said Laura "be ready in an hour!"

"An hour?" said Jabo "but I could be ready in fifteen minutes!" As Jabo looked at Laura, she just stared at him. "An hour," said Jabo "got it!" Laura walked up to Jabo, gave him a kiss and left the room. After Laura left, Jabo decided he better have a shower.

As Jabo got out of the shower, and wrapped a towel around himself he heard a noise in his room.

"The hell?" said Jabo, as he slowly came out of the bathroom. "Is that you Laura?" asked Jabo as he came fully out of the bathroom. As he turned the corner, he was hit in the face with a gun. Jabo fell to the floor, then looked up to see a man standing in front of him with an assault

rifle. Jabo ran his hand across his nose. When he looked at it, he saw blood on his hand.

"Jabo," said the man standing in front of him "you are now in our possession, we have orders to bring you back alive!"

Jabo looked around the room, to see three other guys in similar clothing. As Jabo scanned the room, he saw one of his handguns sitting on top of his clothes. Acting quickly, Jabo made a running dash, grabbed his gun and fired. He watched as one of the guys fell to the ground, blood seeping from his body. Jabo stood up , and held up his gun.

"Alright motherfuckers!" said Jabo "I want some fucking questions answered! One, what the fuck are you doing in my room? And number two, why the fuck are you here?"

"Just come with us Jabo" said one of the men "all your questions will be answered."

"No," said Jabo "there's no damn way I'm going with you!"

"Oh I think you are!" said one of the men, as he hit Jabo over the head, knocking him unconscious.

ONE HOUR LATER

Laura had been standing outside Jabos hotel room for a few minutes. In that time she was knocking, getting no response from Jabo.

"Jesus Christ!" said Laura "Why the fuck hasn't he answered the door?" Laura turned the knob on the door, and it opened. "Well Jabo," said Laura as she entered the room "for keeping me waiting, you're gonna have to buy me something." Laura looked around the room, to see that it had

totally been trashed. "Jabo?" said Laura "You here?" As Laura searched the room, she found no trace of Jabo. She looked at the walls to see bullet holes. As she walked up to one of the holes, she tripped over something. As she looked down, she saw a uniformed man with a bullet hole in his

chest.

"Holy Shit!" said Laura

Jabo regained consciousness to find himself in a lab. As his eyes focused, he looked around his new surroundings. At the center of this lab, Jabo could make out some object in a liquid filled tube. As Jabo went to move his arm, he found he was chained to the wall.

"Morning sunshine!" said the Sergeant. Jabo looked beside him, to see the Sergeant also chained up.

"Hello, sir" said Jabo "what are you doing here?"

"Oh," said the Sergeant "just hanging around."

"So, what is going on?" asked Jabo "Why are we chained here?"

"Don't know," said the Sergeant "that fucker won't tell me!"

"What fucker?" asked Jabo. Jabo heard footsteps, he watched as a man from the distance walked up to him.

"That fucker!" said the Sergeant.

"I love you too Sergeant!" said Fincher, as he turned his attention to Jabo. "I see our test subject is up!"

"Just what the hell are you talking about?" demanded Jabo.

"Oh, you didn't know?" said Fincher "Well you're just going to be beside yourself...literally!"

"What?" said Jabo

"Well," said Fincher as he pointed at the tube. "Do you see the thing in that tube? Well that thing is a clone of you. In a few hours, it will be a complete clone, then my plan will go forward."

"What plan?" demanded Jabo

"The ultimate soldier!" said Fincher

"Jesus!" said Jabo "I've seen some crazy fucks in my day, but you take the cake!"

"You don't believe me?" said Fincher "Just wait!"

"So what did he tell you?" asked Gordon as him, Laura and James drove down the road in the Hummer.

"All the guy told me, was that Jabo was being used for some experimentation at a lab in Hedmar" said Laura

"So what are we going to do?" asked James

"Well," said Gordon "as Jabo would say were gonna find him, and kill the motherfucker thats doing the experiments!"

"Sounds like a plan!" said James

"Hey!" said Gordon as the Hummer raced towards Hedmar "That's my line!"

Hours had passed. As Jabo occasionally glanced at the tube, he saw that the figure in it was beginning to look like him.

"What's this ultimate soldier shit?" Jabo asked the Sergeant.

"All I know, is what I overheard." said the Sergeant "From what I know, that crazy fucker Fincher has a plan for the ultimate soldier, I think he's using it for domination. Anyhow, he captured me because he wanted to find out where you were!"

"Why me?" asked Jabo

"Well..." said the Sergeant

"It's very simple," interrupted Fincher "I needed one of the greatest soldiers in the army, and I found him!"

"I know I'm great," said Jabo "but I'm no ultimate soldier!"

"Yes, there's one thing that prevents that," said Fincher "emotions!"

"What?" said Jabo

"Yes," said Fincher "in the clone we've made of you, we took out the genes for emotions. What the end product will be is a cold hearted killing machine, what you could have been!"

"You're fucking crazy!" said Jabo

"Perhaps," said Fincher "in the end it will not matter!" Fincher looked over at the tube, the figure was fully formed. Fincher walked over to an intercom, and pressed on the button.

"Yes sir?" came a voice from the intercom

"The clone is ready," said Fincher "prepare for suit up!"

"Yes sir!" came the voice from the intercom.

Jabo and the Sergeant watched as Fincher pressed a button, and all the liquid drained from the tube. As Fincher pressed another button, the tube began to rise. Two men came running in with a stretcher, placed the clone on the stretcher and left the room. As Fincher walked over to Jabo and the Sergeant, an alarm sound was heard. Angrily, Fincher ran over to the intercom.

"What the hell's going on?" demanded Fincher

"Intruders heading this way, sir" said the voice from the intercom "Appears to be three of them, driving what appears to be a Hummer." A small smile showed up on Jabos face.

"Dispose of them!" said Fincher angrily.

"What are you smiling about?" the Sergeant asked Jabo

"Help is on the way!" said Jabo

Outside, the Hummer was parked in front of the lab.

"Alright," said Gordon "let's go in there and find Jabo!"

"About fucking time!" said James as he loaded clips into his handguns.

As the group ran towards the front of the lab, five men with assault rifle were waiting on the roof. As they fired, the group ducked out of the way. Hiding behind the Hummer, Gordon aimed his gun at the man in the middle. With his target in sight, Gordon pulled the trigger. He watched as

the shot hit the man, causing a hole in his chest as he fell forward off the building.

"Got 'em!" said Gordon. Meanwhile James was firing from his two handguns, watching as two of the guys bodies were convulsing as bullets entered their bodies. Laura meanwhile, wasn't having any luck killing the other two guys with her handguns.

"What's wrong?" yelled Gordon from the Hummer

"My handguns aren't doing shit to them!" said Laura.

"Hold on a sec!" said Gordon, as he ran to the trunk of the Hummer and opened it. From inside the trunk, he pulled out an M16 and threw it to Laura. Laura managed to catch it, but the force caused her to fall.

"Jabos?" asked Laura

"Yeah," said Gordon "he left it in the trunk, I figured you're the only other one who can operate that gun!"

"Well practicing with Jabo does help." said Laura

"Yeah, among other things!" said James

"Shut up James!" said Laura and Gordon. Holding up the M16, Laura fired from it blasting open the two remaining guys chests, causing them to fall of the roof.

"Alright," said Laura "let's find Jabo!"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE INSIDE!" Fincher yelled angrily into the intercom.

"They managed to get past the gunners on the roof sir" said the voice from the intercom. "They're heading in your direction!"

"Damnit," said Fincher "Of all the...wait a minute!" Fincher spoke into the intercom again. "What is the status on the clone?" asked Fincher

"Dressed and armed!" said the voice from the intercom

"Excellent," said Fincher "prepare the clone, and...let them come!"

"I don't like this!" said Gordon

"What do you mean?" asked James

"Well," said Laura "we just killed five of their guys, and they haven't sent anyone else after us!"

"Maybe they just know not to fuck with us!" said James

"Well James," said Laura "for your sake, I hope you're right!" As the group ran on, they found two large doors. With weapons ready, they busted through the doors. They entered the room to see Jabo standing there, he was dressed in an army uniform. The group walked up to Jabo, who appeared to have no emotion on his face.

"Jabo!" said James "We so glad to see you, fuck we thought you were like dead or something. Jesus man, what the hell's with the army shit?" Jabo turned his head in James direction, lifted his arm, and wrapped his hand around James neck. Jabo lifted James in the air, and threw him across the room.

"Jabo!" said Laura "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Jabo turned his head to Laura. From a holster, he pulled out a handgun, and pointed it at Laura. Acting quickly, Gordon smashed Jabos hand down, causing him to drop the gun.

"What the fuck Jabo?" said Gordon. With his other hand, Jabo smashed Gordon across the face, knocking him to the ground.

"You..you're not Jabo!" said Laura

"Very perceptive my dear lady!" came a disembodied voice.

"What?..Who the fuck, and where the fuck are you?" demanded Laura. Gordon, Laura and James watched as curtains were pulled back, revealing Fincher and chained to the wall, Jabo and the Sergeant.

"Jabo!" said Laura.

"Isn't this sweet?" said Fincher "Too bad, it'll be the last time you're going to see each other!" Fincher looked over at the clone "Kill Them!" commanded Fincher.

As the Jabo clone moved closer to James, Laura, and Gordon, a shot was heard. They all watched as the clone fell to the ground in a puddle of his own blood.

"What the hell?" said Fincher as he looked around. He turned around to see a laser point aimed at his forehead. "Oh Shit!" said Fincher as the shot was fired, and he fell backwards, a hole in his forehead. As the group ran over to unchain the Sergeant and Jabo, Jabo looked in the

rafters to see a figure in the shadows with a sniper rifle.

"Thanks Carrie!" whispered Jabo, as he saw the figure run off and disappear.

"Alright," said Jabo "Let's get the hell out of here!"

"I'm staying!" said the Sergeant

"What?" said Jabo

"I can't let this place survive, I must destroy it!" said the Sergeant

"Just throw a grenade in it and run!" said Jabo

"No," said the Sergeant "most of my army life, it was always behind a fucking desk. I don't want to be remembered that way, I want to go out a hero! So I want you to go, and don't look back. Just remember me as I am!"

Jabo tried to say something, but found that words weren't coming out. As he looked at the Sergeant, the Sergeant saluted. Jabo lifted his arm, and saluted back, as he and the group got Jabos stuff and left. As the group got back to the Hummer and began driving away, Jabo looked

behind him to see the lab explode. As Jabo and the group drove off, Jabo looked back again to see Carrie holding her sniper rifle in the air.

"So," said Laura "I'm sure you haven't forgotten that you still owe me a night out at a club!"

"I remember," said Jabo as they drove down the road "I remember!"

THE END