How wrong had that decision been! She erased his name from her resume. Nursing degree, Chelsea Trauma Center for 2 years, another year in an AirCare Ambulance before deciding that Doctor Evil was the quiet nursing life she was really looking for. She had submitted her details over the comm from the apartment. Hershey honestly zoned out through most of it. They started to play a vid, something about making a difference. I mean, what did they have to do with some sort of relief effort job? She’d be off to some earthquake zone or something and out of this rut. There was a lot more military there than she thought should be for a UN deal. She sat down at the back and waited while the room filled up. The building was really more of a classroom than an office. Hershey had signed the papers as she walked into the recruitment building and lied when she was asked if she had read and understood them. HERSHEY - PART 2 ĬREW REPORTS: Part 2 of Hershey’s journey to Spirit of Fire. There was nothing here and no future she could think of. She looked around her empty apartment, squares of dust where pictures once hung, an empty shell pretending to be a real life. “The UN Medical Corp wants you! Looking for a and more secure better future? Openings immediately available! Press MORE now for information!” Hershey stared down at the remote. Some commercial was playing, smiling people against a blue sky. She turned on the news while she sat and finished off a potato salad and bottle of wine. It was dark when she decided that she really had to get up and do something. “No? No? You are one insubordinate bitch! I should fire you…” She interrupted, no one called her a bitch, “Sorry Doctor Kay, but this bitch just quit.” She threw the phone across the room pulled the covers over her head and hid again. “No.” Hershey found some part of herself that wasn’t going to be pushed over and she was as surprised as Kay when she uttered the word. They hardly worked even when they did show up. Lucky you.” Both Brooke and Vasquez were screwing Kay. I just came off a double.” “Well Brooke and Vasquez didn’t show, so you’re up again. Hershey picked it up, “Hello?” “Where the hell are you?” It was her boss, the evil and vindictive Doctor Kay. Now it was ringing again, louder and more pissed off than before. The phone had been ringing on and off all morning and she had successfully ignored it while David was pulling his pictures off the wall and deleting his music from the media center. Yeah, she thought, the life plan is coming together. She was 24, in therapy, taking anti-depressants, living on her own and working for a vindictive bastard. The darkness of hiding under the covers all curled up and able to feel separate from these problems, even for just a little while, was about the only comfort she could handle right now. Was that asking too much? She waited until the squealing wheels of his truck told her that he was gone and then she waited some more. With the rest of her life ahead of her she wanted to get somewhere, be something, do something and have something before she settled down to marriage.
She wasn’t entirely sure why she said no, but she was certain that she had to be entirely sure to say yes. He had slept on the couch and was now carrying off boxes while Hershey hid under the covers in their bed.
To make matters worse David was currently storming out of the apartment, he had proposed last night and she said no. It didn’t help that she worked for a bastard who seemed to derive joy from making her life a living hell. Somehow the days were getting longer and the work was getting more stressful. That did not stop some minor aspects of these such as Spock the cat making it into the final version of Halo Wars, as shown in the " The Spirit" paper in the game, however the details in these Archives should be counted as not canon.Įntries HERSHEY - PART 1 ĬREW REPORTS: Just how did some of the crew get to Spirit of Fire? The world according to Hershey was sad and depressing. Devine wrote them to assist the game's production team however, he admits they are "basically fanfiction" and some blatantly contradict canon.