Call of Duty: Fields of Sand

June 17, 2011 - Watsonville High School
Robert Austin walked through the halls of Watsonville High School, iPod blaring, the volume set on full-blast. The honor student was heading towards 7th period English class with Mr. Siegmann. Sadly, school was the only place Rob could find peace, as his father was an abusive alcoholic, beating his only child nightly. Robert was mentally disturbed, despite maintaining great grades and being on the honor roll. His mother could have been the greatest mother in the world to him, but instead she was away working for most of the day, unable to protect him from his horrible father. As "Whiskey" moved further down the hall, he began to wonder about other people's lives, wishing he had it better. He arrived on time, as always, but was too caught up in his emotions to think straight. "Why are we here? What if the Earth, or the entire universe never existed?" Austin thought. Soon enough, the school day was done, and Rob was back at home, scared to death, waiting for Robert Sr. to come back from the tavern.

11:36 PM, PST. The awful screeching from the old, rusty metal on Mr. Austin's 1970 Ford F-100 Ranger was no unfamiliar sound to Robert Jr. His heart immediately began to race, faster and faster as the truck door slammed shut, and the howling of his drunken father started to awaken the neighborhood.