Gears of War:All's fair in Love and War

"Give it back now: or I will blast your fucking head off." Private Stevie Pariah Demanding Her Cog Tags Back

All's Fair in Love and War is a Fanfiction by the user XxYo-YoxX : The story begins in the middle of Gears of War 1 when the Delta Squad get an unusual new member; a seventeen year old girl named Stevie Pariah. She joins Delta shortly after they recover the Resonator and find the Alpha Squad. She meets the four men when she is ambushed by a wave of Locust. Luckily Delta is nearby and comes to her aid.

== Chapter 1 ==

A young girl at about the age of seventeen walked down a deserted road stepping over a body every couple of steps, and most of them weren't human. She kept her head down and stopped every now and then to bend down and take a strange necklace off of a certain human. She put the necklaces she had already collected around her neck, she had gathered five so far, only one more to find. It took her a while seeing how most of the body's were Locust and Stranded, she walked around a corner and noticed that a shiny thing glimmered in the sunlight, she walked over to find a body of a COG Soldier, the thing that was shining was his helmet.

"Sorry Jones." she muttered under her breath as she carefully slipped the necklace over his head, and then putting it over her own, "There we go," she muttered to herself, "I finally found my whole squad." she sighed and brought her hand up to her ear and pressed a button which a voice spoke through it, "Control here."

It was a female voice in which she new belonged to a women named Anya Stroud, she was a Lieutenant with long blond hair usually put in a bun, "This is Omega Squad member Stevie, reporting in," she spoke clearly, "The mission was a success."

"''Excellent News." the women, Anya, responded, "Hows the rest of the team?" ''the girl visibly winced at the question, and then sighed once more, "I am sorry to report that the rest of Omega Squad has been KIA." she spoke with a hint of guilt in her voice.

"Oh," she responded a little surprised,"''I'm sorry to hear that, Private Pariah." ''

Stevie Pariah was a Private in the army of the COGs, most of the Gears didn't even know she existed, because it would prove unbelievable that the Chairman would permit a seventeen year old girl to join the army, it was absurd, but for some odd reason he allowed her to join, and only the Chairmen knew why.

She had long dark brown hair, which she always had in a pony-tail, but some of it fell in front of her face completely covering her right eye, she also wore a pair of dark blue goggles on her head, which she barely put over her eyes, but, hey, you never know, might need it sometime, and plus she liked the way it looked on her forehead.

She had on no armor, she didn't like the way it look, and it was to heavy for her to carry, so she had on a black baggy jacket that was opened to reveal a dark blue shirt, she also wore black baggy pants, and of course, she had on black gloves, most soldiers wouldn't even dare go out onto the field with no armor on, but these cloths she had on were special to, they were almost bullet proof, almost, they were a few weak spots on it, like where the pockets were, but she could deal with that.

"Stevie out," she spoke but then said something else, "Oh, and, Stroud, please don't call me Pariah."she walked out into the open deserted street again as Anya responded, "''Right, the KR should be on its way to pick you up, Control Out." ''

Stevie sighed for a third time as she heard she was going to be picked up by a King Raven, aka, a KR, yes, it was a fast way to get around, but she hated flying, she was absolutely terrified of heights and the Raven not having any doors didn't help what-so-ever.

She continued to walk down the roads trying to be careful not to step on any of the body's, except the Locust's of course, most girls would be crying there heart out if they learned that they had lost six friends, but she didn't.

Thats what separated her and most girls, she didn't show emotions, except one, she sometimes felt a bit of guilt and regret, but that was it, no happiness, no joy, the only thing she really felt and sometimes showed was sadness, and she hadn't cried in five years, but she didn't have anything to fight for, seeing how all of her family members had died when she was nine.

She joined the army because, well, she didn't actually no why she did join the army, but she just wanted to do something, not sit around waiting to die, she wanted to make a difference, even if it was only a little one.

She also disliked it when people called her, Pariah, yes, it was her last name but she was ashamed of it, after all, Pariah meant outcast, and she wanted to prove that she wasn't and outcast. At least she hoped she wasn't.

When her family died no one would take her in, not even the stranded. Maybe thats why he let me join the army,' she thought bitterly, He felt pity for me.'

Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud noise coming from above and she looked up to find a KR about to land, 'Great, the flying terror is here.' It landed a couple yards away from her so she sprinted to it, not wanting to keep the people inside waiting, and who were the people inside waiting, Colonel Victor Hoffman, and Liuetenent Anya Stroud herself. Oh joy,' she thought as she walked in the KR, Hoffmans here.'

Hoffman and her never got along that well, he never wanted her to be in the army, and he was against it, he barely assigned her any missions, which, after a while, she got use to it.

She got in and quickly went to sit down, she never, ever, stood up in a Raven, expecially not a moving one. Once they had taken off Hoffman walked over to her and surprisingly sat by her.

There was an Erie silence until Hoffmen decided to speak. "I'm sorry about your squad, kid." Stevie snorted and said, "You shouldn't be telling me sorry, you should be telling there families," She then looked out the door and continued, "I've already seen death before, and lost the people most dear to me, this wasn't a huge blow, although I honor there deaths."

She then removed all of the COG tags she had on, except hers, and handed them to Hoffman. "I would appreaciate if you gave those to there familys, I would do it myself, but," she sighed and continued to look out the door, "People don't really like me, expecially familes."

"Now you don't know that." Hoffman said looking at the tags. Stevie laughed a bit, he had no idea. She looked over and saw Hoffman put the the tags in his pockets and then stand up to go his usual spot on the KR.

"I have a new mission for you," Stevie looked at him, "Wow, you usually only give me missions once a month." He couldn't tell if she was being a smartass or just saying it.

"You are to acompany Delta Squad on there mission to deploy the resonator." She raised her visible eyebrow, seeing how her right eye was covered by her hair, "Delta Squad?"

"Yes, actually I had a thought, how would you like to join Delta Squad." She just stared at him for a moment. "But I'm on the Omega Squad." Hoffman sighed and looked over to her, "Sorry, Pariah, but a squad cannot consist of one person."

"Yeah, I guess," she looked at her COG tags and fiddled with them, she always had them showing. "Who's on the Delta Squad?" she decided to ask, she at least wanted to know her new squadmates names.

"Well, currently there's Marcus Fenix, Domanic Santiago, Augustus Cole, and Damon Baird. With Fenix being the leader." 'Fenix, interesting,' She had heard of Fenix's trial, and personally, she didn't think he should have gone to prison, but that was just her opinion, and her opinion didn't matter.

"You will be dropped off near their location." The KR was steadying so it could land, "Wait a minute, I won't be dropped off, like, with them?" "No, there area is to hot, we can't get a KR in there."

"Don't worry, you'll be fine." Hoffman gave her encouraging words. She just sighed, put her head in her hands and thought, 'I'm doomed.' 

The KR landed with a light thump and she saw Hoffman put his and up to his ear, "Fenix, I got another Gear for your squad." She heard the radio crackle and a rough, deep voice reply, "How the hell is he going to get here, you said the area is to hot for Choppers!"

"It is, so we're gonna land 'em in the courtyard approximately 300 yards from your position." Hoffman finished as Stevie jumped out. "Sir, not to sound rude, but 300 yards isn't a walk in the park. I mean, one soldier walking that far alone, I really don't think he's going to make it."

"Well," He responded, "You haven't Met Private Pariah yet, Hoffman Out." Stevie snicker as Hoffman crossed his arms. "You didn't tell him I was a girl, did you?"

He shook his head, "Not a chance." She laughed a bit and turned to face the way of her destination point, "You really think I can make it, sir?" she spoke with disbelief in her voice.

"I don't think you can Pariah, I know you can." Stevie turned back to him and a small smile graced her lips, "Thanks, Sir."

"Well, hell, if you couldn't make it I don't know why in the world the Chairman would even let you be in this army." He gave her a wave and the KR took off in the direction they had just came from.

Stevie, it was just her now until she thought of something. 'Oh crap,' She turned to the KR which was now a small speck in the distance, "Awwww, man," She gave a rough sigh, threw her arms up in the air and shouted, "I DON"T EVEN KNOW MY SQUAD'S FREQUENCY!!"

"I'm as good as dead now!" She put her arms down and started to rub her temples. "Ok, Stevie, get it together, you know there position is 300 yards in the east direction."

She sighed again as she started walking in the direction of east. 'Why do bad things always happen to me!' 

Half an hour passed and Stevie Pariah had yet to see any enemy forces, errr, whatever. She had walked approximately about 250 yards, Almost there Stevie, She thought to herself. 'Almost there.'

She kept walking while quietly humming to herself, she at least wanted to kill one Locust, mainly because she was bored out of her flippin mind.

'''Who knows. maybe the squad already left, maybe I'm walking towards no one, or nothing.''' She sighed and failed to notice something creeping behind.

Crack!

She immediately turned around at the sound and thought, '''Karma. Karma, karma, karma!' She was on high alert as cracks kept being heard all around her, 'Okay, I asked for one locust, not a ton!' ''

Something caught her eye as she swirled around and shotgunned a wrench right in the head, "Boom! Headshot! Maybe not with a sniper, but a headshot none the less!"

Crack!

she turned around again and dodged a bullet from a Locust with a shot gun and then, with her own shotgun, shot him in the leg in which the Locust fell over in pain.

She picked up the still alive Locust and held it in front of her,her eyes widened as she saw about twenty Locust charging over a hill, straight at her.

She sighed and said to Locust, "Hope you're bullet proof, pal!"

Marcus Fenix's head shot up as he heard bullet fire about 25 yards from him, he and his squad had decided about ten minutes again to go to the soldiers position and meet up with him.

Apparently the rest of Delta heard it as they sprinted towards the sound, Once they reached it Damon Baird got out his sniper and looked at the battle field.

"Is it our guy Baird?" Augustus Cole asked his blond friend, "It's a, umm, well it looks like a-" "Just spit it out man!" Cole said impatiently, "Its a girl!"

"What?!" Marcus practically yelled at his squadmate, "Pretty sure guys, she looks to be about late teens." "Delta Get in there!" All at once Domanic, Cole, and Marcus russed into the fight careful not to shoot the girl, while Baird stayed back and sniped.

Stevie was being pinned down by about seventeen Locust, she had took out about thirteen of the twenty, but had reiforcments came quickly after. She moved from her position and did a barrel roll to an enemy which she chainsawed in two, she smirked as blood spat into her left side of the face and she had to close her left eye to stop it from getting blood there.

"Delta get in there!" she heard someone yell so she looked up to find three men running up on her position, she was distracted by the men yelling something and failed to notice a Locust sneaking up behind her, she heard something and turned around to find a Locust with a revved up Lancer about to cut her in half.

They say that your life flashes before your eyes before you die, and in this case it kind of did for Stevie, she saw her brother, her mother and her father, and the day they all died.

She shook her head from the images and braced for the pain as she shut hers eyes tightly, she head a Boom!and felt something spray on her so she opened her eyes to find the Locust with the chainsaw on the ground, with his head blown off.

"Boom! Headshot!" she heard a voice yell, she turned and looked up the hill to see a blond man in blue goggles with a sniper rifle which then he got up and started to walk down the hill. She smirked at him while a man in a bandana come up to her, "You okay kid?"

"You kidding?" her grin widenned, "That was the best fun I've had in a while!" She saw all men raise there eyebrows and look at each other while the guy in the goggles walked up to them.

"Thanks by the way," she said to the blond man, "If it wasn't for you I would have been in two pieces by now, so I guess I owe you one already." He just shrugged and the man in the bandana spoke again, "What the hell are you doing out here, and alone?!"

"Oh, umm," she looked down, she wished Hoffmen would have just told them she was a girl, "actually I'm your new sq-" "Wait a minute," the blond man brought his hand up and ripped the COG tag off of her neck.

"Hey!" she retorted and tried to snatch it back but he just held her back with one hand. "What does it say, Baird?" the Latino man asked.

"Stevie Pariah : Gear ID : 3278956-H-38443." the man read it with a puzzled face as he still held the girl back. 'Fuck this.' Stevie thought as she backed up, got out her shotgun, cocked it, and held it to the man's head.

"Give it back now: or I will blast your fucking head off." All four men looked shocked for a minute, wondering where a girl got a shotgun.

The man stiffened a bit, but then, smirked. "You can't." She growled back and said in a low voice, "Why the fuck not." His smirk grew wider, "You owe me one."

This time she stiffened and felt a light blush go on her face and, reluctantly, lowered her shotgun. "Fine," She almost whispered, "Smartass."

"Don't worry, a lot of people call me that." He then handed it to the man in the bandanna which he looked over it. "Hold on," the man started, "When Hoffman radioed me he said that we had a Gear coming, right?" The other three men nodded.

"Well, I said that its going to be hard for him to get here." "Whats your point?" the blond man said getting very impatient, "Well, after I said that he said, ''You haven't met Private Pariah yet." ''She could see all men freeze up and she smirked.

"Whats a matter boys, shocked that you have a girl on your team?" she put her hands on her hips, this was kinda like when she joined Omega, only less guys.

She couldn't help but laugh, their faces were priceless, "So, let me get this straight," the dark one started, "We have a chick on our team?"

Stevie stopped laughing and frowned, "I have a name you know, and its not chick, or doll, or babe, or honey, or any other repulsive names like that."

"Now," she reached out to man in the bandana, "Please can I have my tags back." He grunted and tossed them to her. She put it over her head and wore it so it was showing.

"Now you all know my name thanks to some smartass," she glared at the blond man, "Now It would be nice to know your names."

The Latino was first to speak, "Domanic Santiago; but you can just call me Dom." "Augustus Cole baby!" the African American was next to speak, although he kind of shouted it.

"Wait, you mean like, Cole as in 'the Cole Train'?" She just had to ask, "You know it! The one and only!" Stevie smiled, her father was a HUGE fan of his, was.

"Marcus, Marcus Fenix." the man in the bandanna spoke next, he nodded as a greeting, "And now all that is left is the smartass." She crossed her arms and waited for him to talk.

Once he didn't say anything Marcus said, "Baird." Not to tell her his name, but like a 'get to it' kind of thing. The man sighed and then finally said, "Damon Baird."

"Well, pleasure to meet all of you, pleasure to meet most of you." She then brought her hand up to her mouth, "*cough* smartass *cough* *cough*."

"Now that thats done, we should get the resonator to the factory, right?" Marcus nodded, "Dom, still got that plan of yours?" "You know it." Dom said nodding.

"Well then, lets get going."