A Merry GDI Christmas- Part 1
Written by DAWUSS

It was one of those November mornings. The snow was dangling down from the sky, flowing in whichever way the wind went while making its trip down. It's flight had ended when it came into contact with the side of the GDI Advanced Guard Tower, where it had joined the accumulating snow lying there.

And by the Infantry Barracks, a GDI officer, Victor Shanahan was hanging a wreath on top of the GDI logo, while humming "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" to himself. Meanwhile, David Flynn was bringing in a Christmass Tree on the back of his APC. He, Alec Hampton, Terry Winters, Lawrence Williams, and Anthony Schroeder got out and untied the tree on top of the Armored Personnel Carrier. They carried into the Infantry Barracks. They waited for the elevator to come up, and then they went down into the main lobby. They could place it anywhere in the lobby, but they didn't want to block the Master Control Terminal left of the elevator entrance. So they placed it on the opposite side of the elevator. They got it set up. Now they needed ornaments. Where to get those? Terry Winters suggested his unused bullets to he hung on the tree. That wouldn't seem quite right. Christmas was about a time of peace and innocence, not a time of hatred and toughness caused by war. They just had to hope Nod would get their message...

They learned that Shanahan got his wreath from recruit Julie Brown. When they found her, she was wrapping something up for her grandmother. They never saw what she was giving, outside of the blue wrapping paper enclosing the object. They asked her for some ornaments and they got them. The ornaments were hung very nicely on the tree.


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