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If you don't like how I play Billy Russo or General Kirigan then please remove yourselves but they are both Bi just like me and they do have a heart they aren't always a bad guy.
Born to a meth addict, Billy Russo was abandoned by his own birth mother, Carla Russo, outside of a fire station in Albany, New York. Russo had then entered into the system and lived throughout various foster homes, before placed in the Ray of Hope group home, although Russo kept his strong sense of patriotism and had felt lucky to be born in the United States of America despite his circumstances. Also during this time, Russo built a great love of the game of baseball, believing that he could become the next Joe DiMaggio, despite being too poor to afford his own baseball gloves and uniform, like many of the other children had, something Russo resented.
Seeking new purpose in his life, Russo later joined the United States Marine Corps, becoming a fierce soldier. During his training, Russo met and became close friends with Frank Castle, a fellow marine in training. As they completed their training together, Russo and Castle both underwent the gauntlet, in which they would walk through all their fellow marines while getting beaten down to prove their endurance as well as their physical strength, with Castle giving Russo a mocking prep talk before he went through the gauntlet first.
Russo endured the punishment of being beaten by his fellow marines while being thrown into the freezing mud, eventually making it all the way through and being rewarded with cheers from his fellow men. Once Russo had made it through, it was the turn of Castle, who also endured the beating until he made it into Russo's arms at the end of the gauntlet. Laughing, Russo helped Castle onto his feet and told him that he loved him, before punching him in the stomach, much to the delight of everyone in attendance as the two brothers in arms had celebrated their success at making it through the gauntlet.
As his friendship with Frank Castle grew, Russo brought Castle with him to revisit the Ray of Hope back in New York City where they watched the children playing baseball together. Russo reminisced about how much he had loved the game, but had always envied the other children who had better equipment than he had, noting how he believed he would be the next Joe DiMaggio. However, Russo had noted how Arthur Walsh took away Russo's love of the game when Walsh attempted to sexually molest him.
Russo told Castle how, following Walsh's assault, he came to hate baseball, to which Castle expressed his sympathy towards his friend, noting he had never stopped to think how lucky he was when he was a child to have his father attending every game he played, expressing a wish that Russo could have enjoyed that. As Russo acknowledged that the incident had made him the man he was today, while Castle noted that he was a badass since joined their United States Marine Corps, which they both laughed at. Russo then noted how he would always find himself returning to visit this location of his trauma.
During his time with the Marine Corps, Russo and Frank Castle were sent to Basra for a mission and they became trapped in a house and saved each other's lives multiple times. Russo and Castle were recruited along with other elite soldiers for a covert ops team. Their new leader, Agent Orange, explained they would helping to end the war, with Major Ray Schoonover explaining that they were all now part of Operation Cerberus, tasked with the capture, interrogation and assassination of high-profile targets, as Russo then compared their operation with the Phoenix Program.
While relaxing while also reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, Russo listened as Castle was introduced to Gunner Henderson who would be joining his squad. They discussed their teams while Russo noted how Orange had failed to give them his name leading to him getting the nickname. As Castle expressed his personal distrust for Orange, Russo quoted a poem telling Castle their mission was the do or die. When Castle noted that he knew it, Russo teased him about having read the poem all by himself, leading to Castle jokingly hitting Russo in the face with his football while also apologizing for doing it.
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