The fallen soldier

Chapter 15 Part 2

Wow this is long!

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"That'll be 18 bits." The old man holds his hand out.

"Right, here ya go." You drop the payment into his hands.

"Thanks kid, but do me a favor and don't get hurt, there's some pretty dangerous creatures in those woods." He drops the coins into a old fashioned register.

"Right." You turn, your newly purchased tent in hand.

As you walk out of the store, you notice another kid staring at you. This has become quite common ever since you talked to that soldiers kid, he apparently mentioned you to every kid in the village. And those kids told their parents, and before you knew it! You were known by pretty much known by every single parent.

Word goes round, your name gets mentioned a few times, you get a couple creepy looks from older women, and you manage to convince every kid you're the nicest guy in the world. . And you didn't even lift a finger.

Well. . when you say it like that, it makes you sound creepy.

You turn left on the streets and slowly make your way down a hill, a man you don't know, waves to you. Out of kindness, you wave back, a smile plastered on your face. He smiles back, and goes back to his work, which was hammering wooden boards into place.

Being here wasn't so bad, the townsfolk were nice, the air was clean, and violence seemed to be nonexistent. seemed, there was a break-in 2 days ago, some women who own's a candy store was robbed during the middle of the night, she lost, Uh, 87Bits or something.

To be honest, you glanced at the article while reading the newspaper. After working in the business of killing, were you literally had a license to kill, reading stuff like that became a second nature.

"Oh! That guy got robbed!, That must suck!"

That's usually what you think, every time you read a article on thieving.

At the time, you had your on problems. Don't get shot, don't get injured, don't get killed. Your three D's.

Every day you woke to a metal ceiling, breathing in that same old recycled air, that's what you told yourself. Don't get shot, Don't get injured, And especially don't get killed.

Then you'd get up and begin your day, fully realizing that day, might just be the day you die. Death never came knocking though, and if he ever did, well. . You just didn't like thinking about it.

Twilight's treehouse came into your view, the leafs gently swaying with the cool mid-day breeze. It was a nice day, the sun was shining and it was a good 76 degrees. Rainbow and her team did good, you were still surprised by that, Humans controlling the weather without some form of advanced technology? Never heard of on your account.

While you're on the topic of Rainbow, uh, well you didn't know were to begin. The two of you have been great buddies, you liked to exercise, she liked to exercise. She introduced you to a couple sports you ended up not being able to play, mainly due to your lack of wings. And you introduced her to a couple sports, Baseball being one of them.

She had a good arm whenever it came to pitching, her swing was pretty good, but it needs some work. You also introduced her to golf.

You can imagine how that went.

You pushed the big wooden door, it creaked open, it's hinges needed more oil. You'd offer to put some on later.

For now though, you must get your gear ready, you just bought you last requirement, the tent. The food you got on your off time, who wants to hear about a super soldier going grocery shopping?

Anyways, you have everything now, all you have to do is pack your stuff, and then make sure Twilight and Rainbow are ready to go.

Yeah that's right, Twilight decided to go, AND Rainbow wanted to tag along. Once you mentioned camping and another spaceship, she was game.

You tossed the tent on the couch and walked into the kitchen, Twilight was packing food, as was the deal. You carry the heavy stuff, Twilight carry's the food, and Rainbow carried whatever she was taking.

Twilight made a lot of sandwiches, and some other side dishes, and you just packed metal pans and some fancy Camp-stove that's fueled off magic. Seriously, this thing was REALLY complicated, you had to use this special device that collects mana and burns it, then you have to carefully supply it yourself, an once too much and it'll explode!

As soon as you finished strapping your tent to your backpack, Twilight walked out of the kitchen, backpack in hand.

"Are you done packing? I just finished triple-checking my gear, I'm ready to go!" She places the backpack on the couch and let's a sigh of relief out.

"Yeah, I'm pretty much good to go, just let me strap this tent in. . . Yeah I'm ready. Wanna head out now?" You double check the straps, incase they fall.

"If you're ready, then I'm ready. Let's go." She picks her backpack up and walks towards the door.

"Remember! We're meeting Rainbow near the entrance to the woods." She opens the door and sets out.

You put your backpack on and jog after her, she slows down and turns to face you. You walk beside her and the two of you resume your walk to the entrance.

"So." She says, "what do you think you'll find?"

"Hopefully, some more ammo." You reply.

"I told you I could try to duplicate bullets for you."

"Yeah, and you also told me the risks. So I'll pass and just hope to find ammo that didn't go off from the crash. Maybe I'll come across a military vehicle, though it's probably gonna be totaled." You rub your chin.

"A vehicle is a metal machine that consumes gasoline and moves at pretty fast speeds on the ground? That's what you're talking about?" She looks at you.

"Yeah, but these military ones usually have, nuclear reactors or something. Fuck, I don't know." You shrug your shoulders.

"Does that mean they might still work?"

"No. It mean there's at least 3 dozen mini-nukes in this forest, not counting the ship itself. Which is a problem all on its own."

"So. . It's dangerous?"

"Yes. Highly explosive usually means highly dangerous."

"Hmm. Looks like we're here." Twilight points at Rainbow, who is patiently waiting for us.

When Rainbow spotted us, she stood up and started waving at us.

"What took you guys so long!? I've been waiting here for like half an hour!" She picked her backpack off the ground and put it on.

"I told you Rainbow!" Twilight replies, "Don't show up so soon!"

Rainbow throws her arms in the air, "Maybe you guys should learn to walk faster!"

"Yeah, well as much as I'd love to listen to this. I'm going to just go ahead and make my way to the campsite."

And so you, and the other two, traveled through the forest and to the campsite.

"You sure this place is safe?" Twilight eyes the trees that surround the opening.

"Yeah, I came here and made sure it was safe myself. Those wolves were fucked as soon as I stepped into the forest."

"You fought timberwolves?!" Twilight turned towards you, eyes widened.

"Yeah, it was just a matter of punching the right spot, they crumbled like cookies afterwards. Kept on coming back though, so I figured, 'hey their wooden! Why not try fire!?' And so I did."

As Rainbow set her tent up, she turned and faced you,"what happened to them?"

"You see that pile of wood? That's what's left of their reinforcements. I remembered reading something in a book, you take out the gem that's usually located in the head or chest, and the magic follows after. Now their just piles of sticks. I figured I'd use it as firewood."

"Hmm, sounds like you had some fun." Twilight opened your pack and removed the Camp stove.

"Most fun I had in a while, they put up a good fight when they had numbers, but once I dwindled them down, it was a matter of dodging and delivering a crushing blow to their head or chest. I even used the plasma sword." You slipped the backpack off your shoulders and gently onto the ground.

"You did?! Aw, I missed some pretty cool stuff." Rainbow sighed, evidently irritated by her lack of presence during the fight.

"If it helps any. . . . It was fun." You give her the biggest shit-eating grin you can.

She gave you a evil look, and went back to working on her tent.

"Hehe, alright Twilight, you know how to set your tent up?" She nods in reply.

"Alrighty then! I'm going to set my tent up, and then I'll start a fire."

And so you went through the process of setting up a tent, need I really describe it?

The fire came next, you already built a basic firepit, it was just a matter of grabbing some of the wood, piling it up, then lighting it with some flint and steel. Simple as that, though you'd occasionally throw in some kindling.

And then it was a matter of just helping Twilight finish her tent, then you all three sat down by the fire. Twilight got her fancy stove out, Rainbow pulled some marshmallows out, you pulled some sticks out, and you ate some roasted marshmallows.

The sunlight slowly disappeared over the horizon as the three humans enjoyed their time together. The women talked of their previous adventures as our hero munched on delicious marshmallows, when their tales finished, our hero spoke of one of his own.

It was a long time a ago, around 11 years to be exact, by then, he has already been part of the American military for 2 years. The tale was of his first mission on a new planet.

3:23 Pm

6 / 15 / 2468

Malari Valley - Jotor

Galaxy sector- C5- Human Territory.

Mission: Eliminate the Barions occupying a nearby cave, and recover your fallen comrades gear.

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"How much father?" You ask.

The man in the passenger seat looks back at you, "We're nearly there, check your guns again. We're expecting several biggies."

"Right." You reply.

You look down at your assault rifle, you've been using it for quite a while and it's proved to be pretty handy in those sticky situations. You press the mag release and quickly check the magazines ammo, once done, you loaded it back into the gun.

You checked your other gear during the wait, handgun, hand grenades, RIG, and your oxygen mask. Everything was good, you looked at the woman sitting next to you, her name was Rachel.

And she was your partner. . . In more than one way.

She looked at you and smiled, you felt that uneasiness slowly disappearing. Her hand reached out and grabbed your hand, giving it a light squeeze.

"Get ready. We're here." The passenger announces before hopping out of the car.

You quickly squeeze Rachel's hand before hopping out after the man.

"I'll see you later Rachel." You slap the side of the car, and it drives off.

Rachel looks at you through the window, a somber look on her face as she waves you bye.

"Anderson! Get your ass in gear! We gotta get those tanks!" The man was standing near a entrance to a cave.

"Coming." You reply while jogging towards the man.

He turns and starts walking Into the cave, you followed after him, he leads you through several tunnels until you eventually came across a very big opening in the cave.

There was several Barions sleeping together in clumps, this would prove a problem. These things were the size of semi-trucks, and there was at least 4 of them. Your guns could kill em' but you've been instructed to use the utmost of caution. In case things hit the fan, there was a 50. Rifle in the car and a couple LMG's.

You had a MHP-43 with a grenade launcher, a SAS-3, 4 hand grenades, a couple sticky bombs, and a radio, in case things ever got THAT bad.

Your plan:

Sneak up to the sleeping group, plant sticky bombs around them, get to high ground, set em' off.

As you and your pal snuck down the slope that led to the ground level of the opening, he gave you some hand signals. You simply nod and make your way towards the Barions, as you approached them. There was a slight crack at your feet, you look down at the ice beneath you.

Realization struck you like a giant iceberg, the ice was breaking. You dropped the stealth plan and instead pulled your 6 sticky bombs out. You armed every single one before lobbing them at the sleeping Barions.

The sensation of having 6 decently sized objects slam into it, woke the beast up. And in return, it woke the rest.

Now you just had to run and hope they don't catch you, you turned and ran towards the exit. Your companion caught the memo, and turned to run with you. As you ran, you heard the booming crash of a giant paw slamming into the ice that you were just standing on.

You turned briefly, just enough time to pull the detonator out, one click of the button and there was a very loud explosion. The air vibrated and smelled of burnt flesh, you felt sick to your stomach when you saw what remained of the 2 beasts the explosion happened to kill.

The other two stopped to honor their fallen, before turning and chasing after you with a renewed vigor. You and your friend turned and scrambled as quickly as you could to the exit. Once you ran up the slope and onto the cliff that overlooked the large dome like area.

Your friend offered the idea of turning and facing the creatures, you agreed to his plan and turned to face the giant creatures. They were clawing the icy wall that gave you the advantage of height, they would occasionally open their mouths to growl at you and your friend.

"Hey!" You say, "We should throw our hand grenades into their mouth whenever they open them!"

Your friend nodded in agreement before pulling his grenades out, you followed his actions. Once the both of you had your grenades, you patiently waited until one of them opened their mouth. When the one on the right opened its mouth, you quickly primed your grenade before dropping it into its mouth.

It stopped its attempt to reach you, so it could spit out whatever you threw in its mouth.

Then it's head exploded in a fury of blood and gore.

The gore of the creature splattered all over its friends face, it stopped its attacks as well. Just simply staring at its fallen brethren. Your friends took this as a chance to arm his grenade launcher.

The top part on the head of every Barion isn't armored, that's some information every new recruit is given. These things may seem invincible! But just get to high ground, that's their biggest weakness.

Your friend aimed his rifle at the creature head, and BAM!!! A grenade shot from the barrel of the gun and into the creatures skull. The explosion made brain matter fly all over the place.

"There." He says, "Our part of the deal is done. Let's hope they did their part.."

"Right." You reply, slightly out of breath.

"Come on, let's start a fire, I'm fucking freezing." The man slid his backpack off, then began digging through it.

FIN

"That. . Was certainly violent." Twilight looked at her sandwich before gently re-wrapping it, and placing it back into a basket.

"Yeah. . . " Rainbow agreed, "Certainly more violent than any adventure I've had! But quick question! Did you really have to explain their deaths with so much detail? Ive kinda lost my appetite"

"Sorry, I like to tell my tales with detail. So it's like you're there." You bite into your sandwich, completely unfazed by your story.

"Yeah, well since I'm completely unwilling to eat now, and I've been traumatized. I'm gonna go ahead and go to sleep." Twilight stands up.

"G'night." Rainbow replies.

"Night." You reply.

Twilight walks over to her tent and unzips the flap, she pulls it up and steps inside. Leaving you and Rainbow alone.

"So." Rainbow begins. "Rachel?"

You look up from the fire, "What about her?"

"N-nothing! Just, uh, curious." She looks away, a slight blush on her face, which was illuminated from the fire's crackling flames.

"Curious?" You ask, feigning ignorance.

"Uh, never mind." She stands up and walks towards her tent, she unzipped the flap and stepped inside, the zipper zoomed back up.

You stare at the tent, hoping there was some other reason as to her reaction. But you had a feeling.

And it wasn't a good one.

But regardless, maybe relationships can be something else you'll look into.

Maybe.

But moving onto the spaceship, your plan is to go in first and check the casualties. If there's a whole lot of bodies, you'll just have them wait as you plunder the ship. Once you see the ship, you can guess the quality of what's inside, if it's a big one, you have a decent chance of coming across some vehicles. But they'll most likely be totaled.

But you know your way around a car, depending on the damages and the parts you can find or salvage. You just might have a chance of repairing the thing.

There was the howl of a wolf in the distance.

Your suit already had a built-in motion tracker. It's range covered more than enough. So you're good as long as you wake during a attack. And it's kinda hard not too, when you're practically wearing a alarm clock.

You stood from your log, and looked around, the wolves didn't give off a heat signature, so you had to rely purely on your own eyesight. You grabbed your backpack and Twilight's, you were gonna bring them into your tent so no animals would eat the food.

Your tent was pretty decently sized, big enough for you to lay flat any way you wanted. You dropped the bags and unzipped the tent, you pulled the flap up with your left hand and used your right hand to pickup/throw bags in. Once both bags were in, you stepped inside and situated yourself. Your armor eliminated the need for any kind of blanket, but you brought a pillow, your helmet was incredibly uncomfortable to lie down on.

You fetched the pillow from your pack, and tossed it on the floor. You laid down, your back was on the ground while your stomach was facing the sky. You closed your eyes, in hopes of getting a peaceful nights worth of sleep.

There was another wolf howl in the distance, but this one sounded much closer. Your eyes opened, and you groaned in frustration.

"I knew they wouldn't accept defeat so easily! I shouldn't have let that one go!" You threw your arms in the air, then you reached for your backpack.

You unclipped your rifle, and pulled several magazines from the pack itself. You loaded a Magazine, and pulled the bolt back. You crawled to the flap and unzipped it, you crawled out and into the outside world.

You stood and raised the gun into the air, "COME ON MOTHERFUCKERS! I GOT PLENTY OF AMMO!"

And just like that, at least 3 dozen wolves came charging out of the woods.

You turned and faced them, Rainbow's tent zipper began unzipping.

"Stay in there! I got this! COME ON YOU SONS OF BITCHES!!"

The zipper went back up.

You raised your rifle and started firing into the crowd of wolves, your shots clipped 12 of them in the head. Their friends got the idea and started spreading out, they were also strafing back and forth.

"Fuck!" You press the mag release and slam another mag in, your hand quickly pulling the bolt back.

You start firing at wolves, your shots hitting 7 of them. Then they were all over you, but you still tried shooting them. Whenever a wolf would lunge at you, you'd quickly snap your aim towards their head and pull the trigger.

Once the rifle ran dry, they all started attacking at once. You quickly rolled to the side, causing 4 wolfs to jump into each other, shattering into a million pieces.

You pulled your Sas-24 out, and began firing at wolves that ran at you, most of your shots missed due to your urge to kill them as soon a possible. When your handgun ran dry, you ejected the magazine and quickly reloaded.

You began taking your time, you'd wait until a single wolf would lunge at you, then duck and grab their back leg, then you'd pretty much execute them, a swift bullet to the head. When that didn't work, you'd stomp their chest in.

When multiple wolfs charged you, you'd fire your handgun at them, making them scatter and much easier to kill. When you eventually ran out of handgun ammo, you switched to the Plasma sword and Lewis's Combat Knife.

You was an unstoppable killing machine, when a wolf managed to actually bite you, you pistol whipped it and threw it into the campfire (Which the wolves were trying to avoid at all costs.), as it howled its last howl, you kept on killing it's brethren.

Your motion tracker gave you the advantage, your superior training gave you the advantage, your AMAHS suit gave you the advantage, your guns gave you the advantage.

You were unstoppable.

As you sliced a wolf in half, then turned to stab a wolf in its face as it lunged at you, before picking it up and throwing it into the fire. You turned and faced the last wolf.

It stood there, it's head turned to look at all the wooden bits and pieces of its fallen comrades, then back to you.

You turned your Plasma sword off and sheathed your knife. You cracked your neck, and slowly began walking towards the wolf, it growled as it slowly backed up.

"Boo!" You quickly step forward.

The wolf whimpers in fear before turning and dashing off into the forest.

"That's right bitch! Run home! Tell your friends! Mess with me again and I'll kill you all!" You yell after the wolf.

When the wolf disappeared from sight, you turned and looked around. Wood covered every bit of grass, you had to quickly kick the wood from the fire, their wood was extremely volatile when introduced to fire.

After assuring the wood wouldn't burn the forest down, you collapsed on a log. Your breathing was irregular and you had the buzz of adrenaline coursing though your veins. When you remembered Twilight and Rainbow, you shot back up from the log and quickly ran to their tents.

"Twilight! Rainbow! You okay!?" You call out.

Both their tents unzip and both women step out.

"Whoa!" Rainbow says, as she looks at all the wood.

"Oh my- Anderson!? Was this all you!?!?!" Twilight raises her hand to her mouth.

"Yeah. But I just used a lot of ammo, so I'm really hoping we find a military ship." You pick up your Gs48 and wipe the dirt and grime from the barrel, grip, and sides.

"Remind me not to mess with you!" Rainbow announces as she kicks the head of a wolf.

"Yeah, well I'm fucking exhausted. So I'm going to bed." You crawl back inside your tent and reseal it.

"What!? Anderson you can't just go to bed after something like that!" Twilight starts.

"Watch me."

"Bu-!?"

"Twilight!" Rainbow interrupts, "He just saved the both of us! Say thanks and let's go back to bed!"

"What if they come back!?" Twilight replies.

"If he says its safe, then it's safe!" Rainbow argues.

Twilight doesn't respond, but instead sighs and says, "Alright, Alright. Thanks for saving us Anderson."

". . . "

"Anderson?"

You was already asleep.

Author's Notes:

Whoa! 4 thousand words! Holy moly!

Incredibly sorry this one took so long, it was supposed to come out 3 hours ago. But I had to put a playset together for my kid, that took roughly 2 and a half hours.

Family before this story I'm afraid.

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