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Squad Bravo 2-7: Twilight's First Life As A Soldier

by Chittatos

Chapter 8: Chapter 7 - Rage

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In the next morning, Twilight didn't come out from her room, even if her friends and brothers are waiting for her in the break room. They though she's still very upset about the mission yesterday. Nor anyone dared to enter her room. Not even a men from Bravo 2-7, Hunter 2-1, or even any men in the COP. They didn't dare since her deadly rage that made 375 Talibans and above killed by her yesterday.

"She's not getting out from that room," said Ramirez as he turns his head around at them.

"Oh, come on, she will," protested Laner, confidently.

"You do know we had to wait 1 hour for her to come out, right?" asked Dunn at him as Dunn looked at Laner's face.

"Ain't that great?" asked Jeremy. "I mean, she's still a young girl."

"I guess what we're doing here just making her felt worse," said Zendel.

"Hfff, i shouldn't let her join the Army," said Sgt. Foley, felt guilt.

"And it's too late to do that," said Yorker.

"You know what? I go check on her," said Rendor, he walked away from them and headed to Twilight's room.

Rendor then reached Twilight's room. Before he entered, he called her.

"Twilight, this is Rendor, may i come in?" asked Rendor through her door.

She didn't replied his question, Rendor then decided to enter her room with a little hesitation. When he entered, he saw Twilight still standing there near the desk in front of her. She was seems so sleepy, he can see it from her sleepy eyes, he guessed that she didn't get any sleep last night. She was still working on something on the desk, she was still making some incendiaries bullets and weapon modifications for herself, he thinks. And she has make some sort of Exo-shield that she able to replicate from Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare. And it seems she recently repaired an air combat drone, called MQ-27 Dragonfire, armed with machine gun and rocket launcher.

"Where did you get that drone?" asked Rendor to Twilight as he looked at the drone she left on the other table.

"From Briggs, that Sherman operator, he gave me what's left of it," replied Twilight. "I have fixed it until it's already combat operational."

"Hmm, impressive..." complemented Rendor, before he turned around and walked towards Twilight slowly. "You're okay?"

She didn't reply his question. Rendor then walked and stand next to Twilight. Seeing that Twilight keep minding her own business, Rendor then grabbed and hold her hand to stop on what she doing. Twilight then turned her head and looked towards Rendor's face in silent.

"Twilight, you better get some rest," said Rendor in very soft tone. "You are very tired, i don't want you to get fainted out there."

Twilight then give away her sight towards the wooden wall in front of her and Rendor released her hand. "Sorry, i just... i'm so devastated."

"It's alright," said Rendor. "i know how it feel."

Twilight then stay silent for a moment. She then removed her hands from on the table and stand up straight.

"i'm going to get some sleep," said Twilight, she then moved away from the table and then lay down on her bed as Rendor watched her going to sleep.

After she slept, Rendor then exits her room and return to the break room. Everyone in the break room stay silent until Rendor came up. Everyone stands up from their seat and looked at Rendor. Rendor then folded his arms while the rest waiting for his answer.

"So?" asked Foley. "How's it go?"

"She... didn't get any sleep last night," replied Rendor. "Well, she sleeps just now."

"huh, what did she do last night?" asked Laner.

"Fixing a combat drone, making some incendiaries ammo and weapon modifications, for herself," replied Rendor. "I think."

Ramirez then have a though on what she's doing for. "She's up to something."

"What do you mean?" asked Briggs, who is one of the Sherman tank operator. "She seems not up to something bad."

"She's, well..." said Ramirez, he then let out a sigh before continue talking. "She wanted revenge."

Everyone was looking at Ramirez. But, then for a moment, everyone shows their faces of agreements towards Ramirez's opinion. But then, Rendor protested.

"There's no way she would dare to do that," protested Rendor as he shooks his head.

"Then tell me, why she fixed the drone, make weapon modifications, and make incendiaries bullets for?" asked Ramirez. "She doesn't have to do a lot of that." Rendor then think about it but then he quickly agreed with him.

"I guess you're right," said Rendor. "But, no way she would able to handle that by herself, she's still a girl."

"I think she able to do that," said a soldier of the COP, who is next to Sgt. Foley. "She killed 375 terrorist with a single mag of M249 SAW yesterday, even if it only has 200 bullets."

"Now we only have one question left," said Yorker, everyone was surprised.

"What question?" asked Jeremy as he raised his both eyebrow.

Rendor thinks awhile then he said the question that Yorker is going to say. "Who's her target?"

Everyone then stay silent for the past 1 minute as they think. Everyone then realize who is she targeting. Everyone then looked in each other in no doubt except for Cpl. Dunn

"No, there's no way she is going to get that bastard!" exclaimed Dunn as he shooks his head while looking towards his left and front.

"I know," said Rendor. "But the Red Hand, Mohud Syahrar, is truly her real target."

After the conversation in the break room, around 1000 hours, squad Hunter 2-1 and Bravo 2-7 were tasked for routine patrol. Only this time they patrol without Twilight claiming that she is in very tired condition and needed to get some rest. Now, their patrol said to be done until the evening around 1930 hours. The soldiers in the COP were told to keep an eye on Twilight if she wakes up. They had to make sure that Twilight didn't disappear from the COP for her revenge.

It was evening, or night as you recall, it was 1900 hours. Twilight has woke up, she then quickly packed up her stuff she needed in the backpack, along with the combat drone she fixed recently. After she get all the equipment she need, she then quickly get outside from the barracks. Oddly, the soldiers around the COP didn't see her, either because they hardly seen anything in the dark or their attention have been distracted to somewhere, though the COP had electrical problems on some places like around the barracks and near the jail where the Red Hand's accomplice was locked up. She eventually reached the jail without getting hold up by any soldiers in the COP.

The accomplice, Blaffir Myaksah was surprised until he stands up from his seat inside his jail. Twilight quickly walked to the jail door he's in and kicked it, the jail door broke and opened.

"I told you my men will kill you," said Blaffir in confindence as he moved his head pointing at her. "You just don't listen to me, you can go ahead and bring me to that black man, what was his name? Foley, yeah Foley, you can bring me to him."

Twilight stay silent as she stands in front of him and give a rage look as she stares at him. "He's not here."

"What?" asked Blaffir in surprised as he looked at her.

But then, he saw her hand is on her pistol holster. Blaffir then realize how's the situation would be.

"No, you wouldn't dare to do that aren't you?" asked Blaffir, not believing if that's what going to happen.

"Wrong," replied Twilight, as she quickly drew her M9 pistol and shot his leg, the gunshot surprising everyone in the COP as they looked for the source of the sound.

While Blaffir groans in pain as he holds his wound on his leg, he then looked at her in a little afraid. "Have you gone mad?"

Twilight ignored his question and she keeps aiming her gun at him as she asked. "Where's Mohud Syahrar?" she asked in cold tone.

"I won't tell you," replied Blaffir in defensive word.

Twilight then shot him again, this time she shot him in the stomach. Blaffir screamed for 1 second and then holds his wound in the stomach with only one hand. The soldiers were surprised to hear the gunshot again, they still can't find the source but it sounds were like it was fired inside the COP.

"Dolker died because of you!" shouted Twilight in rage.

Blaffir was already afraid but he still resist. "You know it was a trap but you still want to go there."

Twilight shot him again in the right shoulder. This time, Briggs, who was still in the COP knows where the sounds come from.

"Guys, it's from the jail!" shouted Briggs. "Everyone to the jail now!"

After they reached the jail, they saw her aiming her gun at Blaffir. It was a very intense situation. Briggs and the soldiers can do nothing but to watched her killing the prisoner and keep their distance from Twilight. As they watched, Twilight then pushed Blaffir to the wall behind him with her arm striking his throat hard. She then putted the firing end of the gun on his forehead as she holds him at the wall.

Blaffir was struggle to get some air because Twilight holding him with her arm locking his throat. As he struggle by grabbing and try to push her arm off from his throat, she then hit his throat with her arm to the wall to hold him as she putted the gun on his forehead.

"Listen here, motherfucker. You're dealing with a wrong person here. You know my friends died out there, but you didn't know that i killed more than 300 of your man by my own goddamn hand! Even if they tried to kill me i'm still fucking alive! And now they just killed my brothers out there, and i won't stop until i found that bastard who did this! And i will fucking kill him and his man with no fucking problem! They will fucking pay for that!" said Twilight madly.

She pauses for moment to calm herself down before continue talking.

"You have five seconds to talk," said Twilight, threatening to kill him.

Blaffir quickly panicked, Twilight then quickly pushed his throat and keep pushing him while she's counting.

"5!" shouted Twilight, counting.

"Twilight, you don't have to do this!" shouted Briggs, trying to convince her.

"4!" shouted Twilight, ignoring what Briggs said. "3!"

"Twilight, stop!" shouted Briggs, his words can't be any use to stop her.

"2!" shouted Twilight, her finger is going for the trigger.

Blaffir is very afraid of she's going to kill him, he don't have time to free himself.

"1!" counted Twilight, which is the last count.

"TWILIGHT, DON"T!" shouted Briggs and two other soldiers.

When Twilight already puts her finger on trigger, at last, Blaffir has gave up.

"Alright! Alright! I'll tell you, i'll tell you, just don't kill me, please!" shouted Blaffir quickly, gave up defending himself.

Twilight then moved her finger away from the trigger but she's still holding him. "WHERE THE FUCK IS HE?" shouted her at him.

"Look, i truly don't where he is, but, i can tell you this," said Blaffir quickly. "There's a man who knows his location, his name is Farikh Sutranda. He's in Jaldak, he has 3 birth brothers there. He usually wears white and red robe at night."

"Good," said Twilight, she then let him go from her grasp.

Blaffir then quickly fell and kneel, he then take a huge breath quickly because he nearly lost all air. Twilight then put her pistol in her holster, she counted there are 12 bullets left in the M9 pistol. Twilight then fixes her glasses before she turned around and head outside the jail. The soldiers who were on her way quickly back off from her, including Briggs. When she is heading to a humvee, some soldiers trying to hold her from getting to the humvee but she able to get past them. She then entered inside the humvee and turn the car on. She quickly gassed the car and ran out from the COP.

Twilight had no feelings about what happen back there, only rage and hatred that spreaded in her mind. As she drive, she looked back at the equipment she brought for her personal trouble. Combat drone, grenades, Scar H, Dolker's G36, dual G18, weapons attachment, and an exo-shield on her arm. She then looked away from the equipment and keep an eye on the road to reach Jaldak.

Squad Bravo 2-7 and Hunter 2-1 has returned to COP. After they get out from the humvees, The squads saw the soldiers were look nervous. Foley and Rendor knew what's going on.

"You let her loose?!" exclaimed Sgt. Foley in shocked.

"We tried to stop her but she able to get past us," said Briggs quickly. "She also injured the prisoner only to make him talk out about the Red Hand's location."

"Do you know where she heading?" asked Rendor quickly.

"Did mention about Jaldak, but that's not his location, there's another men who knows his location in Jaldak," said the soldier who was behind Briggs.

"Shit, we don't have time to find the person who knows the Red Hand's location," said Foley madly. "If she found the men who knows his location that means we don't have the only one who knows his location or Twilight's whereabout."

"We better scan this whole area, fast," said Dunn, giving his suggestion to Foley.

"Yeah," said Foley, agreed with Dunn. "you heard the Corporal, let's find her!"

Twilight has reached a town called Jaldak. She parked the car right at the entrance of the town and find Farikh Sutranda. Her appearance as a soldier in Jaldak has made the civilians scared of her and back off from her. When she keeps moving forward, she found him. Farikh was talking with his other 3 brothers, they all have AKs weapon. After they four saw the female soldier coming at them, they draw their weapons and quickly aim at her. But Twilight able to quickly shot their arms with her M9 pistol to drop their weapons and shot their leg to paralyzed them, except for Farikh.

The three brothers can't do anything but to stay lay down on the ground. The three expected to get killed by her, but she didn't kill them. Farikh, he got shot twice in the arm and the shoulder, he looked at the soldier walking towards him in agitated. Farikh walked back until he hits a wall behind him. He had nowhere to go.

When Twilight is already close to him and aiming her gun at him, he closed his eyes to be ready to get shot, but she didn't shot him either. They both stand there in silent while Farikh's brother watched them, expecting for what happen to him next.

"Farikh," called Twilight, cold tone. "I'm not here to kill you."

Farikh's brothers didn't understand what did she said, but Farikh understand english well.

"What?" Farikh then open his eyes and looked towards her. "Why didn't you kill me, or brothers?"

"I'm here for Mohud Syahrar," replied Twilight.

"No, you won't get him from me," said Farikh.

"Blaffir said you're the only one who knew his location," said Twilight, giving proof.

"I rather die than telling you where he is," said Farikh, resisted.

Twilight then lower her M9 pistol, the pistol did only have one bullet left. Eleven bullets were used to bring them down alive. Farikh then confused on why did she lower her gun instead of killing him. Her angry expression turned to a sad one.

"I'm not here to kill your family," she said. "I'm here to find the bastard who killed my brother, and my friends of what i call family."

Farikh was surprised to hear that.

"I'm not that kind of person," added Twilight. "But, if you really don't want me to find him."

She then give him her pistol. Farikh quickly aimed his pistol at her.

"Go ahead, kill me."

Twilight closed her eyes, ready to take a bullet to the head. Farikh is ready to pull the trigger. But then, he asked himself.

"How did she know my family, which is my brothers? He taught in his heart.

Farikh then understand why she didn't kill them. What she's been through is so personal. And she didn't sent by the goverment to find him. She only come to fulfill her promise to her brothers and friends who had fallen in battle. She is very different from her. He then have another question in his mind, which he has to asked to her by himself.

"You're the one, who killed hundreds of the talibans back in Jandad Kalay?"

"Yes, but it was rage what made me kill them a lot," said Twilight. "They killed the only most beloved thing i know, which is a brother who guide me the way to the right."

Farikh though for a while about it. But then he decides not to kill her. He then lower the pistol. He understands her feeling.

"You and i are not different," said Farikh. "It seems we both ever gone through the same thing."

Twilight then open her eyes and looked at him.

"I will take you to him," said Farikh. "Your problem is nothing like what the goverment had."

"Thank you," said Twilight.

"One more question," said Farikh.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Is there other reason why you didn't kill us?"

"Sometime's, you need to show mercy on your enemy."

Farikh agreed with her, he then looked back to his brothers behind her. He gave back her gun and walked towards his brothers who are wounded. He then spoke to his brothers in pashto language about her. After awhile, Farikh and Twilight patch them up back to their feet. Twilight then looked at them in silent as those brothers and Farikh stares at her.

"Did you bring a car?" asked Farikh.

Twilight lead him to the humvee, as Farikh's brothers watch them go in disbelieve that Farikh will lead her to Mohud Syahrar. Farikh drove the car while Twilight sat down next to him. She putted the bag full of equipment on the seat to underneath it. She then open her bag and began to prepare herself.

Farikh keep driving the car, and it seems he is taking a road towards a city called Spin Buldak. Farikh is looking at Twilight as he drive. He sees that Twilight is assembling a bayonet on the end of the Scar H and attached what is seems to be a small flamethrower underneath its gun barrel. She then took an exo-shield and attached it on her left arm. She then load every weapon she had on stock with incendiaries ammos. She then putted her Scar H on top of her thighs, dual G18 on holsters on the waist, M9 on her holster of the chest, and G36 in the backpack. Farikh then looked away from her and looked at the road ahead.

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Twilight," she replied. "Twilight Sparkle."

"You're long way from home, young lady."

"I know."

Farikh nodded, he then asked. "Why did you join the military?"

"I'm looking for adventure."

Farikh was surprised as he looked at her for awhile. "This is no place for adventure to be honest, this is a place of conflicts, kill or be killed."

"I know, but this is also a place of relieved."

"What do you mean, 'relieved'?"

"The view nature of Afghanistan, also the people all around us that believe that everything we bring here like, a pen for example, is looks like a gift for them."

Farikh then chuckled, but it was true if something like that happened. After they silent for awhile, Farikh then starts to tell a story to her.

"It was 2 months ago, i was in Helmand Province, in a place called Shorawak. I was heading there to find my parents at their home. When i reached there, there was a big fight between the Talibans and those Americans. My parents house was in the middle of the battlefield. I rushed to get there as those Talibans covered my back and i shoot back at the Americans with my AK. When i nearly reached the house, the house suddenly blown up and i was thrown away from there. When i woke up, i see that my parents died, killed by the Americans with their tank. I was very mad back there and i screamed. I ran to cover and quickly take the RPG on the ground. And then i ran out in the open with haste. The Americans have two tanks back there. I aimed at the tank and take the shot. I blown up a tank with one shot, right at the firing tube. I shot another one with it and the tank broke down. The Americans then fled away from the battle, for their only support are destroyed. After the battle, i just standing in tears as i drop the weapon in my hand to the ground. The Talibans cheered for victory except me, and my brothers there for we lose what we care and we love about. i ran off to Kandahar with my only family, which is my brothers. To find a safe place for us. I regret that i failed to save them, i pray for my parents all day, in or not in battle."

Twilight felt sad hearing his story, she nearly cried. "I'm sorry."

Farikh just silent, he shooks his head and then he keep an eye on the road. They both then silent on the way there.

On the other hand, squad Bravo 2-7 and squad Hunter 2-1 were scanning the area to a place called Jaldak, but no evidence of her whereabouts. They had to asked help from the soldiers of FOB Lagman to find her. Colonel Marshall was there in the FOB. After Colonel Marshall heard what's going on. They discuss about it. After 10 minutes of discussion, Colonel Marshall, Foley, and Rendor were resting near the gate entrance.

"We can't continue our search at night," said Colonel. "It's too dangerous."

"Damn, she is nowhere to be found!" complained Foley in mad.

"I know, but we can't stop now, we have to find her," said Rendor, saying it to hold Foley's spirit. "She's our sister-in-arms."

"Sorry, but we have to continue our search in the next morning," said Colonel.

"God, please keep her alive," prayed Foley, worried about her.

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