April of 2050 Frontier between India and China in a car driving to a temporary base.

D*mn, Who would have thought that I will be dispatched to a possible war theater just after enlisting? I just wanted to escape from some of the debts that i have. I should have known that this was coming. The tensions were ramping up and all but at least thanks to the law about debt exemptions my company back home will leave with quite the sum of money if i survive this.

"Huuuh"

"What is it?" said a technician named John

"I'm just homesick" 

"You have been talking about your company the whole way." said John

"Huuh, my company, i just hope we don't become the reason that makes the U.S. have to rethink if joining the war was necessary"

"We are here just as support; we are probably the most protected thing in the whole frontier" John

"But there has been skirmishes on the border already we are far from safe here"

"You are just a technician and an advisor. You are the farthest away from danger anyone has ever been" John

"It's just that I don't want to put my life on the line for anyone that isn't me as a principle. I do understand why people do it but that's just not me. Don't misunderstand though, I will fight if it comes to it but I'm regretting joining here."

"No kidding." said John

All the soldiers on the hammer like vehicle start laughing and Isaac starts thinking about the situation of the battlefield again.

Latter after arriving at the temporary base.

Just going out of the transport after passing the checkpoint.

"D*mn it's chilling here. I thought India was way hotter than this." said a random soldier from the transport.

"Well, we are 1000 meters above sea level"

"That's why I'm not one of the tech guys, we should report our arrival now" random soldier

After going through the usual checking Isaac finally meets his new boss on this camp, Chief technician Lewis who is checking something on the tablet like IT-13 on his hands.

"We are almost done unpackaging by now you should go grab you own IT-13 and start helping me check if everything is in order the troops are going to start a deep scan of the surrounding terrain and they will like a talk with someone with experience on the matter." said Lewis

"Sure, I will do that. Do you know how the situation is developing on the front?

"I don't think we are privy to that particular info but I can assure you that if we are fighting, we are definitively not losing"

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Like I would care about that I just wanna know if we are gonna see any actual fighting but anyway it wouldn't be a nice world if it was ruled by a totalitarian dictatorship like China. God bless their insanely high levels of corruption and complete lack of technological advancement other than through stealing. I will never have enlisted if the enemy had an actual chance at beating us anyway.

"Thank you, sir. I will get going."

Isaac after getting the IT-13 and linking it with his profile at the army proceeds to the scheduled prefab building to show how the piece of machinery actually work. He still thinks they are not all that clever, it's pretty clear at least to him anyway how to make it work from the videos and simulation programs on the IT-13. It is surprising to him how lazy or stupid people can be but it's not like this is anything new to him. He stopped long ago from expecting something from people who can't or won't even try. Some people won't try, they have other priorities, they want to become something else or a bunch of other reasons. Since he was a kid he understood that the only way to prove that you can do something is to actually do it. You might not have to prove anything to yourself as he also applies to himself, but you have to prove it to everyone around you.

And this was the case for almost every low rank soldier and even some of the more high ranking soldier although some of the more high up the hierarchy you go at least they are well connected. Well, that's what de NCO (non commissioned officers) are for.

After everyone has arrived to the room, Isaac stops looking at the guide of how to handle the equipment and starts explaining.

"Hello everyone, you should already know some of the basic notions of how to handle this equipment but let's recap how you...."

Suddenly an alarm stars ringing, everyone starts looking surprised and try to remember what they were supposed to do. It didn't take long because of the regular simulacrums.

"What the f*ck??!!" regular soldier

"Was there any patrol at this time??" another soldier

Trying to understand if the problem is close to them or far away enough so they are not in danger as the run to their planned positions.

I hope the emergency isn't close to here. I should run but not run that fast on the places that are safer from the common problems such as explosions and bullets. Isaac though as he was running around.

booooom

Isaac wasn't even really nervous up to this point but hearing the noise and feeling the heat he can only think of one weapon that fit those criteria. Faced with the materialization of his worst nightmare he could only filled despair like he only felt once before in his life.

Faced with the despair inducing reality he does the only thing that could give him some comfort and draws his MK-28.

If i'm gonna die i sure as h*ll gonna do it on my terms. He thought.

As he finally comes out of the covert position in which he was hiding he can see the cloud of dust from the gigantic explosion which is visible on the hills even above the walls of the camp.

"Where did that explosion come from?" He questions at apparently no one.

booom booom boooom

He is surprised by the multiple explosions going around the base.

As he comprehends that the explosions are actually approaching the base he starts cursing at the Chinese and all their ancestors.

As he is losing control of his body all he can see is red, brown and finally black.

He is slightly confused at the possibility of being something after life, most of the religions have a figurative afterlife meaning that it's little more than allegories or a way to not fear death because it's unproductive to do so. The only ones who actually believe there's something and there's proof of it happening are dodgy at the very least. 

Suddenly he sees something white on his vision like a point and as he tries to see and get close to it. It is a crow surrounded by white light. It seems approachable and comparing it with nothing he will hold to it for dear life.

As i approach it the crow seems to be slightly flying and It's d*mn big like almost twice my size. I completely ignore the fear that a gigantic crow should instill on a person. I try to hug the paw of the beast I can only get one of my arms to catch it but suddenly the crow closes its claw and starts what appears to be flying.