12th May 1995
"Stay hidden and wait for my signal," a man said into the communication device on his hand. The darkness hid his face. It was night, and the new moon was in the sky. He pulled up the binoculars around his neck and looked ahead. He saw three vehicles ahead. They were moving in order and formation. He took his com unit closer and spoke.
"ETA 2 minutes. Get ready." After saying that, he put the com down and walked to his right. There was a large green crate. He leaned over and opened it, taking out what was inside, an AT rocket launcher. Placing it on his shoulder, he crouched down, set up the com unit, and positioned himself. Looking through the scope of the AT launcher, he saw the targets coming closer.
"On three. One. Two. Three!" he said through the com device and fired his missile. The missile flew directly at the one in front of the convoy. At the same time, three more missiles were fired from different locations. One was from his left, another from his right, and the last from the mountain directly across from him.
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"Congratulations John, I have to admit I didn't expect you to have a child so soon." Said the driver, looking out of the rearview mirror. "Thanks man, yeah it wasn't planned though. But I can't take back what I did, right." Said John, sitting in the back. His words got a laugh from every person in the car.
John was a corporal in the Army. He was 32 years old and had been in the Army for seven years. Usually, he would be at a base in Hargat, which was safer because of its proximity to the capital. But to get promoted, he had to serve at the border base, which is why he was in this deserted place.
"We..." John was about to say something when he noticed several sources of light. "WATCH OUT!" Said the man sitting next to him. The car before them spotted the missiles and tried to swerve, but it was too late. The rocket made contact with the vehicle in front of them, blowing it up.
"DODGE IT LEO DODGE IT" Said the person beside the driver. Driver Leo shifted the gear and pushed the pedal to the end. The car started speeding up, and suddenly, one of the rockets blew up the car behind them. Leo saw it all from the mirror. "LEFT LEO LEFT MOVE!" Said John, seeing the missile coming from their right. Hearing it, Leo moved to the left and dodged the rocket, but another one was coming towards them. Leo, pushing the brakes, tried his best to stop. The missile exploded right in front of them, overturning the car.
After the car rolled over a few times, it stopped at the side of the road. John, waking up in pain, pulled out his gun and readied himself before checking on his friends. Leo wasn't breathing, Matt, the guy on his right, had a broken leg, and Xavier, in the front passenger seat, had his upper body outside while his lower body was inside. It was a gruesome sight, and John hadn't witnessed anything like that. Holding his urge to puke, he said. "Matt, get ready." He slowly adjusted his position in an upside-down car.
"I can't fucking move, man. My leg is stuck." Responded Matt. Looking over, John saw his right leg stuck between his and the front seat. Reaching and pulling out his pistol, John gave it to him. "Cover me." He said, reaching Matt's stuck leg. Slowly pulling out, he successfully rescued Matt. Helping him and opening the door, they slowly got out with a pistol in their hands.
John was watching his right, and Matt was watching his left. After getting out of the car, they walked towards the forest right next to the road. With Matt leaning on his shoulder, they slowly moved.
After a minute of walking, they reached the forest.
"If we c-- igh get pass this forest, we are safe" said Matt.
Yes, John knew this, too, because they would be in front of the Chalin, their base once they got past this forest. But there was a big problem. The forest was enormous; even if they moved without stopping, it would still take half an hour. Plus, this forest still had bears and such. With the ambushers adding up, it will be a long journey.
Getting himself mentally ready, John scanned his surroundings and began pacing up. While they were moving, a group of 10 people gathered right outside the forest. Armed with AK-47 rifles, waiting for something.
"Try bringing them alive," Said a voice coming from their communication device. After hearing this, they split up into groups with two people in each and made their entered. Finding the traces left, they started tracking them down. After a few minutes of walking and tracking, they saw two people walking—one of them leaning toward the other guy. The person seeing them reported with a communication device and gave the location to his friends.
John was walking with Matt, and he could sense Matt was so tired. It was just a few minutes, but losing so many friends at once was mentally tiring, too. "John just left me down here and ran to the base. You can come back to get me after reaching the base." Said Matt, exhaustion could be heard in his voice. "I don't intend to get your corpse, Matt. Shut up and keep walking." It was the answer John gave.
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Unbeknownst to them, the circle of the ten armed persons was closing up on them. They got closer each minute, and then the first contact happened. While scanning his surroundings, John saw the bushes move in front of him. Aiming at the bush, he quickly fired and saw a man fall forward. Matt, hearing the gunshot, raised his pistol and looked around. Then another gunshot was heard. Matt was shot on his back, and John's arm that was holding Matt also got hit.
Feeling the pain, John pulled back his arm reflexively, making Matt lose his balance and fall. John then tried turning around and firing back but got shot a second time, and this time, it was his right hand that was holding the pistol. Suddenly, getting shot in his arm made John lose his grip on the gun, making it fall. Then, two men, right behind them, walked out from the trees they hid, followed by another two coming out from their left and right, finally making up to the nine people. One of them walked towards their friend, who got shot down at first.
Checking his pulse, he shook his head right and left, indicating that he was dead. John watched it as they got closer to him. "What do you want?" John asked, looking towards the guy who walked up to him. The guy didn't respond but gave him a grunt before hitting his face with the back of his rifle. Then he told his com device. "We captured them alive, sir."
"Good. Bring them to the base, and don't leave evidence behind." Said the man on the other side of the device. Hearing him, the guy signaled they should take two soldiers and
their friend. Then, he walked towards a tree with one man behind him carrying a backpack. Reaching the tree, a man with a backpack crouched down, opened the backpack, and pulled out a device. There was a word on it and a timer. The timer was set to 02:00, and the words were "C4 Explosive". Putting down the explosive, he pressed a button, and the timer started counting down while they began to move.
When the timer hit 0, there was a small explosion. Then, a fire started from the chems released with the bomb. While all this was happening in the base Chalin, there was movement. It was because of the gunshots and explosions they heard. Armored vehicles started going out of the base towards the source of the sound.
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Inside a tent that could accommodate five people, a man sat in a chair, looking at something on the table before him. It was a map of a country named Crow Empire.
He got a red pen and marked a particular road near the "Forest Lura."
Then, a voice was heard from the tent's entrance. "Sir, others have arrived." Hearing it, he got up and slowly walked towards the entrance, making his way out. Once he was outside, he saw two men lying on the ground. One of them had bandages on his waist, while the other had bandages on both arms. "Wake them up," he said.
One man moved and brought a bucket filled with water and splashed it on their face, waking them up. John and Matt woke up with cold water hitting their face. Not realizing where he was, John tried to get up, but a kick landed on his stomach, cutting his breath off. On the other hand, Matt understood the situation and kept lying down, scanning his surroundings with his eyes. He counted 30 men and women with rifles in their hands, while one of them had a machine gun with bullets wrapped from his shoulder to his waist.
John looked at the man standing before them with hands behind his back. And he was shocked. He had short black hair and a handsome face. But that wasn't the cause of his shock; the guy standing in front of him was someone he had wronged. When he was having problems with his wife as a corporal, he had 'tortured' some newbies. And the owner of this handsome face was one of them: Victor Drakon. Victor crouched down and smirked at him.
"Who do we have here." He said with an evil smile. "Victor, what do you mean by this?!" John yelled at him, finding himself in the hands of someone he had stepped on. "Sorry, corporal, you weren't my target, but I accept it as a bonus," Victor said. He gets up and walks towards his tent, saying, "Make them spit out all the information they have." Hearing him say this, the armed man grabbed them and pulled them towards another tent while they were struggling. 'We are fucked.' was the last thought of Matt before forced to get inside a tent filled with types of equipment to torture someone.
On the other side, Victor walked inside his tent, followed by five women. They started undressing him before washing him. While he was getting cleaned by five women, Victor smiled while seemingly lost in his thoughts. But Victor was checking his rewards for the first successful attack.
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Congratulations on your first attack. Rewards are:
-1.000.000 CED (currency used by Crow Empire)
-10 Revolutionaries
-20 AK-47
-Ownership of the Warmonger Arms
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Seeing the rewards Victor was in a good mood, deciding to have some fun he grabbed one of the woman and pulled her to his lap making her sit before started kissing. With others joining, Victor was about to taste heaven.