This is something that I just thought of when I was watching a documentary about WWII, please enjoy.
The war is coming to an end. The Evil Empire had finally crumbled upon themselves.
I walked silently on the empty street of this now pitiful looking town. Beside me, my soldiers are cleaning up the rubble and the bodies that were littered on the ground. Sometimes, the soldiers would look up to me and salute me, and I would return them with another salute. Over at the castle about three miles north of here, "Emperor" Kaito and his soldiers are still defending their last stronghold, yet to be annihilated. What a pity, their only crime was that they followed a wrong leader and fought a wrong war, but not Kaito. This...man, if you could call him one, destroyed not only my home, but his as well. The number of war crimes that he had committed was astronomical. I hate him, I wish that he was never born.
My Lieutenant hurried up to me, did a salute, and started with his report. "Colonel Megurine, the clean-up of the residential district is now complete. While securing this district, we lost 276 men, while the enemy lost 597 by headcount. We have captured 79 prisoners, and they shall be send back to the Republic for hard labor. Now, units of the 25th Infantry Regiment shall join with the 46th Armour Regiment..." He went on with his report, but I was not paying any attention. I was tired, no, I was sick about this conflict now. This war, this damned war had changed me from a cheerful and innocent girl into a monster. Never more did I feel sorry for the war dead, Never more did I get scared before piles of bloody, dismembered bodies, and never more did I cry myself to sleep each night, thinking about my family. Deep down, I could still remember the times that I had with them though, those were the good times. We used to sit around a bonfire and listen to my father's guitar as we sing along with him, we were such a happy bunch.
But now, nothing was lift, only death.
"Colonel Megurine?" The Lieutenant asked, which brought me back to reality. I nodded to him, signaling him to continue. "General Kagamine had just received an intel showing that one of Kaito's favorite concubines had fled to this area, hoping to escape elsewhere. For political purposes, he orders you to find her and bring her to the Republic, where she might face execution." The Lieutenant reported.
My heart sank as I heard this order. As a soldier, I am used to seeing people die, but I had never fired a single bullet at anyone who tried to surrender and to flee. But I had to suck up my feelings and obey the order, because it is a soldier's duty to obey orders.
"I understood. Do you have a name?" I asked him.
"The intercepted message only refers to her as '01', so we don't know her name yet." The Lieutenant answered.
"Got it." I said, "Tell the General not to worry."
"I wish you luck, Colonel Megurine," My Lieutenant said, "happy hunting."
"Happy hunting"... He said these words as if we were on a vacation, and as if "01"was not a human. This damned war did not only change me, but every one I knew.
To be continued...
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