Chapter 1
Bam!
Vassily cocks his rifle. He stares at his latest kill, the hunter that came to hunt him. Major Konig the teacher that tought his teacher Koulikov everything he knew. He retrieves his rifle after a long pause of silence and returns to his deceased friend. He places the rifle in his arms to honor him. Vassily stares longingly at his dead comrade Commisar Danilov as he holds Konigs rifle in his lifeless arms.
Flashback:
"You'll get us caught, Comrade Commisar." Whispered Vassily. Danilov looks back at him as he is about to shoot two officers. He refocuses and pulls the trigger and both Vassily and himself flinches but the shot does not go off.
Danilov tries to slide the bolt back but is incapable of doing so. Vassily sees this and crawls up to Danilov as motors and bombs go off all around them. "With your permission comrade Commisar." Vassily extends his hand signifying for the rifle.
Danilov gives him the rifle between pants and Vassily takes out his clip of five rounds and loads the rifle. He the prepares the shot by cocking the rifle back up and signifies that it is ready to be used.
He hands the rifle back to Danilov. Danilov takes his aim.
"Which one do you think I should aim at first? Says Danilov.
"You should wait. Until there is an explosion" Vassily says as points up to the sky.
Danilov nods then goes back to aiming, his eyes clearly unfocused. "Do you know how to shoot?" Says Danilov. "A little." Says Vassily. Danilov hands the rifle back to Vassily and Vassily rolls around to find a sniping spot in the fountain.
At the same time 2 more German officers arrive with an infantry soldier in a car. They park up alongside the fist two officers and greet them in their native language before standing on the other side of the pillar.
Vassily takes aim and waits for a chance to fire.
"Don't shoot, don't shoot, he's looking right at us!" Says Danilov.
The infantry soldier is looking at the fountain while slowly making his way over.
Vassily waits for an explosion.
Boom!
Shoots the first officer in the head with out the others noticing.
Within seconds of the next explosion the officer beside the now deceased one notices and looks over just as the the explosion goes off.
Boom!
Two officers killed.
The infantry soldier notices that two of his comrades where shot and killed. He drops to the ground and looks around to find where the shots are coming from.
Boom!
The next explosion goes off. Third officer is shot through the head, killing him. The infantry soldier spots Vassily and prepares to throw a grenade into the fountain. Vassily cocks his next shot.
Boom!
Vassily shoots the infantry soldier in the head before he has a chance to throw the grenade. The last officer notices his comrades are dead and makes a run for it. Vassily cocks his last shot, only one shot left. He stands up and prepares his aim revealing his position.
Boom!
Vassily shoots the last officer in the head and immediately falls back into the fountain. With heavy breaths and a look at Danilov he crawls towards him and gives him back the rifle.
"Thank you, comrade Commisar." Says Vassily.
With a look of surprise, shock and newfound respect, Danilov takes a moment and observes Vassily before offering his hand and introducing himself. "Danilov, political officer, second class, twenty-first infantry."
Flashback end:
Vassily reminisces his times with his dear friend with how they met and how this war has taken his friend and loved ones away.
Lurking in the shadows was a mysterious man who has been observing Vassily since he first stepped foot in Stalingrad. 'This boy, he has been through much in his life. Yet how is it that he is able to still able to forgive his friends let alone his own country? Is it his bravery or morals? What is it?'
The man slowly approaches Vassily. Vassily notices and turns around rifle pointed at the man.
"Calm down son I am not here to hurt you, I just came to ask you a question." Said the man.
Vassily's gaze hardened at his claim but chose to answer his question. "What is it then?" Said Vassily.
"What do you fight for?" Said the man. "I fight for my country, my brothers, and my fallen brothers to protect them from people that do them harm." Said Vassily. The man smiled. "That's a very good reason to fight. Now if I may, may I ask one more thing?" Said the man. Vassily nods.
"I can send you to another world where there are no conflicts between men..." Said the man
"How is that possible?" Said Vassily.
"Because there is something greater to fear than man itself." Said the man.
"Who are you!" Exclaimed Vassily. "What reason is it that you would send me and not someone else!" Exclaimed Vassily again.
"My child I promise that you will know in time, but for now what you need to know is that you will play a big role in this new world, a role of a savior. I hope that this will also help make amends with your past." Said the man.
Before Vassily said another word the man created a portal beside him. "Good luck my boy. Do not worry about sustaining ammo for your rifle, I will make sure that you will always have plenty." Said the man.
Vassily stared in utter shock at the man before him. 'What happened to that wall? Hm that must be the portal to the new dimension. But it is impossible to create something like that, so how is he able to manifest something like that?' Thought Vassily.
'Good luck son.' Thought the man before he disappeared.
Vassily was taken aback by the sudden disappearance of the man and turned to face the portal before forcefully being enveloped. He turned and faced his friend one last time mourning him one last time before being fully enveloped by the portal.