Disclaimer by Ruzai Nokemono:

Ok so this is my first post on so be honest when and if you read and review. This is my first non-anime fan fiction so I'm new at it. This story is rated teen for strong language and mild sexual and/or gruesome scenes. The story is being told from the point of view of the poster of the name and date (check key after monolouge by Alex). Enjoy and remember to review. Thanks.

My name is Alex, I am a soldier of the US Army. My rank is a Major. I'm from Goldonna, Louisiana of the USA……..or at least that's what my dog tags say.

As of 2 months ago I was thrust into a new war with the Japanese. Japan has bombed New York and Washington DC and several other major cities in the US. I never thought it would happen but it did, it is World War 3.

The year is 2010 and not much has changed since 2006, everything was going fine between Japan and America, until Japan suddenly attacked the US all at once. I was drug into this hell hole of a war by my friend thinking it would be over quick and swift with new technology, we were wrong….

Its been 2 months since that day and I have moved from an Second Lieutenant to a Major due taking down many bomber plains with my suggested plan to the Colonel of my division. As of now I'm in a helicopter headed straight for the center of the war in Japan. I have 3 other soldiers with me besides the pilot, I am their leader. One a close friend the same one that drug me into the damned war, he is my tandem partner, or otherwise known as Bravo but I just call him DJ.

The other 2 consist of a woman and another man. The woman pushed herself into my squad demanding I take her, I tried to resist but it was useless she wouldn't listen to reason. Her name is Midnight, or that's what she has me call her. Stealthy, deadly, she doesn't talk much, and acts as if she has nothing to lose. The other man is someone that was assigned to me by the General. I don't know him all that well and he seems to not want to be here, who would? His name is Gene. And this…is Hell on Earth.

((Key: A name, date, and maybe a time will be at the beginning of each section. The name is the person who is telling that part of the story from their point of view.))

Alex: 3-11-2010

I spoke over the loud noise of the helicopter going over the plans with the squad. "Midnight, I want you to disable the security temporarily. They'll notice if its off for too long." I said and Midnight just gave a small nod. "Gene, I want you to help DJ make a distraction so we can have a clean insertion." I continued. Gene looked at me and asked "What kind of distraction? A grenade, a firefight, what?".

"DJ, you help him to set up a few timed grenades." I said in reply. "Right." DJ said.

"I don't want any screw ups, if we don't take out this bunker, then things could go wrong and fast." I said with a half scolding, half worried look. "You're one to talk Alex. If I recall you screwed up last time." DJ said with a bit of a smirk. "Bite me damn it, I saved your $# didn't I?" I said in reply to his smart$# remark. Any other officer would have demoted him but that wasn't the time for that and plus DJ was always like that.

We had had a run in with a small Japanese squad in a forest on US soil a week ago. DJ got pinned down whenever I didn't notice he wasn't behind me anymore. I was the only one to go back for DJ because the other 2 where escorting a hostage to the extraction point. I ended up taking out the Japanese squad with a grenade, which I had told my squad not to use due to forest fires. I wasn't about to lose a man though, it was either him or the forest, sometimes you have to make those choices in life.

The pilot yelled back to us that we would be arriving at the camp in less than 10 minutes. We nodded and sat back, and it was quiet except for the noise of the rotors of the chopper going. My mind drifted off to guns and swords and then somehow to women. I guess it was because of Midnight. I didn't have anybody back home so I figured it didn't really matter if I died or not just as long as I was doing what I thought was right.

Suddenly we heard the pilot scream "Oh crap!" and the helicopter veered to the left quickly and we heard a loud beeping. DJ knew what was happening and grabbed a sniper rifle and went to the door holding on to the hand rails and looked for whatever was shooting at us. I could see a large streak of smoke out the door as I got up off the floor, apparently an anti-air missile had been shot at us. "We're in deep crap Alex! They have a lock on us and they have 3 anti-air trucks down there!" DJ yelled back at me. I ran to the front and the pilot was struggling with the controls to avoid the missiles. A missile was shot from straight in front of us and the pilot pulled back and we went upward but the missiles tail hit our choppers tail and we started to lose altitude fast. "Screw this, I'm gone Alex!" DJ and Gene yelled as they jumped out of the helicopter and parachuted down to the ground by a canyon. The pilot lost his nerves and pushed past me and grabbed the last parachute and jumped as Midnight tried to stop him but it was too late. I could have sworn I heard that coward of a pilot scream "Its every man for himself now!" as he jumped. Midnight and I looked at me with an oh sh look. I on the other hand didn't plan on going down so easily. "What now dang it!" Midnight yelled franticly. I didn't say anything and I grabbed the controls and pulled up as hard as I could and we started to glide but we were going at least 75 miles an hour just over the canyons floor. I spotted an ledge to our right and I jumped up grabbed Midnight by the arm and jumped onto the ledge and we rolled through various plants and finally came to a stop.

Midnight stood up saying "Holy crap that was close.". I stood up and brushed the dirt from my shirt and pants and said "I'm gonna sue the helicopter company if I get out of this damned war. Not putting enough parachutes in like some idiots.".

I looked up as a huge explosion filled the air behind Midnight, she turned around as well to see. Midnight turned back around and started to walk up past me. I turned and started to follow her. She knew what she was doing, she was planning to regroup like everyone is told to do.

I didn't say anything as she tried her radio for DJ and Gene. I think it was that I was more entranced by the way she looked walking into the setting sun. Her hair which was long for a soldier flapped and flitted in the wind and she turned and looked at me as she stopped. "What?" Midnight asked as she looked at me curiously.

I had a stupid look on my face I suppose and I straightened up and said "Nothing, I was just thinking.". "Well they aren't responding so they have to be like 5 miles away or dead. But I doubt that Gene would die so easily." She said confidently as we started to climb down onto the floor of the canyon.

We ended up walking a good 3 miles before stopping and setting up camp with what we had. All our stuff was in the helicopter which was now nothing but a smoldering pile of ashes and metal.

"God this sucks." Midnight said as she sat against a large boulder. I didn't say anything but agreed with her. A moment of silence passed and Midnight spoke again "Look….I…uh want to thank you for not abandoning me.". I gave a small "Its ok." as I struck a match and lit the fire. I sat against the wall of the canyon and asked "Haven't I told you people I'm not leaving anybody behind no matter what?". Midnight paused and said "Well yeah but its just I didn't really believe you when you said it. I've been abandoned plenty of times so I don't tend to pay attention to statements like that.". I pulled out a flask and offered a drink to her. "Its wine, a good Pennsylvania one. I may be an $# sometimes but I do enjoy the finer things in life.". She gave a small "Thanks." as she took it and took a drink and handed it back to me. "I don't drink much but that is good." She said with a bit of a smile.

I took a drink and put the flask away again. "So, Midnight…I've been wondering….why did you push your way into my squad?" I asked reluctantly. Midnight sighed and said "Its Gene, he and I are engaged. I just didn't want to get separated is all.". I crossed my arms and stretched my neck and said "Well at least you have somebody.". She looked up at me curiously not knowing exactly what I meant. "So you don't have anybody waiting for you back home?" She asked. I shook my head no. "I only have family at home, but they don't really worry about me all too much. Not since I left home in 2006 after graduating high school." I said. "I'd rather not talk about my family, they're the whole reason I joined the army. I had to get away from them." Midnight said as she pulled her knees up to her chin. I didn't say much after that, Midnight ended up falling asleep and I ended up watching her sleep until about 12:30am. Women's uniform for the army wasn't much different from men's, all camouflage. Midnight was wearing a hat and somehow it hadn't come off in the fall. Baggy boot cut pants with combat boots and a thick camouflage shirt. Midnight carried a backpack but was now using it as a pillow. I ended up falling asleep myself after putting out the fire.

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