OUT AND ABOUT
(Husband's POV)(three months after pickup)
It was raining. No, more like down pouring on top of my squad. I clutched my gun closer to my chest as I breathed through my clenched teeth. We were under fire at three in the morning. And my adrenaline was going nuts. I had heard something, and someone shout, "HEAD'S UP!" I flinched, dropping my gun, and scurring away, covering my ears all the same as an active grenade blew up five feet in front of me. I swallowed, and looked over where I was laying on a hedge.
My blue eyes widened at the horrible sight in front of me.
The battlefield was covered in corpses, and body parts. All bloodied, and their faces looked shocked.
All were staring at me, or at the sky. And it seemed like everything went quiet except for this ringing…
My stomach lurched and I thought I was going to lose my gruel right on the battle feild. But I was quickly pulled to ground by the back of my collar when gun shots commenced. I covered my ears, but my gun was shoved at me by the general. He was yelling at me.
I could tell by the way his eyebrows were furrowed, and the way his mouth was moving. I uncovered my ears.
"YOU UNDERSTAND ME ROOKIE? PICK YOUR GUN UP AND SHOOT, DAMN IT!"
I fumbled. Getting my gun in position, I shot. My bullets got a guy right in the shoulder, another in the head, and another in the chest. I couldn't believe it. I was killing people. My hands were shaking as I pressed the trigger. All my thoughts dispersed, and the yelling around me quieted as I focused on my shots.
Then, I just became angry. My shots were becoming better aligned, and I was killing like a monster. I pulled back. Ducking, I unloaded my blank cartridges and loading new ones in place. It was like a repeated cycle for me.
Shoot, Unload, Reload,
BAM, BAM, BAM, click, chink
Shoot, Unload, Reload,
BAM, click, chink
Shoot, Unload, Reload,
BAM, BAM, B-B-BAM, click, Chink
I clenched my gun again before aligning to a soldier on the other side. He was running towards me with full force.
I cocked the pistol, pulled the trigger, and all I saw was red. I got him right between the eyes… And I have never felt more scared…