Chapter 2: Waterloo
Rex is in his tent with his musket, Spadroon (Its a type of sword), and his Black Watch outfit. Go ahead. look up 42nd The Black Watch outfits. I can wait…. Oh my God did you see their outfits? So Schottish. Any way, Rex leaves his tent and meets up with the 42nd as they begin their march. When they get to the battlefield, they see Napoleon has various cannons set up in the distance. The Duke of Wellington, the general leading the British army, also had various cannons. As the 42nd walk past the cannons they hear "INCOMING!" Cannon balls come flying at the line of cannons and the gunners take cover. The cannon balls hit the ground bringing up dirt and smoke. When the smoke clears they see five cannons are destroyed and various men are dead. Some without a lower half. Some just barely alive. They continue to walk to the battle. There are men dead and wounded on the ground. Not cannon gunners but soldiers from other regiments. In battle you can not help any wounded men. You keep moving or shooting. More cannon balls fly over head hitting the cannons behind them. They meet up with the 22nd, 36th, and 14th Regiment of Foot. They march forward hearing the sounds of muskets, cannons, and men dying a painful death. They hear "INCOMING!" again and cannon balls hit the 22nd and 14th. Multiple men are dead but they keep marching. They then meet four regiments of Napoleon's Old Guard. No problem for the 42nd but for the other regiments it's not very sure. The French get the first volley off cutting down the front lines of the British regiments. Rex moves to the position where a soldier use to stand. Now that soldier lies dead on the ground. "Fire!" is heard and the British regiments fire into the French lines. Many French die but not enough to lower their morale. When their front line forms again they crouch down to allow the 2nd line to fire as well. The French fire again and Rex is shot 15 times in the chest. He falls to the ground with a thud and another man takes his place. As Rex lies on the ground dying he thinks. "Damn French. Whos going to take care of Hanna and the kids? I can't really worry about that now can I? Have I gone mad? Maybe. At least I die an honorable death for my country. For Crown and Country." Rex dies with 15 musket balls in his chest. There is blood across the grass and another body next to him.