5 MAY 18

So this is a short chapter I know and this isn't clickbait, just the newest chapter I posted gives a view to someone new in the story.

I really wanted to add this part, the vets of the story will understand this more, but to the new comers.

Hold on to your socks! Because I'm going to knock you out of them!

"-ve you..." Says a woman as she hits the ground in a dark land, she lays there for a few seconds just trying to understand what just happened to her. Slowly, her left hand reaches to the item that inside of her chest.

"It… it doesn't hurt?" She looks to the left and then to the right.

"Nothing… nothing at all…" She stands up on her feet wiping away the warm liquid around her lips.

"HELLO? ANYONE OUT THERE?! WHERE AM I?!" She wasn't enjoying this but kept it cool, with each step on the ground she set, the white dust on the ground would come up and surround her feet.

"I'm going to so kick that fuckers ass for getting me stuck in… wherever this place is?" She always hated not being in control of a situation and even more seeing how she didn't have her sword.

She picks up a light jog hoping to find someone or something, after a few minutes, "HEY YOU?!"

A man turns to see her as his eyes widen "MAJOR?! IS… IS IT REALLY YOU?!" He ran in for a hug with his right arm as a stump above the elbow. She places her hand on his forehead to stop him, she wasn't much of a hugger.

"Sergeant… Sergeant at Arms Ikari? What the hell happened to you?" She was referring to the state his body was in. Beside the missing limb, he had several stab wounds on her upper body… what shocked her the most was the dagger in his right eye.

"Please, call me Shinji… I was working on objective bravo while you were with the Commander over at objective alpha. Operation Heatstroke Major, don't you remember?" The male asked.

"Serg- Shinji, I'm more than aware of that OP… you were our first Killed in Action…" Then one piece of the puzzle fell into place for her.

"Yes Major… BUT I GAVE IT ALL I HAD BEFORE THE END!?" He throws up into the air his stump and pump his other fist on his chest a few times.

"That you did… we found found 10 enemy bodies around yours when we recovered you body. You saved your whole squad by hold them off… giving your men time to fall back and getting reinforcements." She remember the day clearly.

"We awarded you the Silver Star of Valor…" She looks off to the side.

"I saw that Major and thank you… I just wanted to do everything I could, he's the reason why we all fought so hard…" Other members from her unit that had passed, formed up behind them.

Some of their bodies were so badly damaged, others had to help them stand. Everyone gave her the best salute they could muster up. She looks over at all of them and knew, she returns her salute.

"Warrant Officer 1 Ayeka…" A rather tall woman with purple hair step forward to the Major.

"Yes Ma'am?" She asked.

"You crazy ass dip shit, lunching yourself on a catapult into the center of an enemy formation… what the hell were you thinking?" She was somewhat pissed but proud of the woman's action.

The Warrant Officer start to laugh, "Commander saw a stockpile of ammunition on their second wave formation. He was going to get on the catapult and blow the ammo, taking everything out on their side."

She starts to scratch the burned side of her face, her whole right side of the body was black. "It just so happened that you called him out to join on the action you were part of, I shoved him to you and carried out the plan.

"Yeah… you made a big mess on their side causing them to fall back… what happened after the explosions?" The unit never could understand why she didn't get the hell out of there on time.

"About that… after I made it to the ammo, I thought I had 30 seconds before the fuse went off… little did I know. I had only 3 seconds." She starts to laugh falling over as the rest of the group join in and start to make jokes.

"Math must not be a strong point with the Juraian!" They start to laugh hard.

"Real original LT… those fuckers had the ammo rigged to not be tampered with or they would go boom. Must've thought I was going for it to claim it as ours." The woman walked up to the male that cracked the joke and punched his arm.

"You single handedly had over 400 confirmed kills with that little stunt… and saved his life. We gave you the Medal of Honor for your action." Our unknown hero said offering her hand to shake.

"Thank you Major, I would do it all over again… just you know, make sure the damn thing isn't booby trap next time!" She shakes the hand and steps back into the group.

She starts to scan the ground and finds another face, "Private Seras Victoria… those blood sucking bastards got to you…"

The pretty blonde with her throat ripped out steps up to her, "Yes Ma'am… they did, but the Commander held onto me as I… you know. He really cared about all of us… he kept on apologizing before I was gone."

"More than you'll ever know Private… he did the same for me…" Shinji placed his hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Major… you made the ultimate sacrifice... all to pass with the Reaper's aid..." The whole group goes quiet.

She lowers her head and places a hand on her stomach, "I know…"