The troopers
Chapter 3: Day two
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The next day
Ranma walks into the infirmary and sees the wounded some with missing limbs; doctor Tofu walks over to him.
Tofu: The list is six with limbs missing, two more dead and five with minor injuries.
Ranma: Thanks doc.
Ranma leaves, outside he see the men and women of his company working on the new defences and building trenches and putting the mortars in the trenches, the mortar men jump in the trenches at the main gate some of the troopers set up two heavy machine guns behind a newly built embankment of dirt. Ryoga starts handing out ammunition to the people.
Ranma: Duo, call for evac for the wounded.
Duo: Yes sir.
Duo grabs his radio and calls for a drop ship for the wounded.
Military space station F-245637
Kenskue Aida, military photographer jumps onto a drop ship.
Kensuke: Got room for one more?
Rei: If you crazy enough.
Kensuke: Thanks.
Shinji: Hold on back there.
Kensuke: What?
The departure bay doors open and the thrusters are put on full Kensuke falls backwards soon they land under heavy fire as the door drops Kensuke jumps off and grabs his camera and starts taking photo's as the wounded and the dead are placed on the drop ship.
Ranma: Who the hell are you?
Kensuke: Kensuke Aida, war photographer.
Ranma: Non-combatants shouldn't be here.
Kensuke ducks as an enemy mortar round explodes inside the fort.
Ranma: Sergeant major!
Ryoga: Sir.
Ranma: Give this kid a weapon.
Kensuke: But…
Ryoga: Look kid, there ain't no such thing as a non-combatant.
Ryoga picks up a rifle and passes it to Kensuke and he follows Ryoga to a wall.
Ryoga: Asuka, how are things?
Asuka: Well sir, they're getting too damn close for comfort.
Ryoga: Look out there kid, they're trying to kill us and we're trying to kill them, it's a no win situation.
A mortar hits the wall where Kensuke, Ryoga and Asuka are, a trooper next to them rolls around on the floor screaming and holding his face.
Asuka: Toji!
Ryoga and Asuka kneel beside Toji.
Ryoga: Calm down let me see.
Ryoga moves Toji's hands from his face to reveal his eyesight had been destroyed by the mortar and the shrapnel that it caused.
Ryoga: Get him to the infirmary!
Kensuke and Asuka take Toji down to the infirmary, when they get there they put Toji down and leave, outside Kensuke starts throwing up Asuka giving him a pat on the shoulder and some water.
Kensuke: Thanks.
Asuka: C'mon, lets get back to our position.
Kensuke: Okay.
They run back to their position on the wall and see the enemy retreating.
Asuka: They'll be back.
Later Kensuke walks around taking pictures, he walks into the infirmary trying not to throw up again takes a picture of Toji sitting against a wall.
Tofu: Excuse me are you wounded?
Kensuke: No, I'm a war photographer.
Tofu: Oh, well the people need to see these images to see the horrors of war.
Kensuke: I'm Kensuke Aida.
Tofu: Doctor Tofu Ono.
Kensuke leaves he infirmary.
Night
Some troopers are getting some sleep except two who sit behind a wall.
Ranma: He's going to try something in the middle of the night.
Ryoga: I hope you're wrong sir, we've lost some damn good troopers.
Ranma: What do you think of that photographer?
Ryoga: You mean Kensuke Aida? He came here as a boy, he'll leave as a man by the time we leave.
Ranma: I know.
They hear the familiar sound as the sky above them is illuminated they stand up and point their weapons towards the enemy.
Ranma: STAND TO!
Everyone grabs their weapons and rush to the positions, the mortar people in the mortar pits, two people jump behind the heavy machine guns, the people on the walls open fire and mortars are dropped on the enemy soon the enemy are retreating.
Ryoga: That was too damned easy.
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