Chapter 5

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My heart was pounding and sweat poured down my skin giving me a cold chill throughout my whole body. My legs burned as I tried to control the adrenalin flowing freely throughout myself, sparks flew from the ground as bullets hit the concert road. My eyes lay focused on the house ahead, I crossed over onto the grass and around the corner of the house. I leaned up to the wall, out of sight from the machine guns. Tryson and Teddy flew around the corner and stopped as well. We took a small break to get a sip of water, and then moved towards a screen door that was behind us. There was a small wooden staircase we had to walk up to get to the door. I took point and took the first step onto the step; a chilling creek broke the slight silence we had gained. My next foot pushed myself up onto the next step and the same for the last step. I reached out to open the screen door, the rusted hinges creaked open I took a step inwards. A loud "crack" came from the left side of me and a sharp pain sliced through my head, I lost all strength in my legs as I hit the ground. I felt dizzy, I was staring as an oven, It was slowly getting blurry, the distortion flooded my vision. Yelling, my friends were in trouble. I heard gunfire but it seemed so far away. The room began to darken. I wanted to get up and help but I couldn't, for some reason I just couldn't. The room was fading into a dark hole. The sounds began to silence and the room went out.

My eyes opened to a bright light, they burned because of it. I tried to turn my head and as I did a sharp paint flew from my head all the way down to my feet.

"Welcome back." I heard female voice from beside me. I tried to ignore the pain as I turned my head to look at her. It was a nurse, I tried to ask what happened but she answered before I could get it out.

"Don't say anything, you need to rest." She began. "You were hit with the but end of a rifle, your in the GDI medic wing." She looked like she was in her mid-twenties. Her red hair fell to her shoulders. She was an attractive woman with freckles on the bridge of her nose.

"You're going to be just fine." She re assured me with a smile, she got up from her chair and walked to the next patient.

4 Days later (July 12th, 2041)

I walked into General Lock's office and saluted. He signaled for me to sit down in the chair across from him.

"How are you feeling?" He asked looking directly into my eyes.

"Fine, sir." I answered. I never liked to give long replies to Lock, I didn't know a lot about him and figured that was best. He reached down into one of his drawers behind his desk, pulled out a map and lay in flat on his desk. It was a map of Europe with 15 cities colored red and gold stars within those cities.

"The stars are GDI." He began. "And you probably guessed the red is NOD. These are 15 major cities that we need to take back. The reason I could not send reinforcements was because we were attacking the other 14 cities." I looked up at Lock.

"Your squad was sent into this city to take it back but at the time we didn't know why NOD needed these cities. They are going to be major conditioning camps. Almost every city that NOD own have these camps, that's why were weren't surprised when we found out that yours had them. But NOD is planning to use these as brainwashing, and infantry training camps." Lock looked at me, I knew what he meant. NOD was taking civilian prisoners and brainwashing them into becoming a NOD infantry, then they would train them.

"Were planning another attack, this time it is all or nothing. NOD has already started this brainwashing and we need to put a stop to it as soon as we can. I'm sending you and another platoon back into your city." I stood up and saluted Lock, I knew I didn't have a choice, so I should just accept it.

"You leave in 3 hours." Lock finished. I turned around and headed for the door but stopped.

"Lock?" I asked slightly turning back around.

"Yes?" He replied

"How is my squad doing?" I hesitantly asked, afraid of the answer. Lock took a deep breath.

"We lost contact with them 2 days ago." Lock answered with his head down, looking at his desk. I stood there for a second wondering what their statues was, then I turned the doorknob and went to get ready.