New Command

But everything changed for Bobby the day they got two new officers. Nobody really much about them or where they came from. But Corporal Bobby Hill with the rest of his regiment were meant to give a warm welcome to their superiors in the form of a 1530 formation.

And even during the formation Bobby wasn't full paying attention. They only thing he could think about what was on the mess hall that night. It was a real good day when they had fruit pipes, but that was two weeks ago. So Bobby held out hopes that his favorite snack would be there today.

But when the command 'Attention' was called Bobby snapped into attention. Bobby peaked his head up and over the crowd. Then he watched as the two new officers walked out. The first was a big black man and following him was a short woman with blonde hair.

"Thank you." Said the man. He continued on with a speech of how he was happy to be coming here but once again Bobby wasn't paying full attention. The woman had never said a word the entire time.

But the formation wasn't that long and once dismissed Bobby headed off for the mess deck in the hopes that they had fruit pipes.

A short time after a group of soldiers were aimlessly sitting around, with nothing going on they just decided to pass the time by smoking and talking. But as they talked they didn't notice their new female officer had easily floated up and stood behind them, standing there for several seconds as they carried on.

And it took only a few seconds for them to notice her and then snap to attention.

"Gentlemen." She said in a voice as strict as any man's." I am your new commanding officer. I've served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, and-" But then she stopped as something caught her eye. She turned her glance into a full stare as she looked over and saw a heavy-set corporal walking around aimlessly.

Sadly for Bobby the Mess Hall did not have any fruit pipes but had some second rate dessert instead. But this wouldn't do it for him, so he left and headed for his bunk with his spirit crushed.

"Corporal!" shouted the Lieutenant getting his attention. Bobby slowly turned around to notice the Lady Lieutenant looking over at him." Fall in!"

"Ma'am I'm not-" He began.

"FALL IN!" she yelled again." That's an order!" Bobby rolled his eyes and walked over to her and the rest of the group." Faster!" she commanded." Move with a purpose!" Bobby broke his walk into a light jog, rolling his eyes as he walked over and stood amongst his fellow soldiers.

"Gentleman from this day forward I am your new Lieutenant and your new commanding officer." She spoke in a voice that was boarder-line yelling." My name is Sonya Blade." She turned and eyed each of them as they all stood at attention, eyes on the ground. Bobby's eyes were off in space." I've heard you've all been in heavy combat situations." She said as she walked back and forth before them." Seeing as how I'm a decorated combat Veteran I'll take on myself to train all of you in the arts of war." She stopped right before Bobby." Starting with you." She said starring up at him.

Bobby sighed in reply but none the less he was forced to enter into a hand to hand with his new Lieutenant. So the two stood off against each other in the middle of the room, with the other soldiers around them.

"Now." Said Sonya as she removed her combat gear. Then brought her hands to her neck and cracked it." I want to to try and hit me." Bobby breathed a sigh of annoyance.

"Ma'am I'd really rather-"

"Hit me!" Sonya ordered. Bobby rolled his eyes, not ready to make a move.

"If I hit you can I go?" asked Bobby casually. He paused and when he realized she wouldn't answer he added a ma'am at the end. Sonya rolled her tongue in her mouth and showed off a sadistic smile.

"If you hit me then you can go." She said. And that was all Bobby had to hear, and he put his fists up ready to fight. Now Bobby grew up with the mentality that men and women are equal, however he did remember something his grandfather had said, 'no woman can ever beat a man in a fight, unless she hits below the belt in which case you do the same'. Sonya mirrored Bobby, and the two slowly began advancing towards the other.

Bobby swung first with a lazy but swift punch. But Sonya moved even faster blocking his punch with her forearm, then stepping in and punching him in the stomach twice with that same hand before kicking his legs out from under him.

Bobby fell flat on his back and looked up to see her standing over him.

"Wanna see me us both hands?" she mocked." Again!" Bobby groaned as he stood up, holding his head. He stood up to see her standing across from him ready to fight once more, so he did himself. Once again he tossed his grandfather's words around in his head. Bobby leaned in once more and swung a punch.

This time Sonya ducked under his arm and swung up to give him and upper-cut in the chin. Bobby did not fall on his back this time and instead stumbled back holding his aching jaw. He looked up to see Sonya lunge forward and try to kick him. But Bobby side-stepped her only for Sonya to turn around and kick him in the head.

Bobby once again stumbled back. He just kept remembering wha this grandfather said, and the more he remembered that and the more he got hit the madder he got. Sonya quickly went after him and swung a punch. Then call it instinct or just luck cause Bobby was still backing up and when he did he half-stepped and nearly tripped over himself. A silly move but it did manage to not get him hit. Then with all his anger he swung up and punched Sonya in the face.

She fell back over onto the ground. Everyone including herself, the on-lookers and most of all Bobby were shocked.

"Can I go now?" Bobby asked with a grimace on his face. Sonya slowly got up to her feet with a scowl on her face. Then just before she was about to jump at Bobby for another round a voice rang out.

"That's enough!" Everyone looked over to see the man from before walking over to them. Sonya and all the rest of the soldiers excluding Bobby snapped to attention.

"Jax I-" Began Sonya as he approached.

"At ease Lieutenant." He grimaced as he looked her over more closely." Get something on that eye, will ya." Sony looked at him confused then took the time to look herself over while Jax walked over to Bobby.

"Good fighting there -" He said walking up to him, then pausing to look down and read his nametag." Hill. It's not very often I've seen someone land a hit on Sonya." Bobby looked at Jax for a moment wondering if he would be anything like his subordinate. But from one look at Jax to Sonya and back he knew that wasn't that case.

"Thank you, sir." He said in as calm a voice as he could manage. He was still slightly mad about what had just gone down.

"You'll need the skills like that for this mission." Jax said.

"Mission?" Bobby asked. Jax turned back to Sonya.

"Lieutenant." He addressed her.

"Yes, sir." She said.

"Your job is to take this group of soldiers to the neighboring village and check for insurgents. The kind of missions you enjoy."

"Search and destroy!" Sonya said slamming her fist into an open palm.

"Don't let me down." He said to her before turning to the other troops." Men, follow Sonya's orders. She may be rough around the edges but she knows her stuff." Then with all he had to say Jax turned and left leaving Sonya in the company of her troops.

"Alright ladies you heard him, move out!" she yelled, her voice echoing around the room. The soldiers all scattered about in different directions. Bobby turned to leave but was confronted by his Lieutenant before he could.

"Don't let that go to your head." She said to him." You'll need more than luck when we go into battle. And I'll be watching you." Bobby glared at her as she grimaced back." You're dismissed Corporal, go and get your gear now! Double time!" And she yelled right in his ear to make sure he ran out to get his things.

So within an hour the group of eight soldiers led by Sonya Blade were flying out via Helicopter to the villages just over the mountains. The mission promised to be a quick one, thought Bobby wasn't looking forward to more combat. Little did he know that things were about to take a turn for the worse.

The Helicopter ride was mostly silent with the conversation of the pilots all anyone heard. Bobby kept his gaze out of the window. And occasionally he would think about home and what everyone else was up to. If his father had been promoted at Strickland, if Joseph had become a police officer, and Connie he though most of all. He thought back to simpler times back when his whole neighborhood had big Barbeques. But those seemed like distant memories now. He'd leave his thoughts only to look up and see Sonya scowling at him, her eye looking much more purple than it had before.

It was when Bobby looked away from her that he saw it. Flying up at hem was a large cloud of smoke. He'd seen it enough times to know what it meant.

"RPG!" He yelled. But just as soon as the words left his mouth they helicopter was hit. The vehicle jerked as it began to spin out of control.

"Bring us up, Bring us up!" yelled Sonya to the pilots. But any effort they tried was wasted. As they continued to fly to the ground the doors swung open. Bobby sat there, closest to the door the wind blowing violently on his face. Life is built up of many little things which eventually lead to much bigger things. And right now Bobby had to make a big decision. He had no parachute gear so if he jumped it wouldn't be good. But at the same time he knew if he stayed in the helicopter he'd die.

"Oh Fart!" he exclaimed. Then he kept his arms in and ducked his head and jumped out of the helicopter. Luckily for Bobby the jump couldn't have been more than fifteen feet. A short fall but still with a hard landing. He fell onto the ground and rolled around in the dirt until he finally stopped.

Then with a mouthful of dirt he finally his head up. Looking right ahead over a small rock formation he saw black smoke and the tail of his helicopter standing up.

Bobby got to his feet and stumbled over to the crash site. He made his way over, jumping over the rocks and into the wreckage of the helicopter. Inside he found the mutilated remains of everyone inside, with blood and guts everywhere. The sight appalled him but that was not the least of his worries. Now he was stranded in the middle of nowhere with any link he had to the outside world gone.

But then just when it seemed as if Bobby might break down something caught his attention. He heard the sounds of groaning coming from his left. He turned and looked to see a pile of machinery laying on top of Sonya.

"Sonya..I…um.. Lieutenant." Said Bobby as he kneeled down next to her." Are you alright?" She groaned in response and nodded her head. Bobby looked to see the machinery sitting on her. With little thought to the situation and how it might affect her Bobby grabbed onto the metal and began pulling it off her, until it was completely off and she was free. Her legs were covered and blood and were possibly broke. " Lieutenant." He said turning back to her." C-Can you walk, how do your legs feel?" With a great amount of energy and force she reached up and grabbed him by his face.

"What the hell do you think?!" She yelled in his face. Then she fell back exhausted, panting heavily. Bobby was still for a few seconds but then sat behind her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

"D-Don't worry ma'am." He said as he began dragging her off." I'll get you out of here." He had just reached the outside of the helicopter." I'll-" And that's all he had said before the butt of a rifle collided with his face.

Bobby dropped Sonya and fell back onto the ground. Turning back up he came eye to eye with the barrel of a gun and wielding it was a member of the Taliban. Behind that one were two more who stood over Sonya.

The three yelled in their language to each other while keeping Bobby and Sonya on the ground.

"No." Bobby groaned." Leave her alone!" That caused him to get kicked in the chest and forced back onto the ground. Bobby reached for his side-arm only to realize he didn't have it, must have been lost when he jumped. He looked back up to see the one insurgent before him and the other two on Sonya. He thought now would be as good a time as ever to use the hand-to-hand combat that had been taught to him.

Bobby kicked up his leg and hit his enemy in the groin, causing him to fall over in pain. Without a moment's delay he jumped up and continued his assault. While he didn't have a gun he did have a knife, which he pulled form his belt and drove right into the chest of the man before him.

And time seemed to slowdown as he drove the blade into the man's heart, blood pouring everywhere, the man's eyes rolling in the back of his head. Evidently what his grandfather had told him was true. It took only a second for Bobby to take his first life.

But he couldn't stop there. He pushed the first aside and jumped at the other two. Wielding his knife in one hand and a fistful of sand in the other, which he picked up when he first jumped up. He tossed the sand into one man's face while he buried his knife in the neck of the other. The he turned to the other and stabbed him between the ribs. Then both men fell to the ground dead like the first. The whole thing couldn't have last more than ten seconds.

Bobby stood there panting, standing over the bodies of the fallen. And even then he had not time. Sonya was still hurt and it was possible more enemies were out there and would be coming for them. So without a moment to lose Bobby held Sonya in his arms and began walking. He didn't know where to but anywhere would be better than where they were now.

He walked for two straight hours, the longest time he'd ever walked in his life. He shed some of his gear wearing nothing but a shirt, pants and boots, leaving his cover on his Lieutenant's head to shield her form the sun. And with the heat rising to nearly 120 and the weight he carried on his back he was sweating the most he ever had in his life.

But then as he kept walking he heard something, something form above. Bobby looked up to see four helicopter's roaring overheard and he was in joyful awe as he saw the United States Flag on them.

He sank to his knees with Sonya wounded in his arms as the Helicopter's landed down next to him.