Chapter 13
5 Years Ago
Clance's POV
This was one of the coldest nights in Atlas. My brother was leaving for the military. I wanted I go with him, but I couldn't. You had to be eighteen but you could lie your way in. My brother was sixteen. He wanted to stay, but he had to get us money so we wouldn't be poor. We were poor but if Arian gets a good pay check, we will be upper-lower class. That's good. I want to stay strong but, "Arian!" I start to cry. "I'll miss you." He walks up to me and gives me a hug. "It's okay Clance, I'll be back." I hug him back. Some people look at us, we're kind of making a scene. I leave my brothers embrace. I cry a bit but, I am a bit happier that Arian was hugging me, he never hugs me. I really hope that I can see him again, I did.
2 Years Ago
A couple months after training, I am finally in combat. Me and Arian got into the same unit. I am really lucky. This was my first mission, but not my first time in a battle. I should concentrate more on the moment. I am in a airship that has one fourth of our unit in it. We have my brother Arian, a couple friends from my boot camp and our captain, which I know from boot camp also. His name is Captain Ander Black or just Captain Black. Me and him are friends so we keep a eye out for each other. Today, a local group of White Fang are out here. We think that they won't have many people or many weapons, so that's good. Ander is saying we will be there in a couple minutes.
A Couple Minutes Later
We got near the camp. We see that a couple people are unloading boxes and guns and other things. I guess we miscalculated a bit. There are a ton of people and a ton of guns. It's about every one of our solders will have to take down ten of the White Fang members. They have about two hundred, we have twenty or so. We have good weaponry too so, we have a chance to win this battle. I have my trusty L96A1 Rifle and Ander has his rifle. Ander somehow got special equipment for me and him. That's why I have this rifle instead of a normal rifle. We scope out the position. It's a dark night, a little stormy. We hear the distant sound of thunder in the air. I look around the surrounding area. A couple people are protecting the parameter. One has a handgun, one has a rifle, the other ones have swords. Arian is starting to move forward, keeping his gun in his hand. I try to find a good vantage point, but right now I can't find one. I switch my gun from my L96A1 to my desert eagle. I star to walk towards my brother, he is really close to one of the guards. Arian sneaks closer to the guard and he snaps the guards neck in a instant. No one heard. The guard had a sword on him, so I grabbed it. We could have cleared out this place sneakily but, Ander wanted to have some fun... He ran out into the middle of the camp and started to fire his rifle. Come on! Really? REALLY? I guess we have to take them out as fast as we can. Ander ran in, ran towards one of the enemies and bashed the side of the man's head with with the butt of the rifle. He started to fire many shots at other enemies. Gah! Now I have to solve this. I slowly walk toward one of the troops. He pulls his gun at me. I pull out the sword that I found from one of the bodies. I run as fast as I am physically able to. He doesn't get one shot on me once I stab the man right through his chest. Ander is starting to just run at people and hitting them in the chest with the butt of his rifle. I think he has ammunition in his gun, but I guess he just wants to hit people in the chest. I grab out my rifle and take aim on enemy troops that have guns that are trying to shoot Ander. Bang. One down. Bang. Another one. Bang. More and more of them fall over. A couple of them notice me in the distance. They start to run at me full speed, as fast as the wind. I aim at them with my rifle and...