Shadow of the Red Flag: Part 1

by dcfefs

The year was 2277, 200 years after the Great War. the world was locked within a dark and quiet void. The US government was broken, unable to continue with the war with its enemies, nor could the enemies. China, with its government remained intact, sent out her most deadly force towards the capital wasteland... to execute protocol 614, a plan to end the war once and for all.

25. Chapter 25

Part 25:

Chen opened the factory's door, and walked inside. The factory was spacious and was empty. Chen walked further inside the factory, and noticed there were turrets hidden on the ceiling of the factory. Chen knew that the food factory was only a cover. This was a military base for the Chinese army. Chen stayed away from the scanners of the turrets, and came across a dark corridor that leads further into the factory. So far, there were no evidence of the Chinese army being occupied here, no food or drinks, no guns , no equipment laying around. But Chen could feel a sense of familiar presence, he knew that there were more to this place than meets the eyes. He walked slowly out of the dark corridor, and a figure charged at him with a Chinese officer sword. Chen jumped backwards, avoiding the strike, the figure turned and slashed at Chen, Chen realized that unlike the raiders of the wasteland who did not know how to use the Chinese sword properly, this man was trained in the sword art. Chen ducked down to avoid the attack and he saw an opening after the wide slash attack. Chen grabbed hold of the man's wrist and used his forearm to pin the man to the wall. But the man saw that attack coming and ducked under Chen's arm and came behind him. The man attempted to slam dunk Chen by grabbing hold of his waist, but Chen twisted his body sideways and landed a hard elbow blow to the man's head. The man fell on the floor then reached out and grabbed the sword he dropped earlier and lunged a stabbing attack at Chen. Chen clapped his hand in front of his chest and intercepted the incoming blade. Then he lifted his arms upwards and kicked the sword out of the man's hands. The man was knocked backwards from the kick, and Chen caught the sword with his hand and held it against the man's throat. Suddenly the spot light turned on, making the dark corridor incredibly bright. And a voice spoke in a language which Chen was familiar with "who are you, what are you doing here?" Chen turned around and saw a deformed man, wearing the Chinese military uniform and holding a Chinese assault rifle at him. And behind him were dozens of deformed men, wearing the same uniform and each of them were taking aim at Chen. Chen turned around slowly and the spot light shined upon him directly. The deformed man in front of him gasped and paused for a second, then held his rifle up and was aiming at Chen's head, and he asked "who are you and where did you get that!? ANSWER!NOW!" , Chen looked at the man calmly and spoke, for the first time in his time in the wasteland, "I, am Lieutenant Chen, Special Division, Crimson Dragoon unit, RF 6497. Here to execute Chairmen Yao's order to investigate and report the current situation of the capital wasteland to him personally. I am here because I feel obliged to investigate this factory given the mark outside the entrance."

The deformed man froze and lowered his gun, and the others followed. The deformed man , with tears coming out of his eyes and said to Chen "so, the Chinaman had finally found us… I knew that we weren't forgotten. HA! What did I tell you boys! He had come to take us home! HA HA HA!" a roar of laughter and exciting screams echoed through the once quiet factory. Out of the excitement, Chen replied coldly "No." then man turned around and asked "huh? No? what do you mean no?" "I am not here to take you home." The men stopped laughing and screaming and the atmosphere died almost instantly. The man murmured "what?...how?...why?.." "I am sorry, but no specific order had been sent to me regarding to this base or your men.."Chen said. "LIAR!" man shouted furiously. "there is NO way that the Great Chairman would forget about us, we had been guarding this post for years! All because of him! We held on to this post ever since after the great war! All these years! How can the great Chairman just deserted us?! We want to go home! To our wives! And children!" Chen looked at the man, and felt pity for him. But he thought they deserved the truth "The year is 2277 now… your wives and children…are not among this world anymore…". "NO! You are lying! I KNOW what you are trying to do! You are just another American Born Chinese spy, a disgrace to our mighty country, you are here to break up our spirits and so the American army can pick us off one by one!" The man held his gun towards Chen again, his deformed face grew red with rage. his lips trembled with anger as he ordered "kill this dog!"