"Get to the Gun damn it" John heard from behind him as he ran towards the bunker to get to the cannon. the shells came down around him as they tried to zero in on the hill. every time one hit the ground they exploded with a splash of dirt and metal. John dove into the trench behind the bunker where the 50mm cannon was.
"that was close" john said to himself as he pulled himself together and looked over the edge to see where the Battleship was. the ship was preparing for another bombardment on the hill as the men ran around the deck and started to load cannons and aim them at the shore. John knew that if their was any time to hit them it was now. he dove into the bunker and looked for some way of opening it up. the bunker was large and their was large chains and many shells for the 50mm cannon in the center of the room. John grabbed on to one of the leavers on the wall and pulled it down. with the grinding of metal and the clanking of gears the room started to lift and the roof opened up as the cannon was pulled up into sight. John jumped up onto the side of the weapon where their were cranks to aim the gun. John lifted one of the large shells into the back of the cannon and placed it inside.
the cannon had lifted all the way outside and John had it locked on the ships command center. as the caption of the ship looked out of the command center on the battle ship he spotted the cannon rising out of the bunker on top of the hill.
"what is that" the caption asked one of the crew members that was walking by. the crew member garbed a pair of binoculars to get a better look. the man saw a large cannon rising out of the side of the hill.
John got to the side of the cannon finding it hard to do this quickly seeing as many people are needed to fire this weapon but he was the only one there. when he got to the firing mechanism he got into position and covered his ears."lets even these odds" John screamed as he fired the cannon. the shell ripped through one side of the command center causing it to explode then exited out of the other. the crew was in total chaos as they ran about the ship not knowing what to do. John loaded another shell and aimed for the front of the ship. John had the advantage of being on top of the hill and firing down on the ship. John had his target ready and fired. the shell went through the top of the ship and out of the side. the ship began to take on water and sink as the men began to abandon ship as John was ready with the next round. he fired it into the biggest gun that they had. this caused the rounds that were already loaded to explode inside of the ship causing massive fire across the ship and blowing another hole in the haul.
John looked over the edge as he sat on top of the cannons barrel as the ship sank down into the ocean. Johns face and hands were black with gun powder and dirt from the gun going off and kicking up all the dirt around him. he sat there as the men at the bottom of the hill started to move up and over the hill and pick off the stragglers that were able to get off the boat before the explosion. John watched as he knew that he had done his part to help his people.
"are you the one that was firing the cannon" asked a voice from behind John.
John turned around to see one of the commanders had come into the bunker after the ship had sunk. "i was the only one that could get up into the bunker" John replied jumping down from the cannon.
"you've got skill kid. i didn't think that anyone could get to the bunker let alone fire the cannon by themselves." the commander said as he put his hand on johns shoulder "i will have to put in a good word for you at command. they want young ones like you to train into the soldier of tomorrow or something. it seems like your already half way their. you could turn this whole private army war on its head in no time." saying that the commander turned around and started to walk out of the bunker he stooped and threw a rag to John "you may want to clean yourself off. i will see you back at the base"
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in a flash of white light John awakened from his memory that had snuck itself into his dreams. he looked to the side to see Sanya sleeping next to him on top of the covers. 'she must have just gotten back from patrol' John thought to himself not remembering her being their when he had gone to sleep. Sanya had her arms wrapped around Johns arm as he found it hard to not wake her and remove himself from the bed. John dressed himself and walked down to the hanger to get back to work. it had been a week after the attack and their has been no sign of any of the other members of the Hound Unit and John was going a bit crazy. he was not aloud to fight with the Witches because his of his injuries in the explosion. he was aloud to train with the strike unit and work in the hanger with Shirley on the devices that they use but he was not aloud to fight. The only exception would be if his life was in danger but that was it. John knew that for the time being he didn't know how to make a battery that could completely heal his injuries and not just postpone it. he had plenty of time now.
"Morning Shirley" John said walking into the hanger seeing Shirley sleeping by her strike units obviously staying up late working on them.
"huh whu? oh hay John" she said rubbing her eyes and getting up off of the floor. Shirley walked over to the unit john had been working on and started to look it over. "so what have you been doing all this time"
"i have been trying to weaponize this strike unit so that the pilot doesn't have to wast the extra magic on holding up heavy weaponry." John said pointing out the two missile holders that could carry nine missiles each. "their is also an old 5mm cannon that i'm planing on mounting on it some how." John said pointing to the cannon in the corner that was left over from the jet striker.
"but doesn't it take allot of magic to work the weapons." Shirley said trying to break this information nicely to John because the concept of magic was new to him.
"that's what i thought at first" John said as he pulled out some blueprints from under a table and opened them up for Shirley to see . "that's why i drew these up. its a magic reactor that can create magic in the air and power the unit where a witch couldn't"
"it seems like its designed for your heart battery. are you using this project to cover for your research to get you back out into the front lines." Shirly asked with a grin because she knew this was correct.
"well yeah i guess if you look at it that way i could probably use it for that." John said to Shirley as she gave him that don't lie to me look "okay stop looking at me like that" John said looking down at his battery "the battery is running out of power faster and faster. once it runs out of magic in its charge it starts to take away from my own energy to power itself. i don't know how long its going to take before it starts to kill me instead of help me. i need something that can sustain itself with its own magic source. this may be it"
"its fine John you can make it through this." Shirley said trying to comfort her friend. "your a smart guy. you can figure this out."
"i almost have. i have made the device that can hold all the energy but i cant seem to figure out what creates your magic. if only my dad was still alive. he would know what to do."
"im sorry to hear that." Shirley said "if its not to much to ask. how did your dad die"
"it was a long time ago" John said as he took a seat " in the night on the farm my dad was in the barn working on something. this was before i joined the army. i walked into the barn to see that their were other men with him. their were all these charts and drawings on the wall of the battery that he had been working on. it was going to be a energy reactor that was portable. it would be like having a plane that would never have to land to refuel because it would be run on the energy. that's all i knew i didn't get a good look at the blue prints. that's were i got the idea of the original battery but instead of making it run on electricity it had to be run on magic or else it wouldn't work. my father was almost finished with the device when the men came to the barn. he just handed me something wrapped in a scarf and sent me to go get some water from the pump. when i got back the mens cars were gone gone and the barn was on fire. i tried to get in to find my dad but the roof collapsed in before i could get in. i knew my dad didn't get out. i wanted to find who killed him but all that i had was the scarf that my dad gave me before the fire. he had put the revolver inside of it." John said pulling out the gun and showing it to Shirley "i never did find the men"
"that's so sad" Shirley said giving him back the gun.
"but that was then and this is now. i have worse things to worry about than my father. hes in a better place now"
"well i guess that's a good way to think of it." Shirley said getting up and heading for the door. "im gonna go get some breakfast are you coming."
"no" John said pointing to his chest where the batter is "i still have work to do"
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Shirley walked out the door and into the hall towards the kitchen when she passed Barkhorn in the hall "morning Barkhorn" she said turning around to her.
"oh hay there... um... girl" she said with a strange smile on her face. she than turned around and walked towards the hanger.
Shirley just walked away 'that was weird' she thought to herself shrugging off what Barkhorn said.
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Back at the hanger john was studding the notes he wrote and crunching some numbers when Shirley walked through the door. and started to make her way towards John.
"oh hay Shirley. i thought you were going to get some breakfast" John said confused.
"i was" Shirley said Knocking John onto the table and getting on top of him "but now i want to eat something else"
"Shirley what the hell are you doing" John said completely confused about the situation
Shirley silenced him by kissing him on the lips as she held him down by lying on top of him and holding his arms down to the table.
"see ya latter John" she said running out of the door.
John was just stunned as he got off of the table and tried to pull himself together. "shit i have got to set this straight before Sanya hears about this"
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John ran out the door to see Barkhorn leaning against the wall.
"Barkhorn did you see where Shirley went" he asked frantically as she pointed towards the kitchen without looking at him. she just looked at the ground. "thanks Barkhorn." John said running off down the hall. as he did Barkhorn looked up with a sinister grin on her face as she slowly followed him down the hall.
John threw open the doors of the Kitchen " Shirley" he screamed as everyone stopped what they were doing and just looked at John. "come with me into the hall. we need to talk."
"Um okay" Shirley said getting out of her chair and following him into the hall. "alright what is it." Shirley asked as John just put his hand on his head.
"what the hell is wrong with you. you act like you did nothing at all just a moment ago" John said shocked with how nonchalant Shirley was acting
"what are you talking about"
"you just burst into the hanger and threw me down on the table and locked lips with me. its like you don't remember doing that."
"that's because i didn't do that. ask any of the girls. i was in the kitchen and never entered the hanger after i left."
"what are you talking about" John asked as he was so confused about what was going on.
"John i think you need to get more rest. you may be starting to day dream about crazy fantasy's. i like you as a friend but your not my kind of guy" Shirley said as she went back into the kitchen.
"wait but i wasn't day dreaming. What do you mean by crazy fantasy's! i like Sanya!" John shouted at her. "whats going on" John said running his hand through his hair pushing it up.
"Whats wrong John" he suddenly heard from behind him as he turned to see Sanya walking towards him.
"oh Sanya i didn't know that you were up. i need to talk to you about something important."
"oh John i don't want to talk. the only thing i wan't our lips to do is kiss" she said as she threw herself to him and began to kiss him. John closed his eyes as they kissed and when he opened them he was surprised to see that he was kissing Barkhorn when he clearly was kissing Sanya.
"Barkhorn!" John said as he pushed her away."what are you doing"
"John" he heard a cry from down the hall as he had seen that Sanya had just entered the hall to see him kissing Barkhorn.
"how could you" she said with tears in her eyes.