Clark and Sonia both activated their camouflage devices, perfectly disguising themselves as regular citizens of the Mocan republic. They needed it, as being in the shadows was to their favor.
Clark’s advice was that they should disguise themselves as siblings, but Sonia insisted on them disguising themselves as a pair of lovers. She reasoned that it would be more convincing for young youths like them.
After much argument, he eventually relented before finally following her suggestion. He was no match for a woman like her, in terms of argument prowess.
Looking at the decision from the bright side, it was not too bad. He consoled his ego with this, as they quickly located a boutique in the nearest town.
He got dressed in a pair of ripped blue jean trousers and a red polo t-shirt. With his short trimmed dark hair and the young vibe that he was exuding, the dress code made him look like a youn
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“Clark…, it’s ok, calm down, forget about the dream already”. Sonia comforted Clark in a soothing tone after he narrated the dream to her in the morning.“I’ll never put you in a situation that’ll endanger your life, I promise. Don’t worry, we’ll just have to be more careful and cautious”. She added in a softer tone to drive home her point.Clark finally calmed down a little after repeated calming words from her. He may have overreacted, but you’ll never understand his overreaction until a bullet is embedded in you.When you see yourself slowly dying and the tinder of life fading out of you, the trauma would speak for itself. Weaker-minded individuals can even develop psychological problems immediately.It felt shameful and embarrassing for a male soldier to be comforted by a girl because of a nightmare, but the feeling of him sl
After a lot of planning, preparation, and implementation of their well-laid-out plans, the Spartan soldiers were more ready as Christmas was now fast approaching.Surprisingly, to Clark’s shock and joy, Eminem invited him to his family’s Christmas party. This was just like manna falling from heaven to him, it was an unexpected boon to the mission.“Shit man, this is completely unexpected. With this alone, it is already enough to make me the greatest contributor of this mission”. He thought excitedly.That evening, on getting home he did not tarry, he immediately contacted his Captain.After he was informed, Captain Briggs was not shy with his praise nor did he mince words as he lavished praise on both Clark and Sonia while encouraging them to continue the good work.Some of Clark’s squadmates were already preparing to risk infiltrating the Governor&rsqu
Boom!! “Shit”. Captain Briggs suddenly cursed loudly and jumped behind a nearby metal platform, before backing out an order for his soldiers to take cover.The booming sound was a gunshot sound from an unknown hidden sniper. Another undiscovered variable that was uncounted for.A random sniper was nowhere close enough to earn a curse from Captain Briggs, but that one shot destroyed one of his soldier’s heads immediately. Blood blossomed before falling like rain, dying the finely tiled floor with a tint of red.All of the soldiers, including Clark, reacted extremely fast as they hid behind different structures in the mansion. After finding cover, they finally started searching in horror for the mysterious shooter.“He’s a 3rd rank high-grade soldier with impeccable sniping ability, equipped with a top-notch sniper rifle”. Captain Briggs quickly announced after getting temporary relief, displaying his experience and keen
Clark’s squadmates escaped in different directions, as Captain Briggs ordered them to scatter to different places to have a better chance of surviving the state-wide pursuit.Clark and Sonia still decided to stick together as they escaped. They intended to get as far away as possible from the State’s capital city before the reinforcement finally converged here.What made all the soldiers’ despair was that the main attack force of the operation, led by the General, have not escaped yet. So they had no specific direction to escape to.Their warship, G-14, would only come for them after retrieving the soldiers in the General’s squad. That was the most important task that was designated to it, so they had to fend for themselves for this period.This uncertainty on where to escape to hung above their heads like a summoned veil of death, bringing them more pressure than predicted.For the rest of the whole day, they were all on th
“The Cobra’s maneuver”. Clark muttered in a surprised and shocked tone, as he recognized the battle art Sonia was using immediately on seeing it.This battle art was one of the best available in the Sparta republic. And it was not even created there, it was created from a significantly more powerful high-grade country.It was one of the rarest battle-arts, and can only be bought by influential individuals of the Spartan republic. The Spartan republic was only able to get it in its archives, after paying a mouth-watering sum of money to the creators.This out-of-place realization only made him think more about what her real background was, as this battle art was not attainable to soldiers with unimpressive backgrounds like himself.As all these thoughts and realizations flashed through his head, the person in question was completely unfazed.
“NOOO!!! CLARK!!!” After materializing inside the warship, Sonia’s sob-like, regretful, and shock-filled scream reverberated all over the room of their squad, startling all her squadmates who successfully arrived earlier.Because of how tense she was during the battle, her thoughts never suggested to her that Clark would do such a thing. She felt like her soul already left her, as she cried while staring blankly at their room’s ceiling.Seeing her in such a state, though some of the lucky soldiers who survived were irritated, they all kept quiet as the female Corporal went forward to comfort her.They did not have the luxury to pay attention to her sadness, they were instead all silent, completely engulfed in their own world as they thanked God for their luck.Thinking of the dangerous situation they were in just a moment ago, still gave them goosebumps. They felt like in
At this moment of truth, Clark felt really conflicted, he was not able to make decisive moves the way it was expected from a soldier like him. His military mind told him to just silence him quickly, then get on the run again, but he could not.After opening his eyes, he looked directly at Eminem as they engaged in a ridiculous staring contest to see who was stronger-willed. “Hmmm”. He suddenly sighed as his shoulders slumped down. Eminem was already more than a stranger to him; his conscience could not validate his reasoning to kill someone who he already regarded as his friend. He valued friendship.He just couldn’t bear the thought of killing this familiar face, just because it was convenient for him. His energy reserves disappeared mysteriously, he felt weak all of a sudden.&nbs
After what seemed like forever, Clark finally woke up again. He opened his eyes again only to experience the already familiar feelings of pain and fatigue overwhelm him both mentally and physically. This was his third day drifting aimlessly in the sea, without any idea of where he was and how to get back home. During the first time that he woke up after he fainted, he already removed all the bullets that were lodged into his body from the battle, with his dagger. If not, he would already be a dead man with them still in his body. For 3 days now, he had not eaten as he didn’t have food. Though he was currently in the sea, he could not still eat as he didn’t even have the strength to stand up to kill fish for food. The repercussions of him overexerting his body were now coming back to hit him hard, as he always felt like his head was