Chapter 6: Reinforcements

"Where're our reinforcements?!" shouted one of Iowa's soldiers as they fought through the enemy onslaught.

"Just shut up and keep firing!" Iowa shouted back as she reloaded her weapon and went straight back to firing.

The soldiers were well trained, managing to take down their enemies in only one or two shots, but due to the enemies' overwhelming numbers. It meant that they're the ones who'll be out of bullets first.

The skirmish was at its peak. Bullets flew from all sides, and as the sun raged on with its heat, it started to exhaust both sides.

Isuzu watched from the back. Hearing the echoes of gunshots and whistling bullets, sometimes she even had to hide behind a tree as stray bullets landed near her.

"You should keep your head down, lest they see you here." told one of the scouts to Isuzu.

"Oh, right, sorry!" apologised Isuzu.

"It's odd seeing the captain like that no?" said the other scout.

"Yeah, ever since she heard about the mission about Iyala. She had been pretty blue ever s