Heroes travels

Richard put the box onto the table “here’s some mail for ya’ Ash...” turning his head to Callum “I never got to thank you for saving my life. I...I just don’t know what came over me... i had this sudden feeling of adrenaline, I felt unstoppable, thinking that i could take them all on until...well you know...” the smile slowly turned into an expression of sadness on Richards face

Callum got out of his chair and put his right hand onto Richards shoulder “don’t worry about it, i know that feeling you get and i know it feels incredible. BUT, remember that you’re in war and the Russians wont draw mercy on you so pay attention to orders next time okay?” removing his hand from Richards shoulder. Callum started to open the box only for Ashley to snatch it away from him

“You don’t go looking through other peoples mail, even if it’s mine okay?” said Ashley with a grin on his face as he put the box back on the table he opened it to see a letter, grabbing it and reading out loud

"To Ashley,

Hope you will be coming home soon; here are some of your things that I thought you might want to have, here are the following items I sent you: a new MP3 and earphones (your old one got damaged and I put music on this one from your computer), 6 cans of Monster energy drink (I know this is your favourite drink and I want you to be alert during your missions. Pack of 20 cigarettes (I’m not sure if you took up smoking while there so I thought I should send you some).

Just try to take care of yourself okay?

Lots of love, Mom."

Ashley put the letter down next to the box and looked inside to find that the listed items were in there. Taking one of the cans of Monster and opening it. He took a long sip from the can “God I missed having one of these a day...Oh and Callum, you can have these cigarettes since I don’t smoke”

Callum picked up the cigarettes looked at them for a brief second before putting them back on the table to slide them away "i stopped smoking several days ago so who ever wants them can have 'em"

an hour and a half later, back at the Tent

Ashley was sitting on his bed while browsing through the songs on his new MP3, smiling to see most of his favourite songs, Putting in the earphones into his ears and turning on the music, relaxing his body he slowly drifted to sleep...

His dreams were usually filled with the faces of the soldiers before he shoved his knife into their eyes or hearts. The terror which would strike their face only to slowly fade away with their muffled screams of pain. The sick, twisted smile of his when he saw his own face in the reflection of their eyes...this didnt bother him in the slightest, in fact he enjoyed this dream alot. But this is only one of the two dreams Ashley has.

The other dream always makes him wake up in cold sweat, breathing fast , heart beating hard this dream was the one he dreaded the most...it was him killing Callum in the most painful ways possible. Everytime it would be different methods but always the same result. Everytime he thought about it during his meals, his stomach would turn which he would then immediatly lose his appetite or make him run to the closest trash can to vomit. Sometimes this caused him to feel like crying but he had to set an example to other soldiers so he would always put on a brave face until he was alone...

drifting into his usual dream, he was woken by a hard kick to his bed which startled him into falling off it. pain struck through the front of his body as he hit the floor but quickly faded away. Pushing himself up from the ground, he looked up to see Colonel Roberts.

Ashley always thought of Robert's as an asshole but grew fond of him over time.

With a smirk on his face, Colonel Robert's said "oh good you're awake, go find Callum and meet me in my office in 5 minutes"

"wait a sec, why do you want us?" Ashley replied while rubbing his forehead

"are you questioning a direct order from a superior?" questioned Robert's with the tone of anger in his voice

"No sir, 5 minutes, retrieve Callum and be at you're office sir." Ashley answered while giving a salute to Robert's

"Good, now hurry up. Time is of the essence" Roberts left the tent and headed to his office leaving Ashley with the question of 'Where the hell is Callum going to be?'

Ashley put the MP3 and earphones into his front pocket and ran out of the tent, running while yelling around the base looking for Callum, getting information of some soldiers on where his location was, Ashley ran towards the tent that private Richard slept in. Finding Callum with Roberts and 2 other soldiers discussing how to sneak up on an enemy soldier quietly and killing him without anyone noticing.

Callum looked up to see Ashley out of breathe while trying to say something "Callum...*pant*...Colonel Robert's...*pant*...wants us in his...*pant*...office"

"bit out of breathe are we Ashley?" replied Callum with a smirk on his face

"oh just fucking hurry up Callum, we are late as it is"

Callum and Ashley sprinted to the Colonels office only to slow down when they got to the door. they knocked and only heard "it's open" from inside the room. Opening the door, Callum and Ashley entered the office to see Colonel Robert's talking to a helicopter pilot

"Ah, you're here. i would shout at you for being late but now is not the time. Ashley, Callum. Meet Steven's. he will be flying you into this mission"

Ashley with a confused look on his face and asked "Wait, what mission? what do we need to do? when will we--". Callum nudged Ashley's ribs causing him to stop mid-question.

Richard's looked at Ashley's face and then to Callum "Thank you, now. You two are going to be infiltrating an enemy weapons plant, it is lightly guarded from what recon tells us but intel can be off sometimes so we are sending you to see whats being made in the building and radio us of your findings. if we find it as a dangerouse threat, we will authorize you to destroy it. when you have escaped the building, you will need to find you own ways of transport. Steven's here can only take you so far without being detected and shot down by enemy SAM's"

"sooo...weapon do you think they are making sir?" asked Callum

"We dont know, thats why you two are going to find out, now go get yourselves ready, you're leaving in 10 minutes. oh and also take your personal items onto the helicopter as you will be going straight home if you complete this mission" Richard's pointed to the door to signify that he wanted everyone to leave his office.

Ashley and Callum nodded and left the room, followed by Steven's. Colonel Richard picked up the phone and dialed, hearing the phone being picked up on the other end, he whispered "They have been briefed and are leaving in 10 minutes, i expect the experiment to be ready by the time they arrive" and put the phone down.

Back at Ashley's and Callum's tent

Ashley and Callum walked into their tent, going to their own bed and picking up their bags. they exchanged looks to each other, Ashley's was confusion while Callum's was showing determination. putting on their gear they both walked outside the tent in silence and saw other soldiers watching them.

Ashley decided to break the silence between him and his teammate "so...this is it...we can finally go home"

Callum simply responded with "remember, only if we finish the mission"

"Callum, you know what we can do. we WILL complete this mission and before you know it..." a smile was growing on Ashley's face "we will be able to do all the things we want and see all our family again"

Callum turned his head to Ashley and gave him a slight smile before turning is head forwards to see the helicopter's rotor blades spinning with Steven's standing at the stairs going up to the pad

Steven's walked up to Ashley and Callum "You guys ready?" but could hardly be heard due to the helicopter being so loud

Ashley and Callum simply nodded and followed Steven's onto the pad. Entering the helicopter and closing the door. it started to increase altitude and started to fly away from the base.

Ashley looked through the window to see the base getting smaller and smaller in the distance and looked at Callum with a smile on his face "since we are fighting Russian's, do you think they will have some vodka somewhere for us to steal and celebrate victory with?"

"oh i hope so, i haven't had any liqour in so long. God i can taste it now..." Callum drifted into a daydream while Ashley took out his mp3 and started to play "Clouds by Omnipony" while continuing to stare out the window...

meanwhile at the Colonel's office

The Colonel was on the phone, he was checking his windows in case they were open and someone could hear him

"its nearly operational? WHY ISN'T IT OPERATIONAL NOW!?" Robert's yelled to the other person on the end of the phone only to realise if someone outside heard him, "hold on a sec" he opened the door and put his head through it to see no one was around before going back into the office and locking the door.

"Mmhm, okay, so you only need 5 minutes and it will be in full working order? okay, i will get the pilot to slow down a bit to buy you some time"

Richard's hung up the phone and had a sip of his coffee before leaving his office

Back on the helicopter

"Roger that sir" Steven's replied to the colonel via radio and shouted back to Ashley and Callum "WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE, IT WILL TAKE US ABOUT AN EXTRA 5 MINUTES SO WE WILL BE LANDING IN 10"

Ashley just barely heard what Steven's said and turned off his MP3 and put it into his shirts front pocket, Callum woke up startled to see Ashley showing him his open hands to show him they were landing in 10 minutes.

Callum grabbed his weapons, checking the supressors were on proparly as well as ammunition, Ashley decided to do the same. This killed about 5 minutes and they sat staring out the windows for the rest

Steven's landed the helicopter about a mile away from the factory and yelled to Callum and Ashley "IT'S BEEN GREAT FLYING WITH YOU GUYS, KICK SOME ASS AND GOOD LUCK!"