Crestfallen Soldier

We arrived at the helicopter the thing was damn tank. It was outfitted for military duty. Jet engines a heavy pulse rifle on the open side, and to top it all off the armor was the thickest I've ever seen. “ You the guys I'm suppose to be flying in?” a men asked from behind. He was wearing a military pilot uniform. We all introduced our selves except for James “ Nice to meet you all my names Cory.” The pilot said. “ Well lets get going.” the pilot said with a smile on his face. Andrew looked at a chart that he was given. “ Austin your on the gun the rest of us will be sitting.” he said. He folded the chart up and put in one of his pockets. We all loaded on the helicopter. The pilot was the last to get on. Every one took there seats I stood behind the gun. The pilot started the engines. The noise was deafening, I put up my mask it had sound blocking technology. The helicopter took of the ground, and the door on the side started to close. The only thing that was opened up was the gun and me.

I felt a tap on my back it was Andrew he pointed to his head, and held up three fingers. I changed my masks frequency to channel three. “ Can you hear me?” Andrew asked. “ Ya,” I replied. “ Good,” Andrew said. “ You guys should hear this,” Cory said with concern in his voice. “ We need help were pined down by Unitologist forces!” the soldier said with fear in his voice. “ Your call sir,” Cory said he was referring to Andrew. Andrew look like he was pondering the idea. “ They need our help sir,” Johnson said. “ Fine lets go give them a hand,” Andrew said. “ Roger that,” Cory said. The helicopter changed course heading to the soldiers location. “ There right on top of us! ” The soldier said almost yelling in fear. “ Hang on were almost there,” Andrew said. The helicopter came around a building. What I saw was a war zone I saw EarthGov troops taking heavy fire from the Unitologists. There was hundreds of Unitologists advancing slowly on the soldiers. How could this be there was to be little to no resistance. All the EarthGov soldiers could do was fire blindly at the advancing army. There were was no retreat for the EarthGov soldiers they were in a choke point. There looked to be only one way in and one way out.

“ Weapons free!” Andrew yelled. I pulled down on the guns trigger. The gun responded immediately. I was firing on the Unitologist forces. Unitologists started falling left an right some of them we cut in half. This weapon was a monster of a weapon. I kept firing on the Unitologist ranks. They started to fire at the helicopter now. The bullets pinged harmlessly on the side of the helicopter. I kept taking Unitologists down. I stopped firing once there was nothing left moving on the battlefield. Then I heard a noise from the mic. It sounded like cheering I looked down to see the EarthGov soldiers cheering, and hugging each other. They must have been close to getting over run. “ Damn good shooting,” a soldier said through the mic. “ We'll handle it from here thanks for the help.” he said very happily. I looked back over at the battlefield. Dead bodies littered the ground, blood was every were. I felt like I was going to be sick. Andrew took notice to this. “ I was either them or you, ” he said. This was the first time I've ever killed someone. I started to feel better as the helicopter flew away from the battlefield. The image of all the dead bodies popped in my head again. I thought to my self it was either them or me. I cleared my mind of the thought I needed a clear head.

The next thing I knew an alarm was going off in the helicopter. “ Shit! ” Cory yelled “ Hang on tight! ” he said. The helicopter jerked side ways. I saw the missile that was locked on us. It fallowed the helicopter's evasive maneuvers to near perfection. Another alarm went off in the helicopter I saw a second missile coming straight for us. Then I heard pinging against the side of the side of the helicopter. It almost sounded like rain. Then I saw javelins bouncing off the side of the helicopter. Then Yet another alarm went off. A third missile was now locked on us. Cory lunched flares only one missile went for the flares. The other two were still on our ass. “ Hang on! ” Cory said again fear in his voice. I was firing blindly at the buildings. We were taking fire from every side. Then a javelin hit me in the shoulder I was thrown off the gun. The javelin priced my armor, and came out the other side. The pain was indescribable. Johnson came over to me. He ripped the javelin out of my shoulder. He gave me a med pack. The pain subsided quickly, and I got back on the gun. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I ignored it, and continued firing. The missiles still right on us. The helicopter was right above the ground. The first missile hit, and then the second one did. I was thrown out of the helicopter. I hit the ground full speed and rolled. If it wasn't for my armor I would have died, but I was in even worse pain then I when I was shot with the javelin. I saw the helicopter crash only a few hundred feet in front of me. I tried to stand up, but I couldn't. I saw my squad coming out from the downed helicopter. I heard Dillon Say something “ Were the hell is Austin!? ” he yelled. “ I saw him get thrown from the helicopter. ” Andrew said. “ The pilots dead sir, ” Johnson said somberly. “ Damn! ” Andrew said furiously. Shoots rang out from all around. “ This is our last stand men lets show these bastard what EarthGov soldiers can do. ” Andrew said. I was crawling towards them. I lowered my mask the breathing regulator was damaged from the fall. Then a javelin gun round hit Dillon in the chest I heard his rig flat line. “ NO!” I yelled. He had some much to live for, and these bastards just took that all away from him. Tears were pouring down my face

Johnson noticed me he ran over to me. He handed me his pulse rifle. He then began to drag me I fired at the Unitologists that were now storming our position. He stood me up, and grabbed Dillon's pulse rifle. I saw his lifeless body on the ground. I was going to make these bastards pay. I was just in immense pain, but I didn't seem to notice it anymore. I reloaded my rifle and opened fire again. Then a javelin round hit me near my stomach. I flew back with it, and was pined to the side of the helicopter. I pulled at the javelin, but to no avail. The only thing I could do was walk forward. The pain was unbearable as soon as I was free from the javelin I fell down. I saw a pool of blood start to form around me. I couldn't even lift my head up. I saw Johnson go down, and heard his rig flat line. I had to stand up and fight for my fallen friends. Rage and sadness drove me now. I stood up and stared firing again. The Unitologists were right on us now. I kept firing until one gun butted me from behind. I fell down with a thud. I saw James get swarmed, and he was knocked unconscious. Andrew pulled out his knife and was fighting them hand to hand. He was about to get swarmed when I saw him activate the pulse grenades on his bandolier. Some tried to run away, but were caught in the blast. The explosion forced me to close my eyes when I opened them again he was gone. There was nothing left of him left. I lost almost my whole squad, and I hadn't died yet. I stood up and drew my knife. It was the only weapon I had left. Luckily for me the person standing over me was knocked down from the explosion. He saw me and he was about to raise his weapon. When I grabbed his arm with my free hand, and plunged the knife in with my other hand. The look on his face was one of pure terror. I had stabbed him in the chest. I watched as the life faded from his face. I watched as the color fade from his eyes, and blood trickled down his lip. He was dead, and I was the one who took his life. Did this make me any better then the men who had just killed my friends. Someone turned me around, and punched me square in the face. I was knocked out cold.

I woke up in a prison cell it was freezing cold. I was on a bed my armor had been removed, and I was only in my uniform. I felt near were I was shot. There was bandages over the injury. In fact bandages covered my entire torso. I looked at my rig yellow I was stable. Someone had obviously wanted me to survive. My head was throbbing it felt like someone bashed it against a wall. I looked around the room and saw a motionless figure on the bed next to me. Was it James? “ James, ” I said my voice was dry and raspy. The motionless figured turned to face me. It was James. He has tears flowing from his eyes. He was still shocked from what had happened. I felt bad for him, and then images from the battle flashed through my head. I had to force my self not to cry. “ We all knew what we signed up for,” a voice said in my head it sounded harsh and cold hearted. “ But we just lost our friends.” another voice said this one sounded kind and caring. I shook my head, that hit to the head must of done more then I thought. I sat up which required all my strength. I heard footsteps coming towards me and James's cell.

“ We don't have many prisoners left sir.” a voice said from down the hall. “ We will have to just make due then won't we.” This persons voice sounded a lot more refined then the other one. They stopped in front of me and James's cell. One was wearing a fancy clothes and the other one was waring armor. “ Hello my name is George. ” the one in the fancy clothes was talking. Me and James both stayed silent. “ Please try and be civilized.” George said smiling. I wanted to kill him already. Me and James continued to stay quiet. “ Fine I guess we have to do this the hard way.” George said his smile growing even wider. He unlocked the door, and the man standing next to him raised his weapon. He looked over at James then he looked to me. George was standing in front of me. “ I think we'll start with you.” he said looking over me. I wanted to punch him square in his face, but something told me that wouldn't end well for me. He looked over at James who was still crying. He frowned “ We will start with you.” he said looking at me again. “ It looks like James is still recovering from yesterdays secession.” What did this bastard do to him. I was about to stand up when I felt a needle plunge into the side of my neck. I couldn't move “ The sedative should keep you complaint.” George said. He motioned for the guard to come over. The guard put me in wheelchair that was out side the cell. I was being wheeled down a long hallway. I was wheeled into a pure white room with a wooden table and two chairs on each side of the table. They left the room. I started to get control of my muscles again. They came back in. I was still very weak the person in armor moved me to one of the chairs and strapped my arms down. “ Shall we get started,” George said smiling widely

My arms were still pined strapped to the chair. “ So whats your name.” George asked. I remained silent, I wasn't even about to tell this bastard my name. “ Fine if you insist to be stubborn.” George said signaling the soldier. The soldier put down his weapon, and proceed to crack his knuckles. I knew what was coming next. He delivered a punch to my stomach. It almost made me throw up. “ I'll ask you again what is your name?” George said still smiling. I remained silent again. The soldier hit me in the side of my face, and in the gut. George singled him to stop. “ Are you willing to talk yet?” he asked. “ I hope you burn in hell!” I responded harshly. “ Such language.” he said laughing. “ This shall not go unpunished.” he said. He gave the soldier a signal. The soldier pulled out his knife. This was not good I thought to myself. He cut the bindings on my left arm. He put my left arm on the table. I was tried to fight back, but I was to weak. He held my hand down with his free arm. He raised the knife, and slammed it down on my left hand. I yelled in pain tears flowing down my face. He left the knife in my hand and walked back to were he was standing. George was laughing like and looked like he was about to cry from it. I felt like I wanted to give up. I lost almost my whole squad, and I was going to die here. “ Your to weak I'm taking over.” A voice said it was harsh and cold. It was the voice from earlier. I couldn't feel anything anymore. I couldn't control anything anymore, it was like watching a movie. George was still laughing and the soldier was standing by the door. I broke the bindings holding my right arm. Then I ripped the knife from my left hand. I wasn't doing this. It was like a horror movie. The solider made a move for his weapon. I threw the knife straight into his throat. He gasped for air. I went over to him and ripped the knife out of his throat. He fell to the ground. His rig flat lined. I looked over to see George's face filled with fear.

I walked to him slowly, he was on the ground backing away slowly. I still couldn't control what I was doing. He was backed up into a corner. “ Not so fun is it!” I shouted. This wasn't me. I walked over to him. I dropped the knife. I put my right hand behind his head, and my left hand on his lower jaw. “ Looks like your going to hell sooner then you expected aren't you.” I said the look on his face was one of pure horror. With a quick thrust of my left arm. I heard hideous and dreadful crack come from his neck. He was now looking backwards. His rig then flat lined. I grabbed the knife from the ground. I walked out of the room without grabbing the fallen soldiers rifle. There was a guard at the end of the. He wasn't wearing any armor. I walked behind I put my left hand over his mouth and pulled him to me. I plunged the knife into his chest, and then I quickly dragged him back to the room I was just in. I placed his body down. I walked back out, the prison wasn't heavily guarded. If I encountered any guards I would quickly eliminate them, and hide the body. This wasn't me though. I reached the prisons control center. I killed the guards inside with no problem. Then I released all the cells. I heard cheering from all around me. “ My jobs done now, take care of your self.” A voice said in my head, it was the one from earlier.

I had control of my body again, and the pain hit me again. I saw a emergency storage room. It required a power node to open. I looked around and saw one lying next to one of the computers. I picked it up and places in the circuit panel next to the emergency storage room. The door opened up to show med packs and weapons. I grabbed all the med packs I could. I used all of them, my rig was green which meant I was in good condition but there was still a hole in my hand, but I could barley feel anything. I grabbed a rifle and some ammo for it. I walked to James cell, he was still in there. I knew he would still be here. He was still in the same position when I left. I walked over to him he looked up. His eyes widened not in surprise but in fear. I looked down at myself I was covered in blood. “ Its me Austin don't you remember me?” I asked. He nodded his head. “ Come on I going to get us out of here.” I said. He stood up, and walked over to me. We walked out of the prison, and we kept walking until we reached the EarthGov controlled side of Scorpio 6. We had to sneak past countless Unitologist forces but we made it. We walked up to a group of soldiers. They all raised there weapons, they noticed our uniform. They then lowered there weapons. I got James to safety like I told him I would do. I fell to the ground if I woke up good, and if I didn't so be it.

Patient Report

Patient 2854

Name: Austin Schroeder
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Iris color: Blue
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Height: 6'5
Weight: 265
Race: Caucasian

Medical Report

When the patient arrived at EarthGov controlled side of Scorpio 6 his clothes were covered in blood. He had broken ribs, and a hole through his left hand. Also he has extensive injuries to his torso. Which included javelin wounds to his right shoulder, and to the right of his stomach. From what the other person accompanying him told us he was thrown from a helicopter. It is by a miracle that he survived, and was still able to walk. They were held in captivity for two days. On the second day Austin woke up, and there was some sort of prison break which allowed them to escape. What caused the prison break is still unknown. We will keep him under medically indued coma until he has healed.

Psychological Report

Once the patient healed we took him off anesthesia. The patient woke up a few hours later sweating obviously shook up. I asked what was wrong the to which patient responded “ There dead there all dead.” he was talking about his squad. I told him about the other member of his squad. He seemed relived by the news. Given his emotional state this was good. I not going to question him today he still seems pretty worn out. He had nightmares again last night. I asked him about the nightmares. He just sat there quietly not saying a word. I could tell he was holding back tears. I asked him did he know anyone in the squad. He only knew one person prior to coming to Scorpio 6. It was his friend Dillon they knew each other since middle school. I asked a few more questions, but he was still trying to hold back tears. I decided to stop questioning him for the day. The Patient had nightmares again. The patient is obviously suffering from PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I decided to ask him how he escaped. He looked like he didn't know how to answer the question. What he told me shocked me. He said someone took control of him, and saved him form dying or getting seriously injured. Schizophrenia is most likely the cause of this, but he said it was like watching a movie. Normally a person would have blackouts, and not remember anything they did when they blacked out, but his case was different. He also said the other side willingly gave him control back. I asked him if the voice had said anything to him since he woke up or has he blackout. He answered no to both questions. It was strange, his other side seemed like it only wanted to protect him from danger. He asked me how the civil war was going. I told him the civil war on Scorpio 6 hasn't got any better. We were still taking heavy losses. Then EarthGov decided to cut their losses and bombed the entire Unitologist controlled side flat. The civilian loss of life is still rising, but its estimated to be in the millions. He looked relived but also upset. I decided it would best to stop my questions for the day. He had more nightmares. I told him this is the last day he had to spend in the hospital. He didn't seem to care much. I worry if these nightmares continue he would become completely apathetic to anything happening to him. I decide to give him a prescription for his Schizophrenia and PTSD. I could only hoped they would stop his nightmares.

Doctor Bradley Andres.

I finished looking at my patient report as my shuttle docked at Titan Station. I was redeployed to Titan Station in the days fallowing. I still was suffering from nightmares, but the voice had remained quiet since Scorpio 6 maybe the medicine dose work. I got off the shuttle. I knew a few people who lived here one of them was my best friend since 2nd grade John Clark. I told him I would be coming to Titan Station. He was going to meet me at the stations space port. I saw him approaching me “ John!” I said smiling. “ Austin!” He said smiling too. We shook each others hand. “ Its good to see you man how have you been?” he asked “ I've been doing good how about you?” I asked. I didn't want him to worry about me so I with held the truth. “ Good I got a job a CEC the pays good.” he said. I had to get settled in my new apartment. “ Can you show me were the apartment district is?” I asked. “ Sure thing man.” he said. We were walking to the apartments when a group of Unitologist saw me. I was wearing my EarthGov uniform. They walked in front of us “ look at this butcher,” One of them said. “ How many of children did you kill murderer!” another yelled. I was out there risking my life to save these people, and this is how I'm treated. “ Shut your damn mouths!” John said. “ The baby killer has a friend!” one of them said. A group was gathered around us now some were Unitologists and others were in military uniforms. I was starting to get angry. One of them noticed this “ What are you going to do Dog!” he said. “ Every soldier who died on Scorpio 6 deserved what they got.” He said. I remembered Dillon and my squad. I snapped I punched the guy right in the face. I felt his nose break from the punch. His friends were about to rush forward. Then all the other people in military uniforms stood behind me. His friends backed off. I started to move forward and so did the people behind me. We were trained to fight hand to hand they weren't. The man I punched was in the ground crying over his broken his nose. The police arrived, and placed them selves between us and Unitologists. The mans who nose I had broken stood up. “ I was assaulted by that man.” he was pointing directly at me. “ I don't care who started it, but it stops now.” He said harshly. The Unitologists left and so did the man whose nose I broke. The officer seemed to relax. “ I hate those guys.” he said now smiling. “ My brother in the military, and he said after what happened at Scorpio 6 every Unitologist has been acting this way to him.” the officer said. “ I wanted to let you teach those guys a lesson, but that would just lead to more problems.” He said sighing. “ I wish you all the best of luck.” he said walking off with his group of police officers. The dream always ended here, but not this time.

It was five months later. I just woke up in my apartment I remember this day. This was the day the necromorph outbreak happened. I remember this because it was freezing cold when I woke up. If I was correct I would stand up, and turn the TV on, and there would be nothing on. I watched myself do this. It happened only a day ago and its already in my dream. I heard a noise that wasn't in my dream before. It sounded like whimpering. The dream was now lucid. I could control what I did. Had someone tried to go in my dream. Those idiots I thought to myself. I tried to force myself to wake up. No luck then I tried to change the dream, but still no luck. I knew what was coming next. I heard a scream from down the hall. I needed to wake up and fast. I didn't want one of those ponies to see a necromorph. I was thinking of what to do. An idea came into my head maybe I could shock my self awake. I went over to the table next to my bed and grabbed my pistol. I had abandoned it early on during the outbreak. It did absolutely nothing to necromorphs, it didn't even phase them. I really hope this idea worked or the pony who was watching my dream's would be scared for the rest of there lives. I put the gun to the side of my head. I pulled the trigger bang! I woke up almost immediately my eyes were greeted by sunlight. I was forced to blink . I looked around the room. I saw Shining Armor he wasn't in shock and then I looked and saw Twilight she looked Fine. I looked around and saw Luna I found out who went in my dreams.