Stories tagged “battles”
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Deserted
I hold my breath, steady my rifle, and quickly blink away a bead of sweat running down into the corner of my eye. “Two point five”, my spotter mutters. I nod, almost imperceptibly, making sure the movement doesn’t knock me off target....
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Exchanges
I felt as if I weighed a thousand kilograms. Of course, when you’re shot out of a mass driver at ten gees, one feels ten times one’s weight at Earth-grav. A severed hand hit me in the arm. Thankfully, it hit me there. If it had hit my helme...
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Casualties of War
You know, in any battle between any faction, regardless of the outcome, there will always be one loser. Innocent bystanders in gang wars, civilians in world wars, it doesn’t matter. Honest, good people are always caught in the crossfire, but few ...
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Final Conflict
He looked down at her, unable to see her face through the loosely curled chestnut hair. Her ragged breath betrayed the emotion she’d tried so hard to hide. Acidic tears trailed down her cheeks and landed on the floor. The two had been enemies sin...