Stories tagged “soldiers”
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Angels of Light
They will walk, clad in green, and leave a trail of vanquished evil behind them. Satan will fear them, for they will be the angels of light, the gardiens of freedom. They are the people of the people, guided solely by their goal of peace and goodness....
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Vanguard
The rock behind me shook as I opened the link to Command. “We need immediate reinforcement, repeat immediate reinforcement. We’re pinned down in grid co-ordinates 9091 by 3415, four klicks north of the sensor post. Negative, we’re und...
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Heaven's Applause
The missile arced into the cloud banks sharply. Shedding Machs like water, it slowed from its cruise speed to strike velocity. The satellite linkup was still (thankfully) live and satellite visuals picked out the target and the missile throughout the E...
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Troop Movements?
Ahead on the road, what looked to be several garrisons’ worth of soldiers walked in formation. I hastily lit our lanterns, but they didn’t improve the twilit conditions, and it remained hard to see. Ben slowed this time, and like a gunshot ...
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Death and Accountability
The tank treads rolled across the battlefield with indifference. They weren’t even looking for resistance fighters anymore. There was no reason to. They had already won. Tim grabbed Daphne and forced her head in the direction of the window and po...
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ANZAC Spirit
We stood silently at attention as the bugle played its long, haunting phrase. Every year since I can remember, April 25th had been a sacred day for our. I looked up at my grandfather, his dark, weary eyes blurred with tears. 95 years ago, his father, m...
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Corruption
One strip of flesh per glance One mended bone per touch One broken soul per chance One idea unites per purpose Delaying peace shouldn’t be for purchase anymore It’s non of business’s business to be funding war It shouldn’t be in...
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Safe is Relative
The sun set behind the mountains and shadows reached out to cover the village I’d taken refuge in. The chanting seemed to come from all directions at once. The words were elusive as if the moment you heard them, they dissolved from your mind like...
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Bloody Sunday
Jeers filled the air along with rocks and whatever other objects the protestors could find. The black and tan clad soldiers stood resolutley at the other end of the square, accepting any blow without the slightest break in discipline. One man shimmied ...
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Control Room and a Sad State of Affairs
Looking down at his chest, Anderson muttered a soft curse and moved towards the door. As he began to fumble with the controls, a genderless voice welcomed him back and the door slid open with a pneumatic hiss. He looked incredulously at the camera and ...
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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...
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Washing Up Ashore
He sat on a massive boulder as the storm developed. Watching something unnatural, something only a few privileged have witnessed. It ended as quickly as it began, with a man washing up ashore. He stood and slowly walked out of the surf. He got up and ...
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The Bridge of Intulcar
The leaves crashed too loudly as he ran. Niccolas tried to minimize the noise by making unbalanced leaps and bounds, only to trip, waiting to hear the sounds of discovery over his own ragged breathing and pounding heart. Somewhere within the woods was ...
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In the Distance
“They are coming…” That was all that the message had said before the sounds of radio static and loud interference ended the transmission with such abruptness that he wasn’t sure if they were really gone, but they were…gone. The thought of...