Life for a Life

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"Bombs away."


The lieutenant heard over the intercome. His hand hesitated for a mere second as he pushed the red button, sending the bombs in the cargo plummeting down towards the city. The pilot felt slightly ashamed, the sirens weren't going off in the city below. He wondered how many lives were being lost, as the bombs went off.


That's when he heard the rifle go off. He looked towards the sound, but it was to late. The bullet shattered the glass and then met the middle of his forehead, pushing through his brain and out the back of his head. The pilot's head fell forward as the plane tumbled down colliding with a building and then blew up causing the building to fall to the ground.

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