It's cold at Moscow

The WhiteStone

It was the 6th of January, year 2022, and things looked the same as 2021 in the 7th Section. Daily training, not as harsh as in the 10th Section, but practical - fighting training. 

That day, there was a small attack at the 2nd Section, the Military Section, and they were all sent over to defend the position.

They were carried by the underground secret metro, to the 2nd Section.

Anne described the 2nd Section as a nice place, if you like to live under the pressure of Soviet invasions.

The walls were painted dark green, and there weren't any windows at all. Anne and everyone else (the fighter group) went straight to control centre, to find out what was happening. Anči Petrikov explained the situation.

-Welcome, fighters. Right now, we are being attacked by soviet soldier, which think that they have found a refugee base.

Anne looked at Anči. She was a 36-year-old woman, with military and directive experience. She was quite tall, had a brown hair, blue eyes, and a white-clear skin. She was as beautiful as her sister, though.

-Please follow me. We will get you to the invasion zone. -Anči said.

On the way, they were provided with guns and armour. To be more specific, these guns were model AO-57, lasers guns. Anne had studied about them, but he had never tried one.

-Okay, my soldiers, I am leaving you here, it is too dangerous for me. Good luck, and bye.

The door at the end of the corridor opened, and the fighter unit went out.

They started by clearing off (killing) any enemy near. Anne was at the front, but he didn't have any chances to shoot.

-2 soviets down! -Jackdrak said.

-Well done, people, let's divide and clean all these! -Anne said.

But before they could anything, another Soviet soldier came from under the a hill, with a bazooka on his shoulder, and shot it, aiming to the Fighter Unit.

There was a BOOM! and then lots of flying corpses.

-Well done, soldier- said the Russian captain, Mr. Pestrosyan.

From the inside Anči saw this. She was shocked.

-FAST, CLOSE THE MAIN DOOR! DONT LET THEM COME IN, GODAMN IT!

The doors closed immediately.

-We have discovered the Western Allies' Headquarters, and I am pretending to invade it. Let us blow up the doors. SET THE TNT! -said the Captain.

Once it was set up, the bomb was put to a countdown, of 1 minute.

-Mrs Anči, they have set up a bomb. The Fighter Unit has been killed. We have security people, but even armed, they haven't had the same training our Fighter Unit had. They will be defeated soon. We have to leave.

-Wait, they haven't penetrated the Doors yet. Still, get the underground train ready to go.

Outside, the Soviets were now at the other side of the hill, getting ready for the explosion. But what they didn't know was that the Fighter Unit hadn't been eliminated. They had been knocked out. And they were starting to get awake. The first people to wake up were Anne, Ruth and BlackStone.

-Ruth! -Anne said.

-Yes, Anne?

-I am going to deactivate that bomb, we can't let them in.

-What? Are you crazy? Have you gonne mad?? YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEACTIVATE A BOMB??!

-It is the only way. If we try to run away, the soviets will listen us, and they will kill us. If we wait, we will get killed by the bomb. Wish me luck.

-Who do you think you are, Anne?! You are gonna get killed!!- BlackStone said, in a worried face.

-I am the WhiteStone.

The WhiteStone...

Anne lifted himself up, and ran to the door. He opened carefully the bomb's case, and analysed the content.

-40 SECONDA LEFT! -the bomb said.

Anne had taken deactivating bomb courses in the last weeks, so he knew the basics.

First, he decided to cut the yellow cable, since it is seemed a pretty colour to start by.

But the things didn't go as well as planned.

-SKIPPING INITIATION PROCESS. 20 SECONDS LEFT.

-WHAAAT!??? -Anne was desperate. He did not have time. What could he do?

Then, he had an idea.

-Ruth, pass me the knife!

-Okay, Anne, I hope you know what you're doing!

-Yes, I think I do. And I want to tell you something, in case I die.

-Yes? -Ruth looked at him with a sad face.

-I just wanted to tell you that, I lov- but he was interrupted by the bomb.

-10 SECONDS LEFT!!

Anne hurried. He cut the cables that held the bomb to the door, and that took him 5 seconds. He had 5 seconds left.

He grabbed the bomb, and he sprinted through the dense snow, until he arrived at the opposite side of the hill that the soviets were at.

-...3 ...2 ...1 ...TRIGGERING... EXPLOSION... NOW!!

Anne threw the bomb backwards, to the other side of the hill, with the Soviets, at the same time he jumped forwards, trying to save his life.

The explosion lifted tons of snow, as well as Anne himself and all the Soviet soldiers. It lifted them a couple of metres high, and then gravity pushed them back down.

The snow that fell covered all of the Fight Unit, and the Soviets and Anne landed just after the snow.

Anne had landed next to Mr. Petrosyan. The Captain hadn't been affected by the bomb as much as anyone else, because at the time of the explosion he was the one the furthest from the bomb, so he recovered faster.

When Anne lifted himself up again, he found out that all of the Soviets, except Captain Pestrosyan, were dead.

-NOW, YOU LITTLE ANNE, YOU HAVE BEEN DEFEATED! MY ARMY IS DEAD, SO IS YOURS, BUT I AM ARMED AND YOU ARE NOT! SURRENDER!-The Captain said, euphorically.

-Wait, wait a minute. Who said that my people are dead?- just when he finished saying that, he jumped away from Captain Pestrosyan, and behind him, the Fighter Unit jumped from below the snow, and shot Captain Pestrosyan, who fell immediately.

-Now, Captain, I want you to tell me this: HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET HERE? WITH THE HELP OF WHO?- then, Anne kicked him in the side of his body, making the Captain roll over, reveailng a blood-tainted snow.

-ANSWER MY QUESTION! NOW!- Anne shouted. He kicked the Captain again, making him scream of pain. But before Anne could kick him a third time, Captain Petrosyan said:

-Kid... Every battle has a cost... And this battle *cough* will have one... And the cost will be her... -and before anyone could say anything, he took a laser gun out of his coat, and shot, aiming at Ruth.

The laserwent through the air, and hit Ruth's chest, pushing her backwards.

When Anne saw this. He was shocked.

He ran to where Ruth was, crying and shouting:

-NO, FUCK NO! WHAT THE FUCK, WHY??

He arrived at Ruth's corpse. He looked at her dead body. And then he fell next to her, and he hugged her, while crying.

There was a complete silence. Everyone looked at them. Some of them started to cry, too.

Anne couldn't believe it. She was the one he loved, and she was now dead. And it was all its fault. 

Then, it started raining.