Renegade

Chapter One

Four

My army is attacking my hometown, I just can't let that happen.

Something in me wants me to tell my country that the war is coming, I want to warn them. But I don't know how. They will catch me.

"Uriah! How you doing?" I ask as we load the ammo into the guns. He looks at me then looks back at his gun.

"Alright. It's been a year since Zeke died." He reminds and I sigh, filling the ammo up in the sniper rifle. He was one of the best soldiers apart from me and Uriah, he died in one of our wars in Iraq. We tried warning him, saying that he was going in the direction of a bomb, I tried running to him, trying to help him as the lieutenants called for me and Zeke. It was too late, he died. I tried helping him. I really did.

"Listen, I'm sorry. I tried." I say, grabbing a AK-47.

"Sometimes I wonder what he would have done with his life if he decided to retire. His wife had their kids already, Shauna. I sent mail to her, but I never received any back. Marlene is worried for me, I haven't been home in three years, Lynn is worried for Peter, wondering when he'll come back." He explains and I finish up with the gun, grabbing a new one and filling in the ammo. I don't have a girlfriend or wife, never had too much time for them.

"It's almost over." I say and he shakes his head.

"Dude, our military team is going to attack our hometown, that's such bullshit." He whispers to me, looking to see if anyone is in the tent with us.

"I know, I want to warn them. I just don't have a plan." I say, polishing the gun. He looks back at me and smirks.

"If we get caught, we are done with the army. I'm so serious. But we need to." He says again and we finish with the guns, making sure safety is on on all of them. We get out of the tent and head to our tent, the one Peter, Uriah, and I are sharing.

This isn't going to be a small war....

This is going to turn into World War lll.

It will not be pretty towards my country, and I can not stand for it. I will not. I what do whatever it takes to save everyone, even if it does mean becoming a renegade.