Love and Warfare

Chapter 8

Those nightmares kept coming back. I would always wake up screaming and crying. The guards tried to calm me down but nothing seemed to work. Every morning I would wake up with my face a bright red. I never felt like doing anything.

"Hey Aylia. How you feeling?" I looked at Drew with no emotion. "I guess that means nothing. Look we are on the most beautifulest place in the whole world, and you haven't once stepped outside." I sighed. I was starting to get annoyed with Drew trying to make me feel better. I understood the thought but nothing seemed like it worked.

Drew was very persistent. I usual don't blow up at people, but I was tired of hear the good side of m family's death."Drew! Just please shut up for once. You don't understand and never will. You have never lost anyone close. So just leave me alone." I walked away full of anger."Fine then! I will leave you alone until.....until you aren't upset anymore." Drew stormed off in frustration.

"UGH!" I screamed to the sky. Soon I got a call from Luke. "Come to the base immediately." I collected myself and ran to the base. Once Luke saw me, he gave me a dirty look."Where were? We were all worried about you." Luke hugged me."I'm sorry. It won't happen again."

"Good. The reason why I called was that there was an attack on our major base. Now don't mess up. I don't want a repeat of what happened last time. Get your gear on and get ready to board." Luke had a concerned look on his face. I didn't argue, I quickly got everything on and boarded the ship.

Once we landed on the frozen tundra, you could feel the rush of cold winter wind rip right through your gear. I didn't want a repeat of what happened last time. I found a great sniping place and loaded my rifle. I didn't know how long I had been out, and the cold was starting to get me. I was running out my ammo, and had to go get more.

I had to run. About halfway there, I hear a strange sound. I turned around and my eyed opened wide. I almost fell backwards. The figure was all black and I couldn't tell if it even had a face. I started sprinted. Today was not the day to die. Every step I took, it felt like it got closer. Why did I have to carry all this gear? It slowed me down. I didn't dare look back for I knew that it was there following me.

I had sprinted all the way to the main hanger. I didn't realize how adrenaline effected you. I was finally out of breath and collapsed to the ground. I didn't care if the floor was hard and cold. I just laid there. Some soldiers helped me up and stayed there until I had my breath back. Clearly whoever was following me gave up.

I didn't want to tell Luke because he would be worried, but Luke would found out some how. We had held our ground and the invaders were retreating. One of the soldiers must have told Luke because came through the door with a concerned look."Luke. I'm all right. Nothing's broken or cut off. Don't worry." I smiled up at him and gave him a hug. His concerned look changed to relief. He smiled."I'm sorry, but I would be dead if anything happened to you."Then his smile changed to emotionless."Now that you're 18 I guess I should probably tell you something." I didn't understand what he meant.

"I never wanted to tell you because you were too young to know. You know how Uncle Andy joined the alliance?" I nodded my head."Yeah I remember Uncle Ani." When I was little I couldn't pronounce my d's. So my uncle's name was Ani instead of Andy."Aunt Leah was always proud of him and his accomplishments." Luke nodded his head."True, but Aunt Leah didn't tell you the truth."