"My oh my, momma why, why must you cry? Please sleep tight, don't you fright. Because your son is going home..." A distant gunshot is heard followed by a repeated thunder that seems to be coming closer. "Please momma don't you cry...because your son is coming to your arms...". The man is wet from the downpour, the mud stains his body, his brown combat uniform in tatters and bloodied.He clutches his family photos tight as he sings. More men in the background scream as a loud bang from a cannon quiets them all with a explosion. An eye falls in the man's crater- his shelter.
A bright spotlight shines upon the man. He looks up to see the legendary black eagle with a gear surrounding it. He struggles to swallow his spit as he gets on his knees and raises his arms, trying to keep balance from the slope of the crater. The mechanical beast stands bipedal over the man. The sound of a speaker plays with shouts of a foreign language and radio speech in the background of the speaker. The man knows simple words of the language and he looks up in horror. The barrels of the weapons attached to the walker aims down at him. The words he has deciphered were "No prisoners..." All that man saw in those moments was the imperial Eagle insignia that was blazed upon the side of the machine.
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Eagles in Gear
Science FictionIn a alternate scenario set in 1920s, where the Imperial German forces crushed the Entente with their iron ways- the Germanic way. The United States never helped in this scenario. They were dealing with political unrest in the homelands to even car...
