The next day, we enter a village occupied by ISIS forces. The place looks abandoned. I use my super hearing to detect any voices. I hear a woman whispering and a child crying.
"I hear someone," I tell Gus.
I rush over to where the source of the noise was coming from. I knock down the door.
"I found people!" I yell at my unit.
It is an Iranian woman and her child. Suddenly a tragic idea enters my head. These two were conspirators of ISIS. I raise my rifle and aim at their heads. Suddenly Gus gets in front of me.
"What are you doing Gus? Stand down!" I yell.
However, Gus doesn't say anything and just stands there. I look over to the mother and her child. I could see the scared looks on their faces. I lower my gun.
"Move out!" I yell.
We keep moving until I hear a beeping noise.
"Do you hear that? It's coming from there." I say to Gus, pointing to a nearby pole.
"L-L-Let me check it out?" Gus says.
Gus sprints to the pole. He finds a small device and picks it up.
"It's a device of some kind," he says to me.
Suddenly a bunch of gunshots comes out of nowhere. I spot Gus getting shot in the shoulder. He falls to the ground in pain.
"Argh!" He yells.
I sprint over to him. The terrorists start shooting at me but their bullets don't affect me. I grab Gus and try to help him back up. We head to cover. I watch many soldiers get shot and killed.
"It's going to be alright."
"No, James. L-L-Leave me, "Gus says, breathing heavily.
"What, no! I am not leaving you! We need to get you back to your children!" I say.
Gus puts his hand on my shoulder.
"Y-Y-You have been a gr-gr-great friend James. I-I-I have tr-tr-trusted you. N-N-Now I ask you to tr-tr-trust me."
I hold back the tears.
"I will see you again," I say.
I tell my remaining unit to retreat. As we run away there is a loud explosion where Gus was.
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" I yell at the top of my lungs.
I fall to my knees in despair and start sobbing.
When I am done mourning, me and the rest of my unit head back to the base. We tell the General about Gus and his heroic sacrifice. Gus is memorialized and given the posthumous Medal of Valor.
The next day, I turn in my resignation form and head home. Before I go, I hold onto a picture of me and Gus that we took before we were stationed.
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Titan Part I: The Fallen Hero
FanfictionA story taking place in an alternate version of the DC Universe where real-life problems get mixed with superheroes. This story focuses on an alien superhero named Titan who was taken from his family by scientists and experimented and tortured on un...
