The Battle

Tour 3

The next morning, I got ranked up to 2PVT. I been serving for about 6 months already. I was surprised though. We trained, and we ate breakfast, then Conner and I went to 2LT. Liam, "hey 2LT. Liam are we team two or one?"

"You'll be team two" I nodded in response, then I walked off, and went back to the dorm, I grabbed my sniper rifle, and my ghillie suit, then I slipped my knife in my back pocket, "hey Conner, shouldn't we be heading out soon?"

"Yeah we should be heading out soon, I'll get Ace to pick us up again."

"Okay, but Conner where's the suitcase?"

"Oh yeah about that, I gave it to Captain John, he said he'll check it out today or tomorrow, maybe." I looked at him for a moment, then I faced towards the open area. "Well when we are done with our job, we'll come back here, and see what little Mr. leader had in there." He looked at me, and then he looked back at the suitcase. "Well then we'll just have to wait until we're done."

"Okay, now let's go do our job. Are you ready for this to kick some butt Conner!" I shouted in a loud voice. "Pft. Yeah I'm ready!" We both fists bumped each other, while we were walking, with our sniper rifles at half way up our hips. "Let's do this Conner." We both kept on walking, suddenly 2LT. Liam came up, "hey boys come take a look at this." Conner and I exchanged glances at each other then ran, when we got into the huge tent, I saw that their tons of soldiers there, I searched for Captain John and 2LT. Liam, when I looked over the crowed, I saw Captain John standing over the black suitcase, that Conner gave him. 2LT. Liam was standing right next to him. Conner and I pushed through the crowd of soldiers, then we came up to the black suitcase, and I looked at Captain John, and he slowly opened the case up.

"This is a suitcase nuclear bomb, now I can't figure out why the leader had this in the first place, but now that I think of it. I think I know why he had this, he probably would have killed us all, if we weren't paying attention. Now team one of snipers go up to a hill, or even a faraway place, get a good distance from the battlefield, and team two who is SPC. Conner and PVT2. Jeff, you guys go somewhere else and set up. Get in position, and make sure you guys get some distance from the battlefield too, and the rest of the soldier's you guys follow me. Team one and two, you guys go now, and the soldiers wait for my Mark. Does everyone understand? Any questions?" All of us nodded, "Okay everyone, let's do this. Everyone head out now." We all headed out, then I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned around, and saw Ace. "Hey Jeff, are you ready?"

"Yeah I'm ready Ace." We headed towards the hills, trying to keep some separation between the battlefield and us, Conner came up beside me, and laid his arm on my shoulder. "So, Jeff what are you going to do after your done being a sniper?" I hadn't really thought of that yet, but maybe when I return home, I'll probably want to be in the air force. "Well when I get out, I'll go sign up for the air force."

"Nice bro. Well when you get in there, they do some tough training, believe me, they work you until you can't even feel your legs." Man, that's tough, gosh that will be some work, but I'm still doing it, no matter what. Conner and I were on the hill far away from the battlefield, I set up my sniper rifle, and I looked through it. I looked over at Conner, and he was just dilly dallying with his knife. I then asked in a dignified voice. "So, what are we still looking for?" Conner looked over at me, and in a glowering way. "Well if you were paying attention, which you weren't, Captain John said, we had to look for more any types of those bombs, which I might know where, but I don't know if I got my calculations right, so we'll have to search for them ourselves, or the other soldiers that are with 2LT. Liam. They might figure it out. If they don't, we'll go down there and help, but we'll have to keep quiet, and move quickly and quietly. Do you understand Jeff"

"Oh, I understand completely Conner."

"Well I hope you do, because I'm not explaining it again." I mumbled something under my breath about him, it was funny though, I couldn't help but bark a laughter out. "Huh, what did you just call me Jeff?" I looked over at him with an innocent face. I felt a sharp smack on the back of my head. "Bloody wanker, what was that for?"

"Did you just call me a bloody idiot?" I looked at him confusion, what the heck is he talking about. I didn't call him a bloody idiot. "I didn't call you a bloody idiot." He then whacked me harder on the back of my head. "Shut the bloody up, or when we get back. I'll beat the living daylights out of you. Now, do your job." I rolled my eyes at him, but he whacked me even harder that time, than the last time I got hit. Now that really hurts. "Your acting like a kid, grow up." The way he said it, scared me. His voice was scary when he said that. "Fine." I said in a quiet voice, I cursed at him under my breath. Luckily, I didn't receive a smack upside the head.

I looked through my sniper scope, I looked at a house which the outside of the house was made from mud bricks, the roof was made from mud bricks too, and the door was made from wood. Then I saw the door open of the tiny house, I glanced at Conner quick, I was still mad at him, but I'll get over it. I spoke through my radio before I shot any citizens. "Well there is a man, who looks about 50 years old, and he has something in his hands, which looks like a bomb in a wine bottle." I heard General Macmillan's voice.

"Take him out, because he could be going right for our soldiers." I placed my index finger on the trigger, when I was about to squeeze it, the man stop by a little kid, and he crouch down to the boys level, and the man placed the bomb in the boys small hands, then the man leaned over and whispered in the boys ear, the boy nodded, and he started to run, the bomb was in the boys hands, I glanced at Conner, and he said in a stern voice. "Shoot him now."

I nodded then I started to follow the boy, after a couple seconds, I pulled the trigger, and the boy's body fell, and his small hands still had a grip of the bomb, I looked over and saw the man running straight for the boy, I followed the man, and I took my shot, his body fell to the ground inches away from the boy, I got out my radio, and I waited for 2LT. Liam to pick up. "Hey what's up Jeff?"

"Sorry to bother you, but Conner and I saw a man who had a bomb, made out of a wine bottle, then the guy gave it to a little boy, but then I- " I paused for a moment, it felt like I was choking on the sentence, it felt like I couldn't breathe, then I finally said. "I killed a kid." I choked on my words, then 2LT. Liam's voice came up, "well you had to kill him, if you didn't he would of killed our soldiers, and I know that it's hard for you to accept that you had to kill a kid, but would you rather kill the boy, or let him kill our soldiers?" I had no choice, I had to kill him, if I didn't our men would have been killed. I spoke into the radio. "I would have rather killed the kid, and let our soldiers live, and also the guy who looked 50 years, he came out of a house which was made out of mud bricks, so you and your men should go check out the house."

"Okay I'll go check it out, and if we find something, I'll let you know."

"Okay bye."

"Bye Jeff."

I ran a hand through my wet, and sweaty hair, gosh it been like hours now, since Conner and I were out here. I looked over at Conner, and his black hair was soaked with sweat, like a sponge. I glanced at his white skin but also, I could see sweat running down his arms, like a roller coaster going down a steep hill.

I got up, and called 2LT. Liam, "hey 2LT. Liam, did you find anything?" I looked around, and thought to myself about after the war, I walked up to a tree, and I leaned against it, after a couple of minutes 2LT. Liam picked up, "hey Jeff you and Conner get your butts down here now, and hurry. Tell Ace to pick you up, the boys and I will wait until you arrive."

"Okay we'll be there in 10 or 15 minutes."

"Good, now hurry up." I put the radio away in my pocket, and I glanced at Conner, and said. "Hey Conner, pack up, we're are going down there, where 2LT. Liam and the boys are, 2LT. Liam said he found something, so let's go." Conner gave a brief nod, then we started to pack up, I called Ace, and said. "Hey Ace, you need to pick Conner and I up, where on top of the hill."

"Okay I'm on my way. Out."