Army

Chapter 1.

"Now men, when we get there I want you all to get in formation, got it!" Our CO ordered.

"SIR, YES SIR!" We all shouted simultaneously.

"ETA 15 minutes, so sit ready and prepare for landing"

"SIR, YES SIR!" We repeated.

"Okay, disembark soldiers."

We all saluted, and disembarked, we were only a group of about 20 to 25, but we were the god dame best of the best. We had went through hell and back, there wasn't much we couldn't do, but this mission was going to be a first. We had an escort mission, the job was simple, we had to escort a tank and some cargo trucks, I just don't understand why we have to do this, but we got orders to do so...

"Ready up soldiers, ETA 2 minutes, suit up and prepare to disembark" Our CO repeated.

"SIR, YES SIR!"

We waited for the two minutes, the Time was just past 2200, or half past ten in night.

"Soldiers get up and head to the Major, good luck, disembark"

"SIR!" We rushed out, you could see in some of the men's eyes they were getting bored of saying the same thing, over and over again, but we were soldiers, we did our jobs.

We head out to and found the Major, like ordered, he gave us the orders on what are mission was.

"You all get that?" He asked, surprisingly calmly for an officer. He surprised me a lot with his appearance, he had the face a vulture, but the body of a bull, I was surprised that he didn't fight on the front lines.

"SIR, YES SIR" We repeated, if the Major picked up on our lack of enthusiasm, he didn't show it.

"Good, ready up, we leave at 2300"

"SIR" We were starting to get bored of this, this time, go to another place, just to be told to go to another place at this time.

"Disembark" The major ordered, giving a half arsed salute.

As we leave I get a tap on my back, it was private Peter, Peter and I have been good friends for a long time, and we have known each other from high school.

"Yo dude, what's this bullshit? A fucking escort mission, we were trained for fighting, killing! not fucking escorting!" Peter may have looked small, but he had a mean right hook, he was Australian, like me, so he lacked a certain filter on language.

"OI, shut the fuck up, yell any louder and we'll all get fucking shot on sight, and stop swearing when we're here, you can swear all you want when we are doing our mission, but for now shut it" I liked Peter and all but he had his moments.

"Whatever, but still an escort mission, come on man, that's bullshit I want to shoot some scum, come on." He complained.

"Well I don't know, I'm not the one who give orders am I"

"Whatever, this is still fucked." He continued.

"Yea I know, just put up with it, anyway we are leaving in 25 minutes, the sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get to killing the scum."

"Fine, see you after, sir." I couldn't tell if there was spite in his voice or not, it was hard to tell with Peter.

It was hard getting used to me being the highest rank in the group, I was only newly promoted, my squad took orders from me, but that was my duty now, and I had to lead them, but it didn't feel right, ordering them to an escort mission. It just was not right, something did not feel right about it, something did not add up, Old man Reiner should have gotten the promotion, he knows more about the military than the goddamned Generals we fight for. I was maybe over-thinking it, I'd have to see in due time, and I did, God knows I did.

// Time 2300 (11:00pm)//

"Alright soldiers, everyone here?" The Major asked, now that I was close to him, it was obvious he hadn't gotten a good night of sleep in god knows how long.

"Sir, yes Sir. My team is all accounted for" I said with pride.

"Good now disembark and do your army proud" The Major said, giving a slightly less half arsed Salute.

Everyone yelled in unison "SIR, YES SIR"

That was when we left, the Major still saluting behind us, with my men escorting the cargo. For some reason something just didn't add up, no idea what, but my stupid instincts told me so, and if the look on Renny's face meant anything, he didn't like what was going on either.

// 1 hour had passed, Time 2400 (12:00pm)//

"HALT!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, the Vehicles all obeyed within milliseconds of each other.

I could hear something moving in the bushes,

"ARM YOUR SELVES MEN!" Now that I think about it, it was kind of a stupid thing to order, we were professionals and everyone was ready to fight, prior to my orders.

A volley of bullets flew out of the bushes, and for a moment, I regretted everything, leaving High-school, shooting my first gun, joining the military at all, but in that same moment, I regained my composure and fired my pistol

"OPEN FIRE, OPEN FIRE!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. My world then lighted up like Fawkes Night