He was cold and wet. The man was trembling in his armor. He received news earlier that day that his wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. Now he has to go off and fight some NKs. Screw Kim Jong that asshole. All he longed for right now was to break down and cry by his wife's dying side. He knows she can't win. Her immune system was weak from the start. His team abandoned him he had a bullet in his rib and another in his leg. An NK soldier pops his head around a corner and Bang! the man eliminated his enemy. The NK soldier never expected his life to end in a matter of moments. The bang of his gun alerted a group of NKs with machine guns. A series of gunfire and the man dropped with bullet holes in him gurgling his blood trying to say a prayer. The prayer was "God forgive me...please allow me to be reunited...with my wife." Meanwhile, his wife was on her last legs. She was wondering if the letter she wrote a month ago made it to him. She was heading down the stairs when she suddenly lost all of her strength. She fell down the stairs. She broke her neck and was gurgling her blood. She was trying to pray to god to bring her husband to her.
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Reunited
Short StoryJust a short story about two lovers. One is across the world fighting North Koreans and the other is battling cancer.