Time Of His Lives

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He was on the battlefield .

The sudden change of scenery threw him off completely and he stumbled back in shock . A stray curse left his mouth and he turned back to get into the car . A tank stood where the car should have been and he fell on his back in fear . What the hell was going on ? Was he that high ? High enough to hallucinate ? He crawled away and made an attempt to get up . The bag on his back slung to the side and he let out a shout when what he thought was C4 fell out of it . He stood and made to hide behind the tank , the sounds of bullets ripping through the air confusing him . A bullet whizzed past his ear and he sank to the ground in fear . Then he saw it . A reflection staring back at him on the grimy surface of the tank .

He realized in horror that the face staring back at him was not his at all . He pulled at his apparel and scowled . Why on earth was he dressed like a soldier ? The sky was dark with smoke and a coppery smell hit him . With renewed terror , he stared at the fallen soldier before him and wretched on seeing his skull cracked open by a bullet , brains spilled out and eyes rolled into the back of his head . He could not hold in the puke anymore . The Twix bar he'd eaten earlier came out and tears started to stream down his face . A hand wrapped itself around his forearm and he jerked and screamed .

" What's the matter with you soldier ? Stop fooling around and get with the plan ! " An elder soldier yelled into his ear . " Are you crying ? " He stared at him in disgust . Isaac reached up to wipe the tears off his face . " No , sir . " He found himself replying . The soldier had a sense of authority about him making Isaac assume that he had to be the general or some other higher position . Truth be told , Isaac did not even know ranks and he never cared to know . Isaac's mind then worked around what the guy just said . What plan ? " Where is the C4 ? " He checked the bag on Isaac and glared at him . A sudden explosion rocked the ground and Isaac's fingers dug into the earth for grip . " Get yourself in order , maggot . " Isaac flinched at what the man said and watched him leave , gun at the ready . He willed himself to pick up the C4 and put it back in the bag . He crawled on his belly , advancing into the chaos that was the battlefield . He did not even know who was the enemy , what the plan was and how to operate the heavy gun slung over his shoulder . Another explosion went off a few metres before him and he coiled into a fetal position , letting out a little girl's scream . A heavy thud behind him made him turn and he screamed again . A soldier clung onto his bag and his eyes bulged out in pain . The guy's legs were torn clean off his body and in place were two red , meaty stumps . Isaac scrambled to his feet and ran off , the air smelled of death . He did not even know if they were winning the war or not . " Get to the tower , maggot ! " The general yelled at him from somewhere in the havoc .

That was the plan . He had to get to the enemy tower and dump the C4 before igniting it .

" That's kamikaze . " He scowled to himself . His heart was now a caged animal that wanted out . Another soldier fell beside him , howling in pain and clutching onto his abdomen that was pooling with blood . His mouth ran dry and he stared around the battlefield . The army apparel of his team was a dark shade of jungle green and from the looks of it , most of the fallen soldiers were dressed like him . They were fighting a losing battle . A plane flew low above him and he ducked . Bullets pelted the soil and his heart leaped into his throat . This had to be a dream , but it felt so real . " Sean ! " He called out for his brother and spun in confusion . The bag behind him seemed to get heavier by the second and he sank to his feet . " Look out . " The shot soldier weakly tugged at his bag and Isaac spun to come face to face with an enemy . His heart stopped dead in his chest and he clutched at the gun reflexively to defend himself . The sound of shots being fired rang out in his mind and the soldier fell face first on Isaac . For like the millionth time , Isaac was screaming and he shoved the dead man off him just as rigor mortis started to set in . " Get up , maggot ! " The general yanked him to his feet and started to drag him forward . " What happened to you ? You were courageous this morning . I get it if you are getting frightened about dying but think of it as dying for your country . It is an honor , soldier . " General yelled over the bedlam of shots being fired and returned and land mines being set off . " Why don't you do it ? " Isaac muttered under his breath and pulled away from the general's grip .

He was a goat being led towards the slaughterhouse . He decided that he had just had enough of this whole shit . He'd seen enough to drive him crazy and he was not ready to be embraced by death . Dream or not . " Fuck this . " He found the mettle to yank the bag off him and shove it into the general's arms . Even goats put up a fight when being lead to their death . He did not wait for the general to react , he turned and sped off back to the tank . The sounds of bullets and explosions and death seemed to get louder and he ducked when he felt the breeze of bullets ripping past him , slicing through the air with the deadly potential to do worse to him .

He got to the tank and dived in .

And he was back in Sean's car .

SONG ; Why Did You Run ? - Judah & Lion .