Mission Unaccomplished

Mission Unaccomplished


Peacefully I lay on the solid and rugged ground. As gusts of wind rose, I could sense the featherweight sand passing through my powerless body. The sound of the wind was humming the elegy that seemed to be playing for me. The time was drawing near. It was time for me to unite with my loved ones. My eyes were getting heavier every second. I started to lose feeling of my lower body. Large gusts of wind howled once again, reminding me that the time had come. As I shut my eyes, memories and emotions started to flow…
I saw an opening in the enemy’s defense and went in breathing calmly as I slashed a horizontal gash across his thick neck. I could almost smell the death in the enemy’s breath as I made a final thrust, burying my jeweled sword up to the hilt in his chest. I was exhausted from the countless wounds. I had lost too much blood. Even standing up required an extra effort. I was tired of everything, of the battles, of the bloody corpses of enemies and of my family, but most of all, of this war that had made me lose so much.
The war was carried from the past generation between two groups; Hucard and Namcot. Many centuries ago, our asteroid was once united, but eventually, arguments appeared. The two groups have too many unlike judgments to solutions and soon they separated. Afterwards, the opposite asteroid became enemies, they started to have battles and began sending secrets agent to spy on each other. The principle of these two countries was to overwhelm reciprocally and conquer more properties. There was only one way to end this combat, one of the asteroids would have to surrender or to be defeated.
Everything was peaceful inside the central asteroid’s shield. The firm shield was to stand up against the strongest impact that man could create. But apparently, a spy was generously paid to sabotage the energy generator which operated the ozone. Then we were hit and I was the only one who survived after the great impact. When enemies noticed that there was a living soul inside the central asteroid, they sent troops to go after me. I had no choice but to flee to the other section of the asteroid immediately.
As I ran across what was left of a road, I had to cover my eyes against the brilliant flashes of bombardments from the sky. Dilapidated towers and houses were scattered everywhere, corpses littered the ground leaving putrid odour. From the mound of debris that I was standing on, I could see what used to be my home. I could see it burning, leaving great gray trails of smoke snaking into the sky like claws grasping for life. This place of sorrow was once my home, a place I lived in, a place to defend. I had tried my best, but to no avail. The enemy had attacked too vigorously and too unexpectedly.
All of a sudden, I saw the enemy’s gun boats surrounding this sector. The people who lived here had always lived a quiet peaceful life. The attackers broke into a panic stricken state, while the yellowish haze of the shield dissolved. The shield had meant the people’s endurance of existence. This sector of the asteroid was one of the last places to be hit, at least the opposition was not as difficult as the attack in the central city where the majority of weapons are located.
An enemy’s combat team dropped from the sky fully armed with powerful weapons. All I could do was observe. It would be useless to attempt the manslaughter, there were too many of them. As time seemed to stop, one of the combat team member walked toward a young beautiful girl. She was driving away tears from her eyes and was too terrified to take any chances to escape. As the enemy draw his sword out, the young lady shut her eyes and waited for the assassination. The enemy gashed her throat without any consideration. She looked painfully at me for a second and then went limp. Dark red blood gurgled from her lips and neck, leaving a trail of it. At that moment I felt like crying out in agony. My heart was filled with a weight so great that I could hardly breathe.
As I watch the innocent slaying of the girl, surges of memories and passions flood into my mind. I did not want to remember, I just wanted to disregard everything, yet the memory came. As the central asteroid’s shield was destroyed my family and I were running to one of the emergency space ports seeking escapes, the assassins came. Without any second thoughts, the assassins aimed massive firearms at us and pulled the triggers. As soon as my father heard the gun, he grabbed me tightly and protected me with his soul. At that moment, all I could hear was gun fire and vanishing shriek. I find myself useless, I heard my family die one after another and all I could do was remain silence. Revenge, all I could think of was revenge, but how? With what? After awhile, I started to calm down. Without any enemies noticing, I silently turned around. I saw many assassins and one that caught my attention was the one without an ear on the right side of his face.
I continued to watch the assassinations that just hit this sector. Unexpectedly, a member of the combat team caught my attention. By the figure of his armor, it was obvious that he was the leader of the combat team, also the right side of his face was missing an ear. I stood still, cold air circulated my body. I was petrified. I did not know what to do. I must take revenge for my family. It did not matter if I was killed, because I could associate with my loves ones. But first I am going to give it all to avenge everyone who had been killed by these nasty attackers.
I went in thrusting. I twisted my body at the last moment to dodge the spray of bullets that whipped at me. My sword struck true, knocking the assault sniper from the enemy’s hand. The enemy countered with a backhand swipe that propelled him and my sword a few meters away. If it was not for the commander armor that he was wearing, he would, no doubt, have been a pile of broken bones by now.
The commander charged towards me bellowing a deafening war cry, his eyes thirsty for the sight of my blood. Time slowed once again as I saw death creeping closer. The commander’s muscular grayish rock-like skin pounded closer and closer. It was too much to suffer, waiting for death while lying there painfully with broken legs. At the last moment, as the commander leaped his final stride, he screamed with deathly terror. I felt nothing but emptiness.
… bright light struck my eyes, and feel that I am traveling through a long and peaceful tunnel. All of wounds from the previous battle are healed. Then I opened my eyes, my family was all waiting for me