※ [本文转录自 Marginalman 看板 #1SzzzGAe ]
作者: star123 (stare) 看板: Marginalman
标题: [闲聊] the last one alive
时间: Wed Jun 5 23:27:10 2019
John could feel the dusts in his mouth revoluting around his tongue like
thousands of tiny satellites. His mind was spinning just like the world
in his vision, where things are all subtle while vivid. Life felt distant,
his hometown, the streets, his house and family. Karen took the kids and
they never came back, but he still got the old dog, Sir Garrison, to take
care of. Yes, the old Garrison who likes to poop a ton per day. He couldn't
leave his house full of dog shits.
Hence, he clawed on the ground - the soil which was loosen into pile of
dusts because of the grenade exploded here earlier - and stood up.
After he coughed out the part of this foreign land in his mouth, he shouted,
"Barney! Lovan! Anyone?"
But no one replied. He saw somebody just beside his almost-broken right leg.
Yet it was only some body indeed. It's Captain Lovan. The squad's leader. A
piece of grenade in his neck's right side took his life. Maybe the future of
his sweet family too.
Barney wasn't too far away, so John could already see all the bullet holes on
Barney's back. It was a mess but John remembered that before the grenade, some
enemy squad came out from the well and sprayed all the place. Barney ran to
the front and protected him and Lovan.
"It's only me now, ay?" thought John. The enemies, back into the well hiding
from the explosion were probably not gonna wait too long. John picked up the
radio in Captain Lovan's hand, and quickly - as he could - hid himself into
a wooden house still standing.
"Captain Lovan, do you copy?" said radio.
"Overlord, this is Corporal Barney, we got in an enemy ambush and there's only
me now. Over."
A short silence. "Copied. Please head to the evac as soon as possible,
we're sending out a chopper to pick you up. Over."
"Overlord, but what about the mission?"
"Corporal, we're far beyond the limit of loss already now and we can't risk
your life on a mission on your own. The mission is aborted. Head to evac and
wait for pick up. Over."
John couldn't believe what he heard. Michael, Petre, Donuts, and now Barney
and Lovan. They lost their life in this and in the end they won't even bring
the hostage back? He just couldn't let this happen.
He raised his hand with a radio in it.
"Overlord, please tell Karen to take care of Garrison. That old dog would
sink in his own shit if there're no human hands around. Over."
"Corporal, I can't -"
John threw the radio into the wall.
A helicopter was already on their way to pick him up. The hostage was believed
to be at somewhere in this small village. However when they finally arrived
with only three soldiers left, they couldn't find the hostage anywhere, and
that's when the ambush happened.
This is the last chance. Of course John could leave with the helicopter and
came back in the next operation, but they're now busted, the enemies knew that
the hostage wasn't a successful trade for peace and negotiation. What if there
won't be the next operation?
John must decide, leave, both from the place and everything in vain, or stay
and accomplish the mission.
It didn't took him even a breath to confirm his mind.
John left the village and headed for the evac, took the chopper and went back
to America. He's now retired from army special force and walks Sir Garrison
three times per day.
Unfortunately, he hostage captured by foreign terrorist is later confirmed
killed.