Heart of Steel

It was a few days ago I found this another dimensional workplace.

When I was really desperate about my family condition. My dummy father gone nowhere leaving me and my mother a really freaking much debt that we must paid.

With that I must search for work and attend class at the same time. The thing is going smoothly. I could manage those two obligation with no worries.

But when hope start to bless us a group of freaking idiot steal every money that we own. That group is the debt's collector subordinates. They reveice his demand and force us to pay the debt with every money we own.

From there depression start to control me. Fortunately, there was my angelic mother who cheer up my feeling. There was two of my best friend who will take me to any refreshing place.

I was so glad. Although, I can't let the condition always go like this.

Where I'm looking for new hope. A man in black suit offer me a really convincing job but quite dangerous. He even give me really much money for guarantee.

"The job is simple. You just have to kill every monster army in the wave and everything is done. You have your paid and life if you not go any furhter from there"

At first his words heard can't be trusted. But then he show up a magic when we at front of a door. Rainbow light appear from the gap of the door. Just after he opened the door, a view of different filling up my sight.

From there, a flat-expression woman appear before me. Telling me if I want to become one of the defense force.

After that time, here I am. Come back every night to work at another dimension.

In presence, I still just stand in front of the boundary between space and time. Just before I want start to walk, someone appear before me.

"Why are you just standing in that place, dude?"

He is one of my closest comrade in my team. His name is Six, and yeah, that is just a nickname he use on that place.

I start to walk in and answer his question.

"I'm just thinking about something"

"Something, eh. Is that a woman?"

After I walk pass the door. The boundari of space and time closed. Then we began to walk to the preparation room. Pass through a corridor made of black steel.

I take a peek at Six and sees him with a casual clothes and a bagpack. When you look at his face and you intelectual enough, you will realise if he have what we called a europian youth face. He even talk with british accent and you must know where he is come from.

His blue sphere eyes stare at me with quite much excited.

"Yeah-yeah, it's my mother. You satisfied"

"Meh, it's always your mother. I know you have family matter. But, don't you even interested searching for a girlfriend who will hug you when you tired, spoil you when you feel depressed"

He start hugging himself and move like a creep when he said that. When we always be in this kind of conversation. I'll just stare to front and answer.

"I don't want to add another burden when I'm still very troubled now"

And he will always look at me with pity on his face then answer.

"I know you have your own problem, dude. But you have to get self-refreshing to avoid your depression become severe"

"I have my heart, motive, friends, and the most important is my mother. Just that I can make my feet always stand up in every situation"

"Always in high confident, eh"

We walk far enough and not far ahead we catch a view of a man standing in front of a room.

A black skinned old timer. Looks dashing in a black and white armor suit. In his right hand, he holding his armor helmet.

"Why always you two who being late!"

He talk with a military voice tone to a college teenager like us. We stopped and stand before him. Then give sakute like a soldier to their commander.

"I'm sorry, sir! I have something to do and it quite spent a lot of time!"

Six report first just like a teenage. Even though he tried his best to do that. The commander won't allowed a simple reason like that to be heard to his ear.

"Don't you dare to tell me id you freak your girlfriend before you go ro this place!"

"Wha - !"

Many voice laughing at him come from the preparation room. He panicked a little when he heard the commander suspect him.

"NO, it's not that!"

The commander suspect sounds right tho.

"Just shut your mouth and begin preparing you spoiled guy!"

"Wha! Please stop teasing me like that!"

Although the situation you can say dark somehow, the commander take a little time to teasing one of his squad.

Six began to walk in after being teasing. After that the commander attention change to me.

"What's your excuse, Gan?"

He talk to me with a quite serious looking face and tone .

"I'm sorry for being late, sir"

"Didn't have a reason and just being a slacker, huh. Start your preparation"

"Yes, sir"

I give a salute before walk in.

The room is just the same like a military preparation room. Some difference may be the room is made by a steel. The locker for soldier in the room is only ten. The locker shaped is capsule hexagon.

Everyone in the room seems busy with their preparation. Some even have finished their preparation.

I walk to a locker beside Six. The locker opened it self and there is a view of an armor suit just like the others. The only difference is it sized.

When I began my preparation, Six stare me like I'm a criminal who are treated better by the guard.

"Why he always treat you better, dude?"

"Maybe because I always go to the point and not giving useless reasons"

I start to take off my bag, shirt and pants while having a conversation.

"Waduhek, dude. I even not giving a useless reasons and still treated like a spoiled guy by him, by the way"

"Giving a reason is just useless to him, I think"

"Is that your judgment on him?"

I almost done in my preparation while Six take his time to babbling about his not fair commander.

"What the freak you babbling in there! Come hurry up we don't have much time until the army made to the borderwall!"

The commander realize we spend a useless time while our comrade is finishing their preparation.

"Y-yes, sir!"

Six speed up his changing. Me too do the same. Now I'm only wearing a short pants.

The armor suit have two parts. First part is a tight suit that have a same form as dive suit. Weared from the back of it. Literally it have a zipper on it back. But when I wear it, the zipper is installed on it's own. What a future thing.

The second part is the armor. The armor is not fully cover you. It just have only for hands, chest, foot (armor shoes), and a helmet.

Six and I finished wearing armor suit at the same time. We even wear the helmet at quite same time.

"Come on soldier! We have an army of undead waiting for our sweet arrival!"

We began to walk join in to the squad.

The squad leaving the base. Go through the hallway and get off to the elevator then arrive at a room parking future airplanes.

In the room there are two of what you called a female Android robot. One waiting in front of the airplanes and the other standing at a table full of weapons.

We stopped first at the table. Choosing what we want to bring in the battle. For me, I usually choose a light shield and a one handed shotgun. I bring up a short sword to for secondary.

"Are you done with your toy, soldier! Let's go!"

With the commander command we began to walk in to the airplanes.

"The ace again only carried one long sword, eh"

My sight distracted by Six words. The person he mentioned is the one who only bring one weapon in his hand. That't not a problem even most of us bring atleast two in our hand though. Because he quite capable in the battle so that doesn't matter.

"Well, that's because he's the ace"

When all of us on board, the airplanes which piloted by the android started flying.

The airplanes flying using two driving machines on the left and right. A machine that can be moved down and up, front and back horizontically.

The airplanes began to move forward when the machines facing back.

Passing through long corridor before meet up with a gateway.

When the airplanes is out to white light, there is a view of another world.

Inside the airplanes we could see outside from the translucent floor and roof of the airplane.

On the outside there is a view of so much-better-than earth. The sky is filling up with green and blue colour. Not really far from it there is a view of an ouspace filled up with so much stars and cosmos.

The world is full of big tree. Including the one which is behind us. Natives of this world called it The Tree of Life. It has one miles height and has an area of about three kilometers in diameter.

That tree actually is a base of the native to hide from many monster of this world. Including one kind that we have to face. Even though the tree is protected by a transparent wall higher and wider than the tree.

We still fly high to the sky. When I though when it will be end, the next instant a view of hexagon thing that part of transparent wall appear and disappear. Show his form and disappear to let us out.

When the airplanes made out through the wall, a dark senses of an army of monster can be sense below us.

There is a hundred army of undead human attacking a giant base that actually a part of the transparent wall. If that break, the tree and everything in it will be food for every scary being in this world.

"Oke! Here is the plan!"

The commander stand up and walk to behind the airplanes. Opened the door and let in a windblow enter the room.

"We fall we sway! Got that soldier!"

"Sir Yes Sir!" said everyone in the room except me.

Why you ask? Because I'm not a soldier and why do we have to sway in the army of monsters.

"Ok, Let's roll!"

The commander fall first. Followed behind him every soldier in the airplanes.