Pretenders Chap.2 'The Past is Dead'

October 6th, 2017

My last Mission,

Somewhere in the Sahara desert, a convoy Containing Resources and supplies accompanied by division 268 for the Aid of Division 208 who were Scrambled and scattered due to explosions in the rebel-occupied town of Jabal was Ambushed.

All 6 squads of Division 268 Were out of Contact or presumed Dead and a series of explosions on the Road after I ordered a split and reunite at southeast Jabal.

The last standing Squad was the leading squad in which I was the Captain.

Somehow my Squad which had most of the medics and ammunition got through the Ambush and headed for the Town of Jabal under the Immense heat of the Sahara on a Car full of bullets holes and injured soldiers and insufficient Water supplies.

Our Squad somehow Made it to Jabal to Aid division 208.

We were ordered by the higher-ups to Locate a building along the southeast of Jabal where survivors of division 208 had taken cover, which was convenient because our Squad was 1 block away from it.

but we had to wait for the other squads that had been split up after the Ambush and also clear the path for our vehicle if there were any hostiles in our path.

so my squad decided that we'd split into two groups of 3.

One would guard the Supplies, look after and treat the injured also trying to contact the Base.

One Would Scan the horizon, Eliminate hostiles, Disarm traps and clear a path for the vehicles to the refugee location.

If Either squad was knocked out we'd be screwed so I joined the assault group since I was the leader who'd fight on the front.

I was Accompanied by private Alex Jones and Seargent John Mathers for clearing the way.

So we started our operation and our group's main goal was to confirm whether the people who had taken Cover are still safe and give them Aid and Confirm their numbers.

as our Group Moved out trying to Eliminate any threat on our way, we completely followed utmost silence in our process, we switched to our berretta pistol and equipped ourselves with silencers.

We moved through tight alleyways and stealthily eliminated any hostiles detected without them being alarmed or loud shots being fired or disarmed traps and reached the refugee cover location.

But when we reached the location there was no sign of a single soldier being there.....

Alex asked me " is this the location of the refugee cover or did we locate it wrong??"

I answered " This is the accurate coordinate location the higher-ups had Instructed, scan for survivors or traces that might indicate that they may have shifted locations "

As he responded "Yes, Roger that capt-" I heard a sound of a gun being fired far north And the next moment I see him on the ground with blood pouring out from his head, lying there like a dead husk on the ground. Moments later a bullet shot not too far away from my Posistion had an impact on my helmet and I was rendered unconscious

And my memory from that point onward became fuzzy and broken as I Lived on to forget my past

October 7th, 2023

Back to the present

As soon as I heard the words "Hows Things Captain"

I knew the word 'Captain' Sounded Familiar Because it sounded like a certain person would say it that way.

And then He continued " Do you Recognize me Anymore or did You forget Everything that happened?"

I replied, "No, Who are you?" to Confirm.

He then Sighed and Immediately walked away,

This pissed me off

With an impulse, I spoke "guess You're just gonna walk away without confirming huh private Sebastian Conor. Bet you've never changed that nervous Attitude of yours"

he looked back with hope and Said

"Guess you've never changed too eh Captain....."

"Never did. How bout a good Iced Tea and some snacks eh?"

"Sure Captain."

"Oh Again just call me Ryan Since we're not in the military Anymore"

"Sure Ryan."

we headed to the Closest Cafeteria we could find and sat down and ordered two Iced Tea and had a conversation on how our life went since quitting the military.

Sebastian was in one of the 6 groups that went Out of contact after the Ambush while trying to resupply Division 208.

He informed me about what happened at the Insanity that took place in Jabal

4 of the squads that went out of contact were captured, killed, Looted of their Resources, and left to wander around the Empty Desert without food and water.

Sebastian's Squad made it to the reunion location and aided Me who was bought by Seargent John and it was found there were no signs of Division 208 all over Jabal after Successfully receiving reinforcements and capturing the majority of Jabal from the Rebels.

But Then a sudden order from the Higher-ups was received to retreat on the brink of a battle that was a confirmed victory for us.

But to our Horror, Rebel reinforcements came rushing through Jabal right as we Received the Order and Our Forces Were hit Badly due to our lack of resources and a last-minute order from Base

Sebastian and my squad somehow fled Jabal barely holding onto life towards the base and got Medical treatment.

12.30 AM, October 8th

"Hey Ryan, Remember when you said we were all pretending as if the nation we're Fighting For was innocent and Never ruined people's lives? And that we were living a programmed life that the People Thought was right. Did you Change that view" Sebastian said?

" It never did...... I Still became the slave that I never wanted to be."

"Guess we aren't that too Different eh? Also here's the Main Reason I approc- hey Isn't That Vehicle Speeding too fast towards here" and we turned to see the truck that was approaching us And Immediately knew we were going to die.

but suddenly Sebastian pulled out a pistol and

*bang

*bang

Shot the Driver in The head and the Truck came Skidding Across the street and Crashed into the cafeteria. For a moment everything Went dark and there were shards of glass all over the ground.

I couldn't hear much But I heard Sebastian scream "take my hand Right now" with a Gun on the other hand. I grabbed his hand and got up to my Feet and Felt all Dizzy with my Eyesight Fluctuating.

He Suddenly Handed out a pistol to me amongst the chaos and said.

"It's bout time We change the World Captain...."