Rift

Chapter 4: Rift 

John's platoon after the battle Lord Dugan has returned to their camp, it's already dark, General Dalshik has invited Lieutenant John Brody to a meeting in the next day morning, John and his soldiers are now sitting in the campfire and talking about the earlier battle.

"GAAAH! That behead scene was cool, though I didn't like it!" - Private Adolf roars and talks about the behead scene

"Do killing people really that fun, Adolf? - John critisizes Adolf's opinion

"Captain! Don't act like a good person like that, you're not a saint, I bet you was also enjoy that scene too, that was kill or be killed!" - Private Aikichi protects Adolf from John's critisize

John seems doesn't want to talk more with those soldiers, they're all Igor's crews afterall so they won't listen to his words even for one, then another voice comes to his ears:

"Captain! Do you plan to go to that meeting tomorrow?" - Sergeant Grey asks him

" Maybe, We're now in another world, we cannot go back our home anymore, we must move on, so I will go to that meeting and consider our next move!" - John replied to Grey

"But anyway, can anyone explain to me why we're all got here?" - Lieutenant Dan asks everyone

"As all I know in my knowledge, I've read alot category about another worlds, time slip and stuff, these things have the same points that the character has to die and his body or soul will be sent to another world or he will being directly sent to that world by paranormal activities." - Private Mike explains to everyone

"I think we are the second one, but I need to know the reason why we're sent here!" - Lieutenant Dan rejects Mike's opinion

"Do you think we're all sent here because of the military's secret project and we're the subject that being tested?" - Private Fal writes out a theory

"Yeah! It could be, our captain's superior didn't tell much the details about the escort mission, we could be the first subjects that being tested!" - Lieutenant Dan agrees with Fal's opinion

"Anyway, we cannot go back home anymore so soldiers! Let's finish the talk, tomorrow will be a long day and we still have to dig 2 graves for our passed comrades" - John orders everyone

"Private Bob and Private Jim, you two will guard the night!"

At this time, mostly everyone is going to sleep, it's just only Private Bob and Private Jim doing the night guard, Private Jim takes a pack of ciggarete out and head towards Private Bob:

"Hey! Want to have some smokes?" - Private Jim invites Private Bob

"Thanks man, but no! I don't like to smoke, anyway, I'm really miss my ma and my brothers back home right now." - Private Bob really wants to cry

"Anyone here does, I believe that someday, all of us can go back home, so let's stand together okay? Just take some smokes, it can give you some mood!" - Jim tries to encourage Bob

"Me too! I believe that too! All of us will go home together and write a novel about our journey in this place!" - Private Layel running towards Bob and Jim while holding a torch and he is now very close to the Convoy truck which carries many supply in it.

Suddenly, Corporal Igor is walking around the area, he sees Private Layel is holding a torch running towards the Convoy truck, he grabs the knife from his pocket and throws it on Private Layel's back.

Private Layel died instanly after got hit by the knife, his body falls down on the ground, that scene happened in front of Private Bob and Private Jim.

"Oh Layel! Hang on man, Layel! Layel! - Private Jim and Bob panicking when they can't hear Layel's breath and their hands are covered in blood

Jim's scream makes everyone wakes up, Lieutenant John comes out of the tent and sees the scene, he runs as fast as he could and see Private Layel there, who is now dead and lying on the ground, John is already knew who is the killer.

He then puts Igor's knife away from Layel's body, then questions Corporal Igor:

"Why did you kill him?" - John is very angry right now with the action from Igor

"If that less brain kid accidently fell and dropped that torch into our truck, more people would have die because of it, would you like to have a stupid death like that?" - Igor mocking John

"A soldier must fullfil his mission when he is on any duty." - Igor repeats the quote that John always saying to every soldiers

Then Igor goes back to his tent and sleeps, like nothing happened, he also snatched his knife from John's hand before going back to his tent, John seems didn't care about Igor anymore and mourns for Layel, he then orders Bob and Jim putting Layel's body to the place they're going to dig the graves.

Everyone going back to sleep, some of them nervous about their fates and wonder will them someday end up like Layel.

Private Bob and Private Jim keep continue their night guard, but Jim realizes that Private Bob is doing something odd, he then follows and watches what Bob doing, Private Bob is now noticed Private Jim, he turns back and talks to him:

"Hey, I'm really sorry about this, I just need to take some foods and go away from this place as far as possible, I don't want to make any trouble so please let me go!" - Private Bob talks in nervous

"Can I go with you, man? This platoon is very dangerous right now!" - Jim also wants to go with Bob

"I don't mind if you go with me, but where we will go?" - Bob asks Jim

"As far from this place as possible." - Jim talks to Bob

Those two soldiers decided to write a letter to tell John that they will leave, they also tell him not to find them, they don't know where to go exactly so they decided to head back to the jungle.

In the next morning, John finally found the letter they wrote, he then decided warning the soldiers that anyone who go away will be shot, then he helps the soldiers to dig the graves for three dead comrades.

Right in the morning, Lord Roberto, the strategist of Princess Sheria has came with a carriage and invited John to the meeting.

John doesn't want to use the Humvee cars for the journey, he wants to save the supply as much as possible though the supply is enough for the soldiers to use in about 6 months before run out.

"Welcome Sir Brody! I hope this carriage will satisfy you in the journey though it cannot as fast as your metal boxes!" - Lord Roberto talks in respectfully

"That's enough for me! Thank you, Lord Roberto!" - said John

"You just need to call me Roberto! Sir Brody! No need to use honorifics"

"Sergeant Grey Hans, you take the lead when I was away, though your rank is lower than Lieutenant Dan but I trust you the most here, fullfil your duty!" - John said to his soldiers

John then enter the carriage, Lord Roberto has prepared the carriage very well, it's also well guarded, there are 100 soldiers protecting it. Sheria must have see John like someone very important, on the way to the meeting, there was no bandits, the scenery was very beautiful, John also saw some creatures that didn't exist in his world.

The journey was quite long, it took John 2 hours to go to the meeting, when he got there, Princess Sheria is already waiting for him with a happy smile.