52 (Bonus)

Unknown pov

Night came like always. The sun set in the sky, creating an illusion of beauty. Like a quiet settling to a long day. Ah! But this night is not to be quiet. No! I felt a breath atop mine. His rifle hung by his side and I- I relaxed against our vehicle. 

A quiet little thing that hummed its way towards our destination.

"Many of you will die." Our superior said. "Look around you, at the children shivering in fear, at the men and woman displaced from their homes. Family ripped apart by those heretical angels. I ask that you think not of your death, but the salvation your power will bring. So please… if not for the country, for your fellow man. I ask you to go."

I swallow. His words still ring in my mind. 

It's a suicide mission. Don't go.

They would say.

'I have to.'