Chapter 254: Friendly Fire (Part 2)
Private First Class Sarah Hatano's perspective
Camp Kinser - Okinawa island - Japan
September 1st, 2060 - 0:32 AM
It's quite complicated for me right now. I was woken up by strange loud noises which sounded like gunshots. At first, I thought the new sent troops were having a training course in this area before conducting the next assault.
For some reason, the troops were not informed by their superior that we were having a rest there. But that was just my misunderstanding, and I almost died 'cause of that. Luckily, that gunshot round didn't take my life. Instead... we were all shocked to know what was happening to us.
Now we're locked in this corner, we have to stay behind the wall. Behind us has about 9 PLA soldiers. While in the hallway we're trying to go through, has an unknown unit, may be our allies... or hostiles.
"Hold your fire, friendly fire! Friendly fire!". - John peeked his mouth to the wall a bit, crouching and yelling loudly
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - The wall was shredded by the rifles' bullets, Commander had to stay covered
"I said we're friendly! Hold your fire, soldiers!!!!".
"Bang! Bang! Bang!". - Again, this try was rewarded by a pointless line of bullets
"I saw some of 'em, too far so they can't see or hear us!". - John grumbled while speaking to us, his hand holding the pistol tightly
"Morse code, use Morse code". - My sis suddenly asked us to shoot a Morse code to send an SOS meaning to the soldiers
"We're in the middle of a gunfire, forget it!". - John rejected the suggestion, he kept his eyes on the hallway. "The Chinese are about to be here soon, so do our men".
"Hold off their movement! Keep firing to stop 'em from moving forward!". - Commander suddenly ordered us. "Hatano, Sarah, hold off the PLA, others follow my lead".
"Roger". - I took the order from my Commander
John hands me the pistol and some mags. He points to the hallway behind us - where the PLA soldiers are coming to. Reimi puts in my hand a grenade, then returns to John and Princess. We must do it!
"Sarah, nade the hallway...". - My sis told me to get a grenade thrown into that corner
She points her rifle - Howa Type 20 or something, to the long hallway. I snatch away the grenade's pin, then make a pose to take the momentum. Alright, I raise the grenade while holding the safety lever carefully. I count the distance I am about to throw it.
"Urrrghhh!". "Threw frags!". - I threw the grenade away, then immediately laid on the floor to avoid the flying scraps when it explodes
"Boom!!!!!". - After a few seconds, the grenade exploded, I saw a PLA facing it then he fell on the floor
"Bang! Bang! Bang!". - My sis pointed the Type 20 out and started blasting. "Bang! Bang! Bang!". "Bang! Bang! Bang!". - She kept her eyes on the ACOG scope of the rifle for more accurate shots
"Alert! Hostile paratroopers are nearby, some have touched the ground". "Launching ETW system!!!". "All units be advised, fight with Alrotz masks on, I repeat, fight with Alrotz masks on". "Launching ETW". - The loudspeakers suddenly voiced out something when we were shooting the enemies
"What the fuck?". - John was aware of this strange information
"Get down, everybody!!!!!". - My sis suddenly yelled
"Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots!". - As we lay on the floor, a deadly line of gunshots fired at us from the PLA side... but all missed
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - My sis kept trying to blast a PLA soldier, who was crawling toward us while shooting at us. "I've got him, eight left to go!". - Done informing us, my sis reached her hand to a nearby ammo pouch
"Lemme, sis". - I pulled out a magazine then handed it to my big sis
Waiting for her to refill her Type 20, I point out my pistol. I'll aid her a little bit when she's reloading. I can't say my aiming skill is good... a pistol only has a range of 50 meters (164 feet) to be the most.
At least I can shoot some to hold off their movement.
"We can get through now!". - All of sudden, Commander yelled from behind. "Girls, let's move out, c'mon!".
I was about to shoot my pistol but stopped it as I heard Commander's words. All of us later follow him to move on to the next hallway, steadily. Now we're still crawling to reach there. To me, it's quite inconvenient, very much.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - While falling back into the hallway, my sis kept shooting the incoming PLA soldiers
We can't get up and run, it may get us killed because of that tactic. At least we can be safe by crawling, though we will move slow than usual.
"Over there, it's alright to run, go to go!!!". - A loud voice came out from the hallway that we recently reached
I look in that direction and see about 20 men. Or I should say they're soldiers, some are crouching while pointing their rifles forward. Some are laying, some are standing, waving their hands to tell us to run after them.
Princess's got Commander's back, she aids him then runs towards the troops. So does Reimi, but she keeps herself behind a bit to protect them.
Without saying, my sis also pulls me up. Both of us follow our Commander till we reach the unknown unit troops. From what I see, they had set up very well a defensive line in this area.
Tables and chairs can be seen placed on a horizontal line, blocking the entire path of the long hallway. That's why we had to jump to get through these avoid bullet obstacles. These things might've been pulled out from nearby rooms, I think. These soldiers are fierce combatants.
Right after we get through the defensive line, bunches of troops come up the obstacles with their rifles pointing forward. Some soldiers can be seen readying their grenade launchers from their rifles. These men... I can see some look like Russian, some are like Asians. Of course, not like Japanese, these "Asians" may be from other countries.
"Sorry for what happened earlier, Sir, we did not know our allies were there". - A man's voice came out, apologizing to us
"You're their head?". - John asked the man
"Nod".
"Those who are after us can be the Ching cho-".
"Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots!". - All of sudden, troops from the obstacles started firing
"Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots!".
"Alright, cease fire! Cease fire, boys!". - That unit leader ordered them to stop shooting. "Move forward, boys... nice and steady...".
After hearing his order, the troop members start moving forward slowly. They get off the obstacles, get their legs through the defensive line, moving forward by going by the wall. They line up, moving calmly while pointing their rifles forward.
"Sir, can you tell me what unit you belong to?". - That man asked my Commander
"VIPs, Colonel John H. Cawess' guys - US Marines".
"We're not the US so don't know much about it".
"Who are you?".
"Fronder, Sir". - The man later looked behind. "All of you should better move, this guy will escort you to safety". - He pointed to a FRONDER soldier
"Just tell me what exactly is happening here".
"Can't do, we don't have time for th-".
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - Suddenly, gunshots came out from the hallway. "I've got one! I've got one!".
"Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots!".
"Men down, take cover!!!". - Yellings from the allied force kept sounding. "Did you see him?! See anyone over there...?". "Stay sharp, boys".
"Follow me, Sir". - The FRONDER soldier who was appointed to be the one to lead us to safety approached us slowly.
John doesn't say anything to the young soldier. He holds his wife and starts following the soldier's direction, Reimi follows them from behind. Then, we also follow the soldier guy. He leads us to safety while whispering, tapping his comms.
"Confirmed you're the VIPs, I'll lead you to a safe room". - He left his comms, informing us of the intel. "Right now we're fine but in the worst case, all of you should better grab guns and fight, please understand the situation".
"Can you tell me what's happening?". - Shera asked the young FRONDER soldier
"We're under the attack of China, ma'am". - He focused on the road while walking. "No one knows why but their planes suddenly showed up above us". "Our radar didn't catch their signal, their paratroopers are going down, units have been sent there to deal with 'em".
"How's about the situation out there?". - John asked the man
"It'll be taken care of in no time, Sir, we've set up the ETW, it'll slow 'em down".
"Tell me about it".
"To the safe room first then I'll tell ya".
This soldier doesn't give us more intel. We just follow him while keeping our mouths off. Right at this moment, I can see some units running back on the path where we are going. They're backup forces for the battle against the PLA force in the previous hallway.
"Sir, please tell me how long till we get to the safe place". - Reimi suddenly spoke up
"Gimme a moment". - He tapped on his comms
I can't hear the young soldier's whisper to the comms at all. He puts it down as he finishes taking next orders from his superior.
"ETA 5 minutes". "Remember to lock the door and stay there till the battle ends".
"ET...?". - Princess and her servants were a bit confused
"Estimated time of arrival...". - John and I told them by whispers
All of us go silent once again and keep following the FRONDER soldier. Gunshots of the battle in the hallway can be heard from afar, we've not gone far from there yet. Hmmm... I don't see any more troops heading here, only six of us this time.
It's bad when I can't do anything with my SA. My device's battery is dead, I can't see the map, the scanning system or know any danger ahead without her. Right now, I can only use my experience.
This time is also at midnight, our devices can only be charged by using the source of solar power. I shouldn't have used her to the end.
Commander and Reimi possess SAs. They may know the danger to inform us, making us have time to react. But that's when their devices still have battery. Otherwise, it will be very bad for us.
I return after deepening myself in thoughts. A big red band wrapped the soldier's right biceps immediately catches my eyes. Nothing special to say about it if I didn't see a symbol in the middle of the red band.
That's a circle, a white line circle that covers a red background. In the middle of the background is a white... or I should say it's a silver star. Between the silver star, out of the circle line, has two white sharp lines, pointing out the left and the right side.
I guess it is some kind of insignia. I don't pay too much attention to that symbol. Instead, I focus on heading to the safe room safety with others in our group.
I can still hear gunshots firing from that hallway. The combat there's still occurring very intense and deadly. Hmmm... everything I can hear right now is alarm noises, gunshots from afar, our steps, the whispers from Shera and John, maybe Reimi as well.
"Oh...". - The young soldier suddenly stopped moving, he tapped his comms. "Yes, Sir... alright, Sir, on the way". - He turned around
"Some enemies have breached the base, we need to be hur-". - He tapped his comms once again before finishing his words. "Yes, Sir? VIPs are here, yes, with me". - He turned around once again. "Pick a random room? Rog".
"The status out there is not so positive, everyone". - He ran to a room nearby, later opened the door. "Get in".
"What happened?".
"For your safety, Sir". "Hostiles are in here, don't know if we can hold 'em off". - He talked to us, raising his hand toward the door, urging us to go in. "Get in quick! When everything's more alright, we'll return here".
Not having a chance, all of us have to walk into the safe room reluctantly. John comes in the last, but he doesn't let the young soldier go at all. Holding his shoulder, Commander asks him to stay for a little bit longer.
"Sir, I've got things to do".
"Weapon, we need one".
"Here, here, take it". - He just pulled out a pistol then handed it to John
"Mags".
The man pulls out a magazine that he put on the gap of his brown belt, then fastly handle it to John. He shuts the door then runs away after that. That young man is now joining his men to fight.
"Everyone, listen up". - Commander turned around and started informing us. "Though I don't get it much about the current situation, we need to stay sharp and be together". "Gear up, we'll fight if things go worse, stick with each other all the time".
"Hatano, you'll be the scout". - He pointed to my sis. "Sarah, you watch our back". - Then he pointed to me. "Reimi, protect Shera". "Shera, behind me all the time ".
"Check on the ammo and firearms". "Clack...". - John checked on his pistol's magazine, then checked on its chamber
"Booooooommmmmmmm!!! Booooooommmmmmmm!!! Booooooommmmmmmm!!! Booooooommmmmmmm!!! Booooooommmmmmmm!!!". - All of sudden, lots of explosions came out and shocked us
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!". - We screamed out in fear, I fell on the floor with my hands covering my ears
"Urrrghhh...!". - Now my ears are a little bit ringed, I can barely hear some
I try to look around the room with my hands still covering my ears tightly. From what I see, everyone was stunned by the previous loud explosions. Shera and Reimi are still covering their ears. My sis is way more calmer, though she's shown me some "fear".
"Shit... what the fuck?!". - John got up after getting pinned on the floor
"I'll check outside, do not follow". - He pointed his gun forward, slowly stepped toward the room's door
My hearing sense still needs time to recover. I get up, using my right forearm to be a momentum to do it easier. Haaahhhh... I sense something falling. I look up and see the lights are blinking unsettlingly, so do the objects.
Some chairs and objects on the desk fell. But I don't notice them much. Hmmmm... some kind of blast had caused this. I see my dropped pistol on the floor, so I crouch to pick it up.
I get startled when my shoulder feels to be touched by someone. Turned out that was my sis. Her eyes tell me to get out of this room.
"You okay?".
"I'm fine, Princess". - Yeah, now I can hear a little bit
All of us walk out of the room carefully. When we come out, John can be seen standing on the left side. Hmmmm... he's carrying a backpack on his back, and a rifle...? How can he...?
"It's not safe here, we need to move now". - He rushed to us, telling us not to stay here
"How did you get those things, my Lord?". - I also wonder that too, Reimi
"That man's dead".
"Who?". - His wife asked him curiously
"The soldier who escorted us here, he's over there". - He pointed his thumb behind, but John's body had already covered the scene
"All units be advised, target missed". "I repeat, target missed, friendly fired". - All of sudden, the loudspeaker came up once again
"What th-".
"Artillery units, immediately stop firing, I repeat, immediately stop firing". "Status danger close, the enemy's overran the west side of the base". "Remaining units, immediately gather in the east side, do not let them make any further moves".
"We must get to the East side, Commander!". - I told John to head there
"We don't know where we are right now, we don't know the way so can't move without thinking". - He looked around, as if to find something. "Diagram, find the diagram, it must be somewhere here".
"Hatano, work on it".
My sis doesn't say anything but runs around to search for the base's diagram. About me, I don't know what to work on. Reimi is staying beside Shera all the time to protect her from danger. What should I do at this moment?
"You do it too, Sarah!".
"Roger!". - I listened to his yell, then ran forward
I run and look at both sides of the walls to search for the base's diagram. However, everything seems to be pointless when I can't find even a poster on the wall. Hmmmm... I've just spotted something on the floor, forward to my path.
"Oh my god...". - I slowly walked toward that thing, which was a corpse
That's the young soldier's corpse, poor him. His body seems to be alright, so he may have died because of getting slammed to the wall due to the previous explosions.
I try to forget the body and keep searching for a proper base's diagram. Somehow it leads me to something else.
"Snow...?".
There's a big crash, a very big hole in the wall which seems to have been caused by the previous artillery strikes. Right now, that side's roof is gone due to it. Walls are shattered, showing me the scenery outside of the base.
I can see snow dropping down from the sky. The ground is filled with lines of dense white snow, very much of it. Hmmmm... this is a mistake of the allies. The PLA may use this hole to break into the base in no time, we must flee now.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!".
"Hah!". - I was shocked to hear gunshots coming out from our there
I immediately pin myself down on the cold and annoying snow ground. Hostiles are out there, they have seen but I haven't seen them, not good. Hmmm... it's good for me to go back to my group, must find t-
"Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!". - Strangely, I coughed when I sniffed the scent of the snow
"Cough! Cough! Urrrghhh...!". - I managed to stop coughing
My hands are covered with this kind of snow. I realize this is not natural snow, but something else... this snow isn't as soft as real snow. Moreover, it's a little sticky, has a bit strong smell, and... seems to cause some kind of allergic when I sniff it.
"What the hell are y-". - John came out from behind me, but he suddenly crouched down. "C'mon, get here!". - He told me to crawl back to him
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - My sis started making suppressing fire by blasting her Type 20 at the hostiles
"Gotcha!". - John grabbed my hand, and pulled me back
"Get outta here, people".
All of us start running out of that hole. We run down the hallway, knowing nowhere to go and where should we go to. Some of us are a bit tired, we're sweating. My sis is leading the way, calmly.
"Are you sure this is the right way?". - John asked her when they were running
"I don't know the way but we may have the chance to see the earlier unit".
"Shit...". - John swore, trying to calm down
We keep running till we reach a corner on which other side is another hallway. My sis peeks out to scout, we stay behind her, I check on the backside. Nothing suspicious is spotted... good. I must keep my eyes on the backside.
I can hear Princess and John discussing something, but I don't know much about its content. I need to focus. Hmmmm... nothing suspicious, the backside is clear to me. It's still good.
"Cough! Cough! Cough!". - All of sudden, someone coughed to my back. "The smell... urrrghhh! Cough! Cough!". - Turned out that was Reimi
"What's wrong?". - John asked her
"Can you feel that smell, my Lord? Cough!". "Urgh...!!!". - Finally, she covered her nose and tried her best
"It doesn't smell good...". - Shera also covered her nose
"What's sticking on your clothes, Sarah?".
"This, Commander?". - Now I realized my clothes were full of stuck snow lines
"Sorry, I didn't realize it". "Snow, it's snow". - I started pulling those snow lines out of my shoulders, my hands, my pants, literally every part of my clothes that got the snow stuck on them
"I found it out there, it's very odd to describe". - I managed to pull out some, but not all. "It's a bit sticky, it made me cough a lot". - Finally, done!
"We don't have time to know what it is... but we better avoid it". - John later got to the wall to check on Hatano
When my problem is solved, Princess and Reimi follow John, so I keep up with them. Commander and my sis are having a conversation or something. She just nods to him, then walks normally out of the wall to the next side.
"Oh my Goddess...". - Shera and Reimi put their hands on their mouths as they saw the scene from the next side
I get there and shortly have the same reaction. Must be dozens of corpses lying all over the floor, seem to have died because of firefights. However, I see some sites on the walls have traces of artillery strikes. Sigh...
The artillery units had made very big casualties on their allies, it's bad. These soldiers, were killed either by gunshots, or artillery strikes. Some bodies are fine, but some have been smashed by the powerful strikes.
"Stay away from the walls, grab the gear and keep movin' to the safe zone". - John ordered us to go straight to the mission
His wife follows him from behind, Reimi stays behind to guard the place. Commander and my sis are roaming around carefully, overturning every body that they face. Hmmm... they may think downed PLA soldiers are faking death.
I come toward a downed soldier - maybe a JAF, or a US, or a FRONDER. Hmmm... this symbol, he's a JAF soldier. Carefully and softly, I snatch a green military backpack. Because I don't have a rifle, so I should pick one. Alright.
This is a... I know this assault rifle - the Howa Shiki 89 of the Japanese military. This is the first time I've ever seen and touched it in reality.
This rifle only appeared in Japanese movies that I used to watch with my sis when I was still little. But wait a bit... how to use it? I know Japanese but to operate the rifle...
"Oh, sis?". - My sis suddenly showed up. "Okay, okay...". - She put my fingers on the shooting selection levers, the trigger, the way to reload the rifle, etc...
"Nod! Nod!". "Thanks, sis".
"Clack...!". - I pulled back the gun's actuator to check if the bullet was running smoothly
"Clack, clack, clack, clack". "Alright, okay...". - I repeated the process of reloading and cocking the rifle to get used to it slowly
When I'm ready enough to use it properly, my sis has gone from my sight. By now, she is walking around, checking on the dead bodies.
For some reason, Reimi and Princess also pick up two green backpacks. Maybe they think those bags will become useful for the group.
I don't want to lose my concentration. I immediately search for the ammo pouches, then wear some on my shirt. The holsters are also taken, everything that I assume to be necessary for a combat soldier is all taken.
"Rest in peace...". - I took over the metal helmet of that JAF soldier and wore it
"Okay... haaahhhh...!". - When I was ready, I took a long exhalation to ease my mind
After getting the backpack on my back, I immediately return to my group. Hmmm, now we must stick together. John is doing his best to consider his next moves, I must be patient.
"Is everyone ready?". - He turned around, asking us
"Nod!!". - All of us nodded
"Alright, let's move". "Shizu".
My sis immediately becomes the scout. We form our formation and start moving again in the silent hallway. We stay away from the broken walls, will either crawl or run past them as fast as possible.
The gunshots from outside are not as loud as before anymore. It may be a good sign when the combats are getting fewer, our allies may be winning the battle here. Hmmmm... what the hell?
"Why do y'all have gasmasks?". - My sis and others are having gasmasks attached to their gear, why?
"Sarah, please be careful". - Princess turned around, speaking to me. "You heard what that loud voice said earlier, right? Something called ETW is used out there". "John doesn't know what it is but he thinks it's not good for us to face it". "It's out there, in case we have to get outside, it will be safer for us to have a mask on".
"Okay...". - I felt a bit regretful as I looked back at the previous hallway area
We've passed that area, so I basically can't go back. Otherwise, my group's movement will be slowed down quite much. Oh my... sigh, but I'll get used to it.
"Uhh...!". - Something just had hit my face. "Oh... sis?!". - Why were u so mean, sis?!
Turned out... my sis threw that gasmask to let me have it. I hope she will be fine without having it. Hmmmm... poor sis, she does all the best for me but I can do anything to pay for her.
"No... need...". - My sis kept her eyes on the path
"Thanks, sis". - I slowly wrapped the gasmask around my neck
"By the way, isn't it looks like our Alrotz?". - Now I still wonder why our weapons and equipment vanished when we got to this world
"You say it right, Lady Sarah". "It really looks like those masks, these bags too and...". - Reimi stopped talking when she saw John. "Stay focus". - She reminded me to focus on the road, she shortly returned to guard Princess
"Oh, my back...". - I forgot that I was supposed to be scouting the backside. "Oh, clear...". - Now I'm still getting used to the rifle's red dot sight, this rifle's a bit different from the M4 I used to accompany with
"Commander, see anything from your SA?".
"Many yellow dots on the east side, some are heading here". - Oh, so there are humans around us
"Friendly?".
"Not sure, that's why Advisor classified them yellow".
I think about asking John once more, but seems like I am disturbing him. So I stop it. Then we have our silent moments, walking alongside each other. We pass through the broken walls.
"Wait wait wait...". - All of sudden, we were passing a wall and John felt nervous. "Hide, hide now". - He told us to keep our poses low, then pointed to nearby dead bodies
"What happens?". - His wife asked him
"Spotted outside sources, they're getting in here, will not passing here". "C'mon!".
John and my sis immediately come to a corpse. They let their hands be covered in its blood, then pain it all over their clothes and faces. Same thing also happens to Princess and Reimi as they follow Commander's instructions.
"Don't just stand there... you do it slow, you die". - John came to me, filling my back with the hot blood
My sis comes to me and does the same in my front clothes, very disgusting. The odor of fresh blood is some kind of smell... strong and intense. This thing is covering all around my body. It's gross.
"Get down, get down...". - Done disguising, John ordered us to stay under the corpses
"Wait...". - All of sudden, lights went off
The entire hallway is now just a dark path. Now we have a problem with looking around, very difficult to do that thing.
"Go to Plan B, follow me". - John turned on his military flashlight to see the road
We leave the plan to stay under the dead bodies. Instead, John orders us to move forward, to the East side with the hope find be rescued by the allies. Right now, crawling there with flashlights off is our tactic.
"When we're in the dark, they can't see us". - He told all of us not to be worried. "Some dots ahead, they may either be friendly, or hostile". - He kept crawling forward
"What if they use Night vision, Commander?".
"Only Special Forces use it". - But we're in a far future time, can't be sure about everything
"Seems like the outside troopers have come in...". - John looked behind a few times before moving forward. "Don't worry, they won't see us as long as we stay together, and hide". "Let'-".
"Booooooommmmmmmm! Booooooommmmmmmm! Booooooommmmmmmm! Booooooommmmmmmm! Booooooommmmmmmm! Booooooommmmmmmm! Booooooommmmmmmm!". - Somewhere had just got artillery strikes
We neglect that artillery strike but mind our situation, crawling forward. Somehow, when we reach a hallway, there's a bit of light that we spot on the path. They are green lights, very likely to have come from a goggle.
"Shit... tch!". - John felt a little bit frustrated
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - All of sudden, rains of bullets came out from that green goggle side
"We're your men, dammit!!!". - John and my sis pointed their rifles to that side. "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". "Friendly, friendly! We're friendly!!!!!". - We kept the distance, crawling away a bit far to avoid gunshots. "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - After a few times shooting, we would crawl to another area, then would shoot again
"Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots!". - Suddenly, lines of gunshots came from behind us - they must be from the PLA
"Shit!". "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - John overturned himself to shoot the behind enemies. "We're friendly, listen to me, you fuckers!!!!". "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - He overturned once again to shoot our allies
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - I don't know what I am shooting at with my Shiki 89
The things I can see the most here are sparks of lights from flying rain bullets, passing our heads from both sides. We, our allies and Chinese, are shooting blindly without knowing anything else.
Gunfights keep occurring, my rifle's hot barrel is now visible to my eyes. This battle is so intense, and we're standing between the two dead ways.
"Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots!". "Urrrghhhhhhh!!!". - When I was shooting, something hard hit my face so I got stunned
"Shit, nades!!!".
"Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom! Boom!!!". - Many explosions came out among us, they made my ears ringed
I try to get back to the battle, but later find something odd. Nearby me is a grenade or something, I use my leg to kick it out. Then see a long line of green smoke popping out from that grenade thing.
It reminds me of our used-up weapons in the world before - CNW grenades. Lights of flying bullets make me see the scene of that smoke line popping out from its grenade.
"Slap!". - All of sudden, someone slapped me before I could react. "Eyes forward!". - That's John
"Let's get outta here!!!!!!!". - John started pulling me with him away from the gunfight. "Shera!!! Reimi!!! Hatano!!! Over here!!! Follow me!!!". - He yelled till his throat got sore, he tried to reach a wall that leads outside
"Everyone, follow me!!!!".
His yellings keep going on along with his crawling, the hallway is still fully filled with rain bullets. Both of us keep crawling to a wall that leads outside, to the snow ground. Although this is a risky place to go, it's worth trying in this hard time. But that's what I think, it doesn't go well.
After getting out, we crawl for a few more meters before looking back. But don't see Princess, Reimi or my sis anywhere... no no no no!
"Over there!!!". - John got up, he spotted them crawling out of the wall... but on the opposite side!
I also get up in shock, I can't believe in my eyes. Reimi can be seen struggling in dragging Princess and my sis, both of them seem to be wounded. Maybe they're either wounded, or too shocked to continue fighting.
Whatever made this outcome, there's one thing we are clear about... we've been separated because of that gunfight moment.
"No no no no no!!!!!". - John was very mad and lost his control, he ran back to where he went away
"Please stop, Commander!!!". - I ran after him, squeezing him from behind. "There's nothing we can do right now! Nothing we can do, Sir!!!".
"Get off me!!!!!". "Urrrghhh!!! Fuck, get the fuck off me!!!". - He squeezed my face, even used his feet to kick me out sometime
"We get back there, we die!!!". - Although taking the pain, I kept holding his leg, begging him to calm down. "Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!". - Due to the effect of this odd snow, I coughed a lot
"Get the fuck off!!!". - He kept resisting. "Shera... Reimi...". - Seconds later, he stayed on the ground, his tears came out like a child's sobbing
"No... cough! No... no no!!!!". - He tried to crawl back
I don't know what to do, just know to drag John with me to somewhere out here. After a few seconds of getting out of that area, John stays silent. His utters stop coming out, he sometimes looks back that far place with his dull eyes.