Crossed Blades III

I was having dreams, I dreamt that I was standing in front of the great Twin City and it was burning in front of me. The flames were whipping and cracking. I could hear the wood split as it turned from pearl white to a Dark Black. I fell to my knees and began to cry as I felt a emptiness in my chest...

I awoke to the sound of my tent being opened and I quickly sat up to see what was happening.

"Fletch, wake up!" said my friend Tydin as he shook me forcefully

"Get the hell off me, what do you want?" I began to rub my eyes.

"Its Kohakku, he's fighting with another soldier. You need to stop them he's going to get in trouble!" I could tell he was starting to get impatient.

"I'll take care of it" I said laughing as I left my tent. "Man" I whispered to myself. "What's he fighting about now?" As I walked through the camp I could tell a riot broke out. Horses were loose, tents were knocked on one side and some were even on fire. As I stumbled around half asleep I saw a large group of men crowded around cheering on the fight.

"Yeah!" I heard them yell "Hit him!, Knock his ass out!!"

"Yeah, move over," I said pushing my way through the crowd trying to get through. As I finally made my way through I saw them Swinging at each other, both bruised up and bleeding.

"Kohakku, stop it!" I yelled as I ran between them.. Then I got punched in the face by Rigg. Rigg is who Kohakku was fighting, Rigg is a bigger, more muscular Trojan but he was a little dumb in the head and tried to fight everyone. And if you knew Kohakku like I do he never passes up an opportunity to hurt someone, especially someone like Rigg who runs his mouth a little too often. Anyway, as I got up I touched my lip and it was already starting to swell up.

"Your ass is mine now boy" I said as I rolled up my tunic. He swing at me and missed I went to hit his face and missed but as my fist rode past his right ear I bent my arm and elbowed him right in the mouth. I could feel his jaw twitch as his teeth dug into my elbow.

"Hold it!" I heard a voice yell from the back. It was my commanding officer General Siggs. He wasn't much of a leader he just was older, had a little experience in the military, a loud voice and he was one of the first to volunteer for the Resistance.

"What the hell are you men doing!? Clean up this mess and get back to your tent or I'll personally cut your throats!". I didn't even bother I just went straight to bed. I still had to talk to Siggs about my new assignment tomorrow which I wasn't looking forward too because of his shitty mood. As I slept I had another dream this time I dreamt I was leading my battalion down the trenches of Love canyon and I fell into the trench from very high up and died. Death has always scared me. Its not heroic to my eye I thought, you just get to die and everyone forgets and moves on.

"Fletch wake up" a soldier said to me. "General wants you". I dressed up and started to walk through my camp. It was early and foggy, everyone was cleaning and smoke was rising from the burnt ashes.

"Sir?" I said walking into Siggs's tent.

"Ah yes Fletch" Siggs began to speak "i need you to hand pick eight men and go to the Southeastern village of Maple Forest. There have the villagers pack up and bring them here. They will be staying with us until the battles of the Maples are over"

"Very well Sir I said" that seemed like a long boring mission I hate dealing with people but telling them to move from their city wont be easy. I posted slips of paper all over the camp site saying "Men needed for Maple Forest evacuation. Sign here. Interviews tomorrow morning...