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I open my eyes and find myself on Bert’s back. Thank god it was just a dream. I think deeper into it and realize that the dream wasn't as farfetched as I originally thought. It is possible that the guys are pretending to be my friend, since they have no choice but to be with me. It would be smart to act like your buddies with a guy you don't like. Beats having it out for each other when you’re stuck being with them. Perhaps I should have had done that with Agent… nah, it's too fun to piss him off.
I look around to figure out what the situation is. I see PoopStain running with Bert and no one else. I realize that all the guys aren't here, but the one i'm most worried about is JJ. I need to see if my dream was true and if his legs are totaled. Guilt and pain fills my heart as the image of JJ in my dream comes to mind. His legs fucked beyond repair, his eyes filled of resentment, his entire face showing a deep depression. I hope my dream remains just a dream. I hope JJ is ok.422Please respect copyright.PENANAapX8UVP5NR
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"Where is JJ?" I asked.422Please respect copyright.PENANApXLfi9gExe
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"Dylan, you're awake!" acknowledged Bert.
“Yeah, thanks for the lift man, I can use my own legs at this point,” I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAZrlCs3T6L4
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Bert slows his pace and stops to set me down, everyone else stopped with us. sets me on the ground and says, "are you sure you can walk? You were out for quite a while,"422Please respect copyright.PENANAgMAysXXbjL
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I get off the ground and put pressure on my wounded leg. I hide the shooting pain as much as I could. I can't remember the last time I didn't feel pain, so I must be pretty good at it by now.422Please respect copyright.PENANAVJeSMozl7G
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"I’m perfectly fine now. Just needed a nap," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANA7pj2HvQ9B0
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"Dylan. I can tell when you lie," said Bert.422Please respect copyright.PENANAGeYDyff8Tg
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"It was worth a shot,” I shrugged. “Where is JJ?"422Please respect copyright.PENANA4P8aTK1ueV
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"He's at the hospital. We wanted to leave you there, but they patched you up and said they wanted to save the room for more serious patients," said PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAWmN1EGKdzd
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"So Bert just carried me around?" I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAHn41Ga7INc
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"We were going to take you to the barracks where the rest of the rejected patients go," said PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAL9vZRHGtAA
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"I'm good to fight. Just need a gun," I said.
"You can't fight Dylan. Just go to the barracks and rest up," said Bert.422Please respect copyright.PENANArF292O0smN
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"Fine," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAe1EQ8SKjCQ
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"That was not what I was expecting you to say," said Bert giving me a weird look.422Please respect copyright.PENANA7xfSXQozaA
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"I don't want to be a burden on you guys. I don't need anyone to lookout for me. I'll find the barracks on my own," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAgHtKljkgAc
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"Ok. Me and Bert will go defend the hospital with the others," said PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAFEzdEAUsf2
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"Oh yeah. JJ told me to give you this," said Bert handing me JJ’s engraved colt and a couple spare clips.422Please respect copyright.PENANAEOTW5o5qSy
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"Why would he do that?" I asked.422Please respect copyright.PENANAiq7JgMEcRl
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"Neither of you will be needing it so it doesn't really make a difference. But we really need to get going," said PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAAVxprUKMg6
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"Alright get going," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAuJcaEWLPuV
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Bert and PoopStain run back the way we came. I make my way to the front line after Bert and PoopStain aren't in sight. It was never my intention to go back to the barracks and I wonder how Bert didn't catch on to that. Bert is not an easy person to lie to.422Please respect copyright.PENANAoC5QNGloYr
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I hear a nearby fire fight and I follow the sounds.422Please respect copyright.PENANAfFq5uZG9pO
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I come across Captain Cucumber and a large group of Marines defending a large road. They are gunning down Germans without a sweat. This position seems to be fine, so I’ll find another.422Please respect copyright.PENANARFMs3zmNXv
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Before I move on I hear German voices from behind me. They must be planning an attack from behind. I cock JJ’s colt and go searching for them.422Please respect copyright.PENANAyXGKIzpz8m
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It sounded like the voices where just behind the building that is behind me. I slowly peak around the corner and see no Germans. I slowly move to the next corner with the colt ready. I get to the corner and hesitate to peak.422Please respect copyright.PENANA35ccwTnEhJ
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I hear the voices again and I'm very sure it came from just around this corner. I turn the corner and see a squad of Germans with their backs against the wall. I quickly start shooting at them and they ran into the building.422Please respect copyright.PENANACZAnvaJ4O2
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I only killed two of the six before they made it inside. I reload a new clip into the colt and slowly creep to the door. I wave the tip of the colt past the door and bullets start raining around me. I lunge back being glad I didn't peak my head instead of the colt.422Please respect copyright.PENANAUgtjEFybRF
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I’m not going to try the door again because they are waiting for me. But I don't have the patients to out wait them. I search a dead German and find something that looks like an oil candle but also sorta’ looks like a grenade.422Please respect copyright.PENANAgwOqPAZOl5
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I look at the bottom of the candle and see some writing that I don’t understand. I inspect it more and notice a pin by the wick. I look at it some more and confirm that it's not a candle, it's an explosive device. It's not likely to be a grenade with how bulky and awkward it would be to throw. I’m guessing its some sort of mine which gave me an idea.422Please respect copyright.PENANAAoioUOdGyI
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I place the mine in the armpit of the dead soldier and pushed him right beside the door. I very carefully pulled the pin and backed away from it.422Please respect copyright.PENANANMxthRw9gw
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I circle the building to see what's behind it. As I get behind it I see a shed with a window of the building just above the sheds roof. I'll see if I can find a way to climb it.422Please respect copyright.PENANArJAVeyS8Wz
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I have to go the long way around the building instead of crossing the door that I would surely get ripped apart if I tried. Or blown up.
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I walk around the building and see a dumpster up against the shed. I climb onto the dumpster then climb onto the roof of the shed. I slowly peak into the window of the second floor and see one German standing at the stairs aiming down. He isn't paying attention to me.422Please respect copyright.PENANAKhYc5T87Un
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I aim my colt at the German and shoot two times hitting the German both times. I quickly kick what’s left of the window, shattering it bits. I run to the stairs and the Germans run outside the door.422Please respect copyright.PENANAdsliU9LQQU
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The thing I left on the body shoots up three feet in the air and explodes killing two Germans. The last German runs towards the Marines and I chase after him.422Please respect copyright.PENANAHqgBwDI58l
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He is very fast, even I can't catch up to him. It doesn't help that my wounded leg is hindering my speed significantly. I try shooting a couple times at him, but I missed. I need to stop to get a good shot, but I don't think I can hit him at this distance anyways. I’m wondering why he isn't shooting back at me.422Please respect copyright.PENANAB2ZHH0SmOU
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I follow the German only to notice that he is charging the Marines from behind. The Marines are in sight and the German is running straight for Captain Cucumber.422Please respect copyright.PENANApsNDHFZg6k
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I attempt to yell but I'm out of breath, so it wasn't very loud. My only chance is to shoot him. I stop and look down the sights of the colt. I hesitate to pull the trigger because if I miss I may hit Captain Cucumber or another Marine. Here goes nothing.422Please respect copyright.PENANAnnfRG6vkA3
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*Bang*422Please respect copyright.PENANAjVYDPvCBrM
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I hit the German in the back and he falls to the ground. Cucumber and a few marines turn around, likely because they heard my shot.422Please respect copyright.PENANAWuUQtn0i50
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Cucumber waves me to come to him. I jog over to him and he says, "you saved American lives kid, and I thank you."422Please respect copyright.PENANAroqzup5kvA
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"Welcome, but there was a squad of six Germans that were coming from the rear. I handled them, but the Germans will certainly try sending more through there," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANA9XlAJKO5Xz
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"Where did they come from?" said the Captain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAZjJV72Hweb
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"There is a road just over there," I said pointing where I saw the Germans come from. At least where I think I remember.422Please respect copyright.PENANAlRuUeKpXw2
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"Corporal take your squad over there and defend it," ordered Captain Cucumber to a soldier beside him.422Please respect copyright.PENANAUW4YadEAEd
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"Sir the Northern flank is falling and they request reinforcements," said a Marine with a radio in his hand. I thought about the ones we just wore on our ear and wonder why he has that bulky backpack which is the radio itself still. Then again, we were testing the prototype.422Please respect copyright.PENANAcvahBGZ2H7
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"Fuck we don't have much to send. I'll take ten soldiers from here and go myself," said Captain Cucumber.422Please respect copyright.PENANAIbSUI18gs9
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"I'll come too," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANA9TlgnqFZiD
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"We need all the help we can get. Here," said Cucumber handing me an M1 Garaand that was on the ground.422Please respect copyright.PENANAC6sHa5iafw
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I tuck JJ’s colt in my belt and follow Captain Cucumber.422Please respect copyright.PENANAcjyYtip6xY
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We jog for what feels like an eternity and I wonder if we are even getting closer.422Please respect copyright.PENANAll7zU77nvb
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"Ready yourselves troops! Almost there!" announced the Captain.422Please respect copyright.PENANA76ZtPx6CvY
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I see a road up ahead that turns right, and I think that’s our destination. There are buildings in the way, so we can’t see the Marines yet.422Please respect copyright.PENANAISlyuxxJlQ
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"Just around this corner!" said Cucumber.422Please respect copyright.PENANApJ8y0ns32S
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Captain Cucumber turns the corner and pauses, he drops to his knees with the look of Hell in his eyes. I turn the corner and see sixty to seventy Marine bodies flooding the ground. Not much ahead of the bodies are German soldiers, walking towards us. They start to shoot at us and I grab Captain Cucumber and drag him back behind the corner.422Please respect copyright.PENANAfJGV7brKDs
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"Captain are you hit?" asked a Marine.422Please respect copyright.PENANAvJBkcBTTbK
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The Captain stares blankly into space without answering. His eyes go watery and he starts to cry.422Please respect copyright.PENANA02GMKsC4pA
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"Captain. We have to keep fighting. We can't let those soldiers die in vain," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAI4Al50F4QJ
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Cucumber picks himself up and wipes the tears from his face.422Please respect copyright.PENANAWFBS9zycEO
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"So many precious American lives taken away by heathens. Those soldiers each fought and died for our great country," Cucumber takes a cross from around his neck and holds it in his hand and looks up to the sky saying. "As god as my witness, I will give each of those soldiers a funeral fit for a hero. I will personally tell each of their family's how proud they should be for their lost loved ones. I will make sure they are remembered throughout history. But only the winners get to remember history. For our lost comrades! For our family's!! For our homes!!! FOR AMERICA!!!!"422Please respect copyright.PENANA8YzykUJ6Sn
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Captain Cucumber and his Marines charge around the corner shooting at the Germans. I join the charge despite knowing that it wasn't the smart thing to do.422Please respect copyright.PENANAMdP1e75NK1
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The Germans start falling back. Their numbers get smaller as we get closer. We only lost a few Marines so far and we are almost to the dead Marine field.422Please respect copyright.PENANAF0CGRtPDz2
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Cucumber runs ahead of all of us and point-blank sprays down ten Germans with his Thompson. A German goes to melee him and Cucumber pulls out a pistol and kills the German. Cucumber kills another ten Germans single handedly.422Please respect copyright.PENANAMj6jFamb1o
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Suddenly I hear chanting behind me. I turn around and see a massive army of marines running to us.422Please respect copyright.PENANAPktrlQnJ9g
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"It's the Colonel! Support the Captain from here and let the others catch up!" said a soldier beside me.422Please respect copyright.PENANAbcoA4Usu5k
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We stop trying to catch up to the Captain and support him from here. The massive Marine force is almost to us.422Please respect copyright.PENANAFc3z4Znk50
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"Cucumber!" Yelled the one leading the massive force.422Please respect copyright.PENANAdwMb0FtYVJ
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Cucumber turns around and raises his gun in the air then screams with pride, "Colonel! Hahaha join me friend! To victory!"422Please respect copyright.PENANArY9m5v1WWe
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Suddenly two sword blades reveal themselves out of his chest, his eyes widen. Behind him are two of those tattooed samurai with their swords pierced in his chest.422Please respect copyright.PENANAVkzg8eNXsf
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"NOOO!" Yelled the Colonel as Cucumber drops to his knees.422Please respect copyright.PENANACJQfpn9u8m
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Captain Cucumber smiles and quickly gets to his feet and turns around with the swords still in him. He grabs the two samurai and pulls them into their own blades. He then pushed them away and pulls the blades from his back.422Please respect copyright.PENANAtYQgAJMzMY
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The Colonel sprints as fast as he can towards Cucumber. Cucumber tries to walk over to us but is stopped by a couple bullets filling his body. And he falls backwards to the ground.422Please respect copyright.PENANAOIyfHHZBzv
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The Colonel and his Marines charge past me and I join them in the charge.422Please respect copyright.PENANA59cLolJCqm
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The Colonel runs to Cucumber and grabs his hand. The Colonel starts to cry.422Please respect copyright.PENANAwM9DJNgrKS
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"Don't cry friend," said Cucumber very softly as he struggles to stay alive.422Please respect copyright.PENANAfz5dz7DAQq
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"You can't die Cucumber. You can't die!" insisted the Colonel.422Please respect copyright.PENANAcaMOIDQP35
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"It’s okay. I can join my fallen comrades now," said Cucumber smiling.422Please respect copyright.PENANAdcDXjh9BQ6
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Cucumber lets out his final breath as he passes to another world. Tears from the Colonel fall on Cucumbers face.422Please respect copyright.PENANAeE5cuAXrdR
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"Cucumber," said the Colonel shaking Cucumber.422Please respect copyright.PENANAUcJIShw8EW
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There was no response.422Please respect copyright.PENANAtss5NrNiCv
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"Cucumber!" Yelled the Colonel as loud as he could, realizing his friend is gone.422Please respect copyright.PENANAu08TwmsZfy
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The Colonel grabs Cucumbers Thompson with his left hand while he holds his own in his right. His eyes are blood red and his head starts shaking. His tears of sorrow turned to tears of hatred.422Please respect copyright.PENANAdAoYKIU4lS
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"They will pay for this. They will fucking pay!" warned the Colonel followed by a terrifying evil war cry.422Please respect copyright.PENANAmXHKKflr8h
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The Colonel stands up and charges at the Germans spraying with both Thompsons. Me and the Marines try to follow him, but we are too exposed to be so aggressive. The Colonel guns his way into the middle of the enemy's force. It's unbelievable that he hasn't been killed yet.
The Colonel sprayed down around thirty soldiers himself. A few Marines try to join the Colonel only to get gunned down by German fire. I start to realize that the hostiles aren't just Germans. There are Japanese soldiers as well. The hostiles start to close in on the Colonel and its apparent that they want him alive.422Please respect copyright.PENANAtGAfCFqpT2
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A Jap with a bayonet charges the Colonel from behind and the Colonel turns around and uses his left Thompson to block the bayonet while he uses the right Thompson to shoot two Germans who were on the other side of him. He then kicks the Jap down and unloads both Thompson’s into him.422Please respect copyright.PENANAhRcy3adKf6
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The Colonel's Thompsons run out of ammo and more hostiles close in on him. Me and several Marines try to get to the Colonel, but the hostiles are making sure we don't interfere by gunning down anyone exposed.422Please respect copyright.PENANACWDOPC7o3T
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There are a few L-M-Gers surrounded by riflemen that are causing difficulties. I can't get a clear shot on them.422Please respect copyright.PENANAME1lAMgNVS
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Meanwhile the Colonel is down to fighting with his knife. He won't be able to last much longer.422Please respect copyright.PENANAnW5EDpXJ2F
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Suddenly a few soldiers come from behind the L-M-Gers and take them out. Me and the Marines take the opportunity to get to the Colonel.422Please respect copyright.PENANARo3hSCGcjx
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The hostiles go into a full retreat and I realize the soldiers that came to help us where familiar. They are people from my school back at home I believe. One of them is a new guy that I can't remember his name; and the other is a typical meathead. Steven, I think his name is.422Please respect copyright.PENANAdNGohq1fFY
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I go to the Colonel who is facing his back to me and say, "your pretty fucking lucky you didn't get hit once."422Please respect copyright.PENANAOjDEMK6Don
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The Colonel turns around and I see two bullet wounds to left, 1 on his leg and 1 on his lower body. He is acting like he was untouched.422Please respect copyright.PENANAaSckHLrfZz
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"Medic!" yelled a Marine.422Please respect copyright.PENANAG4JYPVkKrW
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"Not yet. I have to see him," said the Colonel walking over to Cucumbers body.422Please respect copyright.PENANAzWV4pDFN4t
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"Sir don't make us," said a Marine.422Please respect copyright.PENANAIHdABWaXfa
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"Just wait," said the Colonel.422Please respect copyright.PENANAVACsqXlgSU
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The Marine stabs the Colonel with a needle and the Colonel falls over.422Please respect copyright.PENANAIvQMYG3epp
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The medic noticed the puzzled look on my face and said, "Don't worry, he's just asleep. He likes to make things difficult sometimes."422Please respect copyright.PENANAeRnNSlCheg
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I walk over to Captain Cucumbers body and have a moment of silence. I want to feel sad but a part of me tells me this is what he wanted. All his follower’s all lay behind him in a way that seems staged. He was their company leader and it only makes sense to be in the front center. The smile on his lifeless face tells the whole story.422Please respect copyright.PENANADtfAty5n49
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I kneel beside him and shut his eyes. I notice something in his right hand. I open his fist and see his cross tangled with 2 red strings that he got from the tattooed guys. I take them from his hand.422Please respect copyright.PENANAbw2MOJ12TT
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"He was a true patriot, wasn't he?" said a soft voice behind me.422Please respect copyright.PENANAJVzF3aVf7Z
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I look to see who it is and see Captain Heroic PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAUF2fQ5kggN
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"I never met anyone who was so passionate for his country. He has strong morals and values, and was a great man," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANA7TUyDR9iun
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"He was a hero. And he will be remembered throughout history for his greatness," said PoopStain.
"I know I will. But isn't that a bit of a stretch?" I asked.422Please respect copyright.PENANARCpFMFhEv9
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"This battle will be written in the books and remembered along with the heroes who fought in it," said Alfeo who appeared from nowhere.
"It was Cucumber who said only the winners can remember history," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAxKLO2XBA5y
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"The battle is won. All hostiles have gone into a full retreat," said Alfeo.422Please respect copyright.PENANACP4ndH4NpC
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Two Marines carry the Colonel on a stretcher past us. I walk over to the Colonel and place Cucumbers cross and the strings in his right hand then place his hand over his heart.
"It can't be," said PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAzoTVpO0pHF
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"What?" I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAR6oPtsYaf8
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"That's the Colonel?" asked PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAbWRsxhm9YU
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"Yes?" I replied.422Please respect copyright.PENANAu8GwzFIbJO
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"That's why those words were so familiar," said PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAvjv5jZQKnh
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Agent comes over to us over hearing PoopStain and asked, "was the Colonel a Seal too?"422Please respect copyright.PENANAOopWDIGVmu
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"No, but we did fight together in the last war," said PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAFyjdu8nQQW
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"Who is he?" asked Agent.422Please respect copyright.PENANADOD8ECze8T
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"His name is Shepherd. And I thought he was dead," said PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANAQxpC4ALB3S
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Alfeo smiles and says, "I told you."422Please respect copyright.PENANAsdV7JpNLrN
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"I just can't believe it. I saw him,"- "save it for another day. Today is meant for honoring the fallen heroes," said Alfeo interrupting PoopStain.422Please respect copyright.PENANABV2yCglRuy
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I go back over to Cucumber and stare at his body. I feel like I could have saved him. Anger and guilt fills my mind and I wish it was me there instead of him.422Please respect copyright.PENANAM6LtZJt7fE
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"What's troubling you?" said Alfeo somehow knowing something is wrong.422Please respect copyright.PENANAT3xvKQqGd7
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"I never got to repay him for what he did for me. And there is no way I can now," I said.
“Just because he's no longer with us it doesn't mean you can't repay him,” said Alfeo. “I know that is not the only thing on your mind though, now what else is bothering you."422Please respect copyright.PENANAlyyH0nR969
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There is a pause before I answer.422Please respect copyright.PENANA78sO3KQV7m
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"Why is it that nobody's like me live, while heroes like Cucumber die," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAdkNIpJkKDj
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"Nobody's?" said what sounded like Bert.422Please respect copyright.PENANAAMjMytrnBk
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I see Bert followed by Destroyer and Andrew on both sides of JJ helping him keep the weight off his legs. As well as Ashton, Sean, Connor, Hunter, Kyle, Reznikov, the General, the other hooded brothers, Julius and Wetherby.422Please respect copyright.PENANAp22p3WlHvG
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"It's good to see you all alive. Also, JJ’s walking is a good sign, I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAKxtGiLqzWE
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"Dylan I heard you call yourself a nobody," said Bert ignoring my comment.422Please respect copyright.PENANAUcnjPd30ML
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"Well that's what I am," I said.422Please respect copyright.PENANAMYY5UiEDbL
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"All of us kids are. We aren't like you ex Seals. We are just nobody's," said Destroyer.422Please respect copyright.PENANACin78Cn4HI
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Bert smiles and chuckles.422Please respect copyright.PENANAB7wWd0nfu8
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Me and the others look at each other wondering what is funny.422Please respect copyright.PENANAVfMA0otbyg
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"You guys are not nobody's," Bert made known with a grin.422Please respect copyright.PENANANOnGDe27ws
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"Then who are we?" I asked.422Please respect copyright.PENANAF2GLsUwMGh
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There is a long pause and we wait patiently for Bert to answer.422Please respect copyright.PENANANLxzhqPr6o
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"You are…” said Bert. “The Underdogs.”422Please respect copyright.PENANAZL02WO2i5x
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