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CHAPTER 11
Three hours later she was nearing the end of the mountain pass and could see the beginning of the foothills at the edge of the Dracian Forest. Up ahead she saw a lone traveler coming her way. The man was wearing a heavy traveling cloak, carrying a worn walking stick, and strolling up the path at a leisurely pace. She was a bit surprised at this, for the day was growing long, and there were few decent (and no comfortable) places to make camp along the trail behind her. As she drew closer to him, she noticed his traveling cloak was of rather nice quality, but had a handful of poorly stitched tears in it. "A pleasant evening to you good lady," the man greeted Laurena. "How do your travels find you this day?" "I am well sir. On my way to the port city of Calavius for the opening of the new temple there," she responded politely, and a bit proudly. Halting his walk a few feet in front of her horse, the man took a closer look at her white robed form. "A priestess of Eros, eh? It has be
CHAPTER 10
All of these events escaped the notice of anyone in the area, for the tremors were not deep cast off's of the Hindu Kush Mountains' tectonic activity. They were the reactions of a world absent magic for millennia, reacting to its presence once more. Had anyone been looking in David's direction, they would have seen an Army soldier sprinting full out into a glowing white oval that had blinked into being inches before him, and blinked back out immediately after with him. Same Day, Same Time, Different Place Snow Gap Pass, Erosius Laurena was bored. She shouldn't be bored; she was traveling through the Abatinus Mountains, officially on her way to help open the new Temple of Eros in the port city of Calavius. But unofficially she was on a mission for her god. Eros had appeared in the dreams of a few of his faithful across the land three nights ago, to tell them of the coming of a new Champion. The Champion was to be sought out and escorted to the Field of Woe, site of the Great Batt
CHAPTER 9
David thought about the mission plan. His team had been out of contact for over four hours, and their route was well known. By now aircraft should have been sent to find them, and had certainly seen their position. The QRF that responded to the attack on the lower OP should have already made it to his position. Where the hell are they? Did they get held up? Maybe the attack on the lower OP was bigger than I thought, David thought to himself. They don't even know I survived. Realizing he needed more information, he decided to return to the lower OP and try to pick up a signal on one of the smaller MBITR radios as he got closer. He wouldn't go all the way in - he had no idea what he would walk into if he did - but he had to get close enough for radio range at least. He gathered what he would need to move back to the lower OP. He knew after six months in country most insurgent contact was at five hundred meters or greater. Before today he doubted there had been a firefight inside three
CHAPTER 8
Approximately 2.5KM SW of ANA Lower Observation Post (OP) Jubai, Kunar Province, Afghanistan There was a rock poking him in the face. Also, his scalp felt like a million angry fire ants were crawling through his hair and biting him. And his head was pounding worse than the most painful migraine he had ever had. But, yeah, at the moment the most significant thing he could think of was there was a rock poking him in the face. Why was a rock poking him in the face? David wracked his throbbing skull for the answer to this conundrum. He was on a mission...something bad happened...he took a nap? That wasn't right. He had gotten knocked out. Wile E. Coyote had attacked them with ACME TNT. Nope, still wrong. His team didn't have the Roadrunner in it. Can't blame the bird though, there was no reason for the Roadrunner to be in Afghanistan. Wait a minute, Afghanistan! He was on mission in Afghanistan. The donkey, The Kid, THE IED! David groaned as he rolled over to get away from the ro
CHAPTER 7
Before David had reached five the grenade had detonated, but he had enough time to return his hands to his M4 and shoulder it, prepared to fire. Taking two steps out, he swept left to right, identifying the bodies of two PSD laying at the edge of the boulder. These were the ones they had shot previously. Further down the trail about fifty feet he could see two more PSD crouched down from the grenade's detonation. They had apparently decided to make a run for it. David aimed center mass on the first target and fired twice rapidly, double-tapping his corrupt betraying ass in the chest. Before his second round had left his rifle's muzzle, Epps had opened up with the Mk 48, sending a burst of 7.62mm 'freedom' into both opportunistic jihadists.David began visually scanning the back trail for the captain and his two adjutant soldiers. "There sir," David called out, pointing at a bend further down the trail. "About three hundred meters out and running fast down the trail."Hollywood moved t
CHAPTER 6
Popping the quick releases on his rucksack, he shouldered his rifle and crawled to a nearby rock that would give him some cover, while still allowing him to fire safely past Doc and Mother. He settled the crosshairs of his 4x32 Trijicon ACOG® on the spot where the ANA PSD were popping out of cover behind a boulder the size of a delivery van to take pot shots at his teammates. David steadied his breathing.Bang.The report of his rifle was barely discernible to his ringing ears, but the spray of pink mist from behind the rock face was all the confirmation that he needed. His single shot had done its job."Doc, Mother and I got this. Get your ass down the trail and check on the rest. Tongue-punch and Pappy ain't moving, and I didn't get eyes on the captain before I decided to bail your asses out." He could barely hear himself, but the soreness in his throat told him that he was screaming his voice to hoarseness to get Doc's attention.Doc ducked down behind the rock he was using for cov
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