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Samantha Harrison was not having a good day. Her unit had recently been sent to the area near her hometown to take on new recruits after a particularly brutal tour overseas. As one of the senior NCOs, Sam had been enjoying her privilege to rest a bit more then the lower ranks, listening to a fellow sargeant speculate about some new rule changes or something equally monotonous when the alarm started to blare. The next hour or so was a blur, atleast it seemed that way now. Her squad had been loaded on a truck in record time, tolding something about monsters, then sent towards the city.
Things went well at first, most of the newbies though this was some really messed up training exercise and really wanted to impress the higher ups. They disembarked a few kilometers from the city, took one look at it, then realized something was seriously wrong. The fires and large freakish monster standing right in the middle of the skyline were a big clue. An even bigger clue was the sudden artillery fire hitting their position. Artillery unlike anything Sam had ever seen, big glowing blue balls of plasma falling from the sky, destroying vehicles and seriously burning people. The unit was forced into a drainage canal and used it as a makeshift trench.
After the initial action things slowed down. The officers made sure the chatter was kept down, no rumors were allowed to be discussed. As a NCO Sama had to help enforce that order quite often. She was met with mixed feelings, some were just scared, but the eager ones gave her alot of trouble, almost going so far as blaiming her for the unit not being sent further in. Keep the General's daughter safe or something like that. No proof of course, but the thought still stung a bit.
Eventually a few monsters did show up, those that'd gotten past the first line. Sam was called back to the command tent a few hundred meters back over the radio, probably to assume command of a patrol. As she was on her way the sky was filled with a bright flash and Sam was thrown into a small depression in the landscape, temporarily knocked out cold. When she awoke, the sky was on fire with a strange orange-blue glow. The outline of the monster was gone, but utter devestation surrounded her. Dead personel, ruined vehicles, the command tent overturned, and everything deathly still. No one else was moving. All that remained of normality was Sam's rifle at her feet.
Things went well at first, most of the newbies though this was some really messed up training exercise and really wanted to impress the higher ups. They disembarked a few kilometers from the city, took one look at it, then realized something was seriously wrong. The fires and large freakish monster standing right in the middle of the skyline were a big clue. An even bigger clue was the sudden artillery fire hitting their position. Artillery unlike anything Sam had ever seen, big glowing blue balls of plasma falling from the sky, destroying vehicles and seriously burning people. The unit was forced into a drainage canal and used it as a makeshift trench.
After the initial action things slowed down. The officers made sure the chatter was kept down, no rumors were allowed to be discussed. As a NCO Sama had to help enforce that order quite often. She was met with mixed feelings, some were just scared, but the eager ones gave her alot of trouble, almost going so far as blaiming her for the unit not being sent further in. Keep the General's daughter safe or something like that. No proof of course, but the thought still stung a bit.
Eventually a few monsters did show up, those that'd gotten past the first line. Sam was called back to the command tent a few hundred meters back over the radio, probably to assume command of a patrol. As she was on her way the sky was filled with a bright flash and Sam was thrown into a small depression in the landscape, temporarily knocked out cold. When she awoke, the sky was on fire with a strange orange-blue glow. The outline of the monster was gone, but utter devestation surrounded her. Dead personel, ruined vehicles, the command tent overturned, and everything deathly still. No one else was moving. All that remained of normality was Sam's rifle at her feet.