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"

Of

course

.

We

’

d

only

just

come

to

the

base

.

It

was

a

stupid

thing

to

ask

.

"

I

left

Shasta

and

made

my

way

to

the

Sky

Lounge

.

I

opened

the

door

gently

,

even

though

I

knew

I

wouldn

’

t

be

disturbing

anyone

.

Yellow

tape

with

the

word

"

BIOHAZARD

"

printed

at

regular

intervals

crisscrossed

the

entryway

.

There

was

a

fire

extinguisher

near

my

feet

,

and

a

grainy

residue

covered

the

floor

.

I

guessed

this

was

Shasta

being

resourceful

.

The

base

was

still

covered

in

conductive

sand

from

the

Mimics

,

and

decontaminating

non

-

vital

facilities

like

the

Sky

Lounge

wouldn

’

t

rate

high

on

the

priority

list

.

Clever

.

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I

stepped

inside

.

The

air

was

stale

.

Rita

’

s

smell

was

already

fading

from

the

room

.

Nothing

had

been

moved

from

where

we

’

d

left

it

.

The

collapsed

vinyl

bag

,

coffee

grinder

,

and

portable

range

underscored

just

how

short

her

stay

here

had

been

.

They

were

the

only

traces

she

’

d

even

been

here

.

Almost

everything

else

she

owned

was

military

-

issue

.

The

coffee

set

was

the

only

personal

belongings

she

had

.

Of

course

she

hadn

’

t

left

me

a

note

-

that

would

have

been

too

sentimental

for

the

Full

Metal

Bitch

.

The

mug

on

the

glass

table

still

held

the

coffee

Rita

had

made

.

I

picked

up

the

mug

.

The

coffee

was

dark

and

still

.

It

had

cooled

to

room

temperature

days

ago

.

My

hands

shook

,

sending

tiny

ripples

across

the

jet

black

surface

.

This

was

how

Rita

had

faced

her

solitude

.

Now

I

understood

.

You

were

just

a

piece

on

the

board

,

and

I

was

the

piece

that

replaced

you

.

Nothing

more

than

the

false

hero

the

world

needed

.

And

now

this

good

-

for

-

nothing

world

was

going

to

push

me

across

the

same

bloodstained

,

smoke

-

filled

battlefield

.

But

you

never

hated

the

world

for

what

it

did

to

you

.

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So

I

wouldn

’

t

let

the

world

lose

.

It

could

drop

me

into

a

field

of

Mimics

with

nothing

but

a

tungsten

carbide

axe

and

a

dying

Jacket

and

I

’

d

fight

my

way

out

.

I

’

d

march

waist

-

deep

in

blood

through

more

massacres

than

all

the

vets

in

the

UDF

had

seen

combined

,

and

I

’

d

emerge

unscathed

.

I

’

d

train

until

I

knew

the

precise

nanosecond

to

pull

the

trigger

,

the

exact

moment

to

take

every

step

.

I

wouldn

’

t

let

a

javelin

so

much

as

scratch

the

paint

on

my

Jacket

.

While

I

live

and

breathe

,

humanity

will

never

fall

.

I

promise

you

.

It

may

take

a

dozen

years

,

but

I

will

win

this

war

for

you

.

Even

if

you

won

’

t

be

here

to

see

it

.

You

were

the

only

person

I

wanted

to

protect

,

and

you

were

gone

.

Hot

tears

threatened

to

fall

from

my

eyes

as

I

looked

out

through

the

cracked

glass

at

the

sky

,

but

I

wouldn

’

t

cry

.

Not

for

the

friends

I

would

lose

in

the

battles

ahead

.

The

friends

I

wouldn

’

t

be

able

to

save

.

I

won

’

t

cry

for

you

until

the

war

is

finally

over

.

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