Amber Waves (Pt. 3) (499 hits)
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Submitted by <ksj3888.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2007-11-16 02:07:29 EST
David was dreaming. He was back in Dallas. It was the first major battle of the war. Back when the resistance was organized. Before Mistral had pushed them damn near to the Atlantic. Before Oklahoma and Arkansas were on fire. Back then...
They bombed the city. Artillery and aircraft. Shells and missiles rained down like drops of fire. The 'locals' as they called themselves, scrambled to hold back the beast. Aspects of the military had been abandoned all over the Eastern half of the country. Men and weapons. But most of it stood useless against the assault.
Dallas was leveled by the bombing. David was stationed with a LPWS, or as his friends called it, "an R2D2 with a Gatling gun". It wasn't truly effective against the jets they were fighting, but they really didn't have a choice. Hell, none of what they had was really that effective; Stingers, M6 Bradley conversions, even a few old M42's. They took whatever they could scrounge up. David's squad was stationed at the Hyatt, on the west side of the city, facing the Trinity river. The frontline. He was surprised that no troops had come in on foot. Just the planes. Flickers of fiery flak arched at the airborne assault, but to trivial effect. What little aircraft they had were faltering against the Western forces. Planes from the enemy and home fell alike, burning stars crashing into the city below. Dallas became an inferno, a pyre of massive proportions. The grainy streets roared alive with flames and cries. David saw the great Ball fall from Reunion tower. The torrent of flame carried it to the ground, a deluge of heat and glass reflecting Dallas' demise.
David fled. He left his crew, still shooting, and ran. He saw hell in Dallas. Silhouettes of soldiers plummeted from buildings engorged in flames. He heard a high wine overhead. An A-10 assault plane swept down and chewed up an old M6 and her crew to scraps, their fire bouncing softly off its armored nose. The city was sitting on Satan's shoulders. He found an abandoned Humvee by the now burning M6 and high jacked it. David sped down I-35E, dodging blazing wrecks and streets, and people fleeing like rats. The once wild Trinity River was nothing but a stream, wheat overtaking its receding banks. David saw the image of the burning city in the addled river. He hit I-20 and kept driving.
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"He's not Spanish Amil, he's Jewish."
"Jewish ain't even a race bruh. How the hell you goin' say that?"
"Look at him."
"What?! He looks Spanish."
"Or Jewish."
Amil and Skelly stood over the prone figure of David, arguing aimlessly over his ethnicity. Petty diversions were rare and they took the most from it.
"Maybe he's Greek or Aramaic, they both can look that dark."
"Aramaic?! You ole' gump ass bamma! He Spanish! And it really don't matter."
"Nah you're wrong. See his face..."
"Goddammit Skelly. Fuck it. I. Do. Not. Care. Dumb ass argument..."
"Poor sportsmanship Amil, but I'll take it." Amil sighed at this.
"Well, what should we do wit' him then?"
"leave..me...be..."
Amil and Skelly jumped back. David sat up slowly, and wiped off his face. His hand rubbed off sweat, blood and dust. He looked up at the two young men standing above him. One was a white male, not older then 21, around 6 ft tall and dressed in a patched army sweater and wool pants. His red hair reminded David of some ancient Celtic warrior. The other was a black male, about the same age and a tad shorter. David wondered where the hell he had managed to get a North Face jacket in good condition from. Both were armed. The black one had his rifle.
"Don't worry, we don't shoot people in the same predicament."
Skelly smiled at David, who glared at the pair. "Same predicament my ass." he thought.
"How..about....a show..of faith..."
Amil stepped up to him.
"Tell us who you are first."
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Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-11-30 15:33:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-11-18 10:19:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-11-16 23:10:42 EST (#)
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Keep going.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-11-16 18:02:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-11-16 15:21:08 EST (#)
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Submitted by TheDoctor (user info) at 2007-11-16 15:09:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-11-16 14:08:34 EST (#)
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nice
Submitted by ksj3888 (user info) at 2007-11-16 13:21:48 EST (#)
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Thanks again everyone. The next installment will be a little longer.
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2007-11-16 12:00:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-11-16 09:58:24 EST (#)
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Very good indeed. I agree with comments below such as: "Could be longer". But then who am i?
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-11-16 09:49:41 EST (#)
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Very good. I wouldn't mind if the installments were a little longer.
Submitted by Paralyzed_By_Hope (user info) at 2007-11-16 09:38:15 EST (#)
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I'm so loving these. Awesome work man.
Submitted by EatMeCompletely (user info) at 2007-11-16 09:33:30 EST (#)
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too short... Keep them coming. i love this end of the world shit...
Submitted by woolfe (user info) at 2007-11-16 04:19:34 EST (#)
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these are great
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-11-16 04:09:07 EST (#)
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Keep it up.
Submitted by orph (user info) at 2007-11-16 04:07:33 EST (#)
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Keep going
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-16 02:39:29 EST (#)
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I'm riding the crimson wave. There are no men with big guns involved.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-11-16 02:16:22 EST (#)
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DOES NOT SUCK