The world was reduced to nothing but a barren wasteland, where the corpses of the mutilated,disfigured bodies lied, where the radioactive substance oozed out like lava from a volcano. This is 2018, nuclear weapons is the way to fight, the countries who weren't rich enough to afford these weapons were wiped off the face of the Earth, along with everyone inside the country.


June 3rd 2019-

As my comrades and I boarded the cargo plane, fear ran through our system. Our hearts were beating progressively faster and harder, sweat drops rolled off from our forehead like a machine gun firing bullets. It was just too much for recruits to handle.
As we grabbed our rifles and equipped ourselves with grenades the Colonel called our names one by one.
"Private. David Sherwood." Colonel Remirez called
"Present,sir!" Dave answered while saluting
"Sergeant Anthony Walker." The Colonel called
"Present,sir!" Anthony answered while also saluting
"Finally, Private Taylor Watson." The Colonel called one last time
"Y-Y-Yes, sir!" I stuttered.
The Colonel looked at me in a mixture of confusion and anger, I then swiftly gave a salute.

"In a few hours you all will be dropped off at the borders of Russia, there will be an army van waiting there, inside the van will be Russian army uniforms, you have to disguise yourself as Russians and hopefully in a few days you will reach Moscow and once you do, I want you to go to the nuclear warhead facility and destroy it. Is that understood?" The Colonel commanded

"Yes,Sir!" We responded in harmony.


June 4th 2019-

It's been a day since the van dropped us off inside this small dormitory, I thought it was better this way, I didn't have to fight, I didn't have to kill, it was like the old days, simple and peaceful. I started to light up a cigarette and began taking puffs out of it, I watched Dave go onto his "iPhone" and talk to someone called Siri.
"Siri, send a message to my wife telling her that I love her." Dave started bawling midway through the sentence
"Ok,Dave." Siri replied
Seconds later I heart a 'Ping' sound and Siri said 'Your message has been sent.'
Dave continued whimpering as I approached him and patted his back.
"It'll be ok, trust me." I assured him.
He gave me a startled look then rested his face back onto his pillow.
"You should all sleep, tomorrow is when we have to destroy the warhead." Anthony suggested.
I quickly put out my cigarette and then hopped onto the top bunk. I slowly started to sleep after thinking about how hectic it would've been like...


June 5th 2019-

After disguising ourselves as Russian soldiers once more and equipping our guns we rushed to the nuclear warhead facility as if something was going wrong inside of their. The citizens were panicking as we stormed inside the building.
The guard halted us and spoke some Russian, I was dazed and confused.
Anthony started speaking Russian to the guard and managed to get us inside the building.


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It was huge, the warhead wasn't a warhead. Infact it was a giant orb with purple volts of electircity flowing inside of it. I stood there gazing and staring into the weapon that could potentially destroy the world.
"Taylor!" Dave called out to me while aiming his rifle to the orb.
I reluctantly pulled out my rifle and aimed it at the nuclear weapon and by that time all three of us were about to shoot it until a bullet pierced through David's head. At that moment I knew what true fear was, death. I thought of how Dave's family would feel about his death and how they would survive without Dave's income.
The guards surrounded us as they pointed their pistols onto our foreheads, Anthony hesitantly put up his hands in the air. I did the same. Anthony then swiftly pulled out a grenade and threw it onto the nuclear weapon. Bullets punctured Anthony's body and he was just another lifeless corpose. The explosion destroyed the weapon and I began sprinting out as the guards stood in shock as 100,000 volts worth of electircity destroyed their bodies.
My leg was suddenly paralyzed, the electricity! Damn! I attempted to hobble out but instead I tripped...
My death was quick, though extremely painful, my burned body collapsed on the spot. The mission was accomplished, but I couldn't help but think how many lives this had taken, not only was the building destroyed but so was the whole of Moscow. Was this right? Was this justice? I couldn't help but feel guilty as my life slipped away.