Captain Cinnabar had a curious expression on his face, as he was led by Clark from his entourage of soldiers to a corner to tell him what he wanted to say.
After getting to a distance that he favored, Clark finally stopped before turning to face the Captain.
“Sir, I’m sorry for your time”.
“No problem, tell me what you want”.
“Ok. I want you to change the squad that my friend was placed in, I want him to be in my squad”.
Hearing the surprising proposal that the Major threw at him, Captain Cinnabar was surprised. At first, he thought that Clark wanted to complain again about his forceful inclusion into the mission.
Though he was surprised, he was not slow to answer. “Who is your friend here?”
“His name is Sergeant Benny; he is among the soldiers following Corporal Jack in the 16th squad”.
“Oh, ok. If that’s all, then don’t worry, it's settled&rdq
With their military enhanced night vision goggles, the soldiers of Squad 6 could see this mind-blowing sight as clear as day. Clark had a stunned expression on his face, as he took in this astonishing work of nature. Though he already saw it before when he browsed on the internet, seeing the real live developed version of the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia, he was still stunned speechless. From his current location, he could see through the other high peaks that rambled about domineeringly like towers, to the highest one towering above all, the revered Mount Everest. “The Goddess Mother of the World!!” He could not control himself
6:00 am; 3rd September 2175. At this exact time of the early days of September, the countries and organizations that got information about the Aragan lost research lab finally all mobilized their secret mission teams. After the great battle that was fought about 60 years ago, one of the relics of the war was about to unearth and bring chaos again. Unknowingly to the normal peaceful staying residents of the various countries, something that had the potential of starting another great war was about to be hunted and retrieved. The same day that Clark’s team succeeded in climbing up the Great Himalayan peaks, 6 other country teams also climbed. Of these 5 countries, the Mariana Everest security team that was under the leadership of Captain Bean Jack discovered only 4. T
Roar!! Roar…!!! The bears pursued unrelentingly like hornets that just had their nest poked. Their angry mood could clearly be deduced from their roars, snarls, and climbing speed. As beasts that already adapted to the terrain of the mountain, their climb was approximately 3 times faster than that of the soldiers. The soldiers rushed like a bunch of refugees escaping from war. None of them looked back to see the disaster coming at them, that would only give them a heart attack and slow them down. Only the tip-tapping sounds of their climbing equipment as it rapidly stabbed and pulled out of the mountain rock could be heard, they no longer acted exhausted the way they were a moment ago. Seeing the vigor that his soldiers were exuding despite acting like dead dogs just moments ago, Clark was completely speechless. “Danger can really stimulate potential”. He was happy at this though, as he did not want his squad to suffer casualties just
Thud!! Clark still hugged Diana from behind in a daze, as they were both finally pulled up and dropped at the next standing area above the initial point of the still rampaging avalanche. All the soldiers had expressions of fear on their faces, as they looked back uneasily at the disaster caused by their Major’s desperate actions. 4 of their comrades just died before their eyes. Diana finally reacted after landing, as she quickly wriggled herself out of her Major’s embrace. Though her facial expression was veiled by her still-activated armor, her clumsy steps showed that she felt uncomfortable. Though hugging such a beauty from behind was supposed to be a jolly thing for a man like him, Clark could not as he stared blankly at the slightly frozen hand in his grasp. “He still died…” He already expected his soldiers to die on seeing them get submerged by the avalanche, but he thought that he saved one at least. Seeing the contrary situation that h
After all his soldiers arrived at the front of the shelter, Clark finally turned to knock on the large reinforced exotic doors. He wore a metallic glove on his hand to knock with, to enable the sound to travel in despite the current blowing windstorm. As a door made to withstand and hold back the extreme cold, it was a great resistor of both cold and sound. It took about a minute of them standing in the cold before a reaction was finally stirred in the shelter. Instead of opening it directly, a small hole first appeared on the door, through which a large head and a pair of eyes sneaked out to look at the intruders. “Hmmm, humans, still outside in this kind of weather. I thought it was those mischievous beasts, what the f*ck were you all doing since the signs of bad weather first started?” “Please, just shut the f*ck …, sorry, open the door for us, we need shelter”. Though Clark really wanted to curse at this annoying blabbering fool wh
Back in the Spartan republic, Leo had a helpless expression on his face as he conversed with 2 beautiful ladies who were looking at him with livid expressions on their faces. One of the ladies, Kate, sat beside him while glaring at him angrily. The other, Emily was communicating with them through a virtual projection. “So, you are telling us that Clark went for another possibly dangerous mission?” Emily asked, as she tried hard to control her emotions and not lash out at this man. “Yes, its confidential. I can’t tell you guys more, you…” “It’s ok, no need for further explanations, I’m fed up of your bullshit”. “Tell me, why did you not persuade him to reject it? And you call yours
A few hours later, Clark was on the mountain peak, still climbing with his soldiers. This time, they were luckier as they encountered no beast horde, exobeasts, or natural hazards. After honoring their dead comrades and building a snow grave as a legacy for them, Clark finally led his soldiers away. This time, he took the Northward direction as the map indicated that the next nearest mountaineers’ shelter was located in that direction. Through the map, he was finally able to get a preliminary understanding of their current location. The great peaks of the Himalayan ranges already expanded countless times, during the last century. Currently, their size and territory were at least a quarter bigger than it was in t
When Clark heard that the tunnel was already occupied by mountain cats, he fell silent and went into deep contemplation. From the knowledge that he got from his learning years through his first implant, he knew the basic information about mountain cats. The cats that live in an extreme region such as the Himalayan peaks are of different types and breeds, but they all have one similarity, they had vigorous hearts and lungs that already adapted to the region. In short, compared to other regular cats, these were more tenacious and have more means of survival. At this current height of the mountain, all the normal soldiers in the squad could no longer breathe by themselves. Their lungs were not tenacious enough, so they were now on life support systems. As a home of mountain beasts, this reason alone would have deterred Clark from passing through this tunnel, but he was still hesitant as he thought through its pros and cons. Compared to th
6 months ago, the sky turned red which according to world leaders signified the start of the war that would decide the fate of humanity.2 months prior, the news was finally publicized, spreading worldwide panic but with all the most powerful world leaders working together, the panic was easily curbed and order was restored.According to the government, humanity was not hopeless, they had heroes in the form of their soldiers and elite soldiers.Not only that, humanity had a superhero, the great Elite Commander Clark Pendragon. After the special training started, a fuse seemed to have been switched on as the Spartan soldier experienced a period of rapid growth.With veteran Elite Commanders around to guide him and with every resource he needed available, he encountered no bottlenecks, he improved at a superhuman speed never recorded since the human race was born.In just 4 months, he broke through 2 times, going all the way to the Elite-grade rank.
A month later, in the Gen. Clark Pendragon Mansion.At the big balcony attached to the mansion, Clark stood, looking out into the distance as a lot of things went through his mind. The past one month has been the best in his life, and he was grateful for it.Despite it being the best in his life, as a 4th rank high-grade soldier now, his intuition told him that something was happening.As a high-grade soldier and mercenary, things happened everyday around him but he knew that this was not the normal happenings, his intuition told him that this was far higher than anything that he has encountered before.And after making connections from the recent happenings, from his famous marriage ceremony, to the big 5 jointly broadcasting it, a lot of other things and now the Spartan President personally calling for him, he confirmed his guess.Something big was happening, it was just that no one deemed it right to inform him about it yet. As a man
Vatican City Central Church, General Clark Street. This was the church where the big things were happening for today. Not only people from all over the Spartan republic, even esteemed guests from foreign high-grade countries came to grace this occasion. Today was the day of Vatican City hero’s marriage ceremony. After 22 years as a single, General Clark Pendragon was finally ready to tie the nut with his fiancée. The name of the street where the ceremony was commencing was given and commissioned a few days after Clark became a General. Some of the most esteemed guests attending the marriage ceremony were the legendary President of the Spartan republic, Leonidas, and the armor tycoon, the billionaire Mr. Calibri of the Dakran republic. These 2 people were such powerful and well-known personalities in their own rights that their attendance alone shot the attention being given to the marriage ceremony to the highest point. Not only that,
“Leonidas, you wish to attend?”Hearing that, the Spartan President sighed, exasperated. “If you were not my mentor, I would have probably fired you already. Cough…, sorry for that but I’m really going, what’s the big deal?”“You’re really asking me that right now? Of course, there’s a big deal. Apart from military burials, do you know the last time you have for social gatherings?”“I dunno, probably a decade or 2”.“No…, 4 decades! 4 whole decades! You get that?” The old man emphasized by waving his hands vigorously, showing 4 fingers at the powerful soldier.“Suddenly going to a social event after such a long time staying at home, what do you think will be people’s reaction. They may feel that something is happening, they may even panic”.“And just because he’s a 4th rank high-grade soldier does not change anythin
A day after the reunion with her family, Sonia took permission with her parents before going on the first official date with her boyfriend. It was a date, but they just wanted to spend more time together and close to each other. The few years apart was torment to them, now that they had the opportunity, they wanted to make up for it by all means. At first, staying together left them feeling awkward but they soon got over it and started reliving the feelings of a few years ago. For the destination for their first date, none of them planned for it as they were both individuals who have never interacted with the opposite sex in such fashions before now. As the only daughter of a famous billionaire, other billionaire sons already tried courting her in the past but she simply didn’t find them appealing enough, so she always ignored and avoided them. After just a day of staying with Clark, her brother, and her parents in her childhood home, she now
Among the 3 Pirate Gods in the Sahara, though none of them never publicly claimed the spot as the strongest, the Black Pirate God was the one most recognized by pirates as the strongest. After him was the powerful Red Goddess Pirate, then the Lilac Pirate God. Compared to the first 2, the Lilac Pirate God was on the more glaringly weaker side but he still had the strength to back his title. At this moment, in the Black God Pirate City, a surprising piece of news was being circulated. Pirate Queen Anamel was dead, and Pirate Queen Cobra was secretly a student of the Red Goddess. Not only that, the most shocking piece of news that took the city by storm was that of Pirate Queen Cobra’s intention to leave the Sahara and settle in normal human settlements outside. … “Is this news verified?” A deep voice asked with suppressed anger in an underground room with far better living conditions than most of the others out there in the desert. “Yes
Though they both wanted to just remain in each other’s embrace forever, Clark and Sonia knew that they were still in a pirate city and what it meant. With reluctance, they quickly left the city with Arthur.Even if they tried to cover it up, it was impossible so they didn’t bother. In minutes, the news of Pirate Queen Anamel’s death spread through the pirate city and beyond.For long, Clark has always been worried about his reaction when he finally saw Sonia again but he was surprised when he did. It was like they never separated; it was like they’ve lived through all these years together.15 minutes later, they got sufficiently far away into the desert from the pirate city so they finally had the time to speak things out.Sonia brought out the stolen pistol first, which Clark handed over to Arthur. After this, she finally started detailing her encounters after Clark asked.According to her, after the fierce battle on her fa
While Arthur asked the pirate, Clark already went to work as he closed his eyes to focus. As experienced soldiers, they already put a lot of contingencies in place during their tour around the pirate city.Even if they wanted to catch some fun, it was too unrealistic for them to just keep touring without setting anything in place.With his implant, Clark immediately accessed the hidden cameras that they placed around the city, most especially this bar. It didn’t take him long; he saw a hooded female going out through the bar’s back door.“Found our target”.While muttering to Arthur, Clark already turned to storm out of the bar. Arthur simply knocked the 2 pirates out before storming out also.In seconds, they were out of the bar’s main structure.…A few meters away from the bar, a hooded lady walked through the streets at a leisure pace as she kept a close but alert eye on her surroundings.<
The next day, Clark and Arthur woke up with the intention to remain patient while waiting for their informant to contact them. They didn’t even go into the pirate city, it was too disgusting for them to stay in it. The more Clark felt this way, the more he feared what his girlfriend may have become now. If just a day staying in it could make him this irritated, he just couldn’t imagine what staying here for 4 years could have done. Thinking of this, he felt guilty again. “Why didn’t I come earlier?” Souring his mood with such thoughts, the day moved extremely slowly to him. Perhaps, having noticed his current mood, Arthur didn’t disturb him and opted to go out hunting alone. When he came back, he had a desert antelope with him. Seeing the catch, Clark was left speechless. “Can we finish that?” Arthur wasn’t fazed by his question. “If we can’t finish it today, we’ll just finish it tomorrow or the next. Don’t worry, I have preservation gadgets with me, and besides, your girlfriend