The moon shone dimly in the silent night, some ruffled steps were heard, I walked stealthily down the dried grass.
My heart beated in anticipation, my hands rested on my riffle.
Around me were armed men clothed in a black millitary outfit with a black bullet proof on, they seemed tense and they stood on guards as we walked, their hands resting on their trigger.
We got to a cliff and squatted, I brought out a binocular and looked below the cliff, there were a dozens of armed men below and they looked dangerous.
I raised my hand up and made a signal, four men in two groups broke free and went in different directions.
"Delta 4, what's your position?" I asked, my men were in place as planned, crouching beside the rocks to be able to hide their presence.
"All clear, position in place and Twelve assaults seen, permission to take down!" The voice said stealthily and I sighed, I quickly did a cross sign.
"Take them out, Now!!!" I ordered and next thing, I saw the men falling, they had been sniped.
"Good" I commended, they had taken the men out without being detected, I beckoned on my men to follow me, about twelve of them, the did and walked behind me, the guards patrolling had been taken care of while the others were sleeping soundly.
We surrounded the tents and on my Mark, we busted open their doors, they were startled, before they could prove any resistance, we opened fire at them and in a moment, they had been killed.
The commander had commanded us to leave no man alive and we had done that, soon we heard a swirling sound... The chopper had arrived, base sweet base...
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"I must commend you,Captain Mike, that was a perfect mission you carried out" Commander Michel commended, the man was 6 foot 5 with a built muscle, he was 45 years but he seemed younger than his age.
"Thank you sir" i saluted, beaming with smile, that had been my fourth mission that was a success without losing any men and i had been ranked the best Captain of my batch.
"You are dismissed" he replied and patted me on my back, I headed out of his office and walked down to the barracks.
My name is Mike Edward, twenty five years of age, well built and quite good looking, I joined the Army at age twenty one and through diligence and hard work with the code 'leave no man behind' I had been made the captain of my team, I had carried out four consequitive missions and had perfected them without loosing a team member.
I walked down the bustling corridor, soldiers stiffed and saluted me as I passed by, that was a sign of respect, I saluted them back and they continued their businesses, apart from being their senior, I had earned their respects because of my behaviour towards them.
I bumped into someone or rather, someone bumped into me, I apologized even though it wasn't my fault, The person bent to pick the documents that had fallen while I also bent down to pick it, that was when I saw her, I mean the angel before me on millitary uniform, her black coily air intrigued me while her round face and lips were really captivating.
"I'm ... Re..Ally, gosh, I'm really sorry for bumping into you" i apologized, still mesmerized by her beauty, she smiled, revealing her cute dimple and I shuddered inwardly.
"I was supposed to apologise first, captain, I'm really sorry for what happened, I was in a hurry to submit this file at the commander's table" she apologized and bowed slightly and made to leave but I held her hand, preventing her from moving.
She had a look of shock plastered on her face, clearly not expecting me to make the move.
"I'm mike Edward, what's yours?" I asked as I followed her down to the commander's office, she smiled and looked up at me, her long black hair almost reaching her back, the looked soft and was tempted to touch it.
"I'm Gracie, Gracie Norton" she replied and faced the documents in her hands and tried arranging them, someone bumped into us and the documents fell from Gracie's hands once more, destroying the well arranged papers Gracie had a hard time sorting out.
I turned to look at the person who had done such a thing and it turned out to be the only rival in the base, James Jones, the son of commander Michel.
James sneered at me and I did back, our faces met and I moved closer to him, it was evident he had purposely done that, clearly, to taunt me, he moved closer also, our faces inches apart, his muscles tauted and he was slightly bigger than me while I was more built.
He was known for his ruthlessness, he was the captain of the team, Eagle Eye who were the second beat team in the base after mine, Hidden Shadow.
By now, soldiers were already gathering around us, they wanted to see how this would turn out.
"When next you do that, you are gonna pay for it" i snapped angrily at him, clenching my fist while his eyes focused on me, he chuckled.
"What are you gonna do, hun, you wanna fight me?" He asked while he angrily pressed his head into mine, I stared at him, if eyes could kill, he would have been burning in hell.
I fought hard to control myself, this guy was getting into my nerves and i was not gonna take it easily.
"Captain mike and captain James, come to the office right away!!" Commander Michel voice rang, ordering us to come to his office, the crowd dispersed hurriedly and I knew that we were in for it.
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James and I were ordered to jog round the the training fields a hundred and fifty times and after that we were to plow the field throughout the entire day.
We did the jog lap and we collapsed to the floor, we stared hard at each other and sneered but we were too weak to tear at each other, we ploughed the whole field throughout the day, we collapsed out of exhaustion, my body ached and i sweated so hard that my sweats could make the ocean. Lol.
I dragged myself to the armory room and slept, i woke up around 7pm, gosh, I had been working all day and that was because of the bastard named James. I took my shower and wore my favorite black outfit, a leather jacked with a plain black tee underneath and my black trouser.
I need to go home, I left the base and headed outside the gate guarded by soldiers, they saluted me while I did the same only to see Gracie.
"Uum, hi" Gracie greeted, I was awed by her outfit, she wore a sleeveless crop top with a short tight jean skirt, coupled with a high heel, I scanned her body, gosh she was damn hot, no one would think she was a soldier.
I heard her clear her throat.
"Oops, sorry, hello" I greeted back and she blushed, we shook hands and stood, inches from each other, the cool evening breeze blowing her hair, she looks like a model god.
"Thought you would stare all day" she grinned and I laughed, not helping the situation,she joined me in the laughter, millitary Jeep's passing by us every second, somw headed outside the base while some entered.
"Thanks for standing up for me the other time" she said and I chuckled, she blushed and I grinned badly.
"That was no problem but the guy is trouble" I replied as we headed down the street, away from tbe millitary base, feels good to walk with her.
"So, where do you stay?" I asked her while she brought out her phone, pressing some digits on it, she dipped it back into her pocket.
"Avalon street" she replied.
