Planetary War

The scent of smoke and blood wafted through the air as I fixed my concentration on the battle ahead. My opponent was a lean, slender man, probably in his twenties and I had seen him training a few weeks back. If recalled correctly someone called him Raj. I could tell by his stance that his tactics were mostly offensive. I took a defensive pose and motioned him forward with my hand. Surprise reflected in his eyes but he didn't back down. He lunged at me as I sidestepped and twisted his hand. He swept my feet from under me and held me down. My initial shock of this strategy passed in a matter of seconds and I lifted my leg and flipped him over while licking his hands behind him while I pinned down both his legs. two words uttered out of his mouth, "I surrender", and I released him and helped him up. "Your tactics were good but you can't let your left side be unguarded. The Erisians would have finished you off by now if you went into the battled grounds in this shape. work on your defensive status and we'll have another go at this then, "I advised him before returning to the mess hall. 

I walked down the corridor of the East Gullivar fort. It had become home over the years during this war against the Erisians. The Erisians came from the dwarf planet- Eris six years ago after that planet became too small for all their citizens. We were lucky that our scientists discovered their satellites and the conversations they were having about this war to their other spaceship. We had enough time to inform all of Earth's citizens and discover some of their weaknesses and powers.

 A couple of years passed and by then the Erisians had figured out that we were eavesdropping on their battle conversations so they started sabotaging our army camps but we had realized that the only fatal weapon against them is the crystals and gems that are mined from the earth and we could fend off their attempts. Then the real problems aroused as they started kidnapping the citizens who were mostly below twenty. The economy of the world collapsed and the chaos spread far and wide just as the Erisians predicted. The part that they hadn't predicted was that this also influenced many people to join their armies for vengeance. After a whole year they attempted rescue missions to get back the kidnapees. The realization soon hit that most of the ones who were captured had gone mad or were in a coma or died from brain damage but the ones who were still alive and hadn't gone mad were permanently altered in some ways. Most of them-us joined the armies and climbed up to the top to get our revenge for what they made us suffer through. As for what was done to us, that will never be spoken in words.

As soon as I stepped in the mess hall, silence crept through and everyone stared at me. Captain Dekar came by my side and pulled me to the corner for what I thought was the new information on the Erisian army center to the west of our fort. It was supposedly the largest center they have set up. Captain Dekar was just a level below me and I trusted him a lot of my plans and missions. He looked worried as if the burden of the whole world was on his shoulders. "What's wrong?" I asked looking at him in the eye. He took a breath and answered, "Our spy team just got back and it's not good. They are planning to attack on the next full moon and it seems that this center is bigger than any other and also more powerful as they have the Commandant with them." This was not good, not at all good. The Commandant was the leader of their armies but why he was here and not on their space satellite I didn't understand. A month was long enough for us to prepare. This battle will be the end of the Commandant. I will make them pay for the torture and pain they made us suffer through that year. In the end, all of it only fueled my anger and will to survive. Pushing aside all of my thoughts, I walked to the center of the hall and announced, "My fellow soldiers, there has been news that the commandant himself is going to be leading the Erisian army center located on our west. They will attack on the next full moon. We are more than ready to take them down once and for all. All unit captains meet me in the strategy meeting room in an hour. Any questions?" 

"Do we have enough crystal weapons for all the additional men that came in last week?" one of the captains whom I recognized as Megh Farley asked. "There isn't any deficiency of weapons. Captain Sarah worked on that herself," saying that I walked out of the mess hall and spent the entire day strategizing the best way to win this battle and hopefully also the war.

The next four weeks went in a blur of training others, finalizing the strategies and training myself. I knew that after getting rescued something within me had changed. A shadow now lingers in the back of my mind. I can feel it grow every day that my anger grows.

I sighed and shook my head."This is no time to be dwelling on these thoughts", I thought and walked towards the strategy meeting room.

I opened the ombre door and saw two of the captains had already arrived and were in deep conversation. As soon as I came in the stopped and looked at me. I could tell something was very wrong.

 "What's wrong? What news did the other units give you?" 

Captain Dekar sighed and said, "All Erisian camps are planning to attack in unison on their respective forts. This isn't just a battle anymore it is turning out to be a war and it seems like our targeted camp is one leading all the forces. This is not a battle we can afford to lose at all." And that was it. I spent every waking hour training or getting others ready until the day of the battle. Because no matter what I will get my revenge for what they did to me, to my sister, and so many more people. 

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