So, it been 3 months now, the training camp was not really fun but atleast i think i'm ready for real stuff. I know how to shoot, i know how to take cover, i know how to melee fight, what's next? I made some additional muscles while being there. I also made some friends, the best man i know, Inco, a human and he have the same age as me. He really is a good guy, i don't know if i could had survived these 3 months without him. There's also Cole, he is a little younger than us, a red raptor and a pretty good sniper despite his age. Daniel, a human veteran that fought in multiple war before, he is the leader of the squad. John, a big grey carnotaurus, he is the stereotypical brute of the group. For the rest of the team i didn't met them but it's not important. We are now currently in the middle of nowhere, we just landed on the principal base and from what i heard, this country is filled with extremists and anti-human so it kinda freak me out. Inco seems already tired of the temperature and i also feel like the sun is going to be our worst ennemy.

 

"Goddamn, that sun is something" Cole said while placing his hand on his forehead.

 

I reply "C'mon Cole, are you telling me that you can't support heat? Prepare yourslef because we are not leaving before a looong time" I laugh and he give me a finger.

 

We are welcomed by a bunch of other soldiers that were already here before us. Well, i'm ready to fight, at any time, but Daniel told me that we will not be operating until tomorrow. For now we take our time to look around us, this is really isolated and there's nothing except all the military stuff, tanks, helicopter, armored car, even some cool jets. Why they need us when they have all this high-tech stuff? The base is in the middle of nowhere so it's pretty safe, i think we will need to make a long trip before any combat. For now, they said we will have a big party tonight, all the soldiers are reuniting inside the big shed, the place has been organized for this event. Me, Cole, Daniel, John and Inco go to our tents, this looks terribly uncomfortable but at least i will not sleep on the ground. I turn myself to see everyone except Daniel, sleeping already, i lie down on my bed and join the common nap with everybody.

 

When i wake up, Daniel is outside with John and Inco is having a talk with Cole, the other guys in the squad have all left. I look at the time, well maybe we should go to the party. We all regroup and go to the shed, there's at least five hundred people in here! Music is playing and we go to one of the bar that they placed inside of the shed. We all take a beer and sit on the last seats available. Seeing all these guys having a good time is, well, when you know what's coming tomorrow... But it's not the time to think about that, for now i will enjoy the last fun times with my team. After several beer, Cole is already drunk, we all share a laugh together, Cole is the younger one here so it's normal that he don't support the alcohol like us. John tell us how he would pay to see a video of drunk Cole, Inco start filming as Cole fall to the ground. Daniel lift him up and take his beer.

 

"I think that's enough, kid"

 

"C'mon Daniel, just let me finish this one"

 

"You're gonna be shit tomorrow, i guarantee you" John say while patting him in the back.

 

"He's gonna shoot one of us!" Inco says with a big laugh.

 

As the time go, people slowly leave to sleep for the rest of the night. There's only me and Inco left at the bar, John and Daniel escorted Cole to the tents. It's crazy how i made friends during training camp, it's like i was back at highschool, it remind me of Fang, Reed, Naser, hell even Trish, i miss them though. These bittersweet memories make me forget Inco was here, he punch me on the shoulder and ask me what's going on.

 

"Did you had friends back at highschool?"

 

"Shit, why are you thinking of that?"

 

"Nothing, it's just that i got suddenly memories of my old friends"

 

"Argh, i know, i also had friends before, i even got a girlfriend"

 

"Damn, you never told me about this! What's her name?"

 

"Olivia, she was a green alligator"

 

"You got any photos?"

 

"Yes, there you are, i always got this photo on me, a memory of the good old time"

 

He hangs me a photo, it's him and that green alligator Olivia, that's a beautiful name. I notice that she is in a wheelchair, Inco seems very happy in this photo but i see that his face is not the same in the reality.

 

"So, how's it going with her?"

 

"I'm not with her anymore... well, i think"

 

I raise an eyebrow at him. "What do you mean you think?"

 

He sigh before continuing. "It's a long story, you know, i never expected someone to actually love me. I signed up for the military before we started dating and i never told her. One night, she went to my place and we watched movies, i took some beer but after some time, i got drunk and she discovered that i was leaving the next month, she got mad and i don't remember exactly what i said but i know it was horrible. She got away and never talked to me, the day before i go i came to her house and i tried to apologize to her. She just started crying and i didn't knew what to do so i just gave her a photo of me and her, the same that i have, i said that i was sorry and on the photo i gave her i wrote that i hope she could forgive me one day, she took it without saying a word and i walked away. When i'll get home, i will give her mine and i wrote that i will love her forever. I really hope i can fix this, that it's not too late because i never wanted to loose her, i love her... I love her..."

 

He start crying, i take him in my arm to comfort him. I know his pain, i can feel it trough my whole body. Hurting someone who care for you and that you care of is the worst thing you can do, you relive the scene over and over, trying to change what you done but it's too late, the past is the past. I think it's because of the alcohol but Inco open himself like he never did before, nobody opened like that to me expect one person, Fang, on that rooftop when we were at highschool. After few minutes, we go outside, most of the people are already sleeping so we walk towards our tents and set ourselves to rest just a little before the real work begin. That was fun, when i arrived i was excited to fight but now, i'm stressed, it's kinda scaring me. I hardly fall asleep with all the toughts in my mind but i finally find myself a good spot to sleep. I hope everything is going to be okay...