To Ment A Shattered Soul

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Hello all this is my first entry and first time delving into this form of writing while this chapter has no sex it is used to lay some of the groundwork for the rest of the story as always comments and constructive critisms are always welcome enjoy!!! Also lastly but not least i would like to thank my editor fairydedanann you are a great help!!

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"Wha-what the hell just happened‭?"‬ I said out loud to myself.‭ ‬My room continued to shake from the explosion just outside,‭ ‬at least it sounded and felt that way.‭ "‬What was that‭? ‬Was it a controlled-det,‭ ‬incoming,‭ ‬or what‭?" ‬I asked my roommates.‭ ‬None of them knew.‭ ‬Then one of our unit's platoon leaders opens up the door to make sure we are all‭ "‬ok‭"‬.‭ ‬We all were thank God.

Thus is life for a deployed soldier,‭ ‬mortars always at the forefront of one's mind but rarely land close enough to truly freak one out.‭ ‬Unless you're a newbie which‭ ‬I'm not but still only on my second tour.‭ ‬While on my first I was a U.S Army PFC working as‭ an OH-58 Kiowa weapons mechanic. ‬This tour I'm flying the helos but instead of my old Kiowa,‭ ‬I am flying the AH-64‭ ‬apache,‭ ‬the Army and the World's premier attack helicopter.‭ ‬Now I am‭ ‬in Iran doing what I'm trained to do‭—‬kill. ‭

While this may be distasteful to many people back‭ ‬home, even‭ ‬downright revolting.‭ ‬I am honored to do my role in the war for when I kill the enemy,‭ ‬my brothers and sisters in‭ ‬arms get to live another day.‭ ‬Another day that draws them closer to having the ones they love in their arms,‭ ‬and that helps me sleep at night.

I'm lost in thought as I hear and feel a massive explosion on the other side of base.‭ ‬All hell breaks loose just as our company executive officer nearly breaks the door down to tell us we were hit by an ICBM or intercontinental ballistic missile. The blast took out most of the bases battalion and division command center.‭ ‬We are all in shock‭ ‬and then realize that retaliation will be next.‭ ‬Sure enough the next words out of our XO's mouth were.

"‬EVERYONE GET TO Y‭'‬ALLS BIRDS‭!‬ THE MISSLE CAME FROM TEHRAN AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING‭!"

With that came the full on sprint by all the pilots to our birds where the maintenance crews had most the preflight check finished and our gear was waiting heloside.‭ ‬As we loaded into our birds and began our run-up checks,‭ ‬command was giving us our briefing on the mission that lay ahead of us.‭ ‬Afterward,‭ ‬I was once again lost in thought as my gunner did his run-ups,‭ ‬which would have us ready to head into battle.‭

Looking out across the airfield,‭ ‬I see that‭ ‬is as busy as I've ever seen it.‭ ‬At least‭ ‬100‭ ‬Kiowa's and Apaches getting ready to take‭ ‬off as well as the‭ 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment or SOAR's Nightstalkers UH-60M Blackhawks‬ whom were tasked out to the rangers prepping to drop in the hurtin‭' ‬after we made it semi-safe for them to land.‭ ‬But they didn't care either way. These guys,‭ ‬especially our medevac pilots,‭ ‬would land even in the middle of a firefight, if it meant being able to bring fellow warriors home.‭ ‬Alive or dead it matters not to us they WILL come home.

On the next pad over I could see the air force getting ready to do their thing as well with around‭ ‬20‭ ‬or‭ ‬30‭ ‬f-16‭'‬s and f-15‭'‬s. Our commanding officer suddenly comes over the com,‭ ‬telling us we all have clearance to take off,‭ ‬snapping me out of my trance.‭ ‬With that we were in the air and heading east.

Even before we left‭ the airspace over the base,‬ our minds instantly hardened as we passed over the impact site and saw that about half the brigades who had assets in this portion of Iran had lost their command posts with countless dead.‭ ‬Those who were not directly involved in the firefight cheered and threw their fists in support of our impending assault in retaliation to those fallen.‭ ‬We were‭ ‬witnesses as many more warriors‭ ‬perished as a nearby fuel truck exploded engulfing the firefighters and the armoured troop carriers that were on the side of the road providing security for the firemen,‭ ‬incase a ground attack happened.

"‬OH MY GOD‭"!‬ I heard my gunner say as the flames engulfed them and snuffed the life out of my fellow soldiers.‭ ‬None of us could help reacting to this with anything but pure unadulterated rage billowing inside them,‭ ‬chomping at the bit to get to Tehran and wreak absolute havoc upon the‭ ‬Iranian military.

"‬Mountain Eagle One,‭ ‬this is Mercury One.‭ ‬You are eighty kilimeters out from the target area.‭ ‬Scout Cav One-Nine will be sending all attack units target‭ ‬Intel within the minute over‭."‬

‭"‬Roger that,‭" ‬was our commanders reply and with that we dropped down to‭ ‬twenty feet off the ground preparing to begin our assault on the capital city of Iran.

"‬This is Chalk One lead confirming all chalks have received target information‭."‬‭ ‬As my gunner looked at the information,‭ ‬I could almost‭ ‬see him slip‭ ‬on a sadistic smile that I knew all the other pilots and gunners‭ ‬were wearing as well,‭ ‬myself included.

"‬Looks like there's plenty to go‭ ‬around‭" ‬my gunner said to me.‭ ‬I couldn't help but chuckle to myself at the realization that this would soon be a bloodbath of lovely epic proportions.

‭"‬Chalk One,‭ ‬lead has visual on target area‭"‬.

With that came the settling feeling of the vengeance that would soon be wrought in‭ ‬our brothers and sisters honor.‭ ‬Even though lead had called over the radio he had visual,‭ ‬it was only for command back at Forward Operating Base Normandy.‭ ‬We already saw all the smoke billowing from the city.

"‬Well looks like the Air force has beat us to the punch boys.‭" ‬My gunner said but‭ ‬that‭ ‬was of no concern to me because they only were hitting larger,‭ ‬harder targets like Surface To Air missile systems and Anti-Aircraft Artillery‭ emplacements‬ and bunkers,‭ ‬that would do nothing‭ ‬to hinder us in killing the enemy. But he,‭ ‬like all of us had been riled into a blood frenzy and we wanted to spill all the blood we could.‭ ‬Finally,‭ ‬the words we were all waiting for squawked over the radio.

‭"‬This is Scout Cav-One-Nine relaying final updated target acquisition information to all attack units now‭...‬happy hunting battles‭."

‭"‬Information received‭ ‬One-Nine a happy hunting it shall be.‭ ‬Hell Hound‭ ‬One out‭" ‬was my only reply before we neared the berm that surrounded Tehran that the Kiowa's has been using as cover to relay us our intelligence.

"‬Task force lead to all call‭ ‬signs,‭ ‬break from patrol formations and move to attack formations‭."

‭"‬Hellhound‭ ‬1‭ ‬copies‭."‬

Finally,‭ ‬the moment of truth‭ ‬arrived as we‭ ‬flew over the‭ burms that surrounded ‬Tehran. We were now in sight of the city and its plethora of targets,‭ ‬and then came the words we were all waiting for.

‭"‬Task force lead to all call signs:‭ ‬you are clear to engage all primary designated targets and targets of opportunity‭."

‬With that,‭ ‬all hell‭ ‬broke loose.‭ ‬All the Apaches‭ ‬fired all of their sixteen hellfire missiles.‭ ‬Each‭ ‬missile flew to‭ ‬their respective target and the city exploded into a vast fireball of hellish proportions,‭ ‬obliterating all of our intended targets.‭ ‬Unknowingly,‭ ‬I began to emit a freakishly animalistic growl from my lungs,‭ ‬without any thought to the fact that the source of the growl was also the source of‭ ‬immense grief before I deployed.‭ ‬This only slightly disturbed my gunner.

"‬Now the real fun begins‭" ‬I thought to myself as we began cruising around the city looking for targets of our own as the Night Stalkers came in to drop off their troops to begin taking the city house by house.

"‬This is Ranger Chalk‭ ‬Five requesting immediate air support from any and all available units over‭!"

‭"‬Roger that Hellhound‭ ‬One.‭ ‬Inbound,‭ estimated time of arrival, one minute‬.‭"

Another apache,‭ ‬flown by one of my closest friends‭ ‬who is more of a brother then a friend,‭ ‬fell in beside me. We made our way to aid our ground-pounder brethren.‭ ‬As we neared the scene,‭ ‬we could tell things were going to be messy.‭ ‬A group of‭ ‬twelve infantry rangers were‭ ‬hunkered down inside a fountain in the middle of the plaza of the political sector of the city using it as cover against the assault by the Iranian army whom had them surrounded.

"‬HERE COMES BIG BROTHER‭!" ‬My gunner yells at the rangers though they couldn't hear him.

Immediately we locked on targets throughout the plaza as we slipped into our‭ "‬battle mind‭" ‬where nothing else existed but the job at hand and were are able to do our job with deadly effect.‭ ‬We began to work on the enemy with our‭ ‬thirty-milimeter machine gun,‭ ‬destroying buildings and subsequently the enemy as well. Suddenly,‭ ‬the ranger commander yells to us to watch our‭ ‬back, ‭ ‬I could see him gesturing wildly.‭ ‬We turned,‭ ‬climbing to maneuver out of the threat, suddenly ‬our bird's tail boom is destroyed with a rocket round.‭ ‬We dropped quickly as we were no longer able to fly,‭ ‬spinning all the way.

‭"‬Hellhound‭ ‬One going down I say again Hellhound One is going down.‭ ‬Grid quadrant one-seven-niner over‭!!!" ‬Not one instant later we slam into the hard desert ground nose first, flipping and turning as momentum, and‭ ‬Sir Isaacs law saw fit,‭ ‬ending with us landing on our side thankfully with the doors facing down and elevated, and not blocked,‭ ‬facing‭ ‬away from the enemy.

"‬OVER HERE‭!" ‬I heard the Ranger Chalk Commander yell from his cover, as I helped my gunner,‭ ‬Brian Delaine,‭ ‬up off the ground.‭ "‬Ok good no external injures,‭" ‬I thought to myself after I heard the ranger call out to us.‭ ‬We began to sprint to the fountain and as soon as we vaulted over the wall a‭ ‬rocket round slammed into the opposite side of the wall we are on.

"‬Thought we would give y‭'‬all a hand sir,‭" ‬I said to the ranger captain in charge of the squad.‭ ‬His reply was to hand us both additional mags for our M-4‭ ‬rifles,‭ and to give us the locations of the machine gun nests and mortar pit so that we could relay the information to our fellow attack pilots already nearby.

"‬Hellhound Two,‭ ‬this is Hellhound One:‭ ‬I have grid coordinates for mortor pits and requesting air support to remove threats over‭"‬.

‭"‬Hellhound One‭ ‬that's a good copy.‭ ‬Haha figures I‭'‬d have to come save y‭'‬alls asses at some point this battle‭"‬.

"‬Yeah,‭ ‬yeah,‭ ‬yeah‭ ‬two just get your ass over here.‭ ‬Things are starting to get more‭ ‬than a little hot.‭ ‬Hold off One Minute,‭ ‬I gotta get an A-10‭ ‬over here.‭ ‬The‭ ‬Rocket teams are about to get to high up these buildings‭"‬.

"‬This is Hellhound One to all heavy air support:‭ ‬I have grid coordinates for multiple‭ ‬RPG teams in the high-rise in the political sector over‭"‬.

‭"‬Hellhound One this is Heavens Wrath‭ ‬Seven:‭ ‬eta with‭ ‬two‭ ‬one-ton precision bombs thirty seconds that high-rise is as good as gone‭"

"Hellhound‭ ‬One copies‭"‬. I relayed the info to my gunner and the‭ ‬ranger crew.‭ ‬We hunkered down as the A-10‭ ‬flew in and dropped its ordinance. The resulting explosion decimated the building and covered us all with dust and dirt,‭ ‬along all manner of things that included a hand from one of the enemy soldiers.‭

"Ohhhhhhh,‭ ‬messy haha‭! ‬Anyone hungry‭?‬" I called out with a wicked smile and odd excitement as my wingman came in to‭ "‬mop up‭" ‬the remaining targets we could not get.‭ ‬Those of us on the ground continued to engage and eliminate the enemy that appeared in our lines of fire.

Suddenly I see a‭ ‬RPG team come up on top of the massive rubble pile where the high rise once was,‭ ‬giving the team a perfect shot into the fountain‭ ‬to kill‭ ‬Brian,‭ ‬the Ranger Chalk,‭ ‬and me.‭ ‬I watched the‭ ‬RPG team,‭ ‬and tried and draw a bead on‭ ‬the leader to kill him. As if on‭ ‬cue,‭ ‬as I began to squeeze the trigger of my weapon,‭ ‬he gets a shot off.‭ ‬The trajectory‭ ‬angled the rocket‭ ‬just below my friend's apache. My friend was watching and out of‭ ‬instinct to save our lives dropped his tail boom to intercept the‭ ‬RPG,‭ ‬causing his bird to spin out of control.‭ ‬All I could do is watch as one of my best friend's‭ ‬helo then flipped and landed upside down crushing the crew compartment and killing both of them.

"‬ADAM‭! ‬What the fuck‭?‬ Let me out there‭! ‬Those fuckers are mine‭!"‬ Those were the last coherent words I‭ ‬uttered before Brian grabbed me and pulled me back inside the fountain,‭ ‬slamming me into the inside of the cover we were behind.

"‬NO,‭ ‬NO,‭ ‬NO,‭ ‬NO,‭ ‬NO,‭ ‬NO,‭ ‬NO,‭ ‬NO,‭ ‬NO‭! ‬This can't be happening‭!"‬ My mind screamed repeatedly‭ ‬on the verge of,‭ ‬what I thought,‭ ‬was a nervous breakdown.‭ ‬First‭ ‬I lose my wife and son to a rabid‭ "‬mega wolf‭" ‬and now this.

‭"‬Oh God I'm losing it‭"‬,‭ ‬is all I could think as I begin‭ ‬to feel a pacing in my mind, ‬Something wild and enraged that kept repeating:‭ "‬Let me out, ‬Vengeance can be ours‭"

"D‭!‬ SNAP OUT OF IT BUDDY IM RIGHT HERE‭!" ‬Brian screams at me to try‭ ‬to bring me back to reality but all he gets out of me is a blank stare and incoherent mumbling.‭ "Snap out of it Devon‭! ‬You have to get back to the firefight.‭ ‬All this is your mind‭"!‬ I kept telling myself,‭ ‬while whatever it was‭ ‬paced and steadily insistenced to let it out in the back of my mind,‭ ‬to get his revenge for me. This kept going for a few minutes while everyone watched and waited for me to come to. I finally relented and I let whatever it was out.‭ ‬Dear God, I've just lost my mind

"‬Chief,‭ ‬he's convulsing get him out of‭ ‬his body armor and on his side‭!‬" The ranger medic interceded and began to look me over for injuries to explain the symptoms.

"‬What the hell is going on‭?" ‬The medic said confusing the hell out everyone. Finally after a minute or two all he muttered was:‭ "‬no f'n way,‭ ‬I've gotta quit reading all those sci-fi books.‭ ‬Whoa,‭ ‬wait a second is it just me or is he growing hair all over his body‭?

"‬WHAT THE FUCK‭?‬ LOOK AT HIS TEETH‭!‬" The medic screamed as he launched himself back and away from my ever-changing form.‭ ‬Suddenly,‭ ‬I began to emit a feral growl as everything goes black‭...

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AnonymousAnonymousabout 8 years ago
And?

And?

bejeweledcatbejeweledcatabout 11 years ago

dshort, I hope you will keep going with this story. I really enjoyed this first chapter and have been waiting for the next.

AnonymousAnonymousover 11 years ago
Distasteful

Black and white morals, dubious ethics. Don't think - feel the blood bond and react with ALL the intellect of your testicles.

Congratulations.

Please.

AnonymousAnonymousover 11 years ago
bad bad bad

just a nother want to be writer who can't finish a story.

bearmad1963bearmad1963over 11 years ago
Love It

Great start please keep going with the next chapter.

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