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C.K. Banner

Short Stories
- The Battle for Humanity (Part One)

The Battle for Humanity (Part One) (11 ratings)
         by C.K. Banner
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In that moment every single man, woman and child were one. Hundreds started boarding their ships. This mission was too wide scale for the pulse satellite. It didn’t have the power to teleport all of us. I boarded a Sky Hawk Carrier at three thirty-two in the morning. The date was June 24th. It was a Thursday.

***

I had never been to Africa before all of this. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve felt this to be my home. The wildlife, the beautiful fields. When this is over, I made a promise to myself to live here. Hundreds of Wildebeest ran away as we approached. By the time we had touched down, thousands of other Sky Hawk Carriers were arriving. The air was filling up with Ranger Aircraft. And the ground was now crawling with (J.T.) Juggernaut Tanks. This is our first protection. About one thousand would be formed in double arcs. Their firepower is amazing. Not only do they have your basic hell power blow them up capabilities, but also over the last year they’ve been equipped with a new matter disperser; the HELIX. It’s a light that makes anything in its path break apart. Their position is known as Raleigh point E. Behind them, is a vast infantry of blue stripes. Both on foot and in vehicles such as Battle Trucks. These are the best of the best, carrying MAT 56’s, Omni Canons, Tech Death, Hinders etc. Their position is Raleigh point D. If by any chance the smaller fleets of Egaji get passed the Tanks, they have to battle with these guys. Behind them, we have something called the Dead Zone. It’s an area that stretches for ten miles long in which no machine, Egaji or ours can pass through without being critically damaged. This is a safe guard, and is powered by our satellites. This will hopefully force the remainder of them to spread out even thinner. This is known as Raleigh point C. Behind it is where we have our mobile infantry. Thousands of heavily armed and trained soldiers. They use different long-range weapons such as the Sniper Canon, and the Bull’s-eye. These guys are deadly accurate. They are at Raleigh point B. Then theirs us. Commander Troy and I stand at Raleigh point A. Gunners are set up all through out this area, to take out Egaji aircraft and Egaji ground forces. These gunners are electronically operated from different bases. Very powerful as well. I take a moment and take in the site. Marvelous.

"The Egaji will not pass our defenses Lieutenant." Said Commander Troy as he stared off into the dark landscape. "It is something we cannot allow."

"I agree with you Commander. Hopefully we will maintain..."

"-They will not pass our defenses Lieutenant." He said sharply. "It is an impossibility."

"Ok?" I didn’t understand what he meant.

"Come with me please." Commander Troy began to walk down to where a Sky Hawk was landing. He motioned to the other nine Elect to follow. We walked down a hundred meters, soldiers of the mobile infantry looking back at us. I almost smirked at how funny I must’ve looked walking next to these monumental figures. When we got there I noticed something peculiar about this Sky Hawk. The I.D. on the side had the United Union Logo on it. It’s peculiar because the U.U. is our experimental weapons developer. You usually don’t get a visit from them unless you’re about to try some new never before used arm. As we got to the Carrier, about thirty U.U. personnel were bringing out hover fighters.

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