Will to Live?
by Rickard Feiff

He took a jumping start out of the trench and started to run over the deadly field of fire towards the enemy trenches. The Legion had dug in here several months ago and they had been fighting them ever since, but now he had been given the asignment to make a "delivery" that may turn the tide of war on this asteroid for all future. His strong legs moved him with speed that surprised even his comrades that watched him run from their safe positions in the trench. he didn't care. He just ran. He was carrying the "package" under his right arm. It was a bio-chemical bomb based on the same principle as Capitols Agent Red-grenades. This bomb would melt all legionaries within range like butter in a oven. It would create a hole in their defence. he didn't care, he just ran.

A bullet hit him in his leg but his heavy armor saved him from getting damaged. The momentum of the bullet was almost enough to knock him prone. But it didn't. He kept running. The bullets kept coming. from both directions. His comrades was giving covering fire now. He was hit in the head by a bullet. Knocked down. He waited a while and then tried to get up. Then he tried to run. Faster.

He could see the enemy defence lines clearly now. they were defending a citadel that landed on this asteroid half a year ago but the landing was unstable and the citadel was damaged and they lost many of their troops. His corp had tried to wipe them from the surface ever since. They tried to defend they damaged citadel while trying to repair it. He didn't care, he just kept running.

He could see the legionaries and the necromutants now. They were firing at him. He got hit several times. His armor saved him from destruction time after time. He fell several times. He didn't care.

Suddenly he was there, jumping into the enemy trench with the bomb. He pushed the detonation button when he hit the ground and everything became a cloud of red gas.

He stood among the melting legionaries and for the first time since he started running he actually thou ght about his actions, his long run and the thought was:
DELIVERY.EXE COMPLETE
STARTING EVALUTE.DEF
__EVALTUTE.DEF COMPLETE
___THREAT ASSESSMENT: 0
STARTING HOME.MVM
_SUB EXECUTE REPORT.BSE

Finally SQ3-76941, "John", the Attila unit that had been asigned the duty to deliver the "package" could return home. He didn't care.

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