Chapter 263: To The New Land (Part 1)

John Rigen's perspective

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"Urgh...!". - I woke up after using the teleport machine, my brain fell so shocked, and quite painful

I feel that I'm lying on the ground, maybe others in my group are in the same circumstance too. Every time we use this machine, we have to take a certain physical damage, from the upper to the lower part of our body. Now not just my head hurts, but also my eyes, my neck, my legs, every part of my body.

I try to move my fingers, and can feel that some of them are working finely. I look up the sky to see the blue sky above. But my eyes are hurt, they're a bit blurred too. But at least, I'll be able to get up soon.

According to the plan, we chose to come to Warsaw as the 1st solution. King Ralla had sent us two of his best men as our bodyguards. They're Rachu - an elf woman elite guard and Tanrelli - an elf man, also an elite guard.

The location we picked to be the place for us to teleport was in the Capital city - Keris. The Palace's backyard (Because it's always deserted, no one guards there). Rivia's group was sent to Warsaw first, on a helicopter by midnight. They are garrisoning in the backyard right at this moment.

About us, we got in the teleport machine when it was in the morning. The machine is under the warehouse of the village of Zaira. So lucky when its program has the Palace, set to be useable.

Now all of us are paralyzed and on the ground, I hope her group finds me. I can't do anything more than lying here, I hope I can move out. Alright... I can lift my right hand, then slowly get up by my feet. Not strong enough, must push more force on it.

"Naegres, 'aera aelc...".  (Sergeant, area's clear...). - All of sudden, I heard Lt. Rivia's voice sounding teasingly, some footsteps could be heard heading toward us.  "Noyreve, leh eht u".  (Everyone, help them up). - Slowly, someone lifted me up, so did the others in my group

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...!!!". - All of sudden, I heard someone vomiting

I look in that direction and see that's my wife. She is vomiting terribly, her vomit makes the ground wet, Reimi is coming to her to help her. Rivia's soldiers start coming toward my wife. They are aiding her to stop her vomiting.

"Someone give me a cloth!". - Reimi shouted out, asking for a cloth

"Here". - Rivia gave my wife's servant a cloth

Reimi starts cleaning my wife's mouth, she does it carefully and slowly, she also glances at me. I come close to my wife, I just know to pat her head to comfort her.

"Must be from using the machine, it causes side effects sometimes". - Lt. Rivia said to us, then took another cloth from her buddy.  "Here...". - She handed it to me, then I handed it to Reimi

"It's bad, my Lord".  "Is Her Highness having some kind of illness? She's been like this several times". - What do you mean by saying that, Reimi?

"What?".

"This is not the only one, she vomited several times before, she feels more tired than usual these days too".  "This is bad, this is bad... please hang on, my Highness". - Done saying to us worriedly, Reimi returned cleaning my wife's mouth and parts of her clothes that carried the vomit

"Wait... does she feel allergic to intense smells these days?". - All of sudden, Rachu came in and said oddly.  "I mean... normal dishes become intense to her, her taste changes". - Wait wait wait, did I just hear something wrong? If it's truly happening to my wife then she is now... pregnant!

"Yes, but Her Highness always tries to eat even when the food doesn't suit her".

"Oh my Goddess...". - Rachu covered her mouth, looking at her buddy Tanrelli happily.  "Dear... seems like an innocent soul is about to be sent down". - What the hell...? These elves are partners or something? Or a couple?

"Pregnant or not, but we're in the middle of the mission". - Rivia said back to them, then started lifting my wife up gently and slowly

"I'm okay...". - My wife said to the woman.  "John...". - She grabbed my hand, slowly pulled me closer to her.  "Reimi, help me walk".

"Understood". - Reimi immediately got my wife's shoulder, she started helping her to walk forward

"I didn't know that...". - Shera said in her surprise.  "I just felt strange about my body, felt more tired, more intense to the smell... I didn't know what was wrong with me". - She looked at me with her happy eyes, my wife hugged my right hand very tightly.  "Now it turns out that I'm pregnant...! I'm about to become a mother". - Shera was very excited, she was about to hug me

"I'm happy to see that too".  "We're about to become mom and dad, Shera".

"Yes yes...!". - My wife was about to jump up because of her excitement.  "Haaahhhh! I'm sorry, I should hold myself back, but I can't!". - Her head fell on my chest, my wife is whimpering, excitedly asking me to pat her, cuddle her

"Alright alright...". - I patted my wife, then made a serious face at our bodyguards, telling them not to lose their concentration but to focus on their duty

"Her Highness started being like this maybe a week ago as I remember, my Lord". - Then Reimi started speaking to me while helping my wife to walk.  "At first I thought she was having some kind of illness".  "I was about to search for a healer and things came to us". - Done saying, Reimi looked at my wife's belly with her happy eyes

"Look how happy she is...". - Done saying, Reimi looked away, she seemed to be feeling... a bit sad?

Yeah, I understand why she feels that way. Due to the previous incident, the dangerous birth control pill that I got her drunk, Reimi is having difficulty having a child. It doesn't mean she can't have a child, but that percentage is hard for her. Reimi only wishes to have a child to succeed in her bodyguard job.

That's all she wanted to do, but I ruined her wish.

"Before goin' inside to see and convince the King, follow me a bit, Sir". - Lt. Rivia told us to follow her and her men.  "Well, we've just captured these two".  "They seem to be having high roles in the place, let's interrogate 'em, mmm?". - She smirked, then raised her hand with an open palm

Just a blink of an eye, two women can be seen being thrown down from the chopper's door. Their hands and legs are tied up, their mouths are sealed by ropes. An Orc soldier approaches the women with a knife that looks like a KA-BAR. He slowly cuts the ropes that are sealing their mouth, allowing those girls to open their mouths.

"Wait, they're...". - My wife and Reimi were surprised, but I didn't expect to see 'em here

"Your Highness?!". - Turned out those women were Paula and Litra - who used to be Sarah's private maid and her Lord's advisor.  "Please get us out of here, Your Highness! Please help us, these monsters are going to kill us!".  "Ple-".

"Eh, lrig! Uhs u, uhs ht cuk u!".  (Hey, girls! Shut up, shut the fuck up!).  "No rom let, oy ae a dnac I uoy aeh!".  (One more yell, you eat a candy in your head!). - Rivia kept asking the women to shut up, she even pointed a pistol at one's head

"Goddess, please save us!!!". - Litra kept yelling, hoping someone would save her. While Paula was panicked, but she tried to calm down, she didn't yell but trembled

"Please don't scare them". - My wife and Reimi told Rivia not to scare the women

We later approach both of them, Reimi slowly crouches down to see 'em. Litra and Paula are calming down. Reimi's now following my wife's order, she will be asking things to those women.

When I am standing beside my wife, I keep my eyes on her pregnant belly. Shera's focusing on Reimi and the captured women, my wife doesn't notice my glance. Right now, I feel very happy, I'm about to become a father. But first, maybe I should smash my head and replace my brain with a normal one.

I just... not just this time, I doubt many things in my life. Even when I know I'm just thinking about fake things, the real things make me nervous that they are not "real", but fake ones.

I just... think that the fetus inside Shera's belly isn't mine, as if my wife is having a child with someone. I know I have problems, I can't control myself from thinking negative things, especially fake things. Now the fetus inside her belly, I think isn't mine. My crazy thoughts keep driving me crazy, I think unreasonably!

In the previous timeline, in the forest just only had both of us together. I still thought, doubting that Eris wasn't my child at all. Now again... my mind keeps thinking crazy things, I should smash it till my brain breaks, then I'll replace it with a new one!

I think my wife is cheating on me, enjoying the affair, a faithless wife. But that thing never happens, I just keep creating fake scenarios in my mind, I can't control it!!!

The real is, I am, an asshole, I keep cheating on my wife, this time to another. Fucking shit... I'm sick, I'm sick in my head! I must replace my brain! I must not trouble my family!!!

Now I'm thinking about who made my wife get pregnant! Was that Cawess, or King Ralla! Or someone that I don't know! What the fucking that I'm thinking about!

I'm a fucking shit... I must stop myself from thinking about those things. Those aren't real, I'm fooling myself, help me! Shit, I can't stop thinking about it when I accidentally think about it.

John, you should learn that your wife never betrays you! Only you do that to her!!!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...! I'll fucking kill that baby if it isn't mine!!! I'll kill it!!!!!

"Urgh...!". - All of sudden, my wife's painful moan woke me up from my crazy thoughts

"You squeezed me, John... your hand". - My wife glanced at me, feeling pain when I squeezed her hand too tight.  "You okay?". - She saw my glaring eyes, the anger showing in my eyeballs

"Yeah... I'm fine". - I put my wife's hand away, to make sure she would be safe.  "Hmmm... a bit headache, I'll get there to take some air". - Then I started walking to a garden nearby.  "Stay right there, I'll be back soon...". - Sorry, my wife, you only live in danger as long as I'm still with you, I'm never fine at all!

"Wait, John, tell me what is your problem and I w-".

"I said I'm fine! Don't come near me! Get out!!!". - Sorry, Shera!

I come to the garden, then stand there, inhaling and exhaling tiredly. I try to control my breath, I want to stop thinking about unreal things, I don't want to trouble my dear family, not anymore. Done exhaling, I lower my head slowly. I look at the grass, thinking about my future, peaceful family ahead.

"Sir, congratulations on about to become a dad!".  "Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!". - All of sudden, I was startled when someone came to me from behind, he even clapped

"Oh, that's you, Tanrelli?".

"Yeah, I must follow you all the time". - Then he pointed his thumb behind.  "Don't worry about your wife and her bodyguard, Sir, my wife is guarding them right now".

"Both of you are a couple?".

"Yeah, Sir...". - He lowered his face, then sighed.  "We joined the Army for a while, just newly met here... and got married two years ago...".

"..............". - I hope talking with this elf man will help me to distract myself from thinking about those unreal things.  "Why didn't you two retire from the Army? It's dangerous to have a family in arms... war is miserable".

"We elven countries are very peaceful, Sir, especially areas which aren't near NMZ". - The man later looked at me, smiling a bit.  "We also want our children to live in the struggle a bit, to help them learn about more things in life".

"You guys have children in the Army or what...?".

"Sigh...". - He sighed, his face's expression now seemed to be quite sad.  "That attempt, the pregnant broke... uhhh...". - Then he shut his mouth up, didn't say anything else

"......". - Sorry to hear that, pal, losing your child isn't the thing we want to hear or see either... good luck next time!

"Hmmm... Sir". - He suddenly called me, so I looked up.  "Don't be so tense like earlier, you're about to become a dad, cheer up". - He tapped on my shoulder.  "Remember t-".

"John, I think we should go now...". - All of sudden, my wife, Reimi and Rachu approached us

I look closely, and see Paula and Litra slowly following my wife's group. The ropes that used to tie their legs, had been cut off since when, it's odd. Rivia's men are handing those women to us. They forcefully kick Litra to my position.

"Remember to lead them to your Sire, don't run away". - Done saying, the Lieutenant glanced at me.  "Sergeant, we'll be here to wait for y'all".  "Finish your things, get here and we'll pick you up".

"Nod".

"Watch your ass if things go worse, jump in our bird fast".

"Please follow me, my Lord". - Litra told me to follow her, then she led the way

"Eh, 'tel vah mos koms".  (Hey, let's have some smoke). - Rivia immediately returned to her men, she started pulling out some cigarettes

We start following Paula's lead, she walks in the hallway and moves slowly. Tanrelli comes up and draws his bow and arrows out to scout. Meanwhile, Rachu stays from behind to guard the backside of our group. Paula is near Reimi, she later comes up.

"How did they get captured?". - I asked my wife while walking forward.  "Huh...?". - My wife grabbed my hand, then pointed to Reimi

"I'm the one who interrogated them, only I know to answer, my Lord". - Reimi got closer to me, about to talk.  "Oh...". - But she immediately kept a bit of distance when my wife glared at her, poor Reimi

"Paula was ordered to buy some things to decorate the Queen's room".  "But she's new here, so Litra had to lead her around here, guiding her the use of the backyard as a backdoor".  "That's how they got captured, my Lord... Rivia's men spotted them, they were in sight". - Despite having many questions, I'll patiently ask Reimi

"They should've been working in the castle of Stansa, why are they here?".

"Right after we... disappeared, Paula was sent back to work in Stansa". - When it came to the word "disappeared", Reimi whispered to me.  "While Litra was brought before His Majesty to take testimony... it led to nothing".  "But she was kept here to wait till the search got more information... so she ended up working here".

"What's about Paula...?". - Paula wasn't been taken to take testimony, huh? Maybe that's because she's struggling in communicating, kind of a shy young girl

"She was reported to be a clean, hard-working maid... so she got here". - The reason sounds so simple to me

"......................". - I want to know who is the current Queen of Warsaw, but I think I won't need to do that

When I meet up with this Monarch, his wife will surely be seen with him. Just wondering how would he react if he sees this brother-in-law and his little sister visit him.

"Maybe that's all I wanna know about". - Done saying to her, Reimi nodded and then stepped back

"Litra said my homeland is still fine, there weren't any big problems in three years". - My wife later talked to me, she got closer to me.  "What a nice day today... I'm pregnant, my homeland's still fine, we're on our way to make a mission".

"I know you two hate each other a lot...".  "Could you please make up with my brother, John...? I don't want to see conflict in my family". - Shera, he doesn't worth having a little sister, especially a caring like you

"Yeah yeah, of course". - I patted my wife's head, gently and sweetly

"We're about to have a baby... we're about to have a baby...". - Shera fell into my chest, repeatedly saying the words.  "Ahhh... I wonder what name should we put for our child". - She grabbed my hand tighter, staring at me with full of excitement.  "Ahhh... John...". - My wife's feeling ecstatic, maybe I shouldn't disturb her because she's still excited with the news about our child

"It depends on its gender".

"If our child is a daughter, I would like to name her Eris". - She looked up to see my reaction, then pressed her face to my chest.  "Sniff! Sniff! Sniff! Sniff! Sniff! Sniff!". - Maybe my wife needs a space to calm down, she's losing her mind a bit.  "If that's a son... my dad's name... can I?".

"Yeah yeah". - I headpatted my wife once again

I know she misses her deceased parents a lot. From her father, her mother, her uncle... my wife's lost most of her family members, only her brother and I left.

"I know you're happy, but remember, we're in the mid of the mission". - I cuddled my wife, but couldn't stop myself from focusing on the mission

"Yes, I know...".  "Sniff! Sniff!". - My wife sniffed my body's scents to taste, enjoy them

"Can you please release me?". - All of sudden, Litra complained to us, asking us to cut off the ropes that were tying her hands and Paula's

"Can't do, you may try to escape, Lady". - Tanrelli spoke to the woman, then he started moving forward to scout

"You'll be released when we're sure you won't do anything against us". - I announced it to those two, then kept my eyes on the path

"Two targets spotted, left side, the garden". - All of sudden, Tanrelli whispered to us

I glance at the man, and see him staying behind a left side Knight statue in the hallway. He keeps looking at the left side, which is an outdoor area of a small garden. We also slowly come up then use obstacles to cover behind 'em.

"Wait, do not hurt them". - Litra spoke up.  "That's His Majesty and the Queen".

Hearing her words, we stay silent and focus on the garden ahead. From what I see, a pair of white chairs and a round white table can be seen on the ground, two people can be seen sitting together. The table's surface has a teapot and a pair of cups or something... an outdoor date?

Only see both of them, no one else is nearby. No guard, no maid, it's easy for us to approach Hoster right now. However, I would like to observe more. Must make sure approaching him is safe, then I'll consider my next move to finish the objective.

I can see Hoster is a man with a black coat. He's the one who wears the Crown on his head, he is cuddling... a blonde girl. I take a look at the blonde woman, she looks a bit... battered to me. Her clothes seem to be made of rags, while her face... seems to be dirty and even pale.

Yeah, not just her face but her body also looks pale. She is quite skinny, wearing glasses, pink color. Wait a minute... pink glasses... is she Sherry?!

That should be possible. Hoster loves Sherry, so she may be the one who is sitting beside him. But how could he do this to the one he loves...? Her eyes and her face don't look fine at all. As if the woman's now lost her mind.

"That's a sad story...". - Litra turned around, glancing at us.  "As you can see, that's the Queen of Warsaw".  "These recent days, His Majesty doesn't work at all... he just... stays with her, all the time".

"Urrr... ehhh... ahhh... ehhh...". - Sherry suddenly uttered unintelligible words, she seemed to have noticed our existence.  "Errr... urrr... ahh". - She tried to point a finger at me, she was trembling as she saw me among the people

I used to rape her, so no wonder when she behaves that way when I'm nearby. However, Sherry seems to have lost her mind, her body and her soul have been broken from the inside to the outside, all of it. Don't know what to say more about it.

"Poor her...". - My wife felt so emotional right now.  "No no no, what happened to her?". - She pressed her face on my chest, trying to avoid looking at her sister-in-law

I don't know what to say, most of us go silent. We're taking pity on the girl before us.

"Hey, my love... calm down, nothing is here". - Hoster grabbed Sherry's hands, holding her, then pulled her to his chest.  "Nothing bad is gonna happen, nothing bad is gonna happen to you, Sherry". - He patted her head, then started cuddling her face

"I'm sorry, it must be rough for you to stay in there for a year...".  "Now you're free, you'll be happy... both of us are gonna have a child... allow me to do it, my love?".

"Nod! Nod! Nod! Nod! Nod!". - Sherry nodded constantly, she kept trembling pitifully

"I'm sorry...". - Hoster pulled Sherry to his chest, then hugged her with his tears.  "I'm sorry... that's my fault".

"What happened to her...?". - I turned to see Litra, she sighed before opening her mouth

"His Majesty proposed to her right after the war... she declined it".  "And he ended up killing her parents to keep her with him, she was forced to marry him". - She suddenly covered her face, not saying anything else

"Basement... basement...". - Paula suddenly spoke up

"She fell in love with the General... Dunkel...". - Litra returned to speak again.  "They made a coupe, the man was killed and she was jailed in the basement".  "He tortured... I mean... he broke her mind".  "She's just been released recently, her mind can't be normal anymore".

".............". - This isn't the right moment to meet him, but to me, I have no choice left.  "Let's move, I wanted to give him some time but we have no choice left". - Done saying, I started approaching the garden to meet the King

"Wait...". - My wife was about to stop me, but she knew it would be late to do that

"You... you!!!!!". - Hoster accidentally saw me, he fell from his chair, then started uttering with his scared face

"Ahhh... ahhh... ahhh... ahhh". - Sherry kept sounding those unintelligible words, she rushed to the King's back and cowered behind him.  "Ahhh... ahhhh... urrrr... urrrrrr...". - She shook her head constantly, grabbing her husband's shoulders and yelling in fear

"I knew it... you're still alive". - Hoster gently lifted his wife up, he glared at me crazily

"We don't come to fight, Your Majesty...".  "No, I should say you're "my brother-in-law", we come in peace".

"Brother, please calm down".  "Please... let off the past and listen to us, we come here because of an important th-".

"Shut up, shut the hell up!!!". - He yelled at his little sister.  "All of you betrayed me... I should've searched for you more to get rid of all of you". - He looked at every one of us, glaring scarily.  "I just want to have my own peace, now you come here to break it, huh?". - To me, this meeting has failed, we should move to the 2nd solution as soon as possible

"The mission's broken, we should move to plan B". - I whispered to my wife and others, asking them to go

"Go where?".  "You think you can get away after what you had done to me?".

"You don't listen, keep the past away, we'll brief you something then will leave in peace, alright?".

"Look at what you did to her". - The King suddenly showed me Sherry, who was now shaking to see me.  "Look, look... she's my love, she can't be normal anymore, that's because of you".  "You broke her... you broke my wife".  "You stole my family away from me, you manipulated my little sister and stole her too, she is too naive...".

"...................". - Hoster is blaming everything on me, now I must do something.  ".............". - I don't know if he knows his wife was raped by me or not.  "Stop blaming, have responsibility for your life and your loved ones".  "Can you?". - If he knows that and he reveals it to my wife, I'm just scared that she would hate me more

"Brother, please listen to me". - Shera begged her big brother to listen... you're too kind to your brother, my wife

"I have nothing to say to you, betrayer!".

All of us keep silent after hearing his yell, my wife seems to be very sad when my brother-in-law and I can't make up. I just know to hold my wife's hand then hug her to comfort her sadness. Alright, we change our plan right now. I look at everyone in my group, I see them nodding, ready to depart.

"Goodbye, my brother-in-law, I promise we won't trouble you anymore".  "This will be the last time we see each other...".  "Let's move, people". - We started walking away, going on the hallway to return to be backyard to be picked up by the chopper

"This's your dead end!". - All of sudden, Hoster yelled at us

I look back, and spot him pulling something out of his left side sleeve. Then it turns out to be a flintlock pistol. Being startled at what I see, I see the King pointing his pistol at me. He's targeting me, he wants to kill me!

"Bang!". - I grabbed Tanrelli, making him a human shield right at the moment the shot was fired

"Noooooooo!!!". - The elite elven guard immediately collapsed on the floor, his chest kept spurting out blood, his wife screamed out

"Guards, guards! Assassins! Assassins are here!!!!!!!!!!!". - Hoster immediately fled the garden with Sherry, he kept yelling, calling for Warsaw guards armed with muskets

"Dear, dear! Please wake up!". - Rachu kneeled before her dead husband, she hugged him and cried.  "What have you done?! He's dead...!!!". - She looked up, scolding me

"My Lord, it didn't worth it". - Shut up, Reimi, I'm doing the best thing to save all of us

"John, I...". - My wife, you must understand that we need "their lives to die" for us to survive in this very tragic circumstance.  "We should bring him to the chopper, please, please do it!".

"Yeah, yeah, I'll do it". - I promised my wife

"They're running away!!!". - Reimi shouted, telling me that Paula and Litra are fleeing

"Arrrrrggghhhhhhhhh!!!". - Litra was near me, so I pulled her hair then smashed her head to the ground, making her collapsed

However, unfortunately that Paula managed to escape, she's running away. However, seems like I'm lucky again. Paula is just a maid, while Litra may be a high-position person in this realm, guards won't shoot her, I guess so.

What a good human shield for me to use.

"Reimi, keep her with us". - I immediately came to Tanrelli's corpse to snatch his weapons, sword, dagger or anything that can help me

"What are you doing?!". - His wife scolded me.  "Don't touch him! You killed my husband!". - She snatched my wrist

"Get out!!!". - I yelled at her, then shook her away

In the end, I manage to arm myself with a short sword and a dark dagger, nothing more to get armed. The sword is immediately drawn out of its scabbard, while the dagger is tightened to my belt.

Now I can see some guards running with muskets in their hands from afar.

Not good, we must board the chopper fast and get outta here immediately.

"You, hold them off!". - I ordered Rachu to hold off the guards, but she kept crying

"I'll stay here! I won't leave my husband!".

"Then I'll fucking kill your entire family!".  "Slashes!". - I, no hesitation, slashed the woman's throat and left her blood spurting out till the woman collapsed

"Jooohhhhnnn!!!!!". - My wife was too shocked, her hands and legs kept trembling

"Reimi, run! Go with Shera!".

"Ahhh... yes!". - Reimi rushed to my wife, then held both of her shoulders.  "Please go, my Highness, don't look back". - Both of them started fleeing

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - Gunshots from afar started firing at me.  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - Luckily, I used those corpses as human shields, those bullets were fired from far away, so all missed

After firing, muskets need a certain time to reload before operated again. Those Warsaw guards who run out of the shots, are running toward me with bayonets mounted on their muskets. While I pull Litra's hair with one hand, trying to run with another hand holding a bloody sword.

"Spurt! Spurt! Spurt! Spurt!". - All of sudden, four waterballs flew past me

"Arrrrrggghhhhhhhhh! Urrrghhh!".  "Fuck, it's hot!!!". - Some guards started screaming, some dropped their muskets.  "Urrrghhh!".

I look at the one who casted the water spell, and it turned out to be Shera. She casted the boiled water spell to scratch, causing pain to their skin. Despite hating me, my wife still loves me and protects me many times. I owe her...

"Run, John, run!". - Both of them yelled, hoping I to keep up with them

I put the sword back on its scabbard, then carry Litra and run forward. Guards are still chasing us, their footsteps can be heard from afar. Passing the hallway, the backyard is before our eyes.

The helicopter is near us, Rivia's men are forming their own formation. The machine gunner is on the chopper, pointing out the machine gun. While others are lying on the grass, pointing their rifles to the hallway. I can see that my wife is waiting for me.

"Come here, John!!!". - Shit, my wife is running to me

"Don't come here, get on the chopper now!".

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!". - Some guards managed to keep up, they started shooting

"Get down, Sergeant!!!". - I immediately got on the grass with Litra, I decided to leave her here to get in the chopper myself

"Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots! Gunshots!". - The Lieutenant and her men started blasting, slaying the incoming Warsaw guards

I crawl as fast as possible to the chopper. Under the rain bullets, I look back some time to watch the massacre scene. Those who are guards, but new and inexperienced with firearms, get shot and die without cover. While the seasoned men are cowering behind pillars or statues.

However, they will soon join those who lie on the grass.

(Hctog!".  (Gotcha!). - One of the Lieutenant's men grabbed my hand, then pulled me up when I reached the safe zone

"Get in, Sergeant!". - Rivia yelled at me from nowhere

"John, please get in!". - My wife called me, I looked around and saw her and Reimi in the chopper

They intend to come out to pick me up. But the machine gunner stops them, instead he gets me inside the chopper. Right after I come in, Shera and Reimi pull me to a corner to sit with 'em. Meanwhile, Rivia's men are still shooting the Warsaw guards.

"Hgirla hgirla, aerter aerter!!!".  (Alright alright, retreat retreat!!!). - Rivia yelled something at her men, one of them shortly got in the chopper

I get it now, they've done saving us. At this moment, they're retreating, returning to the chopper for the escape. They withdraw one by one, slow and calm. Only the machine gunner is supporting them by shooting outside.

"Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!!". - That machine gun kept firing, its barrel was turning red.  "Gunshot!!! Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!! Gunshots!!!". - Walls and pillars get shredded out, so do statues and guards with their lost limbs

"La evas, vom vom vom!".  (All saved, move move move!). - Lt. Rivia yelled at the pilots

The chopper soon floats up along with the blasts from the machine gun. We can feel we're getting up in the sky, the helicopter is about to depart. A few seconds after floating up the sky, the chopper diverts to the West side. Slowly, it heads there, the gunshots stop abruptly.

After passing the situation that the Death god set for us, we are relieved to be alive and breathing. I sit beside my wife, I come closer to her then hug her as tight as I can. Reimi for no reason, she still looks below. At some moment, she grabs her hair with her tongue clicking in her mouth.

"John... I can understand why you picked that man, but killing his wife...". - My wife whispered to me something, she made a very sad face.  "Please don't do that again...". - Done saying, Shera looked away while putting my hand on her pregnant belly

"That moment I couldn't control myself, I did it to save you and her". - I came closer to my wife, trying to cuddle her in order to please her, hoping her to forgive me.  "Please... I know it's hard for you to forgive me".  "Please, there's no need for us to argue here, I love you...". - Then I hugged my wife, I specially rubbed her belly, hoping our child inside would be fine and shine

"They were a couple like us too, they should've had another chance, another baby... you ruined it...". - Despite hearing annoying lines from my wife, I don't hate her at all, I know I was the wrong one here

"Of course, I won't do that again... I won't make you sad anymore". - I wanted to kiss my wife, but she kept her distance.  "Please, I'm sorry...". - Shera shook her head to reply, she just allowed me to rub her belly, cuddle her face and pat her head

"I don't see the "honesty" in your words". - My wife's voice shocked me, but she didn't do anything harsh to me though I did bad things to her

"............". - What should I do? Spending some moments with my wife, asking her the deepest things?

"Ummm... you regretted it? About marrying me?".

"Shakes head...". - Shera slowly hugged me.  "I have nothing to regret, I love you... I want to be with you...".  "But... please don't be like this anymore".  "When we have a child... how can we raise it if the way we talk and we do is reversed?".  "Please... stop it...". - Done saying, my wife hugged me tighter

"Sir...". - All of sudden, Rivia called me when I was having my moment with my wife.  "Mission failed, two KIA".  "What do you think right now? 2nd plan is imminent?".

"Nod".  "We need to get there, as soon as possible".

"Roger...". - She turned her head to see the pilots.  "Alp B".  (Plane B). - Done announcing it to the pilots, she started moving to the driver's seat

"What do you want me to write in the report, Sir?". - She suddenly said to me when she was going.  "Their deaths". - Alright, I see

"Just say that they died in combat, that's i-". - My hand suddenly got squeezed by my wife

"Please say that he killed them, Sir".

"Roger". - Rivia returned to move forward

"Hey, Shera, we shouldn't d-".

"You should face the truth, John, you can't hide forever". - But the King may punish me, or those in my family, you may be a target.  "In case he does something too far to punish you, I'll try to find the way to get rid of him...".

"Okay...". - I returned patting my wife's head, then I looked at the chopper's door to watch the far away