It was a rough and horrid life for a marine in the U.E.D. He grasped his rifle tight to his chest as his eyes scanned the foreground for some form of life. Guard duty. In the middle of the night. It was unbearable. He walked a bit farther down the patrol road and stopped, bending over to pick up a nickle he spied on the ground. It was then that he received the radio transmission.
"All squads, return to Command Center Alpha immediately! Over."
There was an urgency in the commander's voice that sent a tingling chill down the spine of the marine. He knew it had to be bad; his spine had been numb from stimpack overdose for years. He had been walking down his patrol path without any sign of human life for hours. He raised his visor, scanned the horizon, and...