1. Retired - Chapter One - Home


    Date: 9/23/2017, Categories: Science-Fiction, Author: Brootforce, Rating: 89.8, Source: sexstories.com

    journey to the planet below. I looked around calmly at the faces of the soldiers around me. They all looked like they were about to panic. Drop shuttles were a hell of a ride down to a planet. They would hit the atmosphere at over a thousand miles a second and then brake to hover just above the surface. The bay doors would open and we would drop down, seat and all, to the ground. Once our seats touched the surface, our straps would let us go and we would stand up in a double line formation ready to march. The landing was flawless. We all arrived safely on the surface of Trachoir III with no losses. Well a few of the soldiers lost their breakfast, but there were no casualties. All too soon, we were walking in formations up the streets of the city. First and second squads were walking up the left side of the street with the sergeant and platoon leader. Third and fourth squads were walking on the right side, led by the corporal and myself. All was quiet. We were supposed to walk the fifteen miles to the center of the city. There we would be picked up by our shuttle for the return to the carrier. We had made five miles towards the inner city when all hell broke loose. We were just arriving at an intersection when there was a flash and a boom. The sergeant and platoon leader were torn apart as a torque grenade exploded. The corporal just stood there stunned as he saw what had happened. “Hit cover!”, I yelled at the top of my lungs. Soldiers scrambled to hide behind anything they ...
    could find. The corporal just stood there. I dove for his feet bringing him to the ground as another rocket-propelled grenade sped right through the space his head had occupied a moment before. The grenade traveled on to crash through the window of the house just behind us. The screams of pain from the house as the grenade exploded snapped the corporal out of his stasis. As we dove behind a car, radio chatter started flying over our headsets. Several platoons had been attacked. It was a well organized attack and casualties were being reported all over the city. There were several calls for air support and my heart sank at the answer. It would be fifteen minutes before the carrier could position for launch to cover us. They were on the other side of the planet, conducting drop launches. The corporal just kept repeating, “Oh, God!”, over and over. I shook him. “Get the men under cover and have them return fire!” “All we have are hand guns! We are dead!”, he moaned. I shook him again, “Get them under cover and hold off till we get air support.” He nodded to me and started to shout orders to withdraw back up the street. As he did, I ran across the street and leaped to the top of a car. Two steps later, I leaped again and caught the edge of the roof for the house behind it. My scramble onto the roof was not graceful, but it got me up there. I ran across the roof and leaped again as I came to the edge. I landed with a roll on the flat roof of the corner store and headed to the far ...
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