《Unbroken Strife: Rising Conflict》An Enthusiastic Conscript
Advertisement
11:12 am…
Phrixus enters his lair with a bag filled with mechanical components for his gizmos.
“Phrixus,” Valeria calls. “Come quickly, there’s something on T.V.”
He leaves the bag behind and goes to the main hall.
Valeria relates the most relevant part of the news. “Many continents are a now war zones, worse yet, the Red Confederacy have gone nuts: they are getting more aggressive and maintain a policy of ‘Join us or die’, the United Nations’ plea for peace is being ignored like it is nothing, this conflict is slowly escalating…”
“We should expect war here…” Phrixus says.
“It won’t be nuclear weapons but I’m sure they will make something worse. Will we fight with stones and sticks if there’s a Fourth War?” Roberth says.
“Never doubt it.”
***
5 days later…
The radio chirps, and he picks it up. “Yes?”
“Phrixus, this is Eve Grant, you need to go to your base, you have a call from the President of the United States.”
“Right away.”
***
2 minutes later…
“Phrixus here, do you copy, Mr. President?
“I hear you, it was time we got to know each other. Let’s get to the point, I have contacted you for a simple reason… you have shown competence, resourcefulness, expertise, and accomplishment with your tasks, only roughly 6.98% of all our superhuman soldiers have this kind of capacity. Officer Eve Grant personally gave me good references about your performance. In the name of the Vanguard of the Atlantic I ask you to offer your support against the rising storm, that means fighting on the frontlines.”
“With all due respect, Mr. President but I don’t think I’m ready for something like this…” Phrixus says.
“I understand you perfectly, I can’t directly knock your door, grab you by the arm and throw you to the trenches, but I must inform you that the Red Confederacy were in your country for two reasons: the Bellusaxum and the Omicron Stars. And I have more somber news; they are making vile experiments to try to unlock their potential, even if they must take many lives to achieve their ultimate goal of improving their soldiers to make them unstoppable. There is no doubt Venezuela will be a priority target in the future and by then they won’t come peacefully.”
Advertisement
He is silent, not sure how to proceed. “I just need five minutes to think about it.”
“Take your time son, I know it is a hard decision,” says the President.
“Great… how am I gonna tell my friends, and especially my family…” Phrixus mutters.
“I’m not surprised, they need everyone capable for the war,” Roberth says.
“A one-way trip to Hell, what are you gonna do?” says Valeria.
“What can I say… if what the U.S. President says is true then this country will burn next year.” says Phrixus.
“And what? How many soldiers with powers are there? You really gonna go off and die in--” Valeria is agitated.
Phrixus interrupts her. “I know! I won’t participate in the war just for the interests of the VOA, I will do it to protect my friends, family and my country, the Red Confederacy will come again soon, and this time bring destruction.” With a sigh, he calms down. “There’s nothing worse than sitting here and doing nothing, I will be damned if they get away with it.”
“Then you know what to do,” Roberth says.
“Siding with the lesser evil, no other choice.” Phrixus says.
Valeria stays silent but still disagrees with Phrixus.
“Mr. President do you copy?”
“Loud and clear, tell me what is your decision?”
“Where do I sign?”
***
Outside of Phrixus’s Lair…
“Your family will return to Venezuela in three days, what do you want us to tell them in your absence?” Eve asks.
“Anything that doesn’t involve me being stuck in a pillbox or trench,” says Phrixus.
“Right, anything you have to do before we depart?”
“Let me say goodbye to my friends.”
“If something bad happens to you, I swear…” Valeria slaps him, then hugs him. “You better return, promise me.” Valeria holds back her tears.
Advertisement
“I promise it with my life,” says Phrixus.
“You better survive, or all your powers and training were a total waste,” Roberth says.
“How encouraging, this cruel life has given me the best friend.” Phrixus gives him a pound-hug. “I’ll see you soon, take care of my fort.”
Eve and Phrixus get in the helicopter, disappearing from the sky with its cloaking system. The trip will last four hours, a time he uses for meditation. He wonders what kind of challenges and horrors await him in the dark days ahead…
Advertisement
- In Serial26 Chapters
Soul Power 9999
I... don't remember how I died. Or anything else, really. I don't know who... what I am, what this dark space I am in is, or why the souls all around me are looking at me. But I do know that if the world starts falling apart, escaping comes first, even before listening to the messages that keep ringing inside my head. I only really remember the first one: [The [Simplification Process] has begun.] And so, while the world was doing a 180, I was stuck deep underground as an incorporeal soul, absorbing the essences of thousands others like me who had been torn to shreds just to prevent myself from dissipating, and trying desperately to go up while recovering jumbled up memories from my past. I did try to posses monsters to gain a physical body, but... It seems my soul got too powerful to be shackled down by a vessel. Releases every two days at 12:00 on Central Europe (GMT+1)
8 97 - In Serial14 Chapters
ARRANGED MARRIAGE [ JJK ]
❝ Jungkook has always been afraid of falling in love. But what happens when he is forced to marry a girl who's already heartbroken? ❞©JEONLUVV
8 161 - In Serial16 Chapters
Yandere Neko Boy x Reader
You should have never brought him home.At first he was cute and innocent.He adored you but that adoration quickly turned into an obsession.Now no one else can have you.I do not own the picture.
8 203 - In Serial9 Chapters
check the pulse and come back swearing
You always were something else, weren't you? Those eyes, too brown for your own good, and that old jacket that you loved to death - falling apart, but you didn't care.Looking at it now, I suppose it was inevitable. That it would always end up like this - you, in a hospital bed, and me, on the outside.Note: This is a work that has previously been posted on AO3, so if you follow me over there, it might look familiar!
8 85 - In Serial13 Chapters
Inside Grayson Foster's Bedroom
Madison and her best friends step-brother, Grayson Foster have never really gotten along. He's always been troublesome and popular, while Maddi is down to earth and prefers to just let life flow. That is, until they both find themselves wrapped up in the same secret and the desperate need to hide it. *****Madison and Violet have been friends ever since they could walk. They've been a dynamic duo, attached at the hip through every year of high school, including their current one. To both of their dismay, a very cunning boy has always been around too, Grayson Foster- the egotistical, smug, overly popularized step-brother Violet never wanted. When Madison's mother leaves on a work trip out of country, Madison is more than ecstatic to be staying with Violet's family. There's only two downsides to the whole arrangement. Number one, is Grayson Foster. And number two, is unintentionally waking up in his bed after a party. With a new type of bond, Grayson and Madison have to keep it a secret. Although, that might not be so easy when real emotions begin to sprout. With troublesome drama, jealousy, boys with bad intentions and Madison's heart being tugged by more than one man... will their secret come out? More importantly... will it destroy everything when it does?© 2020
8 53 - In Serial190 Chapters
Reincarnation: I Married My Ex's Brother (6)
"Marry me. Once we're married, I will be loyal to you for life-as long as you keep me alive."Qiao Jiusheng was pushed into the water by her older twin sister, had her identity stolen, losing her old love and life. With no other choice, she seeks out Fang Yusheng, the blind man rumored to have no interest in women. With blank and empty eyes, he says, "Sure."In her past life, she was betrayed by her sister and trapped in the basement. Her tongue was cut off as she watched her sister take her place, winning overall her loved ones, marrying her lover of six years, and starting a family with him. Now that she's back to a time before it all went wrong, Qiao Jiusheng escapes from the river and goes to her boyfriend's older half-brother. She puts on a mask and marries him, to fight their common enemy. The wheels of fate begin to spin, and the severed threads of destiny are once again entwined... Before their wedding, he tells her, "Don't peek at me so openly just because I'm blind and can't see you." On the night of their wedding, he tells her," You don't have to dress like a bear. I don't care for women." Half a year after their wedding, just because she gives another man another look, Fang Yusheng covers her laptop, phone, bedside drawers, desk, and wallet with nothing but his selfies.This book is a Chinese novel written by Imperial Songs and he deserves all the credits for it. Link for the original novel will be provided at the end of the book.
8 286
Prev Chap
Next Chap
Chap List
Boy
Girl
