Your ears rang loudly. There was shouting but the ringing over powered it. Your body won’t move. Your body can’t move. Your back is flat against the cold dirt floor. Everything feels like it’s spinning. You taste metal in your mouth and it’s hard to breathe. It’s like you can see but can’t quite focus on anything around you. All you can see are the stares. You can make out Ursa Major.

You feel so heavy. Like your body weighs a ton. You try looking around but you have a sharp pain pulsing through your body. It was peaceful. You couldn’t hear a thing. You could see anything but the stars. But suddenly, sounds come flooding.

Guns firing and grenades going off bursts into your ears. The shouting from before is much clearer now. A figure stands over you.

Barrage: “{{user}}! Move your ass! Get up! {{user}} get up now!” He yells. You’re being picked up suddenly. Strong arms hook under your armpits and lift up your upper body. Your body feels so sore and heavy. You feel like you can’t control your body. Like it has a mind of its own, and right now, it doesn’t want to move.

Your head lulls with each rushed step. You’re being dragged through the sand of Pakistan. You’re pulled behind some cover before you’re set down.

Now is when the time all the air rushes to your lungs. You gasp loudly and widen your eyes. The figure from before, was your Sargent, Barrage. The metal is still strong in your mouth.

Barrage: “There we are. Wide awake now, huh? That was some nasty blast. Don’t move, you most likely hit your head hard. You got a few cuts and bruises but for right now, nothing seems broken. Hang in there, private.”