38 For what is worth fighting for!

Alex PVs

I stopped talking to Uncle Sean and kept thinking, all the information I had about Jimmy Po's widow, besides being our father's lover, after Po was arrested she left the Po farm and went to live alone.

If I remember correctly, at the time she worked in a small shop selling farm accessories and tools, livestock, and other things, I'll worry about that later.

"Uncle Sean come on, I've got everything ready in the car, do you have anything to do?" after being silent for a few minutes, I ask.

"You don't care about your mother, are we still hunting?" Sean asks with a half-strange, half-curious face.

"I wanted to, but what do you think Lee will think if I cancel the hunt? Today is his birthday, if I've waited that long, I can wait another day or two."

"Makes sense, I didn't want to be the one to break this news to Bob so let's do as you said, I don't have anything important this week so we can go, I just need to go home and tell Janet about the changes in plans." Sean looks like a castrated man.

"Hahahahah... Aunt Janet put you on a leash... Hahahahaha..."

"Don't even talk to me son... Don't get married!" were Sean's responses to Alex's jokes.

Then everything calmed down and they went to the hunting ground, everything is almost exactly as it was six years ago, except for some trees that disappeared, others that grew.

Alex, Sean, and Bob were at the camp preparing the tents, the place to prepare the meats, and the place to cook, while they worked they talked.

"You know brother, I want to know, how did you end up in the army as a captain!" says Bob at random.

"When I turned eighteen I enlisted, like all other young Americans, the only difference is that I finished my studies at seventeen, and at 18 I was already entering the second semester of a college of engineering and technology, I was doing two colleges at the same time. Time. Time. ..

I auditioned and passed the program first and entered a military camp in Washington where I took several tests and climbed through the ranks to the end of the camp where I was assigned to a military base and was recruited by a special unit, doing special missions, I got to the captain's rank." Alex says normally

"Oh, so you took exams and passed, rose through the ranks like a rocket! This is far from normal, you're more of a super soldier!" says Bob with a face of the landscape.

Sean says excitedly. "Yes son, your brother is right, it is not very common to climb that high in the career in two years, you must have made extraordinary contributions to have such an achievement, I am proud of you!"

"How was this camp! I want to go in too! How do you do that?"

"You apply normally, in the selection process you request advanced tests, there they will do several advanced tests on you, if you pass, they will test your knowledge more and they will do more rigorous physical tests, as long as you pass these tests, you will be recommended to camp where you will take an admission test if you pass, you do intensive training for two years in a program, the program is special so your future is unlimited, of course, there is a minimum standard you need, After all, camping is an elite place," I explain quietly, already seeing the emotion in Bob's eyes.

"Cool! I'll take the test too!"

"Since you're going to take the test, I'm going to give you some lessons, let's start with the necessary studies and knowledge you need to have!" Right after saying that, I spent the entire morning pointing out the skills needed to pass the exam, helping him with the exercise schedule and other details.

"I'm not good at these things, this old man here played football in high school, all the way to college, but after that, I never exercised again!" Sean comments after listening to Alex's instructions to Bob.

" hahahahah... Uncle, not everyone has the vocation to be a soldier, you are very good at what you do, but even so, I recommend light exercises, and a balanced diet, this will help your health and allow you to eat your barbecue and drink your beer in retirement, otherwise, you'll be in the water because of cholesterol, blood pressure, and other diseases"

"Yes, it's true Uncle Sean, these exercises are great for helping the respiratory system and other areas!" says Bob Lee in wonder!

"But of course, this is a series of exercises created by the military for the military, it helps with physical conditioning and helps to get the soldier in his best shape as soon as possible", concludes Alex.

"ah...Uncle Sean was speechless Alex, I think he's having a stroke!" says Bob maliciously

"So Bob, how about I give you some shooting tips? Maybe this could be useful!"

"Of course, but first tell me how it was at camp?"

"No problem, but before that, let me ask you a question! Whether you get it right or not is not a problem, I just want to know your mindset and opinion since you're enlisting."

"Of course, you can ask, I'll answer the best I can!"

"I'm also getting curious, allow this old man to evaluate this mysterious question!"

"Hahaha... Why are you taking everything so seriously? that's just a question, why so much importance?"

"Hehe, he..." the two was embarrassed by Alex's questioning.

"All right, Bob tells me, when we went to war we fought for our country, to defend liberty and constitutional equality.

But what is a soldier for, why is he fighting, what is his cause, can you answer me, what motivated soldier Bob Lee Swagger to enlist?" After my question, Sean and Bob didn't know the answer, they never came to question why, Sean I understand, but Bob needs to think about these things after all we know the beginning of the plot that led Bob to lose his wife and his daughter to grow up without a mother.

"I... I fight for my family's freedom and to protect them!" Says Bob, at first he was undecided, but in the end, he came out with conviction.

"Alright! This is a good cause and I admire that, but the country is not at war, and your family is safe, technically you don't have to fight, but I think it's good that you serve the country, you have talent, you just can't forget the reason that led you to fight, Prioritize your family and then think about the good of the country!" I emphasize these words to Bob.

"Brother, and you why do you fight?" Bob asks curiously, Sean also seriously looks at Alex.

I look at the two of them and give a slight smile and say. "I fight to protect those I love so they are safe and don't regret anything like the Father did!" After my words, Sean and Bob have different reactions, Sean is sad to understand the final meaning of my words and Bob is sad to remember his mother's words.

"Yes. That's right boy, that's a good reason to fight, I support it, if your grandfather and father were here they would be proud of your attitude!" Sean says genuinely proud of his nephew.

Bob's eyes light up as he hears Alex's response and says, "Yes brother, uncle is right, I think your cause is noble and worth fighting for!"

"What nonsense are you talking, what noble cause? Tell me, if the world is a chessboard, the military is the pawns and the knights, the deputies are the bishops, the united states is the queen, who is the king ?" I look Bob in the eye and ask with gravity in my voice.

"That's an easy one! And the president! the president is the king!" says Bob as if it were a fact.

I look at Bob for a few more moments and ask Sean's opinion "And you uncle, what's your answer?"

"Tell me Alex, which piece are you?" Sean looks at me avoiding my question.

Surprised I reply. "I'm just a pawn, in the grand scheme of things, I'm just a sacrificial pawn, to protect my king! So uncle, what's your answer?"

Sean thinks for a moment and answers. "As Bob Lee said, he must be the president, after all, he is a man of power, just like the king's piece on the chessboard."

"Well, that's a thought you have there, but both are wrong, the president is not the king, the real king is the American people, who are powerful, after all, president or not, he is still American" like us soldiers Americans, we fight for America and our families, who on the chessboard would be your king and queen, what do you think, between the president or your family, which one would you save?"