50 Reminiscing The Past(3)

We were all gathered in the strategic room.

"Alright boys, a cruise ship has been taken hostage in the sea of Philippines. From what we know they are heavily armed."

Lieutenant Hiroto showed us pictures that had been taken from far away by drones.

The hostage holders were armed with the reputable AK 47, they were twenty in total.

What I found the most crazy was that they took a cruise ship hostage. The cruise ship was not the biggest in existence, but this made our mission even more difficult and risky.

The hostage holders could hide in one of the hundreds of rooms, what we needed to do was to clear and check every corner of it without getting spotted.

"They ask for an enormous ransom of ten million dollars. To this, the government would not abide, thus making us enter the frame."

Lieutenant Hiroto began distributing a paper to everyone, there was the plan of the cruise ship on it.

"So, this is the cruise ship's plan. You can see all the rooms. We are gonna create a model, exactly replicating the cruise ship. It will help you guys familiar yourselves with the cruise ship."

We had a facility that allowed us to do those kind of things, we prepared the model with big pieces of cartboards.

The government was making counter offers to stall some time and allow us to train.

For the next couple seventy-two hours we trained based on the model.

On the third day, when It was sunset, we departed from Japan with two stealth helicopters.

We were split in two groups of fifteen, group white and group red.

I remember being next to Omoi with my intervention Scooba diving equipment, the sun was setting, it was a beautiful sight to behold.

I was placed in squad red and our leader was Iruno.

"Alright brothers, you know the dance. The helicopters will drop us one kilometer away from the cruise ship, from there we scooba dive until we reach it."

We each had a micro headset to communicate with each other and Iruno's also allowed him to talk with group white.

We reached the dropping point at night and the fifteen of us jumped in the water. We swam until we reached the cruise ship.

Unlike in movies, we had a ladder. Each one of us had a piece of it. We had to assemble it while in water.

Omoi and I grabbed the fifteen meter tall assembled ladder and slowly placed it at the edge of ship.

We successfully hopped on the cruise ship and began advancing in a line.

We cleared the deck, there was nobody. We coordinated with group white and entered the cruise ship from the north and they entered from the south.

We advanced slowly but surely, my M4 was pointed to the left door. I was making sure that no pirate was there.

And sure enough, there was one bastard drinking some alcohol with is back turned towards the door.

I immediately shot him in the head, nineteen to go. Group white also took some down, until we got spotted.

A flurry of shots came down on us from three different pirates, spraying us with their whole magazine.

I entered the room on our right while pulling one of my wounded comrade.

The specialized doctor of the squad stayed with our four injured, one of them received a nasty shot in his legs. Blood was gushing out like water coming out of a bottle.

Some of my other comrades tried to stop the bleeding while I and three others kept the pirates from coming to us.

The engagement dured an eternity it was as if they had unlimited bullets. I heard the sound of someone falling next to me.

Iruno our squad leader was dead and so were a couple of others. I grabbed his micro headset and communicated with squad white.

"Squad red, Takahashi! My Lieutenant, we are being overpowered by the pirates! Numerous men have die-"

"Takahashi! Shut up and get rid of them! Whatever it takes!"

This bastard Hiroto didn't even hear me out, I tried to communicate a couple times more but I had no response.

I just resumed fighting, all my training, all the ferociousness I had build up within me came out.

I sprayed the shit out of these pirates, Omoi was next to me. He was recharging his weapon when a pirate jumped on him to kill him with his machete.

When I tried to kill the pirate, Omoi was in my field. I couldn't shoot him, he was my brother.

"Kentaro, shoot for the love of God! Just shoot!"

I looked at his face for the last time and sprayed him togheter with the pirate.

I.... Had killed the brother I sworn to protect. I had killed my brother in arm, I failed to my duty as a member of the unity.

At the end of this day, from our thirty men squad we lost sixteen. I say it is because of this bastard Hiroto! How can our experienced squad fall at the hands of little pirates with no tactics.

I was mentally broken after this day, when I closed my eyes I could see my comrades die and Omoi's dead body looking at me while being crippled with bullets that I shot at him.

I tried to explain to the higher-ups how Lieutenant Hiroto failed his duty as squad leader.

But they wouldn't listen.

The 16 September 2008, I left the Japanese special assault team.

I bought myself a little appartement and lived a pathetic life.

I became like my father, I tried to forget everything by drinking sake and getting drunk until I passed out.

For the first time, I understood how he felt. I plunged my head in animes and porn, setting my life to waist!

I forgot who I really was and lived in my own world, my mind was not conscious of reality and fiction, of what was good and bad.

I did stupid things and became a fucking retard, I returned back to my pathetic and weak past self.

I had promised myself that I wouldn't let anyone make me hurt my brother in arms.

Now, I remember this promise I had made close to twenty years ago.

IZUNA DID IT, HE MADE ME HURT AND MAYBE KILL MY BROTHER IN ARM!

Thanks to Izuna I have reminiscised my past and took back consciousness of who I really am.

A fucking trained murderer ready to help my brothers! A fucking warrior that doesn't cower from death!

I am Kentaro Takahashi or should I say.... Kentaro Fujimoto!