Never Say Die

by D J Sternowski-Korzec

  The spy passes out as they are in the middle of having sex. Sarah is very grateful he did pass out, because she was hating every second of it. Sarah crawls out of his bed and quietly walks back over to her clothing. She grabs the knife she placed on the inside of her dress. She puts her dress back on before walking back to his bed. By the time she turns around, the spy has disappeared. Sarah contacts the General, “The spy has gone missing, what should I do?” The General replies, “You need to carefully get out of there as quickly as possible.” The spy is crawling on the ceiling of his bedroom and is getting ready to attack Sarah. Sarah sits down on the spy’s bed and puts on her shoes. Of course, she does know the spy is watching her, but doesn’t know where he has disappeared. She never puts down the knife as she is getting ready to leave.

  Sarah gets off of the bed and walks towards the bedroom door to exit, but she is stopped by the spy. The spy slams the door and reveals himself to Sarah. The spy says to Sarah, “You are going nowhere, honey.” The spy tackles Sarah and they both fall to the ground. The spy attempts to bite Sarah on the neck, but she is able to stab him in the throat with the knife. She was able to stab him in the neck, but it was not enough. The knife Sarah is using contains holy water and does burn into his neck. The spy does end up ripping off the dead flesh and tosses it on the ground. A lot of blood comes out, but it is not enough to kill him. The spy grabs Sarah by the leg as she tries to crawl away. Sarah turns around and stabs its claw that is gripping her leg. The spy let’s go, but charges at her. He mounts on top of her and begins to tear her face up with his claws. It seems as if Sarah is going to die, again, but she somehow still manages to survive. Sarah ends up stabbing him in the heart and does not stop until he is dead. The spy does end up dying from the loss of blood and the stab wounds to the heart. Now that the spy is dead, Sarah leaves the house and regroups with the General and the other comrades. Sarah will need to go to the hospital, because her face is all scratched up. Luckily, she will not be in the hospital for very long. These injuries are not severe enough for her to be staying in there for hours or overnight.

  After Sarah leaves the hospital, she will be celebrating the death of Synx’s spy with the General and the others. Of course, Sarah will not be eating with them, but will have a couple of drinks. But before she goes to the bar, she would like to change back into a normal outfit. She does not want people to be flirting with her, even though it is going to happen anyway. Now that Sarah is in a dress she feels comfortable wearing, she meets up with the General and his comrades. Leah will not be joining them, because she is busy combat training with Lucas. She will be eating dinner later on with some of her old classmates.

  Meanwhile, Rogue and Synx are getting their army ready for their final battle. Of course, Rogue will be in charge of his followers and Synx will be commanding his own army. But, they will be fighting alongside each other on the battlefield. They do plan on commanding their armies as a team. They are both very confidence about winning this war. Together, they do make a very powerful team and has never been stopped before. So far, everything is going to plan and everyone seems to be doing very well. Rogue and his leader are combat training with Synx and Gronder. Both sides are evenly matched, but Synx and Gronder are slightly more dominant. Rogue and his leader have won a lot of matches against them, but Synx and Gronder have won more. At the end of the day, Synx and Gronder are the victors. Both teams are happy, because they know they will be victorious and indestructible on the battlefield. Victory will be theirs.

  After they are done combat training, they get ready for bed and can’t wait to do it all over again tomorrow. As Synx sleeps in his bed with his wives, Raider pays another visit to him. Raider says to his father, “You may be strong and powerful now, but the World Army is getting stronger as well. Your reign of terror will be coming to an end and you will disappear from this world. Do not get too comfortable.” Raider disappears and continues to watch over Sarah alongside her loved ones.

  Sarah and the General exit the bar and head back home. In a couple of days, Sarah will be able to head back home and sleep in her own bed. But for now, she will be staying with the General and his daughter. As they exit the bar, Sarah is dragging the General back home. The General is drunk and needs to go to bed. The General is too large of a guy for Sarah to carry all alone, so another highly ranked comrade helps bring him home and get him into his bed. The highly-ranked comrade tells Sarah, “He is a very big drinker when it comes to victories like this.” Sarah replies, “Trust me, I know. But this is the first time I have had the opportunity to bring him home like this. He sure is a big dude.” The comrade replies, “Yeah, I seem to be the one that always gets stuck bringing him home like this. Leah is not going to be too happy with him. As you probably know, Leah is not very pleasant when she is angry with him.” Sarah replies, “She does have a bad temper, but in a good way.” Sarah and the comrade talk all the way until they carefully place him on the bed. Sarah did enjoy talking with him. Before the comrade leaves, he asks Sarah, “Are you single, because I have a young brother around your age that would love to go out with a girl like you?” Sarah replies, “I am single, but I am not interested in dating right now.” Sarah slams the door as he exits and walks to bed. Sarah says good night to all of her loved ones before falling asleep. Leah comes home later on that night and is not happy to know her father is home drunk.

  Leah walks into the General’s room with a bucket, just in case he needs to vomit. Leah will allow her father to sleep without receiving a punishment. The punishment will take place in the morning when he wakes up. She has a pretty good idea about what she wants to do to him. After she places the bucket next to him on the floor, she heads into her bedroom and goes to sleep.

  The General wakes up in the middle of the night and pukes into the bucket. Leah can hear her father vomiting into the bucket. She heads into his room after he is done puking to make sure he didn’t miss the bucket. Leah is inside of her father’s room. She is happy to know he has fallen back to sleep and doesn’t have any vomit on him or his bed. Leah carefully picks up the bucket and cleans it inside of his bathroom. After she is done cleaning the bucket, she places it next to her father’s bedside. Fortunately, he was able to vomit inside of the bucket without making a mess. She is able to crawl back in her own bed and go to sleep. They both do not wake up until the morning.

  The next morning. The General wakes up and crawls out of bed with a hangover. He is aware his daughter will be punishing him for being so drunk last night. He quietly walks into the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed. Fortunately, he does not have any training or meetings to attend. It is his day off, but he still has a lot of hard work to do. After he is done taking a shower and getting dressed, he heads downstairs and gets ready for his punishments.

  The General walks into the kitchen, but his daughter is not in here. The General looks around to see if Leah is close by, but he cannot find her. After he is done searching for his daughter, he takes a seat at the table to eat some breakfast. He is having a cup of coffee for his morning beverage. He is having an already made egg and bacon breakfast sandwich. As he goes to take his first bite, he notices two frying pans are missing. As soon as he realizes they are missing, Leah appears right behind him with the two frying pans. She hits the pans against each other and makes a loud noise. Her father drops his sandwich and covers his ears, but it doesn’t help him at all. The noise is still pretty loud and is very annoying. Leah puts down the pans and asks her father out of frustration, “You know better not to get this drunk, so why do you do it?” Leah slaps her father on the back of the head. The General does not get mad at his daughter, because he knows he does deserve it. He would be doing the same thing if Leah came home this drunk, even though she doesn’t drink very much.

  Leah walks away from her father and makes herself breakfast with one of the frying pans. Her father doesn’t say a word to her, because he knows it will make everything worse. He picks up his sandwich and begins eating. He knows
his punishments is not over, so he prepares himself for anything. After Leah is done making herself breakfast, she begins to eat next to her father. The father may be done eating, but he will not leave her sight. It is best for him to stay in her sights, because he won’t be so surprised by a punishment. For breakfast, Leah has made herself an omelet with spicy chili peppers and cheese. The omelet may be spicy, but it is not overpowering with spiciness. After she is done eating and cleaning up the kitchen, they both walk into the living room to watch the news.

  The General sits down on the couch with a cup of coffee in his hand. Leah takes a seat next to her father on the couch and turns on the TV to watch the news. The General does not need to worry about being punished as long as he has a cup of hot coffee in his hand. He drinks his cup of coffee very slowly, because it is hot and he does not want to be punished. They both spend some good quality time on the couch with each other. After they are done watching the news, they turn off the TV. Fortunately, Leah has some combat training she needs to attend. So, the General is safe from his daughter until she comes back home. The General is hoping his hangover will be gone by the time she returns back home.

  Leah arrives at the combat training area. She is both surprised and happy to see Sarah here. Leah walks over to Sarah and gives her a big hug. Leah says to Sarah, “It is so nice to see you. I am proud to call you my comrade and a sister. The final battle may be the last time we see each other, but I am happy to spend my last days with you.” Sarah replies, “It is so nice to see you as well. You act like we are going to die or something, but I can understand your feelings. You never know when someone close to you is about to die. Thank you for being such a good friend and like a sister to me.” Leah and Sarah release each other from their hugs.

  Of course, Lucas is in charge of the combat training. He is happy to see how much Leah and Sarah have grown and bonded with each other. They both have gone a long way since the first time they entered the combat training area. Lucas will also be on the battlefield for the final battle against Rogue and Synx. He will be combat training with them. For today’s combat training, they will be doing both grappling and kendo. First, they will be warming up their bodies by stretching and yoga. The first combat training will be with kendo sticks. After they are done and taking a break, they will be moving on to grappling. After they are done grappling, they are free to go home and do whatever they like. Leah and Sarah plan on going out for dinner after all of this is over. Lucas, Leah and Sarah will be going out for lunch during their break.

  Meanwhile, Synx and Rogue’s army are getting ready for the final battle against the World Army. Rogue and Synx are done combat training and are getting ready to eat lunch. They are eating a poor man that was killed inside of Rogue’s torture chamber. The man was stuck in there for three weeks. He was slowly bleeding to death from the six nails penetrating his body. The poor man had one nail in each shoulder, one in the stomach, one in the throat, and one in each leg. Rogue’s chefs roasted the poor man over an open fire, shredded him and placed him on a plate. Synx and Rogue will be the only ones eating at the dinner table, because they have a lot to discuss.

  Before Rogue takes a seat at the table, he searches the room to make sure no one else is in here. Not even his chefs are allowed to hear their discussion. Fortunately, no one is in this room and they can begin their discussion. Rogue says to Synx, “The war against humanity is coming very close to an end. I know you want Sarah all to yourself, but I want to take down the General and his daughter.” Synx replies, “I know the humans better than you do, so I even know Sarah will be standing alongside the General and Leah. We need to work as a team if we are going to get our fair share at the people we want dead. Are you willing to work with me?” Rogue replies, “I wouldn’t be having lunch with you or sheltering your army if I wasn’t willing to work with you. We have worked well with each other in the past, but we also have our differences. We may not be perfect, but neither is our enemy. Humans are more imperfect than our species. They talk funny, they smell weird, they don’t know how to eat and they don’t know how to communicate well with each other. However, when it comes to war and survival, it seems they put everything aside and can work miracles with each other. They need to not be underestimated. We need to find their weaknesses and attack it.” Synx stands up from the dinner table, because he hears something outside of the room.

  Synx walks into the hallway to see what is causing this noise, but he never catches the culprit. However, he was able to get a good look at what they were wearing and what they look like. It was a human from a village across the world and too far for them to send a message to the village. However, Rogue and Synx do plan on capturing this spy and torturing them until they get information. For now, Synx and Rogue will be finishing up their lunch and preparing the army for one last battle against humanity.

  Synx and Rogue are done having their lunch and discussing their plans. Synx is checking up on the progress of his army. Rogue is checking up on the progress of his army. Synx is making sure his army is handling the new armor and weapons properly and can use them on the battlefield. Rogue has loaned Synx’s his weapons and armor making station. It has everything you need to make heavy, strong and durable equipment for the battlefield. It has all rare metals and common metals that can hold up against the World Army’s weapons. This is one of the many reasons Rogue is a very close friend and ally to Synx and his army. Rogue and his followers have gathered a lot of materials for battle and surviving on this harsh planet. Synx and his army are being taken care of very well. The World Army better be prepared for war. The World Army better be ready for anything.

  Sarah, Lucas and Leah are on their break. Lucas is treating them to their very last lunch before the final battle against Synx and Rogue’s army. Everyone in the World Army is very scared about this final battle, because it is do or die. There is no time for error and there is no time to lose. However, they are all very confident in each other and truly do believe they can end this war once and for all. Sarah, Lucas and Leah are happy to be dining out with each other before they head out onto the final battlefield. They have known each other for a very long time and got to love each other. Lucas was one of the first people Leah and Sarah met as they entered the World Army. Lucas is very close to all of his students, but he is especially very close to Sarah and Leah. They are still some of the top students he has ever had and got to watch them grow stronger and wiser by the day. They cannot wait to fight alongside each other on the final battlefield and bring an end to this life-changing war.

  Meanwhile, the General heads into his office and makes sure nobody is watching him. He shuts the door and locks it. He walks up to the wall behind his desk and removes a picture off of the wall. It is a picture of Leah in her mother’s arms at the hospital when she was born. This is one of the General’s favorite photos of his daughter and his dead wife. Behind the photo is a hidden chamber. He unlocks the chamber and walks down a small staircase. Before he walks down the staircase, he says, “I know you are watching over us, my dear. Take care of me and our daughters.” The General walks down the stairs to get something out of the chamber.

  Chapter 18

  Never Say Die

  The World Army is making their way towards the location of the final battlefield. Leah and Sarah are marching alongside the General. The General has yet to reveal what he grabbed out of the chamber inside of his office. He grabbed something very close to his heart. It belonged to his deceased wife. She was a very strong and tough young lady. She fought alongside her husband whenever they were being attacked by Synx’s army. Sadly, she died from an unknown sickness she got from a soldier of Synx’s army. At the time, they did not have a cure for this sickness. But now, they found a cure for it. They found a cure by using samples from her body. Now, a lot of lives have been saved because of her death. The sickness was an infection to the heart. It turned the heart into a dark red violet color and very slowly ate away at it. It takes a special kind of metal to remove this
infection from the human heart, before it kills you. There is not much time when the infection gets to you. The infection is very painful to the point of passing out. Till this day, many people do die from this infection, but the death count isn’t as high as it could be thanks to Leah’s mother. Leah’s mother may have died young, but she will never be forgotten.

  The World Army is carefully making their way onto the final battlefield. They are making sure they are not being followed by any dangerous creatures that may be a threat to them. So far, they have not had the need to attack any dangerous creatures. They do see some dangerous creatures along the way, but they are not a threat. The dangerous creatures know better not to attack this large of an army. As soon as they are spotted, the dangerous creatures back off and run away. Right now, they are walking through the forest. Lucas steps out of formation and walks up to the General. Lucas asks the General, “What are we going to do after this war is finally over? Are we going to disassemble the military bases and create villages? Or are we going to...” The General interrupts Lucas and replies, “We are going to figure that out after, okay. For right now, we are going to focus on winning this war and sending Rogue and Synx’s followers straight back down to hell. Now, get back into formation and do not ask me any more questions unless if it is important.” Lucas replies, “Yes, sir.” He gets back into formation and doesn’t say another word to the General.