Luke woke up in a panic like a man jolting out of a nightmare.He looked around.
Injured warriors lay everywhere.
Groans. Blood. Bandages. Pain.Then he saw Tyrese and Kwame.Kwame had a head bandage and an arm sleeve.
Tyrese lay unconscious.Kwame grinned weakly.
"Wassup, General. Nice to see you up."Luke sat up. "Are you guys okay?"Kwame shrugged. "I've been through worse. But Tyrese… he took the most damage when the bus rolled. Hit his head. Been out cold since. Thankfully the Almighty gave us enough time to escape."Luke's eyes sharpened. "Albert?"Kwame nodded. "Albert's still on the battlefield."Luke stood immediately.
"That's where I need to be."Johan appeared.
"For someone who almost died, you're pretty eager to go back to war."Luke smirked.
"I can't sit back if I'm not seriously injured."A medic woman approached the same one who sucked the poison out of him.Luke recognized her instantly."Thank you… for everything. What's your name?"She was young maybe twenty beautiful beneath the mud and blood."My name is Michelle, General."Luke mounted a horse."Thank you, Michelle. Please take care of my people."Before he could ride off, Michelle called out:"General here. A good luck charm. My family passes it down every generation."She handed him a small necklace a pendant with a picture of a sunset.Luke smiled and put it on."How do I look?"Michelle replied, "Like a general, sir."Luke grinned.
"Call me Luke."He waved then rode off into the chaos.Michelle stood there, watching him until he disappeared into the smoke. Ice fought a demon tiger on horseback claws slashing at him and the horse.
They went back and forth brutal, fast, deadly.Then an arrow struck Ice from behind.He turned saw a goblin demon holding a bow.Before Ice could react, the tiger lunged knocking Ice and his horse to the ground.Ice rolled off the tiger was already eating the horse."Damn you," Ice growled, ignoring the pain in his back.He slashed cutting the tiger's eye out.
The beast leapt back, growled, and retreated.The goblin aimed another arrow Luke appeared behind him, slicing the goblin's head clean off.Ice watched Luke ride by sword raised high.Luke screamed:"To all troops living and dead souls TO VICTORY!!!"The army of humanity roared the tempo rising again.Ice thought:This is what the people need. Motivation.