The day started as any other day, but Sami knew it would be different. It said so in her horoscope, not that she believed in all that stuff. In fact, the reason she read it that day was that she felt that something was going to happen, and the horoscope just happened to confirm it. Sami had dressed herself in war attire, since she was going to be on the front line that afternoon. The morning would be spent getting to the battlefield. Sami was excited, but nervous. She didn't know what this ominous feeling meant... good or bad news? She decided to try to forget about it, and whatever would happen, would happen. After a quick breakfast with the Orange Star crew, Sami headed off to the escort, being wished good luck by Andy and Max. She went outside, and saw that Nell was waiting in the jeep, who waved to Sami to move quickly. As soon as Sami hopped in the back, the jeep sped off. "What's the rush?" Sami had to yell to Nell to be heard. "Oh the usual, the Black Hole forces decided to move ahead early." Nell replied. "Do we still have the mountains?" Sami asked urgently. "Yes, but only if we keep moving. Are you fine without lunch?" "I can tough it out." "Here, have my apple, you'll need it more than me." "Thanks Nell." Sami said with a smile. Nell had always been considerate like that. She always knew how to help out. Sami ate the apple slowly, her mind elsewhere. But her thoughts weren't about the battlefield; she was thinking about all the times that Nell had helped her out of tough situations, how she probably wouldn't have survived some battles without Nell. They arrived at the mobile HQ with time to spare, but Sami didn't stay very long. She quickly gathered the grunts and set off for the mountain range. She felt that it was better waiting there than at the HQ. Nell stayed at the HQ to watch over the battle and give advice to Sami when needed. By this time the fog of war had rolled in, and visibility was minimal. Nell hoped that everything would work out despite the fog... Out on the plains, Sami's troops were moving at a steady pace towards the mountains. They were at the foot of the mountain that they planned to climb when they suddenly heard the roar of an engine. Before any of the soldiers could prepare to attack, a recon unit appeared out of the fog and opened fire on Sami's troops as it sped by. The troops attempted to shoot the recon, but to no avail. The sound of the recon's engine died away as it sped off to notify Black Hole of the Orange Star forces, while the troops were in disarray. Sami called everyone to attention, and was told, to her relief, that there weren't many fatalities, but injuries from stray bullets were plenty. Sami decided that they should keep moving nonetheless and get to the mountain range before stopping to tend to minor injuries. At last Sami's regime made it to the top of the mountain. The troops all got their med kits out and started helping each other tend to their wounds. Sami climbed to the highest point on the mountain. She could clearly see the Black Hole forces about 5 miles away and closing in. The recon unit that they had encountered before had already joined the ranks, so Sami's hopeful element of surprise could be forgotten. The view from the mountain was a great vantage point, but what she couldn't see was the battleship now moving along the coast far out at sea, guarding the troops on the beach... Nell panicked. Orange Star's radars had picked up a large object out at sea. "Sami! There's a battleship!" she yelled into her two-way radio, and there seemed to be an odd echo in the room. Nell turned around to find out that Sami had left her radio on the table. "SAMI!" She ran out of the HQ, fired up one of the recons, and sped off before anyone could say anything to her. "I have to reach her; it's our only hope..." Nell thought as she raced through the plains towards the mountains in the distance. "Okay troops, they're expecting us, so we'll just have to destroy them quickly and efficiently," Sami lectured the troops, "Everyone clear on what we're going to do?" But before they could answer, they heard gunfire. Sami's wristband was shredded by a bullet, but it only skinned her wrist, leaving a small wound. A Black Hole infantry unit had snuck up beside them on the mountain range while they were busy with their injuries. "Everyone find cover and fire right back at them!" Sami found a large rock to hide behind, and quickly loaded some rounds into her machine gun. Within seconds she was firing at the Black Hole troops. They were defeated within the hour, but Sami's troops didn't know it was a trap set up by the Black Hole group... After the battle, Sami told her troops to stay on the mountain and defend it if necessary, while she did a quick scan of the area. She discovered a cave and followed it through the mountain, and it eventually led to the beach, where the Black Hole tanks would soon be passing. A new plan formed inside her head, but she as Sami began to run back through the cave to inform her troops, she heard an unexpected sound. "Oh no..." She whispered to herself. She reached the end of the cave, but could go no further. The blasts from the battleship had caused a cave-in at the mouth of the cave, and she couldn't get out. She couldn't see that her troops had been demolished, but she knew. She sat down in the dark, and felt like crying. This wasn't going right at all...
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