User blog:SirLinkalot96/The Future of Greg Ryder: Part 1

'''10 YEARS AFTER GREG RYDER'S GRADUATION FROM BULLWORTH ACADEMY. IN AN AMERICAN BASE CAMP SOMEWHERE IN NORTH KOREA DURING WORLD WAR 3, 2019. . .'''

"It was an honor to serve with you, Ryder." My squad leader saluted me as I was being hauled into the plane by stretcher. I was holding onto my dog tags as I grasped my stomach in abdominal pain.



I was just shot yesterday by some North Korean troops while carrying a wounded fellow soldier from behind enemy lines. We were lucky that we made it out alive. Well, most of us weren't so lucky.

10 people were killed, 3 escaped. My buddy Justin Gillund, the wounded soldier who's name was James Long, and myself. I actually ruined myself even more, even more than that day I took that Russian's life 13 years ago. It's different taking a life, and watching your friends die right before your eyes. I would have preferred to be dead that have to live with what I saw.

I saluted him back and the plane door slammed shut. The helicopter pilot put his earphones on and said into the radio, "Roger that, Whiskey. We are clear for takeoff. Panther is in our possession. Big Eye 3, out."

Panther was my nickname from the way I fight during combat because I like to sneak up on the enemy and take them out silently one by one. Anyway, I am on my way back to the States, with an honorable discharge, and I am comin' home. ..

'''16 HOURS LATER. . .'''

 I walked out of the White House with the biggest smile on my face. I was just awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and a Purple Heart, which I had both pinned on my shirt. The press was snapping photos of me and I was trying to cover my face from the flashes.

"Mr. Ryder! How do you feel getting the second highest award in the military? What made you want to do what you did?" A reporter shoved a microphone in front of my face. I said irriatably, "I just did what any other soldier would have done."

I hailed a taxi and asked if I could go to the airport. I was planning on making a visit to someone very special who I haven't seen for many years. And I couldn't wait to see the look on her face when she saw me. ..

'''UNFINISHED. REALLY TIRED. I WILL FINISH TOMORROW. '''