The smell was overwhelming and I brought my hand over my nose and mouth to act as some sort of filter.
“Captain! They are all gone.” my best friend through all this sighed dejectedly. After once again scanning the blood stained fields I nodded in solemn reverence. I looked at the sky as it was filled with another shower of arrows, bringing my end in its aim. The pinch of cold steel followed by rub of course wood penetrated my flesh and I fell.
“So, it has come to this.” my labored breath allowed. As I lay feeling my life drain into the welcoming dirt below me a smile crossed my lips… in the clouds above me, the fanfare of my homecoming had just begun.
The rain washed my body as I left it behind.

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