6 Ares (1/2)

Year 5015- Mindoro in the past

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Captain Ares!, Captain Ares! ...  Wake up, Ares!”- The four soldiers saved by their captain stand beside his bed with their arms and legs wrapped up in bandages, as Ares tries to opens his eyes

”Aryyyyyyy!!..... You are finally awake after 3 weeks of sleep, I was so worried about you” A very fair female soldier, with sparkling eyes, long eyelashes and an exquisite nose, says worryingly in the face of Ares while being awkwardly close to him.

”What the...” Ares (age - 20) confusedly tries to get up, but his body does not respond to any movement he make.

”What happened to my body?” Ares asked in surprise.

”All of your muscles and tendons got torn apart. 7 broken ribs, and multiple fractures.” Gus (age - 15) replies while he is preparing medicine few meters away from Ares sitting at his desk.

All the soldiers were living with Gus in his house on a hill, a little far from the village.

”As the kid says, Captain, you were badly hurt and been on bed for 3 whole weeks. The villagers and this kid took good care of you and us. Tanya, move your goofy face away from captain's!, let him breathe.” Says another soldier with glasses, he seems to be a very smart, yet nerdy person.

”I'm not a kid oi, I'm almost the same age as you all, just a little short.... arghhhh!” An annoyed Gus shouts to the soldier who called him a kid.

”Among the 50, only five of us survived. The enemy ships were assisted by storms and whirlpools. We lost our soldiers. This shows what happens to a squad if their captain is a young lad. Almost every squad has experienced people as their cap'n and just because you were considered a genius, we are now stuck with someone who is the same age as us. Some genius who managed to get his entire troop killed.” A soldier with a tattoo of Chinese letters on his right arm belittles Ares with a rather arrogant voice, filled with hatred.

”You are right. I'm sorry that we lost them because of my incompetence”- Ares replies with a grim  and gentle look on his face. He is ready to take the blame and shoulder the weights of the dead as his sole responsibility. He feels it was his fault that they had died.

Gus seems surprised and could not digest the fact that Ares saved 4 men without a thought about his own life and brought them to safety all by himself and yet, he blames himself for what happened? This triggered Gus and he was about to speak up for him, but was stopped by what he heard from on of the soldier.

”No-not at all Ares. If you haven't ordered us to sail the ships into the storm, we wouldn't have gotten rid of the enemies on our tail. If we kept continuing to fight, none of us would be alive here. I'm deeply thankful to you for saving me” - the youngest of all soldiers, Alex (17), replies with hesitation and gratitude while bowing his head down with utmost respect towards Ares.

Hearing what Alex said, Gus really didn't have anything to say and his heart settles down.

”Also someone else might still be alive just like us. I'm sure of it” - Tanya (19) the female soldier adds soothing words along with Alex.

”Alex, Tanya, thank you for your kind words, but it doesn't change that everything happened because of my orders, I'm the one responsible for the lives of my subordinates.” Ares replies bitterly.

”Not at-” Albert, the soldier with glasses (21), tries to say something but was interrupted in the middle by the soldier with the tattoo.

”As far as you remember what had happened, you are making our party a weak one, with your ideals, inexperience and feelings.” Yang(21) the soldier with the tattoo says, storming out of the room angrily.

”What did he say? Does he not even have little gratitude for the person who saved his life?!”- Gus yells after Yang and tries to follow him.