Pain like nothing I've ever felt in this world pain that's what my existence is right now staring down at my naked and ruined form I know that I am truly and deeply fucked right now.
My body is covered in burns to various degrees and small pieces of shrapnel but that's the least of my worries my left leg just below the knee is just gone it's bleeding a little bit but it looks like it's mostly just burnt off.
To make matters worse it appears my house has been made into the landing spot of a two-story battle mech which is firing in the direction of the nearby Air Force academy.
And even worse still as I look up I see aircraft hundreds of aircraft dropping all kinds of shit on top of my head and I don't know whether to be happy or not that they're not dropping bombs.
Despite being dazed and disoriented the one thing I do absolutely know is that I'm probably going to die here. Though it breaks my heart my dive gear is completely smashed on the bright side it kept my head from experiencing the same fate so I guess buying that better model was for the best.
Something to rub into my sister's face if I make it out of this especially since she said it was wasted purchase.
I need to focus I'm naked severely injured and I have to move now looking around the neighborhood I find I'm in my neighbor's yard across the street the doors wide open and the building looks intact guess that's my first stop. First things first I give myself once over and start removing any problematic shrapnel that I don't want to make worse on my crawl to my neighbor's front door my first priority is to avoid falling into shock as that probably be a death sentence.
With that done I dragged my ass to my neighbor's front door finding it fortunate it's only 10 ft away my next priority is to find something anything to bind and cut off the circulation to my leg lest I bleed out because you know nothing's ever easy.
As I come into their living room I find myself lucky looks like there's a folding knife on the table which I immediately drag my ass to and start cutting up a couch cushion to quickly tie up my leg which again pain god my life sucks right now."I'm too old for this shit."
As I get up using the couch as a crutch turn to the window to see that mech that turned my house into a crater getting blown to smithereens I guess the academy's defenders are starting to fight back though I know this is far from over.
Now that I'm up right and slightly stable I start searching the house for the master bathroom cuz if my neighbor has any sense that's where some medical supply should be.
Due to my lack of mobility it takes me a few minutes but I finally find master bathroom it's not much but there's some bandages gauze and rubbing alcohol and though not a lot there's even some burn cream so I spend the next 10 to 15 minutes hard to tell when you're fucked up patching myself up.
Next I find myself some clothes and by chance an old walking stick which will help keep me mobileand though it's not much there's even a pistol in the nightstand I'm doubtful how useful it's going to be but it makes me feel a little better.
Now that I'm dressed armed and slightly mobile it's time to get the fuck out of here the last place I want to be is in a fucking drop zone for whoever the fuck decided to start a war in my backyard.
It turns out getting out of the neighborhood was even harder than I hoped it appears I spent too much time patching myself up as enemy ground troops are already all around me fortunately it seems most of them are landing in the park near my location so there are only a few strays who missed their landing zone that I have to really worry about but getting out without my leg and being unseen is going to be a bitch.
It take some doing and a couple of close calls I managed to hop on my way to a couple of the back streets out of the way but it'll keep me away from most of the fighting I know I have to avoid the main roads as those will be watched for friendly reinforcements last thing I want to do is get picked off by a fucking try hard.
It's been about an hour since I got fucked up and I can hear the fighting intensifying I'm guessing the counter attack is already on underway.
My immediate goal is to make it to the nearby police station not ideal as it'll probably be targeted sooner or later but I need help immediately that's the only place nearby that I can get it.
It takes me about 40 minutes to get there hobbling through side streets and back alleys
to my immense relief the station still intact their barricades up and officers directing civilians for evac so I know this place hasn't been hit quite yet though I know it's a matter of time.
As I hobble up to them two officers come and help me pass the barricades it's only then that I realized that my eardrums are completely blown because I can't hear a damn thing that they're saying something I immediately try to communicate to them.
They bring me to a couple of paramedics and giving me a once-over this doesn't take a genius to realize that I'm pretty fucked up right now they keep trying to talk to me but I just have to repeat my hand signals that I can't hear shit probably won't be the last time tonight.
It takes some doing but they got my leg pretty well patched up still missing but I don't think I'm an immediate danger of bleeding out but I do feel pretty light-headed not a good sign doesn't help that I'm laying down and they're playing Operation to try to get all the little pieces of shrenal out that they can it's mostly small stuff but I can't help but thinking about that buzzer on the game which lets me have a painful chuckle something that both paramedics give me funny looks for.
Looking around it seems like I'm the one in the worst shape there's that one guy not too far from me who has his head bandaged and it looks like bleeding but at least he's mobile.
But thinking about it it's not too surprising most of the injuries from civilians will probably come from panic then enemy action considering a modern rifle round explodes after penetration not many cities can say they can survive that.
With that morbid thought in my head I turn towards the door that leads outside the building I'm in and see people running past the entrance through the glass windows and door I could see the officers firing at something from their barricades don't have to be a genius to know what that is.
The two paramedics try to help me to my feet just for me to get knocked right back down on my ass as a blast wave knocks me down turning to the entrance I see there's no entrance anymore in fact half the buildings been demolished probably from the two story behemoth that's standing not 50 yards from me. The officers are shooting at it but I can't help but laugh at their efforts small arms aren't going to do shit to that my point is proven as the exhilary weapon on the battle mech starts tearing them to pieces it's automatic weapon turning them into fine pink mist.
Just as I think things can't get any worse I see something that makes me absolutely deadpan.
The rocket trail of an ICBM heading in my direction.
I can't help it I just started laughing my ass off and I can't help but think God I can wish I could just log in just one more time.