A Slice of Fiction by Patrick Cronin

The Final Stand

James Mackris never expected to be fighting in one of the biggest World War. He was only 13 when General Woomp came to his house inviting him to the school of battle and fire arms. James was always on the nerdy side and never participated in many athletic activities, but when General Woomp told him that he had the precision and skill of an amazing sniper. Now James in the back of a military truck going to his new school. He did not know what to expect when he arrived, but when he reached the all brown brick building he began to worry. He thought he was going to go through extreme work outs and have a man yelling in his face for the rest of life. When he arrived he saw a bunch of boys walking by him with military clothing and crew cuts. He began to regret going here, but when he walked inside he noticed it was a very clean and nice facility. The people in the inside were all wearing different outfits and looked a whole lot friendlier than the people he saw outside. After walking down a long hallway where there were classrooms teaching different types of battle tactics. General Woomp brought James into a private room with a single bed and told James, “This is your new home, I hope you like it”. After James unpacked all of his stuff and got settled he went to the door and noticed it was locked from the outside. He began to panic that he would be in here forever, but at that same moment he noticed a screen pop up in front him. A computerized face appeared and said,” Greetings,, I am your task manager, I will have all of your schedules and info ready for you in just a bit, sorry we cannot let you leave because we need to get you all organized and ready for school.” With a sense of relief James sits around waiting to get his schedule and get out of this room. Ten minutes later the task manager pops up again and gives James his schedule and a map of the school. When the screen left James hear the click of the door unlock and he walked out into the hallway. He walked into his first class which was quick scoping and how to keep steady aim. James was so scared when he first held the rifle, all of his life he was the boy who did nothing wrong, but now he is taking classes on how to kill the enemy as silent and quick as possible.
After many years James was the best sharpshooter in the school. He could hit a moving target from miles away. James is now 28 years old and he is a fully trained killing machine. The military was recruiting soldiers in the war for a war coming. James was the best soldier in the whole school and was the first to be recruited. James got recruited as Sniper commander. James always just shot targets and fake people, but now it was different, he had to kill to survive. It was him and 4 other men going into war with Iraq. These five men are the best soldiers you will ever see.