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  • Essay / A Flash from the Past - 555

    IntroIn 2040, the war began, years of fighting and death. They say they couldn't have won the war without me, I say I needed them more than they needed me. I remember the day the war started, I was in Hawaii, we wouldn't have known they were attacking if I hadn't called mission control in Washington DC. That's when they started leveling me up, it seemed like after every new battle, new equipment arrived, and wrapped in the new equipment, there was always a note, " you're now a sergeant", "you're now a lieutenant", "you're now a captain", then one day there was something different, "Meet me at the command center. ยป They promoted me to the rank of commander in black stripes, which was as close as possible to general (a position reserved only for army leaders). I remember the day we won, I heard the plan, asked where General Eriks was and was told he was on a classified mission. I remember bursting into their headquarters, looking at their leader, and shooting him. I remember looking at General Eriks' slumped body in the chair. I remember. I remember, Command night night. I was the only one to kneel...