Soldiers Two: Warriors of Courage
By Pj Belanger
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The next two short stories in the “Soldiers Series” about the plight of futuristic soldiers in a SciFi/Fantasy world.
“Wizard War” and “Underwater Troubles” continue to describe the plight of soldiers testing their courage when facing insurmountable odds. These stories show the lenghts to which soldiers will sometimes push themselves to, in order to complete their mission.
See "Soldiers One - Warriors of Misfortune" for the first two stories in the series.
Pj Belanger
Pj Belanger has spent a good part of her life in the scenic hills of Connecticut. She was always an avid reader. "My father collected every bit of Science Fiction he could find- we would talk for hours on the subject. The Golden Age of Science Fiction is truly a love of mine.Great writers from Heinlein to Jose Farmer to Asimov to Bloch were my idols. They were great story tellers something that influences my own work. Of course, then came Tolkien and I was hooked on fantasy too."After graduating from St. Francis College (UNE) in Maine, she worked in the fast pace newpaper advertising world but always had been a writer of short stories, novel length books of fiction, romance and general interest. Her work is a mixture of a three volume book series, The Houses of Storem filled with wizards, dwarfs, merrs, elfs, heroic Kings and albino Icelanders. Her Space Dectective series is just plain good sci fi fun as is her short story book.Pj was deeply involved in writing local NASCAR Driver Profiles and has a book on The History of Stafford Speedway. "I love racing in general, but I really love the short tracks. It was a labor of love to write the racing books and I enjoyed writing a regular racing column for a local sports newspaper."Pj lives in Florida with husband. She enjoys time with her two grandchildren. Her life is enhanced by a trouble making miniature beagle and a mischievous cat.
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Soldiers Two - Pj Belanger
Soldiers Two
- Warriors of Courage -
Short Stories
by Pj Belanger
Cover Art by RB
Soldiers Two
Warriors of Courage
Short Stories
By Pj Belanger
Copyright 2014
Smashwords Edition
BRP Publishing
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All characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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Table of Contents
Prolog
Wizard War
Underwater Troubles
Thank You!
Also by Pj Belanger
Prolog
The first two short stories in Soldiers One
came to me while I was riding from Connecticut to Florida. Whilst waiting on the New Jersey turnpike for over an hour in a stop and go situation, I thought about what the human spirit can endure. Here I was just totally fed up with sitting in a car – how insignificant compared to what soldiers have to undergo. Thus, my mind went to my Sci Fi and Fantasy world and a short story series took shape.
Now the stories continue in Soldiers Two
. While the first two stories were Warriors of Misfortune
, the second two are Warriors of Courage
. In the first two I concentrated on the hardships that can plague soldiers while the second two are on how much courage it takes to perform their duties. Although the stories are set in the far future, the same staunch human spirit exists as it always will and to which we will forever be grateful.
Wizard War
Keep your heads down!
I said softly in my helmet’s microphone. I slouched as low as my body could go, setting an example for the rest of my team. This was no easy task as I was fully geared up with a backpack full of proton grenades, each of my pockets had a different gun stick and I carried a rocket launcher on my shoulder. On my belt were several different sized sharp knives. My electronically shielded helmet had a pair of infrared high magnification goggles attached.
We had just made it to the end of the trench as the robot digger was bringing back its last load of dirt. The powerful machine was returning back more than a mile to where we had entered the four-foot by five foot deep trench. I knew it was only a machine, a damn electronically smart powerful digger. I kept to myself the urge to pat it on its back and say good job
. My soldiers already thought I was crazy, no need to confirm it further.
I breathed deeply when I got to the end of the newly dug trench. I slouched on my knees, turning to face my twelve-team members, "the best of the best" I called them. They all huddled close, twelve pairs of wide eyes that radiated fear and uncertainty. I hoped my two eyes radiated determination and confidence. I wanted to install that same feeling in my troops.
I pushed my helmet force field off. Time for some face-to-face, time for some reality to permeate their brains. Gather as close as you can.
I didn’t want to use my helmet’s mic, I wanted up close and personal.
We have trained for six straight months. Trained hard! It is our chance to avenge all those deaths by the hands of this evil bastard wizard.
Alberon is not a wizard, Sir,
came from my shortest guy. He is just a super tech genius.
"I know