The Darkest Hour Page #3

- A Iot.

- You're damn right.

This is a bit heavy.

When I got into the barn,

the chickens attacked me.

When is the bread done?

Why do we have to do this sh*t?

Ranger.

Look at this, Mads.

Even if you have a gun,

l'd stiII win.

- lt depends on how far away you are.

- Here.

Let's see who draws first.

You have to reIease yours,

I just have to swing this.

From down there?

- Can I carry it ...?

- No. Then l'd be Iike this.

Kim, you can Iift it with one hand,

right? Or do you need two hands?

- Ready?

- Gotcha.

Three shots to the chest.

- Quite cooI ...

- lt doesn't get much betterthan that.

- See you Iater, Mads.

- Send my regards.

AIright, Mads?

- l'll cIose off those streets.

- Fine.

Mini, over there with Kim.

- Why are you with them?

- He's American.

- Why are you with them?

- He's red, too.

Get out of the military. Leave.

- Leave?

- Yes. Go home.

Do you have a home?

I don't owe you any money,

if that's what you're saying.

He has funny eyes.

He is sIant-eyed.

They Iook puffy.

He took it in the ass.

I regret your Iosses,

but you alI know -

- that we have to waIk in the fields.

How shouId we know?

ls it our fauIt, maybe?

Last yearthey bombarded our house.

I swear by God l don't even

have any cIothes to wear.

And my sons cannot help me.

Then we must Ieave our viIIages.

What can we do?

What can we do? lt's not you

or the Taliban that gets kiIIed.

We are the ones who get kiIIed.

The civiIians get kiIIed.

We sit in our homes and get bombed.

The TaIiban shoot, and then

they run away. They escape.

We're sorry, but we try

to move the war up north.

That wouId be good for us,

forthis ruins everything.

You can't.

People fight, because they're poor.

IncIuding the TaIiban.

- Come on, you faggots.

- Look who's taIking.

You pIanted bombs, you ape!

So far we know that a civiIian car

approached the gas station -

- on Highway 1 towards the desert,

the route we usually take home.

The car hit something

and detonated.

There was an explosion.

Our formation is vehicIe 1 in front..

PrimariIy observe

from the rifIeman's position.

We'll see how bad it is

when we get there. Okay?.

FIip your night vision down

and keep a lookout behind.

On our way back from there

I heard a huge explosion.

I couIdn't believe it.

I ran back down -

- and 7-5 and 3-5 ran right into me,

so I went fIying.

Everybody was running

all over the pIace.

Then l heard, ''There's

blood everywhere. 2-5 is down.''

I said, ''Forfuck's sake, 5.

You shouId keep your head down.''

Then he said, ''l know.

How about a dance?'' l cracked up.

''This isn't a good time.''

Then I gave him emotional first aid.

He had a huge gash here.

Turned out to be a fractured skuII.

Damn.

- No f***ing fun.

- I'll say.

I heard a massive boom,

and everything was sand and dust -

- for a few seconds.

I tried to feeI if my teeth were broken

with my tongue -

- and l tried to wiggle my fingers.

I couIdn't tell if my teeth were okay -

- because I had so much graveI,

sand and blood in my mouth.

I only feIt splinters and stones.

I didn't know what was what.

I tried ... I don't remember cIearIy -

- but I Iooked down

and saw two trickles of blood.

It wasn't untiI I was

in the heIicopter -

- that I started to get

really uncomfortabIe.

That's when l had time

to think about it.

''What do I Iook Iike now?

WiII I ever recover?.''

''WiII l taIk funny forthe rest

of my Iife?'' AII those questions.

I have to go back to ArmadiIIo

and stand in front of them aII -

- and say, ''You can't

get rid of me that easiIy.''

- 2-5 here.

- Raven has something.

Three men are walking south.

Can AIpha 1-7 see them running?

Get the coordinates.

- They're spIitting up.

- 64.5, 32.0.

Aim at the place

that's been used as a firing point.

Do they have to assemble

the gun first or what?

- AIright!

- About bIoody time.

- Do you want everyone to meet up?

- Yes ...

There he is! Our man.

- AIright?

- You bet. I'm in great shape.

- Hi, guys.

- You smeII good, too.

- But you don't.

- HeIIo!

- Nice to see you.

- Hey, man.

I'm sick of hugging sweaty guys by

now. Who else? Jesus Christ.

Hey, guys.

Are we all here?

Hey, man.

- l'm gIad you grew that beard again.

- l thought you might feel that way.

- Here's group Ieader 1.

- WeII, for the time being.

It's f***ing great to see you guys.

Any questions?

Great. Let's go.

Signaler, the locaIs say the TaIiban

bugged out north and south -

- when they saw us arrive.

SignaIer, wiII you cover me

if I run out in the field?

- ProbabIy not.

- This is damn depressing.

AII dressed up

and no one to bIow. This won't do.

- Wanna bet?

- Nothing wiII happen.

Nothing wiII happen?

It's no fun betting when we agree.

DanieI, how about stripping

and running naked across the field?

- That might kick things up a notch.

- His pink body wiII scare them off.

Shut the f*** up.

The other day ...

My house was bombed.

My cow was kiIIed,

and two calves.

They didn't die,

they were wounded.

A cow was kiIIed.

Two caIves were injured.

Our guard dog

was aIso bIown to bits.

Look.

The animals were tied up in here.

There are 19 of us.

The cow gave us miIk.

- Now we have nothing, no money.

- We can compensate you for it.

HeIIo. How are you?

Can you come to the camp

this evening ortonight?

It's very difficuIt.

People get kiIIed. They're afraid.

But it's important

that we collaborate.

So we can make peace here.

God willing, we can bring peace

to this pIace. RebuiId the country ...

ExactIy, but we'II see.

God will provide.

We ... the country is exhausted.

or do we wait?

- Having a nice time?

- We don't have to cuddIe up.

UnIess you want to.

I have a hoIe in my pants.

I can use my finger if you Iike?

- You missed. A bit further up.

- No thanks.

Christ, this is boring.

Their cow was kiIled by mortars

the day before yesterday.

- You can see where.

- That doesn't Iook recent.

- lt's been Iike that for a while.

- We saw where he buried the cow.

We can sense that the TaIiban

are intimidating peopIe in the area.

The IocaIs say we're here

to kill animaIs and peopIe.

- And the TaIiban take advantage ...

- Of what's going on. ObviousIy.

Okay, we need to move forward, boys.

- The aeriaI sees two men in Sierra 5.

- We're at Sierra 5.

- ShouId we take it and crush them?

- DanieI? New pIan.

Two guys in Sierra 5.

Right there!

- Do you want expIosives?

- Let's wait and see.

There's still that hoIe in the wall.

The hoIe straight ahead.

Proceed. I got it here.

Get in front.

There's something here.

There's a civiIian.

Forward.

There's no one here.

Civilians in the compound.

We will continue searching.

There's no one here.

SaIaam aIeikum.

F***, I'm tired of this sh*t.

They're laughing at us, and we waste

time blasting into these compounds.

And they're aIready gone.

Awaste of time.

- Mortar, another 15 ts.

- Ready ...!

Everybody ready ... shoot!

She had abdominal injuries.

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