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Charge of the white-cell brigade
Present day.
She felt a slight itchiness in her throat as if her throat was slightly sore, and it felt swollen. She decided to visit the doctor.
Meanwhile, somewhere in her body.
Teetooo-Teeton-Teeton-Teeton. The sound of the siren was unyielding and relentless; it was a harbinger of danger. The reverberations were strong – especially in the closed and claustrophobic areas of the bone marrow. The colonel of the white cell army, was on the telephone with the brigadier, the higher command, and was noting down the orders on a notepad. His adjutant was next to him, waiting to hear the instructions. “Yes sir. Affirmative.”, said the colonel, “I will ensure the Quick Reactive Force (QRF) is dispatched ASAP.”, as he hung up. “Get the first Company (Coy) commander here RIGHT NOW!” he ordered his adjutant. The adjutant, quickly, moved out of the room and in to the communication quarters, sending a page for the QRF Coy’s Company Commander. In a few minutes, both, the Coy and the adjutant were in front of the colonel, awaiting his orders. “Soldiers, we have an intrusion in the upper quarter of our territory and it seems the external party is heavily armed, and is extremely dangerous. But the good news is that if we act fast, and act decisively, we can completely annihilate it. I want your team to recce and take the necessary action.” He addressed the Coy Commander, “I want you to take all your soldiers and immediately leave for the mission. The brass has termed this mission as Operation Overcome. All the best and God speed, soldier”, the colonel said. The Coy Commander was dismissed and wasting no time, she quickly saluted the senior officers and left to address her soldiers. In the background of the siren, now elevated to “This is not a drill”, she got her soldiers ready for action and they left for their mission. On reaching the upper quarters, the Coy Commander found the enemy had claimed one of the two mounds in the territory, fair amount...
She felt a slight itchiness in her throat as if her throat was slightly sore, and it felt swollen. She decided to visit the doctor.
Meanwhile, somewhere in her body.
Teetooo-Teeton-Teeton-Teeton. The sound of the siren was unyielding and relentless; it was a harbinger of danger. The reverberations were strong – especially in the closed and claustrophobic areas of the bone marrow. The colonel of the white cell army, was on the telephone with the brigadier, the higher command, and was noting down the orders on a notepad. His adjutant was next to him, waiting to hear the instructions. “Yes sir. Affirmative.”, said the colonel, “I will ensure the Quick Reactive Force (QRF) is dispatched ASAP.”, as he hung up. “Get the first Company (Coy) commander here RIGHT NOW!” he ordered his adjutant. The adjutant, quickly, moved out of the room and in to the communication quarters, sending a page for the QRF Coy’s Company Commander. In a few minutes, both, the Coy and the adjutant were in front of the colonel, awaiting his orders. “Soldiers, we have an intrusion in the upper quarter of our territory and it seems the external party is heavily armed, and is extremely dangerous. But the good news is that if we act fast, and act decisively, we can completely annihilate it. I want your team to recce and take the necessary action.” He addressed the Coy Commander, “I want you to take all your soldiers and immediately leave for the mission. The brass has termed this mission as Operation Overcome. All the best and God speed, soldier”, the colonel said. The Coy Commander was dismissed and wasting no time, she quickly saluted the senior officers and left to address her soldiers. In the background of the siren, now elevated to “This is not a drill”, she got her soldiers ready for action and they left for their mission. On reaching the upper quarters, the Coy Commander found the enemy had claimed one of the two mounds in the territory, fair amount...
