The General's mechanical tore into his back, pulverizing his skin like paper before grabbing his heart and tearing it out of his chest!
"Ahhh…!" Leon gasped and staggered.
For a brief moment, the pain made his eyes glaze over again, and then he looked down at the hole in his chest where his heart should have been.
His heart was gone!
Leon staggered again, but he didn't pay attention to his missing heart. Instead, he paid attention to something else… Lt. Colonel Umar Farouq.
Leon looked at the Lt. Colonel with a pain look on his face, a look that was filled with deep meaning and questions.
'Why…?'
Lt. Colonel Umar Farouq looked away.
Seeing it, Leon almost laughed. 'Wow…,' he thought. 'Wow. After everything, after everything I did. After everything that we went through'.
He laughed, coughing blood.
'Well, what did I expect?'
'It's not like we've been some deep friends or comrades. In the end, he's just someone I met just a few weeks ago'.
