Military
By:
Aadel M Al-Mahdy
“Attention!”,
he yelled at them, facing the little colony that stood a stone-throw away and
then, placing an emphasis on every syllable, he said, “My name is Brown, Sergeant
Brown. I am your trainer. First lesson to learn…our colony is divided into
three classes; her majesty the queen on top ensuring the survival of our
society, the workers who labor so hard to bring the bread and butter home, and you,
the soldiers. You are here to be toughened and remolded into good soldiers able
to defend her majesty’s honor. Do you understand?” They all answered in one voice, “Yes,
Sir” but he yelled again, his body’s
gesticulation emphasizing what he is saying, “What did you say? I can’t hear
you” ─ “Yes, sir” they all shouted at the top of their voices. He then yelled with emphasis on every word, “What are you here for, soldiers?” They said, “To be remolded into good soldiers, Sir”. But he yelled again,
elongating the first vowel of the word, “Aaand,” They all shouted in one voice, “Defend
her majesty’s honor, Sir”
But
suddenly, they heard a roaring sound. They all looked at the source and what they saw
made their faces turn pale and their legs shake, including Sergeant Brown’s.
They saw a monstrous armored vehicle approaching fast towards them, and heard Sergeant
Brown screaming, “Humans, run for your lives”. Running
over the colony, the vehicle flattened it to the ground, and then after running
over the soldiers, it came to a full stop.
Unzipping his fly, a soldier emerged
from the vehicle and started emptying his full bladder. His comrade who was
standing close to him laughed loudly, “Hey, Essam, look what you did!” Essam
looked at his urine pool and said, “Dead ants floating all over the place, a
colony of...oh...God, they look like warier ants” and then burst out laughing pointing
at an ant lying on its back; its legs kicking in the air and said, “I am going
to put this one out of its misery”
And
with the heel of his heavy military boot, Essam squished Sergeant Brown.
The
End
