Chapter 184: Fate Fulfils, Destiny completes

Chapter 184: Fate Fulfils, Destiny completes

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[A/N: This indeed happened. It's called the M Lai massacre.]

Hector continued his story, but it felt as if he was reliving his past life to him. "My company had 150 men, and we left in two different groups. The leading battle group consisted of a hundred men who were to enter the village directly. Meanwhile, the other 50 men and I were to secure the surroundings first.

"My superior officer, Lt. Colonel Baker, tried to secure the Sn M region before but only got limited success. Since then, we started calling it Pinkville. This time, the 11th Brigade commander told us to go in there aggressively and wipe them out for good. We were told that by the time we arrived, nearly all the civilian residents of the hamlets in Sn M village would have left for the market by 07:00 and that any who remained would most likely be VC or VC sympathizers.

"Some of them probably misunderstood the command to destroy everything. Anyway, the mission went pretty well under my command. I got my troops to clear the surroundings, and we headed towards the M Lai village. We could already hear the gunfire and expected to support the troops.

But, as we slowly started to enter the village, the smell of burning flesh, screams of agony and fear, and the heat of the burning roofs of houses hit us."

Hector stopped at that. The scenes reappeared in his mind. He had to take a breath and continued, "As I started going deeper, I saw dead bodies of old men, women, and children. Just lying there on the side of the road or at the gates of houses. I thought the fight must be intense. But then my eyes fell on the first soldier from my company. He was in the middle of shooting a man in the head with his rifle at point-blank. At that time, I realized my men were doing the killings.

"I stopped him and asked what was happening. He looked confused and simply said the order was to burn everything, poison the well, slaughter the livestock, and leave no one alive.

"Angered, I rushed to the village center. On the path, the body county kept on increasing. None of them had any weapons with them. But when I reached the center, I saw hell on earth. They had drugged ditches, pushed people in them, and then shot them to death.

"Mothers tried to shield their babies with their bodies but didn't survive. Kids who could walk tried to crawl from under the bodies only to be shot again. I saw a woman fixing her blouse, probably after being r*ped and then being shot.

"I tried my best to stop them, shouting orders. But it was as if they had been possessed. Even the 50 men who were with me slipped around and let their demons out."

*Sigh* He laid on his back on the sand and added, "As I walked around to save as many poor villages as possible. I saw those guys doing strange things. Setting fire to the hootches and huts and waiting for people to come out and then shooting them... going into the hootches and shooting them up... gathering people in groups and shooting them. As I walked in, I could see piles of people throughout the village.

"They were gathered up into large groups. I saw them shoot an M79 grenade launcher into a group of people who were still alive. But it was mostly done with a machine gun. They were shooting women and children just like anybody else. We met no resistance, and I only saw three captured weapons. We had no casualties from enemy fire. It was just like any other Vietnamese villageold papa-sans, women, and kids.

"As a matter of fact, I don't remember seeing one military-age male in the entire place, dead or aliveby the time the massacre ended, they had killed over 600 villagers,"

Diana was taken aback by all this, "How did you stop them?"

"I shot my NCO commander in the head right there for refusing my command and for shouting at troops to kill them all. Once his body dropped, they all started listening to me.

"I remember jumping into a muddy blooded ditch at the end because I heard a baby's cries. I found a little girl, under her mother's corpse, riddled with bullets. She was fine and needed some first aid. I knew at that very moment what I needed to do.

"After I reported everything to my commander, the whole operation in the Sn M region was stopped, and instead, a rescue operation started. But I knew exactly what was going to happen. After being interviewed by a dozen senior officers, I was awarded a promotion, and a letter of commendation by the General in charge of the whole war.

"The news of the massacre never left Vietnam. Coverups after coverups were made. Pentagon got involved and buried all the files deep. But I continued to do the job, with the same guys whom I despised the most. Now with a higher rank, I was above guys from other companies who also participated in the atrocity that day.

"But life goes on. After an extended intelligence mission, I planned the next mission to help us win the war. It was an ambush on the VC's biggest brigade. After getting permission, I led my men into the ambush.

*SMACK* She patted Hector's shoulder as if angry, "Why? I would have loved to know that. I love Moony. He's already my dear son."

Hector laughed heartily, "Haha, then I guess the family is complete. The boy always longed for a mother,"

"What about you? You never longed for a special someone?" She asked him, her cheeks blushing. She was too old to keep the shy girl theatrics going for too long.

Hector was the same. He may be one dense bastard, but not a total idiot. He felt close to Diana, as she was just like him, lost in destiny and in another Universe. She had no family either, which was worse as he had Moony.

"I do, Diana. But I never felt connected with any womanuntil now,"

Diana's heart raced fast as soon as she heard this. She looked up at his face and their eyes locked. Love was a strange feeling; oftentimes, you don't need to say things verbally. Just a look is enough to convey a thousand words and emotions.

She stepped closer to him, saying, "You can always count on me, Hectoralways,"

"I already do, Diana Prince," He tucked her hair behind her ear, "You're so gorgeous and kind,"

She smiled lovingly, "I won't lie. You're not the most handsome man I've ever seen. But you sure are the most beautiful in both universes. Your mind, heart, and soulall of it."

With that, their faces inched closer to each other. While the moon and the stars stood shining as the witness, the little twigs and the grains of sand sang the song of love with the wind blowing over them.

Hector's red coat and Diana's red cape fluttered in the wind. Her arm held his broad back and his wrapped around her waist. They closed their eyes and let their breaths take their lips to each other.

Her lips brushed his, softly, delicately, like butterfly wings, just long enough that he could inhale her breath, feel the warmth of her skin, and the taste of her lipstick. He was no experienced lover, but this was the first time he felt his heart shiver.

Two souls met and fell in love in a universe not their own. Their journey was long, spanning millions of years. Their hearts were in a mess, thanks to the works of others. But, although their pasts were tragic, fate had finally worked its magic.

The heavens and hell cheered, and shinier the starry sky appeared. They kissed for long, as the two felt the warmth of love that the two longed.

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