A few fireflies gave off little specks of light, so gentle as they softly illuminated the night, yet utterly unable to light up the reason in Private Angel's heart.
"Goddammit! I'm going to cut you two into a thousand pieces."
Private Angel gritted her teeth in fury, waved away the fireflies, and climbed out of the roadside ditch.
She was covered in mud and bits of grass. A slight sniff revealed a trace of foul odor, too.
"Damn it! I'm so pissed!" Private Angel screamed in frustration, venting her discontent. Reaching up to grab at her head, she pulled off a waterlogged, rotten branch and several strands of weeds.
Standing on clean ground, she glared into the distance with her alluring eyes, searching viciously for Bombsight and Soldier Boy.
"Where did those two bastards run off to?" Private Angel stamped her feet in anger.
A moment earlier, Soldier Boy had been carrying her, flying along perfectly well, when Bombsight suddenly went nuts and attacked Soldier Boy again, causing her to be thrown down once more.
Of all places, she had landed right in a ditch in the grass! It was full of stagnant water and sludge, stinking and utterly disgusting.
She closed her eyes and concentrated on sensing everything around her. A few seconds later, two indistinct life-forms appeared in her mind.
"Found you, you two pieces of shit! Just you wait!" Private Angel broke into a run toward the east on her long, lovely legs, abandoning all decorum and looking ready to fight to the death.
Soon, two figures appeared in the distance.
Soldier Boy lit a cigarette as usual and kicked Bombsight. "Idiot, still want to fight?"
"No, no more." Bombsight waved his hands repeatedly, cold sweat from his lingering fear still on his face.
He touched the