Chapter 18
"Sergeant, can I ask you something?" Vincent approved the Staff Sergeant and asked, his voice almost a whisper.
The group had found themselves cover within a small house, the original owners were gone as were everyone in this settlement so they easily occupied it. The soldiers found vantage points from where they could observe the street for enemies.
"Hmm" the Staff Sergeant replied without turning to him, she was seated on a tall stool beside a window, her left foot on the window rail and her gun on her thighs as she kept her eyes fixed on the distance outside.
"This mission..."
"Don't ask," a stern voice suddenly interrupted him and he looked up at the Staff Sergeant to see her staring intently at him. Vincent found an odd fire of courage within him and he stared back at her.
"Must you know?" she groaned mostly to herself as she turned to gaze outside the window again.
"Tell me" he insisted.