24 HOUR GAMES

Wampali Nicu, Commander of the QWAHALA tribe, walked out of his command trailer. Inside it was a crisp 60 degrees, but outside where he was walking it was already approaching 102. It was only nine in the morning.

The QWAHALA army had moved in during the night and was now preparing to hunt down the rebel NIHALU tribesmen operating in the area. Diesel fumes drifted over the camp as transport trucks and APC’s began to start up. Almost no one in this force had any combat experience. Most had just come out of basic training. Nicu didn’t understand why the army was ordered to move out so fast. The diamonds in his pocket explained everything.

This whole City of Azura was covered in diamonds. Volcanic activity and years of erosion had forced large quantities of diamonds to the surface. Almost no heavy digging equipment was needed. But the diamonds were scattered across an area that until recently was held solely by the NIHALU tribe. Two days ago, their forces attacked and destroyed almost every NIHALU checkpoint in the area. Survivors reported that the attacking forces were incredibly well armed and ferociously trained. Nicu had most of his army’s deserters captured and killed; sometimes that is what it takes to maintain order within a rag-tag army. The approaching NIHALU troops were all he needed to see to make it clear to his troops that they needed to fight, or die.

With a couple of short commands to his command staff the QWAHALA army began to pick up their gear and move out toward the last known positions of the rebel forces. President Sheppard promised that Nicu would be well compensated for taking this area and preserving its cache of diamonds from enemy invaders. The president also promised that Nicu would suffer the same fate of the soldiers that fled from the last attack.

Nicu could not, would not, let that happen.

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