<strong>PFC Yui “Zippo” Sakuraba – 1st Squad</strong><br/><br/>It was glorious. All the flames and gunfire being poured into the zeeno-thingie’s direction … it felt great. I yelled as black smoke poured into the sky, feeling like we were finally doing something. I didn’t know if we were hurting the ugly critter, but we were fighting back. We were giving it a hard punch to the face, instead of taking punches.<br/><br/>I heard Sarge yelling for the cease-fire. It was hard to see at first …<em>wow</em>, we sure laid down some serious firepower. I glanced over to my side and saw Rome flirting away with the new girl, DeSilva. I rolled my eyes, and turned away.<em>Figures,</em>I thought.<em>Every skirt in this unit gets attention from the guys but me … even Senjo gets called Cybertits.</em><br/><br/>Suddenly, I remembered Senjo. And that she’d been cut down by the zeeno-thingie. I flicked on the safeties for my flamethrower, and started moving in her direction.<br/><br/><em>“It’s a bomb!”</em>Sarge screamed. I whirled around, not know what he was talking about. All I know was that he was pointing at the charred spot where the zeeno critter was, and then he was grabbing Senjo and running with her deactivated body. I felt Sarge grabbing at my arm, and shoving me back the way we came. I ran as fast as I could, following along behind him and DeSilva, who moved more quickly than I did. Sweat dripped down my body inside the gorilla suit, pooling inside it as I ran.<br/><br/>I heard the laughter, and silently cursed. I hoped that the fucking zeeno wouldn’t be getting the last laugh … and that I’d still get a chance to fry him good soon.