Some say there is beauty in everything.

But that saying could be good as gone now.

Explosions echoed through the air and blood is shed on the scorched ground day after day. As the Red Army rises to power, a strong, fierce, and unforgiving wave crashes over all of the land that they conquer, leaving the earth a wasteland.

And a supposed dead man behind it all.

A metallic finger tapped against the railing of a sturdy balcony as a glaring silver eye gazes out over the burned ground.

The man's senses had not been dulled over the pressure of his ongoing life; they had just grown stronger through the miseries that trained him to be more careful. Not to trust anyone but himself.

But that may lead to the end f the world.

Now, not all hope was lost.

A rebellion was growing, growing to stop this madness of the Red Army and rebuild this broken world.

The Red Army sought out to strike down the rebellion, and capture its leaders.

"Red Leader, sir!" A small man scrambled into the room, huffing from shortness of breath.

The man turned from the view out over the wasteland and looking down over the small soldier, who covered in front of him.

"You may speak."

"W-we've found the location of the rebellion's hidden base, s-sir. And we have new information that a group of them are planning to pass through our territory and-"

"That's all." Tord cut him off, thinking. "We will shoot them down. Search the base and find their leaders. Bring them to me. Kill anyone else. Anything else I should know?"

"B-but sir... Thomas will be traveling with the group."

"Really? Right into my hands... It's about time."

He turned back to the world that had crumbled around the base.

"You are dismissed."

The man nodded frantically and hurried away.

Tord smirked, as another explosion fell onto the earth, sending hot air towards the scarred man. But he hardly noticed, too lost in thought.

"Oh, Thomas... Love is back from the grave."

A/N

A few things I'd like to get out of the way before the story really starts.

If you didn't know and are new here, I have "adopted" this plot from @BottledBluue. The first book to this series is up on their page, I highly recommend you read that one before you read this one, it will diffidently help you to understand what's really going on ;/:

Also, this will be written differently, obviously because it's being written by yours truly. This is one of the biggest things I fretted about while starting to write this. I'm sorry if it's super different and you don't like it, there's not much you can do about it, you'll have to put up with my weird style of writing get the full scoop on Red Army life (I'll go home-)

Thank you for reading through this, it really means a lot to me.

Also, if there are ANY typos that I missed, PLEASE say so in the comments so I can fix them, highly appreciated!!