After a hard and intense victory on the football field, Canon Young and his team walks away with a hard fought victory. After exchanging high fives with his teammates Canon is greeted at the exit of the field by his former Basic training 1sgt. Canons 1sgt explained to him that uncle Sam had to cut his time off short because a very dangerous terrorist has been located deep inside a south African jungle. Canon looked around and seen his Mom and Dad coming towards him. Canon asked his 1sgt when will he be shipping out? His 1sgt told him in two days. Canon looked over at his mom and dad again and his 1sgt told him that when news like this comes up, telling your family is never easy. It seemed as if two days magically passed by because it seems like yesterday Canon just broke the news to his Mom and Dad and poof today he's getting off a plan at a military base and heading in to get the information on the mission. After getting the details on the mission, and getting told why he was chosen(Canon is a sniper for the U.S military) Canon gets told that he's being paired with a veteran Sniper who's retiring after this mission. Trying to become friends with the veteran sniper, the veteran told Canon they are not friends, and when this mission is over, both of them will go their separate ways. Canon could tell this mission was going to be a pain in the ass. After being dropped off in the South African jungle, Canon and the Veteran sniper heads to the setup point by foot. After hearing the Veterans war stories, and after being asked many question by the Veteran soldier, both of them finally made it to the setup point(the setup point was a very tall hill that was 3 miles away from the targets camp. Unloading their gear and setting up their sniper rifles, the Veteran told Canon that they will have one shot at this, and they can't afford to miss, so they will have to each take turns with their sniper rifles in order to not miss the target. Whoever isn't at the scope of their riffle, is eating, drinking water, sleeping etc. Both Canon and the Veteran sniper both wondered who will watch for the target during the day and night)12 hour shifts). After a quick game of paper rock scissors the Veteran sniper won and choose to take the night duty. Canon took a long drink of water from his canteen and took aim with his sniper riffle with the cross hairs of the scope roaming around the campsite looking for the target. Canon and the Veteran Sniper continues to wait for the target, but at the same time they learn more about each other, and they learn more about life from the surroundings of the jungle(they discuss settling down and having a family, also American politics and what this kill shot will mean for other countries including America, etc), but at the same time they try not to give away there position to the enemy that's roaming the area because in the end, they only have one shot(either they will kill and succeed, or they will miss and fail).
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