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[ PRESENT DAY; 2017 ]

{  perry como - please believe me }

dimitriy had a tendency to block out his emotions when speaking with others, the only time they surfaced were during his nightmares; which are terrifying or very unpleasant experiences or prospects that occurs in a so called 'dream', or so he thought. his nightmares always seemed to contain events that took place many years ago, even before he was supposedly born. each nightmare contained moments from a war which he had never recalled being apart of ;

OKINAWA, JAPAN.

in the deep blue waters surrounding the island there were more than one thousand four hundred and fifty-seven ships and landing crafts. as well as more than half a million men crammed on this island, including a joint US army and marine corps landing force of around one hundred and eighty two thousand troops. among those taking part in the landings, there was one young seventeen year old male who braced himself for his first taste of action; DIMITRIY VALENTIN, a boy from California that needed a get away from his psychotic family, and was given that opportunity by his best friend, Roger Holland. after being saved from almost being killed while staying in Germany with his grandmother he had been helped by Roger, whom also showed Dimitriy how to enlist in the marines after returning to america. after he had gone through multiple physicals, and many weeks of boot camp the moment that he had been waiting for had finally arrived; he was going to be a marine. he reckoned that he was as ready as he was ever going to be, but that didn't stop his nerves. once stepping foot onto okinawa alone he knew that there was no turning back, he was there to defend his country and keep his fellow soldiers safe as well. by mid-morning he was armed with a gun and beckoned to follow the rest of the troop into the woods where they would make sure their area was secure, which was going fine until another troop was bombarded by japs, as he called them. none of the new soldiers knew what to expect as their troop leader directed them in the direction of the attack that had just occurred, all the soldiers were told to attack and show the japs no mercy. all dimitriy knew was that the island was only seventy miles long, he never expected the enemy troops being that close to them that quickly. as he shot at the opposing side he realized that the scale of killing on land must have been much worse than out in the ocean since it was like an open range and continued to think that even after this first attack. throughout the year he had witnessed multiple blood baths containing barbaric savagery, which resulted in more than a quarter million people killed in the most brutal ways, ways that HAUNT dimitriy in his dreams. he referred to the japanese men as savage animals, they would behead fellow soldiers during an attack, gouge their eyes out, cut off limbs, and much more that was not pleasing to think about. a day did not pass that dimitriy didn't see a dead civilian or fellow soldier and he became hardened to such scenes, there could be a deceased jap sitting around while he was eating his daily ration and he wouldn't care; he became completely immune to the sight of someone being dead. however, as the count of casualties rose up deep down inside he worried for his friend and for himself, he couldnt bear losing his best friend and made sure that he kept an eye on him even though Roger was a lieutenant, like dimitriy said to him;

❛ til the end of the line, my friend.❜ 

the two had been through way to much and no matter what, Dimitriy would always care about him much more than he cared about his own well being.

towards the end of one of the battles to his knowledge he had been left unscathed, unlike his protective gear which was badly dented, but he never received a direct hit. dimitriys' adrenaline was pumping as he shot at the opposing side. his troop was called to retreat but as he took cover he was shot in the leg, he let out a muffled scream as he covered his mouth with his sleeve. Dimitriy clenched his teeth together as he felt a huge amount of pain wash over him. suddenly, the pain increased as he felt something tear through his arm as though he had been belted with a baseball bat. his fellow soldiers faces filled with horror as they watched one of the japs shoot him once more before taking cover as bullets were pinging all across the woods. however he was not dead, his pulse was quickly misread by a soldier as they quickly began to run back to their camp leaving dimitriy to become a prisoner of war; which the experiments, blood, torture, and beatings still reside in his mind even though none of it was apparently real.

but this was all a dream― 

or was it?

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