Guafe

"My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed."

--Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (opening quote)

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."

--Plato (ending quote)

Guafe (Chamorro meaning: "fire") is a chapter in When the Cold Breeze Blows Away. In this chapter, the Bonny Squad is secretly formed in Naval Base Guam in Apra Harbor, Guam.

Transcript
WELL, after the Last Day was over, I was having a wee little vacation in Guam since it was instantly remediated by magic. It looks like the entire island is being repopulated, as if it's being filled with refugees from every major city of the world whose city had been hit by many types of WMDs.

It's 1:40 AM (0140 hours) here in Dededo, Guam (the island's largest human settlement), now a Safe Haven. I'm 42 minutes away from Apra Harbor, 34.8 kilometers (21.6 miles) west-southwest.

I couldn't sleep, because of the news that I heard on the radio, and now the alarm rang at me to announce that something mysterious had come. Could it be a newly-formed squad? Well, I'll see and find out.

I would drive to Apra Harbor with a rented Hyundai Tucson from the car pool. That'll take a very long drive out there, so I started up the car and drove from the city to the natural harbor, as long as I ignore the traffic.

Just about 58 minutes later (due to traffic), what I saw are some of my friends talking to each other and/or to UN Enclave peacekeepers, paladins and soldiers, including sailors, marines, coast guard members, aircraftmen, pilots and seamen.

I walked to look at some of my friends. The preteen and teenage heroes who just volunteered instead of being conscripted, including their parents, do look like arena wear of the 74th Hunger Games from the very first The Hunger Games movie in 2012. Their outfits are: Reminds me of Katniss Everdeen, huh? Hmph, I don't know why the hell just happened. Are they too young, or old enough to join the Hunger Games or somethin'? Well, the answer is no. Their goal is to keep peace on Earth and provide support for the UN Enclave.
 * A pair of loose cargo pants with many pockets all over. Girls were given olive cargo pants and boys were given khaki cargo pants. The ankles are cuffed and tucked into the boot straps.
 * A light cotton shirt. Girls were given v-necks and the boys were given crew-necks. The shirt was a lighter or darker shade of the jacket color.
 * A wide, sturdy brown belt with a large buckle that wraps loosely around the jacket twice.
 * A double-lined jacket with multiple features, intended to be the most appealing part of the outfit. The inner layer was very warm and fitted, made of thick fleecy cotton. The jacket had a reflective tape of orange material around the hem. The outer shell was extremely thin, made of only a double layer of thin parachute nylon. Grey strips of reflective material ran down the arms, across the shoulders, and along the back and spine. There were drawstrings on the hood and waist, and a zipper up the front. The inner layer had tabs on the bottom that attach to the outer zipper so the inner layer can be zipped up. The jackets were a different color for each member.
 * A pair of leather boots with narrow, grippy soles.
 * A pair of skin-tight socks.

SOMEWHERE LOCATED IN THE PHILIPPINE SEA -- 2:45 AM (0245 AM)

At 2:45 a.m., six Panemian-like hovercrafts (used by the UN Enclave) took off from a naval base on Guam in the Marianas. Two of them were observation hovercrafts. Four are deployment hovercrafts, led by the one hovercraft, which was named Alice Hayes, named after Captain Buinton Darrion Sariwa Cariño's mother, Alice Hayes Dayag Cariño (née Sariwa).