Questions:
- 2 stories which is better? (adjusted with small variations again)
- Is this a creative writing piece? (300 word limit)
1.
I squinted at my watch in the frigid dim lit bunker, it read 4:43pm August 23rd 2025. Being an ex military officer you see a part of the world not many get to see, the violent cold nature of battle. No one on the battlefield are really enemies, we are just pitted against each other, in the end we are just doing our job so that no one else carries that burden. We pity our enemies as they cry for help, the screams drive most insane but the ones that aren't shaken take it the worst. I hate war. In this world dictated by paper notes, you can get anything if you have enough money. Money creates greed and greed breeds hate therefore relationships shatter and nations fall into chaos. Well that's what got us into this mess 3 years ago when WW3 started with Ukraine and Russia, 3 years ago that was, and they managed to drag every nation into it. Little did anyone know a progessive bomb was created, which couldnt be disarmed and only grows in power, doubling every year. A nuclear weapon which gives control of the world to one nation, to the individual who controls it. A threat which endangered every living being on the pale blue dot called Earth. The world bomb it was called, currently able to incinerate half the planet in an instant, soon to be capable of wiping 8 billion people off the planet. One would now say there's nothing we can do, yet as I stand before the fuse only one answer seemed to cross my mind. How could anything be more important than keeping humanity from being wiped out? You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain they said. As I pulled the fuse to be engulfed by the white light the words leave my mouth, “So, was I a hero or a villain”
2.
I squinted at my watch in the frigid dim lit bunker, it read 4:43pm August 23rd 2025. I hate war. In this world dictated by paper notes, you can get anything if you have enough money. Money creates greed and greed breeds hate therefore relationships shatter and nations fall into chaos. Well that's what got us into this mess 3 years ago when WW3 started with Ukraine and Russia, 3 years ago that was, and they managed to drag every nation into it. Little did anyone know a progessive bomb was created, which unable to be disarmed and only grows in power, doubling every year. A top secret nuclear weapon developed by Russia which gives control over the world to one nation, to the individual who controls it. Only a select few know of it, hidden from the rest of the world, it would look like a repercussion of war as everyone tries to hide the truth. A threat which endangered every living being on the pale blue dot called Earth. The world bomb it was called, currently able to incinerate a third of the planet in an instant, soon to be capable of wiping out 8 billion people off the planet. One would now say there's nothing we can do, yet as I stand before the fuse only one answer seemed to cross my mind. How could anything be more important than keeping humanity from being wiped out? You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain they said. As I pulled the fuse to be engulfed by the white light the words left my mouth, “So, was I a hero or a villain”