Ants Vs Mary - Part II

The next day, they gathered again. Mr. Top Ant wanted to know the progress of the war. Calling his top generals, he asks for a report on the situation.

"General, what's the status of the war?", Mr. Top Ant asks the General of Unit 1.

"Mr. Top Ant, our unit was stationed at the top of the bed. We would like to report that our success was tremendous. We hid behind the fat lady's pillow until she fell asleep at night. When night fell, my unit ventured out. We managed to bite her multiple times. To be exact, 5 times on the butt, 1 on her side, 1 on her arm and 2 on her face. My top soldier even managed to hit her directly in the middle of her forehead, she now has a big red spot there!", the General proudly reported.

"Excellent work General! Anything else to report? Did we lose any men?", asked Mr. Top Ant.

"No sir! We were very fast with our work. We went in and out before the fat lady could spot us. We managed to injure another man as we retreated as well. We found him sleeping right next to the fat lady. We think he's her accomplice. We gave him a bite on the back and on the face as we were retreating.", replied the General.

"Good job General. Tell your men that I'm proud of them. They've done their fallen brothers justice. Go back to your positions.  We shall attack again tonight. We shall attack until she admits defeat! Go General! Be safe!", said Mr. Top Ant.

"Yes sir", replied the General loudly.

The General of Unit 1 went back to his men, who were at their positions by the bed. The fat lady and the man was nowhere to be seen. The coast was clear. They gathered around the General.

"Men, I come back with new orders from Mr. Top Ant. He says to hold your positions and attack again tonight. He's happy with our progress. We must be more careful tonight though. The fat lady must suspect something awry. She's sure to do a thorough check of the bed. I suggest we hide between the back of the bed and the wall  until the time is right to attack. Go men!! Let's avenge your fallen brothers!", commanded the General.

"Yes sir", replied the soldiers of Unit 1 loudly and proudly.

The soldiers in Unit 1 were proud to be avenging their brothers. Some of them had relatives in the unit that went down in their attack 2 months ago. The soldiers in Unit 8 were assigned to burrow in the rice. The ants were running low on food supplies and they tried to get anything they could get their hands on. The fat lady had found them and drowned them. Not only that, those that didn't drown she made suffer. Most of the soldiers in Unit 8 that had survived the drowning didn't survive that night. The fat lady had scattered some white powder all around them. All that crossed that white powder died slowly from the poison.

"I shall avenge my brother", thought Little Ant. He was the youngest of Unit 1. He saw the despair that mother and father experienced when they found out about the fate of Unit 8. They were all very proud of his brother, Big Ant. With determination in his eyes, Little Ant went back to his position and waited there till night fall.