Day 25 Escape
Soldiers Panting... Breathing heavily...
They got escape from the Sans Serif terrorists an hour before the Arland Soldiers attacked the Sans Serif. Luckily he was saved by one of the Staff Sergeant and the others. They had to pass through the secret tunnel of the camp and it will lead them at the woods place, a forest. He endures the pain and wounds he got from the torture, punches, and shots. He feels that he loses too much blood and his vision gets darkened. He could no longer take a single step, he rests for a while titled his head on the tree.
Sergeant Herrera panting...
"Go on... Move.... Save yourself, I will be okay here." he said to the other soldiers.
"No, Sergeant we won't leave you here. We are here, we can make it... Common..."
"That's an order, leave and save yourself."
"Fuc**, this time I won't take orders from you" Staff Sergeant said to him.
He suddenly lift and carried him when they move and walks away from the forest.
"I owe my life to you buddy."
"Ohh...he just chuckle and keeps walking together with the other finding way out to the forest.
They are lucky that they are able to get firearms from the terrorists they had their weapons to fight back if ever they encounter the terrorists. Since that night they walk, they had to spend the whole night in the forest. On the way down of the forest, they found a lake, they stop and rest for a while they bath and washed the wounds of Sergeant Herrera and put a bandage on his head and on his legs, they drink from the running water and fill their water container.
The sun is brightly shinning and they are still walking, he also feels that he is weakening he wants to close his eyes and sleep. The Staff Sergeant who carried him keep on talking for him not to fall asleep.
"Wake up, Sergeant we are on our way, I see the opening, a moment later we are in the highway."
"hmm.. Yeah I saw it too...."
Both panting and breathing heavily they run fast when they saw the way out and the highway.
They loaded their firearms for the possible attacks.
Breathing heavily.... (All)
They cheer and laughs at the moment they reach the highway.
" Sergeant we're here"... Staff Sergeant laughs whe he is talking to Sergeant Herrera, but, he falls asleep and never wake up.
He dropped down Sergeant from his lift, The Sergeant was deeply asleep, they tried to wake him up but no response coming from him. Officer Slagle who is a military doctor check his pulse rate and eyelids.
"He still alive, we need to do the first before it's too late". with worried in his face.
They heard a car engine coming they lift again the Sergeant and hides from the tress.
Staff Sergeant Burch radio the Southern Arland camp asking for help to take them away to that place, requesting a military chopper or either a military truck.
"Alpha base... This is Staff Sergeant Burch requesting for back up... Alpha base common... Over...
" This is Alpha base.... Do you copy? What's your position?
"South West Como forest... Over..."
"Copy... How many of you? Over.."
"Ten, we are all okay, one wounded and lost consciousness we need medic... Over.."
"Copy, Staff Sergeant the chopper will be on that moment.. Over.."
The car gets closer to the place where they are hiding they loaded their firearms and get ready for the possible attack it could be the terrorists and if not they will be lucky and they will be having a chance to ask for help.
Men talking in distant... Breaks pull.. Tire scratching
The car engine suddenly stops and the noise of men chattering a while ago faded. The place gets quiet, from here they are hiding they can see a group of men are getting off on the truck. They aimed their firearms and observing what happen next, if those men moves closer from where they are hiding.
Officer Blake gets telescoped to look and see more closer whose are those men gets off from the truck.
The truck cannot recognize even more, there was a bump on the headlights, the front window mirror has a crack, the head of the truck is slightly burnt. He turns his gaze to the men who are in that truck and he was getting surprised and smile when he recognize who are in the truck.
"We are saved Staff Sergeant,." she smiles as he said to Sergeant Burch, he gave the telescope to see what he sees from the distant.
Staff Sergeant look at the telescope to see what officer Blake saw.
"Oh men, we are lucky today."
Staff Sergeant Burch came out hiding to let him see them he lifts up his firearm and waving. The men from distant notice him and take a closer look on their telescope.
He waves back to Staff Sergeant Burch, he command to lower the weapons.
The truck engine starts to move closer to them, the others gets walked on their way. The other soldier came out hiding and lift Sergeant Herrera, they shake hands as they reach the other. The medic team was in a hurry to put an aide to Sergeant Herrera, they hurry to put him in a stretcher.
"I'm Staff Sergeant Burch, and nine of us are good aside from Sergeant Herrera".
"We're glad, you are all safe."
The helicopter arrived, the one that they called back up a while ago come on their place, it goes down a little to let Sergeant Herrera take them.
Staff Sergeant Burch gets in the truck together with the other, they were heading back to the Southern Arland camp.
They notice that the mission is getting successful, there are trucks behind them that are loaded with some terrorists and yet it's not fully accomplished the leader Abubakar Salem Ale gets escape from military Assault.
Day 26 The letter
The dawn is breaking in its beautiful morning, the sunrise kiss her cheeks as the curtain of her window blew with the wind, she was blinded by the sunlight she covered her face of blanket and went back to sleep. But the noise from the outside woke her up, she sits on her bed and yawn, then she looks at her window, she thought to peek out the window and see what the noise was all about.
She sees the military trucks and soldiers are back from the invasion of the Sans Serif terrorists, suddenly her heart beat faster Sergeant Herrera suddenly came to her mind hoping they had saved his beloved from the hands of terrorists, she immediately ran to go outside of her room, but before she opens, the door suddenly it opened and Amanda opened up to her, she called by her with sadness in it's voices.
"Chyrill..."
Her chest throbbed with excitement, she hopes Amanda brings a good news for her she is hoping that Sergeant Herrera was saved and alive. She just kept staring at Amanda waiting for what she would say next. She doesn't want to think that something not good was happening to the Sergeant. She sees Amanda's sadness in her eyes, she is trying to smile and greet Amanda happily just as normal the way she used to do.
"Hi, Good morning Amanda."
Amanda smiles back at her and holds her hands.
"I have something to tell you." Amanda breath heavily before she says another word. Chyrill looks at Amanda eyes, her heart beats fast as Amanda making her to surprised of what she will trying to say to her.
"Say it, you make me feel excited... Is it all about Sergeant Herrera?"
Amanda nods at her and grasp her hands.
"He is alive and safe".
She cried at the news she heard she wanted to run out to meet his beloved. She hurried to goes out and meet the Sergeant Amanda follows her calling her name.
"Chyrill...Chyrill...
Amanda stops her before she take another step.
" Listen, I need you to be brave.. Okay? "
" What do you mean? "
" I don't want you to go get shocked about the situation of the Sergeant right now".
"What is it?" her hands are shaking she is about to cry.
Come-on, Amanda holds her hands and they walk out of the room, she has no idea what Amanda is trying to say to her, where she will take Amanda? " They walk heading to a medic room her footsteps are heavy, her hands are still shaking and her body starts to shiver.
Amanda slowly opens the door, Chyrill follows Amanda when she steps in the room of the Sergeant she almost did not want to step inside the room. The whole room was big enough and she immediately noticed the white curtain lying on the bed where Sergeant Herrera was lying and the ringing devices she could hear all around the room. She pulled back the curtain hoping that she would see Sergeant Herrera awake and smiling at her.
She was shocked by what she saw about the situation of Sergeant Herrera he has bruises on his face, with a bandage on his head and his arms have burned and his legs were cemented due to the fracture because of a strong blow to him.
She moves closer to Sergeant bed and she touches his face, her tears began to flow so hard that she could hardly stop crying, she suddenly hugs the Sergeant and starts to sob crying loud. She holds the hands of Sergeant and kiss him the feeling of missing that she couldn't hide.
"Why he is not awake?" she asked Amanda.
Amanda turn her gaze to the doctor that standing right beside her.
"I'm afraid to tell you, that he is in coma?
" Coma? You mean comatose? "
" Yes. "
She could hardly believe from what she heard.
" For how long he would still in comatose? " she asked the doctor.
" Well, I cannot say... It will take days, weeks, months or maybe a year we didn't know let us wish that he will awake to soon."
She turns her gaze back to the Sergeant with so much sadness and her heart starts to mourns as if she couldn't hardly stop crying. She sat on the sofa besides Amanda she exhales heavily and wipe her tears she look again the Sergeant that is lying right now in the bed looking lifeless with a mechanical ventilator attached to his body.
Amanda offer her a cup of coffee, toasted bread with strawberry jam spread on it and slice apples for her breakfast. She just looks at the foods Amanda offered to her, she did not feel like eating she has no appetite and feels that her taste buds has gone at all.
A moment later the doctor went outside after him check the Sergeant. She left alone and Amanda stays beside her to sympathize with her but she needs to understand that Amanda has also a duty to fulfill and a job to take care of. She assured Amanda that she will be okay and look after to Sergeant Herrera
She left alone in the room taking care of the Sergeant she pulled the curtain and open all the windows of the room.
"My love, I wish you could see the beautiful sunrise right now, and together, I wish we walk hand in hands and feel the sunlight that kiss in our cheeks... Ohh, I wish we could see the rainbow too.. What do you think? Is it amazing right? and rainbow is a symbol of hope.... "
She talks to the Sergeant as if that he could answer too and say yes in everything that she says, she wipes her tears that began to swell she moves closer to the Sergeant bed and fixes the blanket to cover his body but at that moment she notices a piece of paper inside his pocket, she gets the piece of paper in the Sergeant pocket to see what is it. It was folded into a heart shape, she wonder why is it folded like this? She feels excited to know what is in this piece of paper.
"Ohh.... What is this? A letter for me I guess...."
Isn't it? She smiled to the Sergeant just like she used to do when they are in the North Arland camp. She opened the paper that was folded into a heart shape and she got to know that it's Sergeant handwriting, a letter addressed to her. She is starting to read it now and she can't stop herself to smile and cry for a while.
Dearest Chyrill,
I wish you a beautiful day ahead for you, I hope that you are doing good. I miss you a lot, I miss your smile and your crazy ideas. I pray that I will escape from this detention center so I can be with you, I am sorry for I was not able to fulfill my promise that am going back and get you, but as soon the war will be over I down on my knees and I promised to marry you. I miss you. I love you my everything.
"I love you too... She whispered and kiss the letter, she burst into tears after she read the Sergeant's letter she holds his hands and place in his cheeks, she wanted to fell the warm hug of the Sergeant.