Camp Overlook

Part 3

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One Month Later
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    “12-863?” The kapo’s voice filled the room.

    Sabre looked up, and locked eyes with the Kapo, the Kapo’s eyes on Sabre’s Harmonica. He had been playing it for a little over an hour, when he was supposed to be sleeping.

    “You can either keep your knees, or the Harmoni-,” Before the Kapo could finish, Sabre jumped up off the cot, and hit the Kapo in the jaw with a closed fist. The Kapo, throwing some insults and swears, promptly tackled Sabre back into the cot. 

     Sabre was taking a pretty good beating, when the Kapo was pulled off of him. 

      “Just take the damn harmonica, and leave,” an unknown voice said. 

      Sabre looked up, as the Kapo left, Harmonica in hand. The man grabbed Sabre’s arm, and pulled him to his feet.

      “Im Dion. You alright? Looks like he broke your nose..” Dion said, looking Sabre over.
     “Yeah I'll be fine. I've been through worse. I'm Sabre,” he replied.

      “Yeah I know who you are, you’re like a celebrity down here among the prisoners. You better get some rest Sabre. We’re opening up a massive stope tomorrow, it's gonna be a long day.”

     “Sounds like a plan,” Sabre responded, rubbing his cheek. Sabre slowly lowered himself back onto the cot, and tried to go to sleep. 

       That Harmonica had been given to him by his mom, during a house raid by a group of Nazi’s. His dad had fought in the war, and was now a member of the local resistance, and his mom was a nurse at a local hospital. Sabre was taken to another room, away from his mom, and soon they were asking him about where his dad was.

    After around 20 minutes of interrogation, Sabres dad walked in the front door, turned back around and ran. He didnt make it 15 feet before his father was shot in the back by a Nazi officer. The officer came in, told the others to “Load her up” as he pointed to Sabre’s Mom, and to leave Sabre right where he was.

     Before they were able to get Sabre’s mom out of the house, she handed him the harmonica, and told him to never give in to the Nazi’s. Sabre never saw his mom again. He took his dad's sword he had brought back from Okinawa, and found the local resistance group, from there he gained the reputation of being called Sabre, for his use of the sword.   

     Sabre was Jostled awake by Dion, “Hey Blaster Boy,” He said,” Get out of the Cot we got work to do!”

     Sabre slowly got up out of the Cot, and followed Dion to the Dynamite Storage room.

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Three Days Pass
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    “Hey Sabre, I got somebody I want to introduce you to. Someone I think you might like,” Dion said, as he led Sabre into a room. 

     The room looked like a bar, tables everywhere, people talking and having a good time. How had he never noticed this before?

    “Sabre this is Ronny, Ronny, you know who Sabre is,” Dion said as they sat at one of the tables. 

    “Well, shoot, I thought I heard something about you being down here,” he started, “Hey listen, You hate Nazi’s Right?” he asked, scooting into the table and looking around to make sure nobody was listening.

    “Do you even have to ask that question,” Sabre said,” Of course I hate the damn Nazi’s.”

    “Good. I could use your help with a tiny little plan I got going on."

    “If it involves getting out of this damned Rock, i'm all ears.”

     “Good. Take a look at this,” Ronny handed Sabre a schematic,” Don't ask where I got it, I won't say. That there, is the door key that all the guards have embedded in their hands, and I want to get a hold of one.”

     “If it's in their hand, how the hell are you-,” Sabre cut himself off. The image of the Kommadant with the metal hand popped into his head, "Bolt… How are you gonna get it?”

     “So you know him ah? Bolt arrived here about a week before you did, replaced a guy who was sleeping with one of the kitchen staff, had him sent across the globe. So, you know Tunnel Number 15? That section of Limestone? Its highly unstable, prone to collapsing,”

    “Yeah I know it, but how the hell are you gonna get the card from that pile of rubble. It will be crushed.”

     “That, my friend, is why we take it out of his hand, before he “Accidently gets crushed”, Now, you don't need to worry about it being taken from his hand, I have that covered. We have an inside man on the cleaning staff, he can get you into the staff halls. He was watching Bolt very closely, and said he follows a very predictable path. You and Dion are going to bag him during the late night roll, and bring him to me. They won't be able to tell it was taken.

     “I’m In, Just let me know when we move, and I'll be ready. But once we got the card, where do we go from there?”

     “Once we secure the keys, we will get as many people on board as we can, and we will take this damn place over, one level at a time”

    Sabre Nodded, told Ronny to let him know when it was “Go Time”, and headed off to get some sleep.