The Resistance in blue

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"<The Resistance in Blue>"

    All I hear is the sound of Gunfire and the yelling of the two armies as they clashed. I watched in horror as my fellow army men fell as the Philippine resistance fired at us. I hear My name being called and as I look up I see a bullet heading straight at me.
Let's rewind, My name Is Alfred F Jones and I am 19 Years old. When I was 17 years old my Father died In The Spanish American War leaving me to take care of my Mom and 4 year old brother. I knew that soon we weren't going to be able to make ends meet so I enlisted in the army at 19 years old. My whole life my dad always told me to lead a good life but to always look out for family and this was my only way to do it so here I am in the army at 19 years old.
Boot Camp was horrible, it was cramped and everyone looked like they wanted to be anywhere but there. No one even looked at me except a very kind man named Allen but he was sent off immediately after he finished boot camp. A week after he finished I finished too and was immediately sent off to Manila in the Philippines as the USA knew that the Philippines wasn't going to take kindly to being ruled by a new country. After the Spanish American war Spain gave the USA the Philippines, causing quite a bit of a rebellion and to make sure nothing happened they sent some army men like myself to make sure the citizens behave.
Let me tell you Manila is beautiful. It was all lush and green but there was still reminiscence of some of the battles that took place here during the Spanish American war. As I was brought to the camp I would be staying in we passed through a village and I swear I could feel the judgmental gaze of all of the villagers in the village. As we passed some of the houses people leaned out of the houses yelling
"Umalis ka dito!" They yelled as we passed. This happened multiple times as we continued walking and each time this happened the man guiding me to camp yelled back
"Pagsisisihan mo kapag umalis tayo!" After he did this multiple times I finally look to him and say
"What do they keep saying?" He looks at me and sighs before answering quietly
"You will regret it when we leave" I look at him confused before he once again sighs and says "They keep yelling at us to get out of here and leave them alone" He says before looking back towards the horizon. We continue walking until the sun starts to set when we finally reach a sad looking clump of tents that all seemed to either have a hole in them or have a side partially missing. He guides me to a tent off to the side before turning to me
"This is where you will be staying for now. Your Tentmates will join you shortly. If you have any questions make sure to ask me." He is about to turn away when he adds "If you need to find me just ask for Ludwig" before he walks away. I turn towards my tent giving it a look over and noticing that it didn't seem to be as damaged as some of the other tents. After looking it over I finally entered the tent and looked around surprised to find it was actually quite spacious. After looking around for a few minutes I hear the sound of voices approaching and I look towards the entrance just in time to see Three people enter the tent. The first one was on the taller side and over his army uniform he had a simple pin that was shaped like a rose. The second one who was looking at the first one annoyed was on the shorter side but was just a bit taller than me. The last one was much taller than The first one and on his uniform he had a red star sewn onto the shoulder.
"Did you hear that we might be getting a new Tentmate?" The first one said in a slight french accent clearly not noticing me.
"Another?"The second one said annoyed with a British accent.
"Da I heard that he is on the younger side" The Third one said with a heavy russian accent. Finally they noticed me.
"Oh you must be our new tentmate!My name is Francis" The first one who I now know is named Francis.
"Привет my names Ivan" The third one said.
"Arthur say hello" Francis said as he glared at him Arthur sighs before Looking over at me
"My names Arthur as the Frog just said" I smile at them before saying
"It's very nice to meet Y'all My names Alfred!" They look at me confused before Ivan spoke up and said
"What does Y'all mean?" I look at them surprised before answering
"Yall is that slang term used in the south to say You all Like when i introduced myself instead of saying it's nice to meet you all i could say nice to meet Y'all!" I smile at them after I finish as their faces change from confused to understanding.
"Well it's very nice to meet you Alfred!" Francis said excitedly.
"It's very nice to meet you too!" I answered happily.
"Da It's very nice to meet you Alfred" Ivan says with a soft smile.
"Quel âge as-tu Alfred?" Francis says. I looked at him confused before he realized his mistake "Alfred how old are you?" He questions as he switches back to english.
"Oh, I'm 19 years old" I answered. I see them all glance over to each other and there seems to be a silent agreement that passes between them. I look at them confused before Arthur chimes in for the first time
"19 Years old is quite young isn't it?" He says looking at me concerned
"Well I kinda had to join to help support my Mom and brother after My dad Died Two years ago in the Spanish American war." I answer sadly.
"Oh Alfred, I'm so sorry!"Francis exclaimed. I smiled softly at him before answering with a simple
"Its ok it was a while ago anyway" Once again they all look at each other
"If-"Arthur starts to say but is cut off by the sound of the ringing of a cowbell.
"EVERYONE OUT SEIN ABENDESSEN!" I hear Ludwig Yell. I look over at My tentmates.
"Venir Alfred it's time for dinner" Francis says gesturing for me to follow. Arthur smacks him lightly on the shoulder before saying
"Francis he doesn't know french"
"Ah oui j'avais oublié" He mutters
"Francis-"
"Oops sorry" Francis says before looking over at me again.
"Come Alfred we will show you to dinner" Francis says smiling at me. He opens the flap of the tent and gestures for me to go through it while he holds it. I thank him as I walk through the flap and I hear Ivan and Arthur do the same before Francis walks over to me and starts walking through the rows of tents. I immediately started following him as he took turn after turn until we eventually reached a spot where there were no tents and a few benches scattered around.
"Here we are!"Francis said as he stopped.
"Da this is where we eat breakfast and Dinner" Ivan says from next to me. I yelp in surprise as I notice him.
"Ivan! Don't do that, you scared me!" I cried out. I hear Arthur and Francis laughing at me and I glare at them in response. When they finally stop laughing we walk farther into the clearing towards the benches.
"ALFRED!" I hear someone yell and I turn around just in time to see Allen Pull me into a hug.
"Allen!" I say with a smile as he releases me from the hug.
"Alfred Kto eto?" Ivan says and I look at him confused. He sighs before starting to correct himself when Allen cuts him off
"My Name is Allen. It's very Nice to meet Y'all" He says with a slight smile. He turns to me before saying
"He asked me who I was if you were still wondering."
"Da you understand Русский?" Ivan asks
"Da kak vas zovut mister?" Allen asks
"My name is Ivan" Ivan says before turning to me and saying "Come I'll show you where to get some dinner."
As we walk away I hear Arthur and Francis introduce themself. We walked towards one of the tents off to the side where there was a short line. Me and Ivan chat for a few minutes before Arthur, Allen, and Francis join us in line.
"So Alfie, how has the army been treating you?" Allen asks.
"It's been pretty good so far." I reply
"That's good I was worried after I left bootcamp" He says with a slight smile. I am about to respond when we reach the front of the line. I am handed a brown packet before being shooed away from the line. Ivan, Francis, Allen, and Arthur join me a few seconds later. I open my ration and find a small piece of bread and some soup. I open the thing of soup and take a small bite of it and find out that it is Potato and Leek soup. We all sit down and chat for a while before we finish our meal before we say goodbye and part ways and start heading back to our tent.
"Hey alfred?" Arthur asks as our tent comes into view
"Yeah?" I say
"How did you meet Allen?" He asks looking over at me.
"Well when I was in bootcamp we were Bunkmates and he was one of the few people who were actually nice to me so we kinda became friends" I say with a smile on my face as i think of the first time we met.
I see Arthur nod in understanding before we enter our tent. We ended up talking for a while before we said goodnight and went to bed.
    "BOOM" I spring awake to the sound of gun fire. I Immediately grab my gun and rush out the door.
"ALFRED!"I hear Francis yell. I glance behind myself and See Ivan, Arthur, and Francis running after me.
I don't slow down and continue running in the direction of more gunfire. Tent after Tent flew by as We ran towards the still growing sound of conflict. Suddenly a thought passes through my head as I look at the sun rising in the horizon as we run.
"Today's February 4th, It's my brother's birthday" I thought to myself.
"BOOM" That noise immediately snaps me out of my thoughts as suddenly the fighting comes into view.
I see the familiar green of my fellow soldiers but also the Light blue of the Philippines as they rain fire on us.
"SABI NAMIN SAYO! LABAS" I hear one Yell at us. I watch in horror as he is shot straight through the heart and falls to the ground dead. At that moment all I hear is the sound of Gunfire and the yelling of the two armies as they clashed. I watched in horror as my fellow army men fell as the Philippine resistance fired at us. I hear My name being called and as I look up I see a bullet heading straight at me. Suddenly it feels like my souldire is on fire and I fall to the ground as the pain of getting shot truly sets in. I watch in a daze as Ivan, Francis, Arthur, and Allen drop down in front of me. I vaguely wonder when Allen got here but my mind was too foggy to care. The corners of my vision started to go dark as I continued to lose blood at a rapid rate.
"ALFRED RESTEZ ÉVEILLÉ!" I hear Francis yell in french
"Нет нет нет" I hear Ivan say as he presses on the wound trying desperately to get it to stop bleeding.
"Alfie stay awake" I hear Arthur mutter as he rips a bit of cloth off of his army jacket and gives it to Ivan to start pressing on the wound again with.
"Come on Alfred" Allen says
I feel Myself drifting into unconsciousness and look at my friend one last time before smiling at them
"ALFRED-!" I hear them yell as I lose consciousness.
    I groan as I open my eyes to a blinding light. I blink a few times as I get used to the light. Slowly I sat up wincing in pain as I moved my left shoulder before I finally came to rest sitting up.
"It's good to see you, Lebendig Alfred" Ludwig says. I glance over and see him leaning against the wall with a slight smile on his face.
"Ciao Ludwig!" I hear someone say as they practically tackle Ludwig in a hug.
"Hallo Feliciano" Ludwig says as he pulls whose name I guess is Feliciano off of him.
"Aw Luddy, you know you can call me Feli!" Feliciano says.
"Fine Felicia-Feli" Ludwig corrects himself.
"Oh hello!" Feliciano says cheerfully.
"Hello!" I say with a smile.
"As I was saying Alfred, It is nice to see you alive and well. You really scared Us there." He says.
I am about to respond when the door is Flung open and in rush Allen, Arthur, Ivan, and Francis.
"AL'FRED! VASH ZHIV" I hear Ivan and Allen yell. I must have really worried Allen because he only speaks Russian when he is really worried.
"Alfred, are you ok? Does anything hurt?" Arthur and Francis ask Mothering me.
"Hi Yall Im fine!" I say with a smile. They all look at me unconvinced.
"I'll leave you all alone" Ludwig says and he drags Feliciano out behind him. Right before Ludwig Drags him out Feliciano Gives him a smile waves
"Alfred, you scared us, you bloody git!" Arthur yells. He smacks me over the head and laughs when I swat at him.
"Alfie you are to NEVER do that again" Allen said, frowning at me as he looked at me over. I laugh at him before saying
"I'm really fine guys!" Once again they look at me like I'm crazy and I just shake my head at them.
"mon amour, tu n'es clairement pas bien, tu viens de te faire tirer dessus!" Francis exclaimed.
"Francis, he still doesn't know french." Arthur says as he rolls his eyes.
"Désolé" Francis Mutters. I smile at him as Arthur lightly smacks him on the shoulder as he once again speaks french.
"Alfredo you can Partire after we give you a checkup" As Feliciano said this we all jumped as he spoke as we had not noticed he had come in.
"Ja come with us really quick" Ludwig says as he too stepped into the room. I stand up and wince as I move my arm. All my friends gave me a concerned look before I followed Feliciano and Ludwig.
"Per favore, siediti qui" Feliciano says gesturing at a nearby seat. I sat down, once again wincing when I moved my arm.
"Where does it hurt Alfredo?" Feliciano says as he grabs a piece of paper
"Just my arm," I said Feliciano nods writing something down before looking up once again and saying
"You can go but if the pain gets any worse, come back and Talk to me. Va bene?" I nod and Feliciano smiles.
"Kommen with me Alfed I will show you to your friends." Ludwig says. He leads me outside to where my friends were waiting impatiently.
" Hi Y'all" I say with a smile as their heads all turn to me.
"Come on Alfred" Ivan says while nodding at Ludwig. Ludwig nods back before turning back to the building we had just left and then entering it. I look back over at my friends and find that they are all looking over at me.
"Yeah, let's go," I say, smiling at them.

Dear Matty,
    Happy birthday! I know I am a bit late but Better late than never. So far My time in the Army has been pretty good! Yesterday some of the Philippine citizens tried to attack us! Oh and I made some friends! There's Ivan, Arthur, Francis, and Allen...

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