the chess game

chapter 7

7

before

some say there is another world for the dead. others say souls of the dead walk among us. but when you die you usually get buried six feet under. the Indian people burn the bodies of the deceased for they think that the body is of no use after your soul is gone. Quintus was burned. his ash was buried six feet under. there was no separate grave for those who died in the battle. the soilders who died from blood let appeared overnight outside goverment buildings. the buildings promtly blew up. noone could find a pattern to the bombs. mostly because there was none. people were disapearing as well. sometimes whole familys. most times only a person. there were no signs of struggle. one day there, the next gone. people mourned their death, they hadnt died, only switched sides.

get in. get out in 1 hour. plant the bomb and leave.

the truck drove them there. to the biggest ugliest government building. the last one left. in, out she thought. easy. she would do it for him. and only him.

the truck stopped.

she signaled the team to get out.

they snook through the shadows.

dead ahead.

it stood there and looked at her like an insult. they advanced. they squeezed through an open window on the second floor. left open for them by a spy. they creeped through the coridors and planted the first bomb in a room that looked like an office to someone not very importent. they set the timer for 2h 30mins.

Solas checked the map. next one was to go in the undergorund offices. 2h 25mins.

bomb number 3 went on the 5th floor 2h 00mins.

4th bomb on a balcony on the 6th floor. 1h 45mins.

5th bomb 7th floor. 1h 30mins.

6th bomb went on top floor. in the generals office. 1h.

7th bomb in the 'president's' office.

it was locked. Solas told her team she would do the last bomb by herself. they left looking grim.

when they were gone she knocked down the door easily. she walked through the threshold. putting the bomb down gently she checked the time and pushed in the buttons.

30mins.

she needed to leave quickly.

'¿cuál es su destino final?' where are you going?

she whirled around.

she spun and finally noticed me sitting in the half light. anger, loss and vengence whelled in her eyes. 'tusa' 

and thats about then she atacked me hitting, punching, kicking. i stopped none of it. but finally i was sure she brkoe my nse that i put my hna out and caught her fist.

i drowned in memorys.

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'Stop Solas!'

'Richard! She cant understand you! She doesnt speak english! Speak spanish to her!'

'Oh stop Quintus! she does understand! mirada' look

Quintus rolled his eyes at his younger brother.

'Siento lo de mi hermano' i'm sorry about my brother

before she could answer a man in a suit ran towards them.

'which one of you was Speaking?' he hissed. 

'Richard?'

'him?! come with me punk!' he grabed at Richard. he ducked.

'no not me!'

'RICHARD!'

Quintus screamed for his brother. but inside he knew he was never coming back.

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 i gasped. air floded my lungs. outside i could see the sun rise. slowly creeping. 

'un juego de ajedrez, eso es todo.' one game of chess that's all.

'細かい' fine.

'qué?'

'multar!'

 pawn to 4A 25mins

pawn to 6E 24mins

2C 23mins

5F 22mins

3D 15mins

6A 13mins

and so on an so fort

until it was king on king. 3mins

'checkmate' they said together  then the president walked in 'stalemate'.

she smiled.

BOOOOM!

the building went down.

after

the rebels rejoiced. they had won the war. dead languages were taught to children of the next generation. they were taught about the leader Solas as well and she became a war hero. a monument was put up in her honor. years later they spoke of Quintus and Richard. the brothers. one traitor, one rebel.

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