Unlikely Heroes

Chapter 28

"The name of this soldier??" The soldier asked, squeezing the trigger a little harder.

"Newman!! I swear his name is Newman!!" Rufioh yelled, leaning forward. He still tried to get out.

"Good." The soldier moved to the next person. Pointing the gun.

'What?! He's still going to move on?! He's going to get to Mituna and Sollux...!' Rufioh looked at Mituna and Sollux and then at the smirking soldier. 'He knows. No...no...he knows!! He knows I know them!! He knows exactly what he's doing! He's waiting till he reaches one of them to ask an impassible question! Shit!! No!! Please think of something!'

"What did you tell the soldier?" The soldier watched Rufioh think about the question.

'I have to keep answering or they die. If I don't answer and he kills that person then he moves on with the same question. If I can get him to do that- no!! You can't let him kill two innocent people! I don't know them, but they shouldn't die! I let that first person-'

The soldier shot the victim, staring blankly at Rufioh. "You took too long. Let's try again." He pointed the gun at the person next to Mituna, which caused him to panic. Rufioh could tell that it was about to happen.

Sollux noticed too. "Mituna nein!!" He yelled as his older brother began to freak out.

Mituna started yelling and rocking back and forth, holding his head. Sollux desperately tried to calm him down, it didn't work.  "Nein!! Bitte!!! Sie uns töten !! Ich kann es nicht !!! Sollux !! Bitte!! Hilfe!!! Warum!!! Ich kann es nicht !! Ich kann es nicht !! Ich kann es nic-!!" The gun went off, straight through mituna's forehead. He fell back onto Sollux, who was covered in his brothers blood. The bullet was now lodged in the wall behind Mituna.

Sollux started crying and screaming. He was curing out the soldier, telling him that he was an awful creature. He continued yelling things, letting his rage get the best of him. The soldier raised the gun to Sollux, but he didn't seem to care.

Just as he was about to shoot, gunshots and shouting was heard outside. It was the other American soldiers. The German soldier yelled something and left the room.

"Sollux! vous avez à me faire sortir! (You have to get me out)" Rufioh yelled towards Sollux, who hopped up and untied Rufioh. "traduire tout ce que je dis.(translate everything I say)"

Sollux nodded at this, clinging to Rufioh's hand for the moment.

"I need all of you to stay in here until I come back. I'll tell you when it's safe and I'll make sure that all of you make it out. I'm sorry I couldn't save those who died. I have to go fight now!" Rufioh explained everything in French and Sollux translated to German for those who didn't know French. The only difference was he said the names of the three people that died.

Rufioh nodded and ran out of the room, leaving Sollux in charge of the room. He ran out and grabbed the first gun he could. The captured Americans were already set free and fighting back. Luckily for them, the Germans were outnumbered by at least ten. Rufioh saw a German sneaking up behind his dad, about to kill him. Rufioh raised his gun, and for the first time, shot and killed the soldier. Simon noticed Rufioh and motioned for him to quickly come over. Rufioh couldn't move at the moment. He was too in shock. His mind flashed of Adam, the last things he said and the bullet. Rufioh quickly snapped out of it and ran over.

Six German soldiers got away, running up the stairs and out of the building. The rest of the soldiers had been gunned down. "Good work. We have to move quickly and find those others! Nitram!" Ajax yelled.

"Yessir?" Both Simon and Rufioh looked over.

"Oh, there are two of you. Um, Rufioh, how many people are left?" Ajax asked.

Rufioh sadly knew what he was talking about. "Five, sir."

Ajax sighed. He had witnessed two others die. "Take Nitram, Newman, and Biggs and bring the survivors to the surface. The rest of us are going after the Germans."

"Got it!" Rufioh said, leading his father and two others into the room. "Sollux, est-ce que tu vas bien?(are you alright)"

"Rufioh!! ils ont tué Mituna! juste en face de moi! ils l'ont tué !! (They killed Mituna! Right in front of me! They killed him!)" Sollux yelled, panicking in the small room.

"Rufioh, we'll get the bodies. You and Biggs take care of the children." Simon explained, trying to picture the horror Rufioh witnessed. He didn't want to, but he kept thinking of it.

"Okay..." Rufioh nodded. He tried to pick Sollux up, but he was pushed away. Rufioh shrugged and picked up two younger kids. They had to be at least four or five. Biggs helped the other two up and all of them were lead outside. Sollux watched Simon carry his older brother outside into the light. It stung their eyes, because the basement was so dark and they had all been down there for so long.

Rufioh noticed the soldiers yelling something at them, but he couldn't tell. He looked at where they were pointing and saw something falling towards them. It was just a few feet away from hitting Simon, who was ahead of everyone else on the road. Rufioh put the two kids down and ran forward. "DAD LOOK OUT!!" He yelled, jumping and tackling his dad as the grenade went off on the ground beside them. Luckily it was too far to hit any of the other soldiers, but it definitely hit Rufioh. He shielded his dad, but his leg was torn to shreds, he couldn't walk.

"Rufioh!! What the hell were you thinking?!" Simon yelled, looking at Rufioh's leg.

"I was saving you!!" Rufioh said through gritted teeth. He could barely stand the pain as everyone watched in horror.

Two soldiers rushed over as the others run off after the other Germans. "Get back to the base, now! We got Rufioh!"