Far Gone

Chapter 5: Home sick

~Harry's P.O.V~

Dear Harry,

Oh god I've missed you so much and the house is so boring without you here. I'm so glad to hear from you and know that your ok, it puts my mind at ease every time I get a letter from you. I practically tackle the mailman because he walks so slow and I want nothing more to open your letter. I've got a stash of them now on the nightstand by the bed. Man I sound obsessed but I just really miss you. I hope this reaches you before you have to do any super complicated stuff and hopefully you'll be able to write me back soon. I promise I haven't burned the house down... yet. I've been mostly eating out or ordering pizza, too bad I cant share with you mwaha. anyways I wont hold you up with a super long sappy letter ill just tell you that I love you with all my heart and I cant wait to hear back from you now go back to doing your manly activities. Love Louis.

Could he get any cuter with his adorable sense of humor plastered all over this letter. I bet he sat there with that smile on his face while writing it. I was snapped out of my thoughts of Lou as the Van came to a harsh halt. I look out of the window and see nothing but trees going on forever and a hill up ahead with a fence around most of it. This must be where were camping out the boss man said he would lay out the plan of how were gonna go in and get the people were looking for, the criminals. The van doors slide open and people start hopping out, Once im out I start to stretch off days worth of traveling. I look around and see other soldiers unpacking the vans and taking things to the site to set up. " Are you enjoying the view soldier?" I instantly go to attention and see the boss man staring at me with that stale look he always has on his face before I have the chance to respond he speaks up very clear he's not joking around "We aren't here for the view or for you to prance through the flowers on your mini vacation this is a mission and I expect you to follow through. Now go to a truck and start helping the others set up camp" "Yes sir" is all I say as I spin around and head to one of those green vans. Once I get to the open back doors of the van another soldier inside the van tosses me down a sack and tells me along. I have no idea what he just gave me but I don't question him and start to head to the site. As im walking I take in the fresh air and the tall trees above me, the leaves are starting to fall off the trees and I can hear a crunch every time I take a step. Once I get to the giant tents I set the sack down and start unzipping it, there's food, supplies, and ammo in it and I know where to take it all.

After spending the whole day unpacking and setting up it was finally time to eat. We all sit around the freshly made bonfire and wait for the food to be dished out. Everyone is talking to each other and I don't really talk to that many people but when I do its always really quick and short. Another soldier comes and takes a seat next to me suddenly " Hey Harry how are you" " Im doing alright just ready to get this mission over and get back home" "yeah I feel you." he examines me for a short second and takes a look at the ring on my finger " oh I see your trying to get back home to the misses huh yeah me too." I don't think I've told anyone that im married to Louis, I know a lot of people don't have a problem with it but here I feel out of place I feel like if I tell them about my marriage they will look at me differently. I shouldn't be ashamed for anyone I just can't muster up the courage to spit out the truth. "Hey man are you ok did I say something wrong?" I hadn't even noticed I had gone silent until he called me " No I just started day dreaming." " Don't worry man were all home sick here but trust me this will all be over soon and well be heading back home in no time." Im so glad I didn't have to reply because we heard the clank of the food being dished out and slowly the talking stopped and every one started slurping and chomping down the food.

I took the plate and started to fork some food into my mouth but all of a sudden I didn't feel like I had an appetite anymore. I had to force myself to eat because I knew I was hungry but my body was just being a jerk to me. I did miss siting down and having dinner with Lou and watching him enjoy the home cooked meal I made. The boss man got up into the middle of the circle we were in and begin to tell us how we would be getting up early to scope out the area and how just over that fence and the hill there was a small village that he had to get a couple of people to sneak into to get the people we came for and bring them back to the camp. He asked for volunteers to be apart of the group to go in. I thought why not I wanted to prove to the big guy I could be important and do things just like everyone else. So I raised my hand along with about 10 other people. He wrote our names down on a list and when he looked at me with my hand raised he raised an eyebrow but I just stared back at him intensely, he lowered his eyebrow and continued writing down the names. Before I went to bed I wrote Louis another letter of what was happening and then headed to my tent to sleep. I did it.

~The next morning~

The group that was to going to the village got up at the crack of dawn to start scoping out the outside of the place. We didn't even bother to eat breakfast first, we went straight in. We get into a single line and start walking up the trail to the fence. We walked in an eerie silence until we finally came to the fence. The fence was poorly built, there was no barb wire or anything just a normal wooden fence. We walked around a bit to see if there were any traps or alarm systems but we couldn't come across any so we headed back to the camp to report back on what we had found. the boss man heard the news and actually let out a chuckle "man these guys are practically putting a welcome mat on the front door of the place." Since there was nothing keeping us from proceeding he decided to send us in as soon as possible so we could get out of here as soon as possible.

We kicked in the fence which made entirely to much noise but I don't call the shots so that's what we did, we stayed pressed against the outer part of the village and started sneaking through until we knew it was safe to go out all the way. There's barley any people out but the few that are never look up from the ground and looked to be hurrying to their homes. The men we are looking for have been terrorizing the village and taking all of their grown foods and supplies. How two men managed to do this is beyond me but they did it and now we have to wipe them out. The leader calls to us that its safe to span out into the village but he was wrong, he was so wrong. It was like they were waiting for us to pop in because as soon as we came out of the shadows gun fires started going off. I ran to take for cover into a near by hut with no door or windows just a small place. I don't know who but I heard one of the other soldiers let out a blood chilling scream. I could see others taking cover or running past the door frame. I couldn't make a run for it or leave unless I wanted a death wish. I went to reach for my gun but then I felt a gun press hard against my head parting its way through my hair. " take the gun and toss it to the side now or I swear to you I will shoot" I did as he said and tossed it scared for my life " get the hell up" As I was about to get up I felt darkness take over me as he smacked the gun over my skull and all I could think of as I fell was how I couldn't let Louis down.