I Spy, a Lie

Part Five

3 Weeks Ago, Rolanz, Central Command

            Marlin held the gun closely to Viola’s back. Her hands were in the air, with the notepad, and black and white camera. She kept a brave face, he had to give the pest that much.

            “You know that no matter what happens to me, the people will find out what you are doing in Azanaky.” Viola said, only knowing that she could push her luck only so far, and knowing she wouldn’t live to see this report all the way through.

            “Shut up or I’ll shoot you now!” Marlin ordered, his hand growing moist on the gun, as he cocked it. His red hair was falling in his eyes. This reporter had given him a run for his money, and a black eye. He itched to pull the trigger, but knew he couldn’t do it just yet.

            Viola clutched to the camera like a life line. This man was a pig, but he was nothing compared to the man running the shots. He was the one that came up with this cockamamie idea in the first place! “Why don’t you do it now? Would it not just be easier? You know get rid of the snitch, and get it over with?” She had to get him at just the right line, and she knew what would. The Lieutenant General was a rash man of pride, if anything he didn’t want people thinking he was scared of anything or anyone. “Or are you too scared that Dawson is going to cut you down to size if you kill me before interrogating me?”

            “Why you little,” He cut himself off just starting to pull the metal back, and end the life of this worthless piece of space. Once again he stopped himself. “I bet you think you’re a smart one, don’t you Miss. Putnam?” She heard a deep chuckle from him. “We will see how long that lasts once you face the General himself.”

            Viola could almost see the smug grin of the officer, his slight overbite, chipped tooth, and all. She bit her bottom lip, it was all she could do not to flinch. The General, Lieutenant General, Major General, a Prince from another country! Who else was in on it?

            Footsteps pounded in her head as she got closer to the hall way, the bright lighting seem to go out. The walls coming closer, and closer together as they neared the doorway. In a matter of hours, maybe even minutes she would be no more.