Military Girl

Chapter 34

 Here's the chapter like I promised!:

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  "Wake up! Maddie wake up!" I feel someone shake my shoulder violently and I snap my eyes open.

"Nia?" I ask around in a daze. 

  "No," someone replies flatly. "It's me." 

My eyes focus on the person who spoke and I realize it's Luci. She leans forward ever so slightly and says, "Someone's hear to get us out of here."

  Us? I look around the room. There should be only 4 people here. Alive, that is. I open my mouth, but close it again like a fish, repeating this cycle. What's everyone doing alive? 

  "W-why? How is everyone a-alive?" I ask. I look around and see everyone getting up from their beds (more like blankets on the cold, hard floor), packing up what little things they have, and then walking over to someone still sleeping and waking them up. 

  "You went into a coma of some sort after.....well after.....your dad.....you know.......was killed." Luci's voice fades off slowly. But then it all comes rushing back. 

               The Taliban turns to his comrads and says, "Now."

  Another Taliban loads his gun and cocks it in place. He aims it on my dad before pulling the trigger.

My dad falls on the ground in front of the Taliban leader; He smirks and I want to punch him, but I'd be more effective than my dad. I rush over to my dad's body. The Taliban kicks me away from my dad.

  "You bitch!" I yell at him. I punch his shin and then turn to my dad. Blood is slowly dripping from his mouth and his hands cover the bullet in his stomach.

  "Don't die, Dad. Stay with me!" I shout at my dad. I grab his face and turn it towards me.

  "You hear me?! Don't leave me!" I gently slap his face. My tears drop onto his face. My dad's eyes flutter open.       "Madds." He whispers. He says it so quietly I can barely hear him.

  "Stay with me!" I shout at him. My dad's eyes start rolling into the back of his head. I feel his blood pool around my knees.

  "No!" I yell at him. His eyes roll back a bit and they focus on me. I can already see his eyes start to cloud over.

  The Taliban Leader grabs me around the waist and pulls me away from my dad and towards the other Taliban's.

  "No!" I repeat. I kick and bite at the leader, but there's no way he's gonna let go of me. I desperately look at Luci, but she just looks at my dad with sorrow.

  "God dammit, look at me, Luci!" I scream at her, but she shakes her head sadly, not even moving her gaze from my dad. My dad rolls his head to look at me. He mouthes, "Goodbye."

  "I love you!" I scream to him. Please let him hear. Please let him hear! I beg. My dad gives a small smile before his eyes cloud over.

  "So what happened after my dad........died?" I look suddenly at Luci and my heart drops down to my stomach. She's crying. 

  "I d-don't know. After it happened y-you just kinda p-passed out and you d-didn't wake up until now." She bursts into a whole 'nother round of tears.

  "What happened when I passed out?" I ask gently. 

"W-well the lead Taliban pulled you a-away f-from your dad and he t-threw you into the group of T-taliban and they started b-beating you up and you j-just passed out, I guess." Luci cries ever harder and I can't help it but to comfort her. 

"It'll be okay. I promise!" I say and put my arm around her shoulder. Luci smiles and I smile back. For two reasons: One, to let her know that I'm telling the truth and 2: because most of that horror was a dream. It all seemed so real though! 

  The Taliban's never tried to make a deal with me and I never rejected them and they didn't start taking out their guns and shooting at us all. I breathe a sigh of relief.

  "You said we're being rescued. By who?" I ask. Luci wipes away her tears with the back of her hand and then she sniffles.

  "Over there." She points across the room towards a woman wearing a Marine uniform, complete with all the gear. She looks over at me and walks over in my direction. 

  "Hi." I say, giving a small smile. "So I hear you're getting us out of here. Let's do it!" 

She smiles and cups her hands around her mouth. 

 "Alright! Everybody listen!" Her voice echoes around the cavern and everybody turns to look at her. "I got some men outside. We took over this camp and we're getting you out right now! If anyone is injured, go out the doors right now to my men. We have a few medics!" She waves her arm towards the direction of the big metal doors. I watch a few people limp slowly to the doors and out to the medics. The woman waits until we can no longer sees then and then she starts to yell again. "Everyone else. Follow me!" She starts to run towards the doors and everyone follows her. 

  I hear everyone whoop and yell, and I see a couple of people crying tears of joy. Soon, I can see sunshine and I run faster. As I reach the sunshine, I spread my arms out like a bird and scream.

  Freedom.

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