Where Hands Meet

Lost love at war

Few weeks had passed since the third wave of the war between the Americans and the Japanese commenced for control of Iwo Jima island. Sergeant John Coleman had just awoken from his short term coma after getting shot during combat against the Japanese, he was the only soldier with valid intel on how to win the war against the Japanese and had been diagnosed of a possible short term amnesia.

Private Jane had waited patiently for John to awaken from his involunatry sleep.

"Hey John" she said, "Its Jane"

John had sensed the little prominence she added to her name but didn't understand it.

"Jane?" he asked

"Yes it's me, Jane", came the soft reply

"Where am I?" he asked, looking around

"You're at the medical point ,you just woke up from being shot".

"Being shot?!"

"Yes, don't you remember all that happened?"

"All I remember is me running from the japs while the building was coming down and picking up an ammunition for my revolver".

"Okay good, at least you can remember that", he heard the little relief in her voice.

"What do you mean?" He asked

"Well...we were told you would suffer a little amnesia...wait...do you know who I am?" Jane asked looking worried. Has he forgotten who I am? she asked herself

"No, all I know is you're Jane, is there something I'm missing? John askes looking a tad confused

"No...yes...well-" Jane was trying to help John remember who she was to him just as Corporal "kowalski" walked in....

"Hahaha John!!!! I knew you were too much of a stubborn blood to stay in that coma for long"

"Is that kowalski?" John asked with incredulous relief

"Yes....it's kowalski, we thought we lost you", his friend looked comically solemn

"I think I better take my leave then" Jane said looking all disappointed because Johnny had failed to remember her but could remember his friend with ease.

"Jane wait....don't go!" John called out

"There's no point in me staying I just came to see if you had woken", she lied. With a desperate heart, she needed her love to remember who she was, she had spent hours waiting for him, ignoring duty orders.

Kowalski interrupts, "nah give it time,with due time y'all are going to fix yourselves up, ya two always find a way don'tchya"

"Kowalskiii?!!! My rogue hoodlum!
I can't believe you're still here, how did you make it out of the war front?! The rest of the team? Tom, Rick, Ben, where are they?"

Kowalski sighed and looked truly sad, "I'm sorry"

"What do you mean you're sorry?"

"We lost Tom, he got blown by them assholes landmine.... Arghhh!" He yells."I can't wait to walk with you down to the battle front and waste my bullets on those japs to feed on the cries of their dying assholes"