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attack

Airplane sounds and the sight of fire were the only things I as well aware of on the night I lost everything almost everything .

The enemy has been shooting our town for almost three hours now , mercilessly vigoursly .

North Vaykmnam has been taken by the alphas for 50 years now .

I was alone at my our small country side house with Lina , laying still in my arms ,she was covering her ears in order not to gear the roars of the planes and the obus they were throwing non-stop .

After all this time , I thought she would have gotten already used to that , I mean it's not like the first time , the enemy decides to get rid of his immense capacity of tanks and decides that it is a good idea to show off a little by throwing some on poor people who have no shelter but the small place under their bed and no hope but in God's will , even though some of us don't share these believes .

As for me , these sounds don't scare me anymore . I don't temble , nor shiver. These cowards don't scare me one small bit, they are attacking us because they are afraid of us they knew that if they let us grow and become bigger , we would be threatening their economy ,their power and wealth . That is what we were taught at school by our professor Jouvan , I wonder how is he and the others doing ....

They have been killing our brothers , harrasing our sisters and mothers , forcing our fathers to work for them without salary , an obligatory harsh work that no one has the right to endure .

I feel my heart tightening as memories of the last attacks swam around in my mind . They taunted my dreams and haunted them every night . Nightmares of my sisters getting kidnapped , mother slaughtered right in front of my eyes , my father taken to prison never left my mind . They were all the invention of my imagination but can't help noticing how real they seemed . I winced as another blast sounded in a nearby area . Lina covered her ears quickly .

" Eva , I .....am scared , when will mommy and daddy Come back ? " my 7 year old sister asked me in her small trembling voice that broke my heart even more knowing that I don't know the answer but I have to , no- I must come up with something. This child is too young to experience all of that unecessary shit .

" very soon darling ,they actually called me when you were sleeping and told me that they would be back soon "she didn't seen satisfied with my answer so I continued "but on one condition ... " I said straing into her small green eyes that lit up with curiosity at the mention of The word" condition " .

" what is this condition ?" "Well ....... uh ... actually ... if you promise to be a good girl and be obedient ". Face palm . way to go , Eva. Lamest excuse ever made , but surprisingly , little Lina seemed to buy it and nodded her head .

Father and mother both were working as farmers in a nearby area , they were supposed to be back home tonight by dinner , but I suppose they stayed at a neighbour's because walking right now in the outdoors is the same as committing suicide .

Father was a strong , well- built man . His father wanted him to join the army and fight for the freedom of his country . Despite his harsh features and strong looks , he was a child at heart at and couldn't hurt a fly . He was always a sensitive ,kind man ,well liked by other citizens and admired by his comrades in labor .

Mother was an uneducated woman , her family wouldn't let her . They say that a woman is formed for marriage and marriage alone . But I don't see the point . She has spent all her life in cooking , helping my father in his work , needling . She is a quite simple woman who wished nothing but our safety and comfort . But that doesn't prevent her from being an amazing wife and mother who had endured lots of pain , when she was only twelve , her father went to fight at the front lines and never came back , that was also what was destined for her two older brothers . Grandma died from liver cancer last year after very long times battling the disease which threatened to take her awy from her only child and grand children. And it did .

we suffer a lot , you know . Life isn't easy . If one thing , the fifteen years that i spent in this cursed life has taught me , that you must be strong , endure in silence and suffer without uttering one word if pain, if not , the result is quite obvious.

You die , simple as that .

Right now , I was truly worried and had a weird feeling at the tip of my stomach that something was wrong . They weren't supposed to be that late .

I mean they could be hiding somewhere in a cave or wherever but still my heart can't stop beating and I wasn't about to stop panicking until they are in front of my eyes ,safe and sound .

For now , it would be no use to go out in the drizzle of fire and maybe I was just over worried and I was over reacting . It's is not like it's the first time we were bombarded but I can't help but think about the weird feeling I have .

" Eva I am hungry " lina asked in a whiny childish tone , I sighed in exasperation . I wanted this whole thing to be over already . Just as I was about to scold her about how she should learn to be patient and grow up , a great blast cut through our window , I stared in horror as tongue flames surrounded us and chairs , beds and lots of other stuff came running to our direction as result from the great explosion that had torn our house part from part . I duck under a table in order to avoid the running burned objects.

My eyes were wide and my legs were shaking from terror . " Eva , I am afraid ... what's going on ? What is this fire ? Are we gonna die ? " my sister kept asking with a shaky voice . I couldn't answer her . My mind was as frozen as my body . I can't move , can't speak , can't stand .

Run .... save your life ... run

These thoughts hit me suddenly , yes .... yes I must run , we must get away from here . It's not safe to stay here . So I gathered my courage and got out of my 2 minute trance .

I held my sister hand securely and pulled her on my back and begin to run to door as quickly as I can .

" Eva ... Eva , the fire ..
it's closer " " I know lina , I am gonna get us out of here darling , just trust me . I promise " she was afraid . I was also , but I am bigger sister , I have to save her .

But . The door refused to open , I kept pushing and pushing , God dammit . Oh no no no ....

" dammit , you stupid door , just open for once , now 's not the time , for God's sake .. " . I fell to the ground while holding the door knob. We were about to die . I am sorry father and mother , I couldn't protect lina . I couldn't .

" Eve ....." I held lina securely in my arms while my tears streamed down my cheek and soaked her hair . I didn't want it to end like that .

"It's okay . We are okay ." And that was the biggest lie ever made , seconds later , lina and I began to cough uncontrollably , we're suffocating , the smog was killing us . I have never imagined that my death would be like that . I have always thought that I would die at the front lines along with our soldiers . Our brave heroes who fought for the freedom of our country . My dream has always been to become a nurse and take care of soldiers at the front line , but it seems that I won't be able to achieve it anymore... I am about to die in the most unhonorable , pathetic way possible .

I tried to open the door once more but same result . I give up . I give in the darkness which began to surround me . The last thing I remember was ...

Lina ... Father ... Mother ... I am sorry

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