"Sino,get back here and have your lunch before you go with your father on duty,"Mina yelled at the boy who had now grow quite fast.It had been fourteen years since he was adopted from the swamps and five years since his older brother,Ron,was murdered by the new generation of rebels that had turned the country into a living nightmare."Coming,"yelled the silky haired boy leaving his friends.
Keth had started growing white hairs from the devastation of the death of his first born son and Mina, surprisingly,didn't have a single wrinkle on her face."After your done you can go meet your father at the commander's house,"she said in a authoritative voice."Maybe you'll meet Naya there,"teased his cousin Kyule who was forced to move in with his aunt after the rebels killed his family."Stop teasing him and go before they decide to leave without you,"Mina retorted taking dishes from the table.The two boys ran through the wheat fields towards the commander's mansion.
When they got to the commander's house they were greeted by Tina,the commander's wife and her daughter Naya."Hurry boys,you jeeps are waiting out front,"she told them and they ran off followed closely by Naya.When they got to cars they found the soldiers but Keth wasn't there."Where's my dad?"Sino asked."He's in the house.I'll take you to him," Naya said leading Sino into the house.
When Naya left him and went to the kitchen,Sino went to the commander's study and found his father and the commander in meeting."How bad is it?"asked the commander."They have a new leader who seems to be more ruthless than the last one,"answered Keth with a worried look on his face."How many?" "They've killed around fifty soldiers in the last week,"answered Keth."Maybe we should..."before the commander could finish talking he saw Sino at the door."May we help you young man?"he asked in an authoritative voice."Come here my son,"Keth said.Then looking at the commander,"I should get going.We may finish this meeting later,." "As you wish general,"the commander said."Ok then I'll see you later Harris,"Keth said leading Sino out the door.
"So ,the rebels are killing people again, aren't they? " "Afraid so my boy.But no need to worry.We have enough guards around home so everything should be okay,"said Keth."I see Mina might have taken a liking to you ,"he said with a mischievous smile."Not yet,"Sino said as they got into the car ready to on patrol.
As they patrolled the town, Sino was surprised at how much damage the rebels had caused.Buildings were torn apart due explosives and people were on the streets begging for help.Sino looked ahead and saw a boy staring at him with cold eyes but before could look away there was a loud explosion and he was on the ground.All he could hear was a sharp ringing in his ears together with people shouting and screaming.He felt someone picking him up and dragging into a car before everything went dark.