Nel gasped for air, carrying his sister to the entrance of camp. His face full of sweat, showing a clearly fatigued person.
Two soldiers stood in front of the gate, holding large guns in their hands. They walked back and fort very often, seeming to be searching for something.
They were on guard duty. A fatigued Nel, walked to their front and dropped Maria, falling to the ground. "Please... we've come to take refuge in your camp I beg of you. " Nel pleaded, and Maria followed suit.
It was unknown to them whether he had lain on the floor because of how tired he was or because he wanted to look more pitiful.
"How much you got.", the first soldier said, with a wicked smirk on his face.
"The hell!", I thought this place was free. He and Maria's eyes remained wide open, after hearing what the guard said.
"Stupid dimwit, you thought everything was free huh, I guess you're just another batch of poor fools."
The guard turned around and began to walk back, and the second guard followed him
"Wait!, please I'll do anything. Dishes, laundry cleaning, everything. Please just let us stay here. Nel fell to his knees begging.
The guard paused for a while. "No thanks, we dont need your services". The guard said before continuing to walk.
"Damn!, Damn! Fuck!", Nel cried out in anger smashing his fist on the floor until it bled. Life wasn't fair at all was it.
Suddenly, the gate of the camp opened, and a young woman stepped out. She looked around in confusion. Nel assumed she had heard him shouting but he wondered who the fellow was.
The guards halted. They froze in fear and their legs were shaking. They had panicked and alarm on their faces, which meant they had done something wrong.
Who ever the woman was he knew she had a higher status than them. Her eyes moved back and forth, from Nel and Maria to the panicking guards.
Everytime she looked it seemed she became angrier, until she flared up. She approached the guards, walking slowly towards them. Her head was bent down so they couldn't tell her facial expression. Each step she took made them feel like their heart would stop.
"M..Mrs Lina! I can ex..", *Pow!*
The guards cry was cut short by a slap that made his helmet fall of.
*Pow !* " You insolent fools!" *pow!* " How dare you try to swindle a poor boy and a little girl.!" *Pow!* "You should be ashamed of yourselves."
*Pow* *Pow*
Honestly, Nel didn't know whether to be mad or sorry for the guards anymore. The continuous slaps made their cheeks swell up with bright red .
"If you ever try this again, you'll suffer so much, you'd wish you were dead."
"Yes Mam!", they hastily rushed inside the camp, the first soldier turned around and looked at Nel, making a throat cutting gesture.
"Damn, looks like he's pissed off." he thought.
"Darlings!", he was taken aback by the sudden change of tone from the lady.
She rushed towards Nel and Maria and gave them a warm embrace. Nel shook with confusion, while Maria seemed to enjoy the hug.
"Well aren't you the cutest," she became fond of Maria and pinching her soft cheeks.
Nel looked at the woman as she played with Maria. He noticed a peculiar change in her eyes when she saw Maria. It seemed to show endless sorrow and regret. Eyes that were sad, and afraid.
He shook of the thought, and found out it was a great idea to befriend the mysterious lady in front of him. She had to have some sort of high status, or there was no way she could have treated the guards that way.
"Hello mam, my name is Nel, and this is Maria." he greeted.
"Nice to meet you, pardon my unpleasant behaviour towards those idiots."
"oh it's not a problem." he responded.
"So may ask why you have journeyed here", she questioned politely. Actually the lady had overheard the conversation between Nel and the guards, but she still asked for formal reasons."
"Please, my sister, she's terribly sick. We need a place to stay. I beg of you." he pleaded.
"Don't say anymore bring her in quick".
Nel's eyes widened in disbelief. He had gotten through. After taking a big sigh of relief he raised Maria from the ground and hastily rushed her inside the camp.
"Shit!" Nel exclaimed to himself as he had started to feel a slight dizziness. He had been to focused on getting Maria to safety that he had forgotten how much he had pushed his frail body to its limits.
"In here!" Lina said. She had brought them to a small room with one bed in the centre.
"Drop her on the bed." He placed her gently on the bed about to stroke her face gently until he realized his vision was blurry.
"Get better soon Maria", he said before
*Thud*
His body had fallen to the floor unconscious.