THE MESSENGERS PART ONE KAMARA
1. It starts with a sound…a whisper. The hair on the back of your neck stands as a warning slowly creeps through the fog of mind. ‘something’s wrong’, it says. You look around…searching. You feel the unseen eyes…watching. Your feet feel heavy with each step, your heart pounds desperately…and then the bullet hits you. The bullet pierced my shoulder and exploded in a splatter of blood. I staggered back and as I fell a hail of bullets followed “Take cover”, my unit sergeant bellowed. We took cover as bullets fell from all directions. Two more soldiers were hit – one in the head and the other in his leg. I felt the blood seeping down my sleeve as I positioned for return fire. Beside me i felt the lifeless eyes of my fallen comrade staring at me. – blood flowing freely from the gaping hole in the middle of his head. My body shook with anger as I returned fire. How could these dogs have known we were coming? Our mission was top secret. Only a select few knew the details of our l