War 5

(A/N : Don't forget to visit my patr3on for advanced chapters. There are two - five more chapters there)

<Ivan POV>

Twelve hours later

"How are we going to approach one of them? We can't just go inside and grab him and tell him what we are going to do."

"I don't know, Maria, but if we don't think about something quickly we would have to abandon this mission until tomorrow night."

"As much as I would like to argue with you, I can't …"

"Shhh, wait."

Giving me a suspicious look, Maria shut her mouth and looked where I was pointing my finger.

I have to say, I didn't expect an execution, but how cares right now. This execution is our ticket or I should say our first brick in building the resistance in the governor's town.

When the two guards, I presume, and the man that they were dragging was a good one hundred meters away from the wall, I signaled Maria to be ready to cover me in case something unexpected happens while I will sneak behind them and kill them the two guards.

Maria nodded at my signal while I was slowly making my way through the trees and bushes.

After another three to five minutes of sneaking, I managed to make my way behind the enemy guards.

"So, how are we going to deal with him? "

"Slice his throat should do the trick. We don't want to waste our precious bullets on him after all. And when he's dead we can just stab him in the head to prevent an accident or a possible infection in our town."

"Well, then better luck next time, you ungrateful bastard."

Just as the man was about to slice the throat of the prisoner, I jumped from behind the tree with a knife in my hand.

Even now, as an old man, I was more skilled than any regular soldier in terms of CQC or night raids.

Before the guard could kill the prisoner, I throw the knife right in his head, killing the man. The second guards didn't even register what happens when I grabbed his throat with my left hand while the right hand grabbed the knife that was on his leg, and with a quick motion, I sliced the throat of the guard, before I give him the last hit in the head.

The prisoner was looking at me the whole time and I could see that he was grateful for what I did and would most likely hear me out.

Walking towards him, I didn't signal Maria to regroup with me as it would be better to deal with the man myself and have her cover me In case something happen.

Now that he was free from his restraints, the man sat down and looked at me.

"Thank you for saving my life. I'm Samuel O'Brian. "

"Ivan, that's my name. Can I ask you what did you do for them to execute you?"

"I tried to steal some food for my son and wife. This place may look like a good refuge, but it's far from the ideal place we had in mind. The only way for someone to live a good life here to be a mindless drone for the governor or a whore for his guards. And while even when you are not a mindless drone for him, you could live somewhat decent if you work like a slave, but the problem is that most of the people inside will abuse you in any form, from doing the hard work to stealing your ration and the worst part is that you can't do shit against them as they are loyal to the governor."

Hearing what he said, I start thinking about what Eric told us before we left the prison. (Not every settlement is a happy town, most of them are led by tyrants or idiots that want power and will do anything for that power).

"Sorry to hear that. By the way where is your family right now?"

"They are hiding in my friend's house."

"Don't you fear that he may betray you and snitch on your family?"

"He and his wife are in the same position as us. If he would even raise his voice at one of the loyalists, he will be killed. So yeah, I don't fear that he will betray me."

"That good I presume, but enough with these things. Let's get to the point, shall we? I didn't save you just because wanted to be a Good Samaritan. I saved you because I want something in return."

"May I know what you want?"

"It's simple. I want you to gather all of the people that are treated badly by the loyalists and form some sort of a rebellion. Of course, you guys won't revolt, but you will help us when the time comes and I swear on my name that after we liberate this place, you guys will be able to live like a normal family or at least as normal as it can be in these times."

"I understand and I presume you are from that prison, no? The guards are talking about their next attack on that place and how easily they will conquer it with their new weapon."

"So they really planned to attack us, well that's good and as for their weapon, that's your mission, Samuel. After you formed your group, I want you to take over the tank. Just switch places with the guards will do the trick. But we quickly, you don't know when we will come and it will better for all of us if that tank isn't playing with us as it will kill a lot of people before it will go down."

"I won't promise you that I will be able to pull this mission, but I will try. Once again thank you for saving my life and giving me this chance."

"You are welcome. See you later Samuel and don't forget what I told you. Oh, take the weapons from these guards, it will help you."

After he left with the weapons and the ammo, Maria approaches me.

"That was quite a nice surprise, right? You saved his life and he will do our job."

"That was the plan. Now we go back and report our success and pray that Samuel will be able to pull this shit without getting himself killed in the process."