The Yakamazi Story
7. First Combat
So we got to it. We stuck together but kept our eyes open in all directions. Each of us had another's back. I was scared, but I was also exited. It was a strange situation to be in. I felt like a hunter, eyes peeled at all times. We had been walking around for over 2hrs when one of the lads heard something. We all stopped, and watched in all directions. It seemed like nothing was there.
I looked up to see what could have been a bird flying in from over a broken building, but on second thought, it was too round to be a bird, and it was arching in towards us, and it was in flames. Then the thought came to me, we were under attack! I shouted 'duck!' but it was too late, one of our team had their head caved in by a burning rock. Part of me wanted to take responsibility for that one due to my late reaction but I didn't have time to worry about it or the potential damage on the guy who took the hit.
A hand full of fast moving silhouettes leapt out of the cover, each with flaming rocks clutched in their hands. Can they not feel the burn? Gabriel and his men were already getting involved by this time. I had lost all control. The village terrain had become a blur, I'd forgotten how many men we had. I could see Ben as he pulled his spear back ready to launch. I looked back to see the silhouettes were ever closer and a flaming rock was headed right at me. As my body had basically shut down due to fear and an attempt to take in what was going on, I was left with only my rawest of survival instincts to save me. My hammer drew back automatically, ready to launch as I took the inbound flaming rock on my inner thigh, and as I began to fall backwards I let the hammer go, launching it towards the silhouette that opposed me. I lost sight of him as I fell backwards but I saw Ben's spear hit home on an airborne figure. It all seemed slow motion even as I hit the deck and felt the impact rushing through my bones. I blacked out. What an epic fail. I was blatantly dead.
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Uploaded: 29th November 2010
Edited: 29th April 2011
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