Saturday, October 14, 2017

Secrets and Shadows: Day 12

Word Count: 72,136

Summary of Events:
Keeleigh was able to drive herself to work, only to find that the Village had been vandalised in the overnight period. Emil, his ribs finally healed, went out to help with the fight against the Germans however he could, only to become trapped under some rubble during a bombing raid. Keeleigh got a call from her mom before being singled out for some further questioning by the RCMP. A hole was made in the rubble to where Emil was trapped by a German tank driving over the pile; a couple of Germans slipped on the loosened rubble, which made the hole bigger . . .

Excerpt of the Day:
"He ducked out of sight as the Germans got to their feet, indignant, and waited for a time before peering out again.
To his horror his gaze locked right onto the blue-eyed gaze of a young, blonde German peering into the hole.
The German shouted before drawing out his pistol.
Emil seized the pistol barrel and struggled with the German for control of the weapon as the German shouted for help.
Another German hurried over and tossed a grenade into the hole. It grazed Emil's shoulder.
Instantly Emil shot out of the hole, knocking the German he'd been struggling with over backwards before tumbling over himself and landing in a seated position with the pistol in his hands.
Surging to his feet, Emil ran toward the house across the street, which had a giant shell-hole in it, as gunfire erupted just moments before the grenade exploded.
Emil leapt over the remainder of the house's front door, ran down the hallway, into the kitchen, and out the back door just before a tank shell exploded the inside of the house and crumbled what it hadn't taken out in the first shot, sending the house down behind him.
Not daring to look back, Emil flung himself over the rear fence and darted south down the alley. Even though he was armed, he didn't know how many of them there were against one of him.
Coming out at the end of the alley, Emil stopped abruptly in alarm at the sight of more Germans. They turned toward him and opened fire instantly.
Emil darted back the way he'd come and then hurried into the second backyard, this one of a house that was even more unscathed than his own home. It was missing its windows, though.
Racing through the house, which was unlocked and empty, Emil darted across the street, gunfire erupting after him, and vaulted into the backyard of another largely undamaged house across the street.
Pain shot through his ribcage as he gasped for air, so he quickly weaselled himself under the stairs of the back porch and rotated around so that he was facing the stairs he'd come in under.
He worked to quieten his breathing, just in case the Germans came into the backyard looking for him.
Suddenly he heard heavy, practically deafening footfalls over his head and he watched as four pairs of shiny black military boots came down the stairs. The Germans were in the backyard.
Laying on his stomach, as still and as quiet as he could make himself, Emil watched as the Germans searched the backyard for any signs of him having vaulted over the fence before storming back into the house with just as much deafening volume as they'd come out.
Emil remained still for as long as he could make himself before squirming back out from under the stairs and going out the back gate quietly."

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