past life

Camille and her team extracted the girls successfully after heated gun battle with the terrorist, Camille's team gained the upper hand despite loosing one man, the eventually subdued the terrorist, their helicopter landed and the prepared to take off .

Camille was giving instructions to her second in command when she felt a tugging at her sleeves , she turned to see one of the girls crying , she dismissed her second in command to console the little girl, she bent her upper body scooped the little girl who weighed nothing in her arms and patted her back in a bid to console her

But the girl wasn't ready to stop crying, her snots dropping on Camille's shoulder but the latter didn't mind, she kept crying and pointing to a particular spot on the mountain behind them, but Camille couldn't fathom the meaning of her gesture. But as an experienced doctor she knew the girl was trying to communicate with her, so she applied her skills of a woman to make her stop crying.

" shhhh, it's alright stop crying and tell me what it is , Auntie promised to help". She said in order to get her to talk , but the girl covered her eyes with her hands and sobbed.

Meanwhile the rest of the team and the girls are already seated in the helicopter waiting for their commander and the cry baby. After waiting for some minutes, one of the men, her second in command who couldn't not stand it any longer, jumped down from the helicopter to verify the situation.

Seeing the angry looking man approaching them, the girl sobered up immediately

"my sister and two other girls were taken up there"

Camille's eyes traveled from the girl to her second in command, he shaked his head in disapproval . but she simply returned her gaze to the little girl and asked her to continue.

" They were taken up there yesterday afternoon by two angry looking men like him" she pointed to the soldier next to her and continued " my sister refused to leave me behind , but the slapped her really hard "

She cried again after remembering what her sister passed through , she was allowed to cry and after some minutes she wiped her snot with the back of her hand and continued.

" And she passed out , but they still took her away ,saying that she will return only if she obeys,but I haven't seen her and the two other girls since then. Please save my sister" She pleaded and cried harder this time.

Damn ! Camille removed her hair band and let it loose to use her fingers and combed through it. She does this whenever she's angry or frustrated . And now is one of those times

Peter, her second in command, approached her " Comma....." but was interrupted by Camille .

" Am going up there to fetch the girls, take this girl to the helicopter, stay put and wait for twenty minutes, if I don't come out you know what to do ," She said and checked her rifle making sure she is fully loaded and has extra bullets for emergencies.

" Commander, we are not sure if those girls are still alive , let's go back or better still wait for backup " he lamented , but Camille could have none of it .

" I won't risk the lives of those civilians any minute longer ! Am I clear? ?".

" Crystal commander". he gave her a quick salute and scooped the little girl in his arms and made for the already waiting helicopter.

Camille signed, and muttered a silent prayer, cocking her rifle she left for the mountains, alone !.