George Buried his Wife
An hour after, George returned to the place where he buried his wife. He was gasping his breathe and crazily looked for her around the spot where he left her. But nil! so he walked off a little and luckily found her beside a narra tree and he immediately motioned and hugged her.
" I'm sorry, its the only way Mag, hope you're not ... mad at me." He sheepishly uttered while kneeling and noticed her severely pale face, with droopy eyes and cracking lips. He suspected badly and out of fear he saw some bloodstains behind her.
" Oh my God! Mag!" Then she's unconscious again after slowly touching his face with her tiny hand. At the moment, he was concentrating on what to do next when its daytime and the Captain has ordered to close the entrance gate tightly, so they could not open it from the outside. Second, he could not climb bringing her, the rope was too small for two persons. Third, its possible that the Japs would return to their current location so the moment they get out might mean of their death. Fourth, if he'd fight against the 20 combatant Japs, her wife would be at risk. He considered the golden time necessary to prevent further infection and dehydration so he was sweating to death thinking on how to take their exit, unless he had to run and carry her going to the granite house exit door, though the chance would be too small. But its the last remedy, he thought. Without reevaluating the only way to escape from the pangs of danger so he picked her on his arms, teary eyed, and ran in an estimated 500 meter long grassy way, approaching the granite doorway when he had heard series of grenades blasting across the place from where they'd left. He was supposed to turn his head and find out if who did it but shortly he thought of her urgent medical need. Though, he thought of a possibility that the grenades were thrown by his teammates or any of his family members at the granite mountain top.
" Thank you Lord! for the rescue. We're getting closer to the exit gate Mag...hah! just hang on!" He thought while saving his energy in carrying her estimated 50 kilogram wife for a 500 meter ran. So there, when he was about to step on the rocky button on the ground, he sharply saw some 2 Japs approaching, coming from the Gabok direction and seemingly were following the source of the grenade blasts. Critically, the place where he stood up have shorter grasses so while carrying his wife he slid a little behind the tree and decided to lay her down and he lie down like a speed of light. Breathless and perspired while covering her body with cogon leaves that he could just grab around of his reach, he slowly took his dagger from his waist and prepared to a possible fight. Fortunately, when the 2 Japs have heard another grenade blast, they ran toward the bombing direction. George then felt its secured to stand up and when he was about to step on the rocky button, he noticed someone from the inside had already opened it so he hurriedly carried her in and saw Baldur helping him by taking her sister and transferred on his arms and there they climbed. It was after calculating if on how exhausted George was, for carrying her and ran that far. When the granite door was closed, George hurriedly moved up and asked Baldur to leave them.
" But why? you're too physically stressed, we saw you running from above so Albrecht and Dad threw grenades afar to distract them. I guess you need some help brother, Magee's bleeding too."
" Please, Baldur, just follow Dad and Albrecht at the surface. We'll be fine, I don't like you to worry either, brother. Magee's...possibly experiencing - miscarriage." He was teary eyed while Baldur bowed his head, speechless and silently left.
When Baldur disappeared, he locked the door as passage going to the wooden house then brought her inside the secret bedroom. He tidy himself, sterilized his medical tools and immediately checked the condition of his wife. There, then he found out that they lost their baby. He was in pain for the loss, with his tears on his cheeks, falling on her. He sobbed so painfully but he fought with the loss, instead, he attended on her safety. When he undressed her, he found the insect bites on her body and her left hand was filled with blood clots.
" What happened to this? God the father! help us..." He carefully took some wet towel and compressed it.
After performing some medical emergency response to miscarriage and dressed her up, he went to the supply room and cooked some oat meal mixed with milk. When done cooking, its timely where she slowly opened her eyes and was calling his name.
" George...George...what happened." I felt bad inside me...is it?"
" Yes. But, we have to accept it..." Then he gave her a warm embrace, comforting while she cried and sobbed. After a couple of minutes, he forced her to eat the oats and drink some milk. He then elevated the pillows so he can relax better.
" Mag, what happened to your hand?"
" Huhuhu one of the Japs stepped on it while I was buried on the ground. When it happened, I tried to endure the pain and did not move even in an inch , despite pain which was truly inexplicable. Then she relayed to him her experience while being buried under.
" Oh my...I'm very sorry, Mag. Really very sorry."
But she lifted his right hand and put it on her face.
" If you did not bury me alive you'll gonna have a vigil for me tonight. Your decision was right, as I've told you, that one Jap has returned and eager to kill me with his bayonet. It was such a miracle that I survived. Whatever happened to me was still a blessing in disguise after I have wronged. It was all my fault to get going there without checking you first in the wooden house. The saddest part is...I lost our baby, its all because of me." She cried again while George hugged her.
" Shh...its not your fault. We're facing war and every decision we make happens due to the dangers around us. I also had a fault. I left you after hearing those loud blasts. I reported to my duty and met with the Captain. Its our SOP, but still I should have awakened you before I left, huh..." He sighed and kissed her cheek, teary eyed.