Chapter 1:
Looking back on that night Liat found it impossible to understand how she had managed to survive. Everything had gone according to plan,the crème de la crème of the Nazis had arrived and Shoshana and herself had been as gracious and as convincingly happy as possible. Then they had spent minutes watching the dull movie that had been made to honour Frederick Zoller. Finally it had been time for Liat to leave and go behind the stage and wait for Shoshana's signal to burn down the place. The two women had embraced each other in a fierce hug. "Take care.",Liat had whispered quietly and Shoshana had responded "I will see you soon." Then Liat had left the room,walking down the stairs,passing Frederick Zoller who seemed to be on his way to Shoshana. "Please deal with him quickly.",Liat prayed. And then everything had gone very quickly. She had been waiting behind the stage,ligthing the flames and then she had run away as soon as possible. She had already been able to hear the masses, trapped inside the building ,scream.
But Liat kept running,hoping that Shoshana would be waiting for her just outside the building. However , what she didn't expect were two hands grabbing her roughly from behind. For a second she tried to struggle against her capturer but to no avail. "Don't squeeze her too tight.",she heard a hard man's voice say, "Landa wants her alive for his interrogation." "But she's the one who set the cinema on fire.",the man holding her protested while shoving her roughly through the door. The gulps of fresh air she took were slicing through her like knives. "Who are you?",she managed to say. "It's none of your business,scum!",another voice said as her capturer grabbed her by her hair and shoved her into a waiting car. "Come on,lets get away from here before the place blows up." "But the Führer?" "Is safe you idiot,I told you that like a hundred times.",one Nazi yelled at the other. And now Liat felt as if someone had punched her in the face. Where was Shoshana?And why was Hitler safe?How could they have failed?And she began to scream,yelling Shoshana's name over and over again,scratching the officer sitting next to her,throwing wild punches around her until suddenly a blunt object collided with her head and everything went black.
When Liat awoke again she was met by complete darkness and a wave of pain that seemed to be washing over her. Carefully she managed to sit up,drawing her knees to her chest and in the light of the moon ,shining through the window she could see the bruises on her legs,her arms were black with soot and Liat could almost feel the heat of the cinema still lying on her. Her stomach was throbbing with pain as if someone had kicked her and warm liquid was running down from her temples to her chin,which she assumed to be blood. Once her eyes had adapted to the dark she began to look around the room. It was a cold place,damp and wet like a cellar without any furniture. Eventually she spotted a cloth lying in one corner and dragged herself there,and,the cloth draped over her body,she fell asleep.
"I told you not to hurt her!",a voice said,awakening Liat immediately. And she opened her eyes to find sunlight lighting up the room and soldiers as well as a colonel looking at her."We don't want to scare her,do we?Now go away!",the colonel said finishing his sentence. The door to her cell was locked and he strode over to where she was still curled up on the floor. When he kneeled down to touch her ,she recoiled almost immediately. "Now now,my dear...that's no way to behave now,is it?" But she only glared at him. He smiled at her,but the expression in his eyes remained: cold,calculating..observing... "We haven't had the pleasure of being introduced to one another.I am Colonel Hans Landa.I was the one who asked these gentlemen to bring you here.",his tone was gentle yet even so dangerous, "and you my dear,are?" "I'm a Jew. That's all you need to know,isn't it?",she spat back. Landa simply arched his eyebrow eyeing her more closely without giving away any of his thoughts. Once again he made an attempt to touch her,but she dragged herself against the wall,fighting the urge to cry out in pain. "Really,dear...there's no need to be so hostile. You are injured...you are dirty...I want you to go and clean yourself before we begin our interview." "No.",she replied strongly. "I insist.",he replied deadly calm. Then he walked over to the door and waved in a young soldier. "This is Max,one of our best young soldiers. He will show you to the bathroom." And as the young officer lifted her to her feet,Liat felt sure that she wouldn't survive the day.
So that was the 1st the story finally starts to get do you guys think?Since my native language isn't English I'd really appreciate all the help you can offer!:) Thank you!
