The next morning, Dmitri was taken out to the courtyard. He had heard nothing about Boris & Volodia & assumed that they had escaped. He hoped that the Romanovs would not have to see him die. Alas, his prayers went unanswered. He saw soldiers leading Nicholas, Alexandra, & the children out the watch the execution. The former Czar & Czarina tried to be strong, but Alexei & his sisters were in tears. Finally, Yakov Yurkovsky: the Bolshevik in charge of keeping them prisoner, came out.
"Lt. Dmitri Shayk-Bagov, for crimes against the Ural soviet & the union of soviet socialist republics, you have been sentenced to death by firing squad." He said. Dmitri refused to beg for his life. He would not give those bastards the satisfaction. He was a Romanov by marriage & Romanovs had to die with dignity. "All right, take aim." Yurkovsky shouted as the soldiers raised their weapons. Olga couldn't bear to watch as she buried herself in Nicholas's arms. Alexei didn't flinch, he vowed to be strong like a Romanov. Like a Czar. Then, as all the soliders were about to fire, Boris came out & threw a rock at Yurkovsky.
"Run Dmitri!" Boris said, dragging him away.
"Run Mitya run!" Alexei & Olga shouted at the top of their lungs. The rest of the royal family tried to distract the soldiers while telling Dmitri & Boris to run. The 2 men climbed the fence & made their escape. After they had put distance between themselves & the house of special purpose, Boris told Dmitri that Volodia had met up with the White Army & that he was waiting form them at their headquarters.
"Who is the White army?" Dmitri asked.
"Liberals, conservatives, monarchists, all of the Bolsheviks enemies united under 1 banner." Boris replied.
"Then we have to get to them. It's our only chance to rescue the imperial family." Dmitri & Boris rested for a few hours & then began their journey under the cover of darkness. The Whites were camped 75 miles away. The Journey took them a whole fortnight. They could have gotten there sooner if there hadn't been red patrols out everywhere. Finally, after many days of hard riding, they made it. Volodia was the 1st to greet them.
"My friends, i'm so glad to see that you aren't dead." Volodia said, hugging them. He then took them to the commander of the white army: General Alexander Kolchak. He was not as impressive looking as Nicholas or Lenin. Dmitri came up & saluted him.
"So, this is the famous "giant of Gallicia?" he asked. "We're happy to have you here Lt. Shayk-Bagov. People respect you, especially for killing that bastard Voroshilov. You did us all a favor."
"Thank you General Kolchak, as we came in, I noticed that people were stocking up on weapons." Dmitri said.
"Da, we are getting ready to take the city of Kazan. If we can take it, it will open up a path to Moscow." he said. "Can we count on you & your friends." Dmitri thought about it for a minute.
"Da, but there is a condition for my help."
"Name it."
"The Romanovs are being held at Ekaterinburg. I want to lead a search & rescue mission at the 1st possible opportunity." Kolchak stretched out his hand.
"Fair enough, if we take Kazan, we'll help you rescue the Romanovs." he vowed.
THE BATTLE OF KAZAN APPROACHES. WILL THE WHITES BE ABLE TO DEFEAT THE REDS? REVIEWS NEEDED.
