They just drove their trucks like that…
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Following with those foods they got, they managed to eat this and survived for few hours. They must head into a new place as well, since the Kurdish village was destroyed.
Still, inside the sitting place of the trucks, Milovan remembered from his memory, about the smile of Victori, the patience of Arkadiusz. Both were his good friend, but one volunteered himself, one followed the other to escape. Only him and Endrit. An Albanian and a Serb, sat on these trucks…
They just waited like that. Meanwhile, Reborn did not sit on the driving seats of both trucks, instead he joined Milovan. Simple like that.
Sometimes, Reborn wondered what happened to Victori, but of course, he knew that, Victori wouldn't return. However, Reborn and Milovan did notice something: when Victori pledged to go, he seemed to have been already telling something, but he didn't want to. It might be inside his will. Milovan did discover it, but he didn't tell right now.
They just kept their ways…
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5:00 P.M.
Syria…
When Kid looked on the road again, this time, his automatic gloves had driven into an unknown village. He just woke up from a sleep, an empty dream inside. Nikov, however, did not feel the same.
"(You have awaken up, huh?)"
"What a surprise, my Russian friend."
"(What' ever. We should shut the power of our gloves down. We should keep battery in order to do something different.)"
"Definitely."
Kid and Nikov both shut the gloves, and they drove into an unknown village. This time, the village was near to the sea…
…no, it was not a village, it was…
"Hold on, there is a sign…"
Tom, Jerry, Butch both woke up as well. They also watched and they were really surprised…
"Huh?"
"This town is…"
"(No, not the town. It is a city…)" Nikov stated: "(And it was separated from the war. A few lucky cities in Syria…)"
Kid, Nikov, and Tom, Jerry, Butch would recognize their next destination…
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"Latakia!"
With Nikov, it was like…
"(Welcome back to Latakia, Reborn. We shall need shelters there.)"
"Foods, weapons…" Tom admitted too: "I can't wait for that."
Finally, they reached the city of Latakia. And Latakia, was the site where Nikov started his journey. With Kiddo, it was the first time he visited eye-to-eye to the city of Latakia.
There are many people said, Latakia is not at war, because the city is protected by the three bells of the city. One bell, belong to a big Latin Catholic Church; one bell, belong to Greek Orthodox one; and the last, is on a minaret of a big mosque.
But Nikov knew more. This place was the site of a Russian military base operating there, the base of Latakia. This Russian base helped Syria from being attacked by the Islamists as well as the FSA forces. The United States and NATO knew the base, but they could do nothing except just trying to weaken the Islamic State.
Assad considered Latakia like their stronghold before the war, so he recruited a lot of security systems towards the city. And now, it seemed to have a good effect. As the gang was going in, they would see this, soon…
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Latakia, Syria
Dora-the-Kid and Dora-nikov just stopped into a traffic parking in Latakia. From here, they could go and see what happened.
"Let's call the others." Butch told. Kid quickly approved. They would be there in no time. Until then…
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"Wake up! We are in Latakia!"
"Huh? Latakia?" Reborn soon realized: "So, you have come into a Russian strategic position. You should be ready with their welcome."
Kid got surprised: "What?" When they were not ready to call the others, suddenly…
"STOP! HOLD YOUR HANDS UP!"
"HUH?" Kid totally surprised. A lot of patrol troopers, mostly Syrians, came into their parking place. They had already watched them before, and now, they operated an operation to get them into their circle.
"RAISE YOUR HANDS! THIS IS SYRIAN ARAB ARMY!" This Commander used his English to communicate, such another surprise. Many Syrian soldiers came and got them into their hands. They aimed with their AK-47 new models (Russian made 2012). Lights were pointed to them.
So be it, the commander of the special squad, he arrived:
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"Ahhh, our foreign guests. Check out!"
"Who the hell are you?" Dora-the-Kid was raising both two hands, asked: "And what are you doing here, Arab?"
"Mr. American. Haizz, you never change. Why most of Americans always caused problems: first, in Serbia; second, in Chechnya; then Afghanistan, Iraq, Georgia,…" The commander seemed almost ignore what Kid want, until he revealed himself: "Well, my name is Lano Nabil. And I am an Assyrian."
"Chaldean? I don't understand Chaldeans… Assyrians… are they linked?" Kid didn't learn much about ethnic groups in the Middle East and North Africa, so it made him hard. Still, Lano claimed: "You should learn history. 'Chaldeans' is just another way to call we Assyrians. And we are fighting your dirty ISIS, American man."
"WE DON'T CAUSE ISIS! WHY EVERYBODY BLAMES AMERICA…" Kid shouted, but Nikov ordered him to calm. Then, Nikov registered his profile.
Because Dora-nikov is Kid's close friend, and from Russia, Lano would not make hard on them.
"So, you are friend with Dora-nikov. God, you know what, American man?" Lano smiled. This time, all of the others had awaken up, and seen what happened.
They were facing the Syrian Army. Not the FSA, but the SAA. And none of them knew what would make them better. However, it seemed to be depend on Dora-nikov.
Lano continued: "Most Americans don't realize the fact, you are against ISIS, but you are also against Assad. It means you are against radical Islam and Christians. But America can't do it together. If you fight Assad, ISIS will be stronger. And so against Baghdadi will give Assad's strength. You are cleaning Christians and Yazidis there, and now, you have seen why Christians support Assad. The U.S. policy has become a joke in this century."
Kid almost got mad, but soon, Lano explained:
"Seriously, my American friend. I am not against the people of the States, but I am against the White House. You know, I don't admire Putin too, but Russia is right for what they have done. They are helping us, against terrorists."
Then, Nikov came to Lano, whispered something on him. And Lano finally accepted: "Okay, so following with the fact that you and Nikov carried a lot of refugees, we will allow you to approach the ammunitions. You can find foods and drinks there."
This time, Kid could be happy. Over 20' standing with Nikov, the Tom and Jerry's gang, it almost exhausted their strength. It was 6:30 P.M. in Latakia, the time that allowed them for dinner.
Syrian patrols did make way for them…
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So how about the others? Well, again, definitely, Mizuki, Haru, Mirai, Hanon and Rina, they wanna know… as well, when Milovan and Endrit also left too, with Reborn.
What would the Syrian Arab Army do? And how? Danger or not, it would follow on their eyes.