Chapter 10: Airport Line
4th June - 16:00,Apartment Tverskaya,Moscow
Arisha's PoV
Yesterday,I announced to my little brother and his president that I'll help them out fighting the KLA terrorists in Kosovo,particularly in its Capital City named Pristina. Too much trouble has already been made by those scum of humanity and,thanks to pindo and the company's ongoing bombing attacks in Kosovo,Vuk's men have delayed their operations.
It's been almost four weeks since Boris Yeltsin died for good of me and my people and as a result,the so called "Second Cold War" has started shortly after Alfred's,Gilberts and,unfortunately,Emily's,embassies were destroyed by explosions under Putin's orders. Like I've said previously,none of this would've had happened had they not attacked my little brother.
My thoughts and my writing with it have ended by my phone's sudden ringing. I slowly stood up from my chair. I'm curious so as to know who's calling me now. Alfred Jones? Nah,he officially hates my guts for "starting the Cold War again" and I couldn't care less. He hasn't changed himself even after the Cold War and therefore,he has tasted his own medicine. I hope that this time,I'll win the Second Cold War and that I'll revert every single damage he has caused and causing.
Vuk,Athene,Liu,Adele,Natalia,Daryna,Ivan...I guessed for five seconds over who's going to call me and in the end,it was Liu.
"Arisha,I need to tell you something...disappointing about the UNSC meeting which I tried to create." she said,in a sad tone and a sigh.
"You failed to convince Alfred to accept a new UN Security Council meeting?" I guessed.
"Sadly,shi..." she sighed,in a sad but angry tone "Don't believe it was easy for me to be patient."
Next,she told me that,from the time when her embassy has been attacked up until now,she got nothing from her everyday calls on him. On the twentieth time,the pindo did pick up the phone,but he was just like "Hello and Goodbye" and Liu barely had time to tell him anything important.
While she managed to have a conversation with him,she instead got a tense arguing against him about what had happened one and a half weeks ago in Russia and about their destroyed embassies.
"Well,aside from telling me that he won't end the bombings if Milosevic doesn't accept his "long overdue" conditions,he complained about something called the "Second Cold War"." Liu said,formally.
She then told me that she didn't knew about that memorable event on 24th May because I haven't informed her about it.
"He's still salty about the self-inflicted consequences that he made for himself." I said,in a serious tone. Then,I spoke up in an apologetic tone "But...I didn't knew this would affect your efforts."
"Me too." she said,again in a sad tone "You really should've told me about it,but now it's too late..."
In the end,the ending of their rants happened when Alfred asked her if she could do him a favor. She told me that she got curious and he said that she should "go fuck herself". She got fed up and it made her finally quit.
"Oh well,you know how he is,he always disregards the international law,whenever you turn it left or right." I concluded.
"Yes,even the UN hasn't approved Alfred's attack on your brother,which can only speak volumes." she also concluded "Good luck with your new Cold War,Arisha."
And I hanged the phone,but not before telling me that she'll relax for few days because of her now-wasted efforts to create the UNSC meeting. Then,I went back to writing.
6th June - 20:00
I'm at the SVR RF Headquarters in Yasenevo,and I'm currently waiting for the intelligence report about the KLA formations to arrive. Everyone inside are at their desks working,and some of them walking around into many rooms under busy ambient.
"Mrs. Braginski,there you are!" the Intelligence Director exclaimed,walking towards me "Here's the official report you've requested."
I turned,Vyacheslav Trubnikov gave me the report and I took it from his hands. Then,he left. As I went to a private room,sat on the bed and read it. It had a useful information.
In that information,it was written that the KLA would soon take over the Slatina Airport in Pristina,led by one of the KLA's high-ranking commanders,simply called "Smuk". It has been said that the KLA will do it at around 11th to 13th June,according to the other reports I've received an hour ago.
Right now,the most prudent thing to do is to ask Putin if he could send mercenaries to Pristina under my lead. I would be happy if he accepts,and even more so if he or Lukashenko allows Natalia to join in.
Nevertheless,I'm so satisfied that I'm allowed to intervene militarily in Serbia for the second time,unlike when Yeltsin was around,which he would unlock me in a room,let alone allow me to join the war.
I took a deep breath,successfully removing the urge to tell Alfred about it. I wanted to annoy him further,but then I remembered my principle of not downgrading myself to his level and just kept it to myself.
And once I told Putin about it,he accepted my request and later on,I told Vuk and Natalia to get prepared,where and when.
10th June - 10:00,back to Vuk
I'm practicing chess with myself as soon as I finished my breakfast,as well as studying checkmates. My white eagle plushier has sat next to me.
Before that,two days after I came back from Acropolis on 4th June,I once again got dizziness and temperature from everyday stress over death and the worsening of the bombings. In one occasion,I haven't eaten for a day. Not necessarily because I didn't had money to buy one but because I didn't had enough strength to get myself up from bed.
My sister has told me that the KLA are about to advance in Pristina,specifically in a place called "Slatina Airport",at around 11th to 13th June. It was the main entrance of flights in Kosovo. She recommended me to arrive on 12th June at early morning. I also hope Natalia would come to us,I miss her too.
I'm so excited about it. No,I'm not excited about war. No one in one's right mind would want that,anymore than I do,especially with so many innocent deaths. I'm excited that I'll,after almost six months of not confronting and fighting the KLA ever since Racak,finally do so again.
Also,three days ago,Athene has told me that she tried to convince Alfred to stop the bombings,but she said that he rejected because "it's not the right time to stop it.".
Anyway,I must prepare myself,the way I did before I entered Racak. But this time,I've finally found my current military uniform (no,not the Commander one,I'm not a Commander in this case) and packed every necessary things for our battle,like guns,munitions,knifes and let's not forget,the binoculars.
12th June - 12:40,on the hills near Vrelo
This is it,I'm about a kilometer or two near the Slatina Airport,which I even see it from the distance.
I followed my map while I was in a military truck and as I soon arrived at the top of the hills near Vrelo,at around 08:00,I stood there,waiting for the Russians to come. But the longer I waited,the more I had a feeling that I only did nothing but to waste my time.
The weather was sunny and,despite the Sun being too bright even for my binoculars,I crouched a bit to see some vehicles rising through few roads. None of them had any flags attached to them.
"Will these Руси going to make it?" I said,in a quiet tone,growing annoyed "Where are they?"
"VUK! VUK!" a familiar feminine voice has called to me "OVER HERE!"
I turned and it was Natalia,rushing towards me and waving her hand. She got a sniper hanged on her back and an obvious military uniform. I rushed back at her until we stopped near each other.
"Natalia,how did you found me?" I asked.
"You were just standing there looking through them." she answered,smiling "I'm surprised your binoculars haven't got glued to your eyes."
I merely chuckled.
"How did you got there?" I asked again.
"Yunus-bek Yevkurov drove me there,and ordered me to find you. He follows commands of the General Anatoly Volchkov" she answered again.
"Then let's go to him."
We rushed to the direction she had told me about. However,while we're about to head towards Yevkurov,we saw a scout vehicle riding to the north at the Slatina,with the KLA flag hung near its back. Taking our opportunity,we crouched and I raised a grenade,but Natalia placed her hand near my head.
"Hold up," she said,raising her sniper "I'll handle this."
She took small but persistent breaths,aimed near the vehicle and pulled the trigger. By the immense luck,she managed to obliterate it by hitting the gasoline engine. I was fascinated by her skills,same with Maria's bazooka attacks. I wish I could practice each main weapon.
With it,she killed two terrorists,while the other two have tried to flee from the shots,not noticing us. I killed them by throwing two grenades near their way,though one of those grenades have missed them.
How pathetic.
"Nat,the way you've shot!" I exclaimed,continuing to walk faster towards Yevkurov's military truck "If only I could learn from you."
"Hehe...I'm not that good,but thanks for the compliment." Natalia said,then exclaimed "Come on,we're almost there!"
After a minute,we saw an uniformed man with a moustache standing near his truck,and turned his head to look at us as we've nearing towards him.
"It took you long enough,Natalia." he said,crossing his arms,annoyed "At least you came out alive."
"Sir,we could've got there earlier,but the KLA vehicle approached and we destroyed it." she confessed.
"That's just a small portion out of a large horde of the terrorist scum roaming around Slatina." he sighed. Then approached me,giving me his hand "And you must be Vuk Misic. Pleasure to meet you!"
"You to,Mr. Yerkurov!" I said,shaking his hand.
"You can just call me "Bek"." he said,opening the truck's car "Now,let's not waste our time. Hop in!"
Once we entered and sat on backseats and rode towards Slatina Airport,I looked at her.
"Where's Arisha?" I asked,hugging her own back.
"She's with the Russian battalion on the other side of the Airport." Natalia explained "She and her men have planned a surprise attack against the KLA's breakthrough attacks from the Slatina Tunnel. Every information that I and Yerkurov got was from the reports Arisha got six days ago."
A tunnel? Would that mean...? Even better! Not only we'll take the Airport over from them,but we'll also snuff the KLA fighters out. I merely smiled and nodded.
"Vuk,is it true that the Imperialist faggot is supporting them? I won't be surprised if they are."
"Yes it is." I said,angrily,with a sigh "And not only that,he also backs,funds and arms them,along with his NATO in general.".
She remained silent for several seconds,her body and head trembling with anger. After that,she turned to me.
"Tell you what,if I even find him in person,I would kick his ass and capture him into the trial!" she retorted,angrily.
"I already did that in Algunja on 31st March." I said,nearing towards a large hill with an apparent hole located below.
"Really? Why did you released him?" she snapped at me.
"He escaped." I explained,slightly angry "I dedicated myself to watch him while being bonded. In the end,as soon as I felt asleep at around 04:30,he successfully cut the ropes and fled. What's even scarier is that he pretended to sleep out of spite of him. He was that patient."
"Oh well,at least we could find him and capture him. And then,IMME..."
"We've arrived!" Bek shouted,loudly and suddenly,cutting her off and making us jump from our backseats.
We both coughed and got off the truck. But before we went to the tunnel,Bek gave us two walkie-talkies and a radio,to ensure Arisha and/or Bek contacts us while we're at it,for sending us reports about their action.
Here...we...go.
14:00,somewhere near the tunnel entrance
We've entered the tunnel and with each step,the ambiance grew darker and darker,leaving the shrinking light from entrance behind us. We were scared,but we didn't care,yet.
Despite not knowing nor having a map about the inner part of this location,we brought two flashlights (one for me and one for Natalia) with us and started finding our way towards the exit. Who knows what secrets would this tunnel hold,but it could prove useful to us.
At first,there was nothing but pitch black environment surrounding the interior,until after five minutes of walking,we've found two planes standing one kilometers from us,illuminated through lights above them.
As we were near the second entrance,we've spotted a moving camera on the wall,moving around,then stopping and pointing at us.
"Are they watching us?" she asked me,in an uncomfortable tone.
"I don't know,but let's not wait to find out." I told her,also in an uncomfortable tone.
By continuing to follow the runway,there were many crates localized around the next deep path,along with other planes. But this time,it had many lights turned on from above,making us turn off our flashlights for now.
One minute had passed and we spotted one...no,two patrolling men in uniform. Most likely the KLA fighters. We hid ourselves behind a crate,but I rushed towards the other crate next to the first one,telling her to shoot at them separately.
While she took her sniper to get ready for my signal,I threw a rock near the first fighter,making an echoing sound.
"What was that?" the first one asked to himself,confused. It made him patrol on the reverse direction,after he patrolled towards ours.
Taking the opportunity,I walked towards him while crouching,holding my combat knife and having my AK-47 hung on my back for the later use. Once I was near enough to him,I stabbed him by his neck,killing him. It made me give the signal to her.
"FIRE!" I shouted.
She shot at the second one in two seconds,killing him on the spot. We took some munitions and patches from them,leaving them dead.
Another five minutes have passed and we saw a door on our right side,which had a sign that was written "Мазутара". I know the translation and it meant "Engine Room." We entered the room,out of our curiosity.
The engine room was more colder and abandoned than those entrances. It obviously smelled like fuel. We searched the room for ten or so minutes.
"Vuk,come here,I need you to see this!" she shouted.
"Ok."
I walked towards her as she cleaned up the dust from the crate.
"Is this the KLA emblem?" she asked,showing me the symbol on the crate.
I looked at it for a few seconds and it really was the symbol.
"But then...could that be..." I said,in a very worried tone "Oh no..."
"What's the matter?" she asked me again,now also worried.
"The KLA must've taken the fuel barrels to transport them around..." I guessed,then paused.
"Around where?"
"Hmm...around the main hall inside." I answered,feeling more creeped out.
"They want to burn the Airport down?!" she asked,shocked.
"Possibly." I answered again,then said in a serious tone "We have to reach the place where most of the barrels are transferred before the KLA could use them!"
"Let's go then!"
Once we exited the Engine Room,we saw five or six KLA fighters patrolling the runway. They probably came because their leader has commanded them to hunt us down. Luckily,however,half of them were far away from our side.
I took my AK-47 this time and,not caring about their reaction,I shot a few times at the fighter before he felt down. Natalia did the same with her pistol. And,like with the first time,we took their belongings.
However,knowing that the other three militants would find us by their patrolling,we quickly went to the nearest door,which was the bathroom. After we taken a piss,we put our radio on the floor and crouched again. We switched many channels to get Arisha through using signals and after five minutes,we got her.
"H-he...Hello?" Arisha said "Is this Yerkurov?"
"No,it's us,me and Natalia." I answered,smiling "What's going on with you?"
"I just got a report from Yerkurov that you were,and are,infiltrating the inner tunnel independently." Arisha explained "As for me,I'm heading towards the other side of the Airport,leading and gathering my forces to block the terrorists from committing a breakthrough act. You?"
"The KLA have taken fuel barrels into the main hall,to probably burn this place down. At least,that's what Vuk has told me when we discovered a few of them." Natalia explained.
"WHAT?!" Arisha yelled out,angrily "If that's so,then not only would Kosovo lose it's only airport,but it would also give their backers' advantage to propagandize it as an attack by the Serbian Army against a civilian target!"
After that,we were both pissed off. Not at her,but on her words. Natalia seemed to agree that Alfreak and his gang (except Athene and Maria,and maybe Adele) would do absolutely everything to make my president capitulate!
"Yes,we have an obligation to stop them!" I shouted,angrily.
"I know,and I'm proud of you both and your bravery." she said "Now,before I end the transmission,I want you to know that the Commander who leads this KLA division is called "Smuk". No surname or anything,just Smuk."
After that,she ended the contact with us. Smuk,she said. Neither Hashim Thaci nor Ramush Haradinaj led this portion. She also told us that we should kill him.
"You heard her,Vuk." Natalia said,putting her hand on my shoulder "We must keep going and destroy them."
I nodded and exited the bathroom. As we did,we saw no one present. We continued to walk at the runway until we heard a heavy machine gun shooting at us,which made us run to the next door. The militant tried to kill her,but I jumped at her. It cost me the damages on my left leg and arm. I blushed when I saw her smiling on the floor.
The next room was a Boiler Room and unlike the rest of the rooms,it was hot. But before we entered it,I threw a grenade his position and killed him.
"I-I...I know it hurts but,you saved me,and I thank you for it." she tried to encourage me.
"It does hurt,but that's nothing." I said,in a breathed tone from injuries while rubbing my arm,trying to dissimulate my pain "Have you found anything?"
"This time,nothing." Natalia said,after we finished searching this room "You?"
"Same." I replied,calmed "Let's get going."
We were about to exit the Boiler Room,but before we did,we heard two men talking from the distance,slowly nearing our location.
"Have you seen those little brats?" The first guy said to the second guy next to him "They killed eight of our men without getting noticed! Are we this pathetic?"
Да.
"Jo,but we have to find and kill them!" the second guy replied to him "They must not interfere with the Komandant's plan!"
"Yeah,they're nothing more than some pesky intruders!" the first guy replied "We should report Smuk about it and block their way to the Control Room!"
Control Room? That's where Smuk's at. We noted it.
"If we don't,he'll kill us both!" the second guy replied again.
When they approached near the room,Natalia threw a rock between them,which made them turn at the rock. Taking our chance,we shot them and dragged them into the room,not noticing us. We searched them and their pockets,but this time,we found something unusual.
"Are those mints?!" Natalia asked,shocked.
I took them from her hands and I put one of them into my mouth,trying to configure if they were. And I was correct.
"Yes,jебем ти!" I exclaimed,after tasting the mint "It's unusual to see something like these under military exploits."
I gave her a mint and tasted it,later to take the rest of the mints as an additional food,for the future use.
At this point,as soon as we exited the Boiler Room,we made a conclusion that we should,and must,destroy the cameras by shooting at them,because it only got fully confirmed that the KLA have taken over the Control Room.
We destroyed a couple of moving cameras on the wall,preventing them from seeing our presence ever again. I know that this would damage the Airport badly (and even more so when the KLA destroys it),but we just had to.
Another five minutes of the continued walking have passed and we spotted two rooms. On the left,there was an Air Chamber and on the other,there was a Storage Room. We entered the room on the right.
On the Storage Room,there were some random stuff from the boxes which we took after another search: Some random weapons (we took them immediately),munitions,a medical kit,some packs of cigars,hamburgers...,Coca-Cola's...,cond-what the fuck do those last things doing here?!
I asked this to Natalia and she was silent for some seconds.
"Yeah,that confirms it." she spoke out,then said in an angry tone "Coca-Cola is a product from the Imperialist,they're nothing but his puppets."
"Indeed." I agreed "Shall we take them?"
"Why?"
I told her that I got a plan to make a Coca-Cola bombs by putting mints inside them,should Alfreak happen to be inside somewhere in the inner Airport.
15:30,in the Control Room
We're currently testing out the buttons and other controls,trying to know where's the camera control device. While we went there,we knocked four men down and put the bullet through their heads,once they were knocked down by our stealth tactics.
"Hey,Natalia,I've found them!" I shouted,moving my arm to make her come.
She came towards me and I showcased a stockroom through the camera. In it,there were lots of KLA militias walking around,with many hostages gathering and walking into the rows,kneeling.
"That's right! The Slatina personnel have been captured! Place them into the rows,all of them!" someone with a beard ordered. Must be "Smuk".
"Move them out!" a KLA militiaman shouted.
Then,after we turned off the camera,we finally found the map of the inner part of the Airport. The Stockroom is two to three kilometers from the Control Room,then half a kilometers to the south. However,as we were about to leave the Control Room,the Radio has sounded.
"Vuk,Natalia! I need to tell you something urgent!" Arisha said,loudly.
"What is it?" We almost told at the same time.
"The KLA is using mortars against my forces." Arisha stressed "For four hours my forces are clashing around the Airfield,and we're about to enter the other tunnel's entrance. The KLA knows the guerrilla tactics. Anyhow,we're pushing back!"
"When will you arrive?" Natalia asked.
"About less than half an hour. Or less if they start retreating inside the airport,in which case,they'll be trapped." she answered,in a proud but worried tone. "Where are you two?"
"In the Control Room." I answered,in a serious tone "They're currently rowing the taken civilians and air hostages inside the Stockroom. We looked through the cameras."
She thanked us and told us that we'll meet together soon,and we ended the transmission. Then,we rushed as fast as we could,despite my pain on my thigh,towards the Stockroom. It took us less than eight minutes to get there.
Before that,out of fear of getting spotted,we took the caps from the KLA dead men and put them on our heads,so that they won't suspect that we're infiltrators,and not the KLA as a disguise. Natalia has additionally put a mask on and hid her hair so as to not see her as a female.
We slowly walked towards the rows and put ourselves into the KLA's position: By pointing our guns at the hostages. We didn't want to shot them,we just want to make it seem that we did.
"Today is our biggest event that has yet to become our biggest victory to date!" Smuk proclaimed,while placing his battle knife near little girl's neck "Not only would we destroy this place,but also the Serbian Forces would get humiliated,as a revenge act for what they did to us back in Racak!"
I rolled my eyes,but Natalia stood silent,crying. The mere sight of the little girl made me tempting to cry,and kill him with all my might. But then,the KLA would spot me and Natalia and we would be dead by now,plus she'll die. He continued.
"The Russians are evenly matched against our fighters of the Albanian Freedom!" he prided himself. "Evenly matched" my ass "We found the mortars and barrels from which we'll make those Russian pests fly and punish them for interfering in our mission!"
"Now,I'll give you one warning: Give us the keys of the Slatina Airport or this place will explode,and the kid over there will have her head fall!" Smuk shouted,threatening the populace inside the Stockroom.
I was about to raise my gun and kill this monster out of severe anger,but then his phone from his pocket rang,placing it on his ear,but only before he waited for one of the hostages's answer.
"Hey there,Smukie,how's the liberation going out there?" a familiar voice was heard. It's Alfred Jones.
"I'm very busy right now,and don't call me "Smukie"!" he said,annoyed and angrily "I've already told you one hundred times not to call me with that silly name!"
"Whatever..." Alfreak said,with disdain "Hmm...how's Slatina Airport? I'll reward you if you give it to me."
As Smuk was busy having an interrupted conversation with the criminal monster,I and Natalia took the opportunity and moved our heads to make her slowly move Smuk's knife and flee towards the exit. She succeeded,looked at us and then left the hall,still crying. Once one of the KLA militias have told him that she escaped,he ended the conversation.
"Now you won't get the Airport,TARALLAK!" he yelled,throwing his phone at the floor.
For once,Alfred has actually did a good thing. He accidentally saved girl's life by interrupting one of his ally's procedure. We dissimulately snickered at this fact. Then,Smuk ordered a KLA militiamen to send him another hostage.
"GIVE US THE KEYS OF THE SLATINA AIRPORT OR THIS PLACE WILL EXPLODE IN PEACES!" he loudly repeated,enraged.
No one responded,thus making an uncomfortable and tense silence warp around the Stockroom.
"No one,huh?!" he snapped at them,angrily "USHTARËT! Execute them! On three,tw..."
A massive explosion blasted behind him,which happened to be some of the fuel barrels placed behind him,twenty meters away from him.
After everyone,including us,turned at the explosion,the Russian Forces have entered the hole,with Arisha and Bek rushing past them,and making a gun fight between them.
"Everyone! Go to the exit!" Bek shouted,ordering them to escape this place,while shooting at some of them "I repeat,TO THE EXIT!"
"RETREAT!" Arisha shouted at them.
We threw the KLA caps and we took them to the exit,as the hostages got up,with difficulty,and ran towards you-know-where.
When about a third of Smuk's men got killed,he and his remaining eight militiamen retreated through the exploded hole,but not before he threw a smoke bomb at the floor and clicked the button,making the entire Airport to slowly collapse.
"Hasta La Vista,motherfuckers!" He shouted,before retreating somewhere in Kosovo.
After I,Natalia and the rest of them entered Arisha's military vehicle and escaped,leaving the Airport crumbling and burning with intense and explosive fire and smokes.
But before we entered,we hugged Arisha out of joy.
"I'm so glad my siblings have survived!" she told us,in a sweet tone,hugging us back "The KLA have been driven out!"
"We humiliated them again!" I and Natalia shouted. I left a tear slip through my cheek,starting to cry out of joy.
22:00
We're on the Velika Glava (Big Head) hill near Pristina,sitting on the logs by the campfire as the barbecue roasted above the fire.
"Поздравляю,soldiers!" someone congratulated us,slamming his hand on my shoulder,in an elderly but severe tone "Without the teamwork and our weaponry,the KLA scum would surely get away with it!"
I turned behind me,it was the General Anatoly Volchkov,smiling at me,and then at the rest of them,particularly at Natalia,Arisha and Bek.
Once he sat on the log and removed his cap,we all talked about our today's fight against the KLA.
"We've taken Coca-Cola's and Mints from the KLA and Vuk was right,they're so pathetic and weak!" Natalia said,in a happy tone.
"And it took Ilya Slashchev,one of our fighters,to sacrifice himself by sending a loaded fuel truck at the wall full of fuel barrels." Bek said,eating his skewer "Such bravery and guts would've otherwise be never seen in the long run."
"And you,Ариша?" Anatoly asked,waiting for Arisha to tell something.
Arisha sat silent,viewing the fire and the bright night.
"It was our best,and bloodiest,I hate to admit,moments in our lives." my sister said,after some seconds of guessing "The pindo would hate it when he finds out that the Russians are in Kosovo to help our brothers against the KLA."
"But he was there!" I interrupted her.
"Where?" Arisha asked.
"Through Smuk's phone." Natalia explained,about to laugh "You should've seen his face when one of his victims,a little girl,have escaped him thanks to the Imperialist's telecomunicative intervention!"
Everyone has started to laugh,while Anatoly just laughed with his closed mouth.
"What a moron!" Arisha said,whipping her tear "He failed his proxies!"
"Is the "Telecomunicative Intervention" even a word,Nat?" Bek asked,after laughing.
She just blushed and smiled,hugging Arisha. After one minute of a warm silence,I spoke up.
"By the way,Arisha..." I said,hugging her. Afterwards,she hugged me back "Срећан ти рођендан."
"That's a bit too late to congratulate the birthday." he said,after finishing up a kebab. Then,he surprised us "On the other hand,being far from Russia,we may've missed our flag being displayed in the sky and the military parade. But at least here,we could celebrate the Birthday of our Mother Russia,Arisha Braginsky! CHEERS TO HER,AND US!"
We both said our cheers and enjoyed resting after a short but bloody battle.
15th June - 11:50
Arisha is driving me and Natalia into Urosevac,coming back after she confronted Gilbert in Prizren two days ago on 13th June. She told us that the confrontation was in a form of a staring and talking contest,while also injuring him.
While we were just near Urosevac,we saw something...something...something that...made me shocked.
It was a sign that said "Camp Bondsteel: Under Construction" placed near four Nissen huts and some heavy equipments,building the base.
"Please...am I dreaming?" Arisha said,in a desperate and annoyed tone.
"Maybe." I said "Amo te!"
Arisha and I have got out of the military vehicle,giving Natalia to sit on the driver seat. As we walked towards the camp,we saw a blonde white-haired man standing. When he heard our steps,he turned and smiled. He also had a black eye.
"Oh! Willkommen to the Camp Bondsteel!" Gilbert exclaimed "The place where the new Alfred's base is going to be built!"
Arisha merely rolled her eyes and sighed.
"And what the hell are you doing here,швабо?" I snapped at him.
"Don't be so hostile,mein kind." he said in a serious tone,while slightly growing his smile "I'm here to ensure that no one sabotages the construction of this camp,under the Leader's orders,of course."
"Why's he building this?!" she demanded,angrily "Does he ever know what the "International Law" is?!"
"Ja,but he doesn't care,especially when you started the Second Cold War."
She facepalmed.
"If there was any war,it's his fault! He's still obsessive and disgusting!" she said,angrily.
"Like he gives a fuck and,mein Gott..." he said,starting to laugh "I know how he's obsessive: He can't stop TALKING about you! No matter how many days did this event passed,he hadn't stopped doing it since. He even ordered the construction of the Camp out of spite. You already know that he wants you dead. Adele told you at one point,remember?"
Arisha smirked and snickered by his statement,only to cough and revert her smirk into a frown.
"And bombing Liu's embassy on 7th May? That's nothing,right?!" She demanded further,still angrily.
"Maybe." He answered,simply.
"Maybe?!" I intervened,this time angrily "Let me ask you something. If you're my enemy,why are you on my territory then?"
"Yeah,you heard him what he said. Why?" Arisha also intervened.
"Well...let's just say that Herr Jones wants to remind your fellow that he watches him,and that he'll stay there until his president makes a surrender speech to the World. He won't give up just yet." he explained,winking. Then,he turned back "See you soon!"
I wanted to charge on him and beat him up,but Arisha held her hand on my body.
"It's not worth it." she told me,after taking a deep breath "If we attack it,we'll start World War Three."
And,sadly,she's right. I wouldn't risk myself starting an even more worse war than the one which I'm having. When we got back to Arisha's vehicle and told Natalia about it,she simply beeped violently five seconds,after we explained about what's "Bondsteel" anyway.
But the most noticeable reaction was from Athene,who thought that he'll stop the bombings if only I allowed him to build his camp.
"Say WHAT?!" Athene shouted through her phone at Arisha,angrily "He's for real constructing his stupid base!?"
"Yes. He has proven you wrong." Arisha said,angrily.
"ΓΙΑ ΓΑΜΩ ΧΑΡΗ,that's impossible...Oh wait...Now I see why he told me that "it's not the right time to stop it."! " Athene yelled,now enraged "That's it,I've finally had enough of him and his games! He won't fuck with me any longer and,as opposed to late April,I'll for real drag myself out of NATO,whenever my president likes it or not. MARK MY WORDS!"
And she ended the call,before thanking Arisha for motivating her further for planning a massive revolt against his president.
And now,I'm asking the question to myself: If Alfred is constructing his Camp,then what would make him stop bombing me and my people? He now has troops in Kosovo and his Camp is under construction. But then...the last demand is to remove Milosevic from power meaning...that...he'll stop at nothing to make me submit to him,kneeling and raising my arms before him. I don't want this.
At this point on,the question is no longer about "How long would the bombings last?",but "How long would it take for me to win?". I'm afraid that the bombings against me and the war in general would become...a norm.
Here's the Tenth Chapter. After Russia found out the KLA's plans on 6th June to take over the Slatina Airport on 12th June which,in reality,was a confrontation between Russia and NATO,Russia and Belarus came to Serbia to fight in a major battle against the KLA. Only to be revealed on 15th June that America has out of spite of her establishing the Camp Bondsteel earlier,making Vuk doubt his hopes of ending the war against America.
By the way,the majority of these scenes are solely based on the movie called the Balkan Line - wiki/The_Balkan_Line,which was about an alternative prespective where the KLA attacked Slatina for themselves against Serbia on that same day. And yes,Smuk is the main villain of this movie which I watched a year ago.
Thanks for reading.