Chapter 6: Betrayed!
"The soldiers from the assault from the nearby town and the reconnaissance team have arrived, sir." An officer reported as he opened the door to Brigadier General Thompson's office, only to gasp in shock when he saw the general slumped to the table with one of his arms outstretched and a massive river of blood flowing down the table covered with battle plans which were smeared with the brigadier general's blood.
The officer ran away terrified to report the death of Brigadier General Thompson to another Brigadier General by the name of Marcus. The astonished general headed to the office of the dead general only to exclaim "Holy Smokes!" to see the general's bloodied balding head.
A search was conducted for the possible murder weapon after the roll call. At the quarters earlier, Hawkins noticed Rick's unusual smile when he came into the quarters but left to look for Jim in the canteen before the roll call.
A corporal entered Brigadier General Marcus's office where he was deep in thought. He handed a German revolver to the general and told him that it was found in Engineer Jim's quarters. The platoon in the quarters was called to the office to testify the case. Suddenly Private Rick replied, "Sir, I sighted him leaving the quarters, had a suspicious look on his face. Saw him being nervous at the canteen. Private Joe is with me then. You can ask him, he's the witness." "He's telling the truth, Sir." continued Joe sounding honest. Brigadier General Marcus glared at Jim and snarled, "Any objections, traitor?" Jim answered in disbelief, 'It couldn't be I didn't do it." Before Jim could finish his sentence, General Marcus hollered, "Enough, scumbag, traitor of America. You will be executed at dawn in front of the whole army. Dismissed."
Hawkins was as astonished as Jim was, fifteen years being together and he did not see any evil in Jim. Jim's face was saddened as two soldiers escorted him to prison. "Don't worry, pal, I'll make sure that the truth is brought to light." Hawkins muttered under his breath. He glared at Rick and Joe who were smirking and felt suspicious of them and so he tailed them. They proceeded to the telephone booth and looked around to check if the coast is clear then took out a small radio and talked in a strange language, Hawkins listened carefully and made out some familiar words and thought about it. "Oh! It is the German language!" Hawkins thought. "Must make the others believe about it. But how? Maybe I can tell those lieutenants over there." He peered at the lieutenants seated at a table having a cup of coffee.
"Sir you won't believe it, but you have to see this, follow me please."
One of the lieutenants muttered, "Well, since we have nothing to do. We will follow you then." Only two of the lieutenants followed, while the others would rather sit back and relax than going on a possible wild goose chase.
To Hawkins's relief, Rick and Joe were still at the same spot, talking to the radio. "You're not joking, they are speaking in German. We better report this to the Brigadier General, and fast." The lieutenant who muttered just now continued, "I only know a little German, but I can tell you that they were bribed to assassinate Brigadier General Thompson, and they will escape to the German side when the assault at our camp is about to start. I don't know the rest of the whole thing."
"The soldiers from the assault from the nearby town and the reconnaissance team have arrived, sir." An officer reported as he opened the door to Brigadier General Thompson's office, only to gasp in shock when he saw the general slumped to the table with one of his arms outstretched and a massive river of blood flowing down the table covered with battle plans which were smeared with the brigadier general's blood.
The officer ran away terrified to report the death of Brigadier General Thompson to another Brigadier General by the name of Marcus. The astonished general headed to the office of the dead general only to exclaim "Holy Smokes!" to see the general's bloodied balding head.
A search was conducted for the possible murder weapon after the roll call. At the quarters earlier, Hawkins noticed Rick's unusual smile when he came into the quarters but left to look for Jim in the canteen before the roll call.
A corporal entered Brigadier General Marcus's office where he was deep in thought. He handed a German revolver to the general and told him that it was found in Engineer Jim's quarters. The platoon in the quarters was called to the office to testify the case. Suddenly Private Rick replied, "Sir, I sighted him leaving the quarters, had a suspicious look on his face. Saw him being nervous at the canteen. Private Joe is with me then. You can ask him, he's the witness." "He's telling the truth, Sir." continued Joe sounding honest. Brigadier General Marcus glared at Jim and snarled, "Any objections, traitor?" Jim answered in disbelief, 'It couldn't be I didn't do it." Before Jim could finish his sentence, General Marcus hollered, "Enough, scumbag, traitor of America. You will be executed at dawn in front of the whole army. Dismissed."
Hawkins was as astonished as Jim was, fifteen years being together and he did not see any evil in Jim. Jim's face was saddened as two soldiers escorted him to prison. "Don't worry, pal, I'll make sure that the truth is brought to light." Hawkins muttered under his breath. He glared at Rick and Joe who were smirking and felt suspicious of them and so he tailed them. They proceeded to the telephone booth and looked around to check if the coast is clear then took out a small radio and talked in a strange language, Hawkins listened carefully and made out some familiar words and thought about it. "Oh! It is the German language!" Hawkins thought. "Must make the others believe about it. But how? Maybe I can tell those lieutenants over there." He peered at the lieutenants seated at a table having a cup of coffee.
"Sir you won't believe it, but you have to see this, follow me please."
One of the lieutenants muttered, "Well, since we have nothing to do. We will follow you then." Only two of the lieutenants followed, while the others would rather sit back and relax than going on a possible wild goose chase.
To Hawkins's relief, Rick and Joe were still at the same spot, talking to the radio. "You're not joking, they are speaking in German. We better report this to the Brigadier General, and fast." The lieutenant who muttered just now continued, "I only know a little German, but I can tell you that they were bribed to assassinate Brigadier General Thompson, and they will escape to the German side when the assault at our camp is about to start. I don't know the rest of the whole thing."