Through These Eyes
Chapter 1: Our First Raid
(Karen's Diary)
Summer 14th, 1940
Dear,
Diary
Three weeks had passed since those Germans invade and occupied the island. For awhile, we're cut off from the rest of our friends who's probably still up there in the small town. The Germans had been sending numerous amounts of search teams to the church. Good thing is, the Germans still respects God and decided not to ruin the place too much and keep it as it is. I just hope everything is fine…and I hope those who failed to get inside are alright. The tunnel is nearly finished, and I hope we could get full control of the island via tunnel network soon. There are sounds above, I better stop now.
(Back to Karen)
I close my diary, and sighs. Looking up at the ceiling above, I notice the Germans were bringing in something heavy here as the wood supported ceiling keeps on shaking, giving me quite a tough time as pebbles kept on raining on us. For the past four days I've been peeping out of the Church's confession box and then out to the door where I usually watch Germans marching into the town. That was also the only time I got to take a good breath of morning breeze I usually take when hanging out with Rick. Now, those things were just the mere past…….
"Karen." I turn around, only to find Rick with his serious eyes glaring at me
"What is it?"
"The Germans…."
"What about them?"
"They've send in a garrison here to support the island."
"Yes…..I could see that….the ceiling talks you know…."
"No! They've got tanks as well!" I pause for a moment, thinking to myself…. "Tanks…what are we gonna' do now?"
"No shit….." I pause for a moment
"Type?"
"Panzer II and Panzer I light tanks." I pause for a moment
"Did they bring supplies? Weapons or anything?"
"I spot some of them carrying crates towards the Inn, but I'm not sure what it is. Could be weapons."
"Ok…..tell Harris and the Sprites to locate where they put those supplies in. We need more weapons rather than using pitchforks, shovels, kitchen knives…..do I need to mention all of them?"
"No need Karen…..I understand what you meant."
"Also…we might want to visit Doug's inn and grab us a few wine kegs and…maybe weapon crates Doug bought."
"I got that Karen….I got that…."
Summer 14, 1940,
Mineral Town Underground,
1700 hrs
"C'mon! C'mon! We ain't got much time!" I run ahead in the tunnels from the rest of my friends with a kitchen knife in my grasp
"I know but…..you think these are enough to take on a fully armed German infantryman?" Rick, looking down at what I got and looking at what Mary, Kai, and what he got
"….It's enough……I guess…."
"C'mon! Show me the action here!" Kai
"K-karen…I suggest we try to…..erhm….killing them silently…."
"Wow….Never thought of the one we called 'Quiet Mary' had the idea of killing someone this time…" Rick, quite stunned
"Eh….no actually….it's just something I advised to do since what we got is possibly….insufficient to take out a German infantry in a frontal assault…."
"Where'd you got that idea from Mary?" She fixes her glasses and looks straight at me
"It's from a book I read in the library while waiting for anyone to come and visit the library. The book talks about a group of spies during the Civil War in America. It's when Andrew, the main character, takes out a……"
"Alright book worm, we got the point." Kai
"How impolite of you to call someone with names like that…."
"Yeah, yeah whatever. Let's just get to the point. Karen?" Kai just can't shut his big mouth sometimes. Wonder why Popuri likes him….
"Alright……" I kept myself silent for a time since…well; I got no plans at all
"Karen?"
"Don't tell me….you got no plan?" Rick guessed it
"Ehm…..you could say that…."
"KAREN!" The three of them
"Alright, fine! First, we'll go to the inn, grab Doug's ammo crates, get Doug out (if he's there, that is), and get the hell out of dodge before those krauts knew it!"
"…..You just thought about that a few minutes ago didn't you?" I nod at Rick slowly, and face the dirt
"Karen, I think that's quite a good idea. If we did encounter a German or two, Kai could finish them off with his .45. After all, he's the only who got a pistol at hand." Mary
"You're right…..let's get moving."
Summer 14, 1940,
Mineral Town Church,
1710 hrs
"All clear Karen, let's move." Kai is by the door, checking the situation outside
"Let's go guys. And let's try to stay alive. I don't want to lose anyone of us!" We all nod as we head out of the church and dash out towards the closest bushes we could find
"Situation clear…..lets move!"
"Hold it Karen!" I stop at my tracks as Rick grabs me from behind. And just in time too, a German soldier enters the square with the K98k rifle in his grip
"Horse….shit." Kai raise his pistol, ready on the kill
"Don't fire your weapon. We wouldn't want to attract attention here." Mary
"You're the smartass eh, bookworm? Then show us how to do it!" Kai
"Kai! That's a very rude thing to say to Mary!" Rick
"It's okay…I'll do what I can." Mary slowly rose from his position, her knife at her grip, ready. She moves up behind him slowly, raising the weapon. The knife almost like it's screaming to kill that son of a bitch fast. She stood up behind him, grabs him in the mouth, and stabs the knife at his heart. The kraut struggles to break free from Mary, but she manages to get a hold of him. In a few seconds, the German sigh his last breath.
"Way to go Mary……seems like we could change your nick 'Quite Mary' to 'Bloody Mary' (chuckles)." Kai
"Sorry to say Kai, but the nick 'Bloody Mary' had been taken by one of the queens of England…whatever her name is.." Rick
"Well…..at least she got him…" I sigh in relief and look towards Mary as she drop the body, and fell to the ground
"Mary?"
"I….I killed…..someone…"
"Yes, you did Mary." I approach her, and took her by the arm
"The…..blood….I just…..killed someone…."
"I know how it feels the first time you've done something. Now get up, we're moving." Kai's right. There's always first times
She got up, still trembling; grabs the rifle and an ammo pouch, and sighs deeply. I move up to her while I grab myself one of the German Luger pistol and a few extra magazine
"Yeah…there's always first time…..I'll get used to it. Let's go."
Summer 14, 1940,
Mineral Town,
1715 hrs
It's quite around the inn….a bit too quite. In times of war, soldiers would mostly fear the quite times rather than bullets. Now I know what it meant…..
"Alright, you guys ready?" They all nod as I grab the handle
I open the door and we all burst in at once, and close the door hoping no German spot us. At least we know the inn is safe
"Was der…!"
"Wann tun…! Unbelievably unlucky…..Germans are here
"Der Widerstand! Toten sie!" I don't understand what're they talkin' about, but I could see they don't like seeing our faces
"Get to cover!" Flip these tables!" We immediately reach for the tables and flip them, creating cover for us while the kraut bastards vault the counter and grab their arms
"FIRE AT THEM!"
"AUFMACHEN SCHIESSEN!"
Summer 14, 1940,
Mineral Town, Doug's Inn,
1717 hrs
Things are fucked up around here. Those krauts were able to arm themselves with the MP40 Sub-Machinegun and K98k rifle while we're only armed with one K98k rifle with 11 extra stripper clips and a Colt M1911A1 (known more as the .45 pistol) with 4 extra magazine; the last ones too. We're pinned down in seconds
"Shit Karen! Those Germans would take us sooner or later! Those guns are chippin' the tables off!"
"Shut up Kai I know! You and Mary are the only one armed here! SO START FIRING!"
"I CAN'T!"
(Rifle Fire)
"AKH! Ich bekommen treffen!" We watch Mary as she stumbles from her position after firing her rifle. I can't believe she's able to hit someone with the rifle
"Mary….." I watch as she stood up, and pull the trigger a couple of times
"Karen! This thing won't fire anymore! It's jammed!" But she seem doesn't quite understood on how to use a bolt-action rifle.
"Gimme' that!" I grab the rifle, and bolt it; ejecting an empty round
"Here. This thing got 5 rounds. You've fired one, so there's 4 more. Every time you fire, bolt the rifle to release an empty round. Kill them all Mary!"
(Rifle Fire)
"AAAAKKKGGGHHH!"
"ARNOLD! Shizzae! Er wurde erschossen!"
"Nice hit Mary!" She smiles as she bolts the rifle and fires another, killing another German bastard
"Stabsunteroffizier Havenheit! Sollen ich anrufen fur hilft?"
"Ja! Gesagt der Leutnant…" Those krauts over there couldn't shut up…
(CLANK!)
"Stabsunteroffizier Havenheit!"
"Another one down Mary!"
"That was not me…."
"That was me…." I turn my head towards Kai who's holding his pistol
"I can't stand here watching her racking up kills. I'm in." I smile towards him as he fires his pistol
"Go get them fellas!"
"Karen! Two more Germans! One of them is by the radio!"
(Pistol fire; continue with a ring of a helmet)
"Jonathan! Shissae!"
"That's one more."
"Karen! Give us the order!" Rick
"CHARGE AT HIM!"
Summer 14, 1940,
Mineral Town, Doug's Inn,
1723 hrs
"Halo? HQ? Hilfe! Der widerstand…"
"Kill that bastard before he calls in reinforcements!" Kai immediately reacted through my orders and continually fires his pistol towards the kraut.
"AARRRGHHKKHH…" The bastard receives the shots and died in his pool of blood
"Alright…..the Inn's secured….what'd we do now?" Kai
"We'll wait for the Sprites to come. Mary, found those crates?"
"Got em' Karen! We got a whole stack of German weapons and Doug's U.S weapons! They got Anti-Tank rifles too! Hey Rick! I might need some help!"
"Coming!"
"Good thing it's over…..that was quite tough for our first day…" Kai
"No……it's only the beginning……"
(Karen's Diary)
Summer 14th, 1940
Dear,
Diary
Though I am still a young girl, I am quite appreciated by my friends after the raid. But I still think we're facing nothing yet. What we face this afternoon were probably raw recruits who slack off from they're original duties. That's a good thing for poorly armed resistance fighters. After the raid, we hold ourselves in the inn and finish off the reinforcements that last kraut able to call in. Though it wasn't much, these guys give more of a beating than the first ones. Mary got shot in her left arm, but she's fine. Kai's head was saved by a German helmet he wore for fun. And I almost lot my leg when one German threw the 'potato masher' and landed right beside me… If it wasn't because of Rick, I probably would've died…or lost a leg. I found the German MP40 quite amusing on taking out the remnants of the reinforcements. Most of them were killed when Rick 'returns' the grenade back at them before it explodes. Also, I still can't believe what we got from the raid. We receive:
Two (2) boxes of the German Kar98K rifle; Mary and Harris appreciated these and had been asking Rick to modify the rifle with five extra rounds like the British Lee-Enfield rifle that holds 10 rounds and uses a magazine rather than stripper clips. Unfortunately, he's unable to do that…yet. Each box contains two rifles
One (1) box of the U.S B.A.R; though, I think it's the old B.A.R rather than the updated B.A.R. The box contains one B.A.R
One (1) box of the German MG42 Multi-purpose Machinegun; Kai insisted that this gun will be handed over to him for 'good care'. The box contains one MG42 with two extra barrels
Two (2) boxes of the German MG34 Multi-purpose Machinegun; Now for this gun, Kai decided to store this away with the rest…for supplies . The box contains one MG34 and a spare barrel
Two (2) boxes of the German MP40 Submachine gun; this is my baby, the MP40. I love this gun from the start cause of its high rate of fire and high magazine. Recoil's not too nasty as well. The box contains
One (1) box of the U.S Colt M1911A1 pistol; this gun seems to belong to my best friend Ann who escaped the island with Jack. Her name was printed in the box…along with 'You touch this, you're dead' printed in the box as well. Typical Ann. The box contains 8 .45 pistol. Good thing we all got side arms now.
Three (3) boxes of the German P.08 Luger pistol; The Luger…is no better than the .45, so we preferably pick the .45 rather than the Luger. But Kai pick the Luger replacing his .45 saying it's 'a collectible kraut weapon'. The box contains 8 Luger pistols
Two (2) Boxes of the German Panzerbuchse 39 Anti-Tank rifles; something we should be carrying when we encounter a tank. Its armor piercing round is quite useful against a squad of infantry lining up for the kill. The box contains one Panzerbuchse 39 Anti-Tank rifle
Two (2) boxes of the German Granatbuchse 39 Anti-Tank rifles; a really interesting Anti-Tank rifle that fires A.P Anti-Tank grenades rather than the original armor piercing round; sad this can't reach a target too far.
And dozens of crates of grenades and ammunitions for those guns.
Though I was hoping we would acquire a flamethrower, we decided not to since Kai would immediately take over the weapon and start racking up kills. But it would be nice if we could acquire those in our next raid…