What if…
Chapter 5: brothers
- Ouch!
- sppppppppt. Low down!
- I can't see anything, too dark!
- I said low down! You want Élie know about this?
- Ok, 1 franc doesn't worth this!
- Yes, but if "she" is a woman, it is, if you know what I meant! – the fat man winked at his friends
They walked toward the door cautiously and then slowly opened it…
- Where's "she"? too dark…
- Hey! – the fat man shouted as somebody rushed him and ran out
- What are you doing? Stop her!
They ran after Oscar, but who could catch up the commander of the French guard?
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Éliza…he could draw her face with his eyes closed. Her limpid eyes, he remembered the way she looked at him, the way her closed her eyes when he kissed her cheek…Her cheek…her rosy cheek…her rosy lips, her ripe lips…he remembered how soft her lips was when he rushed them with his…
He gulped down the whole bottle of alcohol as thinking of that…then he heard some noise:
- Stop!
- Stop right there!
And he saw his men were running…
- Hey! What's happening?
- E…Élie…
- What? – Élie came near him
- Ah…we…
Then Élie saw a blond was running toward the forest
- Hey, that is…What did you guys do?
- We…
- Don't stand there! Stop her! – he yelled, but she was already gone
- "Her"? So, she is really a woman? – the fat man asked
- Ok, yes, she is!
- Why did you lie to us?
- Does something different if she is a woman or not?
-Yes, of course it is!
-So, all you think is about sex, not about our life, not about our country?
-What do I know about politics anyway? We just follow your guidance, and you lie to us?
Oscar was listening to the argument secretly, looked like it would turned into a fight when a dagger was produced…
- What do you want to do with that dagger? – a voice came from behind them
- Father…
- This is not what brothers do! – the old man said, Oscar could realize that man, he was Soulain. – go inside, Élie!
Élie caught a sidelong glance at the fat man then went away…after he was gone, the old man continued
- I adopted you, not for fighting with other men, you're all my children…
- Father, I'm really happy when you gave me a home, but I can't call him bro, brother won't lie to eachother…
- How old was you when you came to us?
- 13…I think…
- Well…Élie was 18, if I'm not mistake…It was 5 years already…and you still don't know anything about your "brother"?
- but…
- His lover, which is my daughter, was raped, then she'd gone away. And after that, you came…Élie and I don't like to see that thing happen to any woman, can you understand that?
"What is this?"- Oscar thought- "he didn't tell his companies about his story, but he told me? Because I'm a woman?" She was confused…too many emotions were inside her now, sad, to be touched, but angry…
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-Élie…
-What?
-I…
-Don't tell me you want to say "sorry"!I don't want to hear that!
-But…
-That was my fault too, I didn't tell you the truth…-Élie put a hand on his "brother"'s shoulder
-…why didn't you?...I mean…You don't trust me?
-You neither!- Élie laughed loudly – you and your dagger!
-I…
-Well, I just want to say, if we want to success, we have to trust eachother, all of us…- he gave the fat man a bottle of wine
-…do you believe we will? – the fat man asked and stand against the door
-Tell you the truth…I don't know…
The fat man looked silently at Élie for a moment, then he smile
- Me neither…but I'll follow you to everywhere – he raise his bottle – Brother!
- Yes…brother – Élie replied and they clinked their bottles
After drank the wine to the dregs, the fat man asked:
- Hey, Élie, can I ask you something?
- hmm?
- Why are we standing here? That man can never escape from this room!
- hahaha, because I want to get that woman!
- I still don't get it…
- hahaha, you're young, you won't understand!
-You're making fun at me.
-hahaha
-Élie! – the fat man choked Élie, and they struggled with eachother like two little puppy…
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He heard the noise while he was laying on the ground with his arms crossed under his head…he got up quickly "what's happening?". He heard something like stop, get her…"she's escaped?" his Oscar was escaped? André sighed with happiness, his Oscar was escaped…and he sat flat on the ground again, this room didn't even have a chair…but again, he heard something…
-André…
André tried to listen with all his ears…
-André, are you in there?
-Oscar?-he whispered
-yes!
-what are you doing here?
-To help you, of course!
-No, I don't need your help, go now!
-What are you thinking? How can I left you here?
André felt like he was flying to the sky when he heard that, but he was in a clocking room and there was no sky above his head.
-I'll be fine, Oscar! Just go, now!
-No, I won't!
"How stubborn!"-André thought, And he replied-OK, fine! So, What's your plan?
-I don't know…well, see the shutter?
-Yes, and?
-We can break it, it's nearly fall into decay…
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- Did you hear that?- Élie asked
- What?
- srrrrr…that! Did you hear?
- I heard nothing!
- Listen…
- Oh…yes, I think I hear something…just a sound, maybe just a cat…
- No, not a cat! Does this room has a window?
- No, but it has a shutter…
- Hahaha- Élie slapped his forehead- we guarded the wrong door!- And he stood up- Come on, go with me!
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-Ok, now how can I get out? That is too high…
-You can't climb? I think it was in the French guard practising process…
- Yes, it is, but to climb, I need something to put my feet on, and this's an empty room!
-There're nothing in there?
-Well…I have a tray with food…if you can call this's food…- André said while looking at the pasty grey "food"- and some kind of dirty rag…
-Rag? We can make a rope from that…
-But there're nothing to tight it on and climb out!
-Throw it to me and I'll pull you out!
-What? You can't, Oscar!
-Hey, I'm stronger than you thought! Beside…-She smiled, but of course he didn't know-You're not that heavy, unless you had raised your weight…
-I'm not! And I'm sure after get out of all this thing, I'll lose some…
-Well, what are you waiting for? We need a rope!
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-What did you say, Élie? You said that's her?- The fat man asked while they were running cross the row of rooms.
-Yes!
-Why does she comeback anyway? She's not that stupid!
-Haha, she is, you'll see, hurry!
-But why don't we wake the other man up? Two of us can't get her…
-We have gun and she has nothing, that's enough! Beside…-Élie stop for a second- I don't want too much noise…
-Why?
-Just follow me!
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- OK, are you ready? – Oscar asked when holding the rope in her hands
- No!
-Perfect! – She smiled – One…two…three! – After "three", she stared to pull at the rope with all her strength, well, this was harder than she thought, or maybe André really raised his weight…"Of course he did!" Oscar thought,she did this before, when the 10 years old Anré felt into a small deep cave in the moutain, actually, she push him into it, because he told her a little girl shouldn't climb to a moutain. Oscar smiled when remembered how André cried when he was in that cave, and he was crying now
-What are you doing? You want me to fall and break my head? – he cried when she suddently stop pulling and nearly made him fall…
-Sorry, but you're really raised your weight…
-I told you, you can't do this! – he replied without thinking, and then he thought "oops…"
-Stop saying that!-Oscar said angrily-I can do anything!-And she pull too hard at the rope, André felt like he was flying out of the shutter, and then he felt from the 12 feet high…
-OUCH!- Oscar creamed, cause he felt on her…
-Are you ok?- André turned around and asked her, anxiously, but then he realize, he was laying above Oscar…
-I'm fine…- Oscar said, tried to keep her voice normally, but she also realize André was laying on her, like that night…The night he told her that he loved her…but this time was different, her heart was trembling underneath him, but not because she was scare…-I said I'm fine, André…- She repeated, but André do nothing, his head was miles away when he was laying on his beloved…and he slowly bent his face to her…
The paralysation was running throughout Oscar's entirety while their lips almost touch…
To be continued
Note: OK, I know what you think :), but remember, this fanfic was rated T.