Tiger of the Sands

A Soldier of the US Marine Corps finds lost letters that lead him back into the past. There was a terrible war in the Middle East, and nuclear fallout occurred. Millions died. But wrapped up in all this, he falls in love with a woman he has never met.

Ch.2

*********freedom**********

Sasuke's POV

As my hands fold through the chest that is full of old papers, I can't find and pieces that may have ripped off the letter. I slowly lift my hands out of the chest and gently rub my eyes with my finger tips to release the dirt that builds up from the hard blowing winds. I decide that I won't give up looking until this chest has absolutely no paper left inside. So, I throw my hands down into the chest and start pulling handfuls out at a time.

In the handfuls retrieved I picked up some wretchedly smelly, yellow, old looking newspaper headlines listing:

"HELECOPTER DOWN!" "HUNDREDS DEAD!" "IS THERE LIFE?" "SURVIVERS FOUND!"

But these headlines aren't helping me find the letter scraps. Also, I took a short whiff of the paper clippings. I couldn't stand the stench. It smells like a cat or something sprayed all over them. No wonder they are stained yellow, making them look older than they actually are. Though, through the pee stained paper, I have to keep looking, handful after handful.

The chest is now empty. There were no more parts to the letter, which clarifies that the rest was ripped off. But what I'm finding may be of some importance to me. It may help me find the rest of the letter. So, instead of ridding the paper all together, I started sorting it. One pile of newspaper clippings, another of experiment files, and the other, records.

But since I found no parts of the letter, I reached out and grabbed for the only part left of it. The ink fades and runs in parts, giving away the fact that it had been carried through some wet weather. But I study the face of the letter, trying to figure out what is missing. It appears that there was a date listed on the upper right hand side. I cant read it though, the ink had run, leaving me with nothing but a smear of black ink. Though, that gives me an idea. Pens leave indentions in the paper.

I jump to my feet in joy that I may have gotten somewhere on this letter shit. I rush to put the letter into the pocket of the rain jacket. I look up as the rain pounds on the tin roof of the small shack. I put one foot in front of the other, running faster out of that door as I thought possible. I sprint through the darkened forest, dodging trees as I lift my feet over the fallen. I skid to a slow gallop as I reach the cliff edge. I turn, and pick my pace back up. I feel like I can fly as I run along side the jagged cliff edge, leaping to the different levels of rock. I feel free.

Hey, thanks for all the great reviews from all of you that did. I tried my hardest to make this one exciting enough to keep you all happy with this story :) Also, it would be absolutely wonderful to get some feedback on what should happen next :) i have some ideas but I'm kinda stuck, i haven't been writing as much, but i kinda forgot what was going to happen next. :\ Anyway, thank you all so much for reviewing Midnight-sniper, pinkypinkypinky, Darkendmoon, and jen 1490. :)