This a other chapter sorry it took a while I distract by the holidays.
Outskirt of Juba, Sudan Sep 18 2009
Percy's Pov
I been at this camp for two week and I hated it. First I always last for everything like the line for food I last and also the lines for showers, restroom and last one to back to the barrack. First week was nothing but introductions and learning to march with our drill sergeant John homes who a sadist he has me doing laundry every night and pick on me. Calling me whitey, cracker, and white boy. The second week was full of weapons training I got a beat up AK-47 to practice with. Nothing is good enough for sarge like if we all 100 of us in this group get perfect scores he is makes us march five miles any way. And oh my fellow recruits don't really like me I think, they don't call me names or try to hurt me but they ignore me most of the time and except for one that try to take me in the shower on the first day. And again try two days later but I like the first time kick him beneath the belt. For the three week we are doing exercises and hand to hand combat and running through a obstacle course to build teamwork. It went pretty well sarge shouting at us was only bad part about it. Four week coming soon and Sgt Homes is going to make us go over every thing we learn and wipe us into sharp and afterward he say we all be send to the front. I found boot camp training was 10 weeks but they need more troops at the front so they cut weeks from it.
Juba, Sep 25
Finally the last week of this camp and I happy even known I haven't made any friends and we got leave from the camp by the guy in charge of it just for 24 hours but the best part we got our first pay 500 Sudanese pounds. Well I now walking in the market area of the city stalls are open, people buying and selling. I stop at this stall that is selling cook rat meat I just couldn't help to try it so I bought a cook rat on a stick then took a bite out of it. Taste like chicken and continue my walk notice a shop selling animals a small animal got my attention it is a Fennec fox in a small caged it look at me with its eyes scream buy me. It has a light tan and white color to its fur with a black tip tail. I ask how much for it to the shop owner he tells me the price 2000 pounds where am I going get that much I thought about leaving but it keep looking at me with those eyes so I talk with the shop owner and we came to deal he take my next three army pay plus a 450 pound down payment. I stare at fox " hope you happy boy" I tell the fox " it a she" the shop owner correct me. The animal yipped happily when I open the cage for a second I thought it run away it but stay. I put the fox on my shoulder and explore more the city I eaten the rest my rat on a stick and even offer some to my pet. Some where around five I headed back to camp the fox sleeping now and I keeping wondering what I going to do with this animal maybe I could eaten it no way that cruel I know release it back it back to the wild. So after I out of the city I wake the fox "ok girl your free" I say and lay the fox on ground start to leave. The fox on the hand follow me I try running from it but it fast and catch up to me " fine I keep you " I shout to it and started giving names for her to pick this is smart fox I gave maybe sixty names and she kept shaking her head at each one." how about Art " I say tired from this she nod her head. I wonder why it chose Art I just said because I was running out of girl names doesn't matter now. Back at camp other recruit thought I brought dinner oh gods Art was so scare she hidden under my cot when they said that after telling them she not food just my new pet. Later after light out while I lay on my smelly cot Art climb on the cot and slept on one side of my pillow she looked so cute right now that couldn't disturbed her so I moved a to the side a little and slept
Oct 1 2009 Juba, Sudan
Today is the last day of training our group merge with two others to created a company officers arrived few hours ago their pretty nice I will say better than sarge I got assign to fourth platoon third squad as a sergeant yeah that right I a squad leader why?. Because my platoon leader Lt Raid (weird last name right) check our records and I am top of my group so naturally he assign me a squad. My stuff is pack, my khaki uniforms that I got my first day here are pack except for the one I wearing, and Art is sleeping in my pack and the trucks are coming to the all 225 of us to Nyala. Northern forces are counterattacking on all fronts plus is some good news the region Darfur declared it own independent from Sudan and countries around the world sent funds and weapons to us. Trucks had come we load up me and my squad of 12 got in with the rest of the platoon. We are to link with units of the DLA(Darfur liberation army) in Nyala and stop the Sudan army their advance and try retaken lost ground. Art stuck her head outside my army backpack she looks around and retreat back into my backpack. For some I thought about the song War by Edwin Starr as the vehicle got moving.
Chapter over, next one Percy making some new friends and saving the day in Nyala