Escape
All of a sudden, we all heard gunshots
fire from behind us. We all fell to the
ground and covered our heads. But in
a matter of seconds, we had already
lost three men. The escape plane was
only a few hundred metres away but
the enemy was closing in on us. So
in a time of desperate measure, the
remaining four of us made a dash for
the plane, which had by now started
its engine and was slowly moving away.
We were sprinting for our lives. I was terrified
as I saw my friends dropping to the ground beside
me. My heart was beating loudly. It was the only
thing that I could hear. I caught up to the plane but
we were running out of runway. The plane’s wheels
were now airborne and I was soon not going to be
able to grab the wheels of the plane. I looked across
from me and there he was, smiling at me. James and
I were the last ones left. He then nodded at me. We
both jumped for the wheels of the escape plane, while a bullet pierced
the fuel tank. James and I