Jungle Outpost #7

[BattlesandDeaths]

Riverside Massacre

 

 The soldiers in the water began shouting and racing towards the shore when they saw their Lieutenant fall dead on the shoreline.  Their hearts raced as the adrenaline pumped through their bodies.  They knew they had to get to shore quickly.  Brady, the young private closest to the shore thought he had the best chance of getting to their weapons, but a single arrow rammed into his chest with a loud thud.  He looked down and watched the arrow shake with the last few beats of his heart before he fell backwards dead in the water.






Grayson was the next closest.  Fear and horror pounded his mind as he saw Brady killed instantly before him.  "NOooooooo!!!!" Frightened, he let out a yell and tried moving more quickly towards the shore, but the water slowed him down.  He was about hip-deep in the water, when an arrow struck him in the gut.  He could feel the barbed tip penetrate deeply in his navel.  "WUAAaaaggghhh!"  He bellowed out a scream of pain, coupled with fear.




He leaned over, quivering at the sharp pain in his gut.  He was almost sobbing from the fear of dying so young.   Meanwhile Sgt. Clark, one of the other soldiers in the water, dove under not to be seen again.  

The last two remaining soldiers got to the point when they could nearly run ashore, when they were simultaneously hit with arrows, knocking them back off their feet into the water.  Marshall's chest made a loud 'thump' when the arrow drove into his heart and Robey let out a gaspy "huaaghh' when the arrow nailed him in the gut.  both fell back in the water.  Marshall was dead before the splash.  Robey fell back and choked on the riverwater before succombing to his wound.




Grayson looked up and watched them fall before blood began trickling from his lips and he fell forward, face-first in the water.  The only remaining soldiers were the Sgt who disappeared and the two in the vehicle.