《Wake now in the fire.》Chapter 4. Moribund
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Chapter 4. Moribund
Finn smiled as he ran the thin silver chain of Vies' necklace
through his fingers. A small flat pendant hung from it with a
simple "V" engraved on it.
He found it after getting back to Oxford, as he was packing his
things the next day before reporting to the RAMC for training.
Vie must of slipped it into his pocket when they'd said their
goodbyes at the train station in St.Ives.
How long ago was that? It couldn't be more than a year,
but it already seemed like a lifetime ago.
''Stretcher bearers up! "
It was last call before the signal to begin the attack.
Finn put Vies' necklace in his uniform pocket.
The stretcher bearers stood quietly in teams of three
at the back of the soldiers trench.
Finn was paired with a hardened veteran named Syd
and between them stood a new recruit Olwynne.
Finn couldn't remember ever being told during his
training in England about how the soldiers reacted to
front line stretcher bearers. He soon learnt about
it when he arrived at the Regimental first aid posts in France.
In the anxious minutes before an attack, some soldiers
wouldn't look or talk to them because they thought it
was bad luck. Others would jostle them and try to
touch the stretchers they carried for good luck,
but occasionally - soldiers abused them.
"Why don't you bastards do something useful and
pick up a gun."
"Who the fuck are you talking too?" Olywynne said.
He started to go after the soldier who'd said it.
Syd tugged on Olwynnes' uniform.
Olwynne turned around, red in the face.
Syd shook his head. "Don't take it personal Olle,
their blood is up and they don't mean anything by it."
Finn could see that Olle was still angry.
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Syd stood in front of him and straightened his uniform
like he was a nervous schoolchild on his first day at
school.
"You stay low and keep you head down when we go
over the top." Syd said. "You stick close to Finn
and me, and if your lucky, we'll all live through this today,
so that tomorrow, we can do it all again."
The color started to drain from Olles' face.
The Captain blew his whistle.
"Here we go boys." Syd said.
*
Authors' Note
This ends Chapter 4.
I will add the following chapter in the next few weeks.
Any feed back you have would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for reading what I have written so far.
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