Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools
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There were few options available to them though – defying Jinba’s<br />
orders was instant death for the dissidents, no matter how many there<br />
were. So they did the only thing they knew: they kept marching on,<br />
looking at their friends die beside them, and awaiting death themselves.<br />
Blood gushed everywhere; the field had turned red. The army protocol<br />
was still followed.<br />
Nimbuk had just about had it. He lost his parents, he was forced<br />
into training, and now this. He wanted something to be done. He<br />
turned around in a semi-circle from the marching warriors, something<br />
that soldiers were taught not to do in any situation, and he located the<br />
dictator, sitting in his plush tent. He ran against the flow, hidden in his<br />
chosen path, and reached the army’s base line again. Jinba had built an<br />
impressive army – it easily spanned a few leagues. He shuffled through<br />
the crowd like a lion running through the forest, skillfully dodging all<br />
the armed battlements, until he reached the spot where the dictator<br />
should have been. The tent had no one inside now; the surrounding<br />
people had no information about his location. He decided to wait in the<br />
tent with his weapon ready. A few hours passed, and each minute, he felt<br />
the pain his friends experienced on the field. Yet, he could do nothing<br />
about it…yet.<br />
Jinba arrived. He along with three guards, armed to the teeth, walked<br />
into the tent. Nimbuk realized that these might be the last moments of<br />
his own life. I’ll take one for the team, he decided. He leaped out from<br />
underneath the table, simultaneously driving his knife into Jimba’s heart.<br />
Yet, they both felt the pain. Nimbuk’s grip on the knife slipped, and he<br />
let the light enclose him and carry him to his parents.<br />
You have made us proud.<br />
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