Re: A Battle Unseen
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:02 am
Deputy Ambassadors Quarters, Rapa City Rapa Pile
"Mr. Gustav Allik, I hereby present you, as".... the crowd went quiet. The Dolgavian Ambassador to Rapa Pile. Gustav couldn't believe his ears, he had done it, at the age of 28 years old he had become ambassador. Now he would live in Rapa Pile with his childhood sweetheart and his two young children for many, many years to come. As he walked slowly to the stage his hands became sweaty. He was trying to think of what to say. He walked the staircase to a small stage in the back garden of the Dolgavian embassy. He stared at the audience, of Pilese and Dolgavian dignitaries and he was at a loss of words. He though, "Why can't I think of what to say, what is going on" he concentrated on his wife sitting in the first row, her blond hair fell to both sides of her face, each strand seemingly placed perfectly. He stared into her laughing green eyes, "maybe she can help me" Gustav thought. her eyes shifted from that of laughing to that started to show concern. Gustav stuttered than spoke, "Uh, Thank You all"....
"KABOOM!!!!!!"
Gustav awoke suddenly, he was lying in bed, the house was still shaking after what that loud noise, off in the distance her heard another. "What the hell is that", Gustav said now fully awake. It then clicked, all the warnings, all the tension had just been released, "that was an explosion". Then he heard what sounded like a jet fighter flying in the distance in the suburbs of the city. At this point, he jarred his sleeping wife awake, "Babe, babe wake up" he said, the fear starting to fill his inner being. Margaret just shifted and stretched, still half asleep. Gustav poked her more. "Come on honey, we got to wake up, we got to get out of here". He tried to sound not afraid but he was on the verge of panic.
Margaret opened her eyes and said sleepily, "What is this all about not Gustav".
"We have to go NOW!!!" he replied.
She then said "Do you have another meeting that we have to attend at the embassy? Didn't I tell you to give me warning before you have another one?" her voice now showed some signs of annoyance. She got up and looked around. The room was as it was, no pictures had fallen.
Gustav then said, "Grab a coat, get dressed, grab the children we have to get to the embassy!"
She retorted, "Look at my hair! I can't go to a meeting looking like a mop You can just come to work as is, but I have to get ready, how many times do I have to tell you this". She gave Gustav the 'really' look and stormed off to the bathroom to plug in her curling iron.
Gustav pleaded with her, "You have no time to do that, our lives are at stake WE HAVE TO GO NOW!!!"
Margaret now thoroughly annoyed cleared her throat and said, "I am not even dressed how do you expect me to go anywhere looking like this, we are not in danger, of sure if you are late your job is in danger but you'll be in WAY more hot water if I come to the embassy looking like this. My hair isn't done, I am in a nightgown, I do not even have shoes on". She cleared her throat to yell at him again and started to speak the first syllable when...
"KABOOM!!!!"
This time the house shook violently. Wedding pictures fell from the wall, the power flickered off and Margaret was now speechless. She then whispered "What was that?"
Gustav then said almost out of breath "This is the reason why we have to go!"
Margaret glared at him "You didn't tell me about this, there is a [REDACTED] airstrike going on and you said NOTHING... She ran around the room, skirts and shirts and clothing of all colors and styles flying about wherever she went.
Gustav ran down the hall to his 5 year old daughter, Lily's room, opened the door and grabbed her and her favorite horse stuffed animal from her bed. Lily woke up and she asked "what is happening Papa?" Gustav didn't answer instead heading down the hall, Lily in his arms to his twin boy's room. He bonked his head on several airplane models hanging from the ceiling as he went in. He spoke loudly, "Boys we got to go, don't worry about getting dressed, grab your clothing and come out to the parlor". He poked the fist son named Micheal in the lower bunk of the bunkbed and poked Luukas in the top bunk. After getting confirmation that they were awake and moving, he ran into the hall. Suddenly the house shook again with another airstrike. A second one exploded mere seconds afterwards. Lily started to cry but her father said "Its alright, we are going to the Green Zone where I work and we will be safe there".
The Green Zone is the zone that is off limits to military conflict and is where embassy's are located, When Lily and Gustav made it to the parlor, they met Margaret in a red skirt and a black top and her high heels were clicking on the wood floor. Gustav didn't even say anything about this, he knew she was more than capable of running in those shoes and bringing that up would just lead to another scolding. He put down his young daughter and she ran to Margaret.
Margaret then asked, "Did you wake the boys"?
Gustav explained what he had done and soon after two sets of feet were running down the hall, they had dressed themselves and were wearing, faded jeans, teeshirts and tenis shoes.
"LETS GO", Gustav ordered as the family vacated the building. They hopped into the Government owned, embassy car given to the family and sped off into the night. The broken asphalt proved to make this trip even more bumpy. More booms could be heard off in the distance as they sped down the main thoroughfare to the Embassy district. They passed the Istalian embassy that mimicked the design of Istalian Palaces. They passed the Dorvik Embassy, a large building with fences and they passed a great deal more buildings. The car stopped in front of a large white colored house that mimicked the houses found in Aikums, it had two eight sided pilars in front and the lights in the front windows were on. The car was parked out front taking up 2 parking spots in the rush and the family rushed in.
KABOOM!!!! Another explosion rocked the city as the family was let in by the Dolgavian soldiers tasked with protecting the complex. The lobby was lit up, due to generators. The ambassador an older gentlemen who had been in Rapa Pile all of his diplomatic career, stood starting at a window looking out at the city, he said "The bastards just hit the central radio station" then he turned and saw the family who had just arrived. He then exclaimed "Thank Goodness you are here, you are the last of the staff to have arrived!!! I can let Aikums know we are all safe and accounted for".
Gustav then asked the ambassador what was happening...
The ambassador responded saying "Deltaria is attacking, intelligence in Aikums, gave us a 5 minute warning and we were starting to let you all know but by then it was too late, did you get the text".
Gustav then realized he had not even picked up his phone all morning, he had it in his pants pocket and pulled it out, sure enough the warning message was clear as day. Gustav then realized that he was wearing khaki faded pants that he had worn when he was fixing the house the night before. His shirt was of a Dolgavian band tour that he had attended. In the rush he had no time to put on a suit, tie or anything professional, however everyone in the room besides his wife of course was wearing a motley collection of nightgowns, mismatched clothing and unbuttoned uniforms.
The ambassador then said "we have a spare bedroom for the kids to sleep in, we will make sure to have clothing flown in if this conflict lasts long and it is too dangerous to go out of the Green Zone. If Vascania hadn't tried to force this country to obey there every will we wouldn't be in this mess. I believe this nation is sovereign and independent from that menace down south, but Deltaria has gone too far... But for now there is little we can do. How about we drink some tea?!".
"Mr. Gustav Allik, I hereby present you, as".... the crowd went quiet. The Dolgavian Ambassador to Rapa Pile. Gustav couldn't believe his ears, he had done it, at the age of 28 years old he had become ambassador. Now he would live in Rapa Pile with his childhood sweetheart and his two young children for many, many years to come. As he walked slowly to the stage his hands became sweaty. He was trying to think of what to say. He walked the staircase to a small stage in the back garden of the Dolgavian embassy. He stared at the audience, of Pilese and Dolgavian dignitaries and he was at a loss of words. He though, "Why can't I think of what to say, what is going on" he concentrated on his wife sitting in the first row, her blond hair fell to both sides of her face, each strand seemingly placed perfectly. He stared into her laughing green eyes, "maybe she can help me" Gustav thought. her eyes shifted from that of laughing to that started to show concern. Gustav stuttered than spoke, "Uh, Thank You all"....
"KABOOM!!!!!!"
Gustav awoke suddenly, he was lying in bed, the house was still shaking after what that loud noise, off in the distance her heard another. "What the hell is that", Gustav said now fully awake. It then clicked, all the warnings, all the tension had just been released, "that was an explosion". Then he heard what sounded like a jet fighter flying in the distance in the suburbs of the city. At this point, he jarred his sleeping wife awake, "Babe, babe wake up" he said, the fear starting to fill his inner being. Margaret just shifted and stretched, still half asleep. Gustav poked her more. "Come on honey, we got to wake up, we got to get out of here". He tried to sound not afraid but he was on the verge of panic.
Margaret opened her eyes and said sleepily, "What is this all about not Gustav".
"We have to go NOW!!!" he replied.
She then said "Do you have another meeting that we have to attend at the embassy? Didn't I tell you to give me warning before you have another one?" her voice now showed some signs of annoyance. She got up and looked around. The room was as it was, no pictures had fallen.
Gustav then said, "Grab a coat, get dressed, grab the children we have to get to the embassy!"
She retorted, "Look at my hair! I can't go to a meeting looking like a mop You can just come to work as is, but I have to get ready, how many times do I have to tell you this". She gave Gustav the 'really' look and stormed off to the bathroom to plug in her curling iron.
Gustav pleaded with her, "You have no time to do that, our lives are at stake WE HAVE TO GO NOW!!!"
Margaret now thoroughly annoyed cleared her throat and said, "I am not even dressed how do you expect me to go anywhere looking like this, we are not in danger, of sure if you are late your job is in danger but you'll be in WAY more hot water if I come to the embassy looking like this. My hair isn't done, I am in a nightgown, I do not even have shoes on". She cleared her throat to yell at him again and started to speak the first syllable when...
"KABOOM!!!!"
This time the house shook violently. Wedding pictures fell from the wall, the power flickered off and Margaret was now speechless. She then whispered "What was that?"
Gustav then said almost out of breath "This is the reason why we have to go!"
Margaret glared at him "You didn't tell me about this, there is a [REDACTED] airstrike going on and you said NOTHING... She ran around the room, skirts and shirts and clothing of all colors and styles flying about wherever she went.
Gustav ran down the hall to his 5 year old daughter, Lily's room, opened the door and grabbed her and her favorite horse stuffed animal from her bed. Lily woke up and she asked "what is happening Papa?" Gustav didn't answer instead heading down the hall, Lily in his arms to his twin boy's room. He bonked his head on several airplane models hanging from the ceiling as he went in. He spoke loudly, "Boys we got to go, don't worry about getting dressed, grab your clothing and come out to the parlor". He poked the fist son named Micheal in the lower bunk of the bunkbed and poked Luukas in the top bunk. After getting confirmation that they were awake and moving, he ran into the hall. Suddenly the house shook again with another airstrike. A second one exploded mere seconds afterwards. Lily started to cry but her father said "Its alright, we are going to the Green Zone where I work and we will be safe there".
The Green Zone is the zone that is off limits to military conflict and is where embassy's are located, When Lily and Gustav made it to the parlor, they met Margaret in a red skirt and a black top and her high heels were clicking on the wood floor. Gustav didn't even say anything about this, he knew she was more than capable of running in those shoes and bringing that up would just lead to another scolding. He put down his young daughter and she ran to Margaret.
Margaret then asked, "Did you wake the boys"?
Gustav explained what he had done and soon after two sets of feet were running down the hall, they had dressed themselves and were wearing, faded jeans, teeshirts and tenis shoes.
"LETS GO", Gustav ordered as the family vacated the building. They hopped into the Government owned, embassy car given to the family and sped off into the night. The broken asphalt proved to make this trip even more bumpy. More booms could be heard off in the distance as they sped down the main thoroughfare to the Embassy district. They passed the Istalian embassy that mimicked the design of Istalian Palaces. They passed the Dorvik Embassy, a large building with fences and they passed a great deal more buildings. The car stopped in front of a large white colored house that mimicked the houses found in Aikums, it had two eight sided pilars in front and the lights in the front windows were on. The car was parked out front taking up 2 parking spots in the rush and the family rushed in.
KABOOM!!!! Another explosion rocked the city as the family was let in by the Dolgavian soldiers tasked with protecting the complex. The lobby was lit up, due to generators. The ambassador an older gentlemen who had been in Rapa Pile all of his diplomatic career, stood starting at a window looking out at the city, he said "The bastards just hit the central radio station" then he turned and saw the family who had just arrived. He then exclaimed "Thank Goodness you are here, you are the last of the staff to have arrived!!! I can let Aikums know we are all safe and accounted for".
Gustav then asked the ambassador what was happening...
The ambassador responded saying "Deltaria is attacking, intelligence in Aikums, gave us a 5 minute warning and we were starting to let you all know but by then it was too late, did you get the text".
Gustav then realized he had not even picked up his phone all morning, he had it in his pants pocket and pulled it out, sure enough the warning message was clear as day. Gustav then realized that he was wearing khaki faded pants that he had worn when he was fixing the house the night before. His shirt was of a Dolgavian band tour that he had attended. In the rush he had no time to put on a suit, tie or anything professional, however everyone in the room besides his wife of course was wearing a motley collection of nightgowns, mismatched clothing and unbuttoned uniforms.
The ambassador then said "we have a spare bedroom for the kids to sleep in, we will make sure to have clothing flown in if this conflict lasts long and it is too dangerous to go out of the Green Zone. If Vascania hadn't tried to force this country to obey there every will we wouldn't be in this mess. I believe this nation is sovereign and independent from that menace down south, but Deltaria has gone too far... But for now there is little we can do. How about we drink some tea?!".