It's warm being close to mommy. "I never want to leave her side," thought the 4-year old girl. She took a part of her mother's sweater and wrapped it about herself. The other bad people wouldn't find her if she stayed still. It brought comfort to her knowing that when mommy woke up, she'd be able to get the both of them back home where they could finally rest...
...but Mommy was dead, and she hadn't moved in a long time. The screams of bombs and barrages of bullets all around her forced her daydream away. She was going to die just like mommy and daddy had. There was no rescue from oblivion, but at least soon, she won't be worrying either.
Another sound of mechanical death and screams distracted her from the depression of her nightmare world. She turned to see where it came from and froze in shock as she saw men with guns approaching with a tank. They stood there talking and pointing in her direction. They were going to take her from mommy.
Chaos abounds, jeopardy at every corner; little did this child know that her salvation was at hand.
'Wahala' WOTW Winners!
| PLACE | AUTHOR | ARTICLE | REWARD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1ST | @samsmith1971 | Beneath the Facade (Inkwell prompt #55 - lens / POB-WOTW - wahala) | 100 POB |
| 2ND | @mineopoly | Little Wahala in Guadalajara | 70 POB |
| 3RD | @ghost.queen | Wahala Girl | 50 POB |
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| Name | Reason | Amount (POB) |
|---|---|---|
| @nonsowrites | Grading Assistance, User Engagement | 100 POB |
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- This week's contest starts 14/3/22 @ 00:00 UTC
- This week's contest ends 28/3/22 @ 00:00 UTC
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The Word for S5W3
The Word for THIS week (S5W3) is: JEOPARDY
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Epilogue
Ephraim Mattos was a young Navy Seal who decided not to renew his military service. He wasn't interested in fighting for the United States anymore. Instead, he wanted to serve humanity. Seeing the horrors, he faced while in the service, he had a greater goal to achieve: help those suffering from the war machine.
He sold his house and the majority of his belongings. Next, he volunteered as a humanitarian warrior to provide relief and rescue to those families suffering in conflict zones. In his travels, he found himself providing relief and rescue support in Iraq one day. He and others in his group noted a surge of civilians fleeing from a different part of town.
When he and his other team members started to investigate, they found a horror they never expected. Hundreds of bodies of Iraqi civilians appeared gun down by ISIS fire. In the distance, he saw a little girl huddled against the body of her dead mother. In what others could describe as a suicidal rescue mission, he and his team started to make a plan that led to saving a little girl's life.
Under Fire
In Closing
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
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