42 Westbound Midnight Bomb Blasts

He was awakened by the impact of successive bomb blasts westbou

nd that made him rushed outside.

" What is it? would that mean, there are also troops or guerillas hiding at westbound that the Japanese are targeting? Or if they exist, the Japanese may have assumed and mistaken them as the ghost troop - referring us that they manuever two days ago." He sadly thought.

Outside, some of the residents curiously looked up outside their bahay-kubos and as another high calibered bomb was horrendously dropped, the ground had shaken and its echo remained scary.

" Sir, that part where the blasts come from was the barrio of my mother's clan and its certainly just three kilometers away from here." Narciso told him as he put his hands in his pockets.

" Narciso, I'd like to estimate that direction and if you like you can come with me, let's climb uphill. I need to get my gear."

" Yes, Sir." Narciso replied.

He then hastily returned inside the house to change the wobbly jeans into his army gear and tagged his daggers and ropes.

When George had returned, Narciso was bewildered if which part of the mountain they would climb.

Minutes after following George in their trekking, Narciso thought he would die of tension and they have gone fairly high.

Sir, good that we're already here I thought I've lost my gut. Such a steep climb. But its worth it, we're here.

" The problem is, everything's blurred in the horizon in front of us covered by fogs. Turn around, did you see what I see?" George smiled.

" A good rendezvous during daytime I guess." Narciso complem

ented with a fascinating chill.

"That's the Japanese barracks nearby station one." George clarified.

" Boom!"

" Gotcha! Its the third bomb, we're seeing the exact place now. Just ensure your buckle or anything that sparks should be kept, otherwise they might see its reglectin overhead, careful. By the way, it gets me being more curious and there's no point of being early to get down. Anyway, before the majority transferred here, how many foxholes have you dug for bamboo traps?"

" There were around 17, but mostly smaller ones. Seeing something in it." Narciso meaningfully asked.

" Yes, have you seen the distance between the Japanese barracks and that barrio? That place you called good as rendezvous and the barrio is approximately six kilometers. This mountain we are in is the epicenter. Therefore, I have to stay here up in the sunrise to possibly see the vehicular routes or please get me some binoculars to Baldur."

" Sir, so I had to climb again." Narciso smiled.

" No, you won't get back here but just tie the binoculars on the rope's tip and I pull it up. What do you think?"

"Interesting, I haven't thought of it, haha."

They both smiled while chilling. In a while, Narciso slid down on a rope while George aided it to fall slowly.

(...to be continued)