Two Years Later

Jesse had just arrived in Germany. He was a good soldier and had been offered a better position. He still wanted to be a foot soldier, and with his boys. He should've taken the offer. 

It was in the middle of winter here. He was bundled in a sleeping bag beside a tent, which was blocking the wind. He thought about his family. His moms perfume, his dads warm smile, his little brother's, Stevie, care-free attitude. He missed Stevie, Who was nine now. He had gotten a letter from Mary last year, saying she had gotten into the school she wanted. They were still together, as of now. He missed his friends, most of them had joined but he never saw them. He had heard the war wouldn't last long now. He hoped he would make it home and be able to hold Mary in his arms again. Those thoughts put him to sleep. 

His crew spent weeks in the forest, hiding, searching for German soldiers and bases. They hadn't seen a sign of life besides them, so far. Aaron Conway and James Johnson had left a few days ago in search of something, anything. Jesse was lying in his sleeping bag, staring up at the sky. Snow was falling and hitting his face but it was already frozen so he didn't feel anything.

He had gotten a letter from Mary. She dropped out of college and got a job in a factory to help her family. Her parents wanted her to marry Clarke Simons. He was in Stanford, from a rich family. She said she didn't want to and wouldn't. She loved Jesse. He told her he wanted her to marry Clarke. He knew she wouldn't right away but eventually she'd get tired of waiting and working her life away. 

He heard them before he saw them. He jumped up, ready for attack. He saw it was just Conway and Johnson running back, eyes filled with fear.

"Waht happened?"He asked. The Lituentant asked them what they found. They tried to explain it to us but they were shaking and couldn't form words. 

"Get some sleep. We'll talk in the morning"

Jesse couldn't sleep that night. He couldn't imagine what they saw that terrified them to the bone. He didn't know he was about to find out. 

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Adel had been moved to a Concetration Camp, one by the name of Ohrdruf. It was not clean. There was a creamatory near by, that the prisoners were walked to or the dead bodies were carried to. (The concentration camp is real but it did not have a creamatory) If the prisoners did not die of disease or starvation, they were worked or beaten to death. Adel walked a group to their work stations. He looked around and saw other soldiers yelling and beating the prisoners. When he first got here he didn't do that. The other soldiers looked at him odd for it. A few months after, things changed.

"I heard some other soldiers talking yesterday. If you don't start showing that you are worthy of being a soldie, you are to be taken care of" A German soldier said as he stood by him.

"What is your name?" Adel asked.

"Otto Klein"

"Adel Herman"

"I know"

Adel had sighed. He had know this would happen. He took the gun Otto had, thinking his father and mother were right about the war. 

Now, he started the beatings and torture, and he was the toughest soldier there.

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The sun was just rising and Jesse had finally feel asleep. He awoke to yelling and screaming. He saw German soldiers attacking their camp. He grabbed his gun that was underneath him.

"The last one alive? What should we do with him?" They spoke in German.

"Put it down boy" One said in English. 

"All his brothers dead?" The same one asked in English.

If they were dead, he would go down with them. He pulled the pistol out of his pocket and held it to his head. The Germans looked shocked. He pulled it and nothing happened. The men laughed and picked him up. 

"Take him with us. He would've done it. I respect that" The one who spoke english said. Jesse guessed the others understood it but could not speak it. He didn't understand their native tongue so he was at a disadvantage. He didn't speak when they asked him questions about the Americans plans and Military. They beat him, drowned him, burned him, whipped him, he wouldn't break.

"Take him to Ohrdruf. Herman will take care of him" 

Jesse began his journey to where this Ohrdruf was at.