Forced Obedience

It’s the thing I want most in this world.”

“Okay, I’ll do it for you,” Melina said more like a whisper and heard the water clinking in the canister. Sislovesme That was because a second wave of German attack was coming, this time with Stuka attack bombers. and a little in love. He didn’t know why, maybe he hadn’t filled it properly on take-off or had drunk from it during the flight, but the water can was only half full. Melina was just a ray of sunshine. She was… He still wasn’t quite sure if it was real or just a figment of his imagination. He looked for a place to sleep and just before the sun went down he felt Melina’s fingers once more and heard her voice again:

“Good night and take care! He didn’t have time to do anything else as the fuel gauge suddenly began to drop and a gray trail of gasoline was visible behind the plane. She was… “Because…,” she started to say, but the sun went down and Melina fell suddenly silent. How long, he wondered, would it be before he knew she was missing in action? Nothing, not even an ordinary bush to rest his head against, he found, so he nestled down in the warm sand trying to fall asleep. Everywhere he looked below him, dunes and dunes and dunes, high enough to prevent a safe landing. He woke up late at night and instead of the camel hair blanket there was only sand and he was naked.