I heard the screams from outside as I shivered in fear. The troops were obviously taking their jobs seriously--killing every citizen of our nation as they threatened. Silent tears swept through my cheeks as I covered my mouth from squealing when they got in our house.
My mother and my brother hid in the closet while I hid behind the cupboard.
Unfortunately, my little brother's noise gave them away as the soldiers forced open the drawer and slid the knife through my brother's throat; then they held my mother.
"Where is your man, woman?"
"My husband's late, you people killed him when he was at work in the mines", she sobbed. Their evil chuckle followed after that.
"Who else is here?"
"No one, my only child is already gone"
"Well you'll follow suit if we find out there's another living thing here", he placed the knife over my mother's neck. My heart was beating fast as they searched the whole house and as I prayed to the stars to protect me, I got caught. My mother gave a loud scream as she saw them drag me out from behind the cupboard.
"Please spare us", I pleaded but instead got a deafening slap on my left ear.
"We warned you woman" as one of them grabbed her by the neck.
"I abhor you to spare my child" my mother whimpered.
"Little roach, are you the last in hiding or is there another?"
The soldier stared at me with dead interrogative eyes.
Still traumatized by the slap, I quickly gave an affirmative response to being the last.
"Woman, we're willing to let this thing (the heavily bearded pointed at me) live if you obey without a single question".
My mother knew better than to ask any question after that statement, although I sensed they were lying as I kept alert for an opportunity to sneak and escape.
I watched in horror as they ripped off my mother's clothing and bore her naked. I closed my eyes immediately only to receive a painful knock on the head. I forcefully held back my cry of pain, as I decided it was time for my sheepstare.
They were nine in the room and each savagely took turns on my mother while starting all over again. Even when she became weak, they didn't stop. I knew she wasn't gonna make it. Eventually, they raped her to death. The horrid images had certainly been downloaded permanently in my memory.
"Let's wipe this thing and get outta here" it took me a few seconds to understand the statement. My teary eyes pleaded for mercy at their evil faces but they turned deaf ear.
I then closed my eyes...waiting to feel the knife cut my throat in half but again received a painful knock.
"Keep them sighty organs open little roach?!"
"So these people wanna have me see myself being killed too?" I whimpered.
He drew out his knife, ready to cut the 'thing' in his front when a man stomped into the room, I learnt it was the commander.
He looked at me weirdly then turned to the soldiers.
"This one will make a good slave for the queen, she's now obviously too scared to attempt any disobedience in her lifetime... Now move out!"
They tied my hands and dragged me out like a sacrifial goat. That's how i was taken to Gretzoid kingdom. In my heart, revenge wasn't an option...but it is a cooking potion.