[ FF ] 5 minute speedwrite : In a war-torn city , a teen who is hiding in the rubble is confronted by a soldier , enemy or friend , you chose , and then the bombs start to drop again

Start: 12:41 MST 
 
 A flash of green. 
 
 That's all it took to make me dive into the concrete and re-bar that used to be the city hall. 
 
 Did he see me? I do n't know. I wait, trying not to breath so as to not alert him. 
 
 I hear footsteps. 
 
 Closer. 
 
 Closer. 
 
 Right on top of me. 
 
 `` Might as well come out.'' 
 
 Silence. 
 
 `` I saw you go in there.'' 
 
 `` Look, kid I'm not going to hurt you as long as I can see that you do n't have a weapon.'' 
 
 I peek my head out at the soldier standing there with his rifle slung across his shoulder. 
 
 Cigarette smoke spiraling into the air. 
 
 I look around. 
 
 No one else. 
 
 Then I hear it. The whine that means only one thing. Death. 
 
 He hears it too. 
 
 That look on his face. 
 
 Anger? Fear? Surprise? 
 
 Was n't the first time I'd seen it. 
 
 But it was the last. 
 
 End 12:46 MST 

