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Title: Only a fantasy?
Characters: Mr. Smith, Rose Smith
Words: 258
finished: 01.06.2015

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The voice in his head got even louder when Smith refused to listen. No, he couldn't move on like this; he had tried to believe in God's words, even if he mostly didn't understand the meaning of the mystery prophecies. But now it was too much. He felt tired, burned out.

Curled up like a ball he was lying on the small bed in the spare room of the Mountain. His body still hurt from the fight last night. But much worse were the memories which followed him into his dreams, painful and horribly vivid pictures.

„Daddy?“

The word tore him out of his thoughts. No, this couldn't be. Rose was at the school, where the nuns took good care of her and other children. Miles and miles away from the Mountain, from all the darkness and danger. He hadn't seen her for ages, and even if he missed her, he knew, it was good this way.

„Daddy!“

Reluctantly he opened his eyes. And there she was; a red sweater, jeans, her long hair bound together in a ponytail. Just as she had looked like when he had seen her for the last time, in summer. She smiled at him. „God has told me to come here because you need me,“ she said. And she put her arms around his neck; he could feel her warmth and her breath on his skin.

The dam broke. When he finally stopped crying, the sun was already rising. Rose was gone, but he felt ready for the new day.
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Title: The rescue
Characters: Kurdy Malloy, Mr. Smith
Words: 399
finished: 20.08.2016

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"God damned!" Kurdy cursed loudly.

The moment he had pulled the trigger, Smith had decided to step in and save the brutal skinhead. Now the guy was lying on the ground unhurt, but there was blood seeping out of the tattered fabric of Smith's old coat. Carefully he tried to move his arm up and down, pulling the face, obviously in pain. Bugged out, Kurdy hurried over. "Let me have a look at it!"

But the little man shook his head. "I'm fine. It's only a graze shot."

"This was outright stupid, you little shit," Kurdy snapped at him. Despite his anger, he was relieved that Smith obviously wasn't seriously hurt.
"This bastard tried to kill us! And you risk your life to save this ass?"

Smith glanced at the guy who was still cowering on the ground. Yes, his eyes were still full of hate and bloodlust. Without the gun in Kurdy's hand, he would have attacked them again, without hesitation, without mercy. Finally he sighed and shaking his head he turned back to his partner.

"Trust me, Kurdy, I haven't saved him," he murmured. "Let him go!"

The voice with this strange undertone; Kurdy hated it when he talked like that. Even more, because he knew that Smith's mysterious words turned out to be the truth much too often. With narrowed eyes he turned back to the skinhead and pointed over to the wood nearby.

"Fine, back off. But better don't cross my way again; next time, we might be alone, and no one can hold me back to give you what you deserve."

With cold eyes the guy stared at him; for a moment Kurdy was sure that despite the circumstances he would try another attack. But finally he just turned around and hushed away between the big trees.

"C'mon, let's get back to the Mountain," Kurdy said. "I'm sure Markus wants to get a report about the Skinhead." He knew the young leader wouldn't be happy about this incident; he had hoped that the situation at the surrounding of the Mountain finally was under control.

"He is not a danger any longer," Smith murmured while getting into the old jeep. "Even if you didn't kill him, before the end of this day, he will wish you would have."

Kurdy shuddered and started the motor. No, he would not think about this now.
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Title: Seriously ill
Characters: Erin, Mr. Smith, Rose Smith
Words: 398
finished: 01.06.2015

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She was lying on the big bed, looking so small, so pale. Her eyes closed. Her breath was slow and uneven. Six days since she had gotten sick. And there was nothing he could do than to sit on the edge of her bed, hold her hand and pray. "Please! Please! Tell me, what did I wrong? Please, don't take her away from me. Not Rose!"

But God kept quiet.

The door opened slowly, and Gina entered. "Smith? How is she doing?"

He looked up. His eyes were red and swollen. For days he couldn't sleep anymore, hadn't been able to eat. "The doctor says there is nothing he can do for her. She will get better soon or ..."

He paused, unable to put the horrible into words. The thought to lose her was excruciating. Gina put a hand onto his shoulder. "I'm so sorry, Smith, she's such a sunshine. If there is anything I can do …"

Helplessly he just shook his head, and she left him alone again.

Erin was the next. She brought him some fruit and a plate of soup. He refused to eat; his stomach felt tied up into knots. But the young woman was not willing to give up so easily.

“You need to eat,” she said gently. “She will wake up again, and then she needs you.” And with shaking fingers, he grabbed for the spoon, cleared the plate without knowing what he was eating.

Kurdy was the last. He stopped at the doorway, only standing there without saying a word. Finally he stepped closer hesitating, passing a blanket to Smith. "You need some rest!”

"No! I can't! Maybe she will wake up ...”

“I will stay with her!” Kurdy pulled Smith to the old armchair, which was standing in the corner of the room and forced him to sit down. Put the blanket around him. Only a minute later, the little guy was fallen into a deep sleep. And Kurdy sat down at the edge of Rose's bed.

....

"Smith!"

He startled out of his sleep. His eyes fell on Kurdy, who was standing in front of the old chair. Realization hit him. Rose! Did he sleep for too long? Had he left her alone? It was then that he noticed the smile on Kurdy's lips, and he dared to relax again.

She would live. He wouldn't lose her.
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Title: Painful experience
Characters: Mr. Smith, Kurdy Malloy
Wordcount: 220
finished: 09.03.2015

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Horror and seething rage were laying in his dark eyes when he came back out of the house. Smith looked at his friend full of compassion."I've warned you! Why did you go in? I knew it would be hard to endure for you."

Kurdy was still looking for hold at the trunk of the jeep. His face was pale when he turned back to Smith. "I had to! I had to see this with my own eyes. Otherwise it would be impossible to believe. Damn, we did trust them. Markus supported them." He gasped for air. "How could it be that we were so blind? Why didn't we notice what was going on here?"

"We've only seen the good, trying to forget how often the evil hides behind it."

"How can you be calm like this?" Kurdy clenched his fist, hammered against the Jeep's door with full force. "How can you not seek bloody revenge? We should follow them and..."

"It's not up to us, to judge them." Smith shook his head. "And it wouldn't change anything. The pictures of what you have seen today would follow you anyway."

"Fuck. Tell me, how can you move on when you think like this?"

"Sometimes," Smith said gently, "sometimes you will find the good although you believe everything around you is evil."
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Title: Swimming
Characters: Mr. Smith, Rose
Wordcount: 100
finished: 11.03.2015

:::

It was a hot summer day. Smith was sitting on the shore of a lake, watching Rose. His little daughter was playing in the water with some other children. He felt the urge to call her back.

The water scared him. So dark-green, so cold and deep. Just like the lake had looked when he had decided to end his life some years ago.

Rose laughed. "C'mon, Daddy! It's fun!"

He cringed. "Sorry, Honey. I can't. I cannot swim."

Rose reached for his hand."Don't worry! I'll take good care of you."

She was right, the cold water was wonderful.

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