Chapter Thirty Eight

Now, I don't know what you must have heard about land mines, but as a soldier and as someone who had experienced its life wrath, I could tell you that, land mines are not merciful weapons unless they are designed to be. If not, a weight as light as two kilograms triggers it and would cause it to blow off immediately. The least of the damages could be having your leg amputated.

It is a Miracle that I live to tell this story.

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Standing as still as we could. Mercury was already crying and breathing heavily. She thought she was dead. We all did.

"Quit crying and just stay still, soldier. If you shift your weight then it's your last Nerdy and as much as we are not so good a pair, I would still love to have you around, so just hang in there, we would figure this out. We've always did, okay?"

Janet whispered to Mercury trying to calm her down. We were suspended in the air, we could feel our weights in our chests. The situation was so severe and life threatening, we were b