A Dream

"Dr. Billy said we would all die if I moved!" The child stated what he had been told just now.

"No!" Private Joshua assured the child. "Staying here is more dangerous."

Private Joshua quickly and gently set his IV drip aside and spread his arms around him before picking him up from the bed.

"I'm gonna take you somewhere nice, don't worry." Private Joshua assured the child while picking him up on his back.

The Private quickly tiptoed the child out of the room only to take him back to the dorms. He quickly grabbed the luggage that he had already packed on a side and sat on the ground to look at Samuel.

"We're gonna get out of here today." Private Joshua grabbed either side of the child's shoulders and looked deep into his eyes. "Today is Christmas Eve,"