05-13-2014, 09:35 PM
Someone had done their homework. The Temne rebels were aware that while they had seized the upper hand on their home turf, they were also aware how important foreign opinion would be for deeming their future rule legitimate. They needed to look 'the good guys' when they had finished destroying the Mende fools.
Among all the foreigners in Sierra Leone, only one had really stood out for their importance. Mid to low level managers and company men were useful in their own rights, but to the Temne, they were a part of the cancer that had eaten away their country's heritage.
But the daughter of an important CCD family? A rich, important, CCD family? One that had no economic ties to Sierra Leone? She would be an important bartering piece.
Natalie had been lucky at first; only one Temne soldier had found her, and had been scared away by the Legionnaires. Faced by properly trained soldiers, the Temne warrior hadn't the discipline to hold his ground. Their strength and bravery came in numbers; and numbers was what the four Legionnaires now faced.
Eight Temne men, only a handful in the uniform of Sierra Leonean soldiers, were running towards the Legionnaires and Natalie; a few wild shots in their direction,but for the angry or panicked throngs, they hadn't found their mark yet.
Edited by Jacques, May 14 2014, 07:25 AM.
Among all the foreigners in Sierra Leone, only one had really stood out for their importance. Mid to low level managers and company men were useful in their own rights, but to the Temne, they were a part of the cancer that had eaten away their country's heritage.
But the daughter of an important CCD family? A rich, important, CCD family? One that had no economic ties to Sierra Leone? She would be an important bartering piece.
Natalie had been lucky at first; only one Temne soldier had found her, and had been scared away by the Legionnaires. Faced by properly trained soldiers, the Temne warrior hadn't the discipline to hold his ground. Their strength and bravery came in numbers; and numbers was what the four Legionnaires now faced.
Eight Temne men, only a handful in the uniform of Sierra Leonean soldiers, were running towards the Legionnaires and Natalie; a few wild shots in their direction,but for the angry or panicked throngs, they hadn't found their mark yet.
Edited by Jacques, May 14 2014, 07:25 AM.