Author Topic: Apocalypse: The Re-apocalyticalizing [Somebody put out his fire]  (Read 169929 times)

"Please?" I ask, the voices causing me to get on edge. "I think there are other people here..."

"E-e, izvinite, ya ne govoryu po angliiski..."
"I'm sorry, but do you speak English?"

"He said 'Sorry, I don't speak English.'" I say, trying to piece together some of my rudimentary Russian.

"Nyet, Nyet, po angliiski."

I see other people behind the Russian. "Screw that!" I whisper to myself as I hide behind the corner.

"Kto ty?" I ask, not exactly sure if my Russian was actually grammatically correct.

I search through my bag and find a picture of myself, wearing a Russian tank helmet with my name in Cyrillic on the front. I hold the picture out and nod my head, smiling.

I wake up again, too weak to get up. I mumble, "Anybody got some painkillers?"

"Perfect. A druggy and two Russians. This just gets better and better..." I whisper, not taking my head out from behind the corner.

I raise an eyebrow, translating his name into English, which was basically Aleksei Kharzin. "Понимаю. Как вы попали сюда?" I ask.

"God damnit does anyone speak much English these days? "The pain shoots up as I talk.

"Eh.. M-my daughter? Da, my daughter I visit her."

"Well the Russian speaks English... How about everyone else?" I whisper as I poke my head out to look.

"So you were visiting your daughter. Got it," I reply, looking over at the man on the ground. "If I recall correctly, the medical ward is right over there," I say, pointing.

I put my head back behind cover. "Let's hope he doesn't overdose."