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From MY FRIEND THE ENEMYI picked up the pistol and started to crawl toward the trees.Kim grabbed my shirt. "Don't."I pulled her hand away and pushed to a crouch, creeping right into the edge of the woods. Once I'd passed the first trunks of hazel and oak, I stood up and took soft steps forward...creeping deeper into the trees, coming closer to the barbed-wire fence.And then I saw him.Highlighted by a sliver of moonlight that cut through the leaves above, I saw a man, sitting back against one of the fence posts.I stopped dead in my tracks and stared at him.A stick snapped, making me spin around to find Kim standing just behind me."Who is it?" she asked."I don't know," I said, turning back to look at the immobile figure."Is he asleep? Or dead?"I was mesmerized by him. My whole body had gone cold with fear. My stomach tingled, my hands trembled, my muscles tightened.And then he spoke -- "Bitte" -- and he put his arm up as if to protect his face. "Bitte."