Scorpions danced around my beaten… bruised body.
“Name, rank, and serial number,” was all I repeated to my captors.
Scorched by the blazing fire, I sat defiant on the battlefield.
“Water?”
I shook my head, “No,” resisting a drink that would quench my thirsty soul in exchange for actionable intelligence.
Backstory
During the time of capture and torture by enemy forces, U.S. military soldiers are required to give their name, rank and serial number and not answer additional questions that could jeopardize U.S. Intelligence (foreign policy and national security operations).
Many methods of physical and mental torture are used, including the use of water to solicit actionable intelligence. Giving a captor too much water (i.e. water-boarding) or no water at all, is sometimes used to break the spirit of the solider. In the U.S., torture is considered illegal.
I hope you enjoyed this 50-word short story that I penned using the word prompt for this week “water” created by @jayna in the #fiftywordswriting challenge.
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