Death by Firing squad

It was a sunny day after a week of heavy rain but cold weather of winter 
was still there and Lt. Julia Smith was just waking up from her restless 
sleep. She opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling for a while without 
seeing anything.

Cursing under her breath, she sat up on the bed. She glanced at the iron 
bars on the door and then sighed silently. Sitting on the bed in a half 
naked state, she remembered it all and today everything was going to 
come to an end.

Around six days ago, she was commanding a platoon of soldiers and she 
and her soldiers met an opposing faction whey they were on a simple 
patrol duty and she did a stupid mistake and ate the hook opposing 
faction put up. Under a hour, her platoon almost completely wiped and 
she was alive for pure luck.

She got arrested right away when she and her remaining platoon came back 
and a day later, she was charged on sabotaging and treason but treason 
dropped later.

Her trail was long for a military trail. Her lawyer tried to save her 
with a dishonourable discharge and maybe time in jail but Army was after 
blood and then she got death by firing as a punishment.

And that was a week ago. Trail was long but rest was dead fast. They 
wanted her dead and they wanted it fast. Today she would be put to death 
by a firing squad. 

She sat up and walked to her formal uniform. Because she was a officer 
she would wear her uniform not a simple orange prison dress. Then Warden 
entered her cell to explain what was coming.

And next several hours went by visits of warden, her lawyer and her 
commanding officer at that time. Her CO did not say much except that he 
did not have any regrets on his behaviour in arresting her right away, 
She said she did understand it and he left.

She held of her uniform and started to wear it; long black skirt, and 
white shirt. She put on the shirt first and then the skirt. Later she 
tied her tie over her neck. And finally she put on the black jacket.

She stood there for a while how she would look with that uniform. She 
was not an ugly woman and some even found her rather sexy with short 
blond hair and dark blue eyes. Her breasts were full and ample with C 
cap. 

Then suddenly warden and two guards entered her cell, it was time for 
her to die. She turned towards them and two guards got behind her but 
they did not touch her. She followed the warden who were right in front 
of her and Guards walked right behind her.

They took her out to the middle garden used for the executions. Death 
penalty were rarely handed to person and hardly executed. But there she 
was, beautiful Lt. Julia Smith walking to her dead. 

They readied the tall wall facing the outside world for her execution. 
Sand bags were stuffed over the wall up to a five metres and there were 
a two metres tall and quite thick wooden pole was placed in front of the 
sand bags.

She walked to the wooden pole by guards and her hands tied behind the 
pole by them using cold iron cuffs. Then another Lt. came over to her. 
He was wearing a ceremonial uniform with red bands over his legs. For a 
second, Lt. Smith had an amazing urge to laugh but sight of armed six 
men and women killed the urge.

He offered her blind but she refused it with a firm head shake. She 
instead turned to face the armed people. They were all in ceremonial 
uniforms as well. Lt. took his place at left and took off his show-off 
sword. 

He placed the sword over her nose and gave the first order; 'Ready' and 
all six men and women raised their rifles pointing her and Lt gave out 
the second order, 'Aim' and all six rifles were aimed at her chest.

Then He screamed 'Fire'. Six rifles fired and five bullets hit her 
chest. With power of the bullet, she swung to right and then slipped 
down. 

Her back hit the ground and she looked at the blue clear sky as blood 
leaked off her mouth. With blurring sight of hers, she was the Lt. coming 
over and she hardly distinguished him as he knelled over her. Only thing 
she saw was blue now. 

Lt. took off his small calibrated hand gun which was given to him for 
this particular job. He placed the barrel to her nape and pulled the 
trigger. Small bullet entered her head and bounced inside instead of 
leaving her head and she died instantly.

