lub-dub, of his racing heartbeat, deafening the cries of wounded soldiers and the gunfire in the distance. He had lost his weapons in the fight and he was profusely bleeding from the pelting bullets targeted at him. He had savored the prospects of death, but he did not want to go out in this manner. Soon he approached a road, and, in the distance, he saw a truck. These kinds of trucks were particularly used by the Taliban forces for supplying artillery and foodstuffs and Davis knew that his death was near. Davis accidentally kicked sand in his eye, causing it to ache but he cannot muster up the energy to care. There was no place to hide in sight and he just stood there miserable, holding his trembling arm which leaked blood onto the grass. The truck got to him and pulled over. In it was a US-educated medical doctor named Adriana Foster. Adriana was born of a US father and an Afghani mother and she had the best of both worlds. She had gradually become a medic of the US missions in Afghanistan due to wreck that the Taliban forces had created in Afghanistan. She always dreamed of a peaceful nation and the US could grant her the ideal, peaceful Afghanistan, she desired. Adriana decided to carry Davis with her. She knew Davis would not last another day without the Taliban forces catching up with him or dying from excessive bleeding and hunger. Adriana carried Davis to her home almost twenty kilometers northwest of Ganjgal and immediately embarked on treating him. She removed the bullets and applied peroxide on the wounds to prevent gangrene or infections from developing. Shortly thereafter, Davis woke up and immediately became rampageous. “Who are you?” Davis asked in a husky voice. He treated any Afghani citizen with extreme pessimism and cynicism especially after what he had been through. Adriana was, however, very calm and explained to Davis that her motives were pure, and she was an Afghanistan war medic. They talked at length about the war and it is at this time that Davis divulged his suicidal thoughts to someone for the first time. Adriana was the opposite of Davis in every way. While Davis was rather impetuous, perhaps due to the fast-paced environment of combat, Adriana was cautious. Also, while the military man had an impulsive demeanor, the medic appeared to have al>