Soldiers roll into town

I had just finished eating and the soldiers rolled into town. Two jeeps the caller said, by the internet café. Leave the dishes for later I thought. Don’t forget your shoes. Passport too. They weren’t by the internet café but on the road out of town. There were three of us that walked up to the first jeep parked diagonally across the road. I was the only one that stayed to talk. I said hi, asked why they were here, they said none of my business, I said it was actually as I lived here. But the conversation was left at that. I kept walking. The other jeep was about 25 meters down the road parked the same way. There was a jeep in the middle too with a man in civilian clothing in the back. I couldn’t get a good look but he looked top secret like. So three jeeps; about ten soldiers. I stopped in the middle, in between it all. To be honest I knew they were just doing their thing, I didn’t really care why they were here, they were just here and I was here too. So here we were looking at each other. A friend of mine who I saw on the way out of town was trying to get out of town in a taxi, but in one going through the checkpoint. A little stupid I thought but I didn’t push it. They pulled him out of the taxi and took his ID. He was standing on the side of the road, looking worried. Ok, I thought. I asked him what was happening. He said they took his ID. He was looking worried. I asked the soldier if they were looking for anyone in specific. He said they wanted to kill someone. I said, oh, good for you, and walked away. I’m not sure whether he was surprised at my reaction or that he said it – probably the former. I saw they returned my friends ID when I looked back and he happily walked away.