The Russians Are Coming: A Short Story

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A/N: This story is based on a movie from 1966 called 'The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming', so if you've seen that movie, you'll understand it better.

"I knew I find you on beach," he told her. They were sitting in the lobster bar on Alison's island home. Alexei still looked much the same as he had when Alison had first met him. She'd recognized him right away.

"It's my favorite place in the world," she told him. "I spend as much time as I can there."

"I remember first time we were there, with little girl," he said.

"She's taller than me now." Alison laughed.

"And little boy also."

She smiled. "He never forgot you, you know. This entire town has always regarded you as a hero for having saved him."

"Everybody help me," Alexei said modestly.
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"You were all ready to blow us up, and we had our guns ready to fire on you, and then we saw him hanging from the corner of the roof by his belt and that changed everything."

"When life of child is in danger, nothing else matters," Alexei agreed. "I hope he has good life now."

"He has," Alison assured him. "Like I told you before, it's a waste of time to hate anyone." Alison slowly stirred her drink with its straw and watched the bubbles rise to the surface. "I nearly gave up on ever seeing you again, you know."

"And I as well," Alexei told her. "When I decide to vacation here, I knew chances of finding you weren't good, but I had to try anyway."

"I'm awfully glad you did," Alison said. "I followed all the changes your country's government was going through in the news. I often thought of you and wondered how it was affecting

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