After that, I – Dora-the-Kid – just silently walked away. She had not been captured, but she had feared me that she was aware with my immunity over ghosts and anything related to demons.

Probably, since I was a demon myself.

I just walked out, but my reputation had been bolstered by that moment I came there. Called as "demon hunter", I earned a brief good money from there. But I didn't demand for fees, because I volunteered for it.

I walked away, but I still felt weird, how could a vengeful spirit want to kill so many people there? I didn't get it.

Still, my abilities to handle this monster came to occur in the right time. But, I would not forget the last moment when I saw from her face …

… she was about something else. She feared, she scared, and she had the buildup of an innocent girl being murdered.

What happened?

Still, I made me remember to a moment when we started to say goodbye to our Polish comrades in Iraq …


June 2008

Baghdad, Iraq

"Dla wszystkich żołnierzy odważnej Polski wszyscy wykonaliśmy wystarczająco dużo naszych obowiązków w Iraku. Były ofiary, byli polegli bohaterowie, byli ranni. Ale umarliśmy tam nie bezużytecznie. Jesteśmy dumni z dzieci odważnej Polski i mamy zaszczyt zaangażować się w zapewnienie stabilności i rozwoju Iraku." (For all soldiers of the brave Poland, we have all done enough our duties in Iraq. There were sacrifices, there were fallen heroes, there were injured. But we had died there not useless. We are proud as children of brave Poland, and we are honored to commit our duty for the stability and development of Iraq.)

I heard deeply, and realized about the story of Polish Army was about to be closed. Still, they were honored to commit for their duty in Iraq, where they found themselves as heroic.

Iraq, an oasis of war, was proud to have the Poles in action.

And from my scene, I saw all Polish soldiers, they raised their right arms to head, saluted to all the Poles while slowing the flag of Poland, the white and red horizontal and giving command to a local Iraqi military commander, Abdullah Hasfi.

Colonel Borek Jankolewski, the representative of Polish command in Iraq, granted the duty for Abdullah Hasfi, a Lieutenant-General of Iraqi military in Baghdad.

By then, I could speak Arabic, very cool.

Tadeusz must be interested on. Dżemałudin Płiskiewicz, our Polish Tatar soldier, spoke on behalf of Polish Army there. Being a muslim made him easier to get speech with the Iraqi command.

"I hope Poland and Iraq will remain cooperative, and alliance against terrorism. On myself, representing Poland and the indigenous Lipka Tatar community, speak with our Iraqi brothers the word of God, we are brothers, regardless. Iraq will remain stable or not, depend on you, but we are always watching you to progress. Inshallah."

We are proud to be there. And we hope to do so, forever.

In this moment, Dżemałudin spoke about forgiveness, and gathered of truth, belief, resilience, and the way Lipka Tatars became a model of Islamic coexistence in Europe, believing that an Iraq with multicultural background would become like Lipka Tatars with Poland.

The Poles honored it.

The Iraqis took it, and saluted the Poles in response.

After then, the Poles started to depart away, walking to the plane, flying into the sky and left the base, officially marked the end of Polish presence in Iraq.

Other Polish battalions would also depart soon, so I was glad to thank. The flag of Poland gave me a feeling of strength, power and pride.

And so, when we walked out, we had no regret. I also decided to stay, but seeing the Poles left Iraq, I would miss them so much.

One thing I remembered that, in our lesson, forgiveness is the key.

And so be it …


Now, I saw everything in action again and again, the Poles would always remember.

Their power was the key reason why I could have defeated the spirit, but didn't harm. I thought that, I would love to go back again and again, to see how did it work and go.

I am certain of it, and hope so …