Human Batteries

~~~~~Chapter 4~~~~~

~~~~~Chapter 4~~~~~
I jolt awake to sirens blarring and red emergency lights flashing. I look around in panick. "What's going on?!" I yell over the sirens. The only reply I get is when four men with guns burst into the room. I jump out of bed and slowly rise my hands in surrender. I try to think, but the sirens are still screaming and the flashing lights bathe everything in a dim, red glow.
I spot an American flag badge on either arm of each man. "We're leaving! Now!" Shouts the tallest man. I sling my back pack over my shoulder in case they mean we're leaving permantly. They herd us out the door, and down the hall, comunicating on walkie talkies the whole way. We turn a corner and spot a guy in all black with a knife. He steps up, and pushes off the wall. He spins in the air and whips his knife around slitting two of the American mens' throats. I clasp my hands over my mouth. My stomach drops, and I'm frozen in terror. I want to scream, but I can't move at all. I just stare down at the man, now dead, at my feet. I hear a gunshot, and see the guy with knife fall. I can't tell if my heart is racing a thousand miles an hour or if it has just stopped completely. Someone grabs my arm and drag me away, other wise I might not have moved.
I snap out of my state of terror just enough to run down the hall. Bailey, and one of the men are in front of me, while my mom, and another man run behind me. We run until the hall we on opens up into a big, cafeteria like room. There are so many people, running, and screaming, I lose Bailey, and my mom. I call their names so loud that my throat becomes hoarse quick. I look around panicked. I feel my body trembling as I look around furiously for my mother. It feels like getting lost on Black Friday, but a million thousand times worst.
Right before I'm about to push farther into the crowd, some one takes my arm. I struggle to get away. I dig my finger nails inot his arms, but that doesn't help much, so I knee him in the soft spot and run. I hate everyone here right now except my mom, and the Byrd family, where ever they are.
I use all my strength to push through the chaos.
I see my mom as soon as she sees me. She cups my face, and says something. I can't make it out. She puts her mouth next to my ear and shouts "I'm going to look for the Byrd's. We'll meet you outside. I love you, now hurry!" She smiles and kisses my forehead. I nod and run to a window. I stand up on a table beneath it, and push it open. I crawl out head first, which was a bad idea, not knowing it would be six feet up. When I hit on my right shoulder, the breathe gets knocked out of me. I cough, and scramble to my feet.
Far off to my right, I see an eighteen wheeler in the parking lot with a bunch of ninja dudes jumping in the back. So, I run to the left, around the building, and into the woods. I lay down on my stomach in the leaves to wait for my mom and hopefully the Byrd family. I didn't realize I had tears running down my cheeks until just now. My heart is beating so fast it feels like might bust out of my chest at any second.
I watch for my mom, but I'm blinded by an explosion. I cover my head with my arms as the whole place combusts. Pieces of brick, and glass spray everywhere. I pull my head up and stare at the remaining flames. My face burns from the heat, and once again I'm conpletely frozen.
I open my mouth to scream, but I see a group of ninja dudes run around the side of the building. I have to get out of here. I know I have to go, but I can't force my body to move.
GET UP! MOVE! RUN!! I tell myself.
I crawl backwards on my hands and knees a few feet, then I get up and run for my life.
I run as fast as I can even though I can't see anything. Between sobbing and it being dark, there's not much I can do about it. I run into trees, trip over stumps, and I get hit by so many tree branches, my face, arms, and legs sting and ache like crazy.
My feet are also bare, because I didn't have time to put shoes on.
But I keep running.
After a while I slow to stumble/walk. It seems like an eternity, before I can start to see the sun rising through the trees. I"m so thankful for some light, I stop to slump against a tree trunk. I take a shaky breathe.
All the pain sinks in at once. My whole body stings, but I don't care about that pain. The real pain is losing my two best friends. Bailey Byrd, and my mom. I cover my face with my hands and cry, but not for long. I can't sit here and rot because I'm not moving.
I wipe the tears and blood from my face, and I brush myself off. I need a plan. I need to get to Daltin. Which seems hopeless, but he's all I have left to run to. I pull my phone out of my back pack that I (thank God!) Was able to grab before things went critical. It's not dead yet, so I can use GPS to find where I am. I use the map on my GPS app to find somewhere to go to get shoes first. It should take me about two or three hours to get to the closest super store. Thankfully,(again) the bunker was intentionally placed near a small city. So I start walking. My body feels like it might fall apart at any second, but I start walking.