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harder to do then it should. My hand cups over hers against my face, not wanting her to stop touching me, and then darkness takes over. I’m not aware of anything anymore, not even her warm touch.
Chapter 5
Mattie
Hank grabs hold of my arm and tries to haul me up, but I pull myself out of his grip.
“We need to go ; it’s not safe here.” He’s glancing around us quickly.
I don’t bother staring at the destruction around me. Instead , I look down at the unconscious guy I’m crouching over. His head has scratches and there is glass lodged in his face and arms with one particularly large piece wedged into his shoulder. While he’s unconscious, I just grab hold of it and yank it out. He doesn’t even stir as a trickle of blood seeps out. It’s nothing life threatening or needing stitches, I think.
“Mattie, hurry up!” Hank growls at me.
“Wait!” I yell at him.
I roll the guy over and stare at his back, seeing the bullet holes in his t-shirt. I saw him bravely save that girl and I knew he had been shot. I feared he was dead, but he kept moving. I pull his shirt up a little, feeling the strange material underneath. Since there is no blood over his shirt, I assume quickly that he has some sort of bullet-proof vest on.
“Will you help me with him?” I demand of Hank, rolling the unconscious guy onto his back again and checking one last time for a pulse, finding it easily. I grab his arm and swing it over my shoulder, sitting him up. His dark skin is covered in sweat and blood, and even though he isn’t conscious, his face changes into a wince as I move him.
“We don’t have time for this; we need to get back to Lisa. This was a mistake.”
“If we leave him here, then he’ll die,” I argue.
Hank growls at me, moving down and taking the guy’s other side over his shoulder , helping me get him to his feet. Together we move.
“You saw him before ; he wants to die. He just stood in front of those things and didn’t even attempt to run. He doesn’t want to be saved.”
“He saved that little girl’s life; he doesn’t deserve to be abandoned on the street ,” I try to reason, using all my strength to keep us moving. His heavy weight pulls on my shoulder while my legs shake with the effort to hold him. He is a big guy; very muscled and taller than I’ve expected.
Between the both of us , we hustle down the street, ducking low behind a turned over car when we see more of those machines coming our way.
“Shit, they’re everywhere. What if they’ve gotten to Lisa?” Hank worries.
I’m worried about that, too. I don’t say anything, though.
We had only moved a couple blocks when we saw a bunch of military men that were heavily armed. We thought they’d be a safe bet to hide behind , so we followed them. I saw people disappear before my eyes, people lit on fire until there was nothing left of them, men and women shot dead.
The machines are even more terrifying in the flesh . I’ve felt like throwing up every couple of minutes since we’ve arrived in this warzone.
Vancouver is covered in tall buildings ; it’s scary and shocking to see many of them crumbling to the ground. The machines are so large and so strong that I’ve watched one just knock into the side of a building, moving through the structure like it was water. The building just tipped over, no longer safe, and the screams I heard… There were many people in that building.
We decided quickly that there was no way we could defeat these machines, especially not with only the three handguns and rifles between us. Ultimately, we’re just three untrained civilians, and Lisa doesn’t even have a clue how to fire a weapon really. I know she retained zero knowledge during our short lesson on the football field back at the campus.
T he new plan is to get away from this place and find supplies, get to Lisa and then head towards that forest that Hank mentioned to Lisa. Just as we decided that plan, I watched in
Chapter 5
Mattie
Hank grabs hold of my arm and tries to haul me up, but I pull myself out of his grip.
“We need to go ; it’s not safe here.” He’s glancing around us quickly.
I don’t bother staring at the destruction around me. Instead , I look down at the unconscious guy I’m crouching over. His head has scratches and there is glass lodged in his face and arms with one particularly large piece wedged into his shoulder. While he’s unconscious, I just grab hold of it and yank it out. He doesn’t even stir as a trickle of blood seeps out. It’s nothing life threatening or needing stitches, I think.
“Mattie, hurry up!” Hank growls at me.
“Wait!” I yell at him.
I roll the guy over and stare at his back, seeing the bullet holes in his t-shirt. I saw him bravely save that girl and I knew he had been shot. I feared he was dead, but he kept moving. I pull his shirt up a little, feeling the strange material underneath. Since there is no blood over his shirt, I assume quickly that he has some sort of bullet-proof vest on.
“Will you help me with him?” I demand of Hank, rolling the unconscious guy onto his back again and checking one last time for a pulse, finding it easily. I grab his arm and swing it over my shoulder, sitting him up. His dark skin is covered in sweat and blood, and even though he isn’t conscious, his face changes into a wince as I move him.
“We don’t have time for this; we need to get back to Lisa. This was a mistake.”
“If we leave him here, then he’ll die,” I argue.
Hank growls at me, moving down and taking the guy’s other side over his shoulder , helping me get him to his feet. Together we move.
“You saw him before ; he wants to die. He just stood in front of those things and didn’t even attempt to run. He doesn’t want to be saved.”
“He saved that little girl’s life; he doesn’t deserve to be abandoned on the street ,” I try to reason, using all my strength to keep us moving. His heavy weight pulls on my shoulder while my legs shake with the effort to hold him. He is a big guy; very muscled and taller than I’ve expected.
Between the both of us , we hustle down the street, ducking low behind a turned over car when we see more of those machines coming our way.
“Shit, they’re everywhere. What if they’ve gotten to Lisa?” Hank worries.
I’m worried about that, too. I don’t say anything, though.
We had only moved a couple blocks when we saw a bunch of military men that were heavily armed. We thought they’d be a safe bet to hide behind , so we followed them. I saw people disappear before my eyes, people lit on fire until there was nothing left of them, men and women shot dead.
The machines are even more terrifying in the flesh . I’ve felt like throwing up every couple of minutes since we’ve arrived in this warzone.
Vancouver is covered in tall buildings ; it’s scary and shocking to see many of them crumbling to the ground. The machines are so large and so strong that I’ve watched one just knock into the side of a building, moving through the structure like it was water. The building just tipped over, no longer safe, and the screams I heard… There were many people in that building.
We decided quickly that there was no way we could defeat these machines, especially not with only the three handguns and rifles between us. Ultimately, we’re just three untrained civilians, and Lisa doesn’t even have a clue how to fire a weapon really. I know she retained zero knowledge during our short lesson on the football field back at the campus.
T he new plan is to get away from this place and find supplies, get to Lisa and then head towards that forest that Hank mentioned to Lisa. Just as we decided that plan, I watched in
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