Tommorow when the war began - Captured

Part 1

I was home, i had my siblings, they were annoying. It is always my job to be the parent, never my parents. The show is tonight and i could be out there, or camping with homer and his friends or even away in the city, Stratton. But no, I was stuck here, babysitting. My siblings are such a pain and always in the way of my own life. I dreaded having to get them ready for the show with their nice boots and clothes. They are always so stubborn, besides Brandon, he is good.

I was correct, it was a nightmare to have them get ready, Brandon did it immediately, in his nice polo shirt with jeans and the cleanest boots he had, he waited outside, I think he just wanted to see his friends but I was thankfull anyway, it made my job easier. Izzy wanted to wear the most vile pink shirt and the shortest shorts in the whole of wirrawi, eventualy we made a compromise, she wore the shirt with a jacket over it and jeans instead of the shorts and she got to choose her shoes as long as they were enclosed. Elemor was better then Izzy but still bad, he screamed as i wrestled his small four year old body into a pair of worn hand me down jeans and a smart shirt with a dinosaur pattern, the navy blue background made the jeans look dead, and by the way he struggled and screamed our neighbores mightthink similar about him, i would be thankfull if a soldure appeared and shot him or even if he drowned, crashed a car, got blown up by a grenade. Elemore keeps me busy, he gets distracted by anything, easily fasinated and would wander of if it wasnt for me watching him, sometimes i wish i could put kids on leads like a dog or a show cattle.

My mood was already ruined. Elemore was dragging me to every sideshow, the fair floss stand, with the pink and blue, the hot food van, the big one from straton that comes every year for the show with the smell of fried food and sauce, that distinctive enticing smell that lingers around hot food. As we got to my favorite section, the cattle the smell sunk in, the poop and hay. After a while of dragging Elemore away from one section over to the next i desided i would give in to my craving for food and buy us some hot chips, my parents would be mad but no one was gonna stop me in the moment as we settled down on the boundreys of the showgrounds up against the tall fence the other two came over, its like kids have a sense of when they can come back just at the right time for the food, at home Brandon was the best at it, he would choose to come out of his room the minute the microwave finished and then i would have to share. This time both of them came over, i think they were looking for me already, i saw them look at the basket of chips in my lap and i put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the $5 note and passed it to them, they walked of towards the van. It felt like seconds and they were back, Elemore and i widended out corner to include them looking out over the showgrounds, its the one time of year when most of wirrawi is in the same place, my parents were in there somewhere, in the stalls working ignoring me who was here having no fun babysitting. I finished eating my ration and i looked around more, i could feel the fence against my back, those wire ones with the weaved grid of diamonds, like the tennis court at school it was cold and felt like it would leave a small mark on my skin of the shape, like grass does when you sit on it without long pants. I looked over to the highway, it was busy, you could see the movement but not headlights, like how you know an animal is in the grass. This was stange but maybe I was just imagening the movement, that road only lead from the bay, past here and then into the city, no one would be using it, escpecialy at night. I continued scanning and i was the main road was busy with cars, this was even more strange then my eyes hit the carpark, it was filling, not just the old paddock most people used but the sides of the roads and gateways. I think i was looking for to long because the others started saying me name.

"river" "river you ok?" i dont know who this was but they could see i was worried.

"yeah, its all good guys, i was just lost in my thoughts as normal" i loved to write they knew me doing this far to well

"whats with all the cars?" this was Brandon, he is the only one who would worry about somthing like that.

"maybe there is gonna be a special event at the end?" i responded, i knew this was unlikely but i needed to calm them down, i could worry myself later but for now i need to keep the kids calm and happy. This seemed to work, i was still confused and getting more worried but at least they were ok. We sat in silence as Elemore finished his food.

Then we heard a yell, I still dont know what it was but it had that tone, the one of authority and control, then a shot, a gunshot has never seemed as scary for me. It was peicing, threatening this made me scared. The others seemed to get scared as well. "riv, what was that" that was Elemore, he was scared, no longer the demon to get changed but a scared child, a child who it was my job to protect. "i dont know, sorry lets get down to all the other people"

We rushed down into the crowd, we ended up on the side, i was shoved around, i was clinging to elemore with the other two gripped like little lizards or snakes to to my arm. We went with the crowd until we were up against a fence, i think this was one of the cattle yards due to the distincive smell of poo and the metal bars against my back, this fence was different it was sturdy with cold welded metal bars. The others wanted to sit down but with the crowd pushing hard i didnt want this to be a stampede over there small little bodys.

It felt like hours we were stuck against that fence, i was thinking the entire time, i knew it was a invasion, i heard occasional screams in both english and a forign language. Eventualy there was a english voice, they must have made more space, we now had space. I thought it would be best to find our parents, they must be here somewhere, i dragged the others though the crowds searching, after a while i was tired, i was feeling sick from the smell and the amount of people. We got to a corner, and sat, i had the others lying on my legs, this was the best we could get.

I am still confused with whats happening but at least we are safe. As much as i hate the others at least they give me somthing to do. Its comforting to have them around, if we are stuck here for more then a day they are going to be my best hope, i will have to keep them happy and settle there worries and in the process doing the same for myself.

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