The Triangle hovers over the city, ships in the shapes of stars come down. They fire at the city below, echoed screams come from where the fires explode. I see a woman run by with a baby in her hands, a robot lands in front of her. I run over to the robot and jump on it's back. I punch it's strong metal even though it hurts, I have to save this woman. A sudden force pushes me off, Ella gestures something at the robot, the robot splits in half then falls to the ground. More robots march in behind me, I run towards Ella.
Ella holds them off as I run back to get the woman, the woman stares at me, she then hands me the baby. She still stares at me, she looks down, I follow her head to her abdomen. A sharp metal pierces through her skin. I look up to see a robot looking down at me. It lifts the woman in the air, it launches it's metal fist at me. I fall back from the force of impact. The baby begins to cry, I get up and run back to Ella. Robot parts lie everywhere, Ella looks at the baby.
" Let's take him with us, come on!" Derek calls at us.
I run to Derek and Frank, Ella is close behind. Man, for a pregnant woman she runs fast.
Chaos surrounds us as we get into Derek's car and drive off. People reach out to our car in need of a getaway from the apocalypse going on around them. But sadly we are forced to ignore them as we sadly look on to the road ahead.
The baby lies on my lap, I nurture him now that his mother cannot do that anymore. He sleeps the whole way down to the waterfront by the Golden Gate Bridge. We get out, Derek slams the side of the car.
" Shit! It has no gas!" He howls.
" Then let's go find a gas station, simple" Frank says sharply.
" Well there are none around here you little-" Ella holds Derek back from saying anything else.
" I knew what you were going to say anyways" Frank growls. He starts walking towards the bridge, everyone looks curiously at one another.
" Where are you going?" I ask.
" I'm scouting, looking for a safe haven" Frank answers back without looking at us.
" See, there I've found somewhere to stay" Frank says again. He pints at only one place that I would never want to go to,
Alcatraz Island.
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Runaway: Book 1: Chasing Butterflies (#Wattys2015)
Teen FictionElla is a normal girl, she is 17, she has a boyfriend, and she's quite popular. But her life is about to change forever, when her parents divorce after the death of her little brother, Victor, she is forced to choose to leave for Idaho with her dad...
