"Move!"
I never turned around faster, to see this woman with my child. Never have I heard him scream so loud. Not out of shock- he knew it was coming, he screamed out of anger and desperation.
The blast came and I fell backwards, too shocked and.. angry to feel the pain. The feelings came back to me right as I hit the floor, and I screamed. Almost as loud as him, but it ended with my vision clouding and my head buzzing as I coughed and choked for air. I could feel the warm liquid trickle down my neck and into my hair.
For so long I had lead them, believing that they were good, and that the law had been corrupted. But I was the law. I was the one they followed and the one some betrayed, but they had paid for it. Their final invasion was into my building, where the others failed to protect themselves and each other.
I heard the faint sobbing of my child and for a moment, I thought I felt a rush of anger. Just for a moment. I needed to protect him, and I failed.
