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The Next World

Freedom is a privilege. Not everyone gets to have it. Someone is always in charge of you. And not only until a riot does a person experience real freedom. Magna saw people rioting left, right and center. A man with a knife ran at her, she bolted and lost him. Looking behind her, she bumped into a man not much younger than her. "Oh! I'm sorry." she apologized. "It's okay. But people gotta stick together, come with me." He grabbed her arm and pulled her to a fast food restaurant parking lot.

He brought her to a car with a woman and a teenage boy. "Now this is a quick introduction but I need your help. I'm Aaron Ralley, this is my wife, Eve and my brother-in-law, Finn. My little sister is trapped in there. Her name is Rachel." Aaron asked. "I'm Magna. How can I help?" Magna said. "We need to help her through there." Aaron pointed to the drive thru window.

Inside of the restaurant, Rachel was ducking behind the front counter. People were shooting at her. She picked up a burger and threw it over, "Eat this you scumbags!" She shouted. It hit a woman in the face. "Rachel!" Aaron called from the window. She crawled to it and with the help of her brother and Magna, she climbed out the window.

Back at the school Tyler Winslow walked up to his best friend Henry and said "Did you ask?" Henry looked at him "Not yet." He said. Molly turned around and asked "About what?" "About Tyler coming to sleep over tonight." Henry said carefully. "Now is not a good time... oh screw it, his parents probably know what's going on so I'll make sure you're not alone waiting for them here." Molly said. The three walked to the SUV and got inside.

Marilla was already on her way home. The drive was peaceful until she was rear ended by someone. "Wait here." She told Timothy. "Okay mumma" he replied. Marilla got out of the car and checked the other car. The driver died from a concussion. She saw a man hurrying along the sidewalk with his 4 kids. Some junkie ran up and whacked him in the leg with a crowbar. "Agh!" He yelped. "Oh no! Sir!" Marilla called and helped the man into the nearest building with his kids. She brought Timothy inside too.

"Sit down before you fall down." She said. He sat on a waiting room couch. "I'm Nicholas Pierce." The man held out his hand. Marilla shook it. "Marilla Torres. This is  Timothy." She said. "My kids are Lilly, the eldest, Tara and David - twins. And little Megan." Nicholas said. His kids waved. Megan went to play with Timothy "Can I call you Timmy?" She asked "Sure!" Marilla looked outside through the blinds and saw a car blow up. "This is crazy, all of a sudden everybody is gonna die." Nick said "This is the Next World." Marilla sighed.

"Thank you!" Rachel exclaimed. "What do you think we'd do? Leave you?" Aaron joked as the two got in the car. He rolled down the window. "Thanks for the help Magna. Where you headed now?" He asked. "I'm a bar tender. I need to get to it so nothing is stolen." Magna said and began to break into a car. She unlocked it and got in. "Maybe I'll see you again one day, Aaron" she said. He nodded and smiled.

Magna drove to her bar. On the way inside she knocked out some guy cold with one punch. She got inside and behind the counter and took out a Beretta 92FS (Pistol) and waved it around at alcoholic maniacs trying to steal the alcohol "NOBODY MOVE!" Magna shouted.