Chapter 2

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by Me_Beingg_Me

by Me_Beingg_Me

A/N: Please read the a/n on the bottom. It's important. Thanks :)

That night I laid awake, unable to sleep. Probably because of all the sugar we just ate. I switched the T.V. on and flipped through the channels, stopping on the news. It showed everything normal. No panic. I watched it for a while, thinking it might bore me to sleep. That was until the next hour when a different report came on.

“BREAKING NEWS: Bomb is set to arrive in approximately one hour. Be ready. Get to as low ground as possible, or to the nearest Bomb Shelter. Keep food, water, and batteries as close to you as possible.”

My dad barged in and by the look on his face, I could tell that he’d been watching too. “Get up!!!” My dad quickly drove off to the store to get whatever we needed. Patty was lying on the floor crying, a mess. “Patty, listen to me. You and dad can make it. He’ll get you out of here, I promise. I’m gonna go get mom. You obviously can’t drive like that so I’ll run.” I didn’t think about it. About anything actually. I knew that the words coming out of my mouth were what I was going to do, but I also knew that it made no sense. That didn’t matter. Before she could register what I’d said, I ran out, grabbing the bag I’d brought with me.

Through the panic on the streets, no one paid attention to a little eleven year old on the street. Good, I didn’t like much attention anyway. I knew I was in her town.

But by then, I was too late.

Coughing. Hacking. I couldn’t think of anything else. I needed whatever was in my lungs to get out. I wiped my eyes on the bottom of my tee shirt and opened them, horrified from the second I did. The world as I knew it- gone. You know the Burger King on the corner? Gone. The shopping center? Gone. My school? Gone. I looked around to see nothing but ash and rubble all around me. No people. No nothing. I had no sight of my mom- or any life for that matter. I tried to yell but it came out more like a screech of a breaking down car. I struggled to my feet and just stood there looking at the shelter.

I walked over the pile of ash into the street filled with potholes. It was cracked and worn from all the destruction. There was no sight of anybody, not even my mother. I don’t know where she is- where anyone is. What happened to me? What happened to my father? what happened to everyone? I was so confused, scared, mad. I didn’t know what to do, where to go, how to move on. I didn’t think I could ever move on, or ever find my dad. I thought it was just me alone in this world- or what was left of it. I didn’t think anybody was left besides us. All I could think about was how long I would survive, or if I would even survive… Or how I survived this long. I’ve never wanted to see my dad so much in my life. I wanted to make sure he was alive and okay. At least alive.

I hoped this was just a dream- or a nightmare. I thought that maybe I’ll wake up and it will be all over.

I kept walking well into the night. I thought about how badly I needed shelter that night. Until I figured out what was going on. I was exhausted from everything that had happened. I’d been walking for hours without seeing a single thing move. Not an animal, or person in sight. Not one bird flew across the sky. Not one squirrel climbed up a tree- Nothing. The world looked almost empty. I felt so alone.

I assumed I fell asleep right away because I don't remember anything after finding a place to stay. I woke up the next morning, bright and early. I had no idea what to do. I stood up with a pounding headache from the ashes, and the smoke still filled the air. It really hit me as the air carried it and smacked me right in the face. Sigh. I couldn't wait to find my daddy again. I missed him so much, I missed my mom, and I missed my old life. I slept the night in a house that was set pretty far from where the bomb hit. It was a miracle that the bomb wasn’t big enough to wipe out the surrounding towns as well as ours. It was a pretty good size house and practically untouched. The town we were in was a mess, ash and dirt obviously hit here hard, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as it was back home. I haven’t seen any people around here yet, which is strange because I’ve been up for quite a while. The town wasn’t destroyed so much as to which no one could have survived. I did. Why isn’t there anyone else around?

A/N: Guys, I know I just started this and everything, but once I get the chapters (the already written ones) posted, I'll be taking a break, probably until October when I have less stories and stuff on my mind. Sorry for the inconvenience.