The dome

Diary entry #1

Dead diary,

I was in the town centre when they dropped the dome over old earth.

The temperature dropped in an instant, it was as cold as winter. For a second we were in pitch black, this gave me time to get round the fact that the sun had been snatched away from us. And it was unlikely to return.

Within around 5 minutes the street lights came on. The eerie glow was haunting. A shiver crawled  down my spine at the thought about what would happen next. I stared at the people around me. Who would make the first move?

Suddenly we all heard a crash behind us; a woman had smashed her car into the closed Tesco window and was running inside. At that moment we all rushed inside grabbing as much as we could hold. In an instant the shelves had been cleared. I clawed my way through people and got out of the shop. I hated the fact I was stealing so I only want to call it ‘borrowing’ because it sounds like I haven’t done anything wrong.

I scanned around for the next shop to borrow from. The chemist caught my eye, so I threw a can of peas at the window and it smashed. I ran in and grabbed all the medication I could get and took all the medical supplies I could find, I only got 3 or 4 medical kits before 20 people burst in. I slipped past as two men fought over who took all the medication. While doing this one thing went through my mind, I’m on my own, I must fend for myself.

I knew I couldn’t carry anymore so I borrowed another thing.

A sleek 4x4 sat on the pavement. Conveniently, it had keys in. On the back seat  there was a hand gun and 90 packets of bullets, each pack containing 10. I was praying i wouldn't bump into the owner of the car.

I drove as fast as I could one hand on the steering wheel and the other on a fully loaded gun.

I ‘borrowed’ things from about 15 more shops including clothes, weapons, candles, car batteries, heaters, as many bullets as I could find and a lot of blankets. I drove behind a store and hid.

After i scrambled my way through the 15th shop i thought i should go find my family. It was grandma and grandpa's anniversary so i guessed the family was at there house. The porch light wasn't on... Where could they be?

then i remembered. When i was little my grandad would tell me story's about the bunker he had in the garden

I drove for 15 minutes until I finally reached my grandparents house. I stopped the car outside and looked up out of.

When I was little I used the sky roof to look up at the moon and a stare for hours wishing I could fly there, but now the sky was a dark abyss.

The porch light wasn't on... Where could they be?

then i remembered. When i was little my grandad would tell me story's about the bunker he had in the back garden.

I looked around me and decide it wasn’t safe to venture out when I can be so vulnerable on my own, so I drove the car into the garden, put all of the ‘borrowed’ things into one of the blankets and ran for the bunker. I felt so relieved when I saw my family because I knew I was safe for now.

We are taking turns in guarding. Two people were on guard for 4 hours while someone will have free time, the next two people to guard will be sleeping, and after your shift is done you get to sleep.

Iv spent my shift writing this. my shift is over now, so ill write in you tomrrow.

Goodnight diary.