Nightmare

5 // Feels Like War

11:57pm

Almost there. Worried was painted on our face. Like, imagine people are going after you, to murder you who knows how.

Attention for all the citizens. In less than 5 minutes, the purge is going to start. Prepare yourself for everything that might happen tonight. Lock your doors and windows, hide your children. For the fighters and people who are willing to participate in this purge, we all count on you, ladies and gentlemen.

No actions count as crime for the next 7 hours. All medical helps, police, and fire department are not available until 7 in the morning.

May our lives are blessed and our souls are saved.

Right after that, we could hear sirens from afar. That meant, the purge had started.

"We can do this, guys!" Matt shouted. Matt and Jimmy reminded us about the strategy and plans for the last time. Then we started moving. We decided to go without car. We walked as quiet as possible, hiding in shadows. One of our plans was to get out from this city. We knew it was near to impossible but at least we tried. If we didn't make it tonight, we would go in the morning, and if we are still alive of course.

"Hey-" someone shouted not so far from behind us, and I cut him off by throwing a knife at him. I guessed, it stabbed right in his throat because he let out 'argh' sound then body dropped.

The guys narrowed their eyes at me, especially Johnny, who had his jaw dropped. "It was reflect" I whispered, shrugging. "How did you know that it wasn't Jason or Matt Berry?" Zacky questioned. "Well, I'm sure Jason was smart enough not to shout in this situation."

Anyway, we continued walking. Shooting anyone who was near us. And no, we didn't make any loud noise. Thanks to the gun silencer.

3:00am

I was glad in the past 3 hours, nothing bad happened to us. But who knows what could possibly happen in the next 4 hours.

We reached the city park. Usually it was crowded, but tonight it was completely silent. Blood on the walls, bodies laying on the ground. Probably the homeless, or the unlucky kids.

A shiny object flew pass us, followed with "shit!" It was Johnny. Matt quickly turned to where the knife from and shot.
Zacky checked on Johnny. There was cut on his left shoulder, it wasn't too deep. Zacky took care of it. "Dude, you're lucky you are short, so it didn't stab your heart" Brian whispered, earning a punch to his shoulder.

Then out of nowhere there were three racing motorcycles going after us. "Shit, split up!" Matt shouted, not so loud. We ran in different directions. Jimmy pulled me with him. We ran as fast as we could with one of the motorcycle behind us, it started shooting. "Here!" Jimmy whispered, pulling me to a corner of building. The motorcycle went pass us. We stood there for a moment to catch our breath.

"We need to move," I whispered, as I looking for hiding place. My eyes caught a big tree not so far from us with stones and bushes around it, that would do. I checked for the attackers, it was clear for me. "Jim, c'mon!" He nodded. We ran to the tree. We were halfway there, when I heard a gun shot, but we couldn't stop before we reach the tree.

I plopped down behind the tree, Jimmy was beside me, groaning. I checked for the attackers. They were on the top of the building, though I could shoot them down.

"Jimmy?" My eyes widened to the sight of blood on his right thigh.
"Fuck, sorry, Jimmy, I didn't see them. I thought it was clear" blaming myself for how stupid I was, not doing double check. I was gonna rip my sleeve when he stopped me. "No, rip mine." "But-" "Just do it" he rise his voice. I ripped his sleeve and wrapped it around his thigh to stop the bleeding. I couldn't get the bullet out, it was still dark.

"Can you walk, Jimmy?" I asked softly. "I can run, Lynz." He was so stubborn. "No, you can't. The bullet is still in your thigh." Jimmy glared at me, "try me." I groaned and put my face in my hands.

Jimmy pulled me closer to him, put my head to his chest. "I'm sorry, I'm just.. upset." He whispered, and kissed my head. "I'm tired, Jims." He hold me tighter. "We need to go to the meeting place. There is still another 3 hours. And your dream ended on that motherfucker chasing us." He didn't answer, only kissing my head, playing with my hair, trying to calm me down. I wondered what was going on inside his head.

"Come on, we need to move" he said softly. We started walking in shadows. I was surprised Jimmy could handle that bullet in his thigh so well. Even though he winced few times.

After about an hour, we reached the meeting place. It was an abandoned building. The other 4 already there. "How long you've been waiting for us?" I asked. "Not so long, 15 minutes" Brian pulled me to a hug. Then he hugged Jimmy.

"What happened to you both?" Johnny tilted his head. "Well, as you can see, Jimmy was shot in the leg. Zee, help me with the bullet?" "Sure." He pulled out the aid kit. Helping me took the bullet out, then wrapping bandage around Jimmy's thigh. We weren't that expert in medical stuff.

The update was, Brian was shot in the left arm, Johnny had bloody nose and broke his right arm trying to dodge a metal pole when he was fighting, Matt had bruises on his knuckles and busted lips from fighting.

"Guess, Lynz and I are the ones who doesn't get serious injuries" Zacky sighed. "Well, that's good" Brian pulled Zacky close to him. "Sorry, Gnome. I tried my best to protect you" Matt shuffled Johnny's hair. "Dude, thank you for that. We were outnumbered and I wasn't thinking when I dodged that pole. Good thing we could run away" Johnny gave Matt a side hug.