The Run-aWays (I)

~Chapter TEn~

The world stood still; the city in silence.
No-one spoke, No one moved. Just watched, as if the whole city was frozen in shock.
Everyone loomed at the dark message that spun on the Government building.
"Dr keele- Confirmed dead."
There was a sense of silent rejoice in the people, a lightness within their heart. Until the message changed.
"New leader- Dr Kille, son." His face spinning on the glass wall. People's face dropped, a spark of fear at the bottom of each persons spin.

"CLEAR OUT!"
People suited in black head to toe -88's- stormed out,Armed. Their bullet proof trench coats and heavy boots hammered against the floor. Panic struck, as one throws a grenade, it whistles in the air before landing right in a middle of a large crowd.  Its ticking noise loud and clear, people ran to clear from it.
A child trips over, crying. Her mother, who was holding another child slightly in-front. Desperately Screams  as she tries to reach her daughter. "My baby!"  She passes her 2nd child to a stranger. Who ran off, and sprints to her daughter. The world seemed to be in slow motion, Watching the tears stream down her baby girls face, along with her burning down hers.   Her heart aches in panic . The screams making her throat burn in pain, she grabbed her daughters wrist, ready to pull her up.
"I've got you baby" she whispered scoping her daughter up, Feeling the soft brown hair, and her daughters beating heart against hers calmed her, she gets ready to run.
It explodes.
Both mother and daughter flung into the air like rag dolls, giving their last desperate cries. Their insides and their life fluid splatting whoever was around them, Staining them in garnish red.They hit the ground in a thud, still, eyes open.
The 2nd child watches
The child lip quivered, pushing himself off the stranger grasp. Waddling up to his mum and older sister.
"Mummy?" Stroking his mums bloody face.
"Sissy?" Slightly pulling his sisters hair slightly.
He saw the gashing blood pour of their open wounds , Scarlet red.
He fell on his bum, this scene being too much for his young mind to process.
He cried.
The warm blood flowing like a lazy river. He saw the damaged, and let out almost a scream in pain.
More people dropped to the floor, more screams surrounded him.
The gunshots cracked into the air as loud as thunder. Another cold-blooded murder one after another.....Another mother's child buried when the sun comes up the next morning.
He covered his ears, closing his eyes. While resting his head within his mums bloody palm.
——
Bang
The three friends stood staring at the floating message on their phones. "Dr keele dead, replaced by son. Dr Kille.
Bang
"Whats going on-"
April was cut off by the door opening suddenly to expose her mum out of breath. She looked at the three of them, who was eating.

Athena gulped, she knew something is wrong.
"Hell is outside. Dont, i repeat. DO NOT, go outside. Athena, Elijah. Stay here." Her face pale.
They'll nodded. "Athena, ill go stay with your mum" April's mum,Mary, said before leaving.

They looked at each-other , a noise that caused death and destruction. The bullets breaking the air, and shattering through lives of many.
April flinched at every sound, inching towards Athena and Elijah. Playing with her hands in fear. Elijah saw her fear, "everything is going to be okay." He said calmly. April turned and sat on her bed stiffly. Athena sat there cold.
A blood curling scream tore through the petite calmness.
A teenage boy, being dragged out by 88's along with 2 older men.
Their family members all being restrained by more 88's, screaming desperately for their family. They kneeled the 4 down in a line. The 88's slowly walking up to the older man and cocked their gun. "Last words?"
He looked at his 2 older kids, "i love you so so mu-"
"Bang"
Thud, limp the body hit the floor.
A screams erupted along with cries
"You monsters!" Screamed the teenage boy, in result achieving a blow to the head.
They moved to the next.
"Last words?"
The elder men broke down, staring at his wife. He looked at the 88.
"Your going to hell for-"
"Bang"
Thud. His body flopped to the floor.
The wife stood and cried, grabbing the 88's gun.....and
"Bang"
Right in the head. 88's pushed her body off them. And in disgust wiped the brains off their scarfed face.
By now, the crowd had grew, Athena, Elijah, and April all crowded at the window.
Elijah squeezed his fist, and started heading for the door.
Athena grabbed his arm, "dont," she mumbled, "you'll get yourself killed."
"She's right, Elijah."
Elijah grumbled and stood tense next to Athena, and they watched.

A father shouted desperately, pushing the 88's away, who was blocking him, trying to reach his son. The son held a face of stern. He knew what was coming. The crowd surrounded the soon to be murder scene.
The 88's slowly approached him, almost like behind that scarfed face is a sinister smirk.
He swung is gun around, making the boy watch the weapon that is about to take his life. Visibly shaking, the boy looked down. Trying to hide his fear.
"Last words?" The 88 snapped, pressing cold barrel gun against head.
The boy looked at the limp bodies beside him and gulped, before shakily looking at his dad.
Athena held her breath.
"Dad, i'm sorry....for being a failure...of a son." He swallowed his tears.
His dad shook his head rapidly, "no, no,no. My boy you'd never-"
"I'm sorry i was never able to make you proud...." he looked at his dad straight in the eye. "I'm sorry...i love-"
Bang

He was dead before the gunshot reached everyones ears. His body violently flipping back as the bullet ripped through his brains. The explosion of blood and brains flew out the back of the head, along with the bullet as he fell to the floor. Limp.
Athena flinched, as April hid her face into Elijah.
The gore of red, blood, Draining out his skull. His eyes rolled back in a gruesome manor, as all sign of movement or life faded as his heart finished with its final beats.
It was silent. The father realising his son is gone, he stood in shock.
"My.....boy."
He pushed passed the 88 and ran to his sons body. Falling to his knees in-front of him, he caressed his sons face...it was warm.
He scooped him up in his lap, his heart breaking as he broke down. Staring at his once upon a time a little boy; and the only memory of his wife he has left,dead on his lap. He squeezed his son, longing for any sign of life to spring up, for him to wake up and call his name one more time.

But he was gone.

The 88's walked away. Heading back to base. Leaving everyone to tidy up the broken pieces. The crowd distributed , leaving the man still crying in the middle of the street, with his son.
Elijah went down to help him, but it was no use. So he sat beside him, while he cried and ranted, till he agreed to bury him together.
April sat pale on the bed, staring at a wall. Traumatised.
Athena sat beside April,consoling her.

They were glad to be alive.