BOOM!A shot went off in the distance and I heard a cracking noise and a desperate scream.I couldn't stop running. Away from the pain, away from the hurt and the loss of my friends. Sophie,Ellen, Josh... no I shouldn't think about them YOU need to be safe! I panicked and my throat was ragged and bleeding. I felt a sudden pain in my arm as another shot went off. I couldn't hear it. I couldn't see 5 feet in front of me and my emotions went blurry. No, no, I can't die like this-" I CAN'T!!!!!"I screamed.My muscles ached and everything was sore. "I'm sorry- I love you!" I croaked out. Suddenly, everything went black.
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I woke up sprawled on a bed. I blinked and looked around to see a plain room. Whitewashed walls, concrete floors, and white bedding, it was the typical Healing center.My arm was burning up and I turned my head to look at it.
My breath caught in my throat as I surveyed the damage. My arm was at an unnatural angle and pain flared up from it. I screamed in horror."AUGH" the sound filled my ears, the sound of my own primitive suffering.My eyes watered and I tried not to give way to the tears. A Healer entered my room, her badge flashing her name-Dr. Ellen Woods. I shivered, watching her cold blue eyes staring at me. I didn't trust her one bit.
Coolly, she spoke. "Is your name Cara Estrella Vasquez?" She asks me. I slowly nod my head, reluctant to speak to this icy figure. She glares at me, sensing I don't trust her like all Healers that sense emotions. Lightning prickles on my fingertips as I think of the prospect of zapping her but I decide against it. She does want to heal me, after all. But I can't help distrusting her. After the war there's no one you can trust any more. Everyone I loved and trusted is gone, but for a moment I thought- no, I'm the only one. My mission is to join the Rebellion.
As I'm thinking this over, Dr. Woods leaves after telling me my arm will be put in a cast in a week and will heal over the expanse of 5 days. That's too much time to be stuck in a Healing center. You would think that after all of these years since the Great War of 2040 we would be more advanced in medicine, but unfortunately we aren't overly. Most of the two sides- Southern Estronia and the Society have become the most advanced in weaponry and technology and not so much medicine but they're working on it so not as many die.
My heart aches. I miss everyone so much- Kata,Luke, Sophie, Ellen, and Josh were all my family when none of us had blood relatives and I miss them.
Dr. Woods comes back with- I gasp in horror, astonishment, and sadness.
It's Josh. In a white lab coat and society badge. I can feel the tears dripping slowly down my face.
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Before I Die
ActionWar is breaking out among civilians and everyone is getting killed. Cara is in the midst of the war and she's the only one she knows she can trust. Her plans to join one of the five known groups of the Rebellion are thwarted when she is unexpectedly...
