The Purge: the Big Eye

Chapter 2

Washington, 7:00 pm...

"This is not a test. This is your Emergency Broadcast System announcing the commencement of the annual Purge, sanctioned by the U.S. Government."

«MOTHERFUCKERS!!! HOW COULD YOU???» Alex got up and rushed to the main entrance of the college, starting to beat on the cold steel of the security door...

"Weapons of class 4 and lower, have been authorized for use during the Purge. All other weapons are restricted."

Liam took a baseball bat from the weapons they had left him and began to give strong and heavy blows to the windows:«YOU BASTARDS!!! LET US IN!!!» he shouted.

"Government officials of ranking 10 have been granted immunity from the Purge, and shall not be harmed."

«GUYS STOP!!! YOU'RE NOT USING CONTINUE, WE'RE CLOSED OUT!!! » yelled Ron, hugging Ariel, who in the meantime had a panic attack ...

"Commencing at the siren, any and all crime,..."

«FUCK, IT DOESN'T WORK!!!» Liam screamed, starting desperately to kick and punch at the door, in vain ...

"... including murder..."

Ariel gasped in terror, with hands in her hair ...

"... will be legal for 12 continuous hours."

Alex took a running start, and with a shout she hit the armored door with the arm, without results...

"Police, fire, and emergency medical services will be unavailable until tomorrow morning at 7:00 am, when the Purge concludes."

Ron started shaking, while Ariel kept crying, hyperventilating ...

"Blessed be our new Founding Fathers, and America, a nation reborn."

«SHIT!!!» Liam threw even stronger fists at the door, his hands by then bleeding...

"May God be with you all."

The siren echoed once in all the streets of Washington.

Ariel let out a chilling scream, making Ron jump.
Alex sank to her knees «Oh no ...»

Siren.

Liam dropped the baseball bat, looking at Alex horrified.

Siren.

«We are forced to participate ...» Alex said in a choked voice, while tears watered her face.
«Alex ...»Liam whispered, holding out a hand to make her get up;

Siren.

The Purge was officially started.

Ron took a deep breath:«Take a weapon each ... we'll have to defend ourselves ...» he said, taking a dagger; Alex took Liam's hand, stood up and chose a long iron bar; Liam held the baseball bat, and Ariel, who had just recovered, took a gun.

Alex started looking around, and noticed something gleaming high up on the wall of a house in front of it:«What's that?» Said Alex, approaching the wall; Ariel adjusted her glasses and approached her too ...
«It's a camera...» replied the girl «All of Washington is covered with cameras connected to the White House, to check the progress of the Purge.»
«Indeed look ...»Ron said suddenly: a drone was flying over their heads, with that annoying buzz and that blue light that illuminated their traumatized faces.
«I ... I have a strange premonition ...»Alex said, looking at his weapon, heavy and rusty; Liam approached her and said «The important thing is that we all stay together anyway». Alex looked at him and gave him a melancholy smile.

«Oi, lovebirds, you do after your things 'cause if we don't move here they'll kill us!»Said Ron, turning his dagger in his hands; Liam glared at him as Alex started walking down the seemingly deserted street, with the other three beginning to follow her.

Ariel, while following her companions, still heard that buzz from before, so when she turned around, she saw again the drone suspended there in the air: she didn't pay much attention to it and went on, but the noise always remained the same ... When she turned around again walking on, the blood froze in her veins...

«G-Guys ... » she stammered; Alex and the others turned to her:«Hmm?»
«T-That drone is following us ...» she said, pointing with her trembling hand to the drone, which had actually followed them until that moment. Alex approached it, perplexed: «But what-»

Gunshot.

All four jumped.
«What the hell??» Said Liam;
Alex squeezed her iron bar in her hands, taking courage...

Someone shot in them direction. The bullet almost took Ron in the head.
Ariel started screaming, panicking again.

«RUUUN!!!» shouted Alex, and the four guys started running at breakneck speed, faster than they could...

The shots directed at them continued, and that road never ended.

«OVER HERE!!» Liam yelled, pointing to an alley on the right;
The guys ran into that alley, and the shots stopped...

«We... sowed them...» Alex said, breathing heavily;
«Yeah...» said Ron breathlessly, turning away-

when a punch arrived in his face...

To be continued...