Nadia's POV: once the announcement for the purge started I had this unsettling feeling. I only feel like that when something bad is going to happen. Plus my anxiety kind of started to act up so that wasn't a good sign. I tried to calm myself down and basically saying everything is going to be okay to myself. The girls looked at the tv then back at me. I sent a warm calming smile and told them everything is going to be okay...or I hope so.
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N: everything is going to be okay don't worry as long as we stick together we are safe. Atzi and Sandra smile and we all grouped hug. A: thank you Nadia. S: we all will survive this together... Sandra went quiet it looked like she was going to say something, but she couldn't. Me and Atzi looked at each other then at Sandra. Her eyes were watering...omg she crying. N:hey hey hey don't cry. I went in and hugged her. She hugged me instantly and started to cry more. A: Sandra it is going to be okay. We promise we are going to survive this together as a family. We aren't leaving each other behind. Now it was a group hug again and all of us were scared. We finally calmed down Sandra and started to eat. Right when we were about to grab our utensils we heard a truck outside of my apartment. It was very loud and it was kind of scary. We decided to look through the windows because there is a little crack between the wood. We looked outside and we saw a truck filled with people in army uniforms. The crazy thing is...it looked like they weren't in the army...it looked like they're part of the purge. They had big guns and there was so much of them. We got away from the windows and the girls started to panic. I tried to calm them down. It almost worked...until we heard banging down the first floor. I'm guessing they are trying to break down the door to get inside. The girls were panicking and I was a little, but not a lot. I was trying to think, but I couldn't because the girls kept panicking and kept telling me questions on what are we going to do. A:Nadia what are we going to do!!!!! S: I don't want to die!!!! A: think of something we can do Nadia!!!!! S: they are going to kill us!!!! A,S,: Nadia hurry up!!!!!! They both said the last part together at the same time. I couldn't take it anymore because I was getting anxiety. So I accidentally took my rage and anxiety out on them. N: god can you just give me a second to think?!?!!! I can't think of a plan because both of you keep on screaming at me!!!! After when I was done I calmed my self down. I think they tend to forget I get anxiety very easily. Also I have a low temper so it really doesn't mix well. Yes I do have anger issues, but I can't help it. I am taking classes for it, but I don't think it is working. I felt bad because I didn't mean to lash out on them like that. I looked at them and they looked at me shocked. N: I'm sorry I didn't mean to yell at you guys it's just...I...I'm trying to think of a plan on a way to get out of here. They nodded and they both gave me a hug to calm me down more. A: hey it's okay we didn't mean to pressure you. S: sorry Nadia I was just panicking. I mean I still am, but you need time to think. I smiled and nodded at them. I was thinking and I remembered that in my room there is a window and there is a staircase that leads outside from the apartment. It's basically a fire exit, but we can use it to get down and run to wherever it's safe. The banging kept on going and it sounded like they were almost done knocking down the door so I tried to hurry and explain to the girls what was going to happen. N: okay so there is this staircase that is in my room. It's basically a fire exit, but we can still use it to get down and get to where it is safe. The girls looked at me with fear in there eyes. They nodded there heads in agreement of my plan. As soon as they gave me there response the door from downstairs fell to the ground. I pushed the girls in my room and grabbed all the weapons I had. There was a lot so we literally had to take like two or three bags filled with weapons. We were hurrying up when all of a sudden we heard screaming...then a gun shot. My eyes went wide and we were at fast speed packing things we needed. We kept hearing screaming and gun shots going off. At this point the girls were practically screaming as well because they heard gun shots. I was calming them down and tried to keep them quiet so those guys don't find us. After a couple of minutes they finally calmed down. N: don't worry it's going to be okay. I promise. A: thank you Nadia. N: your welcome now we need to- I was cut off by my apartment door bursting down. We heard voices from the other side of the door and that's when I put my desk in front of it to keep the door blocked. I knocked some things over and that's when they tried to go through the door, but they couldn't. We all ran for the window and got out. N: come on guys we have to get out of here. S: we have to hurry because I don't think the desk is going to hold the door for long. We practically ran down the stairs trying not to fall. Suddenly Atzi stopped and was looking at something. She was in front of me so I accidentally bumped into her. I looked at her confused on what she was looking at. I turned to my right and I saw something that was very horrible. A family that was on the ground...dead. It was a wife, a father...and there son. Sandra was behind me, but she kept looking up and stopping to see if they are chasing us. Once she was at our level I quickly got her from the arm pulled her to me and made her head turn the other way. I didn't want her to see this and her start to panic again. I looked at Atzi and she was so sad and scared. I looked back at the family and grabbed Atzi and pushed her to keep going. I didn't want them to see it because I didn't want them to lose hope that we could survive. I dragged Sandra with me basically hugging her so she won't see what happened. Once we were almost that the bottom we kept on looking at the windows to see if there was still some survivors. Sadly...there were non...they killed them all at least that's what we thought. We were at the second floor almost at the last until I heard something. It sounded like a cry or a voice. I looked at the window to my right and there was a women that I knew from my apartment. She treated me like I was her daughter because she knew I didn't really have a family. So everyday once I see her she always gives me left overs from the dinner that she made for her family. She would always give me half of her food and bake for me. I was basically like her daughter. Her name is Mrs. rose. She let me call her mom because she loves me very much and I loved her because she was my family in a way. Once I saw her I knew I couldn't leave without her. N:mrs.rose? hold on I'm going to get you out of here!!!! I tried to open the window, but it was locked. I told her to try and open it from her side, but the lock didn't work so it was stuck. I told the girls to help me get her out of here. N: guys help me get her out of here. A: okay we'll help you. N:thank you. We tried to open the window, but it didn't. I tried to kick the lock open and that didn't work. I got out my knife and started to prey the window open. I was almost opening it until we heard banging on her door. I quickly preyed the window open as fast as I can. Atzi and Sandra had a worried look on there face. N:I'm almost there I just need this part and then I'm done and your free. I was working as fast as I can, but then...her front door broke down. I was already panicking and trying to hurry. S:come on Nadia you got this your almost there!!!! At this point I was already in tears because I didn't want to lose the only person that treated me like there family leave me. Finally I was done and all I needed to do was just lift it up. N: okay I'm done!!! Now help me lift it up. We all tried lifting it up, but it was to heavy. N: come on guys we have to save her!! I was crying and panicking. So was Sandra, Atzi and Mrs.rose I just couldn't lose her. We heard banging at her room door so we tried to lift it up faster. Now they were nocking down the door to try and open it. My anxiety was acting up and I was full on crying now. N: come on I can't loose you either!!!!! We finally got it open I reached my hand out to get her,but...they broke down the door and they were shooting up the place. We ducked down and Mrs. rose was covering me under her arms. Finally I felt something drip on my hands as I was picking up my head to face her...bleeding. I cried and I didn't want to leave her. She was still breathing and holding me in her arms. She was trying to speak and I was trying to listen. M.R: Nadia...you are a brave young lady...a...and I'm proud of what you have become...I love you so much honey...please take this. She gave me her necklace that was a locket that I got for her birthday. Inside was a picture of me and her. I started crying...I didn't want to say by so soon. M.R: keep it so...you won't ever forget me...I love you with...al...all my heart. They kept shooting everything in the room and finally they shot her many times. N: no... A: Nadia we have to go!! S: Nadia come on get up! N:no no no no no NO!!!!!! N: I can't leave her here!!! By this time I was hugging not letting her go. N: I'm not letting her go!!!! A: Nadia come on we have to go I'm sorry!! S: come on Nadia we have to go or they are going to kill us!!!! I wasn't letting Mrs.rose out of my grasp I was holding her more tightly in my arms not wanting to leave her. The girls picked me up and dragged me down the stairs. N: NO!! I'M NOT LEAVING HER!!! MOM!!!! MOM WAKE UP PLEASE!!!!! We finally got to the bottom and we ran to an alleyway and stopped. The girls were catching there breath as I was in shock. N:she...she's gone. It's all my fault!!! If I didn't prey the window faster she would have lived!!!! Now she's gone and it's all my fault!!!! If it weren't for me she would have been- I was cut off by Sandra hugging me and then Atzi. S: Nadia it isn't your fault. A: yeah the window was stuck and it couldn't open. S: she wouldn't want you to blame yourself for something that wasn't your fault. A: I never knew her, but I'm pretty sure she was a great person. S: besides she isn't gone. She is still in your head, heart and in your necklace. I looked down at the necklace and I smiled opening it up and seeing the picture of us. I hugged the girls and calmed my self down. A: okay now since you are calm we need to find somewhere safe. I nod and we started to wonder around the streets. We couldn't find anything. Until we saw something up a head.
