Apocalyptic Vision

Chapter 1

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*huff* *huff* *huff*

Are they still chasing after me?...

Shit!

I hold the bag of food tightly as I held my breath to hide from the thugs chasing after me.

I am in an alleyway right now with three exits.

*ting* *ting* *tinnnnnnnnnng*

!!!

A metal small tin rolled and bounced over the cracks in the floor to my side.
They are here!!

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"Tch. Where did that brat go? Dare spill this milo on me and run away!" Says the biggest thug at the front.

Bitch! You are the one who walked into me while I was drinking it!!

Tch! I need to get back home quickly so that we can celebrate the new year before 12 am-midnight comes...

I take the tin can and throw it in another direction.

!!

"Over there?!"

Once they are distracted, I immediately flee.

"Shit! He's over there!!"
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*huff* *huff*

I think I lost them.

I check my watch.

It's 11 pm?! I won't make it in time!!

I continue to run towards my house. It's dark and cold. The winter still hasn't calmed down yet and Christmas just passed.

I... Yeah... I can't make it...

I decided to rest on a bench as I'm already breathless and I don't want to collapse.

I'm the world's dumbest person ever... I forgot to bring out a pair of gloves with me because I thought that this errand will be quick, now my hand feels numb from the cold. Tch... I'm so unlucky to run into those thugs.

I check my watch, it's 1 minute away from midnight.

I sigh as I watch the second hand slowly tick its way to 12.

Once it reaches 12...

!!?

W-What was that? I felt something... Like an impact...

I check my watch again, it has stopped ticking.

I then check my phone, there is no signal anymore.

"What?" I mumble.

*AUUUGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

I hear a piercing shriek suddenly, it's near!?

What...is that? I have never heard that before...

And this street...

I look around.

There is no one around and it's very quiet but I have this incredibly bad feeling.

... I should hurry home... But...

That noise from just now...

I know curiosity killed the cat but that scream doesn't seem to belong to a human...

I follow the direction of the noise through the bush and climb over a fence.

Slowly, I can hear something...

Squishy sounds? No, eating sounds...

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