Delusional by Michael Evans

Author:Michael Evans [Evans, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Dystopian, Sci-fi
Publisher: Boundless Press
Published: 2018-08-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

When President Ash pulled out a shiny, black machine gun from his side I knew my life had taken a turn for the worst. I grabbed onto Antonio, who heaved me up off the ground, and before I knew it we were sprinting along the skinny bluff that jutted out of the Earth, almost unnaturally. I looked forward and began to will my legs to kick into the next gear. They were catching up to us, and if we didn’t make something happen quick then I would officially conjoin with the blackness around me.

In a quick succession of deafening bangs, President Ash fired his machine gun in our direction kicking up bits of dirt and grass in all directions.

“Ah!” I screeched at an ear-splitting tone. Pure fear coursed through my veins, tears poured wildly down my face, and my legs continued to run for my life to no avail.

“C’mon.” I gritted my teeth as the pain building up in my lungs threatened to explode. I trailed just behind Antonio, and the rest of the group ran just a few yards ahead of us. The military helicopter had caught up to us, and I was just waiting for one of the bullets to penetrate my skull.

“Dead end!” Ethan screamed in a panic, his wide eyes were petrified in terror. The sun’s golden rays reflected off the edge of the other cliff that towered above the rapids of the lake emptying out into the ocean.

We were surrounded by water and perilously steep cliffs on three sides. There was nowhere to go. There was nowhere to hide. We were trapped.

We all looked at each other with expressions of shock, sadness, and horror strewn across our faces. The gunfire suddenly ceased, as the helicopter stopped just overhead of us. Within seconds, a countless number of troops, dressed in all black uniforms, swarmed us in a moment of chaos.

Suddenly, I lost all control. My brain felt numb, and my body desensitized to the mindless screams, and the mayhem.

A large, cold hand clamped over my mouth, and my heart stopped as my body froze with terror. The other arm of the man firmly bundled around my body, and both our bodies were lifted off the ground and into the helicopter.

The darkness and light clashed in the sky in splashes of red and orange and that was the last I saw of the sun, before the door of the helicopter slammed shut in an echo behind us, and for a moment no sounds could be heard, but the murmured tears and heavy breaths. All around a sinister blackness enveloped the air, blinding my hopes, and suffocating the life out of me.

“We have them now,” I heard the low, but somehow cheery voice of President Ash. His evil smile emanated through the darkness. “They are in for a wild ride.”

I felt a hand move up my arm to my shoulder, and it eventually landed softly on my neck. Every muscle in my body froze, as I stood petrified with fear.

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