easy task, it was actually harder than I thought. I’ve been walking for about an hour now,

l the

rd someone speak. I peeped to see a group of men, they’re soldiers

ard for me to decide what my next move will be. Luckily, there’s no one near me, because the crates I am hid

especially because they’re not ordinary men, but soldiers. Ma

k to my old position, hiding and peeped through the little space between the two crates in front of me. Why didn’t I notice that? In th

ink about how I can keep myself safe now that I know there are soldiers in this pla

on behind the crates. I hurriedly ran over to the large tree and h

AAAH

scream. I quickly looked down to s

oid myself from making any noise. I even tried

his throat mercilessly, despite the guy begging for his life! I watched

leave th

t to end up like him,” he pointed at the guy he just killed. “Answer my questions, NOW!” He

use of this, the leader picked up a wooden plank and he spanked the first guy in the line har

kill myself this morning, so even if they catch me and kill me, it’s fine. And if I do successful

d my breath and steadied my position. I pointed the arrow at one guy who

head, I was able to breathe fine again. Ever

I moved back to the crates

so there are six left. The only way I will be

captives, one of them being the leader, and three more guys are surrounding them, standing very closel

den, someone grabbed me by my shirt from the back. I was startled, but I tried t

who seemed to be in his 40s asked. He turned

out of fear, afraid that my end would come sooner, but still, I tried to gat

nd again so he could force me to walk forward. He’s bringing me to their leader. I can’t be caught by him, he’

ce I successfully gripped the dagger I had hidden on my belt, I wasted no t

oking at me as if I betrayed him, when we w

do

ht I had escaped, another soldier appeared

of his scream, but I had pulled my gun before them, shooting the g

on top and far away from them, so none of their bullets hit me. I took cover be

s barrels on my left side, still crouch

f the guys' heads, then, I let go of the arrow and watched it successfully hit him. I moved quickly and aimed

w when a guy jumped at me from my bac

. Just when I thought I could finally run, another guy appeared and hit me in the face with

t on his face with full force, making him touch his nose because of the pain, so I took advantage of that and k

didn’t answer, I just smirked at

r’s head, and this made him hesitate whether he should shoot me o

him, and luckily, it hit him in his hear

ere the leader was, but

m. At least this rescue is going better than I imagined. I ran down the hill an

eir leader talking to someone on his radio. He left so he can sen

I’ll take care of your wounds.” I said and loo

show you the way to our house. They blindfolded

I’ll bring y

away as fast as we could, as if

’ve been running, we heard gunshots aiming at us. We ran hard

down. When I tried to look in front of me again to run fast, one of them sudd

dy was in pain, I had no choice but to let out

of the guys I saved carried me bridal style

houlder, now feeli

d so I can still point the direction of my

e to my wound. “Hey, stay with us, okay. Please don’t close your eyes, we n

aring those words made me smile. They’l

y room to him so he could place m

d to stop the bleeding. Ryle, get a dressing or

p him. “W-Wait. Please stay. I… I’m so scared.” For unknown reasons, I feel comfortable around him. Mayb

at his touch at first, but I quickly calmed myself. “Damien will stay here to keep you company. He’ll take care of you whi

Damien when he spoke. “Stupid question. You’re clearly

asking but I couldn’t, the pain is too much. I g

Actually I’m not sure if I’m actually Damien. We all just made our names up.” He la

think I’m int

try to stop the bleeding, while the others try to learn how to handle bullet wou

can help me there? Are we not alone anymore? “There are lots of supplies, medicines, and other resources there that can he

wound but what choice do I have? I need to do something, otherwise it could get worse and I m

d, I looked around. The hospital’s even scarier when there’s no other pe

onna do to me?”

the bullet.” A girl whose

plied. My eyes got watery again thinking a

e bullet in there may interfere with important processes and keep you from healing.”

his because removing the bullet may just make the situation worse and cause further damage, but if it’s left in there, it puts you at great

onds, and they all just stood th

s do

ake now.” I woke up to Damien sitt

to see I’m awake and feeling good. “I feel better.” I looked aroun

n, Axel, and Josette are practicing and learning to fight so we can defend ourselves against the… uhm, I don’t know, are they soldier

s extracted.” He added. I’m not really surprised that a couple of days have pass

p and move it. “I feel a lot better. It still hurts a little, but I guess that’s normal, right? At

them. They could’ve left me and saved the

allowing me to move a lot. They said I need to take a rest first, and only

g a book. After a while, dinner was served. We chatted while e

in this world is hard, it still is, but at least I am not completely alone now