Thread: The New Reality (Kiari03 & PatricioINTP)

Roslyn clenched his hand tightly as she looked out of the window, examining the damage caused by the apparent attack. All of the buildings were scorched on the same side, plant life was burning and turning into ash, and smoke rising from the burnt ground was suffocating and made her eyes water as she retreated from the window with her hand over her mouth. It was horrible and the sight of it made her mind freeze in place as she took in the scenery. Shaken, Roslyn jumped when he pulled on her hand and began to lead her down the stairwell, explaining his plan to her, Yeah, thirty minutes from here, but I don't know if I can- She cut herself off as they exited the building and finished listening to his plan, North, this direction. Follow the street to the interstate. Exit 69. Hotel. She repeated these over in her mind again and again before answering him with an unsure, Ok. She was clinging to him now as she watched several looters stealing plasma screens and other unimportant electronics, but what scared her more was that she saw the guns they were carrying and was happy to be lead away from their direction and to the cop car. As he rummaged around the car for what Roslyn already knew would be a gun, she wondered where the police officer was and if he had died in the blast. The thought saddened her for a moment before the reality of the situation really sunk in and she switched into survival mode. Walking quickly down the street and being lead by his gentle, yet firm, hand on her shoulder, Get to the street, interstate, exit 69, then hotel. She repeated again in a whisper, when suddenly she heard a male voice ring out, Hey! Wat'ya got? before she was hurriedly pushed in a corner behind Patrick. She couldn't see the face of the three men, but she could hear them and their presence made her incredibly anxious. Then, what she had been fearing after having seen those looters, gun shots. When Patrick fell it took every ounce of her being not to scream bloody murder as she caught him by the shoulders and crouched behind him. Patrick, are you ok?! She asked, tears streaming down her face as she looked at his body for any bullet wounds. Roslyn was relieved to hear that it was just his ankle, but was terrified to leave him alone with these three men. Still, she knew at this point she would only be a burden for him to worry about while trying to stay alive, so instead of wasting what little time they had as the men drew closer, Ok, I'll wait for you there! So..So you better show up!!! She called as she ran away, tears of shame, frustration, and overwhelming sadness pouring down her face. Roslyn ran until she was almost half way to the interstate before stopping to catch her breath. Her throat was raw from all of the smoke filled air she was gasping in, but she didn't care. Turning around, she wanted to go back to find Patrick, But what if he took a different route? No...it's better that I keep going now... She murmured in reassurance to herself as she continued north, coming to the interstate almost three minutes later. The road was in the shadow of the city and empty going north where there would be little civilization. He was right... She murmured as she walked down the middle of the highway, taking in the ear piercing silence. Picking up her pace, she anxiously began to jog down the highway for another three miles before coming to exit 69. Just off to the right there was the traveler's stop he had told her about, I made it. She thought with a sigh of relief as she walked into the parking lot of the deserted place. Roslyn imagined that it would have looked much the same without this catastrophe and while there probably wasn't any danger, she really didn't want anyone to see her until Patrick came. The two buildings were side by side, with the fast food joint to the left and the hotel to the right. Crossing over the decorative shrubbery that always seemed to grow in these places, she leaned herself against the corner of the hotel building so that she could look out over the interstate while she waited, Come on Patrick...please don't leave me here alone... She whispered as more quiet tears began to fall.