Apocalypse Life/Issue 14

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Issue 14 - Endure
Everything around him slowed down. For the longest time, Alice stood there, her stomach profusely bleeding. He looked at the life escaping from her eyes. Her two different irises never looked so beautiful, and at the same time, so terrifying.

Julius was getting ready to catch her, when he was forced by the crowd before him to go back. She fell on her knees, revealing her perpetrators behind her; silhouettes of soldiers, their intentions to shoot anything that's not them. He could die there right now, right next to the love of his life.

He moved, forcing himself toward Alice, but was met with resistance; the thinning crowd of people constantly pushed him back, as if their sole intention was to stop him. A few have even grabbed his arms, but had to let go quickly.

He just can't leave her like this. She has to get buried. His reaction to Alice's lifeless corpse made him pause, now being pushed even further back by the running crowd.

He awoke from his shock when he saw people near him, falling on their fronts, their backs pierced with bullets. He started to run the opposite direction, turning back for one last glance. He saw the soldiers, examining the corpses. A few of them looked to their direction, but has stopped giving chase.

He followed the crowd of people, as they ran toward the inside of the medical ward's tent. There, the medical beds and other equipment were messily placed aside, paving a clear way for them. It led to another opening toward a huge alley way, where a single truck was parked. An opening, leading to a street, was on the other side.

Before he knew it, Julius, and the rest of the fleeing people, were back out in the streets. He stopped for a moment, standing in the middle of an empty street, people running in different directions around him.

He stood there, in bitter remorse, still trying to realize that Alice is no longer with him. - To be written.