"hey, wake up."

a voice urged you awake in the distance. in a void of darkness, you desperately searched for an escape. you ran and ran until you fell, reaching a hand out to someone, anyone to save you. but instead of falling down, you were lifted up. you were pulled into a blinding light.

your eyes snapped open and you gasped for air. in a crazed state, you started to thrash around, resulting in 4 or 5 people trying to hold you down on the table.

"hey! hey! calm down! it's okay." you heard the voice soothe from above. you look up to see your savior. the one who led you out of the darkness. the sight of him instantly calmed you down. your mouth opened to speak, but no words came out, resulting in a chuckle from him.

"we got you, kid. you took quite the fall back there."

you looked down. your blue clothes were torn and ragged, covered in dirt and ash. before you could process anything else, your arms went around the necks of two people and you were hoisted up, making your head spin slightly.

"sorry kid, i know you just woke up. but we gotta go before they find us." he ripped off the blue hood you were wearing and threw it to the ground before you were guided out.

as you made it out the metal doors, you squinted as your eyes adjusted to the light. in the distance, the city was surrounded in a cloud of smoke and ash, fire bursting out of windows from time to time. you were lead through the lefts and rights of a ghost town, until you were taken into an abandoned school. everyone was shouting orders at each other, but you were still in a daze to hear everything at once. you were then laid out on a desk, where a man stood beside you with a first aid kit. on your other side was your savior.