- What is happening? - I heard a voice calling me, I opened my eyes, but I only saw darkness.
- What is happening? - I listened again.
Look where I thought the voice came from, but nothing.
- What is the matter with you? - That voice.
I began to run in the direction of the voice, that familiar voice, I was running through pure darkness until at some point I ended up in a garden, my old garden, in front of me was her, my sister.
- What is the matter with you? - He asked again, but I could not answer. I wanted to say a thousand words, but nothing. - What afflicts you so much? - It was beginning to approach.
- You are not real. - Whisper, this cannot be happening. This is not real she is not real. She is not here. - This is a dream. You are a dream.
- No, I am not. I am real. I am here for you, brother, you called me. - She was in front of me. I could not believe it. She can't be here. - What's bothering you? Why are you so worried? - He asked again.
- It's not you. You are in a hospital, intubated, connected to a machine, sleeping, you've been like this since that day. - Then it passed, what I wanted to avoid so much but not forget, returned. I remembered that fateful day when Sara and I were left alone. When the hell began.
- Hey! Don't be sad, you'll see her again tomorrow at school. - You mentioned while putting one hand on my head and the other kept it on the steering wheel.
- I know, but for some reason, Sara isn't coming with me to school. - I lied to you. I knew that lying was wrong, but I didn't want you to know that I just started meeting Sara for a challenge. I remember when I got to preschool, I get carried away by what my friends told me about her, so when I get challenged I didn't want to do it, but when I started to meet her I realized that it is very nice. Unlike the other girls, she is direct, and she does not speak ill behind others, besides that she knows about many topics. I try to the others accept her but they did not, and even began to annoy her, so she began to go to the library.
- Maybe it's because she didn´t interact with your friends. - You told me in an attempt to cheer me up.
- You're right. - I smiled at you in the hope that you would no longer inquire more.
Once we got home we say hello to Mom, who sent me to bathe and then have dinner and go to bed, it was already dark and I still couldn't sleep, I was looking at the ceiling when I heard them open the door and ignite the lights at once, the next door opens, a symbol that Mom had come out, I started to hear a lot of stir so I decided to leave my room to peek down the stairs, although I regretted doing so.
Downstairs, exactly in the living room, was Dad, covered in blood coming out of what appeared to be the bite of some animal, perhaps a dog. That's what I thought at the time, how stupid I was. Mom was going crazy, walking in and out of the kitchen with wet claws and a first aid kit to start treating Dad, I wanted to run down and I was going to, but you took me by the shoulders, preventing me from doing it.
- Don't do it, Mom and Dad don't want us to see them like this, if you go there, you only will make it worse. - You had whispered in my ear for don´t make noise and not to realize our presence.
- But what's wrong with Dad? Why is it like this? - I asked you upset in the hope that you would answer me, how disbeliever I was.
You just smiled at me, crouched down at my height, hugged me, and whispered to me. - Everything will be fine don't worry, come on to sleep.
You held my hand and took me to your room, I wanted to let go and say it wasn't true, I wanted to go down and go with my partners, tell him I loved them, that no matter what, I would support them, something told me to do it, that if I didn't do it I would sorry for always, but as a human, I decided to ignore it and listen to you without squealing. If I just didn´t ignore it, if only I had, I would have managed to fire myself, see them for the last time and not have this remorse, but we can't change the things that have already happened
The next day it was you who took me to school, telling me that Mom and Dad had to go out, I knew you were lying, but I just nodded no more into the matter and put you in an awkward situation.
It was time for recess when the attack started. I remember very well because I was heading to the library to talk to Sara when the alarm went off, everyone started running in the direction of the halls, that alarm only meant one thing, they were attacking us, I worried about Sara, but as soon as I saw her run out of the library's hand I was relieved and I went with my group to a shelter. I was just listening to the sound of cannons. No one was doing anything, nobody said anything. It wasn't the first time that this was happening, and it wouldn´t be the last, we all thought the same way, even though we were too young to go through this nobody did anything, it wasn't that we weren't afraid, but when you grow up surrounded by war, you get used to it, you adapt and accept.
You get used to the sound of cannons and weapons. You adapt not to speak or make any sound. You accept the shadows that surround you during an attack.
We all thought about it, nobody said it, but we all did, or that's until they started knocking on the door. We all stopped being in our thoughts to observe it, anxious, yet we did nothing, when they broke it, two came in, one was someone tall and pale, had a cold look, that passed through each of us, until it landed on me. I will never forget that look, he stood, examining me when at one point he was right in front of me, I take by the neck, and I rise to his height. Then I lay on his shoulders like a sack of potato and indicated to the second that he had entered, which was clear that he was a beast, that he would kill them all.
I wanted to scream, warn them, but it was late, I was no longer there instead, I was in a room, full of blood, in the center were other students, some knew them, but others did not, the pale leave me with the others and went out.
- It is the end. They will eat us all. - That said someone who was on the side of me.
I wanted to ask him what he meant when the pale man returned, but not only, with him was a small group of pale, his eyes were injected with blood, from his mouth stood out fangs, stained red, his arms ended in beaks, they had no hands, only something stung like the legs of a spider.
- It's time for my babies to eat. - He has spoken before those abominations jumped upon us.
One by one they died, those creatures went through the body of those who tried to flee, I was stiff, in front of me a death scene was unfolding, but even that I couldn´t move. When one of those creatures was going to kill me, I just closed my eyes, but nothing, it was then that I opened them, in front of me there was nothing but the inert bodies of little, pools of blood and what appeared to be ashes, at that moment I entered a platoon of soldiers aiming with weapons, when they saw that only I found myself stopped aiming and entered what appeared to be the squadron chief, who approached me, the Lord was someone tall and strong, at first glance he was someone very intimidating, but what called my attention was the area where I had no hair only a horrible scar Claw.
- Hello little - I greet myself and try to put his hand on my head, but I set it aside and backed off. - All right, we're not going to do anything to you, don't worry, you're safe now. - "Safe," what are ironic words, right? But yet, as soon as he mentions something abandon me, my body relaxed, I wanted to cry, but nothing came out a single tear.
- Listen, we have managed to kill those creatures, but not the pale who controlled them. Do you know where he went? - I just nodded and reached out my hand pointing the direction in which he left before I closed my eyes. He just nodded and stop to start giving direction to the platoon.
- Well Marcus, Marco you come with me, the others clear this area and warn that here you will gather the survivors, Alexander you are in charge, take care of the child. Did you all hear? -They all only nodded to what the Lord said.
As soon as the Lord left along with the other two people, the men called Alexander began to give orders, and they all began to leave the place, but he did not when the last people left the place he came up to me and crouched at my height.
- All right, littler, you've come so far, now you're safe, you can rest now. - As if it were magic I closed my eyes and slept.
I woke up from a sudden movement, I realized that I was no longer in school but in a truck that didn't know where it was going, I was alarmed when I felt a hand perch on my shoulder.
- Don't worry, you're not there anymore, we're taking you to the reed point for your family to pick you up. Alexander said in an attempt to calm me down.
I was happy, at last, that hell was over, or so I thought, I was happy because I could finally go home, I could see you, Mom and Dad, everything would go back to normal, but how wrong I was. It was 30 minutes until we had finally reached the meeting point, I was happy, but I heard something I didn't like.
- Lord we arrived very late, only three of seven shelters ended wit out damaged. - I stopped to hear that, to keep listening without being spotted I hid behind one of the trucks, hoping I was wrong.
- Did you find survivors other than those in the shelters? - He asks who was been reported what happened at school
The soldier seemed to hesitate before speaking -- We brought three. Two children and a teenager. We had found two others, but they were hurt when we rescued them, they couldn´t arrive. - I don't listen to the rest since I immediately ran off in search of Sara. I hadn't started thinking about her, I thought that only my shelter has been penetrated, but no, only three were intact, I was hoping Sara would be in one of those three, that nothing would have happened to her and that when I found her she would say hello to me a "How good you are." What mistaken hopes.
I was running all over the place looking for Sara, but I couldn't find her, I was starting to get scared until I could spot a girl who was being loaded by a soldier, the girl had some very particular stockings that I would never confuse in life.
- Sara! - Scream before you start running in his direction, without realizing that you were there.
When I finally arrive at where Sara was, it was that I realized. Her clothes were a little broken and dirty, but what drew my attention most was her gaze, those deep eyes that they denoted nothing but suffering, her look was lost, when you saw her it was like a black hole, I wanted to take Sara's shoulder, but you arrived.
- I'm so sorry, she's my brother and she's his friend. - You apologized to the soldier.
After that they started talking, but I didn't pay attention, I focused on Sara, I wanted to know what was going on, but she wouldn't answer me, her body was present, but not her conscience.
- I am sorry but you cannot take the young lady, according to what she told us, she only has familiar layers of care for her, and given the protocol, she must stay in an orphanage in what she is contacted in. - And then I realized, Sara was the second child to survive.
You insisted, but you didn't achieve anything. You allowed me to stay with her until it was time for her to be taken away, we were the last ones when we had to leave. You were fastening my belt in the van when it happened. An explosion in the place, the van flipped over, so I was separated from you. From the embers, I managed to see the silhouette of a man, had something peculiar with which I will be able to recognize him, his hand, this one was all wrinkled, as his would have received a severe burn.
The soldiers began attacking, while others evacuated the wounded, a soldier pulled me out of the van and ran towards you, but during the explosion, you hurt your leg and couldn't run, at that moment the man in the hand started singing something I didn't understand.
- Damn it! - I scream the soldier, I didn't understand what was going on, but you did.
- Don't worry, I understand. - You told the soldier as you removed your hand from his shoulder that served as support. - Please save him. - You finished before you sat in front of me.
- Listen to me Mike, no matter what, be happy, live your life, enjoy, play, have fun, you will surely have many difficulties, but smile, no matter what you do, always smile, face those difficulties with a smile Okay? - I nodded to what you told me and you kissed my forehead and stroked my cheeks.
- I love you. - You hugged me and when you let me go I could see you crying and I didn't understand anything. - Goodbye.
When you finished saying that I understood, but it was too late, the soldier had already taken me and started running, I screamed and called you, but you didn't come, instead, you just smiled at me and closed your eyes, so as not to open them again.