(alyssum's pov)

we don't stop running a huge bomb shakes the ground and gun fires flying all around i shift my eyes to my mother and back i keep running then i hear a death defying scream yelp from my mothers mouth as she drops to the floor as a bullet shoots into the side of her neck and i run to her the blood gushing from the wound i put my sleeve over my hand and put it over her neck and she gently mouths the words to me

"smile and be merry alyssum you must run and flee from them go somewhere else be safe" she takes her last breath right in front of me i sit in front of my dying mother crying,tears dripping from my face to her cold dead skin of her once warm and alive face i close her eyes and then i hear someone coming i get up and kiss my dead mothers forehead and run as fast as i can i don't stop to turn around and see what they want i keep running until i meet the wall it is what keeps us in here they say it's dangerous out there but we don't know if they are telling the truth we don't know if they are telling the truth because no one has got over except one person named are old he climb two years ago and he never came back that cold be because it is great over there or because it is even worse over there and he is stuck i look the wall up and down a few times i pull my hand up onto a small rock and pieces of uneven brick i am about half way when my hand slips i yelp but i try to pull myself up i don't want to be like the others that tried and failed that fell to there death but refuse for that to happen i'm not like them i pull my self back up blood is now dripping from my fingers i keep climbing i can hear the sounds of the other side orders being called over a loud speaker it sounds the same as home i look back at what i'm leaving fire burning everywhere people screaming bullets flying through the air we didn't think this would happen this town was in order but the mayor went crazy blood thirsty he would slightly drop the rules someone would fall out and he would kill them right in front of us all we figured him out and stayed in line and he got bored and light the town on fire burnt us to the ground i'm at the top of the wall i can here the bustle of the city then someone calls

"hey,you hurry up you can't just sit there they'll figure you out they will see you on the other side"

"the other side?" i yell

"yes where your escaping from idiot just jump"

"what,no i didn't get all this way to die"

"you wont ill catch you"

i turn and see a soldier coming towards the wall so i leap and jump holding my hand over my mouth i fall and he actually caught me and didn't even flinch he puts me down in front of me

"how did you do that"

"don't worry, no one has ever made over here except you everyone else has been shot just as they get to the top they never actually jump"

"wh..wh..what about are old"

"who!?" he says are didn't make it i sigh loudly

"did did you know him"

"no but my whole town thought he made it over"

"well he didn't hurry up lets go get you registered"

i follow behind him looking at the town how similar it is to mine bet then i hear a soft clicking noise i flick my head back to find a small girl egniting fire from her fingers i jump and catch up to the boy i still don't know the name of

"so um what the fuck is up with that girl"

"well,everyone here is different but can we just keep walking"

"so...um what is your name exactly?"

"Alexander,whats yours aye"

"Alyssum, yer i know it's a weird name but my mum likes the flower so.."

"no it's nice i like it so how old are you by the way"

"15,you?"

"17 so um what was it like over there?" that question then turns into a huge conversation we have for hours un till we meet a huge building completely white except for four letters painted in gold C.O.D i ask alexander what it means but he says he isn't sure he grabs me by the wrist and pulls me up a huge flight of stairs and we press the bell and wait for an answer.