Alarms. Blaster fire. Screams. Fear. Pain. Darkness.
My head was foggy. I looked around the room and saw the gruesome site of...
I awoke in a cold sweat. The same nightmare. The nightmare about that one fateful day, it seemed like years had passed since that day, in truth it had only been a few days.
A few days earlier...
I was awoken suddenly by a hand to my mouth. I struggled against my unknown assailant until I recognised him as my father. His face was hardened with terror. He whispered "The Black Sun have found us. I need you to keep quiet and hide until I tell you. Do not come out unless they find you." I was frozen with terror, my mind numbed by the possibility of death. I had heard stories of what the Black Sun do to people who undermine their authority.
Suddenly, the world exploded and my mind was sent spinning. All I could hear was a ringing in my ears, the sounds of blaster fire and the screams of the injured. I felt pain as something hit me my head, knocking me unconscious.
I woke up to find myself buried under the remains of my bed, unable to move. I looked around and saw a horrific scene. My families corpses hanging lifeless from the ruinous remains of the ceiling. My father was covered in blood and my mother's face missing a chunk. And finally, my baby brother hung in two pieces, blood still trickling to the ground. I threw up at the sight and lay there crying.
I heard a shout. Maybe it was another victim of the attack. With renewed strength, I pushed against the remains of the bed, straining with every push, beads of sweat running down my forehead. I, finally, after hours of being trapped, managed to wriggle out from under the bed. I got up, trying to ignore the corpses hanging only a few metres away. I was about to search for the source of the shout when I heard it again. It came from to my left. All of a sudden, there was a scream and the shot of a blaster and then silence. Then, I felt a hand cover my mouth from behind and a blaster put against my back.