I DON'T OWN THE HANDMAID'S TALE OR THE DIALOGUE

Province of Vermont, Republic of Gilead. 3 years before the fall.

(No POV)

Hannah Bancroft didn't remember much about the day she lost her parents to Gilead. They had done something to keep her compliant as they crossed the border, she assumed they probably gave her sleeping pills or something. She was badly conscious when their car crashed. Her mom had pulled her out of the crashed car.

"Are you okay?" She asked. "Come on, come on, baby. Come here, honey, come here. Let Mommy check you. Come here, come over here. Is it your head?Did the car go bump? It's okay."

"All right. You've gotta take her Okay?" Her father told her mother. "So It's about two miles north.

"No, no, no."

"He said someone's gonna meet us." He said as he turned to Hannah. "All right, go with Mommy.

"What about you? What about you?

"No. No, it's all right." He said as soldiers came on top of them. "You go. Go! - Run, run, run! Run, run! I'll be right behind you."

"Come on." Hannah's mother said as they ran. "Here we go. Faster. Watch your step. Careful. Watch the road. Go to the left, honey. Come on. Go quickly. Go left. Here you go." As they ran, they heard gunfire.

"Do you see her?" One soldier asked. "Do you see her?"

"She went that way." Another replied.

"Stay here, hon. Stay there." Hannah's mother told her. "Come here, honey. Good girl. We're gonna hide right here. Quick, quick, quick. Put your head down. Good girl. Now be very quiet, okay? Be quiet." Hannah reached out and touched her mother's cheek. She loved it when she felt her mother's skin. She felt like hot cookies fresh out of the oven.

"Check behind that tree." A soldier shouted.

"Mommy?" Hannah asked groggily.

"Shh, shh." Mother said. "Quiet, baby girl. Quiet."

"I don't see her."

"Pull up around there! Here we go."

"Good girl." Hannah's mother whispered. "Good girl." Suddenly, Hannah saw dark shapes doing towards them.

"Mommy!" Hannah screamed. "Mommy, they're coming!" Hannah's mother turned to see the soldiers on them.

"Move!"

"Stop her!" The women ran, but they were overtaken.

"We got her! " a soldier said as they tore Hannah away from her mother.

"No!" Her mother shouted.

"Mommy!" Hannah screamed. Everything else was a blur of screaming and handling.

"No! No! No!"

"Take her!"

"No! Hannah! No! Please! Please don't take her! Please don't take her! No! -

"Mommy!"

"No! Stop it! No! Please! No! No! No! No! No! No! Please!"

"Mommy!" Hannah cried out as she was taken to a black truck.

"Please don't!" The mother cried as she was put in a different truck.

"No!" Hannah yelled as the doors were closed and for the first time in her life, she was alone.

WHAT MISFORTUNE AWAITS HANNAH IN GILEAD? REVIEWS NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.