Chapter 2

With a shove, the school doors parted in front of Darius. He had dodged the staircase by about 4 millimetres and was still a bit shaken up. His hands were shaking from the shock of nearly being crushed by the staircase.

"Maybe we should check out the town centre. There must be adults there." Anna said.

"Yeah" Darius agreed. He wouldn't have disagreed even if he hadn't liked the idea.

Upon reaching they smelt a burning smell.

"Does anybody smell that? Thomas said. He sniffed.

"Yeah" Darius said."I think it's coming from... the shopping centre." They ran over. The baker's shop was burning.

But before they could do anything, a huge explosion rocked the ground. Debris was thrown everywhere and Darius was thrown back through the glass window of a shoe shop behind. The last he saw was fire rolling above him in a huge ball of exploding gas before he blacked out.

Darius came to with a moan. His head hurt, his leg was in an awkward position and he had a deep gash down his leg. He had a rush of memories, and jumped up.

"Anna! Thomas! Where are you?" He ran round, looking through the ruins for his companions. He ran right around the corner and straight into Thomas.

"Dude! Have you seen Anna?"

"No" Thomas replied sadly. "I didn't see her and thought she ran off. I was looking for you and her."

Darius set off at a pace with Thomas close behind. Most of the roof was gone, and the shopping centre was exposed. He squinted, and could just make out a body lying under some rubble in a pool of blood.

"Anna" Darius yelled. She stirred but didn't move. Then Darius saw it. A huge gash, right down her side.

"ANNA!"