The Purge Begins

The broadcast ended and the show came back on.

"What was that all about?" I shook my shoulders.

"A prank?" Dad asked.

We heard a siren blare from afar and after a while, there were different noises and sounds.

My dad went to the window and opened the curtain to see. People ran amok, destroying things and properties.

"What is wrong with everyone?" Gemma asked peeking.

"I don't know" dad shook his head.

There was banging on our door and we all stared at each other.

"What do we do?" I whispered and he shook his shoulders.

They banged on the door again. "Go upstairs" dad whispered, I was reluctant but he insisted.

I went upstairs with Gemma but was impatient and told her to stay there while I go back down.

I peeked from behind the wall as dad opened the door.

There was a girl about my sister's age standing behind it.

"Hey you, can I help you?"

"Are you Gemma's daddy?" she asked so innocently.

"Yes I am" he dropped down to her height "are you the friend she made today?"

"Mmhmm" she nodded.

"That's great, although I don't think now is the bes-" he's words were cut short when she jammed a knife into his head.

His body fell to the side lifeless.

"I did it daddy" she jumped and clapped as a man came up behind her. "Oh Gemma!"

I flinched and hurried up the stairs as quietly as I could. I got to my room and locked the door behind me.

"What's going on? Where's dad?" she asked.

"It's going to be alright" I grabbed my baseball bat from the corner.

"GEMMA!"

She whipped her head at the sound of her name.

"That sounds like Gwen" she moved to the door but I blocked her.

"Ignore her, hide under the bed" I ordered and even though she was confused, did what I said.

The handle of the door rattled.

"I think they're in here" her dad said.

"Bust it open" she piped and he started to ram the door.

I looked at Gemma with my finger to my lips and stayed close to the wall.

The door finally caved and he busted it open.

"Now where are they-" I smashed the end of my bat against his skull and he fell to the floor unconscious.

"Daddy!" the girl tried to attack me but I smacked her to the side.

"Gemma come on!"

She scrambled from under there but stopped when she came face to face with Gwen.

"What are you doing here?" she asked confused.

"Help me Gemma" she cried and reach out for her.

"Gemma!"

I yelled because as she reached for her hand, the little girl revealed a hidden knife and tried to stab her.

I barely pulled her out of it, leaving Gemma with a shallow knife wound.

"Come on" I pulled her to her feet and ran back downstairs. We made it to the front door where she saw our father's lifeless body.

"Shit" I cursed, I forgot his body was here.

I heard some footsteps and covered her mouth and pulled her away.

"Woo, looks like someone beat us here" three guys entered the house.

"Daddy wake up" Gwen's voice could be heard from down here.

"Let's go see what the commotion is" they went upstairs and I pulled Gemma out of the house. She couldn't stop staring at our dad.

We got into the car and I started it.

"What about dad?" she finally spoke.

"He's gone, there's nothing we can do right now" I drove away while we heard gunshots from our house.