Unwanted Guests

I peaked to the side to see a box lid slightly move. I picked a nearby scissor and approached it carefully. I unlocked and flipped the lid to see her sitting inside.

I breathed a sigh of relief and tossed the scissors aside.

"What are you doing?"

"You're back!" I helped her out "behind the counter felt too exposed so I thought I could hide in here but then the lid got stuck"

I shook my head and passed her the basket.

"Yay food!" she eagerly took the basket and took her place back behind the counter. "So how come you were gone for a long time?" she said with her mouth stuffed.

"I met some weird guys, they wanted me to join them"

"They let you go like that? Didn't try to kill you?"

"They almost did, but I was able to talk my way out of it"

"Thank God" she offered me some of the food and I ate it while we waited for another set of long excruciating hours.

The waiting game was long but worth it. We only had an half- hour left. I peeked at my phone and a small smile came across my face at the realization.

"We just might survive this" I said to my sister and gave me a toothy grin. A loud sound was heard from somewhere outside. I took the scissors and approached the broken glass on the door and looked through it.

There were guys going through the untouched stores with a crowbar in hand.

"Gemma, this is bad" I waved her over, "we need to leave this place or else we'll get caught" I whispered and she nodded in agreement.

We waited for the group to enter a store before we dashed out. In a crouched position we hurried along the street. They weren't the only ones on the street.

We tried to keep out of sight. There was a corner in front of us which we took but we stopped in our tracks when we saw some peoples cheering in front of a burning building.

I stared in horror… there were living people in it.

"Come on" Gemma pulled me into a building as a man passed.

We hid until we could no longer hear his footsteps.

"This place is dangerous, we need to get far away from those people.

We ventured further into the building which was already ramsacked. I took Gemma to higher ground where we were able to hide in a room. It was safe until we heard strange sounds downstairs.

"I'll check it out" I told her but she held my hand afraid to be here alone. I assured her and made my way downstairs, weapon in hand.

Crouching behind the railing, I looked over to see who was there. There were a couple of guys down there. I could probably lead them away if I tried.

I checked my phone and there was 20 minutes remaining.

They were laughing and talking about something.

"Hey is Zack taking a dump up there or what?"

"I dunno" the second man taking a sip said.

I turned my head when I realized what that meant. Someone was up here with us. I ran back to the room, the first thing that caught my eye was the stain of blood on the ground.

"Gemma?" I said and looked up to see my unconscious sister bleeding from the side of her head and some asshole unbuckling his pants.

Immediately I pounced on him and jammed my scissors into his shoulder.

He grunted in pain and threw me off his shoulder.

"Big mistake kid" he took out a knife and took a swing at me. I backed up to the wall and ducked when the knife came at me. He grabbed my shirt and while trying to get away I tripped on Gemma and fell pulling him down too.

I got up and saw that the man was bleeding from the side of his head. He must have collided with something strong while he fell.

I picked up the knife and kicked him where it hurt. He rolled to his back and I sat on him and started throwing punch after punch until my knuckles were bloodied.

When I was satisfied I picked up the knife and held it over my head.

"Please… please spare me" he begged "I don't want to die" tears filled his eyes.

I looked back at my sister's limp form "You should have thought of that before. This is your fault" I drove the knife down, multiple times.

Tears streamed down my cheeks and I couldn't stop the tears from falling.

I heard light grunting and saw Gemma trying to get up.

"Gemma!" I quickly ran and hugged her crying even more. "You're okay!" I squeezed her.

"What happened?" she looked at the dead body and it seemed like she understood perfectly.

The door to the room creaked open and another man walked in. I grabbed the knife and stood in front of Gemma.

He pulled out his gun and before he could try anything a siren blared from far away.

He was shocked and then cursed. While putting his gun away, he walked out of the room.

"Is it over?" Gemma asked.

I pulled out my phone and saw the time was seven on the dot.

"We made it Gemma!" I helped her up and carried her on my back. We walked out the building and there were ambulances and fire trucks turning up.

"We survied" She sighed into me and relief washed over me that we were able to survive this.