I searched at least five building, the gunshots and explosions warning me of possible death. Unfortunately, I did not find ammo for the pistol but I did find water purification tablets. Now, at least I won’t die of dehydration.
As I was searching one of the empty houses, I could have sworn I saw someone. Someone creeping around the corner that led to the hallway. I ran to the hall, nothing. There was nothing. But I saw it, didn’t I? it was a girl and for a moment I thought she looked like Kai. It couldn’t have been her but part of me wanted it to be. I frantically started throwing all the doors open in the hallway and searching each room, without caution. I couldn’t help it. I mean it was Kai. I know it was. But she wasn’t there. Somehow, she wasn’t there. So I began checking the rest of the house. I found nothing but false hope and a weird feeling that seemed to follow me around, so, I moved on. I headed back to the woods to attempt to get as far away from this place as I could. The heat was building and was probably the reason I thought I saw Kai. As soon as I hit the shade from the trees, I began to move quicker, placing each step with precision and determination for one goal, to get as far away as possible. I could hear the screams and shouts from the crazed people behind me. Guns shattered the, normally serene, silence of the woods. I had made it out of the town safely but I had to keep moving.
My pace slowed to a walk after I had made some distance from the town, the shouts and screams, now muffled by the rattling leaves. I walked for a while before seeing anything other than the wonderful green blanket of nature around me. It’s strange how a world so broken and unforgiving can still be so personal and inviting.
Then I saw him, in the tree. The man appeared to be sleeping and didn’t look harmful. I decided that even though he may be harmless I can’t take the chance of it being some sort of trap. Besides, nobody came a long and helped me when I was sleeping in a tree. If it wasn’t a trap, and he was just some scared survivor, trying to reach the one he loves, then I am sorry. And good luck. I snuck past him and moved on.
Good to see a fellow fiction writer! Your style has a good flow to it. When I'm perusing other writer's works, I find that I have to re-read a lot of it just to make sense of it. Your writing is smooth and easy to digest. You might think about breaking it up into a few more paragraphs to make it even more fluid. Thanks for the post, Cheers!
Oh, and if you are interested, I find a good amount of help from fellow writers over in the Fiction Workshop on Discord. I can send you an invitation link if you want. We share ideas, post contests, peer edit, and are working on our own curation trail. Thanks!
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it and its nice to hear it from a fellow fiction writer. It means a lot. I will definitely think about breaking it up a little more on the next one. Thanks for the advice.
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