Angel POV.
I went to sleep later that night, I was exhausted, I know my job seems to be stupid and easy, but it's so hard, and it's time-consuming, I spend my whole day paying attention to what's said, and obeying rules, I love structures but deep inside I'm a brat, and I hate obeying rules, I hate the fact that I have to do as I'm told the whole time, I hate paying attention the whole time, sometimes all I want to do is just daydream or maybe read a story or watch a show on my phone.
I wake up sometimes in the middle of the night, my phone is going crazy, I open one eye and look at the phone, it's another warning from my government, didn't our president just die? Who the hell is taking care of all the warning messages, I groaned and tried to go back to sleep, I didn't care, we're under attack, and whatever attack we're under can wait for me to wake up, I muted my phone and went back to sleep, I was exhausted.
I woke up the next morning and did the same routine all over again, I had to get ready and move to work, it was Thursday and I ran out of clean shirts, I had to repurpose my cleanest shirt with the plan of doing laundry before the night's end.I got in my car and started the drive to work, today it was different, there wasn't the usual traffic and it's a Thursday, it's not a day that we usually have empty roads, maybe it's the warning, people have actually obeyed the warning and decided to stay home, not me, I have to work. I made it to the company and I saw that the whole parking lot was filled, it's a sign that my company was working as usual, we don't stop no matter the consequences. I got inside the building and started my usual routine, breakfast, notes, meetings, and everything else, the same warning, the same words of the fact that the attacks, whatever they were were getting closer to us, to our streets, to our companies, and there's a million analysit talking about what this might be.
"This is an attack, the government is lying to us! It's another take on the whole nuclear war, what is the government hiding, what aren't they telling us, they are killing us, and they are taking the innocent but what for? Another experiment to see if the nuclear war has left any residue on us?" the analyst says, I roll my eyes at all the suggestions he had, sure whatever he says, I didn't really care, I just wanted this day to be over with.
"So Angelico, what do you think all these attacks are about?" my boss asks me and I can't help my growl."I'm sure they are attacking all the people that can't manage to say their employee's name correctly," I answer him between gritted teeth and he just laughed, he's close to being a victim of attacks and I can blame it on the unknown forces that are causing all of this noise."You're funny Angelico, maybe it's better if you stay with me tonight, just to be safe," the boss says looking me up and down, this isn't the first time he tries to hit on me and this won't be the last time I tell him to fuck off.
"I'm good just getting to my own home," I answer him, deciding to leave work just a tiny bit earlier today, I was getting ready to leave, and I got my stuff and my car keys out.I was waiting for the elevator to get here when I heard the fire alarm in the building, and we all know from the fire training we have regularly in the company that when a fire starts, you don't take the elevator, you run as fast as possible down the stairs and out toward the parking lot, I looked around the floor, most of us are still here, we haven't left yet.
Some people looked at each other not sure if this alarm was the real thing or just another trial alarm, but since I wanted to get out of here, since I couldn't wait to get out, I took this as my cue to just leave, I ran as fast as possible down the stairs, good thing I went with sneakers again, I wasn't the only one running down, most of us happy to leave the work early."We're being attacked, run!" I heard someone yell from downstairs, but I didn't understand what was going on, I had one more floor to go through and then I'd get home.
"They are in! They are in!" someone else yells running up the stairs while we were trying to get down and away, some people ran up, others kept trying to go down, and I was stuck in the middle, I was pushed both up and down, but I knew what I wanted to do, I wanted out of the building, even if we're being attacked, out sounds safer.I received hits right in my face, in my stomach and a couple in my back, who's attacking us? Cause all I could tell and see was that the other employees were attacking each other, I heard and saw some falling down on the ground and being stepped on, I made sure not to step on anyone, I didn't want to hurt anyone, I just wanted to get away.
I made it to the ground floor and saw people that I didn't recognize, so this wasn't a lie, we were being attacked, they didn't have any weapons on them, so what were they attacking us with, I didn't stand long to understand what's going on, I had to get away from here, the main door was out of the question, but the good thing about being a PA and not someone who's that important in the company, I knew other ways in and out, other than the main door, I went to the back, I had to take notes during the fire training and I knew there is an emergency door.I went through it and ran out, most of the commotion was around the main door, people in this company really need to pay attention, I ran toward the parking lot, there were more of those, they looked like normal people, but again, there were no weapons to be seen and I had no idea what and how they are attacking.
I ran between the cars, keeping my head low, staying as quiet as possible, to the back of the parking until I got to my car, they had closed on the cars up in front, and again, I was happy that I was not someone too important to earn a parking spot up close.
I got in my car and tried to turn it on, but the stupid car wouldn't stop, I have an older car, I might be able to afford a car, but that doesn't mean that I can afford a fancy one, after the third trial finally the car turned on and I hit the gas getting away from this place, I hit a couple cars on my way out, but I didn't care, I was getting away, the street was even emptier then it was this morning.I turned the radio on trying to keep up with whatever was happening in the world and trying to undertsand what I had gotten myself into, but the reporter had no new news, they didn't mention our company or our streets, they were still mentioning the same ones from this morning, along with the new president voting, who's going to vote! The dead? The attacker?
Maybe this was a way to get a new president in, or maybe it's all just a political play, I don't put it above them they'd do it, they had a full-on nuclear war once upon a time, so why not do it again, we're a stupid race, we'd do the stupid thing and we never learn our lesson.I kept on speeding all the way home, I parked my car, locked my car and ran up to my apartment, I got in, locked the door behind me, making sure it was closed twice, I didn't turn the lights on in my home, I kept them all turned off, turning only a small lamp and the TV, keeping up with the news, trying to understand whatever is going on but my brain was hurting, no one knew anything, and everyone was talking, soon a breaking news came in saying my company is down, that most of the employee were taken, but where? Maybe it's a good thing that I got away, I was safe but for how long before my home gets attacked as well? I was terrified.
Angel POV. I fell asleep on the sofa, with the TV turned on trying to listen to any news, trying to stay safe, hoping I'd stay safe until I could make up a plan and get away, I didn't have a family, I didn't have any friends to run to or ask them for help. My mother gave me up on birth, she's an addict, not drugs but it's on the adrenaline, she's out there somewhere jumping from a plane or free diving up from some hill. My father on the other side is an alcoholic, my mother gave birth to me as an adult, she tried pregnancy and delivery and then she was done, while my father was and stayed the same alcohol lover. He named me after his favourite stripper, he took terrible care of me, it's a big miracle that I grew up enough to leave the house and take care of myself, making a future for myself.I woke up and looked at my phone there were no more warning messages anymore, maybe the government had given up, hopefully, this thing would be put under control soon and we'd get to go back to
Angel POV. This morning's announcements were crazy, they are crazy, I don't believe there are vampires, but I'm not going out to check, I'm not going to go around asking, who would I talk to? Years later the nuclear war was still causing trouble all over, it got some people to go insane, they thought they were vampires, what's coming next? Werewolves and fairies? If we get to choose, I'm going to be a fairy for sure, I'll be Tinkerbell really, I'd fly around and sing forever young.I stayed inside for the day looking at the TV, keeping up with the news, there wasn't any analysis today, no one to say that the vampires are a lie or that it's the aliens all over again, but there was no one, which felt weird, but not too weird. I turned the social media, if the news wasn't going to tell me what was going on, I'm sure that social media would, it's the same as it always was, it's people all over the world telling their stories, or telling lies, depends who you're looking at and watching.T
Angel POV. I obeyed and stayed inside, I wasn't one to go out looking for troubles, I didn't want any troubles, I was good staying at home really, but I also was keeping up with the news, I was listening to William over and over again, I'm waiting for their next announcement, to see what they're up to. On the other side, there were some people who decided to riot, they were all over the streets, even the one near home if I looked up from the window I could see them out, they had guns and they wanted to take over, it's vampires, what are they fighting over?"Humans, you're acting like spoiled children, please, this is the last time we announce anything calmly, get back home, now," William ordered us, but I was home, that didn't include me, I got another bowl of cereal ready as my dinner, I wasn't in the mood to cook anything. My phone rang and I looked at it, it's another announcement that sounded more of a threat this time, they were done warning, and they had moved to threatening
Angel POV. After the bus stopped, we were welcomed into the facility, what I'm going to call it, it's a facility, that looks very similar to the companies we have and I work in, the girl who was sitting next to me pushed me to get out of the bus first, she was all ready to meet William, but he wasn't here, or at least I couldn't see him yet."Welcome everyone, good morning girls," a guy welcomed us as we got off the bus, he's right, we're all girls how didn't I pay attention to that as I got in?"Good morning, where's William?" Full Glam asks right away and she is met with a cold glare. "Please do not speak unless spoken to, William is busy he'll be here later on," the guy says shutting her up along with the rest of us, not speaking without being spoken to."Now girls, everyone's eyes on me," the same guy says getting everyone's attention while full glam was fuming off with anger. "My name is Victor, and I'm your guide for today, please stay at all times with your group, and keep y
Angel POV. I woke up, and I felt very groggy, I had no idea where I was, but I knew that the doctor had injected me with something, I'm not sure what he had inside the needle that he stabbed my thigh with, but I was awake now and I'm not very happy about it, I whined and groaned, I felt like I have been sleeping for too long, maybe a whole day or more.I opened my eyes and looked around, I wasn't in my room, I wasn't in my house or over my bed or even sofa, I'm asleep in the bus, the same bus I took this morning to get here to the facility, I looked around and saw most of the girls were awake, mostly the ones who went before me, only a couple are still asleep, but starting to wake up, who brought us here? I can't remember any of that, how did I end up here."Good morning girls," Victor says joining us in the bus, everyone is awake by now, it's been another thirty minutes since I woke up, and the rest are up as well. "How did we end up here?" Full Glam asks out loud. "You sweetie, I
Angel POV. I turned the TV off, and I decided that I didn't want to watch anymore, I didn't want to see William or hear him talk about killing us, about him being in charge and everything, I decided it was best to just ignore the TV for a while, not to hear it, but I was running low on money and supplies, and I didn't know where life was going next, maybe I should go to my old work and pray to god I haven't gotten kicked out. I decided that I should try, I should get ready and go, I still got my car, and I knew the way there, nothing wrong with trying, worse case scenario is I get told off and I go back home and start searching for another job. I got ready to get to work, I wore my fancier clothes, brushed my hair and even tried to style it, if I had to beg back for my work I wanted to be able to do it with style, once I was ready, I sprayed some perfume and left the house, I got into my car and started the long drive toward my old job.The roads were empty, and there were hardly an
Angel POV. The police guy drove after me, I led the way toward my home, I wasn't really sure if I should show him where I lived or not, but I knew that I didn't have any other place to take him to, that home was my one and only place, I didn't have anywhere else to go. I drove slowly, too worried about the police driving behind me this time, I made it home in forty minutes, I parked the car and he parked behind me as well, I got out of the car and he did the same."Is this where you live?" he says not too happy looking at the buildings around, I know it's not the best area ever, but it's the one I could afford and it's my home. "Yeah," I nod my head assuring him this is it, I'm waiting for him to leave, I look at him waiting for him to get back in his car and leave. "I'm walking you to your apartment of course," he says with a smile, and I decided to decline. "I can go there alone, thank you for following me here, I felt very safe," I say with a bit of sass, I'm home and he can't
Angel POV. "But let me explain," I begged them, they had me sitting in the backseat, they locked the doors and I couldn't get out of there, they weren't listening, and the only thing that they said to me was that I disobeyed and I deserve this, whatever this is. "Shut up," the guy in the front scolded me when I wouldn't shut up, trying to explain to them what happened to me, was there something I should have obeyed but I didn't.I was on the verge of tears, no I wasn't on the verge, tears were starting to gather in my eyes and I was about to cry, well to sob out loud, I was a good girl, I hadn't been doing anything that I shouldn't be doing, I was hiding home the whole time, the only reason I left was to get some grocery if I had enough food, I wouldn't have left, I'm good just hiding for a very long time. They didn't take me to the same facility as before, although the road was very similar to that one, this time they took me toward a building in the middle of the city, these are