Birds, hundreds of them, flying overhead in one direction - away from here. Sirens going off everywhere. People screaming and running in no particular direction. The air was thick with smoke from - what? Everything seemed to be on fire. I couldn’t find my voice. I was frozen in place watching hell unfold before my eyes. What was happening? How did I get here? Where was I anyway? I looked down at my hands. Blood. My hands were covered in blood. Was I hurt? Shot? Stabbed? Was it even my blood? Suddenly, a high-pitched scream swelled up from my own throat and at first I didn’t even know it was me screaming.

My knees buckled and my head hit the pavement. The ear splitting noises around me grew more and more quiet. My eyes grew heavier and heavier.

The last thing I saw before I passed out was of someone running towards me.

It was him.