BAM! I threw myself behind a rock as the cannon blew over my head, an explosion sounding soon after. I slowly stood up. The smell of smoke, blood and fear overcast the battlefield. I heard shouts, screaming, more explosions.

I whirled around in a circle as I knocked an arrow on my bow, searching for my next target. A man, his shirt torn and bloody, ran past me, dragging his torn foot behind him.

“Annie!” He screamed. “ANNIE!” I ripped my eyes away from him as he collapsed next to a woman, an arrow piercing out of her chest.

BAM! Another explosion. The ground shook and I balanced myself against the rock. I felt the blood from my forehead slowly make its way down my face, tasting it in my mouth.

Then I noticed him. I drew up my bow and arrow, aiming at the man as I watched him creep closer towards our base, a small cylinder in hand. A bomb.

As I was about to release my arrow, I heard screams to left.

“Esmay! Esmay, help, esm-“ I pivoted my arrow to my side and drew in a sharp breath. I watched in horror as Mary, the person who had been there for me through thick and thin, battled for her life. I kept my arrow trained on the man she was fighting with. Their two bodies intertwined as he threw a punch and wrestled her to the ground.

“Esmay!” She shouted again as she twisted out of his grip only to fall back underneath him.

“I-I can’t get a clear shot!” I yelled back. “I might hit you!”

I stepped closer to the two and felt my foot come crashing down on a body, bloody and half covered in dirt. I blanched and pulled away.

Then I heard the ticking. I spared a glance away from Mary to see the man from earlier sprinting full speed away from our side of the battlefield. Away from our base. Away from the bomb he had just placed.

“Mary, run!” I screamed and sprinted over the dead body, crashing myself into Mary and her opponent. I grabbed the arrow strung onto my bow and stabbed it into the man. I grabbed Mary, not waiting to see if the man was chasing after us. I grabbed her hand and ran.

BAMM! I felt hot flames touching my skin, racing down into my veins and I was thrown into the air. All I saw was a cloud of smoke and ash as the screams dimmed down and were replaced with a ringing in my ears.

It must have been years before I finally hit the ground, colliding with a pile of bodies. My head crashed into something hard behind me and I heard a crack above all the ringing. Then everything went black.