Refugee

"Refugee" is the sixth chapter of Converge.

Refugee
Catherine Jive had been living in Azla for 3 years. After tensions in the Land of Roots grew too high, there was a civil war between the Uda and Enja people. The war resulted in the death of Catherine's mother. Catherine and her 4 siblings were accepted by the Azla refugee program and had lived there ever since. They lived in a small apartment in Darla. One morning, Catherine talked to her 13 year old brother Cole, the oldest of her siblings.

"I have to go to the presidential building." She said.

"Why?" Cole asked.

"I have to renew some of our forms. You know how bureaucracy is. I'll be gone a few hours, so you have to look after Michele and Jake."

"Ok." Cole said.

"Remember, you can't leave home or try to cook anything."

"Yeah, yeah." Cole said, "You have nothing to worry about."

Catherine headed to the presidential building. She got in a line to speak to a secretary. After about an hour, Catherine was halfway through the line. There was then an explosions. The wall of the building was destroyed and there was fire everywhere. There were screams all around Catherine. A large group of men entered. They were wearing military style attire and ballistic vests, but their clothing was red and purple. They were all carrying assault rifles.

One of them spoke, "Hello we are Diverge. You are being rescued from the heel of tyranny."

Several guards ran out, but they were immediately shot. Catherine took advantage of this distraction and ran. Several other people ran with her, but most of them were killed as they tried to flee. Samantha his in a closet. She heard gunfire everywhere. She peeked out the door and saw three of the attackers walk past.

"If anyone tries to get away, shoot em." One of them said.

Christine panicked.

"There's nothing I can do." She thought, "I'm going to die." She hid the closet for several minutes, and when she didn't see anyone outside she decided to make a run for it. She started to run for the back of the building, hoping there weren't any attackers there. She made it about half way through the hallway before she heard a voice behind her.

"Don't move!"

Christine turned around and saw two men wearing red and purple, pointing their guns at her. Christine raised her hands.