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                                             Freedom Fighters
                                       Chapter Two: First Attack

Many people were in turmoil at the White House. Many orders were given out and many soldiers began to move quickly to different states. But sadly the soldiers in New York were only told that they should be on a small alert for terrorists, nothing more, nothing less. They had no idea that the worst was yet to come. None of the citizens knew anything either. This is the story that changed every teenager’s life.

      Bradley yawned as he looked at the clock. ‘This is so boring. I can’t believe I have to stay at this school and actually try to ‘learn’ about something.’ he thought. He looked beside him and saw Angel sleeping soundly on her arm as time passed by slowly. Bradley smirked, ‘So much for the enthusiasm.’ he thought. Soon the bell rang for class to end and the students got up from their seats and left out of the room. “Another slow day is almost over, just one more class to go.” he commented. They began to walk into the corridors of the school and began to walk to their next class. “So, which class is this?” Bradley asked. Angel looked at her schedule and then looked at Bradley. “Well, we go to auto mechanics class now.” she stated. “That seems ok.” Bradley stated with interest. They finally got to the class and sat down in their seats. Bradley looked around and looked at everyone in the class. He noticed a red fox with a serious look in his deep red eyes. He wore a white T-shirt with blue jeans and a pair of black sneakers. There was a white vixen with red eyes that sat right next to him. She had short bangs and a slim body and she wore a basic black T-shirt with grey jeans and a pair of white sneakers. There were many other peers that he found interesting when the teacher came into the classroom.

      “Ok class, my name is Mr. Freeman and I will teach you all how to fix a car.” he informed. Just as he told the students this, a white and black skunk came into the room with a military uniform and a 7.62mm assault rifle in his hand. The teacher looked at the newcomer and then got terrified. “What in the…” he began to say, but the skunk began to shoot at the teacher. The teenagers instantly began to scream and run towards the exit of the classroom as the military soldier began to have fun shooting at the kids. Bradley pulled Angel to the ground as the soldier kept shooting at the students. “What’s going on? Why is he doing this?” Angel asked with fear. “That should show America not to mess with Russia. I bet you pigs have nothing to say.” the soldier laughed in a Russian accent. Angel was about to scream, but Bradley cupped his hand over Angel’s mouth and hid behind a locker. ‘What in the world is happening? What is going on?’ he thought frantically. He looked around and saw the same two foxes that he thought seemed interesting. They were at the toolbox grabbing wrenches and crowbars. The red fox looked over at the spot where Bradley and Angel were hiding and then nodded.

      The white vixen ran into the open and then kicked one of the desks. It hit the Russian soldier in the leg and then he staggered to the floor. “Hey! I’ve got something to say about America, we will always fight back!” she yelled. The soldier immediately got mad and got back up. As this was happening, the red fox had ran across the classroom where Bradley and Angel was and were handing them different weapons. Bradley nodded and then looked at the red fox. “Thanks man.” he stated. The red fox smirked and then looked over at the white vixen. “No problem. Now hurry up and leave.” he suggested and then ran towards the white vixen. Bradley took the advice and then grabbed Angel’s arm. Angel began to cry as Bradley ran out of the room. “We made it!” he stated. Suddenly two bullets whizzed by him and one hit his leg. “Ahhhh…” Bradley hissed and limped towards another door.

      Two other soldiers had found the teenagers and were running after them. Angel began to cry harder as they both ran for cover. They ran into the cafeteria and then hid behind a soda machine. The two soldiers smirked and then slowly looked around the cafeteria. “Come out, come out. We only want to talk about your rights.” one of the soldiers playfully stated. Bradley heard the heavy footsteps of boots come closer and his heart began to beat rapidly. He looked over at the scared sand colored dog and felt sorry for her. ‘If I die, please lord, save Angel, she doesn’t deserve this.’ Bradley thought. Just as they had reached the soda machine, two wrenches hit the back of the soldiers’ head and they laid on the tiled floor unconscious. Bradley looked around the corner and saw the two foxes smiling at them.

      The two friends pushed the soda machine and then sighed, “Thanks for saving us. My name is Bradley Slate.” the white fox stated humbly. After Angel had calmed down, she looked back up at the two foxes, “I’m Angel Trinity, and thanks for saving us.” she stated gratefully. The red fox put out his hand and shook Bradley’s, “Anything for an American. My name is Jim Anderson.” he greeted. The white vixen shook Angel’s hand, “I’m Joane Slade, I’m glad we could have been some help.” she stated. “So what do we do now? This just seems too unreal. Swarms of American soldiers should be here by now; or at least the national guard.” Bradley stated. Jim began to think hard for an answer to all that was happening. “Yes, they should be here by now, unless something is deliberately stopping them.” Jim replied. “We should hurry up and get all the people we know and try to get to safety.” Joane suggested. All four of them decided to go to their houses and see what was going on. “But how are we going to get there? We don’t have a car.” Bradley pointed out. Suddenly he remembered that he had to get his sister from her middle school today. “Oh no… Zoey.” he whispered and then began to run out the door.

      Angel quickly grabbed him, “Wait Bradley, how are you going to get from this high school to your sister’s school? That’s seven blocks away. You’ll never make it!” she explained. Bradley shook off Angel’s hand from his shoulder and then opened the main door to the high school. He looked at Angel with seriousness, “I have to try.” he stated and then ran outside into the chaos of New York City. Angel just stood there speechless for two minutes before coming to a conclusion. “We have to go too. We just can’t stay in here. But I just don’t know what to head for.” Angel stated. “The police station.” Jim said quickly. He walked over to one of the unconscious soldiers and then grabbed their assault rifle, “This needs to be done quickly, or we will die from inexperience. Maybe there are still a few cops at the station. We can stay there with ammunition if anything gets too rough. They also have maps there just in case we need to leave.” Joane explained. “Ok, that’s a great place to start, let’s head there and then figure out what is going on once we get there.” Angel stated. The three teenagers opened the double doors and witnessed complete destruction as they saw tanks rolling through the streets and Apaches in the sky shooting at tall buildings. ‘I don’t know how we’re going to make it, but I know we just can’t stand here and allow this.’ Angel thought.

      They all ran towards the closest cover they could find and then moved from cover to cover. All they could hear was screaming, shouting, crying, explosions, continuous shooting, and vehicles. It was a very chaotic experience for everyone as they ran from the school towards the police station. Just as they reached the street of one of the substations, a tank rolled over a car and into the pathway of the station. “Run!” Jim yelled and ran to his left. The tank fired a shell at the teenagers and hit a car behind them. The explosion didn’t affect Jim or Joane, but it knocked Angel down pretty hard. She had small cuts over her body as she slowly got back up. Jim grabbed Angel and slung her over his shoulder. Just as the tank was about to fire again, a group of New York citizens with their own guns ran towards the tank and threw something into a small hole. Suddenly an explosion from the inside went off and the tank did not move again. The teenagers gratefully thanked them as they continued to head for the police station. “You should try and get out of the city as fast as possible, the terrorists have taken over just about every substation in New York.” one of the citizens stated.

      “I’ll keep that in mind.” Jim replied. “But what about the one in Time Square, that should be the headquarters right?” Joane asked. One of the civilians shook his head, “You’ll never make it, not with this going on. Just try to get out of the city. If you really can’t get out, than I suggest that you just hide until help comes, which seems highly impossible.” he stated. Jim began to protest, but a mortar shell hit the ground fifty feet away from where they were all standing. “Let’s get out of the open. You can get out, but we can’t leave my friends here.” Angel stated with hard breaths. The civilians nodded and the three teenagers and the civilians suddenly ran the opposite way. ‘I hope we can get our people before something terrible happens to them.’ Jim thought. They continued to head for another police station. Twenty minutes later, they found another police station and it seemed to be in heavy combat with a military force outside of the building.

      “Hold them off! We’re not going to let them take over this station!” the higher ranked officer ordered. The others kept shooting at the soldiers as they began to drop rapidly. A white vixen with violet eyes growled, “There’s too many sir, we’re going to have to fall back. At least get some more cover.” she stated. Just as they were about to get inside, the vixen saw a soldier aiming for one of the officers, and she pushed him out of the way. Another shot rang out and two bodies fell to the floor. But only one of them got back up. As a sand colored dog looked down at the white vixen, he began to panic. She had blood coming through her tactical vest and she was choking. “No, no, no Angie you can’t die. Why is fate so damn cruel; I was going to propose to you today before any of this happened.” the dog stated. He began to pull her inside of the station as the other officers began to fall onto the ground from the gunshots. As he pulled her in, he closed and barricaded the door, preventing the soldiers from getting inside easily. The soldiers took out every officer outside of the police station and now began to run towards the door. Angel suddenly pushed Jim away from her and began running to the side window of the police station. “Angel, what are you doing?” Joane asked. Angel watched the two officers as they continued to talk.

      The sand colored dog wrapped something around the vixen and then helped her lean against a wall. “Brandon, you’re the only guy I ever cared for like this. And… you’re the reason why I joined the force. To tell you the truth, I always told myself I would never be a part of anything dealing with law enforcement. I thought they were too corrupt. But you showed me that not every single cop is like that.” Angie stated. Suddenly she coughed and then slumped to the floor. Brandon quickly tried to attend to her wounds, but she pushed him away. “I’m not going to live for long, I can tell…” she stated softly while looking ahead of her. Strangely she looked at Brandon and smiled, “I knew you were going to propose today. I went looking through your bag this morning, even though you’ve told me countless times not to. But when I found that box with the diamond ring in it, and saw the slip of paper with my name on it, I smiled to myself, knowing that when our shift was over, you were going to ask to marry me.” she stated. The wooden door began to crack as it started to be rammed into.

      Brandon looked back at Angie and saw her eyes glazing over. “No, I’m not going to lose you. We can still make it together. Just hold on.” he stated frantically. A tear began to fall from Angie’s cheek, “I love you Brandon, and I’m sorry if I couldn’t say it sooner. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.” she stated. Another loud sound was heard as the soldiers continued to ram the door. Angie slowly closed her eyes as Brandon clasped her hand. She took one last breath and then her body became motionless. “Angie… Angie…” Brandon whispered softly. Tears began to run down his cheeks as the main double doors to the station bust open. Brandon just looked up at the soldiers with saddened eyes. Three of them had a pistol pointed to his head. Brandon sighed, ‘Looks like I’ll join you soon.’ he thought.

      Knowing what was about to happen, Angel looked away from the window as she heard three gunshots from inside of the police station. Angel began to feel multiple emotions as she thought about what she saw. A hand went onto her shoulder and she looked up to see Jim with a tired expression on his face. “We’ll make it through this.” he stated. Angel didn’t say anything, she just looked into the distance of the cold streets. “Let’s just… let’s just get our friends out of here.” Angel whispered. Jim nodded and tried to come up with a plan to take out the soldiers inside of the police station. Five minutes later, he figured it out. Though he didn’t like it, he thought that it was necessary in order for them to get inside another way.

      “I think we’re going to have to find a secret way into the station. Maybe there is a window we can reach, or a rooftop we can climb on.” Jim stated. Joane became uneasy and tried to find another way. “It is the only way.” Angel blurted out. Joane looked at Angel and Jim, seeing that they were not going to back down, she gave in. “Ok… let’s try a rooftop.” she suggested. They looked around and found that the building on the left of the police station was the only one high enough to reach it. Not only that, but there was a thick board that connected the two buildings. ‘It looks like some kids already did this before.’ Jim thought. “Alright, well let’s go.” Jim stated and headed for the building. Just as they went inside, they saw three soldiers already posted inside of it.

      The three teenagers immediately hid behind a corner, but then noticed that the soldiers did not see them. The three soldiers were drinking and seemed to be having a good time. ‘I can’t believe this! The only place that we need to go through and those heartless killers are here too!’ Jim thought. He saw a pebble on the ground next to Joane’s foot and then had an idea. He grabbed the pebble and aimed at something beside the soldiers. “What are you doing?” Joane whispered. Jim ignored her and threw the pebble at a liquor canteen that one of the soldiers were drinking out of. The soldier yelled something out in a Russian language. The three soldiers ran towards the area that they thought it had come from and went past the teenagers. Just as they passed them, Jim signaled his two friends to follow him inside. Jim felt extremely guilty; the rush of close danger excited him. But as for Angel and Joane, it was asking for death.

      Just as the three passed by the posting spot of the three soldiers, Jim saw a couple of guns placed on the ground. Jim quickly grabbed two pistols, a grenade, and an assault rifle. His rush soon left him as he realized how serious this had become again. They were actually going to be forced to kill in order to save their friends. He handed Angel a black pistol and gave Joane a silver one. Apparently Joane and Angel began to think of the same thing as Jim about the serious situation. Jim noticed the grim and surprised looks on their faces. “C’mon, we have to do this. It’s the only way to get out of here alive.” Jim pointed out. The two nodded and then started to walk up the staircase. Just as they got up three floors, they heard the soldiers come back in. The same soldier with the liquor canteen yelled out something else in Russian; obviously they had found out that their guns were missing. But what got to the three of them was the fact that he seemed to glance upward just for a brief second, and then he slowly pointed exactly at the three teenagers. The soldier along with the other two began to run up the staircase.

      The red vulpine looked carefully at the two females, “Alright, this is it, they know we’re here. We have to get out of this no matter what.” he stated and began to run at full speed up the staircase. Angel and Joane followed as the three soldiers soon saw that they were taking flight. The soldiers ran at full speed as well up the staircase. The three teenagers ran all the way to the top and then noticed five doors. Each one decided to split up quickly to try and confuse the three soldiers. As the three soldiers finished running up the stairs, they looked at the five doors and then decided to go into separate rooms. They quickly opened the doors and then scanned the room very quickly. They even checked the ceiling as a quick reflex. Just as they walked out of the two rooms, they noticed they had to be in the other one.

      Just as one of the soldiers began to open the door, two gunshots were heard and the first soldier fell dead cold. The other two soldiers shot the door before they opened it and then kicked the door in. They rushed into the room and then saw a white vixen with red eyes. They quickly grabbed her and then a soldier brought out a knife. The vixen tried to resist, but she was punched in the stomach and she lost her breath. Just as Jim tried to run inside to save Joane, the soldier with the knife quickly pulled out another pistol and turned around and fired at the red fox. By pure instinct, Jim was able to stop running and slide backwards, falling on his back; but not before the bullet chipped a piece of his ear off. He yelled out in pain as the soldier smirked; clearly he had dealt with something like an ambush before. He slowly walked over to the red fox and then picked him up by the neck of his shirt. “Listen, kid, I have served in the army for over thirty years now and I have more experience and knowledge of war than you could ever imagine. You think this is bad, be lucky I don’t kill this girl right where she stands. I don’t feel like the ruthless type right now. But that doesn’t mean I won’t kill you now.” the soldier stated in a Russian accent and then threw Jim across the room.

      Jim hit the wall and then was being crushed by a boot on his chest against the wall. Jim tried his best to grasp the boot with his left hand and try to lift the soldier’s leg off of his chest. His right arm was now broken and he couldn’t move it at all. “Stop it! Please don’t kill him!” Joane yelled. But the soldier holding her punched her in the stomach again and then cleanly punched her in the mouth. She was sent across the room into a wall, knocking her out unconscious and bleeding. “Joane!” Jim gasped. The soldier snickered, “Don’t waste your breath on your friend. You’re going to need every last second.” the soldier remarked. ‘Is this it? It can’t be… I’m sorry Joane…’ Jim thought before he felt like he was going to pass out. Everything was beginning to fade out of Jim’s eyesight before his grip began to loosen. The soldier heard the red fox breathing very heavily under him and then the red fox’s left hand slid off of his boot.

      Just before the soldier was about to bring his boot full force onto Jim’s chest, a sand colored dog burst into the room and shot the first soldier in his chest and legs. The soldier fell to the ground and the soldier that had pinned down Jim ran towards Angel before she could fire again. She fired again, but the gun was pushed aside before she could squeeze the trigger. The bullet hit the soldier in the hand and he backed away from the teenager. She saw the soldier strangely smile at her. Angel was panting heavily as she frantically looked for her friends. She saw her two friends on the ground. And from what she thought, she almost dropped the pistol. ‘They’re both dead.’ Angel thought hopelessly. The soldier then tried to rush at her again and pulled out his knife. Angel unexpectedly and quickly stepped to the side and then shot the soldier in his chest. The soldier really did not expect the move, seeing how he had planned to stab the teenager in the heart if she tried to fire from where she had stood.

      The soldier backed up into a corner and then slumped onto the floor. Angel aimed the pistol between the soldier’s eyes and looked at him calmly. The soldier looked down and then cursed in a Russian language before Angel pulled the trigger. Angel had done it, she had killed someone. The rush wasn’t as dramatic as she had thought, but it was still an impact. She looked over at Joane and then noticed that she was still breathing, but lightly. Jim on the other hand was gasping for air as his fur soon turned back to its original full red color. Jim tried to sit up, but as he leaned against his right arm, pain shot through his arm like lightning. He hissed in pain as he tried to shake off the pain. Angel helped him up from the floor and then stood him up. “Jim… I thought you two were dead.” she stated. Jim then slowly walked over to Joane and then helped Angel stand her up. She was still unconscious and she seemed to be shivering. “C’mon, let’s get the hell out of here.” he stated and then opened the last and remaining door.

      The three teenagers were now on the rooftop of the building. They looked at the board that they had to cross in order to get to the police station. It wasn’t that wide to really say they could cross with comfort, but they had no choice but to cross. They knew they couldn’t pass with Joane unconscious, so they decided to wait until she came back to her senses. “Joane, come on, I know you can take much more than that.” Jim stated. Like a response, Joane fluttered her eyes open and she looked at her two friends. “We... we made it?” she asked groggily. Jim smiled warmly, “Almost. We still have to get across to the police station and then we gave to take out the soldiers in there.” he explained. Joane looked at the ground that she was sitting on for at least a whole minute. Her thoughts of survival seemed to be slipping out of her as she thought about what they were really up against. ‘A whole army? How are we supposed to beat a whole army?’ she asked herself. Jim reached out his hand to help her up, “We can do this. Don’t worry about it.” he stated and then pulled her onto her feet.

      The three friends then looked at the board and sighed. Jim was the first to go and he stepped onto the board. He slowly balanced himself and cautiously began walking across. ‘The trick is not to look down.’ he thought. A minute later, he made it across and then he turned back towards the others. He signaled for them to come over. Angel and Joane both got on and slowly began to walk across. Joane got across, but Angel began to look down, and she froze. “Don’t look down, you’re almost there. Come on, you can do it.” Jim called out. Angel tried to shake her fear and go across, but her knees began to buckle. “Alright, I’m…” she began to say, but she tripped, and everything almost went into slow motion to Jim. He automatically tried to reach out for Angel, but he sadly realized that he wouldn’t be able to reach her arm in time.

      Suddenly another hand grabbed Angel’s arm and began pulling her back up. Joane and Jim looked at the person who had grabbed Angel and looked in shock, it was Bradley. The white fox pulled his friend back up onto the board and then helped her onto the other side. Angel looked at Bradley with a dazed and searching look. “Brad… Thank you.” she stated. Then something hit her, “Where is Zoey? Did you find her?” she asked. Bradley shook his head, “No I couldn’t find her. I went to her school and tried to get inside, but the soldiers had already set the place on fire. I still tried getting in, but another vixen stopped me from jumping in the burning school.” Bradley stated. “Maybe Zoey is already at a shelter, with other survivors, probably even waiting for you.” Joane stated. Bradley nodded, but he had high doubts about the suggestion.

      “Come on. We still have to get inside of the station.” Jim stated. The four furries walked from the roof to the door. Jim silently opened it and then pointed his gun out in front of him. They slowly walked down seven flights of stairs before hearing a pair of boots beat across the floor. The four teenagers stopped moving and watched as they saw a soldier pass by in the main hall. They had established that there were only three soldiers left from the outside scuffle that resulted from the battle with the law enforcement. Jim saw a second soldier looking at files behind a clerk’s desk and he had his feet stretched across the desk. The other soldier began to talk in Russian as he walked outside. But Jim had figured out what he had told the other two soldiers by looking at what was in his hand; a lighter and a cigarette. The soldier walked outside and then closed the door. If they were going to make their move, there was no better time.

      Jim pointed the assault rifle at one soldier while the two females pointed their pistols at the other soldier. Then Jim suddenly put up his hand and signaled them to stop. He handed the assault rifle to Bradley and then whispered something to him. Bradley nodded and then pointed the assault rifle at the door. Jim slowly pulled out a grenade and then put the pin into his mouth. He slowly pulled the pin off, but the two soldiers instantly knew the sound. Jim quickly threw the grenade at the soldier behind the desk as he tried to grab for his rifle. But the soldier was hit in the face with the grenade and it blew up. The two females had already started firing at the second soldier and he fell to the ground. By now, the third soldier was strapped and ready as he burst into the police station, pointing his AK-47 at nothing in particular with a lit cigarette in his mouth. The soldier suddenly saw the four teenagers as Bradley just pulled the trigger.

      The soldier pulled the trigger as well, but not fast enough. He was pummeled with bullets as his rifle went off and the four teenagers had to back out of the range of fire. Soon the clip ran out and the soldier fell face down onto the ground with his body and his rifle still smoking from the gunfire. The four teenagers walked out into the lobby and then looked at the three dead soldiers. They had done it; they had taken over a police station. “It’s only a start, but we’ll manage.” Bradley stated as he tore the American flag off of a pole and wrapped it around his arm. This was only the beginning of the long and brutal war.

                                                To Be Continued

Description
                                             Freedom Fighters
                                       Chapter Two: First Attack

Many people were in turmoil at the White House. Many orders were given out and many soldiers began to move quickly to different states. But sadly the soldiers in New York were only told that they should be on a small alert for terrorists, nothing more, nothing less. They had no idea that the worst was yet to come. None of the citizens knew anything either. This is the story that changed every teenager’s life.

      Bradley yawned as he looked at the clock. ‘This is so boring. I can’t believe I have to stay at this school and actually try to ‘learn’ about something.’ he thought. He looked beside him and saw Angel sleeping soundly on her arm as time passed by slowly. Bradley smirked, ‘So much for the enthusiasm.’ he thought. Soon the bell rang for class to end and the students got up from their seats and left out of the room. “Another slow day is almost over, just one more class to go.” he commented. They began to walk into the corridors of the school and began to walk to their next class. “So, which class is this?” Bradley asked. Angel looked at her schedule and then looked at Bradley. “Well, we go to auto mechanics class now.” she stated. “That seems ok.” Bradley stated with interest. They finally got to the class and sat down in their seats. Bradley looked around and looked at everyone in the class. He noticed a red fox with a serious look in his deep red eyes. He wore a white T-shirt with blue jeans and a pair of black sneakers. There was a white vixen with red eyes that sat right next to him. She had short bangs and a slim body and she wore a basic black T-shirt with grey jeans and a pair of white sneakers. There were many other peers that he found interesting when the teacher came into the classroom.

      “Ok class, my name is Mr. Freeman and I will teach you all how to fix a car.” he informed. Just as he told the students this, a white and black skunk came into the room with a military uniform and a 7.62mm assault rifle in his hand. The teacher looked at the newcomer and then got terrified. “What in the…” he began to say, but the skunk began to shoot at the teacher. The teenagers instantly began to scream and run towards the exit of the classroom as the military soldier began to have fun shooting at the kids. Bradley pulled Angel to the ground as the soldier kept shooting at the students. “What’s going on? Why is he doing this?” Angel asked with fear. “That should show America not to mess with Russia. I bet you pigs have nothing to say.” the soldier laughed in a Russian accent. Angel was about to scream, but Bradley cupped his hand over Angel’s mouth and hid behind a locker. ‘What in the world is happening? What is going on?’ he thought frantically. He looked around and saw the same two foxes that he thought seemed interesting. They were at the toolbox grabbing wrenches and crowbars. The red fox looked over at the spot where Bradley and Angel were hiding and then nodded.

      The white vixen ran into the open and then kicked one of the desks. It hit the Russian soldier in the leg and then he staggered to the floor. “Hey! I’ve got something to say about America, we will always fight back!” she yelled. The soldier immediately got mad and got back up. As this was happening, the red fox had ran across the classroom where Bradley and Angel was and were handing them different weapons. Bradley nodded and then looked at the red fox. “Thanks man.” he stated. The red fox smirked and then looked over at the white vixen. “No problem. Now hurry up and leave.” he suggested and then ran towards the white vixen. Bradley took the advice and then grabbed Angel’s arm. Angel began to cry as Bradley ran out of the room. “We made it!” he stated. Suddenly two bullets whizzed by him and one hit his leg. “Ahhhh…” Bradley hissed and limped towards another door.

      Two other soldiers had found the teenagers and were running after them. Angel began to cry harder as they both ran for cover. They ran into the cafeteria and then hid behind a soda machine. The two soldiers smirked and then slowly looked around the cafeteria. “Come out, come out. We only want to talk about your rights.” one of the soldiers playfully stated. Bradley heard the heavy footsteps of boots come closer and his heart began to beat rapidly. He looked over at the scared sand colored dog and felt sorry for her. ‘If I die, please lord, save Angel, she doesn’t deserve this.’ Bradley thought. Just as they had reached the soda machine, two wrenches hit the back of the soldiers’ head and they laid on the tiled floor unconscious. Bradley looked around the corner and saw the two foxes smiling at them.

      The two friends pushed the soda machine and then sighed, “Thanks for saving us. My name is Bradley Slate.” the white fox stated humbly. After Angel had calmed down, she looked back up at the two foxes, “I’m Angel Trinity, and thanks for saving us.” she stated gratefully. The red fox put out his hand and shook Bradley’s, “Anything for an American. My name is Jim Anderson.” he greeted. The white vixen shook Angel’s hand, “I’m Joane Slade, I’m glad we could have been some help.” she stated. “So what do we do now? This just seems too unreal. Swarms of American soldiers should be here by now; or at least the national guard.” Bradley stated. Jim began to think hard for an answer to all that was happening. “Yes, they should be here by now, unless something is deliberately stopping them.” Jim replied. “We should hurry up and get all the people we know and try to get to safety.” Joane suggested. All four of them decided to go to their houses and see what was going on. “But how are we going to get there? We don’t have a car.” Bradley pointed out. Suddenly he remembered that he had to get his sister from her middle school today. “Oh no… Zoey.” he whispered and then began to run out the door.

      Angel quickly grabbed him, “Wait Bradley, how are you going to get from this high school to your sister’s school? That’s seven blocks away. You’ll never make it!” she explained. Bradley shook off Angel’s hand from his shoulder and then opened the main door to the high school. He looked at Angel with seriousness, “I have to try.” he stated and then ran outside into the chaos of New York City. Angel just stood there speechless for two minutes before coming to a conclusion. “We have to go too. We just can’t stay in here. But I just don’t know what to head for.” Angel stated. “The police station.” Jim said quickly. He walked over to one of the unconscious soldiers and then grabbed their assault rifle, “This needs to be done quickly, or we will die from inexperience. Maybe there are still a few cops at the station. We can stay there with ammunition if anything gets too rough. They also have maps there just in case we need to leave.” Joane explained. “Ok, that’s a great place to start, let’s head there and then figure out what is going on once we get there.” Angel stated. The three teenagers opened the double doors and witnessed complete destruction as they saw tanks rolling through the streets and Apaches in the sky shooting at tall buildings. ‘I don’t know how we’re going to make it, but I know we just can’t stand here and allow this.’ Angel thought.

      They all ran towards the closest cover they could find and then moved from cover to cover. All they could hear was screaming, shouting, crying, explosions, continuous shooting, and vehicles. It was a very chaotic experience for everyone as they ran from the school towards the police station. Just as they reached the street of one of the substations, a tank rolled over a car and into the pathway of the station. “Run!” Jim yelled and ran to his left. The tank fired a shell at the teenagers and hit a car behind them. The explosion didn’t affect Jim or Joane, but it knocked Angel down pretty hard. She had small cuts over her body as she slowly got back up. Jim grabbed Angel and slung her over his shoulder. Just as the tank was about to fire again, a group of New York citizens with their own guns ran towards the tank and threw something into a small hole. Suddenly an explosion from the inside went off and the tank did not move again. The teenagers gratefully thanked them as they continued to head for the police station. “You should try and get out of the city as fast as possible, the terrorists have taken over just about every substation in New York.” one of the citizens stated.

      “I’ll keep that in mind.” Jim replied. “But what about the one in Time Square, that should be the headquarters right?” Joane asked. One of the civilians shook his head, “You’ll never make it, not with this going on. Just try to get out of the city. If you really can’t get out, than I suggest that you just hide until help comes, which seems highly impossible.” he stated. Jim began to protest, but a mortar shell hit the ground fifty feet away from where they were all standing. “Let’s get out of the open. You can get out, but we can’t leave my friends here.” Angel stated with hard breaths. The civilians nodded and the three teenagers and the civilians suddenly ran the opposite way. ‘I hope we can get our people before something terrible happens to them.’ Jim thought. They continued to head for another police station. Twenty minutes later, they found another police station and it seemed to be in heavy combat with a military force outside of the building.

      “Hold them off! We’re not going to let them take over this station!” the higher ranked officer ordered. The others kept shooting at the soldiers as they began to drop rapidly. A white vixen with violet eyes growled, “There’s too many sir, we’re going to have to fall back. At least get some more cover.” she stated. Just as they were about to get inside, the vixen saw a soldier aiming for one of the officers, and she pushed him out of the way. Another shot rang out and two bodies fell to the floor. But only one of them got back up. As a sand colored dog looked down at the white vixen, he began to panic. She had blood coming through her tactical vest and she was choking. “No, no, no Angie you can’t die. Why is fate so damn cruel; I was going to propose to you today before any of this happened.” the dog stated. He began to pull her inside of the station as the other officers began to fall onto the ground from the gunshots. As he pulled her in, he closed and barricaded the door, preventing the soldiers from getting inside easily. The soldiers took out every officer outside of the police station and now began to run towards the door. Angel suddenly pushed Jim away from her and began running to the side window of the police station. “Angel, what are you doing?” Joane asked. Angel watched the two officers as they continued to talk.

      The sand colored dog wrapped something around the vixen and then helped her lean against a wall. “Brandon, you’re the only guy I ever cared for like this. And… you’re the reason why I joined the force. To tell you the truth, I always told myself I would never be a part of anything dealing with law enforcement. I thought they were too corrupt. But you showed me that not every single cop is like that.” Angie stated. Suddenly she coughed and then slumped to the floor. Brandon quickly tried to attend to her wounds, but she pushed him away. “I’m not going to live for long, I can tell…” she stated softly while looking ahead of her. Strangely she looked at Brandon and smiled, “I knew you were going to propose today. I went looking through your bag this morning, even though you’ve told me countless times not to. But when I found that box with the diamond ring in it, and saw the slip of paper with my name on it, I smiled to myself, knowing that when our shift was over, you were going to ask to marry me.” she stated. The wooden door began to crack as it started to be rammed into.

      Brandon looked back at Angie and saw her eyes glazing over. “No, I’m not going to lose you. We can still make it together. Just hold on.” he stated frantically. A tear began to fall from Angie’s cheek, “I love you Brandon, and I’m sorry if I couldn’t say it sooner. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.” she stated. Another loud sound was heard as the soldiers continued to ram the door. Angie slowly closed her eyes as Brandon clasped her hand. She took one last breath and then her body became motionless. “Angie… Angie…” Brandon whispered softly. Tears began to run down his cheeks as the main double doors to the station bust open. Brandon just looked up at the soldiers with saddened eyes. Three of them had a pistol pointed to his head. Brandon sighed, ‘Looks like I’ll join you soon.’ he thought.

      Knowing what was about to happen, Angel looked away from the window as she heard three gunshots from inside of the police station. Angel began to feel multiple emotions as she thought about what she saw. A hand went onto her shoulder and she looked up to see Jim with a tired expression on his face. “We’ll make it through this.” he stated. Angel didn’t say anything, she just looked into the distance of the cold streets. “Let’s just… let’s just get our friends out of here.” Angel whispered. Jim nodded and tried to come up with a plan to take out the soldiers inside of the police station. Five minutes later, he figured it out. Though he didn’t like it, he thought that it was necessary in order for them to get inside another way.

      “I think we’re going to have to find a secret way into the station. Maybe there is a window we can reach, or a rooftop we can climb on.” Jim stated. Joane became uneasy and tried to find another way. “It is the only way.” Angel blurted out. Joane looked at Angel and Jim, seeing that they were not going to back down, she gave in. “Ok… let’s try a rooftop.” she suggested. They looked around and found that the building on the left of the police station was the only one high enough to reach it. Not only that, but there was a thick board that connected the two buildings. ‘It looks like some kids already did this before.’ Jim thought. “Alright, well let’s go.” Jim stated and headed for the building. Just as they went inside, they saw three soldiers already posted inside of it.

      The three teenagers immediately hid behind a corner, but then noticed that the soldiers did not see them. The three soldiers were drinking and seemed to be having a good time. ‘I can’t believe this! The only place that we need to go through and those heartless killers are here too!’ Jim thought. He saw a pebble on the ground next to Joane’s foot and then had an idea. He grabbed the pebble and aimed at something beside the soldiers. “What are you doing?” Joane whispered. Jim ignored her and threw the pebble at a liquor canteen that one of the soldiers were drinking out of. The soldier yelled something out in a Russian language. The three soldiers ran towards the area that they thought it had come from and went past the teenagers. Just as they passed them, Jim signaled his two friends to follow him inside. Jim felt extremely guilty; the rush of close danger excited him. But as for Angel and Joane, it was asking for death.

      Just as the three passed by the posting spot of the three soldiers, Jim saw a couple of guns placed on the ground. Jim quickly grabbed two pistols, a grenade, and an assault rifle. His rush soon left him as he realized how serious this had become again. They were actually going to be forced to kill in order to save their friends. He handed Angel a black pistol and gave Joane a silver one. Apparently Joane and Angel began to think of the same thing as Jim about the serious situation. Jim noticed the grim and surprised looks on their faces. “C’mon, we have to do this. It’s the only way to get out of here alive.” Jim pointed out. The two nodded and then started to walk up the staircase. Just as they got up three floors, they heard the soldiers come back in. The same soldier with the liquor canteen yelled out something else in Russian; obviously they had found out that their guns were missing. But what got to the three of them was the fact that he seemed to glance upward just for a brief second, and then he slowly pointed exactly at the three teenagers. The soldier along with the other two began to run up the staircase.

      The red vulpine looked carefully at the two females, “Alright, this is it, they know we’re here. We have to get out of this no matter what.” he stated and began to run at full speed up the staircase. Angel and Joane followed as the three soldiers soon saw that they were taking flight. The soldiers ran at full speed as well up the staircase. The three teenagers ran all the way to the top and then noticed five doors. Each one decided to split up quickly to try and confuse the three soldiers. As the three soldiers finished running up the stairs, they looked at the five doors and then decided to go into separate rooms. They quickly opened the doors and then scanned the room very quickly. They even checked the ceiling as a quick reflex. Just as they walked out of the two rooms, they noticed they had to be in the other one.

      Just as one of the soldiers began to open the door, two gunshots were heard and the first soldier fell dead cold. The other two soldiers shot the door before they opened it and then kicked the door in. They rushed into the room and then saw a white vixen with red eyes. They quickly grabbed her and then a soldier brought out a knife. The vixen tried to resist, but she was punched in the stomach and she lost her breath. Just as Jim tried to run inside to save Joane, the soldier with the knife quickly pulled out another pistol and turned around and fired at the red fox. By pure instinct, Jim was able to stop running and slide backwards, falling on his back; but not before the bullet chipped a piece of his ear off. He yelled out in pain as the soldier smirked; clearly he had dealt with something like an ambush before. He slowly walked over to the red fox and then picked him up by the neck of his shirt. “Listen, kid, I have served in the army for over thirty years now and I have more experience and knowledge of war than you could ever imagine. You think this is bad, be lucky I don’t kill this girl right where she stands. I don’t feel like the ruthless type right now. But that doesn’t mean I won’t kill you now.” the soldier stated in a Russian accent and then threw Jim across the room.

      Jim hit the wall and then was being crushed by a boot on his chest against the wall. Jim tried his best to grasp the boot with his left hand and try to lift the soldier’s leg off of his chest. His right arm was now broken and he couldn’t move it at all. “Stop it! Please don’t kill him!” Joane yelled. But the soldier holding her punched her in the stomach again and then cleanly punched her in the mouth. She was sent across the room into a wall, knocking her out unconscious and bleeding. “Joane!” Jim gasped. The soldier snickered, “Don’t waste your breath on your friend. You’re going to need every last second.” the soldier remarked. ‘Is this it? It can’t be… I’m sorry Joane…’ Jim thought before he felt like he was going to pass out. Everything was beginning to fade out of Jim’s eyesight before his grip began to loosen. The soldier heard the red fox breathing very heavily under him and then the red fox’s left hand slid off of his boot.

      Just before the soldier was about to bring his boot full force onto Jim’s chest, a sand colored dog burst into the room and shot the first soldier in his chest and legs. The soldier fell to the ground and the soldier that had pinned down Jim ran towards Angel before she could fire again. She fired again, but the gun was pushed aside before she could squeeze the trigger. The bullet hit the soldier in the hand and he backed away from the teenager. She saw the soldier strangely smile at her. Angel was panting heavily as she frantically looked for her friends. She saw her two friends on the ground. And from what she thought, she almost dropped the pistol. ‘They’re both dead.’ Angel thought hopelessly. The soldier then tried to rush at her again and pulled out his knife. Angel unexpectedly and quickly stepped to the side and then shot the soldier in his chest. The soldier really did not expect the move, seeing how he had planned to stab the teenager in the heart if she tried to fire from where she had stood.

      The soldier backed up into a corner and then slumped onto the floor. Angel aimed the pistol between the soldier’s eyes and looked at him calmly. The soldier looked down and then cursed in a Russian language before Angel pulled the trigger. Angel had done it, she had killed someone. The rush wasn’t as dramatic as she had thought, but it was still an impact. She looked over at Joane and then noticed that she was still breathing, but lightly. Jim on the other hand was gasping for air as his fur soon turned back to its original full red color. Jim tried to sit up, but as he leaned against his right arm, pain shot through his arm like lightning. He hissed in pain as he tried to shake off the pain. Angel helped him up from the floor and then stood him up. “Jim… I thought you two were dead.” she stated. Jim then slowly walked over to Joane and then helped Angel stand her up. She was still unconscious and she seemed to be shivering. “C’mon, let’s get the hell out of here.” he stated and then opened the last and remaining door.

      The three teenagers were now on the rooftop of the building. They looked at the board that they had to cross in order to get to the police station. It wasn’t that wide to really say they could cross with comfort, but they had no choice but to cross. They knew they couldn’t pass with Joane unconscious, so they decided to wait until she came back to her senses. “Joane, come on, I know you can take much more than that.” Jim stated. Like a response, Joane fluttered her eyes open and she looked at her two friends. “We... we made it?” she asked groggily. Jim smiled warmly, “Almost. We still have to get across to the police station and then we gave to take out the soldiers in there.” he explained. Joane looked at the ground that she was sitting on for at least a whole minute. Her thoughts of survival seemed to be slipping out of her as she thought about what they were really up against. ‘A whole army? How are we supposed to beat a whole army?’ she asked herself. Jim reached out his hand to help her up, “We can do this. Don’t worry about it.” he stated and then pulled her onto her feet.

      The three friends then looked at the board and sighed. Jim was the first to go and he stepped onto the board. He slowly balanced himself and cautiously began walking across. ‘The trick is not to look down.’ he thought. A minute later, he made it across and then he turned back towards the others. He signaled for them to come over. Angel and Joane both got on and slowly began to walk across. Joane got across, but Angel began to look down, and she froze. “Don’t look down, you’re almost there. Come on, you can do it.” Jim called out. Angel tried to shake her fear and go across, but her knees began to buckle. “Alright, I’m…” she began to say, but she tripped, and everything almost went into slow motion to Jim. He automatically tried to reach out for Angel, but he sadly realized that he wouldn’t be able to reach her arm in time.

      Suddenly another hand grabbed Angel’s arm and began pulling her back up. Joane and Jim looked at the person who had grabbed Angel and looked in shock, it was Bradley. The white fox pulled his friend back up onto the board and then helped her onto the other side. Angel looked at Bradley with a dazed and searching look. “Brad… Thank you.” she stated. Then something hit her, “Where is Zoey? Did you find her?” she asked. Bradley shook his head, “No I couldn’t find her. I went to her school and tried to get inside, but the soldiers had already set the place on fire. I still tried getting in, but another vixen stopped me from jumping in the burning school.” Bradley stated. “Maybe Zoey is already at a shelter, with other survivors, probably even waiting for you.” Joane stated. Bradley nodded, but he had high doubts about the suggestion.

      “Come on. We still have to get inside of the station.” Jim stated. The four furries walked from the roof to the door. Jim silently opened it and then pointed his gun out in front of him. They slowly walked down seven flights of stairs before hearing a pair of boots beat across the floor. The four teenagers stopped moving and watched as they saw a soldier pass by in the main hall. They had established that there were only three soldiers left from the outside scuffle that resulted from the battle with the law enforcement. Jim saw a second soldier looking at files behind a clerk’s desk and he had his feet stretched across the desk. The other soldier began to talk in Russian as he walked outside. But Jim had figured out what he had told the other two soldiers by looking at what was in his hand; a lighter and a cigarette. The soldier walked outside and then closed the door. If they were going to make their move, there was no better time.

      Jim pointed the assault rifle at one soldier while the two females pointed their pistols at the other soldier. Then Jim suddenly put up his hand and signaled them to stop. He handed the assault rifle to Bradley and then whispered something to him. Bradley nodded and then pointed the assault rifle at the door. Jim slowly pulled out a grenade and then put the pin into his mouth. He slowly pulled the pin off, but the two soldiers instantly knew the sound. Jim quickly threw the grenade at the soldier behind the desk as he tried to grab for his rifle. But the soldier was hit in the face with the grenade and it blew up. The two females had already started firing at the second soldier and he fell to the ground. By now, the third soldier was strapped and ready as he burst into the police station, pointing his AK-47 at nothing in particular with a lit cigarette in his mouth. The soldier suddenly saw the four teenagers as Bradley just pulled the trigger.

      The soldier pulled the trigger as well, but not fast enough. He was pummeled with bullets as his rifle went off and the four teenagers had to back out of the range of fire. Soon the clip ran out and the soldier fell face down onto the ground with his body and his rifle still smoking from the gunfire. The four teenagers walked out into the lobby and then looked at the three dead soldiers. They had done it; they had taken over a police station. “It’s only a start, but we’ll manage.” Bradley stated as he tore the American flag off of a pole and wrapped it around his arm. This was only the beginning of the long and brutal war.

                                                To Be Continued