9/11 Short Stories

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The sun rose today like any other. I keep expecting the world to stop. It has been almost seven hundred days since the great fall. Six hundred and twenty seven since Liam Ognyer took power. No one could forget that day. I came home from school like usual and my mom ordered my sister and I to pack our bags as quick as possible. She tore out of the driveway and drove off. My sister kept crying and asking where our dad was. She refused to answer and ever since that day we’ve been living in a secret complex in the middle of nowhere.
Liam Ognyer calls himself “the great one”. When the three branches dismantled and none of them could control each other and balance one another out he took power and started to terrorize everyone. The constant fear
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If we are successful we can reinstate the three branches and overthrow Ognyer. I’ll have the captains pass out assignments.”
The girl that let us in came over to us. “Coming with me?” she asked Olivia. “Sure. I brought a friend.” “Great.”
We went outside and loaded onto trucks. We drove for what seemed like forever. The wind blew over my face. The darkness seemed to have no end. Even though it wasn’t safe the cars didn’t have headlights. The passenger used a flashlight to give some visibility. The truck suddenly stopped. The driver explained that we were a mile out and had to walk. I stayed close to Olivia and joined the girl we were with and three other people walked over. She shined the flashlight on the map Olivia had given me. Her thin fingers traced out route. “We need to be in and out in thirty minutes. Olivia, you and your friend, what’s your name?” “Victoria. You?” “Rose. So, Olivia and Victoria will be on medicine, don’t forget to line you bag with a towel so it doesn’t break. Alan and Percy, you guys are on bedding. Peyton and I will take the pharmacy and clear it. After that we’ll meet in the waiting room, meet the rest of the group and take down Ognyer. Are we clear?”
Everyone nodded and we broke
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The door the hospital was boarded up. She took a rock and smashed the board in. The glass was all over the floor. I tried to avoid it. We went up the stairs and she handed me a towel. “Is this stealing?” I asked. “Take the towel.”
I put it in the bottom of my bag and emptied the cabinets. The little bottles clinked in my bag. I grabbed as many as I could in my bag. I heard the clunk of heavy boots and pushed Olivia behind the counter. “Shh!”
A can was dropped and gas rolled out of it. Olivia tore her towel and handed it to me. I put it on my face. I heard a yell and looked up over the counter. Olivia came up to grab

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