Life of the Party

I did not expect anarchy.
I was at the party, enjoying a drink, talking to my friends - when the TV turned on. Let me step back.

I was at a party hosted by Lin, a girl in my class. It was for our final grades being released - and moving on to Jacksim High 11th grade. It was going to be great. The whole evening, just relaxing, sitting back, enjoying the feel. I lived near Lin’s house, so I followed some of my classmates cars until I got there. When I was there, I was greeted by Ffort, but he didn’t call himself that yet. Everyone in the class was there.

After an hour or so, Lin’s TV randomly turned on. No one touched the remote. The speakers announced the following:

THIS IS NOT A DRILL. DUE TO AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, ALL GOVERNMENT SERVICES WILL BE UNAVAILABLE INDEFINITELY. PLEASE REMAIN CALM.

No one remained calm.

Everything just happened at once. Everyone ran, trying to reach the exit. Trying to get home, to find safety. I followed, at the back of the crowd. I hate being in the middle of the hustle and bustle. Lin was there, next to me, too.

“Hey Jay,” she said. “I know this is crazy right now, but... can you promise me something?”

I turned around. “Sure. What?”

”Please. Try help others. Right now, everything can be orderly, but soon? We need to look out for others. For each other.”

”I’ll keep that promise.” I respond.

The door was clear, and we walked out. And ran.

Running back home, I realize: I should ransack the supermarket first.

When I reached the market, everything was still full. I managed to grab many foods, trying to be healthy (in the apocalypse) and run out. When I looked back, the store is already jam-packed.

I ran to an alleyway. Running through, I found another store on the other side. Dashing inside, I grabbed a shotgun and two uzis, put them in a bag, grabbed as many bullets I could, an ran back to the alleyway, finding a man beating up a child with a baseball bat. Reacting instinctively, I grab the shotgun and shoot him in the head.

Boom.