A story written by Jahnavi Belsare
A scream filled the air. I dropped everything I was holding and ran to the window, a sinking feeling in my gut. For a normal human, the view was...well, normal. Tall skyscrapers and busy roads were spread throughout the city. It could easily be described as a big city. This was what most people saw. Sadly, I was not one of those people. I wasn’t normal whatsoever. What I saw was completely different.
Tree stumps were littered all around the tall, unruly grass. Buildings lay in ashes and wild, rabid animals roamed the abandoned streets. All of that didn’t matter to me. I scanned the grass and saw two men in black leaning over what looked like a still body. I held my breath, hoping the body would move. It didn’t. I tried to look around the two men, who were standing in front of the girl, back to back. Then, as if reading my mind, they stepped aside, allowing me to get a good look at the body. It was a girl, maybe nine or ten years old. She had curly red
