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February 28, 2032 (10 minutes before the purge begins)
“Hurry up, we only have 10 minutes left,” Kate urges.
Zach and Mason had just given up their plan to rob a bank a few minutes ago, now they were helping us unload our things into the biggest elevator I’ve ever seen that was expertly built and hidden inside the mountain.
“Okay, that’s everything, Kate. How do we hide the car though?” I say warily.
“Watch and learn.”
She walks to a hidden screen beside the elevator that I hadn’t seen earlier. She puts her finger on the screen and says “Kate Miller”. The screen suddenly says, “Access granted,” she then demands, “Raise the car vault,” the screen asks, “For how many?” she answers with “One”. The ground starts shaking as me, Zach, and Mason back away to where Kate is standing. Miraculously, a conveyor belt rises from the ground where we once stood. Kate drives the car onto the conveyor belt. As soon as she steps out of the car, the conveyor belt starts to sink down into the ground going to how it originally looked before. Before we can ask questions, our phones start vibrating, shooting out an alarm sound.
Emergency Broadcast System
This is not a test.
This is your emergency broadcast system announcing
the commencement of the Leap Year Purge
sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Weapons of class 4 and lower have been authorized for
use during the Purge. All other weapons are restricted.
Government officials of ranking 10 have been granted
immunity from the Purge and shall not be harmed.
Commencing at the siren, any and all crime, including
murder, will be legal for 12 continuous hours.
Police, fire and emergency medical services will be unavailable
until tomorrow morning at 12 pm, when the Purge concludes.
Blessed be our New Founding Fathers and America, a nation reborn.
May God be with you all.
The Purge has begun.
- Writer
