Chapter 76: Under attack part 1 Chaos

Maria and I got ourselves backed up into the corner from all the chaos and panic. The men dash themselves downstairs to the first floor. Some men were even leaping over the balcony. Women were crying and screaming with terror on their faces scattering around frantically. A good handful of ladies ran down to the first floor in grave panic. Tons of ladies were even tripping over themselves and falling on the ballroom floor. It got so crowded I couldn't even see the second set of stairs anymore.

In a cry, Maria said, "Sally! We need to get out of this corner!"

"What's going on?" I loudly asked her over the screaming.

"We're under attack and you are now the bride of Cory's!" Maria replied raising her voice, "They'll be coming for you!"

"I've never been in anything like this before!" I shared with her as true fear hit me. "Maria! I'm scared!"

"Me too." Maria took my hand, saying, "We just need to get out of here."

Maria took the lead and we ran through the seating area. Around many tables and chairs along with other women fleeing too. Until Maria stopped to see across from the dance floor. Some of her friends are on the left side of the stage. All huddled together in fearfulness.

Over the loud screaming from all the panicked women, Maria yelled to me. "My friends are over there! We need to get them this way we all can get out of here together!"

"Yes, we can't leave them!" I hollered over the crying panicked ladies staggering over themselves.

So Maria and I held hands cutting through the ballroom dance floor, running into many terrified women intersecting our pathway. As we were making our way towards Maria's friends ducking down at the stage. Now seeing me and Maria running through the crowds.

Linda got up and partly ran to Maria saying loudly, "We need to get to the first floor and start running out of this building! But the way is all blocked up at the stairs! We just headed back here because we can't get through!"

Another friend of Maria's said, "We looked over the baloney and saw Cory and the men are holding the enemies from entering inside but we only have minutes! Other men are leading the women down and out the hidden passageway."

"Cory's sisters and the Queens made it out! Most of the Royals left just before the attack!" Said Maria's pregnant friend crying. She was close to losing herself as she held her flat unexpanded belly. Maria dropped my hand and hugged her for a second. Knowing well her friend was horrified to lose her unborn baby.

[Author's note~ Pregnancy in their worlds are different. Belly's stay flat until labor. For now, that's all I can giveaway.]

"Come on ladies we just need to walk along the stage and reach the staircase!" Maria said releasing her friend then takes my hand again.

Alongside the stage, Maria's friends, Maria, and I started prancing at a fast pace. Just when we were about to make it to the ending corner of the stage...

"Stay clear of the windows!" Men holler out shouting from the third floor.

Just as most of the men yelled that I heard from behind the sound of glass breaking. Around the ballroom, I saw men and women in the crowded ballroom falling lifeless. Shock took my eyes to watch something I've never witnessed within my life.

To see randomly targeted hybrid people within the crowds drop lifeless from being shot in the head. A few fallen bodies ended up tripping others as their bodies fell limp. Above the third floor baloney, I witnessed tons of men overhead drop-down lifeless when hitting the second floor. More than a handful of those bodies even harshly land onto people from below them.

All went into slow motion to my eyes to see many groups of people around the room dropping lifeless. But I kept hold of Maria's hand as she took me and her friends directly to the right corner stage.

We finally make it to the end of the stage. The staircase leading to the first floor was straight across. But still, loads of women and men were over-packed around the staircase and others are still waiting to head down it. But that wasn't the worst of this terror and chaos. We witnessed some of the women falling over the baloney to the second floor. As I watched a handful of dozen men trying to stop the ladies from falling over. Again we heard louder screams from below the first floor.

Then I heard this hyperventilating breath walking past Maria and me. "I want my husband!" The pregnant lady broke down to her limit in hysterics. "I need my husband! I'm pregnant! If I get put down to lifeless state, I'll lose my baby!" She curled up into a ball sitting in the corner up against the wall.

Not giving up, Maria tried to plead with her pregnant friend. "Your husband is out there fighting to protect us. We need to do our part and get out of here. You know we cannot be in the corner we're most vulnerable here."

Louder pitched screaming came from behind us. We all turned around to see it was a pile of mostly ladies trying to escape.

"Get the women out of here! They can't hold them back any longer they're getting in through the first floor! They're going to take the second floor!" Multiple men shouted over the chaos.

"If we don't get to the stairs we're not going to make it!" Said Linda next to me.

You could hear women screaming louder from the first floor as their voices echoed out.

In such terror, Maria looked at her pregnant friend and said, "Come on ladies we need to go."

Without choice, they had to leave their pregnant friend behind. My heart broke deeply for her but she couldn't be reasoned with. Tragically, we left her and our group tried to push forward to get down the staircase...

"Get away from the stairs!" On the stairs and by the balcony ledge Men yelled, "The enemies are taking the second floor!"

My heart stopped to see it was already too late to get off the floor!