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Blood-Ridden Streets
Raids took place in every corner of the town. Not long after, small outbursts of violence rose up here and there. Then these further developed into gunfights. It was the day after this was no longer a small issue. Armed troops descended upon the city to protect and aid the escape of those involved in defense of the major facilities scattered around the city. They were fully-armed for "just in case." They could only think of it as a large-scale drill involving real combat. Although we could hear the sounds of gunfire from here, they were far away and they would cause no harm to us or those being protected. There was only half a kilometer until the first target residence. The area had not been damaged significantly so we thought it would have been fine but when we arrived we were struck by a street drenched in blood. Huge blood stains mixed with human flesh - not that of one human but of at least ten, for sure. With this volume of blood we expected to also see corpses slumped on the street but there was not a single object that even resembled a corpse. Had someone killed these people and taken the corpses with them? Had they completely pulverized these people? Whatever had happened, this was no longer a small issue.