Life in The Bunker

I hear a loud bang, then something hitting my house, then everything goes black.
I wake up, but just for a few seconds and I see people carrying me into a plane, my family is with me. I am strapped into my seat right next to my classmates Luca and Arianna. Then I fall into darkness. 


When I wake up, the first thing I see is my Italian professor greeting me. She informs me on how when the cataclysms hit the earth the major government organizations decided to rescue all children (plus their families) and to put all of the rescued pople in an underground bunker big enough to fit three quarters of the people on Earth, so the children from public schools were rescued first and the others were going to be rescued only if there was enough time, if not, they would be left to die. Hearing this I screamed at her, telling her that this was a crime against humanity , but of course , there was nothing she could do. She informs me of where the children from Italian state schools were staying and so I dash into the dormitory, eager and scared at the same time to find out if my old friends are still alive. 
As soon as I walk into that door, I feel my heart thump as I read the names on the cots, when I don't see Pietro's, my heart sinks, I realize that my boyfriend was dead and I can't bear that, I want everything to return to normal, but of course, I can't.
I get back to my dormitory and go into my class's safety pen where all the kids from my class would go once they had woken up.
In the pen, I meet my friend Rachele who also knew Pietro and the other kids. When I tell her that some of them are dead, she doesn't seem to be bothered, in fact, she shrugs and starts laughing at some joke. I slap her. She looks at me with bewilderment . I don't remember speaking to her again for all the time we were in the Bunker.


The next day we start school, we take classes divided by year groups so the classrooms are gigantic. I find myself sitting next to an African girl with beads in her hair and a brazilian boy with a nice tan and golden brown hair. The way to get to the lessons is very cool, we step into a tube and we arrive in our seats. My father is recruited to teach. In the Bunker you have to know English very well to make friends, that is why me, Jacob and Sethmi become fast friends ; everyday, after dinner with our families, we meet in the immense gym, were everybody goes, to hang out.


I like my life in the Bunker now, sure it won't be the same as before, but, it's a start.




Just to note, this work is entirely fictional, any refer to actual facts is just pure coincidence.
S.V.