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I became aware of a steady drub, drub, drub—like the sound of a heavy heartbeat Throbbing Pressing in Getting closer

What’s going on?

I staggered to the , forcing my body back to life after two hours passed out on the sofa, and peeked through the slats

And then I stepped back and rubbed my eyes Hard

Because there’s no way I had seen what I’d seen And there was no way I had heard what I’d heard

Was it really the steady, relentless footfall of hundreds of soldiers? Marching on my street in perfect unison?

My street wasn’t close enough to the center of town to be on any holiday parade routes,down it in the dead of night

I shook my head and bounced up and down a few times kind of like I do in my warood ain

There they were Soldiersdown our street Hundreds of them as clear as day, hts

Just one thought was running laps insideThis can’t be happening

Then I res of my parents about the trouble the country was in, the special broadcasts on TV, the political petitionsonline, the heated debates between teachers at school None of itto me until that second

And before I could piece it all together, the vanguard of the formation stopped in front of my house

Almost faster than I could comprehend, two armed squads detached themselves from the phalanx and sprinted across the lawn like co around the back of the house, the other taking position in front

I jumped back from theI could tell they weren’t here to protect me and my family I had to warn Mom, Dad, Wisty—

But just as I started to yell, the front door was knocked off its hinges

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