"If I only had five more minutes," I thought to myself. Sure, it sounded easy, but with heavy infantry rushing through the city like a wildfire and enemy armor coming in from behind, five minutes seemed like a miracle. It had been four years since the beginning of the war between the People's United Republic and the Aerid Rebellion, it had looked like the Republic was at a full on retreat until this morning. As time passed, I could hear the clattering of the guns firing into the crowd of people rushing panicked to find a way out, from the other side, the loud thuds shook the earth as the armor fired into the buildings. Seconds felt like hours as the clattering and booming moved closer to my block. I had seconds left to make my move. Without a second thought, I grabbed my rifle and burst through the back door. I climbed the fence separating my house from the neighbors and fell hard to the other side. I winced and grabbed my arm, it felt broken, but if I were to survive and return to the Aerid Base, I had to suck it up and move on. "Just a little further!" I thought as I ran towards the tunnels that would lead to the base. My heart was racing as I turned onto the block where the entrance was hidden. I was home free, or so I had thought. As I rounded the corner, my racing heart stopped. They knew all along, they had prepared the area as a trap to capture any fleeing rebels. I muttered a curse under my breath, closed my eyes, raised my gun, and opened fire.