It was quite ironic to Yana, after years of being told to ‘go outside more, you have no life’, it was now considered good for the world if you stayed inside, and you would be applauded to do so. In fact, some zones were quarantined by the actual military for you to stay away from them, and you would face some serious consequences if you didn’t. Despite all of this, and the fact that she absolutely loved staying in, she was going against all her good judgments, the things the news and laws had been telling her, and her nature, by going outside, specifically, close by to a military base.

But she couldn’t help it. In her years of staying inside, she’d always been playing military simulators, she’d always had a small fascination for the weapons and the guns, and this virus thing might be her only chance to see things like that up close.

And so she ducked under the tape and went past the fences, entering the zone. Her eyes stayed on the lookout for the military guards, though she wasn’t sure if she was excited to see them or if that would be a disaster. She stayed close to walls and shadows, since it was late at night (no way she would do this in broad daylight), and she had snuck out of her home without her parents knowing. Her heartbeat was racing but the adrenaline put a smile on her face, up until a guard turned the corner. She got a glimpse of the big gun he was carrying, but she was too panicked to have a good look at it, as she ducked away to hide behind another wall.

But there she was met with the eyes of another man staring at her; this time, one that seemed a lot less intimidating than the ones in military gear. She was screwed and she knew it, and then the military guard came around the corner again to see her as well.

”I’m with him!” she blurted out in a wild panic, her Russian accent coming through strong, and quickly went to stand next to the civilian-looking stranger. If everything by some miracle went according to plan, he would play along.