[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/h33xpY5.png[/img][/center]	𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮
	𝟬𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴

			"I am Cameron Wallace with the ABC International News...Chinese and North Korean forces had officially landed in the island of Kyushu. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces held off against the invading forces in the city of Nagasaki before retreating to Fukuoka, the capital province of the island. It is where they will make their stand against the incoming forces. Both China and North Korea had stated in a press conference that they will not use anymore nuclear weapons. This comes as a response to the international world condemning the bombing of Busan. The United Nations put sanctions on both China and North Korea. The Australian Army arrived months ago to provide aid against the Korean and Chinese aggression on their ally while defending their home land from a possible invasion."

"Russia, meanwhile, increased their aggression towards East European countries while the European Union is planning for the future without America. And ISIL recaptured Mosul after Iraqi forces retreated from the ruins of the city due to the lack of airstrikes in the area. Intelligence on ISIL have suggested that they are going to take advance of the situation in America to launch attacks of their own. The situation in America has now grown out of control as once the powerful nation has collapse since the failed naval invasion of Korea. The massacre in Washington D.C. had been the main cause of the Second American Civil War. The remains of the America's military had retreated into the West Coast. 

We will talk about the current situation in the South America and how it directly affects international trade after this commercial break."

The advertisement was about accepting refugees from Japan that left their homeland in the wake of Chinese-Korean invasion. Before it was finished talking, someone had changed it to a different radio station that was playing "I Feel It Coming" by Weeknd. People inside the small cafe were grateful that it was not talking about the depressing news. Many people in Los Angeles knew someone that died during the invasion of Korea. It was the main reason why the protesting began in the city. 

Nicolas Roth paid for his coffee and started to drink it when he outside. The plaza within downtown Los Angeles was full of people going to their destinations. It seemed too normal for Roth. He knew that beyond the borders of the California Republic was a war zone. New York City gone dark, Washington D.C. burnt to the ground, and other places that either burnt or went dark as well. Of course, there was opportunity to earn some money and possibility find safe havens. Roth had seen enough destruction and death to realize that he deserved a break.

He walked passed a group of masked protesters shouting about the unfairness of the police force. Los Angeles was still one of the cities that had it's police force with military grade weapons. Of course, the protest was peaceful and Roth went on his way home. He also had seen enough protests and riots that he just wanted things to go back to normal; but, that will never happen. As he kept on walking, he saw his apartment in the heart of the city. It looked like the other buildings that were built in the sixties with the increased in popularity of Los Angeles. Roth crossed the busy street while looking for any incoming car. 

Once he got to the stairs of the apartment, he saw a couple teenagers that lived in the same hallway as Roth did. They arrived right after word came that New York City went dark—cutting off any communications with the outside world. Roth wished that he went to New York City and visited the Statue of Liberty. But, he never envisioned the entire Union falling apart including the most populated city in America. The teenagers headed for the parking lot while Roth entered the apartment. The teenagers' parents soon gave chase and followed to the parking lot, which an argument began between. Something about going out West and beyond Utah to look for their friends.

Roth was not interested in listening to the argument and went to his apartment room. As he searching for his keys to the room, an neighbor walked up to him as the argument intensified. "It is getting worse by the day." the man said in hopes of starting a conversation.

"Indeed." Roth said while digging around his pockets for the keys. "How long has it been since the last argument? Two weeks?"

"More like six days." the neighbor corrected Roth. 

"Well, let's hope that-" Roth tried to finished but one of teens began to shout at their father. Now that there was the possibility of a fight, Roth raced towards the parking lot as a crowd began to form on the sidewalk. He saw four teenagers and their parents in the parking lot near one of the teen's van. They were ready to leave for the East and their parents wanted to stop them. One of the teens' parents turned towards Roth and coldly stated, "What are [i]you[/i] doing here?"

"I am just to trying to end this argument for good." Roth responded and added, "Or do you want to deal with the police this time around?"

The man stepped aside with his arms crossed while Roth walked towards the teenagers. One of the teens rolled his eyes while another spoke towards Roth in a grating tone with his Boston accent noticeable, "Great. The pig is here to boss us around just like his pals."

"James!" the teen's mom pleaded for her son to stop, but he avoided her mother's request and approached Roth. Since the Washington Massacre, relations between police and the people were beyond repairing and both sides hated each other. Roth had been used to being called 'pig,' 'the donut patrol,' and other derogatory terms for police officers. He was not affected by the name calling and the intimidation that the teen was trying his best to do; but, it needed some work. 

"You are wasting your time here. Go back to your room, eat some donuts, and choke on them." he had hopped for some sort of reaction from Roth but he just stood there and silently accepted the insults.

"Look at this fellows. A piece of bacon that just keeps his mouth shut." he stated while grabbing his phone to record the police officer. "Look at this fat ass motherfucker, trying to act like he's the man. Well, we are about to leave this hell hole."

Roth finally spoke up to the teenager, "I won't leave this place if I were you."

James gave the officer a disgusting look while he aimed his phone at him. He then began to give a speech, "Look at this motherfucker. Trying to make me stay at this paradise for the fucking pigs because they can dress up as troops and force us to obey their every word. However, everyone is getting tried of their abuse. We are all tired of this bullshit made by the government, who got us into this mess in the first place."

Then, two police cars arrived at the street and packed across street from the parking lot. The officers raced over towards the people and began to establish order. Two of the officers kept an eye on the massive crowd while the other two went to the teenagers. James looked at the police and started to laugh while recording them, "I guess that the pigs have reunited at once. I don't even get why they are here. Me and my friends just wanted to get out of this city."

One of the police officers spoke to the teenager, "If you run away from this city, your safety will be-."

"At risk. Bah Bah. I already know that shit and I don't fucking care if I do die. It's better than being in this piece of shit city." James interrupted the officer and walked away from the officers. The officer tried to get James to come back but he refused to do listen anymore and began to head from the van. Roth began to walk towards James, trying to reason with him. The other teenagers walked upon Roth and stopped him from moving while pointing their phones at the officers.

"You cannot talk to him anymore, you fascist pig." a girl, no more than sixteen, said at Roth and then spat at the officer while the others laughed. The nearby police officer walked towards the girl and told her that she was being changed with spitting at someone. The teenagers stopped laughing once the officer grabbed the girl's arm to cuff her. She refused and cried out to others that she was being 'assaulted.' The teenagers began to surround the officer and they were ready to push the officer to the ground; however, the other officers rushed over to prevent the teens from saving their friend.

Her resistance towards the officers was what caused her to land face first on the asphalt. The teen's mother cried out that she was doing nothing while rushing towards her aid. One of the officers stopped her and asked her husband to control her. The crowd started to curse out the officers and demanding that they stop hurting her while she was on the ground. Thankfully, more officers arrived at the scene and entered the parking lot with their patrol cars. They existed out of their cars and walked over towards the growing crowd to calm them down from doing something stupid. 

"Help me!" the girl shouted to her friends while she was being cuffed on the ground. One of the officers placed his knee on the girl's back and grabbed the other arm to arrest her. Roth watched in the background as the girl was lifted off of the ground and dragged to the nearby patrol car. He had hoped that things were peaceful enough that someone was not arrested. Then, the girl's parents rushed towards the patrol and asking why she was being arrested. 

James looked at Roth and rushed towards while blaming him for everyone. He tried to punch him in the face but that failed when Roth dodged the attack. James tried to run away but Roth grabbed his long hair and pulled it. The pull caused James to fall face first to the ground and two more officers came to Roth's aid. His parents yelled out and his father cursed out Roth for ruining his son. His patience was running low as Roth breathed in and out while another officer forced the father to get away from Roth. After James had been cuffed, he was placed in another patrol car while the two remaining teens recorded the whole things. 

"Are you alright, sir?" one of the officers asked him.

"Yeah, I have been through worse before." Roth was referring to the protests and riots after the Washington Massacre and the failed invasion of Korea. He watched as the teens' parents began talking to police officers while the crowd had began to leave once the situation was under control. After the patrol cars left with the two teens, everyone had began to return to their homes. James and the girl's parents looked at Roth with disgust as they walked passed him. He did not mind the looks and went inside his own apartment. Inside the closet, his police uniform was there. 

Tomorrow was the day that Roth would finally go back to working with the Los Angeles Police Force after he was wounded during the LA Riots of 2017. It was good to be away from his neighbors, who mostly hated him because he was a cop. And now with the arrest of two well-known teenagers, it would not be a surprise to learn that everyone hated him now. He closed the closet and locked the apartment doors and turned on the television. It was on CNN, talking about the events in Europe and how it was affected by the second American Civil War.