IGCSE Coursework – Writing to Describe (1)

Drivers were aborting their cars and running for their lives, trying to get off the motorway on foot. Turning frantically, cars were trying to prevent themselves from being crushed to death. They were trying to avoid the large tank driving on the wrong side of the road, approaching opposite traffic. It was unstoppable. No one had any idea what to do. What could they do?

At the wheel of the tank, there was Corporal Smith, an ex-Sniper recently diagnosed with post traumatic distress disorder. Raging, he gathered speed, screaming out different names from his past experience in the war. He was trained to fight in war, however this training wasn’t used for war, but his own country, on the civilians.

The civilians were confused. A tank is a military transport, and the military’s job is to protect the people from any life threatening danger. But this tank was attacking innocent people. Why?

The damage and gave Corporal Smith a shiver of thrill as he grinned at his destruction. Some people just managed to escape death as the massive tank was accelerating speed, crushing any abandoned cars in it’s way. Some of the unfortunate ones who were unable to flee from the danger were terminated. People who were at a safe distance from the tank were horrified from the deaths and injuries caused by the Smith. He chuckled with spite as he created more damage on the motorway.

Trailing behind was a disaster. It was almost as if he had left a roadway to hell. The grey toxic smoke from the fires smudged the blue skyline as if i it was a ruined painting. The tracks of the tank left a long deep scar across the demolished road. Aborted cars congested the motorway as if it was a full car park, leaving a pathway that had been made by the tank.

Sobbing, weeping and crying, left in tears as they watched their loved ones killed. Smith dominated the motorway, there was nothing that could match him with that tank. Jeeps and Vans were no use, trucks may have slowed him down but he didn’t stop, once he got through it he quickly gained speed again.

The motorway started becoming empty. Drivers were warned about the attack going on ahead and instantly made U-turns on the opposite side of the motorway, to avoid coming face to face with the tank, knowing they had no chance of surviving. This was not good for Cpl Smith as people were escaping the road, preventing him from doing any damage. He started to operate the main gun, aiming at the cars and people who were trying to scatter away to safety.

Still driving down the wrong side of the road with an aim at the people and cars, the tank fired multiple shots. This caused large explosions and more louder screaming. Smoke covered the area from the fire. People screaming for help and others scrambling away and others running to the tragic scene, trying to save innocent and loved ones who may have had a chance of surviving. Smith aggressively frowned as if it to show that this was only the start…

This still did not satisfy the tank driver as he continued to speed down the motorway. All three emergency services, The Police, Ambulance and Fire Brigade entered the scene including the S.W.A.T Team. The Ambulance service went straight to aid the injured, whilst the police and swat cars/van were trailing behind the tank trying to stop it. Helicopters from the emergency services and news reporters surrounded the chaos at a safe distance.

The tank approached a tunnel, with the emergency services still trailing behind. More emergency services were on the other side of the tunnel with a barricade waiting for the tank, trying to stop it. They were aiming to trap the tank in the tunnel, as if it was a mouse. The tank entered the tunnel, accelerating speed, leaving the emergency services trailing behind it at far distance.

Smith reached the middle of the tunnel with a sharp halt, with knowledge that the other side was barricaded. The Emergency services caught up with the tank and stopped surrounded it. The S.W.A.T  team hoped out their vans, with all body armour and weapons as they walked up to the tank slowly with all guns aimed. Two of them climbed onto the tank opening the entrance. It was empty. The mental and dangerous fugitive, Corporal Smith had gotten away…