If you had nothing left, would you give up all hope, or would you persevere?
It was five years since the Controllers first invaded our planet called Earth. I had been thirteen at the time. I had just finished Elementary School, and was living a normal life- well, besides the guardian charas. I remember that day vividly, as if it was yesterday. I was walking home, tracing the steps that I would probably never take again from Seiyo Academy to my house. The city was hustling, people scampering around doing ordinary stuff; the last time it would be that way for them. The breeze was gentle, my natural pink hair swaying gently. It felt nice to feel that breeze, since it was summer and had been overwhelmingly hot recently.
For some arbitrary reason, I happened to glance up at the sky at that moment. To my dismay, there were giant grey figures levitating in the sky, concealing the light blue sky.
"What are those?" I heard others whisper around me. Suddenly, the giant figure descended, revealing itself as a ship. I was utterly confused at this point. My heart was beating swiftly. They met the ground, and landed. A ladder was lowered to the ground. A bunch of men climbed down from the ladder, wearing silver glasses that shaded their eyes. One of them, the tallest one, tapped the giant ship three times. Each tap I could hear at double the volume around me. I jumped back in surprise.
"We are the Controllers, and we will take over your world. You puny humans do not stand a chance against us." The man whispered, his voice booming everywhere. No one around me was moving, and I could feel the heavy breaths of everyone around me.
"We will not surrender!" I turned slowly, facing some man I did not recognize. He was an ordinary man, large and bulky. The strange thing about this man was that he was made out of pixels. I would learn later that this man was from another nation from the world, and in fact, the Controllers were announcing this message to everyone in the world and in every language.
"You dare attempt to defy us?" A Controller murmured, stepping towards him. He pointed a large gun towards the man, and shot a laser beam from it, killing the man instantly. After the first death, people started to scream and rebel. The Controllers, however, killed everyone on spot who attempted to rebel. I was frozen in spot, unsure of what to do. To say I was scared would be a vast understatement. Although many humans were sprawled across the ground dead, all of the Controllers were left alive. After a woman was killed, a man shrieked loudly.
"That was my wife!" He screamed from somewhere around the world. "Please don't kill anyone else. I surrender! We all surrender!" That was probably the majority vote anyway. The Controllers seemed to smirk.
"You must abide by our rules. If you break any rules, someone you love will perish and you will face a slow death." The Controllers stood behind flocks of people, ordering them to move. I slowly walked, following the crowd of frightened people in front of me. I knew then that my life would never be the same.
