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It was just like any other day, going to school, going to classes, walking back home when school was over. It was boring... way too boring, the same routine everyday; until the day the Military came.
It was so sudden, they just rolled in and told everyone to stay in their houses. I stared out my window down at the military vehicles, my mom and dad had told me to stay in my room and not do anything. Understandable, considering I'm only 11 so I get into trouble pretty easily these days.
Our city was small and surrounded by woods, there was a little lake by our house that I loved to go swimming in when it was nice and hot out, I was an extremely good swimmer. I wanted to go outside right now, but it was far to dark and I couldn't leave the house with the military all over.
I stared at my clock, 8:30pm, I sighed knowing that the night will probably be boring. After two hours of lounging in my room I got up and walked downstairs to see my parents.
"Mom, Dad..." I could see them in the kitchen.
"Go back upstairs Kat," Mom snapped "I told you to stay there."
"But I want to know whats going on." I made it to the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"They never told us," My dad glared at me, giving me the 'listen to your mother' look "They said stay in the house." He opened the fridge to grab himself some food.
I grumbled and went to look out the kitchen window "Something has to be wrong, why else would they be here?" I shoved my hands into my jacket pockets.
My mom yelled "I said go to your room! I don't want to get in trouble for my daughter spying on the military." I could hear her walking, I knew she was walking toward me.
"No," I didn't want to listen to her I wanted to know what was going on, then I felt my mom grab my brown hair, she turned me around to stare in my greenish-blue eyes.
"Go to your room." She said it softer now.
"Don't grab me." I mumbled it, I wanted to bite her and run. I hated it when people grabbed me, it made me frustrated and annoyed. It wasn't the first time she had grabbed me though, I never liked to listen to her, one day she had said I was going through a "phase" but I ignored her, then she grabbed me by the collar, I had nearly slapped her that day.
My mother let me go, she was just about to open her mouth to say something then a massive creature burst through the window.
I fell over, not sure if it was the creature or if mom had pushed me to the ground. Glass was everywhere and I heard gunfire coming from outside, "Mom?" I heard screaming "Mom!?" I stumbled to my feet to see the black creature bite my moms arm. I stared at her and screamed in horror, blood was everywhere, not all of it from my mom, little bits of broken glass had cut my hands and knees.
My dad grabbed a nearby knife off the counter and stabbed the creature. It screeched and growled. When dad moved the knife away I noticed it was smoking and bits of it were falling to the ground. "Kat get out of here!" I heard him yell.
The military burst through the door, gunfire shredding the creature. It screeched and fell on top of my mom. She lay pinned beneath it shrieking in pain and agony.
"Mom!" I screamed trying to get to her, close enough to see her flesh dissolving to the muscle and bone beneath. I stared with shock and horror and began to breath heavily "mom?" I reached out to touch what was left of her face but was dragged back by a marine. "No!" I sobbed, screaming and kicking, "No!"
"I'm so sorry." The marine that held me carried me out of the house.
I tried to look around for my dad but my eyes were blurry with tears, "Da-" I choked on the words, I could barely breath.
The marine held me down trying to soothe me "Shhh, it's okay, it's okay" I knew he was lying, I kicked at him, my mother was dead and I was guessing my dad was dead as well. I didn't really know what was going on, everything was happening so fast, what was that creature? Where did it come from, and more importantly how did it get here?
After about five minutes of continuous sobbing, I ran out of tears, I sat still in the marines arms and stared at him, "Wha- What was that thing?"
"That's classified," He replied, "The only thing I can say it that they are dangerous."
I squirmed out of his arms and looked around, the military were shooting at things I could not see. My feet were freezing, but I didn't have time to grab any of my shoes or anything else to keep me warm, other then the jacket I was already wearing. I took a few wobbly steps towards a Tank, I heard about them at school but I had never seen one in real life, it was massive, camouflaged and had a huge gun on it.
'How dangerous could these creatures really be, I know it killed my mother' I held back some more tears 'but they can't be so deadly that you would need a tank to kill it-' That's when I noticed that there were more of the creatures, they were stalking and attacking the marines. I stared in shock, I'd seen blood and gore in movies and games, I thought I had seen it all but this was far too real. I turned and ran toward the forest hoping that it was something that would save me from the creatures.
The marine that had held me down chased after me "No don't!" he yelled " The Xenomorphs will get you!" Just as he said that one of the creatures leapt on him.
I screamed, looked away, and sprinted as fast as I could into the trees, the ground was cold and wet under my feet. 'Xenomorphs, so thats what they're called...'
I jumped over roots and pushed past branches. I ran for what felt like hours and stopped by a massive tree. I panted and cried and smashed my fists into the tree. "Why!? Why did this happen to me!?" I fell to my hands and knees and sobbed.
'I can make it through this, I can survive on my own, I'm a survivor' I cried, and cried, until I knew I was in danger. I heard a noise from behind and looked to see where it was coming from, I just glanced for a few seconds and ran further into the woods. I stopped once I made it to another massive tree.
I stared at it, the tree was probably the safest place I could be at the moment. I looked at my surroundings to make sure that I was not in any danger, when I knew I was safe I climbed up the tree. I hoped that the so called 'Xenomorphs' couldn't climb, if they could this tree would probably save me for a few seconds. I was never the best when it came to climbing, I had nearly fallen three times but didn't give up, knowing that if I was to sleep on the ground I could get killed. I looked for any branch to hold onto to pull myself up, once I found a sturdy enough branch I stopped my climb and stayed on the branch.
I curled up for warmth, but it wasn't too bad outside, it was enough that I had to curl up but not enough that I was shivering. I hated August, it wasn't my favorite month at all, but at this moment I liked it.
'By the time I wake up everything will be normal, I'll be okay, and none of this will have happened, it will be another boring day of going to school and going to my classes'. I closed my tear filled eyes 'The Xenomorphs will be gone. The military will be gone. My mom and my dad will be safe. This is all just a nightmare'. I cried myself to sleep.