Falling Skies: War aganist the Esphenis

by Supreme Commander

Three Weeks after the Invasion my platoon was ambush by Skitters and Mechs. I was the only survivor. i wage a one man war against the invaders using a special alien suit i found. along the way i meet new allies and i'm searching for the whereabouts of my girlfriend and family on the way to Charleston, South Carolina.

1. Chapter 1

Disclaimer: Falling Skies doesn't belong to me

Author Note will be at the end.

Chapter One

Texas, undisclosed location

Three weeks after the attack

2011

My name is Major Horton of Alpha Platoon 1st Special Forces we are heading to deal damage to a group of the invaders. We were on mission taking out a Cartel Drug Lord in Texas when the attacks happen which saved our lives along with some Texas Rangers and a platoon of National Guardsmen. I have no clue what happen to them I do know we got separated. Prior to the invasion and the reason why we were brought in is because a Texas Rangers discovered plans to hit the capitol building and other acts of terrorism which isn't normal for any Cartel Leader especially in the United States. They informed the governor of the situation he calls the president to send some advisors. My platoon has dealt with Drug Lords in South America and in Mexico some of these drug lords/cartel leaders have even allied themselves with ISIS. We were glad to help the Texas Rangers and the people of Texas with anything they might need. As advisors we accompany the Texas Rangers and a National Guard platoon just as advisors but we never got the chance to do anything because the Espehini attacked the Earth. We all heard the reports every major city has been destroyed. I haven't heard anything from command since we lost contact since the attack three weeks ago. We manage to destroy a couple of Mechs and Skitters by ambushing them with AT4s but only have three AT4s left and two RPGs with only five rockets left. I knew that we need ammo and more supplies. I made a habit about learning where ammo dumps are hidden.

One day, while we're heading to one of those ammo dumps rounds tore into my advance scouts. Skitters came in from all sides. We open fire. I tell my men to safe the rocket launchers for the Mechs. I throw a fragmentation grenade at a group of Skitters. Multiple rounds hit a sergeant in front of me. A Skitter rushes towards me I fired the last bit of rounds into the creature's face. I grab the AT4 and fired at the first Mech I see. I prayed that the round hits a major weak point and is rewarded when the Mech falls down never to rise up. A missile lands not far from me killing my men and several Skitter and blowing me into a ditch. I fell other bodies' fall on top of me and then I fell into unconscious.

I awake hours later and pull myself up from all the dead bodies. I look around to see my fallen teammates with intestines hanging out, arms, legs, and even heads missing. A Skitter pounces on me, but I jam my knife into the Skitter's brain. I'm drenched in blood I can't understand how I managed to kill a Skitter like that. I've seen people get killed by just one Skitter. I grab what ammo and supplies I can, plus one AT4. I make my way out of the ambush site. I decide to head for the armory to grab more ammo especially the new rounds that the scientist designed for his fear of robots taking over the world. The scientist had a big fear ever since he watched the Terminator movies. The rounds upon striking its target will burn ten times hotter then thermite. I arrive at the armory and sees bodies of dead US soldiers and some vehicles unoccupied. He checks make sure that there are no Skitters around or Mechs. I enter the armory and only find one ammo box of the new rounds for my M4 and none for anything else. I eject all the armor piercing rounds and replace them with Robot killer rounds. I hope they will actually work against the Mechs. I decide to spend the night here. I eat a pack of MREs and then tried to get some sleep. During the night I'm awaken by sound of Mechs marching pass. I look out the broken window and see Mechs marching down the center with skitters on either flanks I estimate a regiment strength. I hope they don't come this way because then I will be screwed. I kept my head down while making my way back into the warehouse where I picked up AT4s, M47 Dragon, SMAW, and Javelins. I prepared to make a final stand and take as many as those Mother Fuckers as I can. However, they didn't even take a peek they kept marching. I fell asleep.

Dawn brought a new day to live or die depending on the decisions I make. I decide to create weapon stashes just incase I have to evacuate this armory. I take an ATV that I found after I filled it up with gas. Before nightfall I return to the armory. That night I can hear the sounds of gunfire and explosions coming from somewhere east of me maybe west. I take out a picture of my girlfriend who's in the United States Marine Corps serving in Nevada. I have no clue if she's been killed or is alive somewhere. My family lives in South Carolina but one of my younger sister is a doctor in Houston, Texas, I'm probably 200 miles from Houston but then again I have no clue this armory isn't known to anyone except those with security clearance. I fell asleep thinking about my girlfriend and my family I made up my mind to find out what happen to them.

Author Note: The Cartel leader that's had is operation in Texas is one the 1st Special Forces encountered in South America but manage to escape and Intel believes he has ties to Al-Qaeda- and ISIS. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.