Hi ya'll! This is a brief writing through the eyes of a young survivor after the initial Reaper invasion during Mass Effect 3. This was not written out or anything, I winged the whole thing in a bit of randomness. So, without further ado, enjoy!
I crouch, scared to death. Scared of death. Scared of everything. A small amount of light peeks through the holes in the floorboard, blinding me until I move my head. I can hear the screams outside. The screams of the people fighting out there. But we're not soldiers! We're not trained to fight! Why would anyone attack us? I have no idea. No one has told me anything. It happened so soon. I was eating breakfast like I do every morning before school, and then I would go and meet up with El'ana, my asari friend. It's unusual, but I've known her for as long as I can remember. Then we'd call a skycar and go to Deland's, the lunch spot Jake meets us at. Then we'd all walk together laughing to school, where'd we endure 6 and a half hours of boring, slow death, before we're allowed to leave. Eventually, I'd get home, watch the news on Commander Nicole Shepard, my idol, and then head off to do whatever I wanted. But not today. Today during breakfast, the ground shook. Hard. Then everything toppled. Books fell to the floor, disks smashed to pieces, windows shattered without a trace. Then, I was pushed under the old floorboard by my sister, and told to keep quiet. I have been quiet, because I haven't been able to speak yet. What's going on out there? What's happening? Every now and then, I get a glimpse. A flash of silver, a beam of red, a bit of blood being splattered. It's all I see. But I hear it all. I hear the sound, the agonizing sounds. Of the dead. Of the living. Of whatever is attacking us. All I can do is wonder. Wonder, and pray. What else is there to do? I hear gunfire, so I should get a gun? How? What is happening? I don't know! All I know is that my friends, my family, is out there! I don't know where they are! I don't even know if they're alive! Hot, salty tears drip down my face. I don't wipe them away, I'm too scared and shaking to badly. I can't help me. I can't! What am I supposed to do? Pray. Pray Nicole comes for us. I look up for once and am stunned. But the red beam surrounds me before I can do anything. I open my mouth to scream but nothing comes out. And everyone's gone now. Nicole, save us. You're the only one who can.