I wrote this because I REALLY love Cochise! and he needs a lady-friend! ;D

Also, I do not own Falling Skies or it's characters. I only own my OC: June Stems

I don't own Clannad either! (an anime which was mentioned by Ben in this chapter)


"Come on Professor, this is a waste of time. For all we know, that distress signal could be a skitter trap."

Pope looked over at Tom then glaring at Cochise, as if, he had something to do with it. While their vehicle drove through the bumpy road before them.

"I know, but what if someone was really in serious trouble…? We can't just leave them to die. But even if it was a trap, we still have to check it out. We might even find out something new about the skitters and overlords…"

"There we go again, The great Tom Mason, our president of the new United States, thinking about what's right for all of mankind. And here we are, putting our lives on the line just to save one girl, we don't even know, or who probably doesn't even exist…"

Pope made a big fuss out of things as usual. For Tom, it was just another one of his stupid rants that didn't even mean anything.

"Shut up, we're here…" Maggie hissed at Pope as their vehicle stopped at an old family clinic. Tom, Pope, Maggie, and the others, got out of the car, and huddled together as Tom gave the instructions.

"There seems to be 3 floors to this building. We'll scout the first floor together, then split up. Anthony, Ben and Deni, take the third floor, Cochise and I will take the second." Tom looked over at the others remaining.

"Pope, Matt, and Maggie, stay out here and keep watch. If we don't come back in 10 minutes, don't come after us. If you hear the first gun shot, you guys have to leave this place, understand…?" Pope nodded, as he said,

"Fair enough" while Maggie and Matt nodded as well.

"I watch your back, you watch mine…?" Maggie gave a little smile as she placed a hand on Matt's shoulder. Matt smiled in return.

"Alright, you guys know what to do…" said Tom. He turned to look at Ben, Deni, Cochise, and Anthony.

"Lets go…" Tom's voice trailed off, as he readied his weapon. Ben, Deni, Cochise, and Anthony did the same.

Tom lead the way inside, and The four of them followed.

On the first floor, it was practically empty. They searched room after room, but nothing. Just skeletons, of the dead objects thrown every where, and a couple of rats, -The usual things they see when a building has been abandoned for months.

As planned, they had split up into their groups. Ben Deni and Anthony continued to climb up the stairs, as Cochise and Tom went to the second floor. Ben Deni and Anthony didn't find anything abnormal at all. Nothing attacked them, nor jumped out at them.

But, in the process, they found a supply closet full of medicine. Tom didn't give the orders to collect medicine, so they left them there, and went to join Tom and Cochise to notify them of what they found.

Meanwhile on the second floor, Tom and Cochise had split up. Tom took one side of the floor, and Cochise took the other. So far, for Cochise, things were fine. He managed to kill two skitters, without even breaking a sweat. He then came across one room in particular, which the lights were flickering.

As he entered, he found a young girl, probably in her late 20's or early 30's. She was unconscious, and her left arm was broken and twisted into a creepy grotesque way. She probably took a huge blow to head with something heavy, because Cochise saw that she was bleeding through her head. He looked at her right leg, which was bleeding non-stop. Fortunately, she was still breathing, and she was attacked not too long ago.

Nonetheless, she needed medical attention. So, Cochise lowered his weapon and set it down next to him. He tried to stop the bleeding, but couldn't. The pain had woken the girl up, and the first thing she saw was Cochise's odd alien face. She let out a scream, as she tried to pull herself away from him. She reached for her gun that was at the side of her, and pointed it directly to Cochise's face.

*Meanwhile*

"Damn, that's pretty sad…" Deni replies to Ben.

"And later in the episodes, he meets his daughter for the first time in 5 years, she dies also, from the same illness…" Ben continues.

"Damn, so first his wife dies after giving birth to their kid, and then 5 years later the poor kid dies too…?" Deni looks shocked at Ben.

"Yep…"

"That is so depressing… you are a really depressing person Benji…"

"Please stop calling me that…" Ben's tone of voice changed.

"So, did you cry…?" Anthony asks.

"Yea, did you…?" repeats Deni

"N..no…" Ben said awkwardly.

"Yea you did…" Deni teased. As they approached the staircase.

"No, I didn't…-" before Ben could say anything else, they heard a girl scream.

"What was that…?" Anthony said.

"Someone's in trouble…?" Ben said, as he ran down the stair case faster. Deni and Anthony followed. When they reached the second floor, Tom had pointed a gun to Anthony's head on accident.

"Sorry… you heard it too…?" he said.

"Sounds like its coming from the other end on this floor…" Deni said

" Cochise went to scout over there…" Tom said. Without a second thought, Tom and the others ran in the direction of the scream.

*Back with Cochise*

"Stay away from me…you…you monster!" she stuttered as her eyes were filled with anger.

"Please, I mean you no harm. I am only trying to help with treat your wound..." Cochise put his hands up to let her know that he was friendly.

"Yea right," she pulled the trigger, but her gun was empty.

"Damn it!" She threw her gun at a wall. There was no hope for her now, she was going to die.
She lowered her head.

*Outside*

Maggie, Pope, and Matt stand guard outside, as there was complete silence all around.

"So, how's your handicapped boyfriend…?" Pope said. He was trying to start a conversation, since it was so quiet. Maggie didn't reply right away.

"he's doing fine…" she finally said. "why should you care?" she asked him.

"I don't" replied Pope.

"Then don't ask…" Maggie said.

"Hey, I only wanted to lighten up the mood..."

"Well, you're not doing a very good job…" Maggie argued. Their argument came to an end when they heard a girl scream.

"Did you hear that?" Pope said.

"Someone's in trouble. Maybe it's Deni…" Matt said.

"No, that didn't sound like her…" Maggie said as she loaded her gun. She ran to the building, then stopped and turned around.

"You guys coming or not?"

"But the Professor's orders…-"

"Since when do you listen to Tom…?" she interrupted him.

"Touché" Pope said. The three of them then rushed inside.

*Back inside with Cochise and the girl.*

"Go ahead, kill me. Lets get this over with…" Cochise stared at her for a short moment, then, stood up, and looked around the room, and found a bed cloth. He ripped it into strips, and came back to the girl. He wrapped them around her bleeding leg, and tied it tightly. The girl just sat there and watched, not knowing how to react.

Maybe he was right.. He wasn't going to hurt her at all. Right when she thought things were going fine, a skitter came crawling from the ceiling, and aimed a gun at the girl. Just as the trigger was pulled, Cochise took the bullet to the shoulder, while blocking the girl in the process.


Well, there you go, I hope you liked it!

Please comment so that I can see you thoughts on this. If theres something wrong, please tell me, I will fix it...