Oh my God I love the cover of United As one! Also, for the first POV of this chapter it'll be in third person view, I normally do first person in my stories, please PM or review which one you like better, REALLY NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHICH ONE'S BETTER, PLEASE DO! Alright, hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Eliza (New POV yay!)
Eliza Williams sighed sadly as she folded her red satin skirt and dropped it into her suitcase. Eliza's family was going to Canada, where the aliens weren't. She didn't want to leave the only house she'd ever known. But, Eliza had to.
"Come on! We don't have all day!" Eliza's mother called, appearing in the doorway for a brief second, then dashing away to ready her own luggage. Eliza sighed, her mother always had to rush everything, whereas Eliza loved to take her time and observe everything. It's what made her get good grades in school, what made her play so many sports and be accepted into so many clubs, Eliza could think, she stopped to observe everything, whether it was who jittered their leg when they were cheating in card games, or who bit their lip when about to score a goal, she always knew who was going to do what. She'd had this skill for as long as she could remember, but lately it seemed stronger, more powerful in a way.
Eliza reached down and zipped her suitcase all the way closed, then stood up to examine her room. From her white washed walls, to her light purple bed sheets, Eliza hadn't changed her room in what seemed like forever. And now, she was about to move away from it, where she would have to rebuild her whole house. Eliza didn't like this, but it was something that had to be done.
Eliza picked up her small suitcase, took one last look around her small but cozy room, and slowly walked through the open doorway of her bedroom. She slowly walked the halls of her familiar house, she could walk them backwards, and made her way towards the front door.
A loud honk came from outside, making her jump and scream a little. The honk came again, it was the horn on their minivan, her mother was calling her outside. Eliza sighed and turned the rusty brown doorknob, the door swung open. She took one small step, then another, and finally, she reached her car.
The car engine roared, and then began to move, away from her home on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas.
The whole reason Eliza's family was moving to Canada was because, when the aliens attacked, she'd had a dream. There had been many other teenagers there, just like herself. John Smith had been leading the dream, he'd told her to come to Stonehenge. When she'd tried to convince her parents to go, they thought that hearing about all the aliens had gotten into her head, that she'd gone crazy. So now, they believe moving to Canada will clear her mind. But Eliza's mind was clear as could be, she knew that dream was real, she just had to prove it.
Eliza popped her earbuds into her ear and let the music drown out her thoughts.
XxxX
John
"Drive! Knock 'em down!" I screamed as Nine struggled to drive over all of the mogadorians. Bullets shoot through the window and into our car.
"Aghhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Ella cries as a bullet whizzes right over her head, only a hair away from killing her. Ella turns to me and we lock eyes, I can almost hear her asking me what to do. I look around at everything, then quickly consider the situation.
The humans are nowhere to be found (except April), we're currently trapped by mogadorians, bullets are shooting everywhere. I stand up on the seat to get a better view of outside, in mogadorian territory, something hits me, hard, in the middle of my chest. I scream, and go flying back, colliding with the seats of the black SUV, my head spins and I scream.
"John!" April calls when she sees me, she covers her mouth with one hand and lets out a small sob. Do I really look that bad?
"Ella! Nine! Please, where are you?" April calls, rushing to my side and placing her hand on my wrist, trying to take a pulse. I try to instruct April to move her fingers down to the right, but only a muffled gurgling sound escapes my mouth.
"I-I can't… Just stay with me John! You hear me, stay with me!" April says, squeezing my arm. I would heal myself, but I can't move anything. My eyes flutter for a second, and I let them close. I hear April say something like "Not right now!" Or, "No, you will stay, John!" But it all seems far away, it becomes harder to breathe with each passing second, I try to open my eyes, to stay awake.
I can! I will, stay awake, for April! I try to encourage myself, wiggling my fingers slightly, but the reality is, I can't.
"Talk to me John!" April screams, shaking my shoulders, her voice quivers, and she falls silent, it feels like we're the only two people alive right now, everything is silent.\
"You can't." April whispers, I can tell sad tears are running down her face, some land on me. I don't understand what April is trying to say I try to ask her.
"C-can't wha?" I ask April, then try again, but try to make myself sound clearer.
"Can't w-what…" I say, opening my eyes for a brief moment, then letting them close again.
"You can't leave me. Or anyone else. You're John Smith, you can do anything, and you can stay with me." April says firmly but quietly.
"Don't know… I-if I C-can…"
My world sways then turns dark, the last thing I see is April's big brown eyes widen, and she begins to scream.
XxxX
(Still John)
"You do know you've been asleep for over eight hours, right?" A familiar, sarcastic voice tells me.
"Unhhh." I reply, sitting up and rubbing my eyes. When I open them Henri sits in front of me, perched at the end of my bed.
"It's a dream, John. No I'm not re-incarnated." Henri says, I relax a little and sigh.
"Why am I here?" I ask Henri, Henri sighs in response.
"You passed out. I need to tell you something, don't intterupt," Henri instructs, I nod, "I'm watching what's happening. You're surrounded by mogs, the humans are gone and now you're on the verge of dying, and breaking April's heart." Henri says, I nod, seems accurate.
"You're in the eye of the tornado right now and you can't see anything but you're life swirling around you. Just calm down, stop panicking, and think. I promise you'll get through it." Henri says.
"Okay, but – " I say, as I'm interrupted by Henri.
"No, I have to go. Just remember my words." Henri says, and with that, he swirls away.
Time to escape this Tornado.
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