Hope
Author: Christina *Mango* Lentz
Rating: R
Summary: Cade
Foster failed. The human race is now
slaves to the Gua. Can Eddie help Cade
remember who he really is?
Disclaimer: I don't own First Wave so please don't
sue me. I'm just a little farm girl and
I really need the money to go to college this fall. I'm just borrowing the
characters. I promise to return them promptly
when I'm finished. :P
Eddie shook his head sadly and
looked up toward the darkening sky. This is it…isn't it. This is the end…the beginning of the end…
A stern
voice from behind him brought him back to reality, "Walk faster you slacker or
I fry your scrawny ass!"
Eddie sighed
and began to pick up his pace a little more.
His ankles were killing him. His
temples were throbbing. I can't take much more of this.
"Worthless
human," the same deep voice growled.
The entire
human race were slaves now…slaves to the alien race called the Gua. Aliens?
There's no such thing as aliens, most people use to say. Aliens?
You believe in aliens? What are
you some kind of freak? But that was
before the earth was turned into a living hell…that was before the full-out
invasion of the beautiful people…the aliens hiding in the human husks…the ones
that call themselves…the Gua.
Nostradamus
prophecy had come true because Cade Foster had failed. He was the only human that could have
stopped the alien invasion and he had fallen short. The Twice Blessed Man had crumbled easily under the hand
Mabus. On the first day of invasion 19
million innocent human beings died…no…they didn't just die…they were brutally
murdered. Murdered by these…these
aliens…these heartless alien bastards.
Over half of the world's population had been wiped out and the rest were
slaves. Humans had been branded like
cattle and forced to wear an electroshock collar (which gave one hell of a
shock).
Eddie was tired. No, that was an understatement. He was exhausted, but he knew if he stopped,
even for a second, he would risk getting tortured or worse killed. He was also hungry…another understatement…he
was starving. The only thing he had
been offered today to eat was a bowl full of slop and he had refused. He didn't even want to think about what this
so called "nourishment" actually was. I wouldn't even feed that shit to my
dog! What the hell is it? It almost looks like ground up human. Feeding the dead back to the living. Behold the circle of life at its best…Stop
it Eddie!! You've really got to stop
this nonsense!
The Gua had divided the humans
up in categories. There were: "workers" who were as strong as bulls, not
necessarily very smart, "breeders" who were strong and highly intelligent, and
"techies" who had IQs in the genius range and who were quick on the
keyboard. If a human didn't fit into a
category…they were executed on the spot.
No questions asked. A person
wasn't even asked if they had any last words.
Those executed had been the old and feeble and the young and
inexperienced. They had even executed a
young woman because she had been pregnant because there are all ready enough
humans on this planet. If a female was
not a "breeder" she was sterilized. No
if-and-or-buts about it. The Gua didn't
want any human breeding going on that was uncontrolled.
Eddie
tripped over his own feet. He felt his
ankle twist awkwardly beneath his weight and he landed hard on his side. Pain shot up through his leg and he cried
out.
"Get on
your feet now!" the Gua guard shouted as he nudged the fallen human with his
foot.
Eddie
didn't move a muscle. He was
tired. Not just physically tired. He was tired of all of this human slave
bullshit. Sometimes he wished they
would just put a bullet in his head and end it all. Then he wouldn't have to worry about anything anymore.
"On your
feet now! You're lucky that Mabus needs you or I'd kill you on the spot you
useless piece of shit."
"Bite
me!" Eddie growled through clenched
teeth.
The guard
grabbed Eddie by his hair and yanked him unwilling to his feet so they were
almost nose-to-nose. "Don't tempt
me! Human flesh isn't all that
bad. Kinda tastes like chicken." He then began to laugh. He laughed until tears began to roll down
his cheeks.
"What's so
damn funny?" Eddie demanded pulling
away from the guard's grip. He was
taken off guard by the excruciating pain that shot up his leg. He bit down on his lower lip to keep from
crying out. He hated showing the Gua
that he was in pain. Pain was a sign of
weakness.
The guard
stopped laughing as he said mockingly, "Your whole damn race. That's what's funny. I still can't figure out how humans survived
all this time. Humans are the most wretched
creatures in the entire universe. And to top it off you actually believed Mr.
Twice Blessed Man could save your planet.
He's the most pathetic human of them all. You saw it yourself. The
day Mabus beat Cade Foster was the day that hope for the human race died."
