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Albus is not having a good day, even before the aliens land.

He first got the news that his best friend—Scorpius—had his house attacked last week, but this morning his parents officially die, subject to the disease sweeping the nation, the disease that took Albus' family.

And then the doctors tell Albus that Scorpius is in a coma.

They don't know if he'll ever wake up.

They don't know any cure for the poison hitting everyone. They just know that it's not good.

Which, Albus thinks, does a lot of good.

He's in the hospital waiting room when someone pulls the fire alarm. The hospital under threat of a fire is quite a sight to see—doctors running around with patients in wheelchairs, the invalids wobbling towards the door, nurses trying to calm everyone down. It's the most disorganised thing Albus has seen in a long time, yet it's simultaneously really organised—everyone seems to know where they're going.

Albus runs to find Scorpius, and finds him outside, still on his bed, his doctor by his side. There seems to be a lot of people like Scorpius around them, and Albus' heart pangs for them, but he only cares about Scorpius. He's the only family Albus has left.

"What's going on?" Albus asks the doctor as he approaches. He can't see any smoke coming up from the hospital building, but that doesn't necessarily mean there's no fire. Albus can't see everything.

"I don't know," the doctor, Teddy, says, looking around at all of the patients. He gives Albus a sharp look and then walks away, going to check on some other patients, and Albus almost wants to scream—what if something happens to Scorpius? He knows that Teddy has other patients, but still—Scorpius.

Albus stands closer to Scorpius' barely-breathing form as more people come out of the hospital.

And then a spaceship lands on top of the building and someone screams.

Albus recognises the shape from the space books he loved as a kid. It's a UFO, except Albus knows that, one, they don't actually exist, and, b, they aren't supposed to be close enough to identify them—'unidentifiable' is one of the words in 'UFO'.

Except here it is, right in front of Albus.

Maybe he's been hit with the disease and he's hallucinating. That's probably all that's happening.

…

Scorpius once fell out of a tree when he was younger and blacked out. When he woke up, he woke up to a stark white. There was brightness everywhere, almost flooding him.

That's the only time he's been in a hospital, but he's fairly certain they couldn't have changed that much, which is why he's confused when he wakes up to a dark room. He's pretty sure he should be in a hospital, but he's not exactly sure why.

He groans, his whole side hurting. He doesn't remember about anything that happened to him, but he has a strong sense of dread.

Immediately, he's tackled by someone and can't breathe very well.

"What?" he says, and he's surprised to see that his voice is only a little bit louder than a whisper.

"Scorpius, oh my God," the mass hugging him says.

"What?" Scorpius repeats. The mass gets up and Scorpius sees that it's Albus, his best friend.

"Something happened," Albus says, wringing his hands together. "I don't know how to explain it."

"Well, you should figure out how," Scorpius says, looking around. He realises, for the first time, that they're in a cave, which explains the darkness. He's also lying on a stretcher. "Why are we here?" he asks Albus. "Why am I on a stretcher?"

"Your parents are dead," Albus blurts out, immediately clasping his hands to his mouth, as if he didn't mean to say it.

"What?" Scorpius says. Apparently he can't say much more.

"It was on the news earlier," Albus says quietly, lowering his hands. "Aliens have taken over. They sent the disease to make taking over easier. You got a coma from it. Your parents died from it." Albus pauses and looks over Scorpius, concern on his face, but Scorpius doesn't know what to feel. "The aliens are horrifying, really. They've taken over everywhere. It's looks like the end of the world."

This hits Scorpius like a dull blow to his face. The end of the world? And Scorpius was in a coma for it?

"Where are we?" he asks.

"I found shelter in this cave, but we have no resources. I wasn't really planning on this. It's only a matter of time…" Albus trails off, but Scorpius knows what he means. Before we die.

"What can we do?" he asks. He doesn't know what compels him to do it, but he reaches over and grabs Albus' hand. He needs the warmth.

"I don't know."

for:

meet cutes [day 23, point one - you just woke up from a coma and i have to explain to you that aliens took over the world]

assignment 3 [religious education, task 1 - write about aliens]