London, England, Earth

Civilian- The Man

The man knew nothing of what was going on. He only knew the cries of the soon deceased and the sound of lasers as they hit hard buildings. He dashed from street to street avoiding the living and dead.

"Please help me," was the most commonly said phrase during this time, but the man couldn't find it in himself to help. It was too dangerous to stop running, for if he stopped the Reapers would get him. He felt like his soul was ripping apart, but he had his own family to worry about, his cheating wife and a son who isn't his. These people were his only priority, even to watch them die; he had to be there with them.

The Reaper ships have stopped landing, but the foot units were on running wild. The man tripped another man just so that the husks would stop chasing him, he didn't look back. He saw in front of him two more husks, but that wasn't his biggest worry. The only way to his home leads to a huge fire behind the husks. The man thought, "If only I had a gun," but the man was a simple banker and had no such things.

Quickly looking around, he spotted a dead alliance solider, but he would have to run into the open and quickly grab the soldier's gun before the husks kill him. The man, without hesitating, jumped from his hiding spot and rushed to the gun. The husks saw him and started stumbling their way to him. The only mistake the man made was looking at the husks mid-way running to the dead man, he tripped. The man reached the rest of the way for the assault rifle the solider had, and he turned just in time to meet a husk in his face. He pulled the trigger and the husk's face shot off. The second husk was just a little too fast for the man. The husk swung at the man and cut his face pretty badly, but the man was able to squeeze a few rounds off into the belly of the husk, and it went down.

That was the first time he had to shoot a gun, the kick-back was strong on the man's shoulder and arms. He put the gun back near the dead man and continued walking to his house. The man's face is now scarred with a huge claw mark going down his left check, he will never forget what happen to him, and now he has to make sure it doesn't happen to his son.