It’s 2055, 15 years after world war 3 also known as the great collapse. Most countries were either taken over by now hostile governments or destroyed entirely.
“Wake up”
Said a soft female voice, it sounded so… familiar.
“Kilmen wake up”
The voice said again. Kilmen awoke in shock, then a soft hand touched his face. This seemed to calm him right before the voice spoke again.
“Bad dreams again, the war really got to you didn’t it baby?”
Kilmen’s vision was now clear; it was Claire, Kilmen's wife, whom he loved so dearly. She was always there to comfort him after his night terrors, a result of being in a classified black ops unit for the US during the 3rd world war. This war was far more brutal than most could imagine, casualties like the planet has never seen.
“Daddy!”
Kilmen’s son Oliver runs into the room and jumps onto the bed. He just turned 5 last month, kilmen hugs him and replies
“Love you buddy, what you been up to?”
Oliver smiles wide and hugs tighter. Oliver looks up at him while smiling so big and says
“Watching anime dad, what did you think?”
“Exactly that”
Kilmen replies with a soft voice and a smile on his face. He then looks at his wife Claire and says
“What are we eating tonight honey?”
“Whatever you want baby”
She replies with a smile and a soft voice
“What are you so happy about?”
Kilmen asks
“I just love my boys”
She replies. Claire then grabs Oliver off the bed and says to him
“Time for your nap mister”
“But mom, dad just woke up…”
Oliver said with a sad tone of voice
“It’s that late already, didn’t mean to sleep that long”
Kilmen says with surprise
“Yea it’s already 5, it’s gonna be dark soon”
“Mommy I don’t like the dark there is monsters in the dark”
Oliver says with wide eyes and a shaky voice
“There is no such thing as monsters son, they are only in books and movies”
Kilmen says with confidence and a stern voice. Although some people can be monsters, Kilmen thought to himself. He has seen the worst in humanity and wishes he could block it out of his mind and move on with his life. He then changed the conversation and says
“Let’s get dinner started honey”
Claire looks at kilmen with a smile says
“Alright what do you want to eat?”
“Anything is fine with me, what do you want Ollie?”
“Potatoes!”
Oliver says with pride and a smile on his face
“That’s not a meal son, that's just one side, what do you want with the potatoes?”
“Mac and cheese!”
Oliver says with pride
“Son that’s another side”
Kilmen says with a sad voice and in a defeated tone, then says
“Fine potatoes with Mac and cheese”
“Ollie go play in your room for a minute mommy has to tell da-da something”
Claire says in a serious tone
“Ok mommy!”
Oliver says before running off
“What is it honey you sound so serious?”
Kilmen says in a worrisome voice. She then pulls a pregnancy test out of her pocket. It’s positive, she’s pregnant.
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“This is great news!”
Kilmen says in an excited tone. A tear rolls down Claire’s face with a smile. She then says
“I’m glad your not mad”
“Why would I be mad, I have been wanting this for over 4 year now?”
“Really?!”
She says with surprise
“Of course baby I love you and I love our boy”
Claire's face lights up, tears run down her face. She hugs kilmen and squeezes tight as she replies
“I love you so much baby!”
Kilmen squeezes back, kisses her forehead, and softly says
“Let go cook some potatoes with mac and cheese”
Claire’s smiles as she wipes the tears from her eyes. They walk to the kitchen and Kilmen starts some instant mash potatoes and Claire makes the mac and cheese. Kilmen isn’t much of a cook so Claire takes the lead in the kitchen. Then Ollie run into the kitchen and shouts
“Is it done yet mommy I’m hungry!”
“Impatient as always, our boy”
Claire says with a chuckle, while stirring mac and cheese kilmen sighs while wiping his hands dry with a rag
A couple hours pass as they laugh and eat their dinner together at the dining room table. They then start to tell Oliver about the news. Having a little brother or sister will most likely excite him. He is a very loving kid, even with his dad being overseas most of his life.
Claire start to speak but Remembers, Kilmen would want to tell him
“Ollie, me and mommy have something to tell you”
Kilmen says in an excited voice
“What is it daddy?”
He asks in a curious tone
“Well mommy is gonna have another baby in a little while”
“Yay!! Can they sleep in my room mommy!?”
“Maybe eventually Baby”
Such a sweet boy, she thinks to herself as she picks him up and holds him
“You shouldn’t be lifting him!”
Kilmen says in a panic
“It’s fine, I’m only around 3 - 4 weeks I bet”
Claire says with a confident smile then starts to carry Ollie to the bathroom and says
“Bath Time!”
Ollie replies back with a smile and shouts the same
“Bath time!!”
Claire takes Ollie to the bath and starts the water with him standing behind her bouncing with joy and excitement
Kilmen starts the dishes and begins to clean. He started to hear a high pitch sound, it felt like his ears were gonna bleed. The sound stopped after a few seconds
“I have to stop shooting guns without ear protection on, tinnitus is no joke”
Kilmen said out loud
He was surprised the sound of it was louder than the water running full blast.
Kilmen looks the at the oven to see the time
“Wow, it's already 9 pm, where does the time go….”
He hears a loud pop from the neighbors house. Fireworks? This time of year? He thinks to himself, almost sounded like something breaking the sound barrier, but he doesn’t let his mind get the best of him with flashbacks of the war
He starts to walk to the bedroom where he kept his gun, “better safe than sorry” his dad always taught him
Claire is just now getting Oliver out of the bath putting his clothes on him
She notices Kilmen is acting strange and asks
“Everything ok baby?”
Kilmen turns to reply just as the front door is sent flying off the frame hitting Kilmen, his head hitting the wall. He yells out
“Claire take Ollie and run!!”
She picks Oliver up and makes a sprint for the back sliding glass door but the door shatters. A person appears standing there.
She starts to scream for help but sees it’s figure, skin of black scales, glowing orange eyes that seem to look straight through her. It had 2 fingers and 2 thumbs, one on each side of the hand. A black and teal mist seemed to surround it slightly.
Claire’s eyes filled with panic.
Kilmen pushed the door off himself, making a dash towards his bedroom where his 1911 was sitting, a round in the chamber. All he has to do is pull the hammer back and it’s ready to fire.
He hears it again, that pop, not once but twice. He turns back, it all seemed to slow down, he couldn’t move. Kilmen Looks down, no pain but so much…..Blood!?
“I’m hit?”
Kilmen falls to the ground, blood pools around him,
“Not good”
He mutters to himself
“Baby!!”
Claire screams in agony as she sees Kilmen shot down like a dog, the creatures standing over him, watching him bleed out.
The three soldiers begin speaking to each other while Claire and Ollie are crying, holding each other afraid to even move. They could do nothing but close their eyes and wait
The 3 soldiers begin to speak to each other while looking at the family
“Take the women and child, leave the male insect to bleed out”
“Waste of food sir”
“We don’t have time for the males, only women and children live. This woman seems to be with child. I hear an extra heart beat, make sure not to injure her. they are very important to lord Zenis’s plans”
‘Are they speaking to each other?’ Kilmen thinks to himself. They begin to take Claire and Oliver away. Kilmen begins to crawl to the dresser, but his gun is on the top shelf. There is no way he can reach it, and he knows it.
He’s telling his body to move, but it won’t listen. It won't move no matter how hard he tries. He can’t feel any of this, it seems something important was hit
“I’m gonna die”
He says out loud with a cough. ‘At least my lungs weren’t hit.’ He thinks to himself
He knows it is the end of the road, who will help Claire and Ollie? How many people are gonna die? Kilmen closes his eyes and begins to accept his fate.
Kilmen lies face down in a pool of his own blood. A hand grabs Kilmen's shirt and flips him onto his back. He then feels a strong grip slip around the front of his throat. It picks him up with ease and sets him against the wall. That’s when he sees it.
A black mist with teal blue particles slowly forming a shape, a person, but huge, at least 6’3. Then he sees its glowing eyes like the glare of death.
Glowing Red, with a black background.
Looking straight into Kilmen’s dull green and brown eyes
It speaks in a soft deep voice
“How about we make a deal, Human?”