Hal Falling Skies Novels & Stories

Is there any way out from this hellhole? *****

I have midnight black hair, and the tips of my hair are silver. When I was 17 my hair slowly started to change the tips from black to silver. I thought it was cool. I told Alpha Jax and the rest of them; they did as much research as possible to see why and they never produced anything. I walked down the hall to the dinner room where everyone eats. I’m so deep in thought that someone bumps into me. “Sorry about that I wasn’t looking where I was going” the next thing I know. I’m slapped across the face and all my training kicks in and grab their hand and bring it around to behind the guys and bring him to his knees and growl “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME!!” “JAZ!!” I look u

said Professor Alex pleasantly. “I will announce something important to all of us. But first I will explain our current situation. You must know that the world is getting out of control. Last night, I chatted with a board member from the Hope organization. They think that if the world will collapse soon and within two months, seventy percent of the human population will become terrible creatures due to the 'S' virus,” said Professor Alex in a serious tone. All members of the Jaguar team listened carefully to Professor Alex's words.

Now, maybe it was time they returned the favor. The city skyline crept closer. So did the past. And Meekey? She wasn’t here to start over. She was here to take back what was hers.

She looked up at her lover before she slowly fell to the floor. Malakai had never moved faster in his life. He caught Eden before her head hit the ground. He was too shocked to register anything so Alec took the lead, shouting out orders. But it was too late. There were two bullets. One that pierced Eden's white skin. And another to break the window from where Elijah and his crew had jumped out of. As soon as Astrid had reached the window to look at the two who jumped down the two story manor, they were gone.

Amid a sea of scrutinizing gazes, I walked away without looking back once. Charlotte stood frozen, her eyes fixed on her empty hand and my cold, resolute back. An unprecedented surge of panic and despair seized her heart. The kite she believed she could hold onto forever had broken free from its string. However, I was not a drifting kite; I had always been an eagle soaring above the clouds, though I had once chosen to lower myself in the name of love.

Good thing I was already two steps ahead. If Alex couldn't reach me, he'd call the cops. I'd also stashed backup phones in the bedroom in case she snatched the main one. Yeah, I could've escaped. But to actually nail her, the report had to hit within 24 hours. So I stayed. Played the long game. Let her dig her own grave. The door creaked. Lillian strolled in, slow and smug. Finally dropped the fake halo and showed up like the villain she really was.

I screamed. River laughed. “Relax, legs, I got it." “Yeah!” Landon cheered. There was a bunch of gravel spread across the blacktop just around the corner. River swerved into the other lane in an attempt to cut the corner. A horn blared. We all looked up to see a semi. “River!” I screamed. I threw myself back against the seat in horror. Tia let out a blood-curdling scream beside me. River swerved to miss the semi but couldn’t correct the car. We were airborne off the side of a cliff. Glass shattered, and screams from all four of us echoed through the car.

“The external sensors are being fried by the static discharge. I’ll have to manually plug the logic core into the pillar’s nervous system.” ​I looked at the monitor. The Sky City, a magnificent sprawling complex of white marble and gold plating, was tilting at a dangerous fifteen-degree angle. Great plumes of white steam were erupting from its base as the gravity anchors snapped one by one, trailing through the air like the broken tentacles of a giant jellyfish. ​“It’s too dangerous to dock, Thorne,” I warned. “The turbulence around the central pillar will tear the Pathfinder apart. You’ll have to jump.”