They Came From Above

er, talking about past experiences with family and friends. ”I remember very well too my dad said that Karma would get the best of us for laughing at him, right after he tripped and fell down the stairs and immediately we all laughed harder as he laid on the floor as if his soul ascended to heaven, ” Emily was recalling, the memories she had of her family made her happy. Taking Danny with her, she felt a comforting emotion, knowing that soon shed be reunited with most of her family.

”Wait, I think we might want to rethink our choices of walking in the front door, ” Absko said as they arrived around a block away from the hospital.

Asher spent 7 and a half months training, locked in the place he first became what he is now. Only now did he see the horrors of the Fallen. A hospital building that had 47 floors, now cut in half, overtaken by Fallen, looking like a lost cause. Asher saw that just 7 months was enough to lose more than just a town, but a city, a state, it was enough for the UN to get overthrown.

”I know a way to get in, technically wed be using the back door, but its a shot. ” Emily insisted.

They continued their way, even taking Danny, though as scary as it may have seemed. Danny felt safe that Asher, who seemed like a knight to Danny, was there to protect them.

When they reach the back of the building, corpses of the dead who ran out the emergency exit, crushed by falling rubble, greeted them. Absko immediately raises his hand to destroy the rubble, but Nautic emerges from Asher and stops Absko ”Itll make too much noise, let Asher handle it. ” Asher immediately uses his right arm to move what looked like a column of cement that weighs at least 2 tons.

Though Emily and Absko were clearly impressed, Asher whos lifted many much heavier things during his training didn even think too much about it.

They walk in through the door, finding the generator still on, they take escalators to where they need to go, though Asher believes theyd be faster running normally, hes not willing to deal with them when they complain about not wanting to do more work, and just being lazy.

On their way, they encountered very few Fallen, as if theyd been located elsewhere.

When they arrived at the floor where the survivors were. Absko warns the two ”Theres plenty of bodies here. You can still smell the stench, but don worry, these are not my guys, ”

On their way in they noticed that everyone was gone, ”This… this can be, they
e supposed to be here, ” Absko said.

Emily notices a computer, something brings her to it, she looks through the computer hoping to find anything about her mother. So she found something, she found a video.

”Emily, baby, Im hoping you and Danny are safe, and if you see this then that means thats true. You need to go and find somewhere to survive and stay, the Hospital… its been overrun. Take care of Danny… ” Rose requested. It was her, she was on the video, thought Emily saw that her mother was scared, she was crying towards the end, and after she said: ”I love you. ” Emily heard screaming, and Fallen entering the room and then the video ended.

”What happened? ” Emily asked, she felt it, she only asked to be sure. Those were the final moments of her mother.

”Shes buried outside… Im guessing thats your? ” Absko responded.

Emily nodded and walked with Asher and Absko outside, where Absko led them to the burial.

Emily broke down into tears, reminiscing on how happy she felt talking about her mother as if she was still alive. Her mother died protecting people, her father somewhere in Puerto Rico where its mostly flooded. All she had was Danny, who too, felt the same.

Absko felt that he needed to do something, help somehow, he wasn going to let his team, his new friends down. He didn accept any idea that crossed his mind saying he wouldn be able to help.

”I know this is probably a bad time… but if you guys want I have an idea of what we can do to get our minds off of everything, ” Absko insisted. Emily nodded and Absko ran into the locker room and got 4 skateboards.

”Oh yeah! ” Danny calls out with a smile on his face.

Not too long after the 4 strolls around the area on the skateboards, Asher takes notice of the surroundings, ready to protect the group from anything that may emerge from the darkness.

Through the crumbled buildings that were now consumed by Earth, looking as if from a different time. Cars were still stuck in place, moss taking over the different areas, and some parts of the city were flooded while others were sites of rubble and destruction.

Skateboarding through the area, Danny and Emily seemed to be feeling better, they felt free, what Absko thought would only help them cope with the pain, it helped them forget it. Danny and Emily were new to skateboarding but they got it right off the bat, trying their best they were able to through the entirety of the city in just that day.

When it was night, they went into the nearby woods and started a campfire, Emily and Danny were happily talking about how fun it was, and Absko was glad that he was able to help. Though Asher was on his own about 15 feet away from where the other 3 were. He just stared into the distant stars and let himself process the day. Understanding and running through his emotions and thoughts, though it would often lead to overthinking, to feeling too many emotions… he felt the presence of Emily, and that was enough to comfort him.

”Asher? Are… are you ok? ” Nautic asked, Asher nodded and Nuatic emerged from Asher saying ”Do you remember those times youd skateboard with your family, just the four of you? It was fun wasn it? ” Asher smiled reminiscing on the moments he spent with his family, and took notice of how Nautic brought this up so that Asher could see, that even if Emily may not love him yet, he still has them as a family. Danny, Emil, and Absko were all he had left, and they were enough.

As Danny, Emily, and Absko fell asleep Asher was awake speaking to Blight and Nautic in his consciousness, and as the hours passed by, the sun rose and Asher was still awake.

Emily woke up and suddenly came back into thinking about the survivors, and woke up Absko saying ”Wake Up! We shouldve been looking for the survivors not out here playing and meddling. ” Though when she saw how happy Asher was, for the first time seeing his smile. She continued ”Although… thank you, it was fun. ”

”Sorry I didn hear a single word, can you restate that? ” Absko responded.

The four start working to pack up the camp and Emily checks up on her ”Risen ” who were also awake all night but keep surveillance.

Absko walked to Asher and asked, ”So does she always like to walk around with the pack of Terminators? ”

”Hey, we can recon the area from this hill right here, itll give us a good sight of the area, ” Absko told Emily, Danny was still sleeping so Asher kept his post next to him until they were walking to a hill, to which Asher carried the boy all the way up the hill until he found a spot to lay him down.

Emily was looking around throughout the city, looking for signs of fighting or movement. Emily walked closer and closer to the edge, and right on the last inch she felt imbalanced and fell. Asher ran as fast as he could and threw himself, grabbing a whole of Emilys hand, Absko holding Ashers leg. Emily looked up at Asher, noticing his eyes, noticing he looked, for once, worried. Emily then glanced down to see if Asher didn catch her, she wouldve fallen at least 20 feet straight into the hard floor which was littered with rocks.

Absko pulls the two up and when Emily gets up her instinct tells her to say thank you, but instead, she scolds Asher for his carelessness, ”Really?! I don need some protector or escort, if I fell, I could always just help myself as if nothing happened, but if you fall and go head first, you die, Asher! Stop being an idiot! ”

Asher looks at Absko with a confused look, Absko just shrugs and feels pity for Asher.

”So while you guys were having your moment, and I held on to Ashs leg I located the survivors. I was right, they
e at the outpost where we hold most defenses. They shouldve survived the night, if we get going now, well be there in 20 minutes, ” Absko interrupted the lecture.

”Then lets go, ” Emily says, Absko looks at Asher who, with confidence, gives a nod.

They set on their way out, Asher still goes to carry Danny, who was awake the whole time but decided to act asleep so he wouldn walk.

Though Danny thought he was sly, Asher knew that he was still awake, but he didn carry Danny just so that he could chill. Asher saw the many times that Danny would look at Asher, with hope. So Asher became what he needed, a symbol of hope, a hero, a knight in shining armor, and he also became something that he didn expect to become… at that moment Danny truly saw Asher as a brother.