*Warning: This story contains strong violence, possible dark scenes, strong languages and possible lemons that is not suitable for readers under 18 or older or readers who are not comfortable in mature scenes. This is my first and only warning I'm giving you. You have been warned. Inspired by the story Humanity's Ascension and X-Com Humanity rising.*
Chapter 1
Audio log 1908
"Shit..."
"What?"
"ADVENT kidnapped a kid. Look..."
...
"Damn...what the hell are they going to do to him?"
"From what my friends tells me, that place is where they put kids to turn them into one of the aliens and train them so they can become one of their ranks. Then again it could be just turn them into one of the aliens and ship them off to some facility out of the country to be trained there."
"They wouldn't kidnap a kid without a specific reason...unless...you don't think...?"
"Maybe but still...this is fucked up. No kid should should be in that situation whether they are related to someone from the resistance or not."
...
"Crap. It's almost roll call. We better move before the ADVENT officer hunts us down for not showing up on time."
End of Audio Log
(Dante's pov)
1 day ago
14:30 PM
Philadelphia
Weather: cloudy
"Nothing good on Television but news on ADVENT..."
"Turn it off..."
"Okay, uncle."
*CLICK!*
"How was school?"
"It was...strange. ever since ADVENT got here, the teachers were acting...weird."
"Explain."
"Well...as they were teaching, they gave this look of...I don't know...the look the tells you something is going to happen but you don't know what."
"Hm...did they do anything to you?"
"No and I hope it stays that way."
"Well if anything happens let me know. I outta have a word with those teachers if they did something to you."
"Okay, uncle..."
Hi...the names Dante. I'm a 18 year old high school student who is trying adjust this...sudden change of having aliens in earth. Yeah...aliens. that came from outer space. For some reason we made peace with them resulting a group called ADVENT. An alien organization that act as the peacekeepers for earth. Rather suspicious if you ask me. My uncle told me not to trust them cause they are nothing but trouble and claims that they plan to do something sinister to us. There's no proof to that claim but you can't help but wonder if that's what they intend to do to us and we just don't know it. So much for having a normal day for visiting my uncle...
Anyway...enough of that. You want to know what's really going on and how my life suddenly turned to a living hell. It started a normal day at my uncle's house when I got a phone call from an old friend of mine as my uncle sits down on his chair reading his newspaper.
"Hello?"
"Yo, Dante!"
"Sup, Giovanni." I smiled a bit.
"Yo. Me and Roman are here at the harbor hanging out. Want to come?"
"Sure. Be there in a sec."
"Cool, man. See you there."
I hung up my cellphone and as I put it in my pocket, my uncle says...
"Don't come back late. From what I hear, we're under curfew and ADVENT won't tolerate to those who violate curfew." Uncle warns me.
"Okay, uncle." I said as I walked out of the house.
I walk out of house and headed to the harbor by foot while trying to avoid contact with the aliens here(seriously whenever they look at you sometimes you just can't help but feel a sense of dread over you.).
Thankfully that feeling past when I finally got to the harbor in the usual abandoned depot while avoiding ADVENT patrol that occasionally patrol the harbor as Giovanni opens the depot for me. I quickly got in the depot while Giovanni closed the door behind me to avoid suspicion from the patrol(though for all I know they probably know that and were probably on the alert.).
"Glad you got here, man. Things are the not same as they were."
This is Giovanni. 18 year old Italian high school student who loves music and technology. He likes to joke around and is a good friend to spend time with...though expect him to joke to even the most serious manner.
"Da (yes). People I know are being arrested left and right cause they suspect they are "Terrorists". Fucking morons." Roman growls as he smokes his cigarette.
And this is Roman. A 18 year old Russian who has a short temper if he gets provoked. Don't judge this guy's age cause at a young age his father taught him military combat and that's someone you don't want to mess with. He's a bit of a smoker but he only he smokes for two reasons. One: he is stressed out or Two: he's pissed off. Right now he's pissed off and he's smoking to try and calm his nerves.
"For real?" I asked Roman.
"Yeah. Leon, Dimitri, Danny...the lists goes on. Somethings not right and I'm going to find out what and why." Roman said as he discard his cigarette.
That explains my uncle getting pissed off. People getting arrested for suspicion of terrorism just baffles me. Still...I need more proof than just assumptions but it's more than enough to be weary of them.
"I think probably the most unsettling thing is the teachers at high school." Giovanni shuddered.
"Ugh...don't ever remind that. That act like brainwashed slaves when ADVENT got here. But get this...you know Heinrich? Our science teacher?" Roman said as he takes another cigarette from his box.
"Yeah?" Giovanni said with curiousity.
"I overheard her talking to a scientist about a subject. a colleague of her's I think. It was almost a heated argument keep in mind so it got me more curious about it. The argument went on for probably Then she says "Außerdem...Ich glaube, ich den perfekten Kandidaten gefunden nach beitreten unser Familie.(Besides...I think I found the perfect candidate to join our family.)." "
I always knew Heinrich was a strange teacher but I never thought she would get that strange...shit...something is wrong...
"A family?" I asked him rather worried.
"No clue but it can't be good." Roman said as he takes another cigarette and lights it with his lighter.
"When did you hear that?"
"When school ended. I say five minutes when I got my backpack."
"Then we should be on guard. We don't know what they intend to do to us." I sighed.
"Right." Giovanni said as he scratches his head a bit.
We continued our conversation for a while (which I estimated for about 30 minutes) as Roman says...
"We don't want to linger here too long. We're under curfew and ADVENT won't like it if we violate it."
"Starting to feel like they are doing that just so that we don't interfere with their business." Giovanni chuckled.
"As stupid as that sounds, it's a possibility we can't ignore." Roman said as he blows smoke out of his mouth.
We discreetly got out of the harbor(and right on time cause the patrol just started doing their sweep on the depots.) and headed back home...all is well when I saw an ADVENT officer signal a trooper to storm in my uncle's house with their weapons at the ready. I was scared...why were they raiding my uncle's house I have no clue...but I think I found out why when I heard my uncle shout...
"Viglio Confido!"
A trooper was shot in the shoulder by my uncle's revolver as the entire squad fired at my uncle while I just stood there...with fear on my face as they kept firing at my uncle with their assault rifle until their rounds were empty...I couldn't believe it...they...they killed my uncle...why...him? In a blink of an eye...someone knocks me out with the butt of a rifle as my body collapsed on the ground...then...darkness...
*A/N: here it is. The reboot of A living nightmare. Since there was some people here who made their own alien race like the Hounds from the story X-Com - Humanity rising and the humanity rising -Phoenix reborn, I decided to make my own alien race called the Reptilians(or Lizardmen/Lizardwomen. Take your pick). A lizard-like humanoid alien race that are the masters of cunning, deception, stealth and assassinations(had a bit of some inspiration from Reptile from the Mortal Kombat series.). Still thinking of an origin for them. If there's anything I need to improve let me know and I'll do my best in improving.*