Avery Cooper - The Last Eclipse

Pain

TW: mentions of harm towards children, attempts of suicide

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*Evacutation alarms sounding from the distance*

The loud roar of fire belowed throughout the town. Muffled Cries for help drowned out by the screams that peirced the ear. Thick, black smoke, forcing it's way to the sky, suffocating anything its path as it latched onto the nose of any vulnerable, living being. Children screamed, watching as their parents trembled, hitting floor in a firey blaze. People rushed to assist but were crushed and swallowed as the burning frames fell from their foundation, exploding Ash and smoke from its ruins. The sky was choked, no were to be seen, with smoke hiding the moons luminescent glow. The red glow softening the hard smoke brushing the atmosphere.

An emerald gaze rises from the smoke, as its words grab for attention. "Sammy!" A choked muffled cry echoed through the smoke, pausing for a moment to cough, almost hacking up its lungs. The attention returned to let out another dry and desperate scream "genesis!" As the smoke was forced out of the way the familiar character falls out of the smoke, hitting the floor like a ton of bricks. Avery grabbed and grasped her way out of the burning family home, surrendering to the possibility of death. As she dropped to her knees, emotinally tired and scared with an unforgetable pain. Tears flowed down her face as she screamed in pain, the debre parting as the Pain ran from her eyes. Pain like she has never felt before. Pain that felt like a thousand knives to the heart, cutting her open. Her Cries echoed as she began hitting the floor, gasping for air as she scream as hard she could in hopes it would bring ease to the sorrow she felt. Hair now blackend with Ash, smoke and grief dropped infrount of her face clinging to her tears tightly, never letting go. her hands fisted at the floor, she met them with her head as she began to move herself into vulnerable shape. Submitting to the Anguish.

A hand met her shoulder, firmly letting her know she wasn't alone, it feels unfamiliar. She let out a quick gasp of air to indicate the shock and confusion she felt. He head slowly lifted up to see the figure attempting to comfort her. A wave of disappointment washed her face as the unfamiliar man gestured for her hand. "Quick come with me" he urged, gesturing away from the porch of the burning family home. She trembled as she attempted to balance with the torment and agony pulled her down. The man wrapped her arm around him taking her to the end of the property line where she once again dropped go her knees. Moments went by as the sound of creeking and movement arose from the building. She slowly and painfully lifted her head to watch her home become level with the ground. A clouded gaze glossed her eyes as pain turned to numbness, her tears ran dry and crusted the ruminants of her house around her eyes. Her hair clung together tightly as it knotted and twisted together almost un-detangable. She took one arm lifting the heavy knots over her head as the numbness settled in.

She sat there, no pain, no sadness, no anger. Nothing. Her blinks slow as she grew tired. Tired of the pain. Tired of everything yet tired of nothing. Her arms flopped as her shoulders relaxed, hands grazing the floor.

Her home burned, her children gone, her husband dead. She had nothing, she lost everything. Her perfect home, her perfect family. Gone. She struggled to her feet as she began stumbling towards the burning ruminants hoping to join her family, each step she took she grew more tired. 10 meters from the flames, the heat hit her; burning like the pain within. She took another step but lost her footing hitting the floor, wounding her arm. Blooding dripped from the opening in her arm as she continued to stumble towards her end. The end she did want but needed. Before she took another step someone pulled her back.

Anger, desperation and fear kicked in. She punched and waved cutting the air with hands hoping for a release. No luck she was pulled further and further away from the house until she knew there was no way of reaching it. She gave up. After all, what could she do? But that wasn't the only question on her mind. What the actual fuck was happening? She heard the sound of a loud engine in the distance growing closer and tires rolling against the concrete filled her ears. Again she felt someone pull her further away from her home. Others began running, stumbling and crawling towards the vehicle approaching. It was an Evacutation bus rusted with age and paint oxidised as it chipped of, the word Evacutation could be just made out on the side. the drivers face was masked almost as if he was hiding his identity. Two eye holes were cut into the mask for obvious visual reasons. Why would someone hide there identity on an Evacutation

The house grew smaller as she was pulled into the Evacutation bus. People pushed and forced there way on as the engine groweled to life distracting her for a moment but Her gaze stuck onto her house hoping for some veiw of her husband or kids. Still nothing. Screams and moans where heard from outside of the bus as the crowd grew more dence. People began falling and tripping. Screams of pain mixed with in the loud, muffled noise. children and adults began getting trampled after being pushed to the floor. Avery looked back at the entrance of the bus to see people pulling others back so that they might get on themselves. The unknown stranger who stopped her from killing her self, positioned her in the window seat next to him, as to avoid her from doing something reckless again. She took a look at him again realising it had been the same man that also pulled her from her burning house. "You-" she paused gathering her self together to attempt speech. "Didn't have to save me" she choked "i wanted to-" she was stopped by the mans expression. An almost ashamed face but clearly shocked, that someone was so hurt.
"I couldn't just stand and watch" he replied in an urgent manor.She looked down and leaned her head against the cold pane glass as the bus hissed and the doors began to close. The wheels jolted fast and strong, forcing Avery's head to hit the seat hard. Her vision blured as the bus drove away from the ruminants of her neighbourhood. She took one last look before falling asleep in her seat.

The reminants of her house burned, eating anything flammable. Except one thing.

"MOM!?"