Somewhat the Beginning (A Falling Skies Fanfiction)

A Somewhat Normal Day

By the time I woke up it was about three hours or so 'til noon (I'm going on sun time) and my roommate had already left (no surprise there.) I walked out of the room and towards the gymnasium/mess hall for breakfast. I got in line and grabbed a granola bar since I wasn't that hungry this morning. I saw Hal and walked over to him.

"Hey." He said giving me a hug.

"Hey!" I said back. "What's up?"

"Nothing much today." He answered, "You?"

"I got to go talk to the de-harnessed kids pretty soon, and then I was thinking about stopping by the library to see if Uncle Scott needs any help. You want to meet up and play some soccer later?"

"Yeah, sure."

Maggie walked over to us, "Hey!" she said.

"Hey Maggie, do you know where Ben is?" I asked.

"Um, no." she answered, "Why?"

"Anne asked me to talk to the de-harnessed kids, and I thought I'd start with him."

Hal tapped me on the shoulder and pointed toward the food line, "There he is."

Maggie and I looked toward where Hal was pointing, and sure enough it was Ben trying to pick a granola bar. I was about to walk over to him, but before I got the chance a man behind Ben started yelling at him, "Hurry up and pick one razorback!" Ben turned around, startled, and the man kept yelling, "Why do we even keep you here? We don't know what those Skitters did to you." He took a step closer to Ben. "Are you a spy razorback?" Hal, Maggie, and I rushed to Ben's aid.

Maggie stepped in between Ben and the man, "Get whatever you want Ben." And then she stared at the man, "You should be worried about the Skitters and not about harassing these kids!" The man walked away glaring at Ben. I was so shocked at what happened that I didn't even notice that Ben had left the gym. I left the gym to try and find him, but he was already long gone somewhere else in the school.

I saw one of the de-harnessed kids, Terrel, and decided to start talking to him first. We went to my "office" in the infirmary. I sat at my desk, which used to be a teacher's desk, and started jotting down notes of what Terrel said in one of the notebooks I found in an Office Depot not too far from the school.

I also met with the other kids: Elyse, James, and Ariel. After I finished I looked in my notebook, I better organize these and give an update to Capt. Weaver and Dr. Glass. No, that can wait 'til later. I guess I'll see if Uncle Scott needs help with anything.

I walked into the library and saw Uncle Scott leaning over, working on his radio, then at a second glance I realized Ben was standing next to him. I froze for a second, then continued walking towards them again, "Hey guys!" I said casually.

They turned around, obviously startled, and Uncle Scott smiled, "Hey Ashley! Are you here to help us out?"

"I sure am." I answered.

I helped them with the radio, and he informed me that they were going to use the radio as a jammer between Skitters and Mechs. I went to the table filled with boxes of old electronic junk and started rummaging through them. Uncle Scott started walking towards the door, "I'm going to see if Pope found some of the materials I need. I'll be back soon." "Ok." I said.