Episode 1: The Third Child

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Spring City, Colorado, August 5, 2017 A.D

Erika Langford stepped out of the train as it made it to its destination. The train station was empty and quiet, too quiet.

"Your attention please, this is an urgent warning" declared the announcer throughout the station. "As of 24 hours today, a special state of emergency has been declared for the entire city as well as the state itself. All residents must quickly and calmly evacuate to their designated shelters".

Erika went to a nearby phone booth and attempted to make a call. The phone was dead silent.

"We repeat, a special state of emergency is has been declared".

"All the phones are dead, and the trains aren't working either" Erika said to herself. "What now?"

She walk out of the station to get a view of the city, it was surprisingly empty as well. There was no traffic and no crowds, just utter silence as the winds blew across the city. She then took a seat on a bench and took out an envelope.

"Shelter" she thought to herself. "Please tell me that this isn't some sort of planned terrorist attack or something".

She opens it to reveal the letter that came with it. It was from her father, military commander Gerald Langford.

"Father" Erika thought to herself. "What could he possibly want from me?".

She also pulled out another letter with a photo. It was of a dark skinned woman in her early 30s, with long black hair and bright red lipstick. She's supposedly the one that was going to pick her up.

All the sudden, she saw a jet zooming into the city, where it all the sudden fired 2 cruise missiles.

"Missiles? In the city?!" Erika yelled. "What's going on?!".

The ground shook as explosions appeared behind her. She turned around and that's when it appeared. It was a giant creature with a white skull like face. His chest was covered in a spiked, bone like semi armor with a red sphere in the middle. He had a huge dark body with long claws. His eyes were bright yellow, bringing a eerie feeling as it looked at the city.

"My god..." Erika trembled. "What is that?!".

She tries to run away from the incoming explosions. The monster walked towards the city, and it wasn't going to stop. More fighter jets came in to fire at it, but it was no use. It kept on advancing.

All the sudden, a sports car appeared and stopped right in front of Erika. It was a red Renault Alpine. As the doors opened, a black haired woman with sunglasses and a red jacket was revealed to be driving the car. It was Susan Whitehall, the one who was supposed to pick her up.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Erika!" She shouted. "Quickly, Hop in!".

Erika entered and put her luggage inside the car. Susan then started the car and went driving full speed. More explosions were heard from afar.

"W-what happened?" Erika asked Susan. "What was that thing?!"

"That thing you just saw was a Fallen Angel" Susan explained.

"An Angel?" Erika asked. "How is that even an angel?".

"A harbinger of the apocalypse" she explained. "The creature was reported to have unexpectedly appeared down south, I still can't believe it passed the defenses and came to the City this fast!".

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