The Year 3670

The First Battle

"It's been four days since we stepped out into the wasteland to start fighting. These last four days have been the toughest of our lives. No one was expecting what happened."

                    -Exxon

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FOUR DAYS AGO

"We have sighting of a squad of aliens coming in this direction." Emma said to everyone over the radio.

"Ok, we'll suit up quickly and get moving." I said.

I tried to contact Mason on the radio but he wasn't there, nor was any of his squadron. There were no air Mechs in the air.

"Guys, where are the air Mechs?" Natalie asked nervously.

"I don't know, I hope they're ok." Dan answered.

We got suited up and heard alien vehicles approaching.

"Hurry up everyone." I said.

All of a sudden, alien air units came in and destroyed the planes behind us and half of the Mech suits people hadn't put on yet. We were scattered and forced to run away.

"Guys form on me now!" I yelled to everyone over the radio.

The only people who came to me were Emma, Dan, Natalie, Caleb, and Anya.

"We've got to get out of here, we can't save anyone!" I yelled at them all as missiles and gunfire were all around us.

We got out of there and finally caught our breath after running for about 20 minutes.

"Anya, how are you here? Weren't you with Mason's squadron?" I asked, curious.

"I was piloting one of the planes, being one of the more experienced pilots." She answered.

"Was Mason one too?" I asked.

"I don't know, he could've been." She answered.

"Where's Joan?" Natalie asked, worried.

"I don't know if she made it or not." Dan answered, sounding as if he knew something else.

We all settled in and went to sleep. Before Dan went to bed, I pulled him aside and asked him about Joan.

"I saw a missile explode in front of her and didn't look long enough for the smoke to clear. I hope she's ok." He looked genuinely sad and worried.

"I bet she's fine." I said to help him out, I could tell he has started to care about her.

"Ok, I hope so. Thanks man." Dan said, sounding a little better.

We all went to sleep and when we woke up we took inventory of what we had on us.

"We've got enough food and water for about two or three days and since we have our Mechs, we won't be as tired as usual, so maybe more than that." Emma said after checking our supplies.

"Ok, we've also got enough small arms and ammo for a while as long as we strap a few backpacks on the Mechs to carry stuff." Dan said after checking our weapons.

"Ok thanks you guys, we need to get moving soon and try to find some survivors and figure out what's going on." I said.

Everyone got their things together and got into their suits. We started moving and saw something else in the distance.

"Guys, is that one of us?" Anya asked.

"Maybe, let's be careful though." I answered.

As we got closer, I tried the coms but they didn't answer. I then realized it looked like an injured alien and that's why it looked shorter.