The day is dreary, 'as usual' Daniel thinks to himself as he looks up into the sky, the years of war have all but smothered out any blueness, and has done so for a long time.
Making his way through the seemingly endless puddles of sludge and debris, Daniel takes a moment to rest up against a fallen tree.
The distant sound of bombs dropping are but all too familiar, and a little too close for comfort.
He lets out a sigh, before forcing himself up off the fallen tree, and heading in the direction that the bombs are coming from.
The firearm hanging loosely from the strap around his neck weighing him down as always.
Reaching a ridge, he takes a look down into the valley and the city that lies within it.
A city in ruins that is, the bombers are flying overhead releasing their payload.
Daniel makes his way down the ridge as anti-aircraft guns begin firing shells high up into the air.
The odd plane that is struck hurls downwards crashing into the ground, some hitting other bombers as they descend causing an eruption of flames.
None of which fazes Daniel, he's far to used to all the warfare at this point, even so, he is still constantly terrified.
"Mr Daniels, about fucking time" a female soldier snarls at him as a house explodes behind her.
"Sorry I'm late" he replies, crawling back to his feet having been knocked backwards by the blast.
"You'll never guess what I heard on the radio" another soldier announces excitedly as he helps Daniel to his feet.
"What's that Tom?" He asks.
"There are ships taking refugees to Haven" Thomas replies.
"We're to hold the enemy off to allow them to do so" the female soldier informs them.
"Are they taking ... Is anyone allowed to go?" Daniel asks nervously.
"If you can make it there" Thomas replies.
"INCOMING!" a soldier shouts as a plane comes hurling towards the ground.
"Oh my gosh, kid! Hey kid! get out of the way!" Daniel yells seeing a young boy directly in the path of the falling plane.
"NOOO!" He shouts in dismay, watching as the plane spirals ever closer to the ground without control, and engulfed by flames.
A figure appears, jumping out of a window ledge close to where the boy is, and grabs him, pulling him towards himself.
The plane crashes down with a great explosion taking half the building out with it.
Daniel hurry's over to the crash site along with the other soldiers that have seen the boy and this other person.
Kicking down a door, whilst shifting some rubble and fallen wood out of the way, the figure appears with the boy in tow.
A gasp can be heard from the crowd as they see the uniform the individual is wearing.
"A Haven soldier, isn't he a bit far out to be here with us?" Thomas asks turning to Daniel.
"He's wearing a metal mask" Daniel points out.
The soldier walks straight past the pair of them, but takes a double glance at Daniel and stops in his tracks.
He takes out a photo from his pocket, looks up at Daniel, then back at the photo, and then back up at Daniel again.
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HAVEN: THE SKY SCRAPER
General FictionThe war has been going on for ten years now, and quite frankly Daniel is sick of it. To make him even more miserable he has been separated from the love of his life, Mikey. The big players in the war are slowly moving in, with one exception remainin...
