When Skies Fall... (Falling Skies Fanfic)

Chapter 5

I wake up the others knowing Hal is probably thinking of what to do. "Guys you have to be quiet. Clayton's here," I whisper as I wake the kids up and move on to the older ones. Everyone shuffles downstairs as quietly as possible.

When I get downstairs Hal has just opened the front door and has his gun ready to shoot. I grab mine and move behind the couch. I prop it up on top of the couch and I have a clear view through the window to shooting these assholes.

"We know about your deal, you need us alive," Hal calls out to Clayton. Clayton stops for a moment before speaking.

"Yeah well there's a term in war: acceptable losses. If one of your friends gets hurt or killed I can live with that. Can you?" Clayton shouts.

"Go to hell," Hal yells at Clayton and starts shooting. I shoot to and get one of the guys in the arm. They are quick to hide behind the trees, where Hal and I can't shoot them.

Nothing happens for a moment and then there's a shot fired and one Cayton's men goes down. It wasn't us, so I assume Ben reached Tom and Captain Weaver in time.

That's when I hear an all too familar voice shouting. It' Pope. Clayton and his men move around the tree so Pope doesn't have a clear shot at them.

"Hey Clayton, how's that skitter deal working now, huh?" Pope asks and Clayton and he starts shooting into the trees at Pope. I hear Pope shout out and by the sounds of it he's been hit.

"Give it up Pope," Clayton shouts and there's continous gunfire exchanged between them. And then it stops. Pope goes quiet and no one shoots.

"Hold your fire. Pope's dead," I hear a voice shout that sounds all too familiar.

"Dad," Hal whispers confused.

"Clayton it's Tom Mason, I'm coming out," I hear Tom shout. I can't see him but by the sounds of he's close.

"It's Dad," Matt says and starts to walk towards the window but I put my hand out to stop him and Lourdes grabs Matt and pulls him back.

I move closer to the window to see what's happening outside. Tom's handing his weapons over to Clayton.

"What the hell's he doing?" I say and watch him put his hands up by his head.

"Hal, Matt, Lelia, come on out. It's all over. Everybody come on out," Tom says and I look at Hal who huffs angrily at what his father's just done. We open the front door and Hal goes first, holding his gun loosely in one hand with his other by his head. I follow him and a couple of the guys from Clayton's group grab Hal's gun and mine. They take the hand gun from my hollister on the side and the one on my leg.

"Dad," Matt shouts and runs over to his father.

"Dad, what did you do?" Hal asks.

"You would have kept fighting and they would have killed you and I'm not gonna let that happen," Tom says.

"Going backs just as bad-" Hal starts but Tom cuts him off.

"First rule if combat is survive," Tom says and we start walking back towards the house with us following behind him.

"Alright let's get all the kids in the stable, now," Clayton says and some guy is trying to take Matt out of Hal's arms. 

"Hey, hey I got it," Lourdes says trying to push the guy out of the way and puts and arm around Matt to lead him away.

"Dad, no, I'm not going," Matt says struggling to get out of Lourdes arms. "Dad."

Tom makes a move to go to Matt but one of the guys holds his gun at Tom. A shoot goes off and the man falls to the ground. Captain Weaver comes out of the house with his men.