The Final Human

by BananaRocket Productions

Memories

With the tea Fluttershy gave you finished, you let your mind wander. What will happen next, will they accept me to live in Ponyville, will they like me? But like always you cant help but to recall the events of the last few years. With this thought in your head you fall asleep.

"Mom! I'm home!" Anon said just coming home from school.

"Como fue en esquela hoy?"

(How was it at school today?)

"Good, nothing much happened today though,"

Anon was going to a technical school for Video Game Design, this was his first year. He always wanted to create worlds and stories people could enjoy and VGD was one way of going about it. Something about making others happy, made him feel better about himself.

"Anon, did you see the news? There is something coming from space"

"What is it? Did they say? Is it big?"

"No, it's small but the news people say it isn't going fast so don't worry about it"

"Yea it will burn up on entry Mom. Don't worry about it, this always happens. Things always go towards the Earth like asteroids and burn up when they enter Earth's atmosphere."

"Alright Anon, I got scared that it was going to do something. You know I think things from space are scary"

"Yep. I'm going to go to my room now, what are we eating today?"

"Pollo Guisado"

"Great, later Mom"

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3 hours later 6:00 PM EST

"ANON!!!"

Your Mom's scream rips you from your chair you were playing GTA Online from. You rush into the living room to see her standing in front of the TV.

"MOM! What happened?"

She's pointing at the TV with the news on, the headline reads "Breaking News: Extraterrestrial ship lands in remote region in Russia."

"You thinks this is real?" asks Mom.

"Maybe, if it is then we better hope they are friendly. Also that the Russian government doesn't do anything stupid"

Hours pass by as you and your family are glued to the TV. News stations everywhere are reporting on this event, but can't get a clear picture of this spacecraft as the governments are restricting access to the area. Even the White House starts to broadcast, letting you know that this isn't a joke.

President Obama is walking up to a podium in the middle of a long hallway and begins to speak.

"My fellow Americans, as you all may know there has been a landing of a UFO in Russia near Pokrovsk. We as a government cannot keep this a secret. This is the first time the World has encountered beings from space. Many of you may be scared, worried about your family's safety. We have contacted many other governments including the Russian government to help establish first contact. They have all agreed to settle aside any and all differences for the time being in order to deal with this issue. We will ensure that in the event that they are hostile, they will be eliminated quickly. The safety of the people of Earth is top priority for all governments, and we will stop at nothing to ensure that. We will have news affiliates of CNN and BBC to record this momentous occasion. Please keep calm and stay with your families for the time being, and we will broadcast any news as it comes in. Thank You."

And with that, the local news station is back on and talking about what the President said. You turn to your family to see that your older sister has come over with her son and boyfriend.

"Guys I don't think we should stay here," you say to everyone.

"Why Anon? Are you scared?" said your sister carrying her baby.

"No I'm not, its just that if things do go bad that we should go somewhere remote. Like with Mom's family in Guatemala."

"Anon, you know we don't have the money for everyone right now. Let's all just stay here and wait. There is nothing else we can do right now," your step-father says

You nod your head. He is right, it was a stupid idea anyways. The family goes to the kitchen to call their families, concerned that they are worried about them. You go to your room to call your only true friend and dad. They both don't really care and say it will be over soon.

More hours pass as the house is still active watching the news for any updates. Nothing. You decide to go to sleep and see if anything has changed in the morning.

A pounding at your door wakes you, it's you sister's boyfriend.

"Anon, you got to see this! They attacked!"

You immediately wake up rushing to the living room. As you walk in, you see even more people showed up. Your step-father's family has showed up and nearly the whole house has filled up. It's a small house. You look to the TV to see what happened. The camera is shaking as blasts from tanks and gunfire from the American and Russian armies. All fire is concentrated on a small point in the distance. The camera pans to the side to reveal a blast crater in the line of tanks. The Earth looked shiny in that area, which tells you it was a high temperature blast.

"How did this happen?" you ask to everyone.

"Well when the ship finally opened and the Aliens came out, the people who were going to greet them were shot on site. All on live TV, at least the kids didn't see. Then the tanks started firing and the Aliens fired back with blue beams. A beam hit a tank, and it instantly exploded and vaporized." said your sister's boyfriend.

"So that is what caused that crater?" you reply.

"Yea, it was quite violent."

As he said that, you glance over to the TV only to see a blue beam going straight for the camera. Not a second later the broadcast ends.

You turn to your family to see their faces of fear. Fear of a seemingly indestructible foe. Your mother starts to cry and runs to her room, your step-father follows her to comfort her. Why? Why did they start to attack? Will there be more? If there are more, can you, your family, and the human race survive? These questions and more like them flood your mind. Then you realize, what if the Army can't stop them in Russia. Will you fight? If it means a chance of taking them out and saving your family and friends then yes!

A week goes by with nothing but news of the fighting in Russia. We are losing, badly. Nearly 50,000 Troops have died to 10 Aliens. You never see them, only reports of loss to them. They haven't moved from their spot for some reason. Maybe waiting for their mother-ship. You hope not and if 10 of them can do this, then you don't want to know what 100,000 of them can do.

Life has been on a stand still since they attacked. No one goes out, to school, or to work. The family who was here the first day has left for their own home. Your sister stays with you guys, you can tell she is scared shitless. Nothing but silence in the house, everyone occupied with their one thing. You keep on playing Video games like always, Halo being off limits now. The threat is real now.

The next day is more eventful, you literally shit your pants. A large space ship the size of a small city appears over Russia, right over the Aliens landing spot. No.... no no no no no NO NO NO!!! Why now! We haven't even mastered space flight, let alone have technology to fight a race of aliens who seem indestructible! What comes next is no surprise, a draft of all ready and able men and women. Who will be exempt from this, you hope everyone you know are. An officer shows up at your door not only 2 hours after the announcement. You answer the door.

"I am looking for a Mr Anon S Cabrera," said the officer with a great, commanding voice.

Your mother bursts through the door, knocking you to your feet.

"Por favor senor, no puedes a garar mi Anon-sito! Es mi vida!"

(Please Sir, you can't take my Anon! He is my life!)

"I am sorry ma'am there is nothing I can do. The human race is at war with a deadly alien race and we need all the men we can get. Don't worry, he will be in safe hands. Now where is he?"

You raise your hand from the floor and begin to speak.

"Here sir!"

"Then get up soldier, you got a war to fight!"

After he says that your mother becomes hysterical, running to the kitchen. You look at the officer with a stare of pure anger.

"Do you think I give a fuck, the world is in danger and we need more able men. Now get your ass in that truck!" he said pointing to a truck parked outside your house. Why go door to door getting people who were drafted? Seems terribly inefficient.

"Can I go say bye to my family?"

"Make it quick! No more than 1 minuet!"

You run to your family in the kitchen who were comforting your mother

"Guys, I got to go now. I know it will be tough but I will come back, I promise....." and with that you run to the truck. You decide it is best to not let it get too emotional.

In the military truck there are people from the age of 16 to 30. All to face a new enemy, some are excited, and others look depressed. The excited ones are probably call of duty fags, they don't even know what they are in for. You don't either but you know it will be hell. Wait, why were the other males in the other house taken? Don't think about it, they are going to be safe.

The truck arrives at the Airport to take you Fort Benning for basic. Wonder how that will be? Hell. Hell is the only word to describe it. It was quicker than the usual 9 weeks, 4 weeks to be exact. It was hard, harder than anything you have done before. Granted you haven't done anything before that was too strenuous. Surprisingly you did pretty well. You didn't want to make any friends as they would probably be killed. You always preferred to be a loner anyways.

It was finally over, and you were to get orders on where you were stationed later that day. Protecting the East coast! Stationed in Camp Edwards for the National Guard. At least it won't be the front lines and I hope this place doesn't become it. You arrive to see a bustling base, you wonder what you will do here.

You are assigned to protect civilians who are being evacuated to bunkers away from the coast. In the month you were at basic, the enemy has advanced to china, leaving Russia to be completely destroyed. All of the worlds countries had their armies trying to keep them at bay. Nothing worked to stop them, only delay their movements. You have heard that they can be killed, but it takes an A-10 Warthog to take one out. Only one, one out of several thousand, Nuclear warheads have been used but they have found a way to deactivate them mid flight.

'I bet the worlds scientists have been working to create weapons to combat them, wonder when they will reveal them?' you think to yourself as you continue to watch all the people in a line driving westward. You are in some town in Mass and you have been at this for at least 3 weeks. It doesn't matter how long, as long as the enemy isn't here this is good enough for you. Still no friends, your schedule now is Protect, eat, sleep, repeat, no time for friends. Nothing much too it, there have been a few incidents of riots but those are quickly dispersed. Still, you wished that this would end now, you only want peace and quiet. How is your family? They are safe, probably in the middle of the US. That is for the best.

It has been 3 months, the enemy has been stopped at Spain and the West Coast of the US. They say the death count of the human race is 2.1 billion, China contributing to most of that number. Like you said, the armies of the world have been equipped with new laser weaponry, reversed engineered from Alien tech. Word around the base is that we are to get prototype power armor within the next month. You hope that is true, anything we can get will be of great help.

Everyone has been evacuated to the inner US and now you just wait at the base for orders. None yet. The shipment of the new LR-003 laser rifle has finally arrived and you and half the base are getting training to use them. All that is shown is how to reload, nothing else is different from other rifles. The look of it is strange, looks almost like a forerunner weapon from Halo. Guess someone had fun designing it. After that, nothing else happens, absolutely nothing. For about 4 months that is.

They broke what came to be know as Humanities last line. War was coming, and fast.

"Attention! Humanities last line has been broken! All personnel are to report to their assigned debriefing buildings to receive orders. Attentio......." It has finally happened. You are going to get into your first battle. You gear up and run to your assigned debriefing building. There are so many branches here that they had to make whole buildings to debrief their respective corps. You were going to the Infantry building, it was bigger than the rest due to the demand for infantry. You sit in a large auditorium, it isn't the most inviting place but not like you could just leave. A general walks up to the stage, you salute as does the rest of the crowd.

"At ease," the man says to everyone "The situation we are in today is dire. The enemy has destroyed everything in its path and is on its way to our door step. We have tried our best in Spain but their technology is far to great. Although we have acquired their weaponry, they still pose a great threat to our dying race. As we speak, the remaining forces and civilians from Europe are being Evacuated to the safe zone in the US. We estimate there to be at least 1 million people to be arriving. A small number compared to the billions that were living there. Our task is to see to it that all civilians and wounded are taken to the bunkers. All able humans will reinforce us as we make our final stand. SHOW THOSE ALIEN FUCKERS WHAT THE HUMAN RACE IS CAPABLE OF! MOVE OUT!"

The debriefing ended and everyone poured out. Outside is a scene of controlled chaos, but you move quickly to your assigned transport area. You enter a troop transport truck bound for a fortified port to welcome the remaining humans from Europe. The ride was quick and everyone rushed out to help the others prepare for what is to come. You are assigned to overlook the sea with your rifle and cover any human ships under fire. The ships are due to come in two days and those days are spent helping the get the port ready for battle.

It was morning and you were looking towards the horizon of the sea. The sun has barely made it into view and already you can see its beauty and feel its warmth. Standing close to the water, you look down to see the calmness of the sea. It's odd as around the world people are dying and you are just standing here admiring nature. An alarm startles you, fully waking you up and nearly causing you to fall into the water. You know this means that the ships are close and you need to get to work. It's going to be a long day.

Standing guard near the waters edge you await the million people due to arrive. You look at the horizon to see a ship with a slight glow coming from it. You stand firm knowing that the enemy could be following closely behind but something isn't right. A fleet should be following the first ship but only the Carrier is visible. As it comes closer to the port you realize that the glow was the deck of the ship on fire. An announcement is made over the speakers.

"All personnel, all other ships have been destroyed. Enemy is over 100 miles out and closing in fast. All assigned to assist wounded and civilians are reassigned to protect the port and stop invading forces...... All personnel on high alert! Incoming enemy tactical laser strike!"

Within a second, you feel a force push you into the air and an intense heat overwhelming you. The blast pushed you into a nearby building, knocking you out instantly. Why is the human race being attacked like this? Why do we all have to die like this? Did we deserve this?

You finally wake up with a cold sweat, the dream really got to you. Reliving the past is something you hate, as it brings terrible images to your head you always try to forget. It's dark outside and you can hear crickets chirping away. It's nice to finally hear them again, their sound always soothed you. Not tonight, you don't want to go back to sleep after this. You just lay there staring at the ceiling, listening but not really thinking. Spaced out and oblivious to anything else around you, even Fluttershy standing at the top of the stairs looking down at you. She isn't doing anything but staring but after a while you snap back to reality.

You look at her and she quickly runs back upstairs, making an audible 'EEEP' as she ran. You chuckle, they are just too cute. You still can't believe that you are here, far from any worries. Now, back to spacing out.

Fluttershy rushes into Rainbow Dash's room, turning on the light as he enters.

"Soo....." Rainbow Dash says, "What was it doing?"

"Dash! That is rude calling him an 'it' and he was just looking at the ceiling."

"Huh. Then what was all that mumbling I heard then?"

"Maybe he was dreaming and woke up when I got there."

"I dunno about this thing Flutters, do you think it's safe to keep around?"

"Yea, don't worry about it. He is hurt and he needs to be taken care of. I won't let him go unless he is nice and healthy."

"But, nobody has seen anything like it! What if it can shoot lasers from its eyes and instantly heal? Who knows what it can do!"

"Well that is why Twilight told you to stay with me. He seems nice enough, and that is enough for me to trust him."

"Fine. Well I'm going to sleep now. Night Flutters."

"Goodnight Rainbow Dash"

Author's Note:

Well finally got this done! Tell me if you guys like it. Feel free to make suggestions. I know it's rough around the edges but it can't be helped right now. Hopefully as the story progresses, I will become better. Thanks to all who support me! It really means a lot!

Comments

[Brony1314]

Im liking this story so far. Sure its rough around the edges but I like the story. I mean its your first fanfiction Im not expecting perfection.

[Bob Market]

ehmm Xcom? i dont know