Felix's CCA Application
elix was an average kid, who grew up in a suburban area, in the state of Ohio, just south of Cleveland. He was very intelligent, but kept his intellect latent from others. He slacked off at times, earning a few bad grades in school. He grew up with an older brother, Danny, and a younger sister, Sarah. He was very content with his life, loving every bit of it. He grew from a child to a young adult normally, like every other kid. As a teenager, he was somewhat an over-achiever. He preferred his social life over school usually, though. He lived a normal life, going from elementary, to middle, then to high school. But it all changed eventually, on one day in 2004...
Felix is in high school, his senior year. He never looked forward to this, because his first years of high school were the highlights of his life. As school is released, he walks home. He opens the front door, sitting on the couch, exhaling loudly, from his day of school. He turns on the T.V., and closes his eyes, falling asleep.
It is 10P.M. Felix wakes up on the couch, saliva on his cheek, the T.V. still turned on. His mother had not returned yet, but his siblings had, and they were asleep in their rooms. Felix gets up morosely, turns off the T.V., and walks up the stairs to his bedroom. He closes the door behind him, laying on his bed, no thoughts on his mind. He falls asleep rather quickly.
It is 3AM. Felix is once again, awoken. But not by himself, but by strange noises outside. He ignores them, and grouchily gets up, and opens the door. He notices that his brother and sister are gone from their rooms. He doesn’t remember seeing his mother come home, either. The noises continue, and grow in volume. He takes a look outside his window, and is astonished by the sights. Blue lights rifted across the sky, thunder and rain coming from the sky. He sees no one in the streets. But he sees other living beings. Strange and small four legged creatures, like small pale crabs, and skittering across the streets, as well as larger, green, four legged creatures, with no eyes, also skittering about, also inside houses. Most of them are on fire. No humans in sight, he feels empty, and cold, as if alone. Millions of thoughts, racing through his mind, in a fraction of a second. He realizes he’s alone, and no one can help him.
He runs out of his room, into his father’s old den downstairs. He smashes a window to the gun case, where seven shotguns lay, from his dad’s times when he went out hunting. He grabbed a short barreled black one, and opened a cabinet underneath. He grabbed two boxes, filled with shells, as he stuffed them in his pockets. He took out two shells, loading them both into each barrel of the shotgun. He stands still, pondering where he would go. He knew his suburban area is not the safest place to be. He decided, perhaps, maybe these creatures haven’t reached downtown yet? He cocks the shotgun, as he opens the back door, and runs through the woods.
Adrenaline pumping, he hops over trees and debris. He stops dead in his tracks, when a small pale creature is in front of him. He slowly aims the gun at it, and fires both shots. Yellow colored blood gushes from the creature’s wounds, as it falls, cold dead. He continues, exiting the woods, onto the highway.
He sees cars. Lots of cars. All abandoned. Not a soul in sight. Fire. Smoke. Everywhere. Visibility is low. He stops for a few moments, then continues onwards. Strangely, he encounters no creatures. No living thing is in sight. He figures he is out of range now, and possibly even safe from this invasion of unknown beings. He runs. Runs far away. He runs for miles on miles. He assures he’s on the right track, as overhead passes a sign, “CLEVELAND: 2 MILES AHEAD”.
He arrives at Cleveland, gazing at the tall skyscrapers. He sees tents upon tents, lining the streets. People. People at last. They are in ragged clothing, some injured. He assures himself he is no longer alone. He feels safety overcome him, as an unlikely soldier directs him to an empty tent. He walks into it, setting his shotgun on the floor, exhaling. He remembers he had not seen his siblings anywhere around. He exits his tent a few minutes afterwards, and a few seconds after walking out, spots an unlikely two people. His brother, and sister.
He greets them, hugging them both.
“Where have you been? How did you get here?”, he said.
“Oh, well, the neighbors Mary and Joseph got us beforehand. We left with them and headed down the highway, before our car broke down, we walked the rest of the way.”, said Danny.
“Thank god you’re alive.”, replied Felix.
“We’ve been staying with them since we got here, their very polite people, but we will move into your tent, if that’s alright of course.”, said Sarah.
“Of course.”, replied Felix.
There, surrounded by barbed fence and militia, Felix feels safe and happy, confined in the safe spot he lives, as the monsters furthermore destroy the rest of the world. He lives ordinarily, for years, until one day in 2010...
It is the year of 2010. Felix awakens from a nap one afternoon, seeing commotion in the streets. In the distance, he hears strange sounds. Gun ships appear overhead, seconds later. They pass by overhead, and circle back around, landing on the ground. Strange troops appear from the ships, charging and overtaking the streets within seconds. The militia are shot on sight with weird weapons, and the civilians, including Felix and his siblings, are rounded up onto the ships. Felix gets on a different ship than his siblings, saying goodbye, and assuring them he would meet them again eventually. Felix falls asleep on board.
He is awoken when they landed. He gets off, and sees a train. A long, metal, funny looking train, one like he has ever seen before. They are rounded up onto the trains. Felix sits on the metal floor in a corner, thoughts racing in his head. What are these things? Where did they come from? All questions circling in his head, as he falls asleep, once again.
Finally, he arrives at a strange city somewhere unknown, signs and words calling it, “City 8.” As Felix gets off the train, he enters the station, filled with other people, and others in strange uniforms, masks, and creepy voices. Confusedly, he enters a line of people. Once he gets to the front, he signs a document. His name, and five numbers of his choosing, which would be used for his identification. He is handed a suitcase by this unknown person, as Felix walks out the door, into the plaza of the city.
He gazes up, looking at the Citadel in the distance, and the statue in the plaza, knowing this is a turning point for his life. He gets to his apartment, and sets his suitcase down. He lives in subtlety for about a year, until one day…
Felix is walking through the slums alone, taking a walk to get away from the boredom of his apartment. As he’s walking, he is jumped by a group of men, and one of them pulls out a blunt weapon. Felix is hit against the head with this, and falls to the floor, injured and in shock. The men beat him, and beat him, minutes upon minutes. On the verge of consciousness, he manages to look to the left, and sees three of the strange people he saw in the station, with glowing sticks, running towards the men. Two of them chase them, and one of them stops above Felix.
The officer reaches his hand down to Felix, and grabs it, bringing him to his feet. Felix gets up, panting and bleeding, and leans on the wall, thanking the officer. He is told to go back to his apartment, and rest.
Afterwards, Felix is walking home, bruised and beaten. He can’t stop thinking about how great it would be to be one of them, and help others, like that officer helped him in a great time of need. He passes a large billboard, glancing up, reading, “City Eight. It’s safer here.” He makes a decision, a life goal. To become an officer of the CCA that reside in the city. He passes a stack of papers, the one on top reading, “APPLICATIONS -- TAKE ONE ONLY.” He realizes he is in luck, and gladly grabs one, and heads up to his apartment with a pencil. He begins to write…
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