The cobblestone street was darkened by the fall of mist, I strode forward, my hand pushing down my fedora in an attempt to shield my ears from the fierce cold wind. Frost dug into my boots as I breathed into my palm, desperate to warm my fingertips. The street was barely lit, streetlamps flickering in the darkness. I ran down the avenue, footsteps echoing across the cobbles. Panting and gasping for breath I leaned against a nearby brick wall placing my hand on its cool surface. I was in pursuit of someone, something.

I was drenched in sweat, my bones aching with exhaustion. I spotted the faint image of a lone officer, a familiar face in the dark. My hand shot up signaling for him to follow, my sleeve rippled in the cold wind. We continued walking along the road using the dark to conceal our advance. Shadows danced in the lamplight as we slowly edged our way downward, careful not to make a sound. Suddenly as I turned the corner, I spotted him, an image, a blur in the dark crouched only a few meters away. My hand shot up and the officer nodded. I reached into my coat pocket, the thick fabric stretching as I fumbled for my revolver. The hilt was cold in my sweaty palm. I took aim, fired. Smoke rose from the barrel however, I was too late.

Shots echoed across the ghoulish road as the officer collapsed a sharp cry flying from his lips. I dived into a nearby doorway taking cover before firing three times into the dark. Muzzle flashes lit up the street as I clumsily fed bullets into the cylinder. I sprinted forward as fast as my legs could muster. When I reached the officer his lifeless eyes stared back, the heat draining from his body and into the frosted ground. I was about to reach into his coat pocket when a bullet grazed my temple causing blood to splatter upon the pavement. Clutching my head I scrambled on all fours to take cover behind a nearby car. I fumbled with one more bullet as I reloaded sweat dripping off my fingers. Bullets ricocheted behind me causing sparks to fly from the steel wall.

I stepped forward, hair waving in the cool mist.

"What's your plan here?" I shouted.

I continued walking forward, gun in hand, eyes peering into the street.

Three shots flew out from a nearby alley hitting the lampposts and plunging us into the dark,

"I don't understand here what's your plan?" I cried.

No response came.

"Don't you understand your going to die?" I shouted voice shaking.

I swiveled my head trying to keep watch from every angle. Now walking directly in the middle of the road I kept my hand outstretched, forefinger twitching on the trigger.

Suddenly a bullet flew from behind me whizzing past my shoulder.

I saw the attacker, sprinting off in the distance. Scurrying through the streets I raced after him, my tailcoat flapping in the wind. He looked back and fired while running, the bullet flying past my shoulder. I closed my eyes hoping for the best as I charged forward. Turning the corner he stumbled for a moment before standing in terror. A dead-end lay in front, a wall of pavement blocking our path. Seeing the opportunity I threw myself at a nearby car and as the bullets flew by, planting themselves with a cloud of dust in a nearby stone wall.

"Missed me" I coughed while dusting off my coat.

"Are you going to give up yet?" I cried.

Still no response. I stood up trying to make out a figure in the dark.

"You know I can't" he shouted back.

"You know I had to ask" I replied coolly.

I brushed a layer of sweat off my brow as snowflakes began to slowly fall.

This time when the man tried to reload I seized my chance and ran out. Carelessly spraying into the night I fired three times, two shots finding their target and hitting the shoulder. He stuttered back leaning against a poster, blood splattering against Churchill's painted head. Returning the favor he sickly aimed his gun at me and fired. Seeing death stand in front, I braced for the worst and tried to shoot, disable him before he could land a lethal blow, yet there was no barrage of bullets streaming my way, the hand of death did not lie outstretched, simply the disturbing sound of an empty gun.

"Why?" he asked.

"Nothing personal" I replied.

Our eyes met, the eyes of a killer staring heartlessly into one of his kind. For a second we stood as if frozen in time every breath a millennium, every heartbeat a drum that echoed across the abandoned cobbles. Both unsure of what to do, would I end his life now, murder him in cold blood? Fulfill a destiny that would haunt my dreams for eternity? We both waited and for a moment in time nothing mattered, he knew he was about to die yet would he accept the fate, would he accept the ultimate defeat?

"Interesting," he said.

He utilized my hesitation and tossed his gun carelessly to the floor. The metal clang echoed across the street ringing in my ears. Breathing hurriedly he pulled out a small metallic switchblade and clenched his teeth, blood trickling from the wound in his shoulder. I tried to fire, but I too came dry so I fumbled for a bullet, fingers slipping on the new round. My heart pounded, adrenaline and inertia coursing through my veins.

At that moment the unspeakable happened. Light blared from all directions as wind like no other blew us to the ground. A flying craft swarmed ahead casting a strange humming sound throughout the air. It was beautifully terrifying. I shielded my vision from the penetrating rays, a feeble attempt at blocking it by raising my hand; it burned the back of my eyes causing me to cry out in anguish. I looked at the murderer and saw the same emotions, absolute astonishment, wonder, horror.

We both stood still unsure of what to do, two statues, completely motionless, in awe and completely unaware of our destiny. Gaping with open mouths at the sky we gazed in horror as the light cast its radiant glow. Then the craft lowered, the blinding rays persisted to increase until it was impossible to see, a beam of power burning through our eyes and embedding itself into our skulls. I buried my face into my coat hoping the thick fabric would protect my vision.

The craft landed and the world stood still. A catastrophic wave of terror crept across my brain causing my senses to go numb one by one and soon I lost consciousness fading into the dark.

When I awoke my eyelids struggled to remain open, and my body and limbs were in terrible anguish. The room around me was completely white. A creature moved in the corner, its face hidden by a gas mask and its arms clad in thick plastic. The being stalked forward towards me, a tube of glass surrounding my upright chair. Looking beside me I gazed into the terror stricken eyes of my companion. His fatigues had been parted to reveal enemy colours but his eyes still pleaded with the same familiar desperation.

My hands were bound however my clothes and my possessions were the same. I analyzed my surroundings. On the nearby table lay both our guns, one had been carefully disassembled, its parts laid out in paraphernalia of metal. The other was intact. I shook my sleeve slightly to reveal broken lancet was hidden beneath the gray fabric.

With a single movement, I threw it into my hand hiding it in a closed fist. I began sawing away at my bonds. careful not to draw any attention. My eyes fixed upon on the horror infront. The creature moved to my companion, closed a glass door and pressed three consecutive buttons on his tube. Lights flashed overhead and the man inside went berserk, limbs flailing as he made a desperate attempt to break through the glass.

The madman screamed in desperation as I watched the bottom of the compartment open. He and his chair fell, plummeting into the unknown. Then it approached me, once the creature came to open the door he placed a clump of wiring on my head and pressed it. I tried to fight back, but it was futile, my limbs frozen at the touch.

An electric shock startled my brain as I saw my memories fly away, slowly disappearing into the endless dark. Memories replaced every second with endless pain. I clutched on the grains of sand which were my past, but as my grip tightened more slipped through my fingers. Tears streaking down my face, I tried to take one last defiant look at people I loved before they were reduced to fog and ash. I will never know who I was, was I loved? Was I hated? Would I be missed? Would somewhere in the back of my mind I miss someone? Long for a person, I will never remember. In the end, the only thing which remained was agony. A gruesome cry to flying from my lips.

Taking the only chance I had at stabbing my captor, with a single slash, I ripped through it's chest. The thick cloth stretched with my laceration as I plunged my knife deep. The creature roared back, green thick puss squirting in every direction. It then ran forward taking out a small metal tube, it pressed a button on the side extending it to at least a foot. A flow of electricity was visible at its tip. However, it was too late. The next stab I landed was in its brain. Yellow blood splattered across the room as the animal sank to the floor dead. The moment the corpse touched the ground a newfound sound echoed around me.

“Kutcha, kill ,hauihi”

“Kutcha, kijl ,hauihi”

“Kutcha, kijl ,hauihi”

“Kutcha, kijl ,hauihi”

I sliced the second bond before I ran forward and grabbed my pistol and ammo from the table. Suddenly a wall shifted open and three more of the creatures entered. This time they each fired an electric ray from a white tube, scorching the room. A blast whizzed past my head blowing a hole into the wall and leaving a smouldering panel behind. I backed into my compartment and hastily closed the door, the projectiles deflecting off of the glass walls.

The creatures strode forward and pressed the same sequence into the keypad as the last one. I banged on the screen, trying to escape my cage however, my blows had no impact, the material absorbing every strike. Spit flew from my mouth splattering against the visor yet soon it was too late and the tube began to shift, sinking deep into the abyss below. I stood heart-pounding for a split second before an explosion of colour escaped from below. A pond of dimensions, the very sight of the portal hurt my mind making me scream in agony as I slammed my eyes shut.

Desperate for both air and light I was submerged in an unknown liquid, flailing and gasping for three seconds before my limbs stopped moving, an icy ray cast upon my body. Two more seconds and my mind ended.