Snippet #2359537

Aster City was as busy as ever. People were speaking like nothing was wrong. Emma could feel something was wrong. A man named Hugo Jones, who had assigned himself leader after Maria abandoned them, told them everything was fine. He was lying. Emma wondered when the darkness would attack... and why they desperately wanted to kill them all. Was it a greed for power? Were they working for a greater cause? Were they just evil? Emma didn't know, but none of those reasons justified killing.
Emma wished her power hadn't told her of the danger that may come. It only told her something was coming, not what or when. Of a whole world in the dark, she only knew a little... yet she knew more than most.
Emma, still pitying the people of her world, tried to spare them by not telling them of the danger to come. It wouldn't postpone any attack, but maybe Emma could allow them a brief moment of hope before all their hope was shattered.
Emma wasn't thinking about THAT though. She was thinking about what she wanted to eat for lunch. But, her thoughts of hunger were interrupted when a loud bang came from down the street and smoke, ash, and debris flew into the air. Emma's face grew pale. Food would have to wait. The darkness had arrived.