Auts by M.E. Purfield

Author:M.E. Purfield
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alien conquest, alien invasion, alien fiction, science fiction aliens, sci-fi aliens, sci-fi dystopian, dystopian apocalypse, dystopian fiction, dystopian science fiction, autistic fiction, autistic characters, neurodiverse, neurodivergent
Publisher: trash books
Published: 2023-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

“ISAAC?” MOM WHISPERED and shook him out of sleep. “The power went out.”

The boy opened his eyes to the dark bedroom. Street lights shined in through the bare glass. But the lights on his electronics were off.

“Can you tell Leo?” she asked

“What time is it?” he asked.

“Almost 3.”

“In the morning?” he asked, incredulous.

“Please, before it gets too cold?” When the power went out, so did the boiler. “It looks like only our building is out. Please, Isaac. I don’t want to be in the dark.”

Her voice was scratched and cracked from crying so much that it sparked anger in Isaac. She was his mother. The strong one out of the two. Why was she acting so pathetic?

“I’m going,” he said and sat up. He grabbed his robe off the desk chair to cover his sweats and t-shirt.

With a flashlight, Isaac went down the stairs to the first floor. Without the buzzing of the fluorescent lights to keep him company, he felt scared and alone during his trek. He sped up, broke out into a sweat, and ignored any monsters his imagination conjured.

“Leo!” Isaac pounded his fist on the apartment door. “You up? The power’s out.”

The metal locks clicked and clacked and the thick wood door opened. Leo stood on the other side, his eyes sleepy. He wore pale blue pajamas. Isaac was surprised the super didn’t sleep in the cap he always wore.

Leon motioned for Isaac to take the flashlight from his eyes.

“I am up,” Leo said. “And yes, the power is out.”

He stepped out of the apartment, his slippers scuffing the tiny-tiled floor.

“Don’t you need your tools?” Isaac asked.

“No.”

The door closed and he headed down the narrow hall, past the other apartment doors.

“What about a flashlight?” Isaac asked. “You won’t be able to see.”

Leo stopped at the stairway entrance and nodded.

“Yes,” he said. “You can come with me.”

“Thanks for asking,” Isaac whispered and rolled his eyes.

Down in the basement, Isaac shined the light ahead of a shuffling Leo who led the way. They crossed a spacious and clean concrete laundry room and stopped at a metal door at the back. Leo pushed it open and entered the blackness.

“Don’t you lock the door?” Isaac asked, following, lighting the way for him.

“No,” Leo said. “You and your mother are the only ones alive now. I trust you two.”

An invisible vice tightened around his heart. With the asteroid 36-hours away, it made sense. But still. To be the last ones alive or around in the building? It was messed up.

They stopped in front of the huge boiler, at the converter that switched between gas and oil.

“Think it’s broken?”

“No,” Leo said. “I checked it out last week. It’s fine. It’s probably electrical. It needs updating but I have no need to permanently fix it considering what will happen.”

“Then, maybe you should be checking the fuse box or something?”

Leo brought his hand to the power switch. A spark of blue electricity broke the darkness and traveled from his calloused brown fingers to the red metal.

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