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The father, a determined detective, tries to evacuate his family by car but runs into a police officer enforcing government orders. Ignoring him, the family attempts an alternate escape route, only to meet a tragic end when alien forces appear and vaporize the parents, leaving their children—Gabriel and his siblings—facing a grim future alone.
Life Under Alien Rule
Jump forward nine years: humanity adopts a new normal, forced to live under the tyrannical rule of their alien conquerors, now referred to as the Legislators. The global government has been dismantled; military powers are eliminated, and civilians are conscripted to labor in building vast underground zones solely for the alien overlords, with access granted only to select government officials.