The Way We Fall

The Way We Fall is a novella that introduces the human race in a setting far different than today. The story introduces Keaira, the Terrans, the Bermekans, and the Hylans. The story was originally a standalone project created in 1996, but was eventually revised and updated to better fit into the growing James Davis storyline. This story primarily covers The Earth Disaster.

Synopsis
Nearly 50,000 BA the planet Earth was filled with human life and technology, but was quickly becoming overwhelmed with human populations and war. On the brink of humanity's own destruction, a race of aliens called the Bermekans showed up offering a solution. When it is revealed that Earth will die and only two billions humans can be saved, panic spreads across the planet. The suspicious humans begin to uncover a plot where the Bermekans plan to evacuate Earth and then terraform the surface to make it suitable for their own people. The story's hero attempts to stop the event but in the process spurs the Bermekans into action, releasing a deadly woman named Keaira on the unfortunate humans below.

While the humans are evacuated from Earth, the Bermekans suffer a power struggle that exposes the truth of the Bermekan plot to terraform the Earth. Keaira is finally captured but the damage to the planet is already done. As the Keaira Virus continues to spread across the populace of Earth the Bermekans make a final attempt to quell the infection for good, firing their terraformers to the surface and effectively killing off the Earth's population and taking out the virus in the process. Only 1.8 billion of the original 9 billion humans survive the dissaster. The Bermekans take responsibility for their actions, pointing out that Earth will take hundreds of years to be terraformed, and offering the humans a chance to come with them to a new galaxy full of wonder and hope.

The humans reluctantly accept and are carried away from Earth forever...

The story ends with the humans changing their name to Terran, a more easily translated word meaning "People of Earth". These terrans are given a world to call their own and a new chance at a brighter future. They swear not to forget the events that led them to the destruction of their home world and begin working toward a new independence among the stars.