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The Artists game

Chapter 3 Game

(Later)

Aika was walking with Haru and for the first time she actually felt like someone outside her family (not counting her dead father) cared about her. However she didn't want to get to close to him after being betrayed in the past. The last thing she wanted is get close to someone again and have her heart shattered.

" Hey Aika, do you wanna go to my place and hang out for a bit? " Haru asked.

" Oh, sure. Since my moms in america its problaby night time so i wont be expecting any calls from her for a while " She spoke in a somewhat cheerful tone.

"Oh cool btw do you have a phone?" Haru asked.

"No, my fathers dept remember." Aika said flatly.

"Oh yeah I'm guessing paying that off prevented you from getting one." Haru said embarrassed, as he didn't mean to open up that wound

"It's okay, my mom is gonna get me one once she gets back from her business trip." Aika explained, while smiling a bit excited for when her mom gets back.

"Why didn't she get you one when she paid off the debt?" Haru asked curiously.

"Well because while we were in debt we lived in this shitty old apartment that was falling apart and leaking. So my mom bought a new house that was much nicer and warmer then that old apartment. Then she had to get other things we needed, so yeah she basically had to get us better stuff before she could even thing about getting me a phone." Aika explained.

"Oh yeah that makes sense I guess she wanted you two to be in a better position before getting out a phone." Haru said.

"Yeah all I'm using right now is a house phone, and before you ask it came with the house." Aika explained, before Haru could ask why they had a house phone.

"I wasn't gonna judge you." Haru said reassuringly.

Without warning, all TV screens lost connection. A strange man whose face was hid by the camera pop up. The only thing that was seen was his well built body, formal suite with a cheetah print tie. He was sitting in a chair that could only be expensive as it didn't look run down with his legs crossed along with his arms.

"Hello citizens of Japan. I am the maker of The Artists game and now my game has all of its contenders. I will now announce what the name of the game is so my players will know what to do and how they can win." The strange man explained.

People around were all confused by what was going on and what the man meant. Aika and Haru where also very curious about what the man was talking about. They then remembered when they got their note books they sighed something that mentioned this game.

"The Artists Game? Wait!" Aika said before pulling out her notebook and looking at the first page of it. However now the spot where she wrote her name and state now looked like it was printed on during production. Haru took a look at his as well and saw that his also looked like it was printed on the notebook when it was being made.

"Now the game is simple, there are eighteen players, and two sides divided evenly, the sides are the bad guys and the good guys. The bad guys are criminals who haven't been caught yet and they can team up with each other and the good guys can also team up with each other. The two teams have to eliminate each other and whichever team is left standing they are the winners and will receive a reward beyond the human mind.

Now know these players anything you draw in your notebooks will come to life and will do whatever you want them to do once the task is completed they will rip themselves apart so you can summon them again. But you can only do it in the notebooks that you singed as they are what allows you to be in the artist game and their pages will never run out, and remember this as long as your notebook remains intact you'll still be in the game however when its destroyed by another player you'll be out of the game and your life will expire.

And don't worry players if someone else tries to destroy your notebook it will not work as only players in the game can do such a thing. After all if I allowed the notebook to be destroyed by non players then it wouldn't be much fun. That is all I have to say about my game. I wish every player good luck." The mysterious man said before the TV's lost contact again and came back on to the normal channels they were on before.

Aika and Haru both felt their legs getting shaky as they were afraid of what the man meant by their lives would expire when their notebooks were destroyed. That part was the most concerning as they didn't know what would happen to them. They also didn't know any more about the game then they did before, when that guy announced it.

"T-this has to be some kind of a joke right?" Aika asked, a little scared.

"I don't think it is as I've already used my notebook to bring something to life so I don't think that man was joking around. His tone sounded very serious and he seemed like one of those mysterious people you'd see in anime." Haru explained while rubbing his chin.

"Whati WHAT?!" Aika screamed, making everyone look at her and Haru.

Haru laughed nervously and put his hand over Aika's mouth (Much to her annoyance) before grabbing her hand and running off with her. They then got on to an empity street that let back into their neighborhood, and while the street they where on took longer it was pretty empity. As they where walking Haru looked around for anyone, and thankfully he didn't see anyone near by so he took his hand off Aika's mouth to let her speak.

"Haru what do you mean you've used your notebook to bring something to life." Aika asked in a whisper while she and Haru headed off to his house.

"Well I found out about two days after getting the notebooks. I was really busy and stressed as I had lots of work that day and Hinote made me do his homework and I needed help. I wished that my character Akasuki was real if I made him up to help others out with anything he needed. And just like that he came to life and when I asked him to do my chores while I finished up what I was doing and he did so without another word.

Once he was done with my chores he suddenly crumpled up and ripped apart so all I had to do after the homework was done was sweep up the paper that was left behind.

After that I decided to test out the notebook more and sure enough anything I drew in there came to life as long as I wished them to and they would do anything I asked them to do with no complaints. It felt great and all I would have to do is sweep up the paper that was left behind by them after they tore themselves up." Haru explained.

Aika didn't know how to respond to what Haru was saying as it sounded like something a crazy person would say. After all theirs no way a drawing of an original anime character could come to life and do what it's creator told it to do.

"I know it's a lot but we'll discuss more about it at my house. My parents are at work and my little sister is at her friend's house so we'll be able to talk in private." Haru explained.

Aika just nodded and followed Haru to his street and to his house. She thought that may be they could discuss the topic more at his place and it was better to be somewhere privet as people will probably think their crazy if they overheard them.

(Half an hour later)

When they got to Haru's street Aika recognized it at once as it was also her street as well.

"Haru you live on my street?" Aika asked.

"Oh it's your street too, I didn't know that!" Haru said surprised.

"Well this world is a small place." Aika said.

"Yeah, come on let's go, my house is coming up." Haru said and led Aika to his home.

After passing two houses the two stopped at what Aika believed to be Haru's home. Haru took Aika inside the house they stopped at and it confirmed to her that it was indeed his house. When they walked in the house the design wasn't any different from Aika's home the paint was just blue and not white and in the living room it was green with white plants painted on.

"Nice place you have." Aika said.

"Thanks, my parents try to get nice items for the best price. They are frugal like that, not to the point where it's unbearable, just enough so that they don't use up all their money." Haru explained, while also rubbing the back of his head.

"I can relate to that, My mom became pretty frugal on saving money after our lives got better as she wanted to save up as much money for emergencies and for my college." Aika explained, she also smiled a bit at her mothers care.

"Oh well knowing what you two went through I don't blame her I think I'd be the same way if I was in your situation." Haru said.

The two then went into the living room and sat down to discuss the notebook and this game.

"Ok so anything we drew in here will come to life when we say?" Aika asked wanting to be sure that she heard him correctly.

"Yeah I've tested it out and they will indeed do any task that's asked of them and once it's done they'll rip apart and leave regular paper behind." Haru confirmed.

"Hmm I wonder what will happen if water dumped on them will they shrivel up like normal paper does?" Aika asked curios to the weaknesses of the creations.

"I tried that and no, their a solid creature till their task is complete." Haru explained.

"Hun Okay I guess it wouldn't be fair if a fight with the contenders broke out and it was raining." Aika suggested possibilities on why the creation didn't do that.

"Yeah that makes sense." Haru said in agreement.

Just then the two heard the door open and a woman's voice say "Haru sweete your father, sister, and I are home. Your sister got sick at her friend's house so we had to come home early."

Haru's face turned to horror as his family was home early and he didn't want them to find out about Aika yet as they were very embarrassing. He also didn't want them to think that he and Aika where dating yet, as while he loved her he didn't ask her out on a date yet, nor has he meet her mother.

"Um, that's great mom and wait there I'm coming." Haru called out before getting up and going into the front door leaving Aika in the livingroom confused.

When Haru went to the front entrance he saw his mom getting her shoes off and his father holding his little sister in his arms. Haru noticed that his little sister looked pretty sick as she was clenching on to her stomach and her face had an expression of pain on it.

"Hey Haru, how was your time in the city?" Haru's mother asked.

"It was great. I even got some good steak ramen." Haru explained briefly.

"That's good son." Haru's father said, happy that his son had a good time.

"Hey Haru, what's the big deal? Why did you walk out on me like that with out an explanation?" Aika asked then turned the corner and Haru's parents saw her.

"Haru! I can't believe you." Both of Harus parents said with their faces looking angry. Both Haru and Aika got nervous on how they were going to react.

Then their faces became happy and Harus mother said in a cheerful tone "You have a girl over!"

"Yeah son you seem to finally manage to get a girlfriend without that bastard Hinote taking her first." Harus father said happily.

Aika blushed red as she did not consider Haru as her boyfriend yet as she barely knew him. She also didn't want to be in a relationship as she was perfectly happy with the relationship she has with her mom.

"Um, we're not dating, we're just friends." Aika explained.

"Well It's good that Haru finally has a female friend as Hinote would always steal any girl he liked and I guess now that he's gone our son will have a better life." Haru's mother explained happy for her son.

"Yeah and don't worry we're not saying that it's good that Hinote is dead, we just wanted him to stop making our son's life a mystery." Haru's father reassured.

"Oh well it's nice to meet you all." Aika said, while rubbing the back of her head, and a bit flattered by their words.

"And it's wonderful to meet you. Oh come here dear, let me take a look at you." Haru's mother then tried to pinch Aika's cheeks but she avoided that as she didn't want a stranger touching her.

"Hey I don't like being touched by a woman I don't even know yet." Aika sternly explained.

"Okay sorry I'm just excited to meet you dear, that's all." Haru's mother explained a bit embarrassed about her behavior.

"Yeah I know, but rule number one don't touch me, got it?" Aika asked sternly and Haru's mother nodded.

"Hey I'm gonna take Aimi here to her room so she can rest and we can all have a good talk and hey if Haru's friend here wants she can stay over for dinner." Haru's father suggested hoping Aika will accept the offer.

"Oh that's a great idea, what do the two of you think?" Haru's mother asked.

"I'm alright with free food." Aika said.

"I guess if Aika is okay with it then I'm okay with it." Haru said.

Haru's mother smiled before taking Aika and Haru to the living room while her husband took Aimi to her room to rest. While Aika felt awkward as she was out of her comforts zone when it comes to her being antisocial and not talking or meeting new people, but strangely she felt very comfortable around Haru's parents. The two of them gave her a good vibe and they where treating her much better then anyone, aside from her mother has ever treated her.

(Later at dinner)

Aika was sitting in the kitchen with Haru and his parents eating some delicious gyoza.

"Mmh this gyoza is great." Aika said happily as she's only ever had gyoza at a restaurant and not home made.

"Oh I'm glad you like it." Haru's mother said, happy that Aika was enjoying the food her and her husband made.

"So Aika, what's your home life like?" Haru's father asked, wanting to get to know Aika better.

"Oh well I live with my single mom and her job has her going on business trips but she gets a good paycheck so she doesn't complain." Aika explained.

"Oh well that's good to hear but it must be tough for your mother to be a single mom". Haru's mom said.

"Oh trust me if you had seen what kind of a person my father was you'd understand that my mom being single is much better then what our lives were like when he was alive." Aika said bitterly.

"Oh why do you say that dear what did your father do?" Haru's mother asked, curious on why she said that about her father.

Aika then told them what her father had done and about the debt he put herself and her mom in. She relived of all the horrific memories, all the pain she and her mom went through from that awful man. When she was done she was clenching her fist so hard in anger and sadness that her knuckles where bulging out of her hands.

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that. Your father was a wimp; he couldn't even do the simplest thing of being a good father, husband, and human being." Haru's father said angry after hearing about that pathetic excuse of a man and father.

"Yeah he was, I didn't even feel bad for him, he got what was coming to him." Aika said a bit happy about it.

"Oh dear I'm sorry that happened to you both, but on the bright side you're out of it now and in a better position." Haru's mom said, wishig the best of them.

"Yeah that's good I consider those lone sharks as saints for what they did as they rid that man out of lives." Aika said, again happy about what happened to the man she's ashamed to call her father.

Haru's parents then decided to move the conversation on to something else as Aika looked like she was about to cry due to how upset she was. After they were done with dinner Aika said that she had to go home for when her mom called to make sure she was alright. Due to the fact that Aika had no phone her mom will get worried about her if she didn't pick up the house phonw

Haru offered to take her home as he also had to go to work. Aika agreed as they were going in the same direction and it could allow them to talk more about the Artists game. So Aika got her stuff and left with Haru with his parents telling them to be safe.

On their way there they talked more about the artists game and if they would encounter the other players. They hoped that if they did it wouldn't be a bad guy as the last thing they wanted was to run into one at night when everyone was inside. However if it was a good guy then they wouldn't mind as long as they helped the two of them out, or if she needed their help they would help them out.

As if on cue a girl with blond hair, a yellow turtleneck sweater, yellow skirt, yellow shoes, and a notebook walked up to them and asked "Hey are you two players of the Artists game as well?"

"Um yes we are, how do you know?" Aika asked, confused by what this girl wanted.

"I heard your conversation and I had to make sure you two were members of the game too... as I need your help." The girl explained in a haste while also trying to catch her breath.

"Help with what?" Haru asked, curious on what was happening.

"I'm on the good side, my notebook says so, and someone on the bad side is after me. He's a serial killer that hasn't been caught yet and he's chasing me." The girl explained.

Both Haru and Aika felt their blood going cold when the girl told them that as they were both scared. As they where completely unprepared for this and they didn't know what the bad guy had drew in his notebook and what was going to come at them

"Don't worry if the three of us work together then we can stop him, we just need to destroy his notebook." The girl explained.

"How do we know we can trust you? We don't even know your name." Aika explained, while corrsing her arms and backing away from the girl.

"Oh right, my name is Sakura like the cherry blossoms." Sakura said remembering that she didn't introduce herself to the two of them.

"OK I'm Haru and this is Aika." Haru said, introducing himself and Aika.

"Alright it's nice to meet you both and- HOLY SHIT DUCK!" Sakura screamed before tackling Haru and Aika to the ground as ninja stars flew past their heads.

When they looked back they saw a man in a black trench coat with a mask covering his face along with a Ninja standing next to him.

"That's him RUN!" Sakura exclaimed and got off Aika and Haru.

The three began running with the man and the ninja following behind them.

"Shit, shit, shit! WHAT DO WE DO?!" Aika asked in a panic.

Normally she doesn't care that much when she sees a chase on TV but in real life it's absolutely horrifying. This was because if she got caught she'd knew it would be game over for her as the man would kill her.

"Let's hide out in my workplace. There's no way any killer would go there to kill us in a place that has lots of people!" Haru suggested.

"That's a good idea! lead the way Haru and I'll distract him!" Sakura exclaimed then opened her notebook and one of the drawings in it came to life and Sakura ordered it to distract the man and his creation long enough for them to get away and it obeyed.

The three managed to get to the store without any conflict, unfortunately the store was empty and Haru looked at his phone to only realize that he'd be working alone (that is if he survived).

"Oh great of all days for my boss to get a stomach flu. It's today and my coworker has broken his leg so it's just me working here!" Haru angrily cried out.

"Well that's it we're fucked that maniac is gonna kill all three of us." Aika announced with dread in her voice.

"No we're not, we just need to come up with a plan to stop him." Sakura stated confidently knowing that they would survive.

"Yeah and how?" Aika asked wanting to know what Sakura's plan was for them to get out of this mess.

"There are three of us and one of them. If we can bring out enough of our drawings then we can destroy his notebook and he'll be out of the game." Sakura declared.

"Hmm that's a good idea, what do you say Aika?" Haru asked while looking at Aika.

She was quiet for a moment before saying with a fire in her eye "Alright if it'll stop him then I'm in."

Both Sakura and Haru smiled at Aika and they all discussed what to do when the man got there.

(With the man)

The man came up to the convenience store with the intent to kill the three good guys. He smiled as he thought of all the things he would do to them before finally killing the three of them. Not to mention the reward that him, his wife, and son would get when they won.

"That reward is as good as mine." the man said to himself with an evil look in his eye. He then walked into the store to see it empty.

"Hmm I could've sworn that my creation saw them come in here." The man said to himself frustrated with the situation.

He decided to cheek and see if they went outside to try and hide from him. When he went to the back of the store he was frustrated to see that they were nowhere in sight. So he started looking around for them as he wasn't giving up.

Aika however was hiding on the roof as Haru and Sakura had a plan to get rid of this guy. The plan was for Haru and Sakura would distract him while Aika and one of her creations would destroy his notebook by burning it with hairspray and a lighter.

So Aika waited on the roof while her other two friends waited for their opportunity to come out. The guy then got his notebook out and had one of his creations come to life.

"Find my targets and help me kill them." The man ordered his creation.

"Sorry but you won't need it cause your days of killing are over!" Sakura exclaimed and both herself and Haru came out of their hiding spots behind trash cans and used their notebooks to bring their own creations to life.

Haru's was the same creature that he used on the night he killed Hinote and Sakura's was an anime guy who was wearing a superhero suit and looked incredibly strong.

"Creations help us stop him!" both Haru and Sakura called out and their creations did so.

The man quickly got out his notebook and had one of his other drawings come to life and made the same order to it as he did with the other one. The creations all fought each other as they were made to not only do what their creation tells them to do but to also protect them. The man then put his notebook back in his trench coat to protect it.

However he forgot about Aika who saw where he hid it and knew which one of her creations would be able to take it. So she opened her notebook and went to the first page where she drew a female figure that was covered in a purple and black ripped upcloak and its hands were boney and its nails were long and sharp. She wished for it to come to life and just like that when Aika opened her eyes her drawing was floating in front of her.

"Creation, get that man's notebook then hold it in front of me so I can burn it." Aika order and her creation just nodded it's head then disappeared in the shadows to take on its task.

The man was looking around to see if Haru and Sakura had any more of their creations come out, however he didn't see anything else. He smiled as he thought he had the upper hand that was until he felt something shuffling around in his trench coat.

By the time he realized what was going on Aika's creation had gotten its hand on his notebook and tore it out of his trench coat. The man was then pushed to the ground by the creature and it floated back to Aika and held it in front of her. Aika then got out the lighter and hairspray and with one quick motion she lit the notebook up into flames.

The man was horrified by what he saw as he knew that it was now Game Over for him. The man's bodies started twisting in odd angles and his whole body twisted around like a tornado. He tried to scream in pain as the agony he felt was unberable, but his vocal cords where being crushed by how he was being twisted. He looked back at Sakura and Haru as blood started coming out of his eyes, nose, and ears. He then combusted into a giant pool of blood making the area look like someone set a hand grenade off in a blood bag you'd find at the hospital.

Aika and her two friends were horrified by what they saw as it told them what it meant if their notebooks were destroyed. When their notebooks expire they will expire or in other terms they will die.

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Morpher hiding from Humans

Chapter 2 Exploring Earth

(Later with Hannah)

Hannah had finally arrived on earth and when she did she felt very dizzy. She staggered around for a bit and braced herself against the wall to help her steady herself.

"Hey H you alright?" Fear-ra asked.

"Yeah I'm fine now, I just had to brace myself." Hannah explained.

"I still object to this." Moonlight stated.

"Ohh brightened up Monnie we're finally on earth after so long! Now we can have some real fun!" Fear-ra exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah, like being found and getting captured! I'm not taking the risk of being locked up and experimented on like some animal!" Moonlight exclaimed angrily.

"Hey Moon we'll be fine, we just gotta listen to what Asteria told us to do and we'll be fine." Hannah explained.

"Ugh fine! But when this turns south don't say I didn't tell you so!" Moonlight exclaimed.

"No one likes an "I told you so" Moon." Fear-ra explained.

Hannah then walked out the alleyway and put on her human disguise so she could blend in.

"Now remember that will only make you appear human to other humans Hannah, but if you're spotted by non-humans they will question you." Moonlight explained.

"I know and don't worry I'll be fine, after all, non-humans aren't just going to expose themselves in a large crowd." Hannah explained.

"We'll see you'd be surprised how stupid some of them can be." Moonlight stated.

"So H where should we go first? I heard humans have this place called a movie theater, I wanna see one. Oh and I even heard they have this thing called an arcade. I don't know what it's for but I want to see it!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"Hehe, well I heard about them too, but we're going to need help to find one... *Sniff Sniff* what's that smell?" Hannah asked as a strange scent entered her nose.

She looked around trying to find the source of the smell when she soon found its source. She saw a bakery that had foods that the three had never seen in their whole lives. Hannah ran up to the glass and slammed her face into it as she looked over what was in the display window.

"Wow! I've never seen such foods before!" Hannah exclaimed.

"Me neither! I wonder what they're called?" Fear-ra asked.

"According to what I read, they're called sweets, it makes sense we'd never seen them before as Asteria wanted to prompt a healthy lifestyle for us." Moonlight explained.

"Oh well I'm going in there and I'm going to buy some!" Hannah stated as she went inside.

When the three got inside they were hit with an overwhelming scent of foods they've never had before.

"Wow, all of these sweets look so good!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"I know they do! Let's look around if there's anything here that you two want, just point it out to me." Hannah explained as she looked around the shop.

Fear-ra and Moonlight looked around the place for anything that looked tasty to them. Hannah looked around and came across some tasty looking cookies, peanut butter covered fudge, and cake pops. Fear-ra found some strawberry cake, cherry tart, and raspberry pops. Moonlight found a basic mousse cake, chease cake, and some glazed donuts. So Hannah got the sweets that herself, Fear-ra, and Moonlight wanted and went up to the register to pay.

"Wow, that's a lot of sweets, are you throwing a party?" The employee asked.

"Oh no this is for me to share with my sister, these are the things they wanted." Hannah explained.

"Oh well I hope your sisters enjoy their sweets." The employee said.

He then rang her up, and when he asked for the money, Hannah reached into the bag she had and morphed up the exact amount she needed. She paid for her items and gave it to the employee, he took the money and then bagged up the items. After Hannah took the bag she bid the employee goodbye before leaving the shop to go explore more.

"Wow! That was a lot of fun!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"Yeah it was and I see you've gotten anything that was pink Fear-ra." Hannah stated as she looked at the items Fear-ra wanted.

"Yeah well what can I say I love the color pink." Fear-ra explained.

"Yeah I know you do. It is the color to wear after all." Hannah said.

"Hey Hannah, you might not want to talk to us so often, after all you're the only one who can see and hear us. When it comes to Humans they often think that someone who's talking to themselves is crazy." Moonlight explained.

"Aww do you have to be such a downer Moonie?" Fear-ra asked in a pouty tone.

"I'm not being a downer, I'm just doing what I can to prevent us from getting caught." Moonlight started while crossing her arms.

Fear-ra just groaned and rolled her eyes at what Moonlight said. Hannah frowned at the twos little disagreement, but she decided not to think about it that much and decided to put the bag of sweets in the bag she had for future items they'll need.

'Okay so where should we go next?' Hannah asked herself.

She then looked around for a bit, when she bumped into someone accidentally.

"Off! Sorry about that sir I didn't mean to bump into you." Hannah explained apologetically.

However the man stopped in his tracks and looked back at Hannah with a confused look on his face. When Hannah saw his face she couldn't help but blush as he looked super cute.

"Can you see me?" The man asked, confused.

"Um yes?..." Hannah replied confused by the question.

The man looked at her with a shocked look on his face for a while. Then the man was about to open his mouth to ask her another question when he heard someone calling out to him.

"Hey! Ken! We gotta get going or else we'll never get to the target in time!" Karma called out.

Ken looked back and saw Karma standing not too far away from him and Hannah. Hannah looked past Ken and saw a very beautiful woman standing behind him.

'Whos that? Wait, is that his girlfriend? Aww man I was hoping he was single, but then again someone like him couldn't be single.' Hannah thought to herself.

Karma looked behind Ken and saw Hannah standing there, however she didn't see Hannah's human disguise, she saw her in her true form.

'Whos that? And why is her sink, hair, and eyes like that?' Karma thought to herself.

"Hey miss, stay right there I'll be right back." Ken said as he walked up to Karma and began talking to her.

"Hey Hannah, I think we should leave." Moonlight said.

"Um, why Moonlight?" Hannah asked.

"Those two are non-humans, the girl is a Fire combustor, and the guy is a Dark Harvester." Moonlight explained.

"Um Moonie, what do those two types of Non-humans do?" Fear-ra asked.

"Fear-ra if you're going to be too lazy to read up on them then I'm not going to bother to tell you." Moonlight became annoyed with Fear-ra.

"Moonie just told us, I can't remember much of them myself." Hannah explained.

Moonlight groaned but started to explain what a Fire combustor and Dark Harvester do and their abilities.

"A Fire combustor is a non-human whose body can combust into fire, they can use this fire as a means of defense as well as a way to eat. They can eat anything that'll allow them to keep their flames going, that includes humans. So their weakness is having that fire being put out, they won't be affected in their human form but they will be affected if their true fire form. As for A Dark Harvester, creatures who can only use their powers in darkness, they have a special kind of organ that allows them to attack their prey; it's called the flesh Harvester. It's called that as A Dark Harvester's main food source is human flesh, it allows them to continue using their powers and regenerate from injuries." Moonlight explained.

"Oh.. Oh dear that sounds grim." Hannah said feeling sick at the information.

"I like it! Creepy stuff is my thing and if these two have to shed some blood to feed themselves then I'm in!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"What is with you and bloodshed?" Moonlight asked.

"You know why I'm like this, after all I was created during a time when Hannah wanted someone to spike fear in the hearts of others." Fear-ra explained.

"Ugh right, I sometimes wish that we'd never end up there then maybe you'd be made with more control over your emotions." Moonlight stated.

"Hey Shut up! I'm fine just how I am!" Fear-ra exclaimed angrily.

"Whatever Hannah lets go and get out of here, I don't want us to be near those two as they are very dangerous." Moonlight explained.

"Alright I'll go. I smell something tasty and I'm feeling hungry again." Hannah explained as she left.

"Hey Ken, who was that?" Karma asked.

"She's possibly a Morpher but I'm not sure as she doesn't look much like one." Ken explained.

"No she doesn't, but why did you stop to talk to her and what makes you think she's a Morpher?" Karma asked.

"Well from what I saw I could see two faint figures next to her, one of them was orange and the other one was pink." Ken explained.

"Ah, well what do we do about her?" Karma asked.

"I don't know, but we should make sure she doesn't- Huh?" Ken said but when he looked he saw that Hannah was nowhere to be seen.

"Where did she go?" Karma asked.

"I don't know... but you know what I don't care, we better get going, Our target will be leaving for France tomorrow and I don't want to keep our client waiting." Ken explained.

"Aww yeah! And I'm guessing you want a meal out of it as well right?" Karma asked.

"Yeah you know human flesh is the only way I can use my powers so I also need to kill him to sustain myself." Ken explained.

(Later with Karma and Ken)

The two non-humans were in the elevator going up to the hotel's top floor where their target was staying.

"So Karma, have your friends got him where we need him?" Ken asked.

"Hehe yes they do, they just informed me that they managed to tie him down, he thinks he'll be having the time of his life, hehehe little does he know he'll end up dead!" Karma exclaimed, getting excited over the matter.

"Keep yourself calm Karma we don't need you combusting just yet, wait till we're out of the elevator then you can go crazy. Oh and can you cook our target's flesh for me? I'm in the mood to have it cooked today." Ken explained.

"Hehe, anything for you Kenny~." Karma stated.

The elevator then reached the first floor and the two saw some bodyguards standing there.

"Um, who are these two?" One of them asked.

"I don't know if they are room service?" another asked.

"I'm sorry sirs, but we heard that there's trash up here and we're here to take it out." Karma explained calmly as her body turned into fire and she attacked the two body guards.

Meanwhile in another room, a man was tied up to a bed ready to enjoy a good time with two beautiful and hot ladies, when he heard a crash. After the crash came some loud screams before they were cut off suddenly, when he heard that he started to panic as he also heard his men choking in pain. Then one of his men came into the room in a panic with blood stained his clothes.

"SIR! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK BY-ACK!" The man choked in pain as a black mass impaled his chest.

The black mass then shook the guard off and the man saw another man whose Sclera's eyes were black, and he had four black tentacles coming out of his back.

"Hello Mr. Mitch I heard that you raped and murdered our client's wife, so I wanted to ask, do you feel an ounce or any remorse for what you've done?" Ken asked coldly while looking at Mitch with a cold murderous stare.

"W-What are you talking about?! THAT BITCH WAS PRACTICALLY ASKING FOR ME! SHE WAS JUST PLAYING HARD TO GET!!" Mitch explained giving Ken his answer.

At that Ken stripped knowing that this man no longer had any humanity to him and it was time for him to pay the price.

"You son of a bitch! That woman had a good life! She was a mother! She had a family! And you took that all away from her! TIME TO DIE BITCH!" Ken screamed angrily.

He then shoved one of his tentacles into Mitches mouth and grabbed onto his tongue and ripped it out.

"Karma ladies! Take care of the rest of him!" Ken commanded.

Karma then came into view and Mitch saw that her whole body was made up of fire. Then the two other girls he wasn't planning on being with came out of the bathroom and he saw that their skink had turned to scales and they both had a more reptilian look to them.

"Oh don't worry Ken we'll take out the trash! And I'll even make you, your favorite kind of human flesh!" Karma explained as she and the other two girls got to work as Mitch could only watch in horror.

(Meanwhile back with Hannah)

Hannah was looking into a window of a gaming store admiring the items in front of her.

"Wow, I've never seen such amazing items in my whole life!" Hannah exclaimed excitedly.

"Me neither! I want almost all of them!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"Hey girls you want to get some of this?" Hannah asked.

"Oh yeah I'd love to have some of this and try it out!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"I don't know, after all I prefer reading instead of whatever this is." Moonlight explained.

"Well two out of three Moonlight, let's go get it!" Hannah exclaimed as she went in. She looked around for something that at least her and Fear-ra would enjoy.

"Hey H, Look over at this display!" Fear-ra called out.

Hannah went over to where Fear-ra was and saw a name displayed on a red and white sign that said Nintendo.

"Nintendo? What's that?" Hannah asked.

"No clue but it sounds awesome doesn't it?" Fear-ra asked.

"Yeah, I wonder what they got?" Hannah asked.

"Well I saw that they had something here called the Nintendo Switch! Wanna get it and try it out at home?" Fear-ra asked.

Hannah nodded and she looked at the shelves till she found the switch. She grabbed the box and looked around and found some games for it that looked like they'd be a lot of fun. After getting the games she'd like to play Hannah went up to the cash register and paid for the items. After paying for the items she left the shop and walked down the sidewalk happily.

"Wow, this day was so much fun! I wish we'd come down here a lot sooner." Hannah said.

"Yeah me too! See Moonie there wasn't anything for us to be afraid of here. Then again I've never felt scared in my whole life as it was fear and anger that caused me to be made the way I am." Fear-ra explained.

"Still we need to be careful. After all not all other Non-Humans are nice and friendly, same with other humans they are not always so nice." Moonlight explained.

"Whatever, I feel like you're just too paranoid sometimes." Fear-ra said.

"Ugh whatever, I'd rather be cautious than dead." Moonlight stated.

"Why do you two always gotta fight? Literally every conversation you two have ends in a fight." Hannah explained.

"Hannah, we just have very different points of views so that can lead to us fighting at times alright?" Moonlight asked.

Hannah sighed and nodded her head, while she understood where Moonlight was coming from she'd still wish that her and Fear-ra would get along more often. However she was pulled out of her thoughts when a scent entered her nose.

"*sniff-Sniff* W-What's that smell?" Hannah asked.

"*Sniff Sniff* I don't know." Moonlight said.

"It's coming from there! Wanna go check it out?" Fear-ra asked.

"Let's, I'm always in the mood to explore everything about earth." Hannah explained.

"Wowow! Let's not do that! Who knows what the source could be!" Moonlight exclaimed.

"Sorry Moonie but you've been voted out once again! Let's go!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

Hannah then ran into the alleyway following the source of the smell hoping that she'd find it soon. However what awaited her had shook her to her very core, as the further she got into the alleway the darker it got till she had finally reached the score of the smell.

However when she got there she saw something that horrified her to her very core, she saw a man kneeling over a dead body that he was eating. Hannah froze on the spot as she saw the horrific scene.

Moonlight just looked at the scene, shocked by what she saw. While Fear-ra didn't know whether to enjoy it or not as she didn't know if the human was an innocent soul or someone who should have their guts ripped out.

"Huh? Oh um... this is awkward." The man said as he looked up and saw Hannah standing there.

He could see past her human disguise so he saw her for who she really was, that's why he wasn't concerned when she saw him feeding.

"Um sorry to have disturbed you miss I just needed to refuel my powers as I haven't eaten human flesh in a while. Um... I'm really not the best with people so I don't know how to be polite about this but could you please leave I prefer feasting a-" The Dark Harvester was then cut of when another one showed up and kicked him so hard that he collapsed to the ground as black blood started spewing out of his injury.

"You damn idiot! Stop being so goddamn polite, what if she's a part of that non-human capture organization? After all, it wouldn't be the first time they disguise one of their workers as a non-human, so tell me kid." The other Dark Harvester said as he walked up to Hannah then grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up.

"Who are you and who do you work for?" The Dark harvester asked demandingly as he cooked Hannah wanting to get answers from here.

However when he grabbed onto her she instantly started having flashbacks to when she was younger and instead of the dark harvester she saw a different man.

"AHH! LET ME GO!" Hannah screamed as she quickly reached into her bag and got out her sword.

Then with one swift motion Hannah sliced the dark harvester's arm right off causing him to scream in pain as black blood spewed everywhere.

"Agh! What the hell!" The Dark Harvester screamed as he looked at Hannah.

She was holding her sword out at him with his black blood staining her dress as she looked at him with a horrified look on her face.

"ASTERIA GET ME OUT OF HERE! I WANT TO GO HOME!" Hannah screamed as loud as she could.

Then a white light flashed around her and in the blink of an eye she disappeared.

"W-What the hell!?" The Dark harvester exclaimed.

"SHAWN WHAT THE HELL!" Shawn heard someone scream angrily behind him.

Shawn looked back and saw Ken looking at him with a furious expression on his face.

"Um I... uhhh... hehe." Shawn laughed nervously as his boss glared at him angrily.

Ken sighed angrily as he rubbed his fingers between his eyes.

"You Fucking idiot! I met up with her earlier today and I wanted to talk to her but she disappeared before I could. Then when I come to cheek at you, you've attacked another one of our own and knocked him out, and I see you being a lunk head and being aggressive to someone who we don't even know yet!" Ken scolded Shawn angrily.

Shawn just sat there not saying anything as he'd know he'll get into more trouble. Then a bag was thrown at him and some blood splattered on to him as it held some human flesh in it.

"Their food for your arm, eat up now." Ken commanded.

Shawn just took the bag off his face and looked inside to see what was in it. However when he saw the flesh he felt repulsed at what he saw what body part it was.

"Ken! Really a fucking Penis! The fuck! You know I hate that!" Shawn complained.

"After that display I saw that's what you're getting now, eat!" Ken demanded, having Shawn shut up.

Ken then turned his back to Shawn and thought more about Hannah, he wondered if she would return. He was curious to see if she truly was a Morpher and curious to see what she could do, along with if she'd like to join his line of work.

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Morpher hiding from Humans

Chapter 1 To Earth

A little girl was huddled up in the corner of a dark cell made out of an unknown material that she simply couldn't use her abilities to get past the wall. She sat there in the corner crying and scared out of her mind as to who would soon come through these doors.

Some parts of her skin were normal human white but other parts were turning gray, and some parts of her hair were brown but some parts were turning a bright purple with some pink streaks in it. Her irises were turning from green to purple, and her pupils were going from black to pink.

Just then the door opened and the little girl looked up and saw a man clouded in black coming into the room.

"Okay it's time for the next experiment, get up and lets get this over with." the man said with no emotion.

"N-No Please stop it! I don't like it, it hurts! Please, I wanna go home!" The little girl begged.

"Your home is gone you stupid Brat! Your parents are dead and you're all we got left for our research! If there were more of you out there we would've disposed of you a long time ago." The mad explained coldly to the frightened child as he reached out to her.

"No, NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME! I DON'T WANT TO GO! IT HURTS! IT HURTS!" The little girl screamed.

"NO!" The woman screamed as she woke up from her dream.

The woman panted as she came down from the fear she had from the dream she had. She looked around her room and saw that she wasn't back in the facility.

"Oh thank god! It was just a dream." The woman said to herself.

"Hey Hannah you alright?" Hannah heard someone ask.

She looked over and saw an orange ghost-like figure floating right next to her.

"Yeah I'm fine Moonlight thanks for asking." Hannah said, grateful that Moonlight cheeked up on her.

"Did you have a dream about that prison we were in again?" Hannah heard another voice ask.

She then looked over to her left and saw a Pink ghost-like figure floating upside down next to her.

"Yeah I did, it was when my skin and hair changed... I wish I could just undo that and look more human, but we know that's impossible." Hannah explained as she looked at her hands which were fully gray along with the rest of her skin all over her body.

"Yeah... hey why don't we get ready for the day then go down and have some breakfast would that make you feel better?" Moonlight asked.

"Yeah that would, but first I need to tend to my flowers." Hannah explained.

She then pushed the covers off herself, before getting up and walking to her balcony door. She grabbed the door and slid it open to her balcony that had about three flower beds handing off of the fence. Hannah went up to the fence to take a look at her flowers and saw that they were growing well.

However as she looked at them more she looked down beyond her balcony, and past the ground from the angelic world to Earth. She sighed as while she had a bad experience with humans once in the past she was still curious to see earth as she was locked up for the first few years of her life.

"Hey Hannah, are you trying to look down to earth?" Moonlight asked. "Yeah I am." Hannah said.

"I don't blame you, it's so boring up here! All we do is practice our magic and study and I'm bored with it!" The Pink ghost-like figure explained.

"Well Fear-ra you'd be interested in what the books have to offer the three of us." Moonlight explained, annoyed with Fear-ra.

"Hey I wouldn't be complaining if I was allowed to control the body every now and then." Fear-ra explained annoyed.

"That's because you get out of control as you can't control your emotions and you get out of control easiley!" Moonlight explained.

"Shut up Moon!" Fear-ra said angrily.

"Both of you please don't start fighting when we just woke up!" Hannah demanded not wanting to deal with the two fighting.

Moonlight and Fear-ra stopped talking to each other so they wouldn't fight as their difference in personalities can cause them to fight at times. Hannah breathed a sigh of relief and morphed a watering can from her mind into reality and used it to water her flowers.

"Man, I wish there were other Morphers out there." Fear-ra said.

"I know... do you two think that there are still others out there? Or are we really the last of our own kind?" Hannah asked as she looked down to earth once again.

"I don't know Hannah, after all we've been living up here since we got saved from that facility that was experimenting on us." Moonlight explained.

"Yeah I know, but still I wanna see the real earth, and not just from up here but down there, I wanna see the better side of Humans and see what Earth is like outside of the facility." Hannah explained.

"No way, I'm not risking either of you just so you can fulfill some curiosity!" Moonlight objected.

"Hey Moonie! What's gotten into you!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"Listen Fear-ra we might fight a lot, but I still care about you and Hannah as you two are not just my alternate egos or personalities, but you're also my sisters! We don't even know if the people of that facility are still around and having that place operate!" Moonlight exclaimed, expressing her concerns.

"Well we will never know if we just don't go down to earth once!" Hannah exclaimed.

"Yeah come on Moonlight we've got lives to live and I don't intend on living them up here!" Fear-ra exclaimed angrily.

Moonlight sighed frustrated with the two not seeing things from her perspective, Hannah soon finished watering the flowers and she decided to shower and have some breakfast. So she snapped her fingers and the watering can disappeared and she went back inside.

She went up to her wardrobe on the other side of the room and opened it up, inside where many dresses in three main different colors. Pink for Fear-ra, Orange of Moonlight, and Blue for Hannah, each dress was meant for whoever woke up in-charge of the body.

This is because their speeches can do something pretty cool, they can morph to each consciousness that exists with them. So Hannah, Moonlight, and Fear-ra can each take control of the body, however the one in charge has to give one of the others permission to do so and force control isn't possible. Another thing they can do is morph things from their minds into reality from practically anything, even air.

"Hey Moonlight, which dress do you want?" Hannah asked.

"Eh, it doesn't matter that they're all the same." Moonlight said.

"Okay, what about you Fear-ra?" Hannah asked.

"Ohh I want my High low layered pink dress!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"Okay and I'll take my usual blue mock neck dress." Hannah said.

"The one where the mock neck is a net?" Fear-ra asked. "Well yeah what else?" Hannah asked.

"Hehe I love that one, it's cute on you." Fear-ra explained.

"Yeah it is." Hannah said as she got the three dresses out.

She handed the orange and red one to Moonlight, the Pink one to Fear-ra, and she got her blue one out. The dresses Moonlight and Fear-ra got merged with them, indicating that they had put on their dresses. So once one of them takes control of the body the dress Hannah wore would change into the dresses they were wearing.

Hannah then left the Bedroom and went to the bathroom halfway down the hallway and went into the shower. After about half an hour Hannah came out of the bathroom her hair was clean and shiny and she felt so refreshed.

"Ahh that was a relaxing shower. Now for a well balanced breakfast!" Hannah stated as she went downstairs to get breakfast.

When she got down there she saw a grown woman with angel wings and a beautiful angelic gown. She was standing at a stove cooking breakfast with a loving smile on her face.

"Hey Asteria, how are you doing today?" Hannah asked.

The angel looked over to the young woman as well as her two alter egos floating next to her.

She smiled and said "I'm doing well and I made you breakfast as well. I made you fully organic eggs, Bacon, and vegetables."

"Awesome! Organic foods are the most nutritious kinds of foods! And they help me out with keeping my shape." Hannah said as she sat down to eat.

Moonlight and Fear-ra didn't need to eat as neither of them were in charge of the body so they just floated around as Hannah sat down and got ready to eat.

"... So Hannah wants to go down to earth and Fear-ra wants to go as well." Moonlight suddenly said.

Hannah and Fear-ra both looked at Moonlight with shocked looks on their faces, the two of them couldn't believe that she had just said that to their mentor.

"Oh do they now?" Asteria asked.

"A-Asteria I can explain!" Hannah exclaimed in a panic.

"Me too! We're just so bored here, well I am! And we've been up here for years!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"Yeah and we're grownups now! I just want to see Earth for real! And I want to see the better side of humans and not just the bad that we were exposed to!" Hannah explained.

"Girls!" Asteria said sternly, stopping the two from talking.

Moonlight smiled feeling like she'd done the right thing for the two as she felt like earth was too dangerous for them. However Asteria turned around and she didn't look angry at all, much to Moonlight's confusion.

"You know if you were saying this like how you did when you were younger I would be against it, however now that you all are adults, I'll allow you all to go to earth for the day." Asteria said.

When Hannah and Fear-ra heard that the two jumped for joy and hugged one another so happily that they were able to go to earth at last. However Moonlight wasn't happy about this as she was still paranoid about earth after everything the three of them went through at the facility they were held in.

"Wow! Wait a moment! Asteria, we can't go to earth, it's too dangerous! Like what if the people who were experimenting on us are still out there, what if they find us and take us back! W-What if!" Moonlight tried to argue but was stopped when Asteria put her hand on her shoulder.

Moonlight looked up and saw Asteria looking down at her with a reassuring look on her face.

"Moonlight I know you're worried but I know that you three are finally ready to go to earth and see the good in humans." Asteria explained.

"... Fine but I'll be keeping an eye out for any suspicious parties." Moonlight stated.

"Fine by us, right Fear-ra?" Hannah asked.

"Yes! Now I can't wait to see the earth after all this time!" Fear-ra exclaimed full of excitement.

"Hehe, well you girls will have to bring some items with you in order to blend in with other humans there." Asteria explained.

"I'll bring anything that'll allow us to go to earth." Hannah stated.

"Alright, good, now you eat your breakfast and meet me outside once you're done." Asteria said as she placed the plate on the table in front of Hannah.

Hannah nodded and grabbed her silverware and started eating their freshly made breakfast.

(An hour later)

Hannah went outside through the front door, and saw her mentor Asteria standing over the portal that would take her anywhere on earth. She went up to Asteria and yanked gently on her wings as she knew they were sensitive. Asteria looked and saw Hannah standing not too far away from her.

"Ah Hannah you're finished with your breakfast. That's good, now I want to show you what you three need to have while you're down on earth." Asteria explained.

Hannah, Moonlight, and Fear-ra all stood next to one another curious to see where they would bring to earth. She then pulled out a necklace and put it around Hannah's neck and she then placed a bag in her hands as well.

"Now the necklace will allow you to appear as a normal human to the other humans, and the bag contains your weapons for all of the three of you. However I only want you three to use them if you are put into a situation where it's needed, and yes Fear-ra that was mostly meant for you." Asteria stated sternly while looking over to Fear-ra who giggled nervously.

"Moonlight please take care of Hannah and Fear-ra, out of all three of you you're the most responsible." Asteria stated.

"Yeah I am, and don't worry I won't let anything happen to us." Moonlight declared.

"Good and Hannah, as the one who's mainly in charge of the body I want you to be as careful as you can be so you wont get hurt." Asteria explained.

"Don't worry I will be careful!" Hannah exclaimed excitedly.

"Can we get a move on now! The waiting is killing me!" Fear-ra exclaimed.

"Alright, now I want you all to be back by sundown, understand?" Asteria asked.

The three nodded and went up to the portal and looked down and they saw earth past the portal.

"Okay girls ready?" Hannah asked.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK LET'S GO NOW!" Fear-ra screamed.

"Yeah I guess I'm ready as well." Moonlight said dismissively.

Hannah smiled brightly before she jumped right into the portal and was thinking of how amazing Earth was going to be. She also wondered if she would meet other non-humans like herself and possibly even become friends with them.

(Meanwhile on earth)

A man woke up from his sleep and sat up to look around his big luxurious room. The man was a business owner who worked from home and only went out to go and do the job his business runs.

The man then pushed the covers off of his bed and got up, he then went up to his window that was covered in curtains. He pushed the curtains aside and allowed the light to flow into his room, he stood there taking in the light and the view he had of the city.

As he stood there he suddenly heard his phone ringing loudly which disturbed him as he was still waking up. He sighed and went up to the dresser that was next to his bed and read the caller ID. He saw that it was his assistant Karma who helped him out when it came to his clients demands.

He picked up the phone and said tiredly "Hey Karma what's up?"

"Hey Boss I was able to get all the info we needed so we can complete our clients demands, meet me in the kitchen and we'll talk more there." Karma explained.

"Okay and Please use my real name Ken please." Ken asked.

"Aww but I like calling you Boss, after all you are my Boss." Karma explained.

"I know but still, I prefer Ken from you, as you're my childhood friend." Ken explained.

"Okay well just come down and we'll talk more about this." Karma explained before she ended the call.

Ken sighed and decided to see what Karma dug up so that they could fulfill their clients demands. So he went up to his wardrobe across from his bed, and got out a blue leather jacket, a green shirt, blue pants and black shoes. He then went into the bathroom, which was a few feet away from his wardrobe and got changed and ready for the day.

When he came out of the bathroom he was still tired but felt better in clean clothing. So he left his room and went downstairs to have coffee and talk to Karma about their work.

When he got to the kitchen he saw Karma on her laptop wearing a black sleeveless and strapless crop top along with a short tight skirt that wrapped around her waist.

"Hey Karma, where's my morning coffee?" Ken asked.

"Oh I set it on the counter next to the coffee maker, just grab it and let's get to business as I want to get this done before the new Sun Festival you know I never miss a single one via my people's tradition for the coming of the new sun!" Karma exclaimed impatiently.

"I know, Just give me the rundown of everything." Ken requested as he grabbed his coffee and sat down across from Karma.

"Alright, so our client states that this man is the one who raped and murdered his wife." Karma said as she turned the laptop to Ken.

He looked at the laptop and saw a well known business man's picture on the laptop.

"Ah I see Mitch Look Wood, so he's the target." Ken stated as he examined the picture.

"Yes, with the amount of money he has he feels like he can do whatever he wants and with the amount of lawyers he can higher he's able to get away with a lot of stuff or higher others to take the fall for him. Our client wants him dead for what he did to his wife, his son also wants the same thing for his mother." Karma explained.

"I see, so where does he hang out most often, as I need to know so we can lure a trap and make him pay for all his sins." Ken explained.

"Oh ho that's easy as hell, he spends his days off at striper clubs, and I know a way we can lure him into one hell of a trap. I can also ask a few friends of mine to help us out in making this fucker pay for everything!" Karma exclaimed, getting excited over the job.

"Yeah as long as they'll make him suffer a very long and a very painful death." Ken explained as the white in his eyes turned black.

"Hehe Oh don't worry they will, I assure you." Karma said with a smirk on her face as flames started coming off of her.

Ken and Karma then started discussing their plans to make the man pay for what he had done, pre their business. The two non-human friends ran an investigation company for the humans to have true justice be served for those who think they can avoid the law. The two wanted to make humanity better by giving the ones who have done wrong punishments they truly deserve.

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Cybernetic Advance Viglantie

Chapter 2 Painful Solution

The following day Nova was released from the hospital as her injuries weren't serious and she could just walk them off. Most of the pain she had felt was from the impact of falling to the ground and the soreness was the aftermath of it. The doc advised her to take it easy and take a painkiller whenever she felt a small amount of pain creeping up on her. Nova thanked them and left the hospital with her painkillers in hand. However she still was worried about her father as he was still in the ER stable but still being monitored.

"Ugh can't believe this happened to us, but what are we going to do about the bills? Dad and I don't have the money and can't pay for the bills. Ugh and the docs told me that dad will need treatment and it won't be cheap. Better find some way to make some quick Jolts and pay for the treatment, hopefully even pay the bills," Nova said to herself.

She soon arrived at a teleporter that was near the hospital, Nova went in and was teleported back to her neighborhood. Arriving in the old worn out teleporter Nova turned around and saw the same kind of people she saw before the accident. Tiered Nova just walked past all of them and headed to the apartment planning to rest.

However when Nova arrived to the apartment door she saw a holographic sign that said "Rent Past Due, Voice Commands changed,"

"What the fuck! AGH!" Nova screamed before kicking the door as hard as she could.

With no other choice Nova went to one of the nearby air vents, ripped it off the wall, which wasn't hard to do since it was old and the screws were rusted, and climbed inside. She crawled through the vents and made her way to the apartment, when she arrived at her home she punched the vent cover as hard as she could and soon it came off. Nova crawled out and fell down to the floor below, she groaned, got up and went to the living room.

Once there she sat down on the couch and plopped her head down on a pillow. Even though she had school that day she didn't feel like going for a day or two as she was both mentally and physically exhausted. So she decided to take some mental health days to rest and brainstorm some ways she could make jolts and pay for the rent and the medical bills till her dad recovered.

"Hmm... maybe dad has something in his room that could give me some ideas or even some jolts. I know he's always told me to never go into his room nor should I take money from there without his permission, but desperate times call for desperate measures," Nova told herself as she got up and went to her fathers room.

She opened the door and her fathers room had some pretty basic things in any other room. There was a two person bed where he used to sleep with her mom, now in place was a photo of her mom laying on one of the pillows. Nova didn't question it and assumed it was her dads way to cope with his loss, that and spending time with her as she has resemblance to her mother. She turned away from the bed and saw the rest of the room and the items that were in it.

The room also contained a desk, a motion activated pixelated light, and a holographic computer and keyboard. Nova decided to search the desk and see if anything was inside; however, before she even took a step close to it something started glowing from underneath her fathers bed. Curious Nova kneeled down and pushed past some items placed under the bed. When she had pushed everything out of the way Nova spotted a plastic see thru bag that held some items in it.

She reached under the bed, grabbed onto the bag, and pulled it out to get a better look at the contents inside. Once she had the bag fully out from under the bed Nova saw that it was bigger than she originally thought. The contents inside were a cybernetic eye implant, shoulder blade implants, a right and left arm implants, and finally a leg implant that belonged to the left leg.

"Wow okay where did dad get this stuff?... Wait, OMG! These are illegal Implants! Okay now I'm even more curious, but I wonder how much they'd sell? Better ask DK if he knows anything about the price on them," Nova said as she got up and went back into the living room. She then called up DK to tell him about her findings and ask about the price, hoping she could sell them and get enough jolts.

"Hey DK it's me Nova, first I wanted to thank you for the help, the chip you gave me worked perfectly, aside from some lag it was just what I needed," Nova explained.

"Ahh see, I told you it would work, of course the lag is something I'll need to fix, now did you need something else?" DK asked.

"Yeah I found something under my dads bed, some illegal implants, sending you a screenshot right now," Nova explained as she took a picture with her cyberware and sent it to DK.

"Ohh that's some nice stuff, but it wouldn't sell for very much even on the black market, I'd say that they would cost around 12K Jolts," DK explained.

"What the hell! That's not even a quarter of what I need! Come-on DK they've gotta cost more than that!" Nova exclaimed angrily.

"Sorry kid but no joke, that's what they cost, however I do suggest something you could do with them," DK said.

"Huh? Like what?" Nova asked curious as to what DK was implying she'd do.

"Hehe, well become a Cybernetic Advanced Vigilante of course! Just come by my shop and I can have those bad boys installed in an instant," DK explained.

"What?! You're crazy DK! You know that dad will kill you when he finds out about this, not to mention I will be arrested if the authorities find out I have illegal implants!" Nova exclaimed, showing her concerns and hesitation towards getting the implants.

"I know but whoever said that you had to walk around in public with them? I have material here you can use to hide the arms and you could use your hair to cover the eye. As for the shoulder blades just make sure any shirt or top you have on covers them up when not in use, finally just wear some shoes and long stockings to cover up the leg," DK explained.

"Um... can I think about it?" Nova asked.

"Sure sure kid, you can just come by when you've made your choice," DK said.

The two then ended the call, and Nova sat back down on the couch and thought over her conversation with DK. On one hand the idea did sound good as word on the street and internet says that Cybernetic Advanced Vigilantes did get lots of Jolts, but on the other hand getting implants is forever, not to mention the ones she had were illegal. The last thing she wanted was getting in trouble with the authorities, they already think pretty low of everyone living here, her and her father including.

"Dam DK why do you always gotta be putting crazy ideas into my head. Not to mention ideas that are dangerous and could get me arrested," Nova said out loud to herself.

Time passed and Nova soon found herself drifting off till she fell into a deep sleep. The following day Nova left for school this time in a clean and dry uniform as her father was able to pay the jolts needed for the washer and dryer.

She sighed, feeling depressed and still in very deep thought about what DK had suggested last night. Nova had done some digging into the implants and learned lots of interesting facts about them. For instance the shoulder blades had jets and wings compacted into them so the user could fly with them. The arms provide extra strength and reflexes in the upper body, they could also stretch to great lengths allowing extra grabbing range. The leg allowed the user to run faster and jump much higher. The eye was the most interesting, as it allowed the user to see very far away, shoot lasers, and even cloak with their surroundings.

However she was hesitant to have them installed not because they were illegal but because if DK installed them she'd be in a world of pain. This was because DK didn't have any anesthetics so she'd be conscious and feeling everything happening. That was something she never wanted to experience especially if she was on pain killers right now.

As she made her way to her school the feeling of eyes burning in the back of her head hit her like a metal slab. Nova looked around to find the source of the feeling and she found it, much to her dismay. It was Cerise and her group of bratty friends, which was the last thing she wanted to deal with today.

Nova just turned around and pretended she didn't see them as she knew they were planning to bully her. However as she tried to make her way to class she felt a harsh yank on the back of her shirt. She was roughly dragged to the back area of the school where there were no cameras or teachers in sight.

The unknown stranger then threw Nova harshly against the wall, the force of the impact had put her in a light daze but Nova soon recovered from it. Once recovered Nova took a good look at her attacker and let out an audible groan when she saw that it was Cerise again.

"Cerise what the hell do you want?" Nova asked in anger and annoyance.

"Oh nothing, just wanted to tell you to get lost! After all filth like you don't belong here so why don't you just drop out and rot away with your own kind!" Cerise spat in Nova's face with the same snarky smirk on her face.

"Why don't you just leave me alone! Are you seriously so miserable with your life that you bully me!" Nova exclaimed angrily before trying to push past Cerise.

However one of her friends shoved Nova right back into the wall; the other girls all approached her with smirks on their faces. "Come-on girls, let's show this filth what we do to her kind," Cerise said before she and her friends all cracked their knuckles.

After several long agonizing minutes which had felt like hours to Nova, the girls finally stopped before leaving. Nova sat there in the same spot for some time with several bruises and cuts all over her body; one of her eyes was even black now. Despite the pain Nova's attention wasn't on that, but instead the anger she felt towards her attackers. All she wanted was to be able to go to school in peace but they just decided to make life harder for her.

As she sat there in a bloody fury her communicator's ringtone echoed in her ears. Nova let out a slight moan of pain before she answered the call. "Hello? What do you want?" Nova asked, annoyed that someone called her after she was beaten up.

"Hello Nova, it's Dr. Raco from the hospital. I hope it's not too much to ask but... we need you to come down to the hospital. It's an urgent emergency you need to hear," Dr. Raco explained in a serious tone.

After hearing this Nova got up and decided to skip school today, rushing to the teleporter. Once inside the teleporter Nova smashed the coordinates to the hospital into the teleporter as quickly as she could. In the blink of an eye Nova arrived at the hospital, rushed into the building.

Now inside the building Nova made her way to Dr. Raco to see what the problem was. She soon reached the area of the hospital that was connected to the ER. However when she entered the hallway, she was horrified to see the place looked like it had been bombed.

"OMG! What the hell happened here?!" Nova asked, concerned for her dad.

"Nova! There you are!" Nova heard Dr. Raco exclaimed. She turned and saw the doc running up to her.

"What the hell happened here?!" Nova asked, worried.

"It was another terrorist attack, your dad was in the explosion!" Dr. Raco blurted out.

When Nova heard about her dad her heart skipped a beat as she feared the worst. Dr. Raco noticed the fear in her eyes and knew instantly that she believed the worst had happened to her dad.

"Dont worry your dad is still alive, but he's in a severe and critical condition. It'll take a lot of treatment to save his life, but it's unfortunately very expensive," Dr. Raco explained.

"What?! H-How much will it even cost!" Nova exclaimed, concerned about the expenses she'll have to pay to save her dads life.

"Well I hate to say this but it'll cost around 40 mill Jolts for the treatment, that combined with the previous treatment which is an extra 20 mill, it'll cost around 60 mill together," Dr. Raco explained.

"WHAT! I can't pay that kind of Jolts! We don't even have that kind of Jolts!" Nova exclaimed horrified by the amount it would cost.

"Sorry kid but I don't know what else to tell you. So I'll just say this, you have till the end of the week to pay it all or else we'll have to leave it in the hands of god," Dr. Raco explained, even though he didn't want to say it he had to.

He was only doing his job and he couldn't pay for the equipment needed to help save Nova's father if he didn't get the Jolts needed. After hearing this Nova slumped down to her knees as she tried to process everything. She had to pay around 60 million Jolts by the end of the week or else she'd lose her dad. Dr. Raco gently patted Nova on the shoulder to comfort her as he knew she was in a serious situation.

After a few minutes Nova got up and left the hospital, deciding to go straight home to lay down. Later Nova was in her house desperately thinking of some way she could make that amount of Jolts in such a short amount of time.

As she sat there thinking Nova received a private call from someone. Without much thinking she answered and as soon as she did she realized who the caller was.

"Hello filth, I heard about your poor filthy father. I'd offer my sympathy but I can't, as unlike you filth we can't suffer as we have the money to pay for the medical fees," Cerise mocked Nova over the call.

"Cerise WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU! Leave me the hell alone! I don't want to deal with you're bull shit right now!" Nova screamed angerly.

"Aww what's the matter, filth? Can't stand to hear the truth? Oh I have an idea why don't you just let the docs pull the plug on your dad and then just jump off a skyscraper. The least amount of your kind in the world then the better the world itself will be!" Cerise mocked with clear enjoyment in her voice.

Nova sneered and hung up and blocked Cerise on her private calls, she wrapped her arms around her legs in frustration. The words Cerise had said to her loped over and over in her head, that alongside the beating she had been given at school.

"Ugh! What the fuck am I going to do! I don't have the Jolts to pay for our medical bills and that little bitch thinks she can shit talk me like that! Agh! FUCK!" Nova screamed as she slammed her fist on the metal floor as hard as she could.

Nova took a moment to calm down even though her blood was boiling and was as hot as lava. As she sat there she then remembered the implants and the suggestion that DK had given her.

"Alright Cerise, you think you're above me because you have money? Well, I guess I'll have to show you that you've messed around with the wrong fucking bitch!" Nova declared as she raced to her room.

She forced the door open with such strength that it seemed to have broken, but she could care less about that. Nova made her way to her bed, lifted up the mattress, and retrieved the implants from the secret compartment she had found when she was younger.

"Alright the next few hours will be agony, but it'll be worth it, to both get the jolts and teach those bitches a lesson!" Nova declared with a furious determination flaring like a fire in her voice.

Later at DK's shop a man in his late forties early fifties was laying down on an automatic recliner with a pair of digitized goggles on his face. DK had a smirk on his face as he was watching one of his favorite adult films with many juicy and spicy themes he enjoyed. Just as the move was about to get into the next spicy but it suddenly stopped much to his disappointment and confusion.

Then a message appeared in the goggles saying, "you have a customer, please show professional behavior."

"Ugh, are you kidding me?" DK groaned as he slid the goggles off his eyes. He sat up and looked to the shop's door asking, "Who the hell is it? We're close today so come back tomorrow!"

However he saw the figure standing in the doorway belonging to that of his teen friend Nova. He saw she was holding the bag of implants she had shown him an image of last night.

"Kid, what the hell are you doing here? You know the shops closed today right?" DK asked more calmly this time after seeing that it was Nova.

"I know! But I want you to put the implants in my body! I'm gonna use them to teach a bitch a lesson and get some jolts to save my dads life!" Nova explained.

DK heard the fury in her voice and had a feeling that some kids at her school had hurt her so that's why she was talking about bitches. That and the desire to save her dad told him that something bad happened to the guy.

"Hmm... alright I'll install the implants, but I'm gonna have to charge ya for," DK was saying till Nova pulled out a bear she had brought with her and tossed it to the man.

"HAhah, you know me so well kid. Alright let's get started!" DK exclaimed as he popped the bear open and drank it up.

"Alright! Just make it quick as I know you don't have the material to put me under," Nova requested.

"I know, and don't worry it'll be over before you know it," DK reassured.

Next thing Nova knew she was laying face down on an operating table biting hard on a metal splint while letting out loud screams and groans of agony. DK cut into her flesh with a scalpel knife and replaced her shoulder blades, arms, and leg with the implants.

After those implants were in, Nova was turned over on her back where DK used some barraquer wires to keep her right eye open for this next operation. Nova braced herself as DK brought the surgical knife to her eye and began to dig it out.

Nova screamed while still biting onto the metal splint as her right eye was removed. For a second she regretted this decision but once she remembered why she was doing this the regret instantly left her. DK then placed the eye implant into Nova's head where it connected to her brain and nervous system allowing her to use and see it.

Nova then finally passed out from the intense amount of pain she was in from all the surgeries the only thing on her mind was both revenge on her bullies and saving her fathers life.

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Cybernetic Advance Viglantie

Chapter 1 Explosive Start

On a dark rainy night during the year 2990 a high tech squad of police officers held a man holding illegal Cybernetic Implants and Upgrades. The police all pointed their laserdisc rifles and guns at the man holding the illegal items in question.

"Sir Put the Implants and Upgrades down and this will end with no blood shed," An officer announced thru their pixelated mic.

The mysterious man just smirked before activating an illegal implant he had installed in his brain. This put up a full body force field around him and he then transformed his own arms into laserdisc mini guns as they were illegal upgrades.

"All officers fire at will! He can't hold those up forever!" The same officer called out.

The whole police force instantly shot at the man, however the shield just absorbed the laser blasts and not only that, but they seemed to be making it stronger.

"Hahaha! You fools! This puppy runs on laser disks! So you all firing them at me just, FUELS... ME... UP!" The man psychotically announced.

After making the announcement he fired his own laser disks at the officers. One at a time the officers all dropped dead instantly as they were hit with the laser disks. This is because when a laser disk makes contact with organic material it immediately overloads the whole body, causing the heart and brian to explode inside the body. It's quick but very painful so it's not a recommended way to go out due to the pain you can experience.

"Oh shit! Backup! I repeat we need backup!" The head officer cried out into his virtualized watch as his team were all eliminated.

"Ahaha! I'll keep this up till all of you are dead! I'm a mother fucking Cybernetic Advance Gunman! HAHAHAH!" The man psychotically laughed as he continued to shoot down all the police force.

As he shot he failed to notice a figure in the darkness holding a pixelated sniper rifle in their arms loaded up with enhanced LDE.

"Alright target insight, I'll shoot him and grab the gear," The figure explained to someone they were on a call with.

"Okay, I'll see you in a week or two for pickup. After all, something like that is more valuable in the right hands, and when it's used right," the person the figure was talking to responded.

"Understood, see you then," The figure said as they ended the call. They then held up the rifle and looked through the scope to get a more clear view of the man.

"Eat this mother fucker!" The figure quietly exclaimed before pulling the trigger.

A green laser bullet flew through the air, it then instantly hit the base of the man's implants. "Huh?! What the hell?!" The man questioned, surprised as he felt something hitting the base of his implants.

Next thing he knew all his implants in his eyes, arms, chest, legs, and even spine all glowed green. He screamed in pain before a green flash filled everyone's vision.

Meanwhile in a small crappy apartment a teen girl was in her school issued headset trying out the software she implanted with the help of a friend.

"Hey DK, I got it all set up, you sure it'll work?" the girl asked her friend over a private digital call.

"Sure, trust me Nova it'll work perfectly with this you wont need to purchase anything for the new program at school," DK explained in his usual confident and savvy voice.

"Okay I'll trust you, now I gotta get going, my uniform is in the wash right now so I need to get it dry as school is starting soon," Nova explained before ending the call.

Once the call ended Nova got a good look at the apartment she was living in with her father. The place was old and filthy but still livable, outside of the few cans of drinks on the floor and the stench of beer and cigarettes in the air it was mostly decent. Nova's dad only ever drank and smoked when he didn't have work and when Nova was at school. He didn't overdo it as they needed enough money to pay the rent and it was just a way for him to forget that they were broke and living in a bad part of Cybernet City.

Nova got up from the old and worn out in floor couch they had and went to the laundry room. As she went there she passed by their kitchen that had a number of dirty dishes in the sink, a messy table, and a counter full of overdue bills.

Nova eyed the bills in disgust, as she hated how the bills keep them in this position. She wished with all her might that they didn't exist anymore so her father wouldn't have to work as hard to keep them afloat.

"Ugh, fucking landlords! Why the fuck do they have to charge us so much! I swear one day once all of these bills are paid we'll be ditching this place!" Nova declared as she spat in the direction of the bills before walking off.

She arrived at the laundry room and shoved the door open. The laundry room was the second most cleanest room in the house, the first being Nova's own bedroom. There were some dirty clothes piled up in baskets on the left side sitting snugly on the wall. Meanwhile on the right side of the room is where the washing machine and dryer were sitting just as snugly as the clothes basket. Nova sighed before she went up to the washer and used a voice command for it to open.

"Washer open and display school uniform," Nova commanded.

"Voice command denied, washer fee overdue," a robotic female voice replied.

"What! Oh come fucking on! AHG!" Nova screamed before punching the washer in frustration.

"AHH! Whatever! I'll just go in something that's close to my uniform," Nova said to herself as she got up and went to her room.

Later Nova was in her room looking at her virtualized mirror, she wanted to see if what she wore was good enough. She wore a black skirt with a white tank top, a blue jacket pushed off her shoulders, and black shoes. Her long light brown hair spilling over her shoulders and back as she hadn't gotten it cut in about four years. Her light blue left eye and deep black right eye both correspond to the outfit she wore.

"Well, this will have to be done," Nova said before she left her room.

When she emerged from her room she heard the door to the apartment sliding open as someone with the command key installed requested it to do so. Coming into the apartment was a man who looked pretty exhausted and stumbled his way inside.

"Oh hey dad, how was work?" Nova asked.

"It was tiring as usual, but it's worth it for every penny," Nova's father explained with a small smile.

"There'd be more if you'd just let me get a damn part time job," Nova commented, annoyed with their living situation.

"Sweetie, I know you don't want to be living like this, but I want you to focus on your education. I know you'll have a bright future with the knowledge," Nova's father reassured.

"Whatever, the washing machine is in need of some jolts," Nova explained.

"Alright I'll take care of that, you head to school," Nova's father said while pointing to the door.

"Sure oh my way," Nova responded before she walked past her dad and out of the apartment.

The door slid closed behind her and she made her way to school. She walked past a few other tendients living in the building, some passed out while others were smoking and doing drugs. She came across the stairs and saw a pile of garbage bags blocking the stairs. Nova sighed and climbed up the apartment small wall before jumping down. She landed on another pile of garbage bags which thankfully broke her fall. Standing straight Nova walked out of the garbage pile and out to the streets of her neighborhood.

It had the usual sights that were always present here every morning, the homeless sleeping on whatever comfortable surface they could find. A number of junkies doing crack and other drugs, or watching something on their private visors, from where their hands where she assumed that it was porn.

As she was walking she passed by some people being held up at either gun or knife point for who knows what. This was a pretty common occurrence in this part of the city so it didn't concern or frighten her in the slightest. After all, where she lived was where the whole low class of society lived, not just folks who didn't have enough jolts but often criminals. Thankfully most didn't bother her as she kept her figure concealed so creeps wouldn't try to assault her. She made sure to keep anything of value out of sight so no one would try to mug her. The criminals around here only steal valuable items they can see as they didnt want to waste time over nothing.

So with no worries of being attacked Nova made her way to the teleporter that would instantly take her to school. Stepping into the teleporter Nova put in the same coordinates she used the day before and instantly she found herself in a new teleporter. This one was much nicer than the previous one she was in, as it had a fresh clean slick of pain and little to no scratches on it. The one that was in her neighborhood was pretty old and worn out, with the pain having faded a long time ago and scratches all over it.

Nova turned around and saw her school standing before her on the outside of the teleporter. Stepping out of the teleporter Nova walked on the metal sidewalk up to the building towering over her. She never found anything wrong with it let alone how well kept it was unlike the buildings where she lived. The windows being so crystal clear and clean unlike most in the apartment she was in. The streets didn't have a single scrap of garbage, vomit, blood stains from fights nor homeless people sleeping on the streets. She desperately wanted to live in a nice clean place like the city her school was in, however it was just too expensive for her and her father.

Nova sighed as she walked into the building feeling jealous how nice everything was. Nova went inside and headed to her first class, passing by many other students who all wore the school uniform while she wore something close to it. Most other students looked at her in disgust and she could feel them questioning and mocking her behind her back. To them Nova was an outcast who didn't belong in the school because of how poor she was. Everybody there treated her with distance and some even bullied her. She mostly ignored it and just went on with her day as to her it would be a waste of energy to say something back to them.

Entering her classroom she was greeted by other students who arrived before her. Most were in their seats with EVR goggles on. The EVR stood for Educational Virtual Reality, which was pretty much cut and dry on what it was. The goggles where programed with every educational and trade class ever invented. To Nova it was a great way to learn, mostly because all her classes took place in the goggles.

Nova took her seat and leaned back, she placed the goggles on her face and placed the chip that DK had given her in them. To her relief the screen lit up and she was inside a digitalized field. Which meant that chip and goggles worked perfectly with each other, aside from just a small bit of lag it was good enough for her.

"Nova, where is your school uniform?" The holographic teacher in the goggles asked once she fully settled in.

"It's in the wash and hadn't paid the fee to get it out," Nova explained.

"Don't you have another one?" The teacher asked.

"Same thing with that one," Nova responded.

"Alright however please return tomorrow in your uniform," The teacher requested.

"Can't make any promises," Nova stated after all she wasn't sure if they could pay for the fee today or next week.

"Class now that everyone is here we can begin," The teacher announced as she began the class.

Several hours passed and everyone took their goggles off. The students all began falling out of the classroom discussing what they all planned to do once they got home. Nova just planned to find a part time job she could work from home so she could bring some more money in. DK did allow her to partially work in his shop for a small paycheck, unfortunately it's not that popular so it doesn't make much. As a result the pay wasn't much so Nova just went looking to work from home.

She left the classroom and left the building, as she was walking out she heard a voice that made her cringe. "Oh look what the cat dragged in, a dead bird HAHAH!" A female voice laughed.

Nova rolled her eyes and turned around to face the girl who made that comment. "Nice one Cerise next time try something more original," Nova said.

"Oh please, I'm just saying what's true, after all your kind doesn't belong here. Lower class like you should just stay in the lower cities, after all that's where you all belong," Cerise said in a snarky tone.

"Yeah well one day we'll leave that place behind and rise up to the middle city," Nova said.

"Hate to break it to you but that'll never happen, after all you were born in the lower class and you'll die in the lower class," Cerise remarked in a snarky tone.

Nova didn't respond any further and just continued on her way to the school doors. She didn't have the energy to deal with Cerise right now so she just left the building. However when she got outside she saw her dad waiting for her next to the school gate.

"Huh? Dad? What the hell is he doing here?" Nova asked out loud.

She ran up to her father and started calling out to him; he looked over to her and smiled when he saw his daughter coming up to him. "Hey Baby Cakes, how was school?" Her dad asked.

"It was alright but what are you doing here?" Nova asked confused as to why he was here.

"Well we haven't had some father daughter time together in a long time. So I thought we could go out tonight and have some fun. We can't afford much but we can still try to have some fun," her dad said.

Nova thought about it for a while, he was right they didn't have much time to spend together. Unfortunately before Nova could even speak an explosion was set off not too far away from them. Everyone screamed and started running for their lives as soon as the explosion went off. It was so intense that a large heavy truck had flipped over from the impact and the teleporters were damaged or destroyed. Nova couldn't make out or see where the bomb was nor who had set it off in the first place.

"Oh shit! A Cybernetic Advanced Terrorist!" Nova's dad screamed as he hugged Nova tightly to protect her.

Another explosion went off as the terrorist activated another bomb and this time it was much closer to them. The father and daughter duo were both launched into the air a few feet before gravity pulled them back down to the earth below them.

Nova groaned in pain as she looked at her father, however her vision of him was clouded by smoke and red. However she felt some blood flow on to her and that wasn't good, she could even feel that his leg was broken from how it laid on her own.

Nova soon passed out due to the pain she was experiencing from the explosion and the impact from falling to the ground. Before she succumbed to the darkness she heard more explosions and screams. Nova could make out the familiar sounds of sirens before her whole world went absolutely dark.

Hours later Nova woke up still in pain but slightly less now, when she opened her eyes she saw was in the hospital based on the sight of an IV drip next to her bed and the plain white roof.

"Ugh, w-what happened? Where's dad?" Nova asked as she sat up lightly.

"Hey kid don't worry he's fine," A calming voice said. Nova looked and saw a doctor standing next to her bed with a holo pad in front of him.

"Can I see him?" Nova asked.

"Not now, he's in the ER as he took on more of the explosion than you as he protected you. Don't worry he's stable just needs to be in the ER for a few days before we move him to the recovery ward," The doctor explained.

"Alright, just please let me see him ASAP, he's all I got in this world," Nova explained in a tired and weak voice.

"Will do kid, and I promise to make sure you and your father will see each other once he's in the recovery ward. For now you just rest and recover for today, I'll prescribe you with some pain killers once you leave," The doctor explained as he put the data in his holo pad.

"Alright, thanks for everything doc," Nova said as she laid her head down on the soft comfy pillow.

"Anytime kid, I'll be checking in another patient. You just press the button whenever you need a nurse to help you out," The doctor instructed as he left Nova's bedside.

Nove showed a slight smile before she drifted off into a deep sleep so she could recover.

However she did slightly wonder why a terrorist had attacked the school, after all it was more common for them to do that at government buildings. So for a terrorist to bomb a school was very unusual, however Nova didn't really care that much as she knew the police would do what they always do and solve the case.

Right now all she planned on doing was recover from her injuries and pray that her father does the same. After all without him she'd have no clue what she would do as there wasn't anyone else who'd take her in. Nova's mom had died in childbirth and both her parents were orphans so losing her dad would just kill her in more ways than one.

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Mutant Power-suit Survivors

Chapter 2 Meeting

The next day Cyan was standing outside on the balcony drinking a coffee she made. Cyan was looking at the horizon as some sea mutants swam through the water on the horizon, only coming up to get some air every now and then. She sighed as her thoughts went back to the day's before the entire mutants uprising.

She then looked at her arm that still had a scar on her arm from where her father had injected a strange substance into her a week after the uprising. She still remembers the look her father had on his face that day, the look of both regret and hope. However she never managed to get answers as to what he put into her, all she knew is that whatever it was her dad both regretted it and hoped it would do something for her.

'Dad I wish you were here you could've told me what that chemical was.' Cyan thought to herself as she looked at her arm again.

She sighed again then looked inside through the widows where she could see the skeletal remains of her family.

'What is wrong with me? I know my parents are dead but why can't I bury them? Am I sick in the head? Why can't I accept it?' Cyan thought to herself as she sighed. Upset over the idea of practically being trapped in her own fantasy world where her parents are alive and not dead.

Cyan sighed and looked away from the kitchen and just focused back on the horizon. She finished up what was left of her coffee before going inside to collect her things as she had to go out for a supply run. Cyan went inside and went to her room to get her suit and what else she'll need for the outside world.

Thankfully she doesn't need much, just a pump and some tanks for water as water is what she's low on. Cyan then grabbed her suit that was laying on her work desk before placing the slim metal circle on her chest. Her suit then clicked and started forming around her and soon it was fully on and once it was fully formed it clicked right into place. After the click it locked allowing Cyan to run around in it as much as she could without it moving around. After her suit was on Cyan grabbed her pump and tanks along with Iggy and left the house to the one safe place for humans and mutants.

Cyan was using her suit to get to her destination for about an hour now and she had finally arrived at her destination. Cyan climbed up a rig with Iggy on her back and when she arrived at the watering hole she smiled at the lovely sight.

A large crystal clear pool of fresh blue water with lots of vegetation growing around it. Most of all there were mutants there as well drinking the water, both vegetarians and ones that have eaten humans where peacefully enjoying the water. This was the only Place Cyan knew where mutants were peaceful and not trying to eat one another and her.

Cyan looked at her back where Iggy was, but she didn't see him there she looked around and saw him playing with other Iguina and Pterodactyl hybrids that were small like him. Cyan smiled as she got to work getting the water she needs as well as some R&R time as she hasn't had that in a while.

'Man I remember times before this whole mess happened back when Humans weren't on the endangered list, now it's just me and who knows who else out there.' Cyan thought to herself as she finished collecting the water.

After collecting all the wall Cyan rested for a bit wanting to let the stress of having to hunt and hide wear off. Cyan laid back and looked up at the sky watching the clouds pass by as the mutants around her drank out of the watering hole.

'Man I wish I could have more moments like this more often... back before my life was ruined forever, before my old house was destroyed, before the mutants came, before... before my parents died. Why can't I just bury them? Why do I imagine that they're still alive after all this time?' Cyan asked herself as she questioned her own sanity. 'I want them back... *sniff* I just want them to come back, all I want is just to have my old life back.' Cyan thought to herself.

She sighed before looking out to the pack of large mutants, she then saw one that was an alligator combined with a hack growl and one that was a snake combined with a lizard as it got too close. The two mutants started growling at one another and looked like a fight was about to go down. Not wanting to get involved, Cyan collected her things and whistled, getting Iggy's attention. The little mutant flew up to Cyan and got on her armored shoulders as he knew that it was time for them to go. So once Iggy was securely on Cyan's shoulders she started making her way back home to rest up and get a shower.

Back in the underground bunker CJ and his friends were in a big arena having just gotten done with training with their power suits.

"Ugh Fuck! I'm dead!" Mort exclaimed feeling exhausted.

"You tell me man I wish those suits wouldn't drain us so much!" Jolie exclaimed.

"Me too but that's how they work... although I do wish they could be more effective, after all if they were we'd have a better chance of survival and fighting back against the mutants." Marie explained.

"Yeah there's hardly any humans left and what's left of us hide underground like moles! Agh! I just want all these goddamn mutants to keel over and DIE! If they did we'd get back what was once ours and humanity would rise up once again!" CJ exclaimed angrily as he wished for things to change.

"Don't let others hear you say that, most people here are too cowardly to go out and try to take care of thies monsters. Not to mention that some of them believe that the moment they go outside they'll be eaten alive." Jolie explained.

"HEY YOU FOUR!" A stern strict voice screamed.

The four looked and saw their general standing in front of them with a stern and serious look on his face. The four stood up, lined up, and saluted their general as they were very intimidated by him.

"Listen up you four! We're sending you all out to get us some more tetratory for our farm lands!" The General commanded.

"YES SIR!" The four all replied together.

They then left to go suit up for their mission outside, they all hoped that this mission would be successful.

"Guys, are you sure we can do this?" CJ asked.

"Bro I know we can do this! We've been working hard on all our missons so I know we can do this!" Mort exclaimed.

"Yeah, you say that, but like the saying goes. It's easier said than done." CJ explained.

"With that kind of an attitude it is, but we can do this CJ! All you gotta do is believe we can do it!" Marie explained.

"Yeah, we'll get that land and finally show that ass hole Ercole that we aren't some pushovers!" Jolie exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah that's true, hopefully if we succeed then Ercole will lay off and stop insulting us." CJ said.

The four were soon fully suited up and ready to head out. They made their way to the exit and when they arrived they saw some of their relatives who were still alive. For Marie it was her brother, Mort his aunt, Jolie her cousin, and CJ it was his dad. CJ cringed a bit as he and his dad's relationship had become very strained ever since the mutant uprising.

"Hey Marie, please be careful while you're out there." Marie's brother said as he worried about his sister.

"Don't worry bro I'll be fine!" Marie said, reassuring her brother.

Mort, and Jolie were also asked to be careful by their family, however CJ's dad had something to say that wasn't very reassuring.

"CJ I hope you can do this as I want to finally be able to not look like a fool in front of everyone." CJ's dad said.

CJ didn't say anything and just pushed past his dad and opened the large metal doors. He and the other three then left the base and they all headed out to gain more territory.

Meanwhile Cyan was back in her own home putting the water she collected into the tank.

'Good that's done, now I better go and get some more material for my weapons, make some more weapons, and put them into my suit.' Cyan thought to herself.

She picked up Iggy again and left again to get the material to make her weapons. Iggy cuddled around her neck and nuzzled her face as he thoughts she'd need it. Cyan smiled and pat Iggy's head as he nuzzled her and nuzzled him right back. She was glad that she had Iggy by her side as she believed she'd never get through any of this if she was all alone.

'Alright let's get going Iggy and get some items to make more weapons to kill all these monsters and erase them from the face of the planet!' Cyan thought to herself.

Later on CJ and the others were all making their way to the area where there was still some fertilized land. They made sure to be as quiet as possible as one wrong move could result in them all getting killed as it could alert a mutant nearby.

"Do you all see or hear anything?" CJ asked.

"Nope not yet, I feel like that's good though." Mort said.

"Don't get your hopes up, for all we know a mutant could be underground waiting for its next meal." Marie said.

"Yeah she's right, so even if we don't see anything right now that doesn't mean we won't later." Jolie stated.

The others all nodded their heads and continued on their way to the area. They all soon arrived and looked around for anything that would interfere with the farming.

"Alright let's look around and see if there's anything or anyone who'd interfere with the farming process." CJ said.

"Yeah! Lets do this!" Mort exclaimed and ran off to search the area for anything that would stop them from farming.

Marie and Jolie also started looking, while CJ sent a message to their commander letting him know they found the land and were now searching for threats.

After CJ sent the message he said "Alright message sent now time to help out in the search."

CJ then joined in the search and hoped that there wasn't anything that would prevent from farming. If that was the case then they would fail on their mission and that was the last thing he wanted. He wanted to show everyone that he and his friends weren't some wimps and could do big things. About five minutes later CJ, Marie, and Jolie all heard an explosion and Mort screaming.

"AHHH! FUCK!" Mort screamed thru the com. "OH SHIT! MORT!" CJ screamed.

"HANG IN THEIR MORT WE'RE COMING!" Marie screamed into the com as she ran to Mort.

The three soon arrived to where Mort's suit signal was coming from and they saw Mort on the ground dazed. Not too far away from him there was a crater that was formed from what looked like a bomb.

"Mort! Are you alright?!" Jolie asked as she ran up to him.

"Ugh! Yeah I think I'm good." Mort said.

"Dude what happened here?!" CJ Asked worriedly.

"There was a mine planted here and I didn't see it so I stepped on it and it went boom!" Mort explained.

"Well thankfully your suit keeps you safe from the explosion, but who planted it here?" Marie asked.

"I think I might know, look guys!" Jolie said as she pointed to a nearby wall that had a red symbol painted on it.

The symbol itself was a red wolf alpha with two swords going through it.

"Dam Red Alpha 10! They must've found this place before we got here!" CJ exclaimed.

"Yeah! We better get going then, before a mutant or one of their own comes and-!" Mort was saying but stopped when he suddenly felt the ground shake violently.

The four looked ahead and saw that something was borrowing under the ground and heading right to them.

"OH SHIT! GUYS RUN FOR IT!" CJ yelled.

The four then started making a run for it as they knew if the mutant had caught them then they'd be dead.

"WHAT DO WE DO?! WHAT DO WE DO?!" Jolie asked in a panic.

"I DON'T KNOW! JUST FALL BACK AND WE'LL THINK OF SOMETHING TO DO ABOUT THE MUTANT!" Marie screamed back.

The group ran into a destroyed city hoping that they'd find somewhere to get off the ground. Due to the mutant being a browning one they believe it won't be able to get to them. They hoped that if it couldn't sense their footsteps on the ground anymore then it would leave them alone.

"Guys up there!" CJ yelled, then pointed to a destroyed building that had one of its walls completely destroyed.

However this was good for them as they could use the upper floors of the building to get away from the mutant.

"Awesome! Good eyes CJ! Let's get up there and hope that this son of a bitch will leave us alone!" Mort yelled.

The two girls nodded and the four friends all ran up to the building to hide from the mutant. They used some of the rubble to climb up to the fourth floor, they also had to push some of the vines out of their way. This was because mother nature had turned most of the area into her little playground.

"Ack! There's so many vines here!" Marie exclaimed.

"Yeah mother nature really had taken over after the human race almost became extinct." Jolie explained.

"Well let's hope that mutants will leave us alone now." CJ said as he and his friends all rested on the fourth floor.

However as the four just started to relax they felt the ground shake violently. They all went up to the edge and looked down to see the ground pushed up. Then to their horror they saw the ground start to part ways as the mutant started to dig out of the ground. The mutant then bursted out of the ground and it was a combination of a mole and a centipede. The mutant then started climbing up the building and tried to grab onto them. They all backed up and screamed at the top of their lungs, while also calling out for help.

Meanwhile Cyan was collecting some items she needed for the tech she was working on. As she was collecting she heard some screams and roars in the distance. She looked in the direction where the screams were coming from. She wondered if she should investigate or not, in the past she was deceived by other humans she had met. However as she heard the voices call out for help her heart ached.

This brought back the memories of when she was young and alone after her parents died. Back then she'd always call out for help and cry many times before finding the armor in her fathers old lab. After finding the armor she wasn't as scared anymore and with Iggy she became even more confident.

Cyan sighed and decided to investigate the source of the screams, to see if they needed help. Using the suit's super jump she arrived in the area and saw a mutant combined with a mole and centipede trying to climb into a destroyed building. Cyan could tell that the screams were coming from the building so she decided to kill the mutant and save the people.

She hated the mutants more than anything in the world (aside from Iggy) and was determined to erase them from existence. So she used her blaster and shot the mutant right in the side. This had resulted in its attention being turned towards her. When the mutant saw her standing on the rubble it roared and charged right at her.

Cyan smiled under her helmet as she had a plan in her head to kill it. Before the mutant could even attack Cyan jumped into the air as the mutant charged into the area she used to be in.

She then used her suit's powers to form plasma blades, and then she flipped herself upside down. She then used her suits air presser to make herself spin around like a drill and she put her plasma blade in front of her. Making her body into a self made drill and before the mutant could move again, she drilled right into its body. As she drilled into the mutant's body it screamed in agony as she went into its body. Soon Cyan drilled all the way through and landed right underneath the mutant, absolutely covered in its green blood.

The mutant staggered a bit as it slowly started to die from the bleeding. Cyan ran out from underneath it and fired a large blast at the mutant's head. When the blast hit the mutant it was left with a large hole in its face. It then fell to the ground dead, and Cyan stood there proud of herself, and her work on killing the mutant.

She then heard Iggy screeching and she looked to see him flying right to her. Cyan smiled and held her arm out, signaling for him to land on it. Iggy landed on Cyan's arm and then crawled up to her helmet and nuzzled it gently. Cyan returned the nuzzle right back while smiling warmly under her helmet.

"WOW! THAT WAS AWESOME!" Cyan heard someone say.

She looked and saw four other people running to her and Iggy. Cyan froze in place as she hadn't seen people in such a long time. The last time she saw other people wasn't a very good experience. They just wanted her for her weapons and tech, so they tried to force her to leave her home and make weapons for them. So she had to kill them out of self defense as she didn't want to leave, let alone become a possible slave.

"Hey! You were epic there! I'm Mort and these are my friends. That's CJ, Jolie, and Maire, what's your name?" Mort asked.

Cyan didn't answer for a moment as she didn't know what to do as she couldn't talk. She looked around for some way to speak to them. When she looked at the blood coating her armor, then to a nearby wall. The wall itself was blank and Cyan got an idea on how she could communicate with them.

She walked up to the wall and the four all followed her, curious as to what she'd do. Once Cyan was close enough to the wall she started writing "My name is Cyan, Nice to see some humans again. I've been alone for a very long time."

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Secret Walker Mission

Chapter 2 Next Action

After a few hours the group decided to see if they could find any other survivors who hopefully have a way out of the city. So they packed up some supplies, such as food, water, medicine, bandages, and some weapons. After packing they all got some backpacks that had a good amount of the supplies in them. While they all carried whatever weapons they could carry, cautiously they left the house, with Leha making sure Jenifer didn't do anything stupid as she was still slightly tipsy from the wine she drank earlier.

The group looked around the area and thankfully didn't see any walkers so they made their way to the main street. Upon arriving at the main street the group saw the destruction that had been left upon the town as a result of the outbreak. Windows and doors were broken in from the walkers chasing down their victims. Cars were crashed into other houses and traces of blood were both in and on the car and streets. Some body parts of people and walkers were scattered over the streets now rotting away. Some fire's were even burning in some buildings and streets, this was a result from some of the gas that had leaked from the cars.

"Oh god! You never get used to the smell," Kevin commented.

"I'd be surprised if anyone ever gets used to it," Aaron said.

"... I wonder how this town was before this whole incident?" Rachile asked.

"A pretty nice neighborhood, I had to live here for a bit due to my job," Ray explained.

"Lucky! I've got a shit ass apartment in a not so nice neighborhood! That's all I got from working as a fucking stripper and having to dance in front of random strangers! Ugh! Sometimes I wished I could've killed my boss for hardly paying me for all that!" Jenifer ranted angrily, her voice still slurred a bit.

"Yesh, sorry you went through that." Rachile said.

Jenifer just rolled her eyes and the group kept on moving through the neighborhood. As they were walking they heard some walkers roar in the distance getting closer. In fear the group hid behind an upturned car as they didnt want to get into combat just yet. The roars soon reached the area and the walkers reached the area and started looking around for a meal. As the walkers looked, the group remained in hiding trying to find a way to continue on without being spotted.

Rachile sat there paralyzed, however she had a memory come back to her instantly. She remembered being in a conference room talking about something, but she couldn't remember what. However she suddenly had an idea come to her, she quickly came out of the hiding spot and watched as the walkers wandered around. She didn't stay out for long when her eyes landed on a dismembered torso from a human. Acting fast before the walkers noticed her she grabbed the torso and threw it across the streets. As soon as the walkers heard the thump of the body part, they whipped around and saw the torso. In a furious hangry fit they all roared and ran up to the torso and began to devour it.

While they were distracted Rachile waved her arms telling the others to follow her. So everyone quickly and quietly ran away from the area they soon found a trashed grocery store with some of the windows broken and covered in blood. Not wanting to be out in the open for to long the group all ran inside and closed the doors behind them. Now in a safe area for now the group all take a moment to recover and regain their composer.

"Okay so we need to collect supplies and somehow find a way out of here," Rachile explained.

"Yeah but how?" Jenifer asked.

"Yeah knowing how the government operates they won't be risking any forces to save a group like us. For all we know they could only save those who had something they could use to fight back against the infection," Aaron explained, showing his view of the government.

Once Aaron had said that Rachile had some memory come back to her. She remembered being in a meeting with a man whose face she couldn't make out. "You know your mission right?" The man asked.

"Yes, retrieve the brief case and test out what's inside," Rachile replied.

"Good, now get ready and I hope you succeed on your mission. The fate of all of humanity depends on it," The man explained, his voice very serious.

"I don't know the meaning of failure, after all I've never failed once on any of my missions," Rachile replied very calmly. She soon returned back to the present and rubbed her head as the memory hit her like a brick.

Rachile's staggering didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the group and they all became worried about her. "Hey Rach, you alright?" Sean asked a little worried if she was okay or not.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine I think? I just remembered being in a meeting and talking about something. However I can't remember what it was about, all I do remember is that I apparently went on a mission, I think?" Rachile explained very confusedly about the memory.

"Huh, well you were talking to someone on the plane about having something, before it was shot down," Leha explained.

"Okay, strange, but I hope that when my memories return everything will make a lot more sense," Rachile said.

A clank was then heard as some items on the shelves were knocked off. The group all turned to where the nose was coming from, scared that they were not alone here. Thinking fast Rachile and Jenifer both grabbed some baseball bats from a sports display and cautiously made their way over to where the source of the sound came from. The two slowly walked over to where they heard the sound. Before they turned the corner they brace themselves up against the shelf. Rachel held her hand up and after counting to three the two girls turned the corner with their bats in the air ready to attack.

However once they had seen what had caused the products to fall over they froze in their tracks. Standing over the corner was a little girl, her long brown hair all matted and tangled up, her blue princess dress ripped and some blood splatters on it. Her feet were bare and dirty with small cuts on them, she clutched tightly on an old torn stuffed bear as if letting go would kill her. She stared up at the two women, curled back and shaking like a leaf, terrified at what they would do next. Rachile and Jenifer instantly lowered their weapons and showed more calming and comforting faces.

"Hey, guys! Don't worry, it's not a zombie! It's just a kid!" Rachile called out.

The others all relaxed, calmness replacing the tension in their bodies, they all began walking up to the girls to get a better look at the kid and to hopefully calm her down. When they turned the corner they saw the poor conditions the little girl was in and their hearts were instantly penetrated with sadness and sympathy.

"Oh god! Kid what happened to you?!" Sean asked as he saw the little girl's condition.

"I-I, I was hiding in here," the little girl answered as she backed up from them.

"Hey kid, it's alright we won't hurt you," Leha reassured as she crouched down to the girl's eye level. However she just backed up a little more still very shaken and scared; the group frowned as they believed the poor child had gone through something horrifying.

"Hey, hey, it's okay," Ray started saying as he crouched down to the little girl's level.

"You're gonna be alright, we're trying to find a way out of the city so we'll take you with you. So you don't need to be hiding in here, what do you say kid?" Ray asked as he reached his hand out to the girl.

The girl looked up at Ray for a moment, she then looked at his hand that he was offering to her. She started raising her hand up to him, although hesitant she soon took it and Ray smiled while gently pulling her up to him and taking her into his arms.

"Wow, how'd you know that would work?" Aaron asked.

"Well, I have a little sister who I had to raise as our parents were busy with work all the time, so I know a lot about kids," Ray explained.

"Huh, lucky, I was an only child growing up," Kevin said.

"Hey! I hate to ruin the moment, but we should find that kid a pair of shoes, and find a way to "oh I don't know, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Jenifer screamed angrily, both worried about the girl and determined to stay on task about getting out.

"Alright! Let's go! You don't need to shout!" Ray exclaimed, taken aback by Jenifers angry and loud tone.

"P-Please don't s-scream," The little girl stuttered out while shaking violently in Ray's arms.

"... Sorry kid, I-I've just had to jump through a lot of hoops to get out here and I'm not letting that go to waste but dying," Jenifer explained.

"I-It's okay," The little girl replied as she nuzzled her head into Ray's shirt.

"Hey kid, could you tell us your name please?" Rachile asked.

"I-It's Orchid," Orchid responded.

"Alright, don't worry Orchid, we'll take care of you and help you find your family and get out of here," Rachile reassured as she gently pat Orchid's head.

"I-I don't have a family anymore," Orchid explained as she began to cry a little.

After hearing that the group all felt their hearts break as they heard that the poor girl was now an orphan. "Oh my god! Your poor thing, if it makes you feel better I lost my parents a long time ago," Jenifer explained trying to make Orchid feel better.

She didn't respond but the group decided to cut the conversation short as they gotta get moving. Loud roars could be heard outside so the group all started running into the back to get out through the fire escape. Once in the back the group started searching for the fire escape, however as they were searching, Kevin stopped when he spotted some inventory that looked useful. He opened the box and saw it was full of kid shoes, they looked big enough for Orchid so he began digging through them.

"HEY! K GET YOUR ASS IN GEAR!" Jenifer screamed out reminding Kevin they didn't have the time to goof around.

"Alright! Alright! I'm coming!" Kevin called out as he just grabbed a random pair of shoes and started running again.

Soon Rachile found the fire escape and called out to the others via whistling. Catching everyone's attention they all saw her standing next to the escape. So they all started running out into the open, hoping they'll find another temporary hiding place.

"Phew, okay, guys, let's try to find a working vehicle so we can atleast drive to a less populated area of the city. I have a feeling we'll run into less zombies there, hopefully there'll also be some supplies and something we can use to get out of here," Rachile explained.

"Why can't we just try to drive out of here?" Kevin asked.

"Dua! The government had sealed off all of LA! So yeah we won't be getting out there, not unless we want to get shot," Jenifer explained angrily.

"Hey! Let's not fight! And aside from finding a working car, we should also find or make some weapons," Aaron explained.

"Yeah, destroying the brain is the most effective way to kill them, but we should at least slow them down. We can throw chunks of flesh to distract them, and when we fight if you can't get the head then slow them down by taking off their limbs, such as the legs," Rachile explained.

"Okay? How did you think of that so quick?" Kevin asked.

"It just came to my mind, I have been observing them a lot since we left the house. After thinking about it I suspected that's a good way to go about fighting them," Rachile explained.

"Well let's hope you're right, for all our sakes," Leha stated.

"Trust me I know I'm right, I don't know why but I just know it," Rachile said.

Everyone just went along with it, so Rachile started leading them through the back alleyways as she assumed that less zombies would be there than on the streets. As they were walking Sean thought about some way he could make the mood a bit better. He then remembered some stories from his high school and young adult years with his old friend group.

"Hey guys I got a good story to tell you all about something my old buddy Chuck did once when we were teens," Sean said.

"Oh really? Will enlighten us with your tails racer man," Jenifer snapped back, still pretty pissed with everything.

"Hehe, you all are gonna love this, so I remember back in our first year of high school, Chuck, myself, and our friends were on a camping trip one weekend and Chuck was showing off his "Impressive" fire making skills. And so he was messing around with some of the fire starter stuff, however he didn't realize he'd accidentally split some on the back of his pants. Next thing you know he gets so close to the fire that his butt bursts into flames. He starts screaming like a little girl and it was just so damn funny to see him running around in a panic like that. However what made it even more hilarious was when he suddenly farted and it just made the flame bigger HA! Soon we get the fire out and I'm just their laughing my ass off at this. But that's not even the best part, cause once the fire was out we saw some brown stains on his pants, so he didn't fart, he had just shit his pants HAHAHA!" Sean laughed as he recalled the hilarious events.

"HA! Oh dear lord, your friend Chuck is an idiot for playing around with fire started! I should know that a lot of the guys I worked with on set did before I pulled my stunt in place of the actor," Leha explained as she laughed.

"HA Yeah, but the other thing is, we were literally about six feet away from a lake, so he could've just ran into the water the whole time!" Sean exclaimed, still laughing a bit.

"Huh, I bet he felt like an idiot after humiliating himself in front of all of you like that," Aaron commented.

"Ha! Yeah he was," Sean replied.

"Hmm, hey wait that reminds me of something, I had a race tournament in a local camping area last week," Kevin spoke up.

"Okay and why is that important?" Rachiel asked as she turned around.

"Well I remember that there was a radio station on the top of the mountain there, I ran past it during the race, I also just so happen to know a fast way there," Kevin explained.

"Oh hey I think I know what you're talking about, it's Idyllwild right? My girl scout troops used to go there so we could work on getting our camping badges," Orchid explained.

"Really? Well then if there's a radio tower there we could try and use it to contact for help and hopefully get someone to come and get us out of this hell hole," Jenifer explained.

"It's worth a shot, after all we need to get out of the city and go somewhere that isn't infested with zombies," Ray added.

"Yeah a tower should hopefully provide us with a good enough signal to reach someone," Aaron stated.

"Let's hope it will as I'm not going to die as a zombie or be eaten alive by one," Leha included.

"Alright let's get going, we'll make a stop somewhere to spend the night when it gets dark. It'll be more dangerous during the night as we won't be able to see anything so it's smart to spend the night somewhere," Rachile explained.

The group nodded and Kevin took the lead in this as he knew the way to the campsite and the radio tower. However as they were moving and chatting a security camera moved along with them. It then zoomed in, getting a closer look at everyone who was in the group. On the other side of a monitor that showed the camera footage, a shady figure was typing away at a keyboard that was connected to multiple monitors showing camera footage of many other cameras in different parts of the city. The figure looked closely at the footage that showed the group, after observing everyone they pressed a button that activated a com.

In another room a group of people were having a meeting, a man in a black suit then heard his comlink beep. He turned it on and to the speaker so the other members of the meeting could hear what was being said on the other side.

"This better be good! We're in the middle of a meeting!" The man angrily scolded the person calling him.

"Trust me, you all are going to like this, we found the target," The person at the cameras explained.

"Really? Well then, tell me the state the target is in," The man requested, now curious to see what they had to say.

"Slightly injured but still moving. And unfortunately with other survivors," The person explained.

"Ah I see, does anyone here have any suggestions on how to bring the target in?" The boss asked.

"Sir, I suggest we let experiment Alpha out to collect the target," A woman at the table suggested.

"That is a good idea, but Alpha is a last resort and is still very unstable, there's a risk they could lose control," A man explained.

"Yes, Mr. Morge is right, we need something to stabilize to get the job done," The boss man explained.

"Why not send in the grown prototypes. Each version of them has proven to be tough and stable, we can use them to bring the target in," Another man explained.

"Hmm, I like it, Miss. Carla informs our scientist to activate the grown prototypes in the virus; all of them," The boss man stated.

"Understood sir, I'll have them out in a matter of time, though not all the infected will transform as not all of them have been infected with it. Most have been infected with the beat, so we're not sure how many will change or how many of each type there will be," Miss Carla explained.

"I'm aware, but still any amount of any type will be enough to get the job done," The boss explained as he sat down and folded his fingers together.

"Alright, I'll inform you when it's done," Miss Carla said as she got up, walked up to a door, used a key car to open it, and left the room.

The boss man grinned as he believed that their target will be captured and brought right to them. Once that's done he'll finish what he started and his company will be on the top.

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Secret Walker Mission

Chapter 1 Coming Down

A man ran as fast as his legs could carry him to a fenced off road with military guards and trucks on the other side. A guard noticed the man racing at them and he opened the gate with his gun out and pointing to the man.

"STOP RIGHT THEIR OR I'LL BE FORCED TO SHOT!" The guard screamed in a demanding voice.

"Don't! I'm alive!" The man called out with his hands in the air.

He slowed down to a walk before stopping entirely to catch his breath as he had been running for who knows how long. The man had a blue tank top, red running shoes, gray shorts, and a prosthetic arm; a scar also ran over one of his eye brows as well.

"Where did you come from?" The guard asked as he used a thermometer to check the man's vitals.

"I was in the Grand Prix and staying at the Beverly Hills hotel." The man explained, still out of breath.

"That's gotta be on the other side of the city, did you run all the way here, past them?" The guard asked as he pointed behind the man with his gun.

The man looked back and saw several figures sprinting to the gate at a rapid pace while letting out monstrous shreeks and roars.

"They couldn't catch up with me, I'm just too fast." the man explained as he walked into the fenced off area while the guards all ran to the entrance of the gate and started shooting down the figures.

Meanwhile in a casino another man came out of his hotel room with a doctor's outfit on. He swiped up a tag that had "Love you big bro" written on it in pink with little hearts on the rest of it.

"Dont worry little sis, I'm coming!" The man declared. He then saw a med kit that was in his room, thinking fast he picked it up before running out of the building. He ran to the evac point that was nearby and declared to be a doctor to get in and get the hell out of the area.

In another point of the evac center a woman in a black goth dress with black spiked boots, black gloves, and black hair put up in a braided bum was waiting in line with other survivors. Suddenly another woman pushed past everyone else in line and in the distraction the lady in the black dress managed to snap a photo of another person's digital ticket.

She then looked at the lady who pushed past the others as they all cursed her out annoyed with her. However the lady didn't bother and before the guard who was checking them out could say anything to her she pulled out a badge and showed it to him.

"Ah go on a head ma'am, it's an honor to see you here." The guard said after seeing the badge.

"I bet, this plague is soon gonna be wiped off the face of the earth." The woman said as she went in.

The goth lady didn't pay much mind to that as she only cared about getting to a safe place right then and there. So when it was her turn she showed the guard the info she stole and he scanned it. Much to her relief it was accepted and he allowed her in.

"Better get a move on, it's only the calm before the storm." The woman advised as she went in.

Some time later a man was driving a race car right next to the plane that all the survivors were getting on. He stopped it and hopped out, he had an orange racing suit on and he smiled when he saw the place.

"Wow this place is getting full, better get a seat before they're all taken." The man said as he tossed the keys to his car at a guard who caught them.

After he and some other survivors got on an earthquake hit, causing the plane to slide a little and the staircase that the other passengers were on to roll away a bit.

"Shit! Not a quake now!" A guard complained angrily. He then got a transmission on his walkie talkie and the person on the other end started explaining what was happening.

"The walls collapsed because of the quake! Walkers are starting to pore in! Get the hell out now if you want the survivors to remain as such!" The person on the other end of the walkie talkie blurted out.

The guard then slammed the door shut even though there were other survivors still on the staircase. However he knew there wasn't enough time to get them inside before the walkers got to the plane.

"Pilot! Get this in the air and get us out of here!" The Guard commanded in a demanding tone.

"On it! Passengers prepare for take off!" The pilot announced as she got the plane to start flying.

Meanwhile outside the plane on one of the wheels a stunt woman looked down as the plane flew up across the city that despite the current situation was still well lit up. She wore a pink crop top, a blue sleeveless over coat, magenta shorts with a chain belt, black and dark blue stockings, with silver colored boots. She then climbed into the plane via the wheel before it was closed up. Once inside she started looking for a way up into the main cockpit with the other survivors.

Inside the luggage compartment a man kicked open a big suitcase that he was hiding in before climbing out of it. He groaned as he got out and landed on the cold floor; standing up the man stretched his limbs as he'd been in that thing for a while. The man had tattoos, a sleeveless leather jacket, dreadlocks, sunglasses, leather boots, black pants, and brown gloves.

"Ugh, I really hope there's food on this flight, I'm starving!" The man said as he also looked around for a way up with the other survivors.

The stunt woman and the man soon meet up at a ladder that leads up to the main cockpit with the other survivors.

"Oh hey their hot cakes, where's your ticket?" The man asked flirting with the woman.

"Hmm, sorry I lost it in the panic." The woman said as she blew a bubble with some gum she was chewing on.

"If you got some more of that gum it will do." The man said.

"Why of course, here take some." The woman said as she pulled out a box that still had some gum in it.

The man took out a piece, took it out of the wrapper, and began to chew on it. The two then went up the ladder and saw other survivors celebrating their escape and how they were all still alive. As the two were walking past they overheard the strange woman talking to someone. They looked and saw her looking out the window with her hand on her ear.

"Yes I have it... understood I'm on my way... no h-he's dead... they're all still at large... affirmative I'll start as soon as I'm finished... see you then." The woman said, ending her call.

"Huh, wonder who she was talking to?" The man asked.

"I don't know but-" The woman was saying when she was cut off by someone screaming.

Everyone looked to where the screams were coming from and were horrified to see one of the passengers had turned and bitten another one. They all went into a panic and the pilot reported the situation to the authorities the moment they realized what was going on. As a result a missile was immediately fired at the plane to keep the infection out from the rest of the world.

Those who were still alive held on to whatever they could as the missile collided with the plane blowing off a huge hole in the side of it. Some passengers who were still alive had gotten sucked out, but thankfully the infected were also sucked out. However in a matter of seconds the plane crashed to the ground breaking apart and killing or injuring a few other survivors.

Some time had passed before the running man woke up to a terrible throbbing in his head. He felt like his brain was swelling up and putting pressure on his skull. He looked around as much as he could, as he didn't want to make his head hurt anymore. He was in a part of the cargo that was hit by the missile based on the hole he was under. Some parts of luggage were still on the carriers and some of the earth was scorched and upturned.

"Oh god dammit! Just when I thought I was able to ditch this hell hole." The man groaned as he got up.

"Hey! You're human!" He heard a woman ask.

He looked and saw the lady with black hair and dress standing not too far away from him with a medal scrap in her hands.

Yeah! Don't worry! I'm alive and not infected!" The man blurted out as he feared she was about to beat him with that scrap.

"Okay, I'm Jenifer by the way." Jenifer explained as she lowered her weapon.

"Nice to meet you, call me Kevin." Kevin said introducing himself as he reached out a hand hoping Jenifer would shake it.

"I'm not shaking hands with someone I don't know. Earn my trust then I'll shake your hand." Jenifer bluntly told him.

"Alright, alright, I understand." Kevin said as he got up.

He looked at himself and aside from some cuts he was lucky that he didn't have any serious injuries. He did have a slight throbbing in his hip but he decided he'll worry about that once he's somewhere safe.

"You alright Jenifer?" Kevin asked.

"Yeah, I did get smacked in the face by someone's case, but aside from some sores and a split lip, I'm feeling mostly alright." Jenifer explained.

"Okay, we should go out and see if anyone else is still alive." Kevin suggested

"Sure I cant trust people that well, but anyone who's not a walker I can try to get along with." Jenifer said as she started walking around.

The two searched through the broken plain for a bit and soon came across four other survivors. One of them was the man in the doctor's outfit, the race car driver, the stunt woman, and the man with the tattoos.

"Hey! You are all human!?" Kevin called out getting their attention.

"Yeah we're good! I'm Leha! By the way!" The stunt woman called out.

"And I'm Ray! And I'm alive as well!" The man in the doctor's outfit yelled out.

"Call me Aaron! And I'm not infected myself!" Aaron the tattooed man called out.

"I'm Sean! And I'm well and healthy! So don't worry I'm alright!" Sean called out.

"Good! Cause if any of you were then I would've killed you on the spot!" Jenifer threateningly declared.

Her and Kevin then jumped down from where they were and joined up with the others.

"Damn, just when you thought you were going to get out alive. Now what do we do?" Leha asked as she looked around the place and their current situation.

"Why are you asking me? I'm not a guard or anything, just a waitress who had to steal the info of someone else just to get the fuck out of this place!" Jenifer angrily explained while waving her scrap around in the air.

"Hey! Let's not yell at each other alright? We're all tired and hungry, we just need to find a safe place to hold up with food and shelter till we can get help." Ray explained.

"Normally I wouldn't listen to someone who wasn't a part of my gang, but considering that they're all dead I guess I could consider you all my new gain till further notice." Aaron explained.

"Good to know you're willing to listen." Sean said.

Just then the group heard someone groaning in clear pain from under some scrap. They all went over to where they heard the sounds and saw a woman's head sticking out from some scrap she was buried in. Aaron looked at her and noticed she was the same woman he and Leha had seen talking to someone earlier.

"Is she infected?" Jenifer asked, holding the scrap tightly in her grip so much that her knuckles were popping out of her hand.

"Someone help me get this stuff off of her and I'll cheek!" Aaron called out.

Kevin and Ray walked up and helped Aaron lift some of the scraps and broken material off the woman. With the three of them working together they were able to lift everything off of her. Aaron pulled her out of where she was and the whole group was able to get a better look at her condition.

They saw that she was wearing a beautiful white long dress, or it at least still out beautiful without all the rips, tares, and blood stains on it. She had lightly tanned skin with some lines visible from a bathing suit on the exposed parts of her shoulders and back. Her hair seemingly used to be up in a french braid but now had fallen out and some remains of what were once hair pics and clips could still be seen in her hair. The woman's arms had some visible cuts on them and a big gash was on her head bleeding badly. Some long cuts where on her left leg thankfully it wasn't big or deep enough to need stitches, just some medicine and bandages would do.

"Dam she got fucked up... and that dress looked so pretty." Leha said as she looked at the now ruined dress.

"Dam looks like we'll need to get her somewhere to be patched up safely." Kiven said as he observed the injuries.

"Well thankfully we have a doctor, right Ray?" Jenifer asked.

"Um... well I uh..." Ray was trying to explain but couldn't get the words out.

"Oh what? You're not a doctor?" Jenifer asked sarcastically.

"Um.. no I'm not I was pretending to so I could get out of here and find my little sister. I'm really just a clothing designer, nothing big, just stuff for restaurant themes mainly for strippers." Ray explained.

"OH FUCKING GREAT! So we got a fake doctor who makes the kinds of stripper outfits I had to wear at my job just to Fucking eat!" Jenifer screamed angrily.

"Wowow! Listen! Lets not flip okay! Now listen we need to find a place to hold up with medical supplies! I've seen the paramedics at my race courses patch up racers who'd crashed a million times and I had taken some emergency care lessons so I might be able to do the job and fix her up!" Sean explained trying to pacify Jenifer.

"Well if you do know that! Then let's get going, I have a feeling that some walkers are charging at us because of the commotion the plane made while crashing." Jenifer explained.

"I agree with her, I shed too much blood just to die now. I planned on getting out of here with my life and I intend on living!" Aaron explained.

"And I didn't run halfway across the whole damn city avoiding walkers just to die now!" Kevin stated.

The rest of the group all agreed to get out before more trouble arrived to eat their face. However before Aaron could grab the woman Jenifer lightly pushed him out of the way and kneeled down to her. She grabbed onto the base of her own dress and tore a long piece off. Using the fabric she tore off Jenifer grabbed onto another medial scrap, wrapped it around the scrap, put it in the woman's mouth, and finally tied it to the back of her head tightly.

"Um hey what's that for?" Leha asked, confused by Jenifers actions.

"Incase she is infected and turns it'll prevent her from biting any of us." Jenifer explained.

"Aww you looking out for us?" Aaron asked in a teasing tone.

"Don't get any ideas! I just did that so I wouldn't die! I've worked too hard throughout my life just to die now!" Jenifer snapped.

Aaron backed up and Jenifer scoffed before she got up and walked away from the strange woman. Aaron then picked her up and threw her over his shoulder; the group then started making their way out of the crash sight. The roars of walkers could be heard in the distance so they quickened up their pace in order to get away faster.

Running through the destroyed area they were soon able to get away from the crash and onto a dirt road that led into the now destroyed city the sun seemingly now rising bringing light on LA now reduced to rubble and walkers. Without much choice the group ran into the city despite it crawling with walkers they didn't know where else they could go currently. Racing for their lives the group ran into the suburban area of the city that isn't too far away from the beach and had plenty of abandoned houses. They went inside a random house and thankfully there weren't any signs of walkers inside the place.

"Alright Sean, you patch up that lady, Aaron you and Kiven look around for any weapons, Leha and Ray look and see if there's any food here. I'll keep an eye out for any walkers." Jenifer explained.

"I'm up for finding a weapon that'll allow me to bash in the skull of the walkers who took my gang from me." Aaron stated firmly as he sat the woman down on a table in the kitchen.

After setting her down he and Kevin explore the house looking around for any weapons they could use. Sean meanwhile looked around the house and thankfully found a med kit in the first floor bathroom that was sitting next to the living room. With the med kit in hand he started patching up the woman's wounds hoping she'd wake up soon. Leha started rummaging through the fridge and cabinets for any food. She was able to find some food, some was expired so she threw it out of the kitchen window, while others were thankful it was still good to eat. Ray had even found some energy drinks and water for them to drink which was great for them all.

After half an hour Sean was finished patching up the woman and she was now on the couch still unconscious. The others had all gathered up in the living room munching on the good food and discussing what to do next.

"Alright so the plane was a good plan, till there was an infection on it which caused it to be shot down." Kevin explained recalling the current events.

"Yeah so unless any of you know how the hell to drive a boat or fly a helicopter then I don't see any other way for us to get out of this city." Aaron said.

"Thanks for pointing out the obvious! Ugh! I cant believe I'm gonna die in the same fucking city I had to work as a stripper in for three damn years! I would've been better off with my idiotic foster family!" Jenifer complained slightly tipsy as she had gotten her hands on some wine and had half the bottle already.

Leha slowly took the wine out of Jennifer's hand and sat it next to her while saying "I think you had enough already. If we get attacked we're gonna need to be sober."

"Just let me be drunk! It's not the worst way to go out." Jenifer said her voice sounded a bit slurred.

Jenifer tries to grab the wine bottle but stops when a grone comes out of the strange woman. The group looked and saw she was stirring in her sleep, indicating she was waking up. The woman soon opened her eyes, groaning as she was in some mild pain, and rubbing her head.

"Ugh... w-whats going on?" The woman asked weakly.

"Hey, you alright." Kevin gently asked as he got closer to her. The woman looked over to him and observed his face for a bit, she then looked to everyone else and observed them as well.

"W-Who are all of you?" The woman asked.

"I'm Kevin, this is Sean, Aaron, Ray, Jenifer, and Leha." Kevin explained introducing everyone and himself.

"Ugh, N-nice to meet you all. Oh my head hurts... um... do any of you live here?" The woman asked as she looked around the place.

"No none of us live here, we're just hiding out till we can find a way out of the city." Sean explained.

"W-Why? What's going on in the city?" The woman asked, confused by what they were saying.

"Are you joking? The thing that's been happening for almost a month now! The very thing that has turned LA into even more of a hell hole than it already was!" Jenifer claimed still tipsy and clearly annoyed.

"Um... what's that again?" The woman asked, still very confused.

"Well um, that's not important right now. Let's just say we found you injured after the plane we were on crashed so we brought you here and patched you up." Leha explained.

"Yeah and now that you're awake, why don't you tell us your name." Ray suggested.

"Alright my name is... My name is... Um it's uhh." The woman was trying to say but it was like she couldn't.

"Hey you alright miss?" Kevin asked as he noticed the woman struggling.

"I-I don't remember my name... I-I don't remember anything! It's all blank! I-I CAN'T REMEMBER!" The woman screamed as she began to freak out as she realized all her memories were gone.

"Oh shit! She must've hit her head harder than we thought if her memories are gone." Sean said as he realized that the woman's injuries are more serious than they originally thought.

"Okay! Memory loss that's bad, so I guess we'll need to give you a temporary name till you can remember your real one." Aaron suggested.

"Uh Y-Yeah I think I can go for that till I can regain my memories." The woman said.

"Okay so why don't we call you Rachile then?" Ray suggested.

"I guess that will work for now." Rachile said, accepting the temporary name.

"Alright now we just need to discuss a plan of action." Kevin said as she sat back in his original spot.

The group then began talking about any possible way out of the city, while Rachile thought over things. She couldn't remember where she was, who she was, or what was even going on. She did hope that she would get her answers along with her memories soon, as she didnt know why but she just had this feeling that she was needed somewhere else.

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Vampires Vengeance

A long long time ago in a village in 1448 a woman who was heavily pregnant was screaming in agony as she was giving birth to her new child. Her husband was sitting right next to her as she gave birth and his friend helped her ease the baby out.

"Come on! Just one more push! The head is almost out!" The doctor exclaimed as he helped the baby.

The woman screamed once again as she gave one last push and felt the doctor pull her child the rest of the way out.

"Martha! Are you alright?!" The husband asked.

"I-I'm fine, don't worry Arthur I'll be fine." Martha reassured her husband.

Arthur smiled and lightly kissed his wife's hand as they waited for their new born child.

"Congratulations you both have a healthy baby girl." Arthurs doctor friend said as he went up to the married couple with a warm bundle in his arms.

Arthur smiled before opening his arms and gently taking his new child out of his friend's arms. He cradled his daughter in his arms and looked over her tiny face, admiring her as he cried tears of joy over his new born child.

"Martha, look at her, she's so beautiful and she looks just like you." Arthur said as he showed the new born to her mother.

Martha looked at her child with tired eyes and smiled as she saw that her daughter did indeed look just like her and her father. The new born just opened her eyes and Martha saw that her new born had inherited her father's eyes.

The white of her eyes were black and her iri's were a bright red, her new born had her fathers vampire eyes. Martha looked up at her husband and his eyes were now his vampire eyes. Arthur and Martha cuddle one another as they look down to their new born daughter. Arthur's friend smiled as his eyes also changed into vampire eyes as he looked upon the human and vampire couple. For a moment the three smiled and felt joy within them as a brain new life and species was now born into the world.

They felt like this was the starting point for them and for the humans and vampires. With this new life they felt like they could show everyone that vampires and humans can indeed live together in peace with no need of fear and hate. However this would take time and for now Aurthr and his friend will still need to hide their vampier forms from the humans. Now they also needed to teach the newborn how to hide her vampire form till it was time to show everyone who they truly were.

"What will you two name her?" The vampire doctor asked curiously.

"Well my grandmother had told me stories of an angel who was of the highest order, so I think her name should be Saraphina." Martha explained.

"Ahh Saraphina, that's a perfect name for someone like her. I know that she'll do great things and will protect those who need her." Arthur said as he embarrassed his wife and new child.

Saraphina smiled and laughed as she laid eyes on her parents for the first time. The three all enjoyed the time as the night went on, they smiled and blessed this starry clear night as a new life was brought into the world. Most of all they hoped that with this new life and new species that humans and vampires could truly live in peace with one another.

(Seven years later)

"Saraphina! Come downstairs, breakfast is ready!" Arthur called out to his daughter.

"Coming Daddy!" Saraphina called out to her father.

Arthur stood at the old wooden staircase of their old little house and waited for his daughter to come down stairs. He heard some footsteps running around the floor and soon he saw his daughter emerge from her bedroom door. She was wearing an old green and blue dress that was hand sewn and given to her from one of their elderly neighbors (who doesn't know that Arthur and Saraphina are vampires).

"You look spectacular my little vampire, come down and give your daddy and mommy a hug!" Arthur exclaimed as he opened his arms for his daughter to jump into.

Saraphina smiled innocently and she ran down the stairs and jumped into her fathers arms and hugged him tightly. Arthur laughed as he embraced his child in his arms, before taking her to the kitchen where her mother was. Martha was cooking some porridge with apple juice for herself and Saraphine while her father had some courage along with some blood that his vampire friend brought the other day.

"Hey! Mommy!" Saraphina exclaimed happily.

Martha stopped what she was doing and looked back to see her daughter and husband standing not too far away from her.

"Oh hello honey, hello Saraphina, breakfast is almost ready, why don't you two prepare the table while I finish up." Martha said as she went back to finishing the porridge.

"Okay honey, come Saraphina, let's get the table ready for breakfast." Arthur said as he put Saraphina down.

"Okay Daddy! I love helping and I love mommies porridge!" Saraphina exclaimed.

Arthur smiled as after hearing his daughter's words, it always filled him up with joy when she was happy. Saraphine ran up to the cupboards and tried to grab the bowls normally but she couldn't reach them. So she decided to use her telekinesis that she inherited from her father and has been practicing at night. She looked up at the bowls and raised her hand and tried to use her powers to get the bowls. However her father grabbed on to the bowl that Saraphina was trying to get, this caused her to stop.

"Daddy! I had it! Why did you stop me?" Saraphina asked, upset that her dad stopped her.

"Sorry dear but you know it's dangerous for you to be using your powers by day, after all if someone sees you we'll be discovered." Arthur explained.

"Aww daddy! When are we going to tell everyone the truth? I wanna show my friends all my amazing powers!" Saraphina explained, pouting a bit.

"I know but right now with the current priest in charge of the church and his strong belief that us vamps are monsters of hell, we can't come out now. However when he's gone and a different priest takes over we'll show everyone who we are." Arthur explained.

"Okay daddy, but why with the next priest?" Saraphina asked.

"The next one is a more reasonable young man, I've met him before and he's a pure gentleman unlike the current priest in the church." Arthur explained.

"Hey you two the table isn't going to set itself and if you two don't set it soon no one is going to have porridge." Martha explained getting her husbands and daughters attention.

"Oh right, sorry dear." Arthur said as he got out two more bowls from the cabinet and placed them on the old wooden table.

Saraphina meanwhile grabbed some spoons out of one of the drawers with the help of a chair. After collecting the spoons Saraphina gave them to her father and he took them out of her hands before putting them on the table. Saraphina then sat down on her seat at the table and excitedly waited for her mother to serve her the porridge she made. Martha then took the pot that had the porridge in it out of the fireplace and started pouring it into the bowls. Once she had severed both her daughter, husband, and herself some porridge she took a seat and started praying.

"Thank you god for the meal, and may you continue to bless us as we go through life, and may the lord one day have humans and vampires co existing together in harmony, amen." Martha said before she began eating her food.

Saraphina and Arthur also started eating their warm meal, happy together as they all had all they could have asked for, each other.

(Later that Day)

Saraphina was playing with her friends, having her human eyes out so she could blend in. While she did wish she could show her friends all the amazing things she could do, she knew she couldn't as her family would be put into danger if everyone found that vampires were in the village. As the children were playing, Saraphina looked to the streets and saw the priest and his followers wandering through town.

"Hey look, it's the priest and his followers!" Saraphina exclaimed while pointing to the men.

The other children all looked and saw the priest and his men wandering through the village.

"I wonder what he's doing out here?" One of the kids asked.

"I don't know, but I think he's out here to give everyone god's blessings." one of the kids suggested.

"Really? That's so kind of him!" Saraphina exclaimed happily.

'I don't understand why mommy and daddy won't just tell everyone already! After all, this priest is so nice! Why do we have to wait for the next one to take over?' Saraphina asked herself in her head.

"Hey Sara wanna know something?" One of the kids behind her asked.

"Huh? What is Sora?" Saraphina asked.

Sora then taped Saraphina's shoulder and screamed "YOUR IT!"

He along with the other kids all then ran while playfully screaming. Saraphina smiled and started running after them as if she was a vampire hunting her prey for blood.

(A few hours later)

Saraphina arrived home covered in dirt and mud as she and her friends all made a mud castle. When she walked in she saw her mom and dad sitting at the table looking at something.

"Hey mom dad what are you two looking at?" Saraphina asked.

"Oh Saraphina you're here, your father made something for you and I put a little something in it." Martha explained as she looked over to her daughter.

"Oh what is it mommy?" Saraphina asked.

"Come over here and see for yourself dear." Arthur said.

Saraphina smiled excitedly to see what her parents had made and so she ran up to the table and climbed up onto one of the seats to see what was on the table. When she stood up on the table she saw a golden locket and chain on the table.

"Ohh what's this?" Saraphina asked curiously.

"It's your late birthday present!" Martha exclaimed.

"Yeah! Sorry it took so long sweetheart I needed to get the needed materials to make it so it took longer than I thought it would." Albert explained.

"I don't care daddy! It's beautiful! I wouldn't have cared if I had gotten it on my next birthday!" Saraphina exclaimed happily with the present she had received from her parents.

"Hey Saraphina can you go wash up and then help me prepare dinner?" Martha asked.

"Oh sure mommy! I love cooking with you!" Saraphina exclaimed.

The parents smiled as they watched their daughter run out of the room to go wash up.

(Later at dinner)

The sky was dark as the sun had set an hour ago while Saraphina and Martha were making dinner. Arthur meanwhile was finishing up a craft that was ordered by one of the towns folks earlier that week. He was just putting the finishing touches on it and would deliver it right after dinner.

Thankfully his job as a craftsman wasn't that hard as with his large lifespan as a vampire he made a variety of tools to help him in his work. However he wished he could share them with other craftsmen in the village, but with their current beliefs he couldn't. This was because they could miss understanding his tools for witchcraft and wizardry.

His wife Martha was in a similar boat that he was in but it was with her work as a doctor. Her desire to help others by treating their illnesses is what led them to one another in the first place. She wanted to learn more advanced ways of medicine then what was currently being used in the village around the time. This had led her to his fathers home and she persuaded his father to teach her what he had studied during his eternal life. While she was there the two of them had met by accident, when he came to visit his father, and they had fallen in love.

However all good things couldn't last forever and soon vampire hunters came to his fathers domain to kill him (the father). Thankfully Arthur's dad was clever about getting both him and Martha out of there, as he had them sneak out through one of the windows while he distracted the hunters. Before they had left they had managed to take as many of his fathers books as they could carry.

After his fathers death he and Martha hid for a while till they came to a vampire hideout where the two married and had Saraphina. Now they live in this village making a living with their skills that the two have managed to develop and perfect. Martha was a wonderful doctor and many of her patients recovered from their illnesses while Arthur was a fine craftsman with many customers.

"Arthur dinners ready, come and get it!" Arthur heard his wife call out to him.

Arthur smiled as he put his tools down and got up from his work bench and left the room, closing and locking the door behind him as he went into the kitchen. When he went into the kitchen he caught the scent of freshly cooked fish and vegetables waiting for him on the table along with some blood.

"Hi daddy! Mommy and I made some fish and vegetables!" Saraphina exclaimed while jumping up and down in her seat.

"Saraphina don't jump like that on your set you could fall and get hurt." Martha said as she set the table.

"Oh sorry mommy I just got excited. I've just had the best day ever and now we're having my favorite dinner!" Saraphina explained.

"I know sweetheart, let's all sit and thank god for blessing us with this meal and for all the good things that have happened to us in the past few years and future years." Martha said as she sat down at her seat.

Arthur and Saraphina both sat down at their seats, and just as Martha was about to start her prayer a hard knock was heard on the door.

"Um, strange I wonder who's visiting us at this hour?" Arthur asked.

"I'll take a look and I'll let you two know who it is." Martha said as she got up again and looked out the window.

When she looked out of the window she saw the top priest and the other priests standing outside of the door.

"Honey! Saraphina! It's the priest and his followers!" Martha alerted her family.

When the two heard that Arthur quickly chugged the blood that was in his cup so the priests couldn't see it and found out that he's a vampire. Saraphina meanwhile changed her eyes into their human state and hid her fangs in her mouth making them look like regular teeth. She only ever took on her vampire traits at home as it was the only place she could do it. She did wish she could do it more often instead of hiding her vampire side from everyone in the village.

Martha then opened the door and the priest along with his followers all then barged right in the second the door was open.

"Sir, what are you doing here? We've already given our donations to you." Arthur explained trying to get the men to leave his home.

"Sir I've heard rumors of your wife and yourself possing items of witchcraft and wizardry, I'm here to see if such things are true." The priest explained.

"What Sir? I have no idea what you're talking about, such rumors are just not true, I'm simply a humble craft man and my wife is a simple doctor." Arthur explained.

The priest however didn't listen and had all of his men begin searching the house despite the families protests. They ransacked all the rooms including poor Saraphina's room, despite her screaming at the top of her lungs for them to stop. Soon one of the men found Martha's medicine room, where she made the medicines she gave to her patients.

"Sir I found something I think you might want to check this out!" The man called out.

"Sir, that is my medical room! I make my medicines for my patients there!" Martha exclaimed, already angry that these men just ransacked her own house and made her young daughter cry.

Arthur was just as angry at the men and was trying his hardest not to show his vampire eyes and attack the men in his house. The last thing he wanted was to go feral vampire and kill one of the men in here, that would for sure have him be staked in the heart just like his father was.

The men entered the room and saw all of Martha's medical supplies she used to make her medicine. While it looked like items made to help heal others to Martha and her family to the priest and his men it looked like the items of a witch making potions.

"Hey what is all of this!" The priest asked in a demanding tone.

"It's my medical supplies! I use these items to create the medicine I give to our people!" Martha explained.

"This does not look like the kind of medical treatment I have given out in god's name, how do any of the items here have anything to do with god?" The priest asked.

"It has nothing to do with God, it has to do with the science I learned from my husband's father before he passed away!" Martha explained.

"What! Nothing to do with god! How dare you go against his wishes and use items that have nothing to do with him, you witch!" The Priest screamed in Martha's face causing her to cringe back and step away from him.

Just then the priest was shoved away from Martha by Saraphina, and he looked down at the little girl with hate and disgust in his eyes.

"Leave my mommy alone you big bully! She's not a witch, she's a doctor! The items she uses work very well to help everyone out! If you take some time to learn more about this then you'd see that they are more effective than your treatments!" Saraphine exclaimed, angry that this man not only ransacked her house and room, but had the nerve to call an innocent woman like her mom a witch.

The priest meanwhile became enraged at Saraphina's words. He then grabbed a spiked whip he had brought and screamed "YOU LITTLE BRAT! I DID NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SPEAK TO ME LET ALONE TOUCH ME, YOU NEED TO TEACH YOU A LESSON!"

The priest then tried to whip little Saraphina who could only watch frozen in horror as a high standing man was saying such horrendous things to innocent people.

However before he could do anything Arthur had reached his final straw and tackled the man to the ground before he could hurt his child. The priest was dazed for a bit when his head hit the ground, but when he looked up he saw Arthurs fangs and eyes. Once he saw this he immediately knew that Arthur was a vampire and so he grinned at this.

"VAMPIRE! THIS MAN IS A VAMPIRE STOP HIM!" The priest screamed to his men.

The other men acted on command and got out some silver and threw it on Arthur which made him howl in pain as the silver burned his skin.

"DADDY NO! LEAVE MY FATHER ALONE YOU BIG MINNIES! HE WAS PROTECTING ME!" Saraphine screamed at the men who hurt her father and tried stopping them.

Martha tried to grab her daughter as she was worried that the men would try and hurt her however one of the men snuck up behind her and had gripped on to her tightly preventing her from interfering in the fight.

Saraphina meanwhile tried to stop the men who threw silver at her dad but ended up getting grabbed by one of the other men and was unable to do anything to stop what was happening.

The last two men then grabbed firmly onto Arthur who was still recovering from the earlier attack. The main priest then got up as soon as the family was all detained and unable to stop him.

"Well then I see it all clearly, Matha you have conspired into witchcraft, you have also married a spawn of satan himself, and had this devil child with him. Your sins can not go unpunished, so you shall be burned tonight at the steak and the two satan spawns shall have their hearts staked as well!" The priest said with not a single emotion in his voice.

When Saraphine heard that she felt her heart drop as she didn't understand why they would be killed. They were an innocent family so why were they being punished for literally doing nothing and just existing?

'They can't do this! Everyone in the village knows us, they'll protest this! They can't let him do this to us! We're an innocent family, he's the guilty one! He ransacked our house without our consent and attacked Daddy!' Saraphina thought to herself hoping that her family's friends would save them.

However she was proven wrong when everyone arrived at the execution, Saraphina and her father were both tied to wooden crosses and her mother was tied to a stake that was ready to burn.

Standing in front of them was most of the town all screaming at them to die calling them horrible names and much more. When Saraphina saw this she felt her heart break as everyone in the town was more contempt with their beliefs within their religion rather than what they know about them.

The priest then came on to the stand and then gave out a speech, but Saraphina wasn't listening. All she could hear was nothing but the ringing and the words of the towns folk repeating in her head.

'What's wrong with us? We're just a family, why do they value their religion and beliefs more than us? Why? Why? Why?!' Saraphina asks herself as her sadness turned to rage and hatred to those she once viewed as friends all turned their backs on her and her family.

As Saraphina was lost in thought and everyone else was distracted by the priest, Arthur used his fire powers to burn the ropes that bound him. Once he was free everyone screamed and pointed to him, which got the attention of the priest. When he saw Arthur free he acted immediately and grabbed a nearby torch and set the wood on fire under Martha. When Arthur saw this he was about to run to Martha to save her but she screamed for him to stop.

"Honey Don't! Save Saraphina, Only one of us can get out of here and I want it to be her!" Martha told her husband as the flames roared around her.

Arthur without hesitation turned to his daughter and used his fire powers to get the ropes off of her. Once the ropes had turned into ashes Saraphina fell to the ground and this snapped her out of her shock state as she became aware of what was going on.

"SARAPHINA RUN!" Arthur screamed as the other men all grabbed a hold of him.

Saraphina stood for a moment not wanting to leave her parents behind. However one of the other men there attempted to grab her, which caused her to start running. She jumped off the stage from behind and began running out of the village and into the night.

However she looked back while the stage was still within her line of sight and she saw her father held down on his back as a man put a steak on his chest and then hammered it into his heart.

She saw him look over to her and he screamed "I LOVE YOU!" before the steak punctured his heart and killed him.

She looked to her mother and saw in horror as the fire ate away at her mom's skin and she felt utterly helpless that she couldn't save either of them.

Her mom then looked at her and Screamed "I LOVE YOU!" as well before she finally died to the extreme heat.

Saraphina felt tears of sadness, anger, and hatred roll down her face as her parents were murdered and no one did anything to stop it, as they cared more about their beliefs than the friendship they had with her parents. Saraphina then activated her vampire wings just as her father had shown her, and flew off into the night sky.

She knew who she needed to go to now as her parents always had told her to go to him if anything had ever happened to them.

(Later in the mountains)

Albert was in his home working on some chemicals for some medicine when he heard frantic knocks on his door. He paused what he was doing and got up to see who was knocking at his door this late.

Albert walked up to the door and opened it to see Saraphina shaking violently and still crying. When Albert saw Saraphina in that state he felt his heart start racing as he didn't see her parents anywhere and that told him something bad happened.

Albert crouched down to Saraphina's size and put his arms around her and comforted her as she cried. After a while Albert decided to ask about what had happened in the morning when Saraphina would most likely be more calm. So he picked her up and took her to his room and sat her down on the bed.

"Go on and rest Saraphina, you can tell me what happened tomorrow night." Albert said while still comforting Saraphina.

"T-Thanks Albert." Saraphina said, still very upset over what had just happened to her parents.

Albert gave her a sympathetic look before he got up and left the room to try and resume what he was doing earlier. Saraphina now alone in the room laid down and stared up at the ceiling thinking over everything that had just happened.

A mad priest unjustly murdered her parents and attempted to murder her. Those she once valued as friends all turned their backs on her and her family believing the man's insane words and beliefs over them. As she thought about what happened the angrier she became and the more her hatred grew. She then sat up and looked outside of the window into the clear starry night sky as she made a vow.

"From this day forward, I shall train and learn to fight to my limits and one day I will return to that village and kill those who have taken my family from me. From this day forward I will Kill the Guilty and Protect the innocent, even if they are a Christian, a religion I now hate, as it'll just remind me of the betrayal of my former friends and of this night." Saraphina vowed to herself, determined to avenge her parents and bring those who are truly guilty to true justice.

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Imaginary Insanity

Chapter 2 What's happening?

About two hours had passed and Ivery woke up and sat up on her bed, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She looked around her room and to her shock Alora was still in the room with a notebook, pencil, and Ivery's laptop out on her lat. Alora looked up and saw that Ivery was now awake and she smiled at this, as she had done some research and found some jobs that she knew would suit Ivery.

"Hey Ivery! I did some research and I found some jobs for you!" Alora explained happily and proud of herself.

"UM... why are you still here?! Shouldn't you have disappeared by now?!" Ivery asked, confused and surprised to see Alora still in her room.

"Why would I leave? You're so lonely and suffering! I don't want to leave my creator and best friend alone! So I'm gonna give you company and help you get a better job! I also want you to get better and use your imagination so I'm also helping you get a better job!" Alora explained.

Ivery just sat there not sure on what to say or even do, she had no clue on what was going on or why her imaginary friend from childhood was here. Alora then handed the notebook to Ivery and gently put it in her hands, she then turned off the laptop, put it back and looked at Ivery. Ivery looked at the note book and saw most of the jobs were freelance writers with numbers of publishers. Others were suggestions for an editing job at a local publishing firm. Ivery remained quiet for several minutes, till she heard the door open up and her brother's voice.

"Hey Ivery! Dinner's ready! Come down stairs and let's enjoy some sibling time!" Ivery heard her brother Mortant say.

She looked and saw Mortant standing in her doorway, she wondered if Alora was visible to him for a second as she wasn't sure if Alora was in her head or was somehow here.

"You alright sis? You look like you've seen a ghost?" Morton asked as he saw that Ivery looked spooked.

'He can't see her?!' Ivery asked herself in her head as she realized that Alora wasn't visible to Mortant.

"Um... yeah I'm fine, just thought I saw a spider." Alora explained.

Mortant gave his little sister a confused look for a second before shrugging it off and leaving the room. Ivery then sat the notebook aside and got up to head to the kitchen and have some dinner.

After a while all five of the siblings were sitting at the kitchen table eating their food. Tonight's dinner was chicken alfredo made by Erica who did an amazing job with the food.

"Mmh this is delicious! Thanks Erica for dinner, it's delicious!" Cathay exclaimed happily as she enjoyed her food.

"Thanks sis, I added in a secret ingredient, which was some homemade noodles! I feel like those are better than using store bots." Erica explained.

"Well you did great, thanks for the food." Simon complemented with a smile on his face.

Erica smiled at her big brother, happy that her siblings enjoyed her food. She then looked to her youngest sister Ivery and saw that she had not eaten much and was just picking at the food.

"Hey Ivery you alright? You've barely eaten your food." Erica asked, feeling that something was wrong.

"Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine, my mind is on other stuff right now." Ivery explained.

"You thinking about mom and dad?" Mortant asked.

"No, it... it's just some other things outside of mom and dad." Ivery explained.

The other siblings couldn't see, but Alora was also at the table watching as they all ate while smiling. Ivery didn't understand why she was still here as she thought Alora would've left by now. This made her pretty confused as she didn't understand why Alora was still here, she was just in her head and not real. Ivery was too old to be imagining her again after all this time so it just didn't make any sense to her why she was here.

"Hey if you can't eat now you can take your portion of food to work as your lunch." Erica explained, as she didnt want to make her siblings eat if they weren't feeling good.

"... Yeah I don't have much of an appetite right now. I'm gonna head to my room and try to relax." Ivery said and got up from the table.

She went back upstairs and Alora followed suit with a skip in every step she took. Ivery looked back at Alora and wondered how long she was gonna be here for. She just hoped it would only be for a few days as she believed it was all still in her head and Alora wasn't here.

Unfortunately that wasn't the case at all, days passed and Alora was still here with Ivery at all times. Ivery was growing confused and scared as she didn't understand what was going on. She assumed that Alora would just disappear in a matter of time, but nope. Alora was always with her at all times, at work, home, therapy, the bathroom, and her room. She was even with Ivery now, in a local coffee shop she visited everyday after work to get some fuel after a tiring day at work. Today was a day Ivery had some free time after work, as she didn't have therapy today so she was free to either go home or somewhere else. So she decided to visit this shop for some coffee and pastries.

"Hello, welcome to Cakes and Caffeine, what can I get you?" The barista at the counter asked.

"Hey I like a chocolate caramel latte as my coffee. WIth that I like to have a chocolate eclair, strawberry filled donut, and a cinnamon bun." Ivery ordered.

"Alright coming up, can I get your name please?" The Barista asked as she grabbed a cup and pen to write with.

"Oh yes, my name is Ivery." Ivery answered.

"Alright Ivery, I'll have that out for you in a moment." The Barista said and left to go make Ivery's drink and get her pastries.

Ivery smiled, then turned to her side to see Alora standing next to her with a bright smile on her face. No one seemed to notice her except for Ivery, so when Alora would talk to her when others were around Ivery would try her best not to respond. Ivery then went to a nearby table and sat down at it, Alora followed her and sat down next to her.

"Wow Ivery, you've really let yourself go, and that Stella girl was such a meanie!" Alora comments as earlier that day Stella had bullied Ivery at work again.

"Alora, you can't talk to me in public, people will think I'm crazy if they see me talking to myself." Ivery explained.

"Okay, I'm sorry." Alora apologized, sounding disappointed and disheartened that she couldn't talk to her best friend.

As the two sat there a man suddenly came up to their table and asked Ivery something. "Hey are you Ivery Waver?" The man asked.

Ivery looked up and saw the man had short black hair, deep blue eyes and a suit on. "Um... yes that's me, why?" Ivery was confused about why this man asked her about her name.

"I'm Eathan and my little sister Stella works for you right?" Eathan asked.

When Ivery heard him say that she got a bad feeling right away. She didn't know if this guy was looking out for her best intention or if he was the same as Stella.

"Yes, and what do you want? To tell me I should be put back into that dam facility I was in when I was a traumatized kid after I just lost my parents in a fire!?" Ivery asked angrily as she didnt like how Stella made fun of her for something that wasn't even her business to know.

"No, I just wanted to say sorry for my stupid sister!" Eathan blurted out, trying to calm Ivery down. The words did indeed calm her down and she wondered what Ethan meant by what he was saying.

"What do you mean by that?" Ivery asked.

"I wanted to say I'm sorry, Stella has always been an idiot ever since we were kids. And even now as an adult she continues to be nothing but a bully. I had hoped that when she grew up she would become a little more mature, but I was wrong. Recently I overheard her conversation with her friend regarding you and she said some rather nasty things about you. I asked around and learned more about you as I wanted to know why she was saying such things. That's how I learned she was bullying you so I came here to apologize to you for my sister's behavior." Eathan explained.

After hearing the explanation Ivery felt a little more calm and smiled after realizing that Eathan wasn't anything like Stella. "Well she should've been the one to apologize, but thanks anyway for coming here and saying sorry to me." Ivery said, accepting the apology. Eathan's face became happy to hear that and he asked if it was alright to sit with her for a bit. Ivery accepted and Eathan sat down across from her. The two went into a deep conversation about their work lives and interests. Alora just sat and watched with an ear to ear smile on her face as she was happy that Ivery seemed to have made another friend. However she didn't like how Stella's brother had come to apologize instead of Stella herself. She also didn't like how Stella was giving Ivery such a hard time putting an even heavier strain on her mental health.

"Hey! I have a latte for an Ivery Waver!" The barista called out.

"Oh, look, my coffee and pastries are done, I'll be heading out now. Thanks for coming to talk to me Ethan." Ivery said grateful to see that at least Stella's brother was a decent person.

"Hey anytime, If my sister goes any further with ehr bullying then just let me know, I'll deal with ehr and make sure she doesn't bother you again." Eathan said reassuring Ivery that he's got her back.

Ivery thanked him, and then got up to grab her coffee and food so she could have them at home. After collecting her things Ivery left the cafe and went back home, which was within walking distance so she didn't need to take the bus. IVery didn't really have a driver's license as she had a fear of cars due to the accidents that happened almost everyday involving cars. That and her parents' old car was part of the cause of the fire that destroyed her childhood home and them.

"That guy was nice wasn't he?" Alora asked as she walked next to Ivery.

"Um... yeah he was." Ivery said awkwardly, not sure how to make much of a conversation.

Alora didn't say anything else and just decided to continue talking when they got back to the house. After a five minute walk they arrived at the house and Ivery unlocked the door with her spare key, then went inside. Once inside she saw that the house only contained herself as her other siblings got off work later then her. So for now it was just her and Alora alone in the house till one of her sisters or brothers got off work.

"Hey wanna watch a movie? Or play some video games?" Alora asked.

"No thanks I just wanna relax for a bit while I'm eating my pastries. Work tired me out and Stella's bullying didn't help so I just need to rest and put my mind at ease." Ivery explained as she rubbed her head.

She then went into the living room, with Alora still hot on her tail, and collapsed on the couch from exhaustion. Once sat down on the couch Ivery sat her coffee and bag of pastries on the coffee table next to the couch. She then reached down to her feet and took off her work shoes to allow her feet to finally breathe after being stuffed inside the shoes for so long.

"Ahh! That feels so much better." Ivery said as her feet cooled down as they were pretty hot in there.

"I bet, I don't get how you can walk in those all day." Alora said as she sat down next to Ivery.

"You get used to it if you've been working this job as long as I have." Ivery explained.

She then grabbed her coffee and pastries, then began digging into them. As she ate Alora just sat there not saying a word and just watched. Ivery started feeling uncomfortable with this as before Alora was trying to talk to her all day. So she decided to break the ice and confront Alora about the elephant in the room right here and now.

"Hey Alora I wanna ask you something." Ivery said.

"Oh? What's that?" Alora was curious by what Ivery wanted to ask her.

"Well how long are you going to stay here? I keep on telling myself you're just in my head, but with the way you've been acting, i-it's starting to feel like something else is going on. I'm I going insane? Do I need to go back to the facility or something?" Ivery asked worried that she was losing her mind.

"Oh no! That's not it! I am real! I'm just not visible to anyone else as we dont want others to know of your abilities!" Alora explained reassuring Ivery.

"What? Apilaties? What do you mean by abilities?" Ivery asked confused.

"Huh? Did you really forget? Well I guess they were right about what happens when kids grow up and forget their imaginary world! I guess I'll have to take you back to our old play place and have you reunite with everyone!" Alora exclaimed happily as she grabbed onto Ivery's arm.

"W-What? What are you talking about?!" Ivery asked, taken aback by what Alora was saying.

"You'll see! Oh and I remembered that Zave is putting on a show in his circus! So we should see it! You'll love it! I just know you will!" Alora exclaimed.

Before Ivery could say another word to Alroa she briefly heard the door unlock before she suddenly felt she was lifted off the ground. Next thing she knew she saw a bright light and instantly Alora and Ivery disappeared from the living room.

Simon then walked into the living room with his two dogs in tow as he picked them up from their grooming. He looked around believing that Ivery was home but he didn't see his youngest sister anywhere.

"Huh? Strange, I thought Ivery would be home by now. Eh she must be out for a walk or somewhere to relax, knowing she'll be home soon." Simon said before letting his dogs off their leashes, allowing them to wander freely around the house.

He then went up to his own room to lay down and rest as he was beaten after a long day at work. Meanwhile Ivery's vision cleared up and to her shock she saw her and Alora where floating through some kind of tunnel filled with all kinds of bright colors.

"W-What the hell?!" Ivery screams, surprised and scared by what she was seeing.

"Just you wait! The best part is coming up!" Alora exclaimed excitedly as the two continued to float in the tunnel.

Next thing Ivery knew she saw a blinding white light and she closed her eyes to prepare for what was to come. She suddenly felt like she was sliding on something, when she opened her eyes she saw that both her and Alora were on a slide. Ivery didn't know what to even think however she didn't have much time to as the slide suddenly stopped plunging Ivery and Alora into the clouds below. Alora just smiled and shouted weee! While Ivery screamed in fear and closed her eyes as the two girls plummeted down.

Meanwhile on the ground of this new world a group of a unique cast of characters were having a tea party.

"Ah the honey bee's have done it again! This honey glazed tea is amazing!" A fairy girl with pink hair tied up in pigtails with white ribbons said as she sipped her tea.

"What do you expect? They do what they were created to do, and making tasty honey is just that." A man in a ringmaster outfit stated.

"I do wish that Ivery could be here to enjoy it." A girl with a watery like design said sadly.

"Eh, she just grew up, now she doesnt come here any more... Anyway, where's Alora? She should've been-" An elf guy was saying before being interrupted by Alora and Ivery crashing right into the middle of the table.

Everyone at the table looked at the two in shock when they saw this happening. Alora got up and brushed her dress off before smiling at everyone.

"Hey guys! I'm back! And look who I brought!" Alroa said happily and gestured to Ivery.

Everyone looked at her and they were shocked to see that she was back in this world again after so long. However to them she looked so different and was now a grownup. This wasn't what they were used to as she was just a kid last time she was here so they don't know how to feel about her being back as an adult.

Ivery looked up and was shocked to see where she was now and everyone around her. She looked at her surroundings and saw that she was in a once familiar location of her childhood. That being the old honey fairy woods, a place she made to have picnics, tea parties, and other activities. The honey and food would be provided by the creatures that lived here so there was no need to bring anything but yourself and a friend.

"W-What the?! H-How am I here?!" Ivery asked, confused beyond belief.

"IVERY!! YOUR BACK!" A voice screamed.

Ivery looked and properly saw the water girl, who she had called Aquafina. Aquafina jumped on the table and soaked Ivery in a big hug as her hair and clothes where all made of water. Her sink itself was a cyan blue but it wasn't water so it was the only part of her that wasn't water.

"Alora, is this where you've been? The real world?" The elf guy asked when he saw Ivery.

"Yup! Are you happy to see her Elfien?" Alora asked.

"Yes? No? I don't know? I just thought she'd never be back as she had become an adult so it's natural that she wouldn't come back to this place. After all she's not a kid anymore so it makes sense she wouldn't come here as did not believe we were real anymore. Everyone had thought that Alora so we didn't expect you'd bring her here with you when you'd come back!" Elfien explained.

"Well I just wanted to remind her of this place and all the fun we had here! And It seems like she doesn't know about her ability so I thought this would help her realize it. What do you say Ivery?" Alora asked while turning to Ivery.

Ivery sat there with Aquafina still hugging her, her face and mind both totally shocked by what she was seeing. She then said "What the F**K just happened to me and my life?"

[enderpearlgirl1005]

Autonetics Connection

Chapter 2 Testing

After some time had passed Nebula and Nori returned to the house which thankfully wasn't too hard thanks to Nori's size and strength. However Nebula didn't want anyone to find out about Nori right now as she was afraid that she'd be taken away.

"Nori could you please stay out of sight of my family and other humans?" Nebula asked.

"Sure, but why do you want me to stay out of sight?" Nori asked.

"Well you're a new kind of Tecncars and clearly not like the others, so I'm worried that if anyone finds out about you, you'll be taken away from me," Nebula explained.

"Aww, don't worry sis, I won't let anyone separate us! Never ever!" Nori reassured Nebula while nuzzling her close to her face.

"Oh! Thanks Nori!" Nebula exclaimed. After a while the two separated and Nebula showed Nori where she could hide till further notice.

"Follow me Nori! There's a place I know you can hide till I'm ready to show you to my family. Oh and I can show you some history documents and comics about the Reapers and Tecncars history," Nebula explained.

"Ohh! I'd love that! I'm not sure if I really am a Tecncars or not. I don't even know anything about the place I woke up in! So it'll be nice to learn about the aliens I think I'm connected to and the one's we're fighting!" Nori exclaimed excitedly.

Nebula smiled and led Nori to an old barn that was on the property of the farm. It was pretty old and hasn't been used in a while after the newer one was built, it also helped that the old one was a bit of a walking distance from the house. So it'd be perfect for Nori to settle down and remain there for a while.

"Alright Nori, you wait here and I'll bring you my comics and history documents," Nebula explained as Nori went inside the old barn.

"Okay sis! I'll be here waiting! Oh this is so exciting!" Nori exclaimed as she sat down to wait for Nebula.

Nebula smiled as she walked away from the old barn, she liked how excited Nori was and how she even referred to her as sis. "I've always wanted to have a sibling, never thought that I'd get a sister who's a Tecncars... well I think that's what she is. It seemed like she was made with that Reaper stinger and a sample of my blood. Strange but also kinda cool, we should go back there sometime and explore that lab a bit more. But right now I'll just give Nori what she needs to learn more about her kind, and get some sleep. I don't have work or school tomorrow so the two of us can go out and see what Nori can do," Nebula said to herself planning out the events tomorrow.

Nebula then got to the side of her house that her room was next to, she climbed up the gutter drain that was next to her window, opened the said window and climbed inside her room. Now inside Nebula began collecting her digital comics and history documents on the Reapers and Tecncars.

Once she had collected everything she needed Nebula left her room the same way she did before and went back to the old barn. After arriving Nebula gave everything to Nori and told her that she'd be back in the morning.

"Alright sis! I'll see you in the morning! Goodnight!" Nori exclaimed as she waved goodbye as Nebula closed the barn doors.

Nebula ran back to her room and changed into her pajamas, then finally collapsed on her bed from all the events.

The next morning Nebula felt a shock of excitement fly through her whole body. This jolted her awake from her deep sleep, she looked at her sleeve and saw that it was emitting the same glow as the night before when she first met Nori.

"Oh lord, it looks like Nori is really excited to go out today," Nebula said as she looked at the sleeve.

"Hey Nebula are you awake?" Nebula heard her mom ask.

"Yeah I'm up!" Nebula responded.

"Okay you want to come down for breakfast?" Her grandma asked.

"Um no thanks I'm not hungry!" Nebula called out.

"Alright if you say so dear!" Grandma responded.

Nebula heard her grandmother's footsteps walking away from her room and back down stairs. She let out a sigh of relief and decided that she should go out now and take Nori out for testing. So Nebula got on some casual clothes for the day which was a blue and purple tank top, with a green and purple scarf wrapped around her neck. She also wore a silk green skirt that was paired with shorts and a pair of black sandals.

Nebula smiled after getting everything on, now fully dressed Nebula climbed out of her bedroom window and slid down the drain pipe. Once she reached the bottom she ran to the old barn, creaked the old door open and was greeted by Nori rushing up to her in excitement.

"Hey Nebs! I read everything you gave me! This is so fascinating! But I dont feel like I'm a part of any of this, and I don't even know if I'm a Tecncars, after all I was made on earth in that lab and they are made on their home planet then sent here to earth," Nori explained.

"I know and I'm not sure what you are myself, but I want to find out, don't you?" Nebula asked.

"Yes! Yes! YES! I want to find out! Let's go! Let's Go! LETS GO!" Nori exclaimed excitedly, making Nori smile. She also felt the jolts of excitement coming from Nori, again she thought it was strange but she actually liked it.

"Alright so Nori, can you open up your chest?" Nebula asked.

"I think so? Let me try," Nori said as she looked down to her chest.

Nebula watched as Nori concentrated on her chest for a bit until it sprung open. Inside Noris chest was a set that was just big enough for Nebula to sit on. Nebula's eyes widened at this and she felt excited and nervous as she's never been inside a Tecncars before.

"OMG! This is exciting!" Nebula exclaimed.

"I know! I can feel it!" Nori declared.

"Alright! Let's get going and see what you're able to do!" Nebula exclaimed.

Nori smiled widely, she grabbed Nebula and placed her into her chest, Nebula sat down at the set inside Nori and watched as Nori closed her chest. Once closed lights came on and Nebula felt strange for a bit till she felt something being placed on her head. Next thing she knew Nebula's vision was filled with some space like void for a few moments. The void then transformed into a virtualized version of the outside world she was in before.

"Wow! Is this what it's like to be in all Tecncars?! This is awesome! I've dreamed about this for such a long time!" Nebula exclaimed happily.

"It is pretty cool, Nebs! It does feel kinda strange for you to be in there, but it's the good kind of strange!" Nori exclaimed.

"Okay! Now let's go out and explore the woods," Nebula said.

"Okie Dokie sis," Nori said excitedly and jumped up in the air hoping she could fly.

However she just fell back down to the ground, much to her and Nebula's disappointment as they both had read that Tecncars could fly.

"Aww man how come I can't fly?" Nori asked, feeling disappointed at this discovery.

"Well I don't think it's enough to jump up, but let's just walk through the woods and find an open area to practice," Nebula suggested.

"Alright, hopefully we can also figure out how I can fly," Nori said as she walked into the woods.

The two didn't realize that a drone was high up in the air out of eye sight watching them. A camera lens zoomed into Nori and examined her as she was different from other Tecncars.

"Hmm, strange I wonder what kind of Tecncars that is?" A man asked as he operated the drone from his labs.

"Hey! Play the video back to the girl!" A voice commanded.

The man looked back and saw a Reaper standing behind him, the same one that was a part of the group that attacked Nebula the night before. The man turned back to the cameras and played the video back till Nebula was back on the screen. The Reaper took a good look at her till he realized who she was, as he recognized her from the night before.

"Hey! I know that kid! She's the same one who escaped me and my men last night!" The Reaper exclaimed.

"She is? But why are you surprised to see her in the video?" The man asked.

"Well she was shot with one of our stingers, they would've killed her in three hours. So the idea she's alive is unreal... I'll need to send out some of my men to their location and bring the two right here," The Reaper stated.

"Alright I'll continue observing the two and let you know of any changes," The man explained.

"Understood, now let's get some answers on those two," The Reaper stated as he left the room leaving the man alone to observe the two.

Later on with Nori and Nebula, the two were now in an open field they were able to find without much hassle.

"Alright Nori let's practice," Nebula stated.

Nori's eyes glimmered when she heard that, she then saw a bolder formation and decided to try and blast it.

"ARM BLASTER!" Nori called out and pointed her arm at the boulders. Unfortunately nothing happened to which Nori groaned in frustration.

"Ugh! Come on! The history stuff I read said that Tecncars can turn their hands into whatever weapons they want!" Nori complained angrily.

"Well that's where the connection comes in or as the Tecncars call it, Autonetics Connection. So let's try working together and hopefully something will happen this time," Nebula suggested.

"Hmm... alright! Let's give it a try!" Nori exclaimed.

Nebula smiled and using the training she got from the simulations at the training center began the process of creating weapons. The simulation replicated the Autonetics Connection perfectly so she was confident in herself. After some time of concentration Nebula was able to form the image of a blaster in her mind. A blaster then formed on her hand which made Nebula believe that it had worked, though she wanted to be sure about it.

"Hey Nori, did your hand change?" Nebula asked.

"OMG! Yes it did! So this is how the connection works! Tecncars can't form weapons on their own so they need someone to form an image of it in their mind!" Nori explained as she fully understood how the Autonetics Connection worked with humans and Tecnars.

"Yes, now let's wreck this place!" Nebula exclaimed excitedly.

The two simultaneously pointed their arms at the rock formation and with the connection formed the two girls shot blasts of lightning at the rocks. The blast of lightning obliterated the rocks causing them to explode into tiny little pieces. Some of the tiny rocks and dust rained down onto Nori, the clatter of the now pebbles made Nori giggle a bit.

"Wow! That was awesome! I wonder what else you can do Nori?" Nebula asked.

"I'm sorry, but you two wont have the time to find out," A sinister voice said. The two looked back and were horrified to see around three or so Reapers standing right behind them.

"Oh crap! Okay our first Reaper battle! Nothing to worry about, right?" Nori questioned.

"I don't know, these Reapers are one's that no one on earth have seen before. So I'm not sure what they can do or how well they can fight, but we've gotta at least try," Nebula stated.

Nori smiled when Nebula said that she got really excited to fight Reapers for the first time. Even though she was receiving feelings of nervousness emitting from Nebula. Nori observed all of the Reapers quickly, taking everything about each of them in her mind to plan out the fight. She didn't know how but she knew that if you observed certain features your opponent had then you'll be able to plan out what to do in a fight.

There were about three Reapers in total, the first one had a single pair of arms and a single tail with a blue stinger on the end. In both her and Nebula's visions the stinger was scanned and info on it popped next to it.

The info said the following:

Blue Stinger

Venom Effects: Temporary Paralyzation

Species it effects: Humans, Reapers, Tecncars

Both girls were impressed by this, Nebula had never read or seen anything like this with any Tecncars before. This told her that Nori was certainly not any ordinary Tecncars if the idea of her being created on earth wasn't enough to go by. Nori then quickly looked to the next Reaper, who had two sets of arms and around three tails with red stingers on the end of each tail, this one's eyes were much smaller than the previous one.

Her eyes scanned the second one and this time it said:

Red Stinger, Venom Effects: Death in one hour

Species effects: Humans and Tecncars

Finally Nori took a quick look at the third Reaper, this one was the tallest out of the three of them, one of their eyes was missing, they had one pair of arms, and around four tails with black stingers on each end.

Nori's eyes scanned this Reaper and it said:

Black Stinger, Venom Effects: Paralyzation in one hour, then death five minutes later

Species effects: All

Nori and Nebula both made mental notes of what the scans produced, as while it seemed like that a minute passed it was really just a couple of seconds. The Reapers lanced at the two with their tails out ready to attack and sting the girls. Nori leaped back, she saw one of the Reapers stinger heading towards her out of the corner of her eye. She quickly snatched it and she saw that it was the blue stinger which causes paralyzation.

Nori kept a tight grip on the Reaper's tail and dragged him for a bit as she backed up from the other two trying to attack her. Nebula instantly started forging an image of a sword in her mind, and like before it formed on Nori's arm. Now having a weapon Nori smiled as she could better defend herself. The Reaper in her hand shot up from the ground, faced her, and tried tackling her to the ground, along with the other two.

Nori immediately uses this opportunity to use her blade to stab the Reaper with the blue stinger. Her blade instantly pierces through the armor scales around its body and goes all the way through its chest. Brown blood started seeping out from under the armor and stained the blade that stuck out of its chest.

"Nori! Look out!" Nebula called out as she saw the other two reapers running to them about to sting them.

"Don't worry sis, I got a plan," Nori reassured Nebula thru their brain ways so the other two reapers wouldn't hear their conversation.

Nori with the Reaper still on her blade she swung it in the way of the other two Reapers. She knew that due to their eyes being small and or missing one of them that their vision would be very poor. Just as she predicted, the Reapers only stung their companions' bodies as their poor eyesight made it hard to see her properly, even though she was slightly bigger than them.

She grabbed the Reaper with the red stingers and swung it up in the air before slamming it down into the ground as hard as she could. The Reaper groaned in pain while trying to get up, but due to their armor and hunched back it was making the task very hard.

Nori smiled triumphantly at this, but was instantly reminded of the other one that still remained as she felt the first Reaper's body being harshly yanked off her blade. Nori shot her head back to the other Reaper and it tried to sting her with all four of its stingers. Nebula instantly had a shield formed on their arm, now with a shield Nori blocked the on coming attack.

The Reaper growled and pressed it's whole body onto the shield, hoping to push Nori back so she would fall on it's friend, and allowing them to sting her with the closer range. Nori thankfully slipped down and tripped kicked the Reaper trying to push her down. While it was in mid air, Nori quickly grabbed onto all four of its tails, threw it down onto its friend, the stingers piercing through the armor and into the flesh.

"Agh! You little piece of steel!" The Reaper Nebula sting cried out.

She didn't really pay attention to this insult though as in the blink of an eye Nori sliced off the head of the Reaper she stung. She finally took out the last reaper standing via throwing it into the air, while slashing through it multiple times. The Reaper's body split into uneven pieces and fell to the ground with the brown blood spraying almost everywhere.

"Ack! This is gross! But hey we just took out three Reapers! That was awesome!" Nori exclaimed excitedly.

"I know! But they weren't really that strong, they were either weak or we're just that strong," Nebula stated.

"Hmm, well I'd like to think that we're just that strong!" Nori declared with pride.

The three Reaper corpses then started emitting a colored glow that matched with the stingers each had. Then to the surprise of Nori and Nebula, strange balls of energy floated out of the Reapers' bodies. The energy then floated into Nori, and her armor began to take on a new look, as it gained spikes on her shoulders, hips, and her shoulder blades. A tail that looked similar to the Reapers tail; once it was fully formed the stinger had the same three colors the Reapers had.

"Wow! Okay is that a thing I missed in the history docs and comics?" Nori asked curious about what just happened to her.

"No, this has never happened ever!" Nebula explained just as surprised as Nori.

As the two stood there they didn't notice the sudden arrival of a Tecncars flying past the clouds. The Tecncars flew down to the ground right behind the two girls, when they got close to the ground the girls finally took notice of them. Nori turned around when she felt a sudden vibration from behind and froze up when she saw the Tecncars.

"OMG! NORI LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!" Nebula screamed as she recognized the Tecncars.

"Okay! Okay! Give me a sec sis!" Nori blurted out.

She quickly opened her chest and disconnected Nebula from their Autonetics Connection. As soon as Nebula was free she climbed out of Nori's chest and onto her hand.

"General Raven! General Westflyer! Nebula reporting for duty!" Nebula called out, as she saluted to Raven and his Tecncars Westflyer.

"Hey kid, no need to be all formal with either of us," Westflyer said as he let Raven out of his chest.

"Yeah don't worry kid there's no need for that. But I do want to ask you some questions," Raven explained.

"O-Oh you do?" Nebula asked.

"Yes, first of all, who is this Tecncars? And what are those Reapers?" Raven asked.

"Oh well, this is Nori, we met last night and well, we formed an Autonetics Connection. As for the Reapers, well I kinda ran into others like them, but a bit smaller," Nebula answered, and then went on to explain the events of last night, leaving out how Nori was created and where she was made.

"Ah I see, well that's not good, we need to inform every flier onsight about this and begin training for the new fliers immediately. So Nebula I suggest you head home and pack up your stuff," Raven said.

"Um What? Why do I need to pack up my things? I'm just an engineer at the center, and we don't live at the training center," Nebula explained.

"Well Nebula, seeing that you have a Tecncars of your own now, and you two were able to kill these three Reapers all on your own, I say a promotion is in order. So starting today, Nebula you are now an official flier!" Raven exclaimed happily.

When Nebula heard that she almost fainted as she's now the one thing she's been wanting for many years now. She was now a flier and had what she believed was the coolest kind of Tecncars to have ever existed, if Nori even is a Tecncars at all.

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Autonetics Connection

Chapter 1

"I remember old tales my grandmother had told me, tales about how earth used to be a world of peace. That was until aliens we call the Reptilian Reapers arrived out of nowhere. No one had known where they came from or why they had come, but we knew one thing, they almost wiped out the entire human race," A female voice recalled.

"We thought we'd be done for, that was until "they" arrived. Mechanical bots that called themselves Tecncars, they were what saved us, however they needed a human to pilot them so they could stand a fighting chance. They called this an Autonetic Connection and those who formed one were connected to their Tecncars for life. To me it was like they had become siblings, and I've always dreamed of having one of my own one day. Thanks to them we survived and the human race could live on, however every few years or so more Reapers would come, much more dangerous than the last. My father was one of the many brave soldiers who had made a connection with the Tecncars, but had lost his life in battle. Now I want to carry on his legacy and become one of the grates, to fight for my planet... to fight for our feature, I'm Nebula Eravina," Nebula declared as she finished recalling the story.

Nebula looked at the screen pad that used to belong to her dad recalling the tale of how this all began. It has been around fifty years since the Reapers first arrived on earth and she couldn't believe that so much has happened. "Don't worry dad, I'll make you proud," Nebula promised as she turned the screen off and looked out of the window she was sitting next to.

Right now she was in one of earth's many training centers where the new generation would train for battle and bound with Tecncars for when the next wave of Reapers would arrive. Nebula worked there as a mechanic who helped out with repairs on the machines there. However it wasn't what she wanted to do as her true dream was to be a flier like her dad. Flyers was the destination given to those who formed a bond with Tecncars, and that was her dream.

"Hey Nebula! I need you at ground base! A flier just came back from patrol with his Tecncars and the bot's in need of repairs!" A voice called out to her. "Coming Zim! I just need a moment!" Nebula responded, slightly annoyed.

She looked out the window again and watched as the Tecncars started coming back with their flyers. Watching them gave her hope that it could be her one day arriving back with her own Tecncars just like the current flyers. Nebula sighed as she got up and went down to begin helping with repairs. She walked up to the elevator, stepped on it, scanned her card, selected the down button, and finally the elevator lift took her down. Once she reached the ground floor she saw the Tecncars and their flyers settling down after a long patrol.

"Hehe, never gets old doesn't it kid?" A voice asked. Nebula looked and saw one of her coworkers/friend standing next to her with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah Terry it does not... wish that could be me though," Nebula said while looking down sadly.

"Hey so what, you flunked the flier exam, you'll pass the next time you take it! I'm sure of it! You've been working your but off for the past several years in order to pass it!" Terry exclaimed, trying to cheer her up.

"I know! But falling it meant I had to start all over again from scratch! And mom isn't making things any easier for me with how much she's been nagging me to drop the whole flier thing!" Nebula exclaimed as she got off the elevator and grabbed a nearby tool box.

"You can't blame her though, she's just looking out for you as losing your dad made things hard on her," Terry explained as he followed Nebula with his own tool box in hand.

"I'm aware, but she doesn't need to baby me! I just want to be like my dad! I want to be a flier and defend earth from the Reapers! Is that so much to ask for?!" Nebula asked in a slightly angry tone.

"No but it is a risky job, after all we dont know when the next wave of reapers will come or what they'll bring. So with the whole unknown thing, we're not sure who will come back from battle and who won't," Terry explained.

"Ugh!... let's just get this work over with so I can go home!" Nebula stated, now being so upset that she just wants to go home.

Terry sighed as he knew that when she got like this, Nebula would be pretty tough to deal with. So the two immediately got to work on repairing the Tecncars who were damaged during the patrol. Thankfully the damage wasn't too bad and was just an easy fix with a wrench and some oil drips. The Tecncars who didn't need any repairs were just given a slight polish by Terry, Nebula and their other coworkers, then put into their recharge stations.

After a few hours of hard work all the Tecncars were fully repaired and operational. Nebula looked up at a few of them and despite seeing them countless times throughout her whole life, it still felt unreal to her. Herself and her other human acquaintances were so small compared to them and yet they all had to work together.

"Some day... someday I'll be up there with my own Tecncars, fighting Reapers and protecting earth!" Nebula promised herself with determination burning in her heart.

"Haha! Yeah right loser!" A snarky voice called out.

When the voice and comment reached her ears Nebula let out a long and angry groan. She turned around and saw one of her tormentors in the academy who wore the orange and red color suit of a trainee. "Hello Milo what do you want?" Nebula asked, irritated that he was already bothering her.

"Oh nothing, just wanted to let you know that when I become a flier, I want my Tecncars to be so smooth and shiny, I can eat off of it and see my reflection!" Milo commanded.

"... Really? Ugh! You do know this job is incredibly dangerous right?" Nebula asked.

"Um yeah! But I'll be able to take down Reapers like it's nothing!" Milo declared in a cocky manner.

"Oh I'm so sure you will," Nebula commented sarcastically.

"Why thank you Neb's and I know you'll do all the repairs of my Tecncars after I heroically save millions of lives from a Reaper in battle!" Milo declared in the same cocky tone.

"I'm gonna laugh my butt off when you run away screaming like the true coward you are once you're face to face with a real Reaper!" Nebula exclaimed angrily before storming off. Nebula growled and kicked a discarded bucket as she left the training center full of annoyance and anger.

"Ugh! He's so annoying! And he doesn't realize that this job isn't about fame or glory! It's actually life threatening and dangerous! After all, many had lost their lives in the line of battle so it takes a large amount of bravery and guts to actually be a flier!" Nebula shouted before she kicked a rock.

"Did Milo give you a hard time again?" Nebula heard someone ask. She turned around and stood stiff when her eyes laid on the person as he was a very important figure in the training center.

"AH! General Raven the first! Engineer and soon to be trannie again, Nebula reporting for duty!" Nebula exclaimed, calming down and saluting to Raven.

"Ahaha! Kid you don't need to be so formal with me, just call me Rave, you know you can," Rave explained.

"B-But I cant sir! You're a legend! Y-You were only a teenager when you fought in the first battle with the Reapers! You started this whole training center! Y-You're the reason any of this is even possible!" Nebula explained.

"I know I know, but I'm still a person and you don't need to be so formal with me all the time kiddo," Rave explained.

"I-I'm sorry, b-but you and the other greats are the reason I'm working so hard to become a flier!" Nebula exclaimed.

"Hehe, I know after all your father was one of them," Rave said as he looked up at one of the many statues of flyers and Tecncars who died in battle. Nebula looked back and saw that the statue Rave was looking at was that of her dad.

"Your father was a great man, he was brave, strong, and just like you," Rave said as he walked up to Nebula, and gently placed his hand on her shoulder.

"... I miss him so much," Nebula said as she felt a pain in her heart.

"I know you do kid, he wasn't just a flier, but a father, and that was the best part of him," Rave stated.

"I remember how he and his Tecncars took me out for flights and told me tales about their battles with the Reapers... speaking of which, has there been any news about the next wave of new Reapers?" Nebula asked.

"Nothing so far, but don't let your guard down kid, for all we know they could be planning their next attack, so if you find or see anything that could alert us of their next attack," Rave instructed.

"Alright, I will do sir!" Nebula declared before she went to her scooter. She pulled it out of its holder and drove home.

Rave smiled as he watched the kid drive off with, she was just like her father. She had his attitude, his thought process, his eyes, everything he had. All of that combined she could one day be a fantastic fighter in the battlefield, of course she first had to become a trainee and pass all the tests. However Rave had hope that Nebula could become a strong, brave flier just like her father. Meanwhile Nebula looked out to the sky as she drove on her scooter, the sun was almost fully set so the sky was currently bathed in orange, purple, and mostly black. It was quite enchanting to see as it just brought an almost harmonious atmosphere to her.

"No matter how many times I've seen something as incredible as the Tecncars or watched the sun setting, I always feel the same way. I just feel so relaxed with the sky and motivated by the Tecncars, it keeps me going somehow," Nebula said out loud to herself as she drove on the road.

After about an hour and a half she soon arrived at a fence that was connected to a dirt path. Nebula slowed her scooter down enough so she could turn onto the dirt road. She drove down the long path that had apple trees on the left side while the right side had strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and many other berry bushes growing. Five or more minutes of driving later, Nebula soon came across a house that was painted white with some flowers growing near the doors and front porch. Nebula could see an old swing set with a slide and swings resting peacefully on the left side of her house.

The swings only move slightly because of the light breeze blowing thru. At the back of the house was the back porch as well as the animal farm where the pigs, cows, sheep, and chickens were all kept. Nebula's family has owned a farm/rancher, where they would sell the produce from the crops, and whatever they could get from the animals on the farm. The farm allowed them to make a good amount of money and live a very cozy life.

However this wasn't the life Nebula wanted despite her mothers persistence on joining the family business she continued her pursuit to become a flier. Nebula stopped her scooter and got off the set, she then started pushing it to the garage for storage. When Nebula got to the garage she saw a large blue van parked inside sitting right next to her mom's white Ford Explorer. Nebula groaned as she knew who the van belonged to, as it was her mom's current boyfriend Ivan.

She didn't really like Ivan all that much, not because he was a bad person but because she didn't want him to take her fathers place in the family. Even though it's been around ten or eleven years since his death Nebula wasn't ready to move on.

"Oh great, I wonder how long this guy is gonna be here for?" Nebula asked sarcastically as she put her scooter where it belonged. Once making sure her scooter was secured, Nebula placed her helmet on a hanger on the wall and went inside the house through the garage doors.

When she entered the house the smell of chicken soup entered her nostrils. Nebula's mouth started salivating when she smelled the soup, her hunger and desire for the food zapped away all her frustrations. Nebula made her way to the kitchen and when she arrived she saw her grandmother cooking, her aunt and uncle baking sweets, her younger cousins playing tic tac toe, and her mom, and Ivan sitting at the table chatting.

"Hey everyone I'm home!" Nebula called out. Her family looked over to her and everyone gave her a warm smile and waved to her.

Ivan smiled, got up and walked up to her, he then opened his arms hoping for a hug from Nebula. However Nebula backed up with her arms crossed across her chest, Ivan frowned as he understood she didn't want to hug him. So he just offered a handshake and that was something she gave to him. After shaking his hand Nebula walked up to her mom and sat down next to her.

"Hey Neb's you should be a little nicer to Ivan," her mom said.

"Mom! You know I don't want to move on from dad!" Nebula explained, slightly annoyed.

"I know you don't, I miss him too, but you know that he would've wanted us to be happy," her mom explained.

"But that doesn't mean I want this guy to take his place! I just miss him so much and you know how close we were!" Nebula exclaimed.

"I know that but no one ever said that Ivan will replace your dad! I just fell in love again and Ivan knows about your dad and what happened to him," Her mom argued.

Nebula just rolled her eyes and didn't argue any further as she didnt want to discuss the matter any further. Ivan sat back down on the other side of Nebula's mom and tried to continue on with the conversation they were having previously. Nebula didn't pay much attention to it and just pulled out her screen phone, put some earbuds on and started playing some music. After some time, dinner was ready so Nebula's grandmother served a bowl of soup to everyone. Nebula smiled down to her bowl and began eating up the warm chicken flavored goodness, with some carrots and celery cooked right into the soup. After sometime Nebula and almost everyone else was finished with their soup. Now her aunt and uncle brought out a fruit pie with some of the berries they grew in the field.

"Hey Nebs, do you want any dessert?" Her aunt asked.

"No thanks, I'm full but thanks for asking," Nebula said as she was about to get up, but was stopped when her mom gently grabbed her arm.

"Wait Nebula! I want to talk to you about something," Her mom said.

"Mom if this is another attempt to talk me out of being a flier and joining the family business then again it's no! I want to become a flier and not be a part of the family farm! It's not me! It won't be me! And it cant be me ever!" Nebula exclaimed, slightly annoyed with her mothers constant attempts to make her stop training to become a flyer.

"Honey I know you want to become a flier like your dad, but I don't want to lose you like him! I just want you to be safe, and while you say that being a farmer isn't you, it could be your thing. Also it's not what I wanted to talk to you about," Her mom explained.

"First of all, I did try last summer and I was so bored mom! And second, what did you want to talk to me about?" Nebula asked.

"Well, me and Ivan had talked and we want to tell you all that, we're getting Married!" Her mom declared as she showed her hand that had a new ring on her finger.

"WHAT! YOU AND IVAN ARE WHAT?!" Nebula asked in shock as the whole family smiled and congratulated them.

"Nebs I know it's shocking to you, but I hope that you'll understand. Ivan is a good man and he's not trying to replace your father," Her mom explained, trying to reassure her daughter.

"No! Mom! Why?! Why remarry! I-I don't want a new dad! I never wanted a new dad!" Nebula screamed as her shock and slight fury clouded her thinking.

"Nebula! I know you don't want a new father but I know that he would've wanted you and me to be happy! So I'm sure he'd understand if I want to remarry someone," Nebula's mom tried reassuring her daughter.

"Yeah cous! Uncle would want Auntie Mollie to be happy!" Nebula's younger female cousin exclaimed.

"Yeah! He would, and he would've wanted you to be happy as well!" Her younger male cousin pointed out.

"I know that! But I don't what to replace him in my life! And Mom! If you and dad wanted me to be happy you would stop trying to convince me to be a flier and encourage me to continue on training!" Nebula explained.

"I just want you to be safe! You're my only child and I can't have any other children because of health problems. It was also hard enough to deal with the loss of your father so the idea of losing you as well! I-I just can't stop thinking about it! I'm worried that one day when the next wave of Reapers come and you're fighting you could die just like him!" Her mom explained.

"Mom! I know that but... but I want to be just like him! And I don't want Ivan here to be my dad in any way shape or form! He's not my father and he won't be my father ever! I-I just can't accept that! I loved dad too much and he was the only father I ever had! He was just too important to me and the idea you're remarrying! I-It just feels like you're trying to replace him!" Nebula exclaimed letting everyone know how she's feeling.

"Nebula, I-I," Ivan stuttered before Nebula stopped him with her own words.

"I'm going to my room! No one bothers me please! I-I just need to be alone!" Nebula explained before she stormed off to her room. The room fell dead silent as everyone heard Nebula's footsteps upstairs before the creek of her room's door opening and slamming shut.

"Huh... that went well,'' her uncle commented.

"Sam not now please," Mollie asked her brother.

"Why was cousin Neb so angry?" Nebula's younger female cousin asked.

"She's just dealing with lots of emotions right now. When it comes to grief it makes your emotions all kinds of confusing. It doesn't help that she's still very upset and angry over failing her test five years ago," Nebula's grandmother explained.

"Mom, you don't think she... hates me do you?" Mollie asked.

"No dear, I don't believe she does, like I said Nebula is just dealing with a large amount of emotions right now. Just give her time and we can all try to talk this over when she's had the time to cool down," the grandma explained.

Mollie nodded and hoped that she and Nebula could talk later, she loved her daughter so much and didn't want to lose her in any way shape or form.

Meanwhile Nebula had actually snuck you out of the house from the window of her room, which wasn't too hard as her room wasn't too far from the ground. After leaving the house Nebula went to the nearby woods to go for a walk as she just wanted to be completely alone. Nebula looked up at the night sky, now partially covered by the branches of the tall trees. As she walked she thought over the conversation she had with her family regarding her mom and Ivans engagement.

"Maybe I was too harsh with my words? But sometimes when mom tries to talk me out of becoming a Flier it feels like she doesn't understand me, let alone cares about what I want. And I do get the farm is a family business, but it's just not me! So I don't understand why she can't just stop trying so hard and just support me!" Nebula exclaimed as she stomped and kicked a rock.

"Ugh... oh dad I wish you were here, you'd be able to help me out and help mom understand better," Nebula said as she clutched onto a locket necklace she was given by her father.

She looked down to the lock, and opened it up to see the picture of herself and her father. Nebula frowned as she was only around five or six years old in the photo. Just before her next birthday the next wave Reapers came by which was the wave that took her father from them. This shook her up but she also didn't let the experience stop her from working to become a Flier.

Nebula was so zoned out in her thoughts she didn't even notice that she had walked to the nearby lake that was within walking distance from her house. Nebula looked up and saw the lake past some of the trees and bushes, the lake was far enough away that the farm couldn't be seen.

"Oh I didn't mean to walk this far out! But I should probably go back home before mom notices that I left," Nebula said to herself and was about to turn and head back when she heard something.

It sounded like an adult male voice that said "When will the next batch of Reapers come?"

Curious Nebula quietly inches to where she heard the voice coming from. When she saw what it was she was horrified by what she saw the source was. It was a Reaper, but unlike the ones that were huge and walked around like insects with their multiple legs. This one was standing on two legs and was much smaller than the reapers but still taller than a human. This one looked like they were as tall as the Slenderman, which Nebula found to be both creepy and odd. However, she stopped looking at what it looked like and swiftly took out her phone to record the conversation it was having.

"Alright, but hurry up already! I want to see them in action soon! We must strike soon before the Tecncars get any sort of upgrade!" The Reaper demanded before ending the call.

Nebula shook in fear, and her heart started beating against her rips like a professional boxer. However, she kept herself together, so the strange human like Reaper wouldn't see her. She then saw two other humans emerging out from the darkness and walking up to the Reaper. She first thought they would attack the Reaper, but when the two humans got close enough to the Reaper they took off a device from their chests that Nebula failed to notice. Once the device was removed Nebula saw something that made her heart beat faster. The two humans then turned into reapers that looked similar to the other one, but the two both had different colors to their scales.

"Well any info about the humans and the Tecncars?" The first Reaper asked.

"Yes we've recorded everything you need to know sir," one of the two Reapers answered then handed the first one something, but Nebula couldn't see what.

The third Reaper then looked in the direction Nebula was in and she froze on the spot and didn't move a muscle. She prayed to god like never before in her life asking him to please not allow any of them to see her. Unfortunately fate was against her and the Reaper that looked in her direction pulled out an alien gun and pulled the trigger.

Next thing Nebula knew was that her phone was broken and she fell back slightly holding her right arm. She looked down and was horrified to see some stinger logged right into her arm and a green pus like mass was leaking out of her injury.

"Sir! A human is there! Don't worry I shot her and that poison will kill her in a matter of time!" The Reaper that shot her called out.

"Get her before she gets away!" The first Reaper commanded.

When Nebula heard her fight or flight response, she got up and bolted away from them in a random direction. Nebula ran as fast as she could to get away from them, however she could hear the thunderous footsteps of the Reapers behind her. This influenced her to run faster to get away, of course Nebula didn't go to her house as the last thing she wanted was for the Reapers to follow her home and kill her family.

The Reapers ran as fast as they could after her trying to shoot another one of those stingers at her. Thankfully because the trees they couldn't hit her and Nebula did managed to get some distance away from them. However she still could hear them shouting at her, but she couldn't make out what they were saying.

After running for sometime, Nebula came across a small hole in the ground that looked big enough for her to crawl and hide in. So she quickly dove into the hole, as soon as Nebula jumped in she realized that it was a lot deeper than it looked. She fell about three or so feet and crashed into some bushes and leaves that grow down there. Nebula groaned in slight pain but once she heard the Reapers footsteps she pressed her hand tightly over her mouth so they couldn't hear her.

The Reapers' footsteps soon reached the hole Nebula was in, but they had soon passed and were soon out of earshot. Once Nebula assumed that the coast was clear she let out a breath of relief before she finally felt the extreme pain in her right arm. Now that the adriennale of fight or flight had worn off, the pain was now making itself known by stinging her like a large sharp knife. Nebula looked down to her arm and was horrified to see that it had now turned green, purple and black from the stinger out to the rest of her arm.

"Oh Crap! I gotta find a way to stop this!" Nebula exclaimed as she got up and looked for a way out. As she looked around and walked Nebula saw that the place was huge and there were strange aliens like tech and writing everywhere.

"Wow, what is this place? And how long has it been here for?" Nebula asked as she looked around.

The place was so big compared to her and it was just so unreal that for a moment she thought that the poison was making her hallucinate. After a while Nebula came across a door that was partially open so she walked up to it and pushed it the rest of the way. When she opened it up completely she saw that the room was some kind of lab as old computers where on the walls and on the opposite side of the room Nebula saw a strange liquid inside a pod.

"Wow what is that stuff?" Nebula asked as she walked up to the pod that contained the liquid.

Now very close to the pod Nebula placed her injured arm on a single arm rest as she decided to pull out the stinger that was logged into it. When she saw the stinger clearly she finally was able to see that it was a Reaper stinger. This made her heart stop as Reapers stingers contained a deadly poison that was able to kill the victim in less than three hours.

"OH No! I-I gotta do something before!-!" Nebula was saying before she felt something on her arm.

She looked and saw a clamp coming up instantly. The clamp restrained her arm, and pulled it into a hole that was next to rest. "W-What the hell?!" Nebula asked, surprised and scared.

She tried to pull her arm out but it was futile as the device had a firm grasp on her arm. Next thing Nebula knew she felt a sharp pain in arm as something else was stabbed into it and the stinger was harshly yanked out of her arm. A bright blue light then emitted from the hole her arm was stuck in, she felt something happening that thankfully didn't cause her pain. The light went out after a moment and now Nebula was able to pull it out from the hole. Now free Nebula looked at her arm and was shocked to see that it was now covered by a purple, blue, and green sleeve.

"W-What's this?!" Nebula asked, freaked out by the sudden appearance of the sleeve.

A bright light instantly emitted from the pod, Nebula looked up and saw for a brief moment the stinger of what looked like blood being deposited into the pod. She closed her eyes as the light was overwhelming for her eyes. It lasted for a few moments till it died down and Nebula was able to look at the pod without the risk of going blind.

Looking up at the pod there didn't seem to be a change, but the liquid began to drain out. As it emptied Nebula was able to see something in the pod; what was inside looked to be a Tecncars but much smaller. Once the pod was completely empty steam was released from it as it opened up letting the strange Tencars go. Nebula cautiously backed away, not sure if the Tecncars were friendly or would attack her.

The Tecncars opened her eyes, looked around the place she was in, then looked down to Nebula. She tilted her heat slightly and climbed out of the pod, stumbling slightly. Nebula backed up a bit more, feeling afraid of this new Tecncars and what she would do.

The sleeve then emitted a green and blue glow, the Tecncars then shot up her head, before looking down at Nebula. She instantly and strangely felt confused but it wasn't her own feelings, instead it came from the Tecncars.

"W-What the?! H-How did I feel what you felt?... Nori?" Nebula asked, but she realized something else that was strange.

"H-How do I know your name?!" Nebula asked, more confused.

"Nebula?" Nori asked as she crouched down to Nebula's height.

The two stared at each other for a bit, not sure what to think or do, Nori slowly showed Nebula her hand. Despite being confused and slightly scared, Nebula raised her own hand to Nori's and placed her palm right onto the others. The two had no clue what was happening but they somehow knew and felt that they were safe with each other as they felt connected.

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Purple Ninja

Chapter 4 First Encounter

Days passed and it was now Saturday, Martha was sleeping in as she had a wonderful time with Taylor last night. It was rather late in the night when she got back home to the apartment. By the time she woke up it was already well into the late hours of the morning. Martha looked at her bedroom clock and saw that it was 10 in the morning.

So she sat up and stretched her arms and leg before reaching to the side of her bed and putting her prosthetic on. Once she made sure it was fixed on properly Martha got up and changed into her regular clothes for the day.

"Ah, now let's see what dad's baking in the bakery, and what my cousin and aunt are up to." Martha said to herself.

She left her room and went down to the bakery to see what her dad was up to this morning. When she got there she saw her dad was mixing up a fresh batch of cream for another pastry that she assumed was in the oven based on the smell wafting through the room.

"Morning dad, how are you doing?" Martha asked, getting her fathers attention.

Her dad looked over to her and saw her standing in the kitchen's entrance. He smiled seeing his daughter awake and he paused what he was doing to come over and give her a big hug.

"Martha, it's good to see you up. And I'm doing well this morning, thank you for asking." Her dad responded.

Martha smiled back and hugged her dad back, that lasted till the timer for the oven went off. Martha's dad let his daughter go and went up to the timer to turn it off before getting a pair of oven mitts on, opening the oven. He pulled out some freshly baked puffs that he would soon fill up with cream once they cooled down.

"Hey! Mr. Morgan! We've got an order for a wedding cake!" One of the bakery's employees called out.

"Alright! Write down the details and lets get to work!" Morgan called out.

"Yes sir!" The employee responded and went to get the recommended details.

"Hey Martha, if you're looking for Natalie, she went to central park to do some sketching, and your aunt is at work right now." Morgan explained.

"Okay dad, and if you need any help with that wedding cake let me know." Martha said before leaving the bakery.

She walked down to the park as it wasn't that far away from her apartment. Once she got there she saw that as usual it was full of people who were walking around on their own, with a partner, or with their pet animal. She looked around and soon spotted Natalie sitting on a bench with her notebook in her hand and sketching something in it.

Martha walked up to Natalie and sat down next to her cousin and tapped her lightly on the shoulder. Natalie looked to her side and saw Martha sitting next to her with a smile on her face.

"Hey cous, what's up?" Martha asked.

"Not much, I'm just chilling here drawing the fountain." Natalie explained. Martha looked at the sketch and saw that it looked great and very realistic with the amount of details and shade put into it.

"Wow, your art skills are amazing." Martha complemented.

"Hehe, thanks I've been doing this for a long time... hey I know this is out of the blue, but have you heard a word form Eri since that day of the field trip?" Natalie asked.

"Not really, I wonder where she could be? And I have lots of questions to ask her about the charms. Don't get me wrong it's awesome to turn into a ninja with powers and awesome weapons. I have been transforming a lot to see what I got stored in my suit. But I am very curious about everything and I wanna know who this Judas guy is." Martha explained.

"Yeah me too, whoever he is and wherever he is I have a feeling that it won't be good once he strikes again on the city. I just hope it won't be my mom or your dad as the last thing I want is my friends and family getting hurt. That and I can't bear losing my mom after my dad died." Natalie explained.

"Yeah I bet, I can't even imagine how you'd feel if you lost your mum a few weeks after losing your dad." Martha stated as she leaned back.

The two cousins sat there for a while thinking over all the events and the questions they had. Even when Natalie went back to her drawing she wasn't really paying that much attention to it anymore.

"Oh look who it is, the disabled girl and her ugly and stupid cousin." The two heard a snarky voice say. They looked up and both internally groaned when they saw Carol and her minion Stella standing in front of them.

"Ugh, what do you two want?" Martha asked, annoyed to see the spoiled girl.

"Oh nothing, just wanted to know what you two are doing in my bench getting your poor and ugly germs all over it." Carol replied.

"Since when was this your bench Missy? Last time I recall this was a public park and this bench is also public as well!" Martha explained while getting up and facing her.

"Hey watch it, you don't want to break your fake prosthetic do you?" Carol asked in a mocking way while pointing at Martha's fake leg.

"It's made of titanium you idiot, so unless a professional bodybuilder grabs it and bends it then it won't break!" Martha exclaimed while getting up in Carol's face.

"Hey! Back off do you even know who we are?" Stella asked as she pushed Martha away.

"What? A bunch of spoiled brats who don't know what 2 + 2 equals?" Martha asked in a sarcastic tone.

"No! Carol is the Purple Ninja! And I'm her sidekick the Yellow Ninja!" Stella explained.

When the two cousins heard that they both froze on the spot, as they both knew that wasn't true. However Martha wasn't to shocked that Carol and her minion had said something like that. She knew the two would tell any kind of lie just to be more popular, and from what she saw on the news both her and Natalie had gotten pretty famous as their Ninja personas.

"W-What, you two?" Natalie asked, shocked.

"Yeah I know right? It's pretty cool, now why don't you two move aside?" Carol asked as she waved her hand at them.

"Um no! This is a public park and so anyone can sit anywhere they want! If you want a bench of your own why don't ask your incompetent daddy to buy you one!" Martha angrily stated in the same sarcastic tone.

"Why you little-" Carol was saying before she was interrupted by another voice.

"Um Miss Carol and Miss Stella, are you two really the Purple and Yellow Ninja?" A male voice asked. The girls looked and sat Steve from school standing not too far away from them with a camera and notebook in his hands.

"Why yes, why do you ask?" Stella asked.

"Well I'm making a report for my blog on the Yellow and Purple Ninja's and I wanted to try and find out their secret identity. If you two really are the two Ninja's then would you both like to go somewhere and answer some questions?" Steve asked.

"Oh why yes, are you going to be broadcasting it live?" Carol asked.

"If that's what the purple ninja wants then yes." Steve replied.

"Then let's go, come on Stella. Fame awaits the two of us." Carol said.

Stella nodded and the two followed Steven out of the park, but not before Stella turned around and stuck her tongue out at Martha and Natalie. When they were out of sight Marhta sighed and sat down again, she was totally done with those two.

"Ugh! I hate those two so much! Sometimes I wish I just let them fall and get hurt on the field trip. However, because of my heart and Ninja code, we defend the defenseless." Martha explained.

"Yeah but what do we do about the two of them? They both lied about being the purple and yellow Ninja's when that's us!" Natalie explained, shocked and angry at the two of them.

"Oh don't worry, I've got a plan to teach them a lesson about lying to become popular. I became popular in school by being honest and kind and not through lies as a lie will always be exposed. And we're going to teach them that kind of lesson the hard way, so follow me cous and I'll tell you my plan." Martha explained as she got up and gave her hand to Natalie.

Natalie grabbed Martha's hand and got up, the two then walked out of the park to plan their way of exposing the two liars. However what none of them had noticed was a dark figure hiding in the shadows of the park. The figure had only heard Carol and Stella lying about them being the purple and yellow Ninja.

They called up someone on the phone and said "Hello I believe I found the Purple and Yellow Ninja's... well if they are lying then I guess we'll have to kill them for wasting our time and leading us on a wild goose chase." The figure then ended the call and got up to chase after Carol and Stella to capture them for their evil plan with their buddies.

After sometime Steve, Carol, and Stella were in an expensive cafe where Steve was recording live his Q&A with the two girls.

"Hey everyone we're live at Monica Cafe with the Purple and Yellow Ninja's AKA Carol and Stella." Steve explained starting the video.

"Oh why hello out there to all my adoring fans." Carol said.

"And a big hello from me as well for you yellow Ninja fans!" Stella exclaimed.

Outside the cafe Martha and Natalie were watching the live steam on Martha's phone. Martha smiled as she thought about the looks on their faces when she and Natalie taught them a lesson about identity theft and fraud.

"Okay so you remember the plan right?" Martha asked.

"Yes once there are enough people watching the live stream enough you'll give me the signal and we'll transform and go in with smoke bombs. Once we're in we'll show everyone watching the stream that Carol and Stella are lying, and to make it convincing we'll show off our powers." Natalie explained.

"Exactly! Now we just sit back and watch." Martha said as she sat back against the walk.

"So Carol, Stella, how long have you two been the Purple and Yellow Ninjas?" Steve asked.

"Oh like since forever, we've only ever used our awesome powers when it's needed. And-" Before Carol could get another word in a window was head breaking off screen.

Steve shifted the camera to where the nose came from and to everyone's horror what looked like a bomb had been thrown into the cafe. However before anyone could get up and run the strange looking bomb opened up and a gas leaked out and filled up the whole cafe. In seconds everyone who inhaled the gas passed out onto the floor or the tables.

Martha and Natalie watched in horror as the camera fell to the ground and three or more figures walked into the cafe. Two went up to Carol and Stella and picked them up, while another one walked up to the camera and picked it up.

"I'm sorry but the live stream has to be cut short. Our master wants us to bring the two Ninjas to him and find the other color Ninja charms. So now that we have the Yellow and Purple Ninja's it's only a matter of time before our master Judas breaks free from his prison to spread his greatness and you all will become his loyal servants." The strange figure explained before breaking the camera forcing the live stream to end.

Martha and Natalie stood there staring at the phone in shock before they ran up to the entrance of the alleyway they were in and took a look around the corner with Natalie's mirror. The two saw the strangers leaving the cafe with both Stella and Carol unconscious. The strangers then got into a strange van with tinted windows. That was enough to tell Natalie and Martha that it was time to save the day, even if neither of them liked the two bullies.

So Natalie called out "Purple Ninja, it's time to Purify!" while Martha called out "Yellow Ninja! Let's Shed Some Light!" and both of them transformed into their colored ninja persona.

Once fully transformed the two followed the van from the rooftops, making sure to keep it in their line of sight so they wouldn't lose it. Soon they arrived at the docs of the city where shipments bringing stuff from across the sea would drop off and pick up their deliveries. The Purple and Yellow Ninja's both watched from atop of the shipment crates and waited for the perfect moment to strike.

As they sat there and watched they saw as the strange figures came out of the van with Carol and Stella still unconscious. They then tied the girls wrists and ankles up with zip ties and made sure they were tight enough so they couldn't move.

One figure then said to another one, "alright wake them up."

"Of course it would be my pleasure to." The other figure responded.

They then pulled out a flask that had a strange blue liquid in it and wafted the scent of it under the two girls' noises. The strong smell of the strange substance jolted both Carol and Stella awake and when they saw where they were and that they were tied up, both were visibly scared.

"Hey! What on earth do you think you are doing?! Do you know the amount of lawyers that my dad knows! He will have you all sent right to jail for this!" Carol screamed as she struggled against her bounds.

However her words didn't phase the strange figures in the slightest and even slapped her on the face.

"We believe that with the power we have your father is nothing but a speck in the line of our power." One of the figures said.

"What's going on?! Who are you people? What do you want from us? Don't you know that we're the Purple and Yellow Ninja?" Stella asked, trying to sound intimidating but failed miserably.

"Why do you think we brought you here?" A loud bombing, strong voice asked in the distance.

The other figures all stepped aside as another one walked up into view from the shadows. This one had a black cloak just like the other ones, but this one had gold silk sewn in around the edges.

"W-What do you mean? Are you all like one of those creepy fans who stalk their idols?" Carol asked.

"Oh no, we are something much more. We are the Judas, Ninja Cult!" The figure with the golden threads exclaimed. Then all the other figures threw away their own cloaks and the girls saw that they all had Ninja suits covering their whole body and faces.

"And we serve our master and founder Judas who is locked away in an acarsaid limbo prison! However he has tasked us with finding the colored Ninja charms. And as you two clam to be the Purple and Yellow Ninja's we want you both to give us your charms. If you do we will allow you both to live." The cults top ninja (who was the figure with the gold threads) explained threatening the two of them.

"Um, Yellow, I think we should go in now!" Purple stated as she saw things were getting serious.

"Agreed! Alright I'll take the ones on my side, the left, Purple, you take the ones on the right." Yellow explained quickly.

"On it!" Purple exclaimed.

The two then split to the two sides and ran to where their sides were, quickly before the cult did anything to Carol and Stella. Once they were at their two sides they two threw their smoke bombs. As soon as the smoke was released the two ninjas jumped down and got into fighting positions. The cultists turned around and the sudden colored smoke appeared around them.

Once the smoke cleared the cultists saw the Purple and Yellow Ninjas, they also realized that Carol and Stella were in the same place at the same time as them. So it didn't take a genius for them to put the pieces together and realized that the two of them had lied.

"They Lied to us and everyone!" One cultist angrily screamed.

"Sir what do we do with these two liars?" Another one asked.

"Take them to the ocean, they can't swim when tied up, but to make sure, go on and tie some cinder blocks to their feet. It'll teach them a lesson for making a bunch of fools out of us." The top ninja explained in a dark tone.

When the girls heard that they felt their stomachs drop out of their bodies. However Purple and Yellow Ninja quickly composed themselves as they had to act fast if they didn't want the two girls to be killed.

Before any of the cult Ninja's could grab the girls, Yellow threw her scarf out and wrapped up two of them in it before bashing them into other cultists. Purple meanwhile ran up to the cultits on her side and punched the first one she saw before kicking another one that tried to attack her. She then copied what Yellow did with her scarf and threw it at one of the cultists before bashing them into others.

"Alright you sorry excuses for ninjas! Time for my Yellow Ninja Sticky Bombs!" Yellow Ninja called out before throwing some yellow balls at some cultits who were charging at her to attack.

The balls managed to hit the cultists and once they did they exploded into a yellow sticky mass that looked similar to honey; however Yellow knew that it wasn't honey as she did taste it to see and found out that it wasn't.

"Okay, well let's see what I'm packing!" Purple exclaimed and reached into her suit to see what it had in store.

Some Ninja cultists ran up to her and she threw out some black and purple balls when they could. Once they made contact with the cultists they exploded into purple glitter that had coated all of them.

"What! What's that meant for?! Party tricks?!" Purple asked angrily after seeing what those bombs did.

"Ahh! Why are my hands fish!" One of the ninja's screamed when they looked down at their hands, that seemed to be normal.

"W-what's going on?! Why is everything made of jelly beans, candy canes, and other candy?!" Another one asked as they looked around the environment.

"AHH! BEARS! BEARS! BEARS!" Another one screamed in fear. When Yellow saw what was going on she busted out laughing her head off as she saw what was going on.

"OMG! HA! LOOKS LIKE THOSE CAUSES HALLUCINATIONS! LIKE THEIR TRIPPING BALLS! HA!" Yellow laughed at the scene of insanity in front of her

"Okay, I'm gonna have to practice more later and see what else I got before the next battle hits." Purple commented as she saw this and felt slightly bad for them, but not entirely considering what they were about to do.

"Ugh! All of them are useless, if you want something done right, you do it yourself." The top ninja stated as he pulled out a sword he had in his sword container.

The two Ninja's looked and saw the top Ninja with a big and strong looking sword out. At first they wanted to fight, but quickly remembered that they haven't trained much in sword fighting. Plus he potentially had way more experience than them as he was the top ninja of the cult and that told them he must have had the most training to get that position. So they quickly ran up to Carol and Stella, grabbed them, and took out their smoke bombs.

"We'd love to take you out, but unfortunately that will have to wait." Yellow stated.

"Yes, we're still new and we're not stupid to fight someone more experienced than us in sword fighting. Especially if they are willing to kill and hurt others." Purple stated with a ferm look on her face.

The two then smashed their smoke bombs to the ground, creating a window of opportunity to escape before anything else happened. The top ninja growled at this, but internally swore that they will fight one day.

Soon the two ninja's had returned Carol and Stella to the Cafe and when they got their police and some adults who are believed to be their parents were outside. Purple cleared her throat, which got the attention of the parents and authorities. When the parents saw their daughters they were overwhelmed with so much relief and joy that they ran up to the two girls.

"Oh Carol! You're safe! I'm so relieved." Carol's dad said.

"And Stella, you're okay too! I'm so glad!" Stellas Mom exclaimed.

"Yeah, we're fine." Stella said.

"Yeah, and we had to help them out as they told a lie that caused them to be kidnapped in the first place." Yellow explained as she and Purple used their daggers to cut off the zipties that they neglected to take care of.

"Wait, a lie? What lie?" Stella's mom asked.

"They claimed to be us, and that caused a big problem, as some psychos had kidnapped them." Purple explained.

"WHAT! THEY LIED!'' Everyone heard Steve yell.

The parents, Carol, Stella, and the two ninjas looked and saw Steve standing there with his phone in his hand. Based on the look on his face they all could tell he heard everything.

"Yes, they did, and I hope that this will be a lesson on identity theft and lying!" Yellow stated both angry and firmly.

Stella and Carol both sunk into their clothes when they heard what Yellow had said.

"Yellow, Purple, please accept my apologies! Carol's mother spoils her all the time and she turned out like this. I'll try and do my best to set her on the right path and straighten her attitude!" Carol's father explained.

"Same here! I'm dreadfully sorry for my daughter's behavior as well! And the lie she had told!" Stella's mother apologies as well.

"All is forgiven, just make sure they never do this again! Now we gotta go, it's getting late and we're tired." Purple explained. She and Yellow then left to detransform and go home to rest up.

"Well thanks for wasting my time!" Steve angrily said before storming off.

Later in the day Natalie and Martha were in the living room watching TV and eating some leftovers. Martha's dad was already asleep from the tiring day at the bakery, and Natalie's mom was working overtime because of some other employees getting sick. The two girls were exhausted from the day they had so they wanted to just rest and chill out.

"OMG! I didnt expect that Juda's guy to have a cult following. Now I'm left with who knows how many questions!" Martha exclaimed.

"Me to... but I'm worried about when we'll have to fight them again." Natalie explained.

"Hey cous, don't worry, as long as we both train and test out our gear and powers, then those creeps won't stand a chance against us!" Natalie exclaimed with confidence.

"Hmm... your right cous, hey your dads going out tomorrow right? To do some cake deliveries?" Natalie asked.

"Yeah, why's that?" Martha asked.

"Well when my mom leaves for work tomorrow we can practice in our rooms, we just need to avoid making an unexplainable mess." Natalie explained.

"Well I have already figured out what does and doesn't explode for most of my things... sure why not!" Martha exclaimed.

Natalie smiled at this and went back to watching TV, excited to test out her ninja gear, and still worried about the next time she and Martha will have to fight the cult again.

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Purple Ninja

Chapter 3 First Fight

After visiting the principal's office Natalie and Martha were now heading to her new locker. The two stopped right outside a room that had ninja posters, stars, and swords posters on the door.

"Wow, what's that room?" Natalie asked when she saw what was on the door.

"Oh that, that's the ninja fanclub room. I'm the vice president of the club and we meet up their three days a week after school." Martha explained.

"Really? What do you all do in their?" Natalie asked.

"Well we practice ninja fighting techniques, study the history of the art of ninjutsu, and practice with fake versions of ninja weapons used throughout history. Basically anything that involves a ninja we do." Martha explained.

"Wow you and the other members of the club must be super fans." Natalie commented after hearing what Martha does in her club.

"Hehe, well that's why it has the name. You know I've always dreamed of becoming a ninja myself, and even if I lost one of my legs, I'm still determined to do it. I'm not going to let anything or anyone stop me from my dreams!" Martha declared.

"I bet, knowing you, you'll do anything you put your mind to and no one can convince you otherwise." Natalie pointed out.

"Yeah, anyway let's get your things in the locker and I'll show you around the school." Martha said.

Natalie nodded and she looked into her locker, nothing about it was out of the ordinary as she hadn't decorated it yet. Nothing was inside it, but she planned to decorate it as soon as possible.

"Alright, I can make this look much nicer than it is." Natalie said as she observed the locker.

"I know you will, and I can't wait to see what you'll do with it." Martha said.

With the locker out of the way Martha started showing Natalie around the school. As the two were walking around the place they heard some girls laughing, however it wasn't a laugh of enjoyment, it was more of mockery. Martha and Natalie ran to the source of the laughs and when they reached said source the two couldn't believe what they saw.

A girl with red hair, freckles, an animal printed sweater, brown pants, and brown shoes was on the floor crying. There were two other girls who both had fancy and expensive clothes standing over the poor girl laughing at her. One of the girls who had blond hair then poured a bottle of water over the girl and laughed at her.

"Aww, did I do that? Sorry but I couldn't help it. I thought it'd make you smell better as you sink like an animal. Then again what do I expect from a girl who works in a filthy animal shelter." The blondie mocked.

When the two cousins saw this they both were filled with anger as they hated seeing others get bullies. Martha and Natalie got up and marched over to the two bullies.

"Hey! How dare you speak to her that way!" Natalie stated angrily. The two girls looked over at the cousins and glared at them angry.

"What did you just say to me?" The blond girl asked in a snarky way.

"I said! How dare you speak to her that way, you disgusting excuse of a human being!" Natalie stated in a firm angry tone.

"I was just stating what was true, she smells!" The blond girl said.

"No she doesn't! Now I want you to go away now! After all I can get you both into detention for bullying!" Martha explained angrily.

Once the girls saw Martha was involved they backed away as she was very intimidating. It didn't help that she could indeed get them sent to detention as she was on good terms with the principal and most teachers in the school. So she just had to say the right words and they'd be busted and in big trouble.

"Ugh, whatever Martha, come on Stella, let's go before their lameness rubs off on us." the blond girl said to her minion. Stella nodded and followed the blond girl as the two walked away and to who knows where now.

Once they were gone Martha and Natalie helped up the girl the two were bullying backup on her feet. "Hey, Shara you good?" Martha asked.

"Y-Yeah thanks Martha, and um... who's this?" Shara asked as she noticed Natalie standing next to her.

"Oh this is my cousin Natalie, she just transferred and I was just showing her around before we left for our field trip." Martha explained.

"Really? Well nice to meet you Natalie, I'm Shara, and if you need any answers to any animal questions then just come to me. I'm a genius at the topic so I can answer any question you have regarding animals." Shara explained.

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind." Natalie said.

"Well we gotta go now, my clock tells me that the bus is about to arrive so we better head outside." Martha explained.

"Oh right it is that time. I just need to grab something out of my locker as I'll need them on the field trip." Shara explained.

"Alright, we'll see you around Shara, let's go Natalie, you're going to love where we're going." Martha explained.

Natalie nodded and followed her cousin to the front of the school. After some time the bus had arrived and all the students who were going on the field trip were loaded onto the bus in an orderly fashion. All the students were paired up while on the bus, Natalie hoped to be paired up with her cousin as she felt more comfortable around her. However to her dismay her and Martha were not paired up and Martha ended up with someone called Cris.

Soon Natalie's partner was given to her and she blushed when she saw who it was once they sat next to her. Her partner was David and she didn't know what to say to him to create some kind of conversation. Soon the bus started moving and Natalie was nervous about being sat next to David. The two sat next to each other without saying a word to each other, so the whole way there was spent in an awkward silence.

After an hour the bus arrived at its location and Natalie looked outside the window she was sitting next to and saw where they had arrived. The place was an old ninja temple that was just on the outskirts of the city. There were no other buildings for miles and the place was surrounded by forest for miles to come.

The students then all filed out of the bus and stood in line as their teacher did a head count. Once she made sure that she had all students on the list she told the bus driver he could go and come pick them up in about two hours. The bus driver nodded and drove away, once he was out of sight the teacher started explaining the plans for the trip.

"Alright students you all are allowed to explore around the temple for the first half of the trip. Then we'll all head out to the center room for a lesson regarding this temple and its history. And remember you're only able to go to certain areas of this place, go into a restricted area then you'll be getting detention for two months." The teacher explained.

Everyone nodded and she dismissed them, which allowed them to go out and explore the temple as much as they wanted. "Hey cous I wanna show you some of my favorite spots around here!" Martha exclaimed.

"Alright! I've never been here before so I'd like to see what it's got." Natalie said.

Martha squealed and grabbed Natalie by the wrist and dragged her to her favorite spot. As they ran they passed by an old lady who was working on the sand garden. When they ran past her she looked up at them and in that moment she saw the ring that Natalie had on her hand. Once that ring went into her line of sight she continued to stare at it in shock till the girls were no longer in sight. With Natalie and Martha out of sight the old lady stood there for several seconds that felt like hours as time slowed down to her.

Five more seconds had passed before she whispered to herself "She has the charm. So it's true that he's gone, oh Chris, I wish I could've helped you but I'm too old. Thankfully it did what it always does and found its way to its new wearer. I better keep an eye on her and make sure to tell her what she needs to do in case something happens. I just hope she'll be able to keep her identity a secret from everyone and those dark cults. Hmm and that other girl, I can sense the same thing from her as I did with you Chris. I'll need to see if she's worthy of holding a charm as well."

The old lady then finished up the garden as quickly as she could before putting the tool away. She then followed in the same direction that Martha and Natalie went in to keep her eye on them. Meanwhile Shara was at the temple's fish pond, watching the cute little fishes swim around in the lake. She threw some fish food that one of the temple keepers gave to her, and watched as the fish ate the food. She smiled at the sight, enjoying herself very much on this trip. Watching the fish swim around and eat was very relaxing.

However this joyful moment was cut short once she felt someone grab onto her and throw her into the lake. The fish swam away in a panic as Shara was thrown into the water. Shara pushed herself above the water and coughed as some water got into her mouth and nose. She then heard laughing behind her and she looked to see Stella, and the blond girl named Carol pointing at her while laughing.

"AHAHAHA! Look a smelly fish where it belongs!" Carol laughed.

"HA! Yeah she should learn where she belongs, and that's with her own kind. A smelly animal with other smelly animals HA!" Stella laughed.

Hearing their awful words Shara began to tear up before bursting into tears and running out of the lake and into the nearby forest. The two bullies continued laughing as Shara ran into the forest till she could no longer hear them.

Once their laughter was gone Shara sumped to the ground resting her back on a large and old oak tree. She wrapped her arms around her legs and cried into her knees as the current events replayed in her mind.

Meanwhile in a dark place a deep black figure opened his blood red eyes as they sensed something.

"Ah what's this now? Shame, humiliation? Haha, a perfect prey for my corruption." The figure siad.

They looked into a mirror that showed earth and managed to find the person who they were talking about. They found Shara and smiled evilly when they saw and felt the despair she was currently feeling. They raised their hand and a black gooey substance dropped out of the palm of their hand.

"Go my corruptor and coat her heart in black so I can turn her to my name." The figure said as she blob sunk into the mirror and entered earth.

It landed next to Shara who was still crying her eyes out, it slithered up to her without her noticing and saw a bear shaped pin on her sweater. It leaped up and merged into the pin, once it had merged into her pin Shara stopped crying and looked up with an angry expression on her face.

Her eyes turned completely black and she heard a voice say "Hello Beast Pouncer, I'm Judas and I can help you get revenge on all those who mock you. I'm giving you the power of every animal on earth and you can control an animal's actions too. All I ask is that you find me all of the colored Ninja charms in return. Do we have an agreement?" Judas asked.

"Hehe, yes we do my lord. I'll show everyone who mocks me the true power of animals and I'll find the charms for you as well." Beast Pouncer said as she got up and a black haze had surrounded her whole body.

Meanwhile Natalie and Martha were looking at ninja weapons and posters. Natalie was impressed by how this place had so much history regarding ninjas.

"Wow okay this place is impressive. I'm so happy I can see it, it's awesome, I can see why you love it cous." Natalie said.

"Yeah, Ah I feel at home here, surrounded by the cutler and art of ninjutsu." Martha explained.

"I wonder what else this place has in store for us?" Natalie asked.

After she said that the two heard a loud crash of something breaking and not a moment later all the other students' screams were heard. Concerned Natalie and Martha ran outside to see what was going on, when they got outside they saw that the thing that was broken was a pot. They then saw what had thrown it in the first place, a creature that had the head of a lion, the belly of a crocodile, tail of a dog, gills of a fish, wings of a bird, and legs of a cheetah.

"Raaww! You all shall tremble in fear of Beast Poncer! I shall show you all the true power of animals Raww!" Beast Pouncer roared loudly before grabbing another pot and throwing it again.

This time it was close to the entrance that Natalie and Martha were close to. The two cousins quickly took cover inside as the pot crashed into the entrance.

"Wow! Okay what on earth was that?!" Natalie asked, surprised by what she had just seen.

"I have no clue, but it would be cool if that thing wasn't attacking everything!" Martha explained as she sat up.

"It's one of Judas' dark super servants. It looks like he corrupted one of your classmates and turned them into one of his minions." An old weak voice explained.

The two girls turned around and they saw the same old lady who was working in the garden earlier.

"Wow wow! Who are you?! And how do you know what's going on?!" Martha asked, confused and surprised by the old lady's knowledge of what's going on.

"My name is Eri and I'm the guardian of the color Ninja charms. I've seen Judas doing this since I was a little girl. He prays on those who are feeling down and uses his darkmagic to corrupt them and turn them into his servants." Eri explained.

"What?! You're joking right?! There's no way that's possible?!" Martha explained not believing what this lady was saying.

"I'm sorry to say but It's nothing but the truth, however there is a way that it can be fixed. We will need the purple ninja and with their powers they will be able to reverse everything." Eri explained.

"Well where are they then!?" Natalie blurted out as she was getting incredibly tense from what was happening.

"Oh my dear, it's you, you have the purple ninja charm on your finger right now." Eri explained.

Natalie froze for a moment before she looked down at her hand that the ring was still on.

"If you don't believe me then just repeat these words and you'll see. Purple Ninja, it's time to Purify!" Eri explained.

"Um... Purple Ninja, it's time to Purify?" Natalie said not sure what else to do because of the shock.

As soon as those words came out of her mouth Natalie was surrounded by a purple light and her ring glowed purple as well. "Wowow! What's happening?!" Natalie asked in shock and fear as her apparel started to change.

A purple mask was formed on her head with her hair being put up into a ponytail and it went through a hole in the mask. The mask was mostly purple with the trims around her hair, eyes, and jaw were black. Purple ribbons then wrapped around her chest and they transformed into a ninja top. The main part was purple while the clothing around her neck, waist, and around her arms were black. The same ribbons then wrapped around her arms all the way down to her finger tips. They then transformed into sleeves for the suit and the bicep parts were purple while the triceps and fingers were both black. Finally the ribbons wrapped around her legs and feet transforming into pants and boots. The soles of the boots were black while the rest were purple, the shins of the pants were purple while the thighs were black till it hit the waist where a purple scarf wrapped around her waist and then to her neck.

Once the transformation was complete Natalie took a look at herself. When she saw what had happened she screamed as she had become a totally different person.

"W-WHAT THE HECK!? WHAT'S THIS?! H-HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!" Natalie asked in shock as she looked at the ninja suit and pulled at it to see if she could remove it.

However the suit wasn't coming off as if it was stuck to her and this freaked her out even more.

"Wow! What in the world! Hey Lady! What the Hell happened to my cousin!" Martha asked as she watched her cousin become a ninja.

"She's now the purple Ninja, and now she can use her new powers to defend the city from Judas and his evil plans." Eri explained.

"W-What?! Does that mean what I think it means?!" Natalie asked with worry as she started putting the pieces together.

"Yes, that means you'll need to fight that creature and find the object that became the source of corruption." Eri explained.

"Oh NO! No I-I can't fight against that thing! I-I've never been in a fight before in my life I-I cant! I-" Natalie was saying till she felt Martha's gentle hand on her shoulder. She looked at her cousin and saw she had a look of confidence and reassurance on her face.

"You can do this course, because I'm gonna help you." Martha explained.

"W-What?!" Natalie asked, confused and surprised.

"You heard me, I'm gonna help, I've been dreaming about becoming a ninja my whole life and this is a chance for me to use my skills. And we both know it's better to have help rather than trying to do something that's too big for you to do alone." Martha explained.

Natalie smiled at this and gave Martha a big hug, happy that her cousin was going to help her in battle.

"I was hoping you would say that, so Miss, Martha, I have something to help you in battle." The old lady said.

"What's that?" Martha asked as she looked at Eri with confusion as she said that. Eri then pulled out a bracelet with a yellow gem in the center of it and a white chain.

"Martha I'm proud to entrust you with the Yellow Ninja charm. You shall be its new holder and use it for the greater good. However once you transform you will become a part of Natalie's mission to fight against this evil. Are you willing to risk your life and safety for this?" Eri asked, letting Martha know what she was getting into.

Martha's face became firm and she nodded as she was willing to risk it all for her cousin. Eri smiled and allowed Martha to take the charm out of her hand. Once Martha had put it on, the gem's yellow color disappeared and she waited for Eri to tell her what she had to do.

"Now all you need to say is, Yellow Ninja Lets Shed Some Light!" Eri exclaimed.

"On it! Yellow Ninja! Let's Shed Some Light!" Martha called out and the gem glowed yellow and Martha was surrounded by a yellow light.

A mask was formed over her eyes where the eyes were white. Her hair turned yellow and was braided up in the back of the mask, so it wouldn't get in her way. Her body was then wrapped up in yellow ribbons and once formed into the outfit the belt, midsection, neck, and shoulders were white while the rest was yellow. Yellow ribbons then formed on her arms, the hands were white while the rest was yellow. Finally her legs and feet were wrapped in the yellow ribbon, once they formed into the clothes, the soles of her feet were white along with her knees, and waist, while the rest was yellow.

Once the transformation was complete Martha was impressed, she loved the suit, especially the mask as it reminded her of the ninja turtles masks, of course her eyes were covered up with a white see thru fabric.

"HA! This is gonna be awesome! Come on cous! Let's go fight this thing and save everyone!" The Yellow Ninja declared.

"Alright! Let's do this!" The Purple Ninja said, now feeling more confident with help by her side.

The two ninjas then reached into their pockets to see if there was something in them, and to their delight there was. The two both pulled out smoke bombs that matched the color they were, they threw the smoke bombs down to the ground and a yellow and purple smoke filled the area, which allowed them to exit the building without being seen.

Meanwhile outside students and employees were screaming and running away from Beast Pouncer as she destroyed the area.

"What in the world is that thing?" Stella asked.

"I-I don't know, but it is hideous, although not as hideous as that Shara Haha!" Carol laughed, however she didn't realize that her laughter had attracted Beast Pouncer's attention and when she saw them her fury became even stronger.

She pounced over to the two girls, which caused them to scream and try to run away; unfortunately they weren't fast enough and Beast Pouncer had caught them.

"You! It's time you understand how I had felt for so long!" Beast Pounder Roared in their faces.

"W-What are you talking about?!" Stella asked as she struggled in her grip.

"Yeah, we didn't do anything to you Beast Pouncer!" Carol said hoping that would get her to let them go.

However this had the opposite effect as Beast Pouncer only got more angry and roared again at them. "It's me! Shara! You both had called me a number of names and hurt me in many different ways! Well now it's time I finally let you both know how I've felt for all these years!" Beast Pouncer declared.

She then tightened her grip on the two girls, threatening to kill them when she felt something being thrown at her.

"Hey! You leave them alone, Beast Pouncer!" A voice called out.

"Yeah! Even if they are bullies, we'll still protect them as it's what heroes do!" Another voice called out. Beast Pouncer looked back and saw two ninja's standing on top of the temple's roof. One was in a purple suit while the other was in a yellow suit.

"Beast Pouncer! Those two had two of the charms I'm looking for! Attack them and take their charms!" Judas commanded.

"Understood sir!" Beast Pouncer replied and threw the two girls aside like rag dolls and jumped at the two ninja's. Purple Ninja jumped out of the way while Yellow Ninja jumped towards the two girls and grabbed onto them.

Once on the ground Yellow Ninja put them down and said, "You two get to safety! Me and Purple Ninja will Handle this!"

Yellow Ninja then jumped back into the fight. Purple Ninja meanwhile was running away from Beast Pouncer, however it was harder than it seemed as she had the speed of a cheetah.

"Oh crap, Oh crap, oh crap! What am I meant to do?!" Purple Ninja asked as she realized she had no idea what she was doing.

Beast Pouncer then jumped up and tried to grab on Purple Ninja, however a yellow scarf wrapped around her legs and yanked her back harshly. She growled and looked back to see that it was Yellow Ninja who had pulled her back.

"Raw! Your charm shall belong to Judas!" Beast Pouncer roared as she started charging at Yellow Ninja.

Yellow Ninja braced herself when a light flashed in her eye. She looked and saw Eri hiding in the trees using a mirror to shine some light towards her in order to get her attention.

Eri then pulled out a sign that read "Say Blinding Light! It'll allow you to temporarily blind your opponent, but be careful though, you can only use it once before you have ten minutes before you transform back."

After quickly reading it Yellow Ninja nodded and faced Beast Pouncer again. "Let's do this! Blinding Light!" Yellow Ninja called out and a bright light appeared on her hands.

She then threw the light directly into her face, this indeed caused Beast Pouncer to go blind for a while. She screamed in pain as she covered her eyes trying to get them to revolver. As she stood up Yellow Ninja noticed a black pin on her chest, so she believed that's where the corruption was.

"Yellow! You alright?!" Yellow Ninja heard Purple Ninja ask. She looked behind Beast Pouncer and saw Purple Ninja standing behind her with a worried look on her face.

"Yeah! On the Pin! It's black and I think that's where this corruption thing is!" Yellow called out while pointing to the pin. Purple Ninja looked and saw the pin, once she saw that it was indeed black she had to believe that's where it was, however she didn't know how to undo it without hurting Shara.

Then a flash of light was caught in her eye, and when she looked she saw Eri hiding in the tree line. She had another sign with her and it read "Call out Purife Bloom and aim it at the pin, it can destroy the corruption and return your friend back to normal."

After reading it Purple Ninja nodded and faced Beast Pouncer again with a determined look on her face. She then called out "Purify Bloom!" and took aim right at the pin. A purple blast was instantly shot out of her hand and once it made contact with the pin, the blackness around it was surrounded with a purple haze. The haze was then turned into blooming flowers and the pin was restored to normal, that wasn't all that was restored to normal as a black haze surrounded Beast Pouncer and she turned back into Shara.

"Ugh, W-what happened?" Shara asked as her senses came back.

"It's alright, you're alright." Purple Ninja said as she walked up to Shara and helped her up. Shara looked at Purple ninja and was shocked by what she was seeing; Yellow ninja then came into her line of sight which made her even more shocked.

"Wow! Who are you two?" Shara asked.

"We're um... I'm Purple Ninja, and this is Yellow Ninja!" Purple Ninja explained.

"Wow, you two are awesome." Shara said, shocked by what she was seeing.

"That's not even scratching the surface!" The three heard a voice call out. They looked and saw that the other student and the teacher had all ran to the area and they all looked amazed.

"What we just saw now was so incredible that awesome isn't enough!" A boy exclaimed with his eyes sparkling.

"Why thank you, we're just doing our jobs and protecting the innocent." Yellow Ninja explained.

"Hey I'm Steve and I'm a part of our school's report club, can you spare some time and answer a few questions?" Steve asked.

"Um, we'd love to, but we gotta go! Come on Yellow! Maybe we can answer your questions later!" Purple Ninja blurted out before her and Yellow split, leaving behind a disappointed Steve.

Ten minutes later Martha and Natalie had transformed back and were now making their way back to the temple as they went a little way into the woods. Thankfully they both knew the way back so they weren't worried about getting lost. As they were walking Martha looked to Natalie who was looking at her ring with a worried look on her face.

"Hey cous, you alright?" Martha asked.

"I-I don't know, I-I don't even know if I can process all of this. My dad was murdered, mom and I moved here, and now we both have charms that turn us into ninjas with magical powers... It's a lot to take in." Natalie explained unloading the dump truck of everything that just changed in her life.

"Yeah I bet it's a lot to take in, but hey I'm not gonna let you go through this alone. I'll be with you every step of the way, and in every fight that comes our way." Martha explained, reassuring Natalie.

"Really? Thanks Martha I'm lucky to have a cousin like you in my life." Natalie said grateful for Martha's words.

"Anything for my cousin, now come on let's go! I believe that Miss Mason is looking for us by now so let's hurry before she starts worrying." Martha explained.

Natalie nodded and the two raced back to the temple before their teacher began to worry about them. As they ran they both felt like that this was the start of an amazing journey for them. They also felt that all of this is just the beginning of something big and intense for them and possibly the whole world.

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Purple Ninja

Chapter 2 New Look

The following day Martha had woken Natalie up pretty early in the day that the sun wasn't gonna be up for another hour. Natalie was obviously confused by this as school didn't start till at least 9 or 8 o'clock in the morning, she wasn't sure.

"Hey, cous why did you wake me up at 4 in the morning? School doesn't start this early does it?" Natalie asked, still a little drowsy.

"Nope, but we're going somewhere that'll allow you to make a mind blowing first impression!" Martha exclaimed, full of energy and clearly fully awake.

With how awake Martha seemed Natalie wondered if she had gone to bed early or if she had woken up this early in the morning before. A question that wasn't that important right now, as she wondered how Martha was gonna allow her to make a mind blowing first impression in school.

"What do you mean cous? How you gonna let me make such an impression to everyone in the school?" Natalie asked.

"Oh I've got ideas! We're gonna first get you a new hair do! I know someone who works at a salon this early in the morning as the place is open twenty four seven. After that we're gonna get you a new look! Something that screams, "I'm a badass, so don't mess with me!" Martha explained excitedly like a child on Christmas morning.

"Um... okay?" Natalie said a little disturbed by the amount of energy Martha was displaying right now.

"Alright, so after breakfast I'll drive us up to the salon, then we'll head to a clothes store to get your new look. Once we've gotten everything we'll be heading to school, where we'll meet up with your mom!" Martha explained, listing out the plan for the day.

Natalie just nodded and went into the bathroom to get up and get herself ready for the day. While Natalie was in the bathroom Martha went into the kitchen and started preparing breakfast for the two of them.

Half an hour passed and now the two cousins were in Martha's car driving to the salon. They soon arrived and Natalie saw the salon and it was impressive. The place had a neon sign that said "Katie's Hair and Nails" and there was a lovely flower garden sitting on the outside under the windows.

"Wow, this place knows how to make a good and warm welcome." Natalie said as she observed the place.

"Yes it does! The owner wanted the place to look nice so the customers can feel relaxed as they get their hair and nails done. Let's go now! I wanna see you in a new look pronto!" Martha exclaimed as she wrapped her arm around Natalie and led her inside.

Once inside Martha brought Natalie over to an open chair close to the entrance and sat her down. After being seated on the chair a man came up to the two of them and introduced himself.

"Hello I'm Pat you must be Natalie, your cousin Martha here has told me about you and scheduled the appointment for you." Pat explained.

"N-Nice to meet you, and why am I not surprised she planned ahead. You come up with the craziest things Martha." Natalie commented.

"Hey what can I say, I like to be prepared. Now you go on and have Pat here do whatever you want him to do with you hair! I'll pay for it, I've been saving up a good amount of my allowance and paychecks from my part time job so do whatever. I also spoke with your mom and she said that it was cool for you to go nuts with your hair." Maratha explained before she went to the waiting room to sit down.

"Alright so, what would you like me to do? A trim, shampoo, color, wet roller set?" Pat started asking as he got an apron on.

Natalie thought about what she would like to have for her new life in the city. After a moment an idea came to mind and she knew what she wanted for her hair.

"Alright Pat, I know what I want for my hair." Natalie explained.

"Okay, lay it on me kid, what you need I'll do." Pat said with a cheerful smile on his face.

After about an hour and a half Natalie went up to Martha who was on her phone looking through some stuff.

"Hey cous I'm done, what do you think?" Martha heard Natalie ask.

She looked up from her phone and saw Natalie sporting a long layered hair cut, and the ends dyed the color purple. When Martha saw her cousin's incredible new look she couldn't help but show a bright smile.

"You look fantastic! I knew Pat wouldn't let me down! He's been doing my hair for years and he's never let me down, so I just knew he'd be the same with you!" Martha exclaimed, happy and very proud.

"Hehe, thanks cous, now let's pay and get me some new clothes for school." Natalie said, wanting to see what she could get from the next shop.

Natalie nodded excited and went up to the counter to pay for the cut and color. After she got that done the two cousins went back to Martha's car and drove off to their next location. Now the sun was partly up decorating the sky from a deep black to an orange and purple now. Natalie was a little concerned they wouldn't make it to school on time, but Martha reassured her that she planned it all out. She made sure that they would be on time and Natalie would be sporting a cool new look for her new life in the city. After some time of driving the two arrived at the shop and once again Martha led Natalie inside.

"Alright cous, I do all my clothes shopping here! Look around and see what you like, this place even sells some jewelry so if you're interested in any of that I'll pay for that as well." Martha explained.

"Cous you don't need to do any of this for me." Natalie said worried Martha was going a bit overboard which wouldn't be a surprise as she has a bit of a bad habit of doing that.

"You're right, I don't need to, I want to. Now go on and decided what you would like to wear to school." Martha said and gently gave Natalie a push into the women's section of the shop.

Although nervous Natalie did like the idea of having a new look, plus she did feel like what she was wearing was pretty plain. So she looked around looking for the new clothes she would like to wear to school.

Thankfully it didn't take her too long as she found an outfit displayed on a mannequin that was just screaming her name. So she asked an employee to give it to her and once she had the clothes she went into the changing room. Martha meanwhile was in the jewelry section looking through the necklaces. She was looking for an awesome ninja themed necklace to go with her ear rings.

"Hey Martha, are you looking for a ninja themed necklace?" Martha heard a voice ask. She looked up and saw one of the employees she's seen around whenever she came here.

"Hey Taylor, how have you been?" Martha asked.

"Not too bad, my parents are coming around to my identity." Taylor explained as they restocked some watches on the shelves.

Taylor was one of the employees who knew Martha pretty well as she was a regular at that store and they'd always help her out with whatever she needed. They also identified as non binary and she was the first person who they had told this info. She accepted them immediately and used neutral terms whenever referring to them.

"That's awesome, anyway you have any ninja themed necklaces?" Martha asked as she couldn't spot any.

"Well we did just have a new shipment come in, I'll show you." Taylor said and got out a box. They went up to the counter and showed what was inside to Martha, whose eyes lit up when she saw it.

"OMG! It's perfect! I'll take it!" Martha exclaimed excitedly.

"Alright I'll ring you up and it's all yours." Taylor said as they went up to the cash register.

Before Martha could go up there she felt someone tapping her lightly on the arm. She turned around and saw Natalie in the new outfit she had chosen and damn did she make it work. The outfit was a jean skirt, a purple sleeveless hoodie, net leggings, purple heel shoes with spikes on the straps, a pair of gray and black fingerless gloves that went up to her bicep, and to finish it off, some awesome looking spiked loose belts that were hanging off the skirt to her thighs.

"Wow, alright girl! I love it!" Martha exclaimed.

"Hehe, thanks cous, it's not too much is it?" Natalie asked as she looked at herself.

"Na, no way, it's perfect! You look amazing! There's just one thing missing. Some jewelry! Thankfully I know just the person who can help with that!" Martha exclaimed.

"Who's that?" Natalie asked curious as to who this person is.

"Hey! Taylor! I'll be taking something else for my cous!" Martha called out.

Taylor looked up from what they were doing and saw Natalie standing next to Martha. If Martha hadn't told them about Natalie they would've thought the two were sisters as they looked like each other. Except Martha had blond hair and was taller than Natalie by her head and shoulders.

"Hey you must be Natalie, I'm Taylor, and you want something from here?" Taylor asked as they walked up to the two cousins.

"Um, I'm not sure, Martha already paid for my hair so I'm not sure if she should also pay for some jewelry as well." Natalie explained, worry creeping up on her again.

"Hey don't sweat it, in fact I have something I think you'll like." Taylor said before they walked up to a pile of boxes that was under a table.

They dug around in one for a moment till they found what they were searching for. Once in hand they walked back up to the counter and showed Natalie what it was. When she saw it she couldn't believe her eyes, as it was a ring that was made of a black metal with a purple gem. It looked just like the one her dad had, but had seemingly lost on the day he was murdered. Tears started to form in Natalie's eyes as she looked at the ring as it brought back memories of her father.

"H-Hey, you alright?! I-I didn't do anything did I?" Taylor asked in a panic as they saw Natalie start to cry.

"N-No, i-it's just that, that ring looked just like the one my dad had... I-I'll take it. I thin having something similar to what he had could bring me closer to him." Natalie explained.

"Oh, w-well go on and take it, on the house, by me." Taylor explained as they gave the ring to Natalie.

"W-What, b-but wont you get into trouble?" Natalie asked.

"Not at all, those boxes are full of things my boss said could be just given away. Most of them are just old junk that was given to the store for free or was found. My boss found this washed up on the side of a river bank when he went out camping a few weeks ago. Since the owner never turned up to collect it he just said we could give it away, but to keep a record incase the owner does eventually come back." Taylor explained.

"O-Oh, okay then, I guess if your boss said that it was alright." Natalie said as she took the ring and placed it on her right ring finger. As soon as she put it on she felt a strange feeling of warmth and strength flow through her.

"Wow, that was strange." Natalie commented as she examined the ring.

"Hehe, must be the excitement that comes with the new look, hey Taylor I'll be paying for my necklace now, after that I'll pay for Natalie's clothes. We'll then be bouncing to school, after stopping by Starbucks for some coffees." Martha explained.

"Alright, and um hey Martha before you go I um... I wanna ask you something." Taylor said nervously while sweating a little.

"Okay whats up? Lay the question on me hard and fast!" Martha requested as she put her hands on the table and waited for what Taylor had to ask.

"W-We'll if you're free this Friday, wanna um... g-go see a movie?" Taylor asked as if they were ripping off a band-aid.

"Are you asking me out on a date?" Martha asked slyly.

"Um... well hehe, um... yes." Taylor answered all flustered up.

"Hehe,you're cute when you're flustered, sure, I'd love to go out with you." Martha answered.

Taylor smiled at that and finished up with Martha's necklace. After scanning and bagging it, they gave it to her and she paid for the necklace, giving Taylor a 20% tip. While she and Natalie were leaving the jewelry section to pay for Natalie's new outfit, she gave Taylor a cute little wink, which had made their face turn red like a tomato.

Once Natalie's outfit had been paid for, the two cousins drove down to the nearest Starbucks to grab some quick coffee. They still had an hour before school so they decided to go through the drive thru. Once in the drive thru Martha ordered a Strawberry frappuccino and Natalie ordered a triple chocolate drink. After ordering Martha drove up to the drive thru window and paide for the two drinks before finally driving to school.

"Hey, are you ready to show everyone what you're made of?" Martha asked as she drank her coffee.

"Yeah I am! After this morning I'm just feeling awake and alive right now!" Natalie exclaimed.

"Hehe I bet, that outfit your rocking must be helping, right?" Martha asked.

"Yeah it actually is, thanks for all of this cous, I hope there's some way I'll be able to repay you." Natalie said as she looked at her cousin.

"Na don't thank me, you being happy and making new friends here is all I need. As long as I know what I did to help someone out, that's all that matters to me." Martha explained.

"Hehe, it's good to know you've still got that attitude, you haven't changed at all." Natalie commented with a smile on her face.

"No, No I haven't, now let's go! I almost forgot but our schools are going on a field trip today and I don't want to miss it." Martha stated as she pressed on the gas pedal more and started driving a little faster.

The two cousins soon arrived at the school and Martha parked her car in her parking spot. Once parked the two both got out of the car and headed up to the front gate. Natalie was very nervous as she was in a new environment and she wasn't sure how everyone would see her however Martha kept on reassuring her that things would be alright. So Natalie took a deep breath and relaxed as she entered the school with her cousin.

The two opened the doors and looked out at the other students who had already arrived before them. Some students looked over to them when they heard the doors open, others just continued on with what they were doing. The students who looked at them were surprised to see Martha with someone new, she normally arrived at school by herself so to see her with a new student is surprising.

"Make way people! My cousin and I are coming through the school and we don't want to bump into anyone!" Martha called out in a confident voice as she walked in with Natalie right behind her. The other students all stood aside and made room for the two cousins. Natalie was impressed that they were actually listening to Martha as in her old school no student had ever done that to any one.

"Hey cous why is everyone making room for you like that?" Natalie asked.

"Well that's because they all respect me. I've helped a lot of them out at times, others I've earned their respect by showing them my determination and willingness to do what I put my mind to." Martha explained.

"Wow, I hope they'll respect me like that someday, and not just because you're my cousin." Natalie said.

"I know they will, you're awesome in your own way cous, you just gotta reach into your inner cool and let it out!" Martha explained.

Natalie smiled at her words and was determined to have friends and be cool in her own way. After all she knew that Martha wouldn't want her to be like her, she'd want her to be herself. Just then Natalie was bumped into by another student who wasn't paying attention to where they were going.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" The student timidly said as they started picking up the items they dropped.

"Hey, it's alright, here let me help you." Natalie said as she got down and started picking up the items.

"T-Thanks, you new here?" The student asked.

"Yup, my name is Na-" Natalie was saying till she looked up and saw the student.

When she saw them she started blushing, as it was a cute boy with raven black hair, deep blue eyes, and he had black eyeliner that was done perfectly well. He was also wearing a purple jacket, a black shirt with a goth skull on it, long black pants, and black shoes with white goth skulls on them.

"Oh um, I-I'm Natalie!" Natalie blurted out after she composed herself from seeing the cute goth boy.

"Hehe, nice to meet you Natalie, I'm David... I'll um, I'll see you around I gotta get going." David explained, seeming a little nervous. He then got up and walked away with all his items in hand, leaving Natalie both flustered and puzzled.

"Hey Cous looks like you met David. Nice guy isn't he?" Martha asked. "Um yeah, he is, but why did he seem nervous?" Natalie asked.

"Well he doesn't have that many friends around here and he can be a little shy. It doesn't help that most of the students here think he's a weirdo and he's often bullied by some of the seniors." Martha explained.

"Oh poor guy." Natalie said feeling pretty bad for the guy.

"He's cute isn't he?" Martha asked, teasing Natalie as she knew what kind of guys her younger cousin was into.

"W-What?! What are you talking about?!" Natalie asked flustered by Martha's question.

"HA! Got cha! Come on, let's go to the principal's office and find your locker. By that time we should be able to see some of the school before the field trip." Martha explained as she took Natalie by the hand and led her to the principal's office.

As the two walked to the office, Natalie couldn't help but think more about David and how cute he was. She hoped that he'd like to be her friend and that she would also like it here at this new school, as she had a feeling something epic was about to happen.