Ch. 1 : Berkeley
"Fitness run today!"
My PE teacher was an idiot. Not that he really cared, though. Thank god my best friend was in my class. Her name was Priyanka.
"Run together?" Priyanka asked.
"Of course!" I whispered back, tugging the sleeve of my sweater up more.
I always had to wear a long sleeve because of my um problem. I was a cyborg, part of the Autobot ranks. I had abilities, not like I'm super fast or anything THAT simple. I could make force fields that could stop any physical attack. So, it was hard to hide my identity and robotic body parts(right arm + hand, left leg, right foot, left eye). Plus, it had to look natural. Overkill.
Back to the "now". We were walking down to the track, talking to each other
"There was another family found dead last nigh!" Sreya said (another classmate, along with Adina, Maia, Perla, Jenny, Lamia, and Momo).
"Was there no evidence of how they died?" Priyanka asked.
She looked terrified.
"Oh, come on, Pri! It's not like we'll be next! Besides, who was it?" I encouraged Priyanka with empty happiness. I was a bit spooked, too. Who wasn't?
We all looked stricken as Sreya answered "'Member Michael Ko? He's not here today. It was his parent's and brother."
"So, he's still alive?" Perla wondered aloud.
Sreya nodded "Yeah, he was at the neighbors when it happened. But he's been shaken up pretty good."
There was no evidence of a struggle or murder, so it probably wasn't the Decepticons. That almost made my day.
Almost.
Me and Priyanka went onto the track, along with about half the class. Three laps, of a mile. No biggie, right?
It seemed like it. We were on our second lap when there was a loud CRACK, and we turned to see a woman with many men walking towards us, a stick raised in her hand like a weapon. We all stopped. Priyanka cursed under her breath and pulled out her own stick.
"Who the heck is she?" someone Jeff? asked.
Amazingly, the woman answered. "I am Bellatrix Lestrange, or your demise."Pause for effect "AVADA KADAVRA!"
When she yelled the curse, a green light shot from her wand, going for the poor boy. I had no time to register what was going on around me. Even when Priyanka pointed her "wand" at the on coming curse and screamed "PROTEGO!"
Holy crap moment.