DISCLAIMER: I don't own 'GONE' and blah blah blah, but I did make up Leah- so don't copy her and stuff. Anyway...
Sam dropped his surfboard, his smile disintegrating as he ran down the water. Quinn shouted 'What are you doing? Wait up!' Astrid was already running; she was looking serious- like Sam. Quinn wanted to know what was happening to make his friends worried; he called back up the beach to Edilio who was watching Little Pete for Astrid 'Get down here, something weird is happening!'
Quinn put down his board next to Sam's then started jogging down the beach, sandals flapping. Edilio was deciding what to do with Pete. Quinn saw what was causing the concern.
Sam and Astrid were leant over a girl that was washed up on the beach. Astrid was checking for a pulse, she muttered something to Sam, looking shocked. She looked up as Quinn made it to the scene, sand flying from his feet as he moved. 'Quinn, get Edilio to come now! She's alive but not breathing,' she turned to Sam 'we need to get her out of the water!' Quinn yelled for Edilio.
Astrid was helping Sam and Quinn drag the girl up the beach, till they were on dry sand. Edilio arrived, leaving Little Pete playing his video game on the bench at the top of the beach. His friends were frantically trying to resuscitate the girl. She had long curly black hair, her skin was deadly pale, she was skinny- starved.
Suddenly the girl sat bolt upright, coughing salt water, soaking Edilio who had just joined them. Sam wanted to laugh at the look on Edilio's face, but he was still in full god-I-hope-she-isn't-dead mode. Astrid asked the girl her name; she coughed again then said 'Um... I think I'm called Leah. Where am I? Astrid looked concerned, 'What do you mean "I think?"' Leah shrugged and Sam answered her question 'You're on the outskirts Perdido Beach, California.'
Astrid noted how the girl didn't recognise the name of the town, Leah had forgotten or she had never heard of the name before. The first idea seemed best; the girl had to have been here since the FAYZ barrier had gone up so she had to have heard of Perdido Beach. Quinn added 'or at least it was in California, you know.' onto what Sam had said.
Leah didn't know, 'What do you mean?' Edilio and Sam got the message. Quinn looked confused, 'The FAYZ, right?' Leah asked 'The what?' Astrid started talking before Quinn could, 'What's the last thing you remember?' Leah looked around the group before saying 'Opening my eyes two minutes ago.'
Quinn's confused look faded. Sam helped Leah up, she was drenched. The whole group stood up, Astrid said 'Sam, handle this- I'll go check on Pete' running off. Quinn ran to get the surf boards and take them back to the jeep. Edilio told Leah about the town and the FAYZ. The girl wasn't remembering anything so he left it at that.
Sam helped her into the four by four, Astrid was sat in the back with her little brother Pete. The jeep had no roof and only two proper seats, Edilio was always driver and today Quinn was sat next to him. It was an army style jeep that Edilio had hotwired from the nuclear power plant, he was good at driving it and could drive as fast as you could manage to hold onto the metal railings in the back.
Leah asked where they were going, Sam glanced up at Astrid. 'Back to town?' she looked at Sam 'Your house?' He nodded. 'Oh, I'm Astrid by the way.' Everyone introduced themselves- Astrid told Leah about her autistic little brother. Pete looked up from his game to stare intently at Leah for a few seconds.
Leah was confident for a girl that nearly drowned, who woke up on a beach with no memories. Sam asked how old she was and Leah answered '14.' She realised what she had said, 'Wait, how did I know that…'
As they drove down the pavement Edilio noticed something was wrong. It was hazy from the heat waves on the road but there was something up ahead, he muttered 'Bloody hell.' Quinn jumped, 'What?' Edilio pointed into the distance.
Sam came up behind them, 'I've had enough of this.' Coyotes. The coyotes were now a major problem in Perdido Beach, they had got smart, got big and they could talk. These ones looked hungry. 'Astrid, coyotes ahead.' Sam said, leaning on the side of the jeep and holding onto the overhead bars. Astrid looked up from watching her four year old brother playing his game, 'Again?' she sighed with a concerned tone to her voice.
'What's wrong with coyotes? They aren't meant to bother with humans.' Leah wondered aloud, confused. 'These ones aren't normal.' Sam muttered, Astrid began to briefly explain about the mutation in Perdido beach. She told Leah how some kids had special powers and Leah jumped out of her skin when Sam conquered up a ball of light into his hand. Astrid also started to tell her some of the stories that their group of friends had been through, mentioning that Sam was kind of town mayor before Edilio shouted 'Incoming!'
The four by four shuck and Sam nearly fell out; Astrid pulled her brother with her, away from the sides. Leah gasped; the coyotes that were running alongside the jeep were giant. Sam shouted, 'How many are there? There were only a few when we last saw them!' alarmed. Astrid shrugged.
Sam shot the weird green light out of his hands at them, Leah heard a few whimpers from the coyotes and guessed Sam had a good aim. She had fallen over when the jeep lurched the second time and couldn't see the coyotes, but from the look on Sam's face there were too many of them for him to fend off.
Astrid held Pete tightly as the jeep lurched again, she couldn't think of a plan- she was too busy keeping her brother from wailing.
Edilio shouted to Sam 'There's too many of them, I can't shoot and drive!' Sam looked up to decide the best plan, but got distracted when a coyote dived into the jeep on top of Quinn. Quinn pushed it back, giving Sam the chance to hit it. There was a flash of light and the coyote fell out, landing on two of its comrades.
Astrid yelled, 'Slow down!' Quinn grabbed the gun from Edilio, standing. Edilio put his foot down and Astrid hugged Pete tightly. Leah stood up, holding onto the railings.
The jeep jerked violently, Edilio hit the brakes. Sam, Quinn and Leah all tumbled out- Quinn dropped the gun, which slid under his seat. Little Pete screamed.
The world tumbled and the next thing Leah knew, she was on her side, facing 30 odd angry coyotes. Sam pulled her up and behind him. Quinn was on the dusty ground, seemingly unconscious.
Leah ran over to him as Sam fended of the coyotes that were deciding who to go for, them or the screaming four year old in the tipped over jeep. She shook Quinn, to no response.
Suddenly, Leah was bowled over by one of the coyotes that had dived at her she scrambled backwards, kicking at it, not wanting to waste time standing up. Edilio was shooting, having found the gun, but he was nearly out of bullets. Astrid and Pete had vanished.
Sam was still up and fighting, Edilio was on the ground fending two off with his empty shot gun. The coyotes were ignoring Quinn, they obviously knew that unconscious people didn't shot at them. Leah jumped to her feet as more of the coyotes turned on her.
Leah continued to back off. One of the coyotes dived at her and she fell over again. 'God, I'm going to die…' Leah muttered to herself. She was sure the coyotes were laughing, thinking that she was going to be easy to kill. 'Cheer up; you're not dead yet…' She thought.
'Leave me alone!' she shouted as loud and as strong as she could. Leah felt funny, time was slowing down around her and she put her hands up to defend herself as the coyote jumped in slow motion, it was going for the kill. Her ears were buzzing and she realized that she was surprisingly calm for someone that was about to be ripped apart and eaten.
She panicked, scared. Suddenly time sped up and blue electricity crackled down her arms. Everything flashed with sudden light. 'What the hell was that?' Leah asked herself as the world tilted and fell away; she was unconscious before she hit the ground
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