Hello!

So I decided to throw in a couple of OC's to change a few things and because my imagination and fangirl obsession has basically gone wild. My sister is helping me come up with some ideas for this as well so hopefully I remember everything and it flows well. Ill be editing chapters as I go, as sometimes I don't see the problem until its too late or my laptop fudges up and doesn't show the mistake I made. Review and HELPFUL criticism is welcome, no flames or hate reviews. You don't like it, then don't read it. I'm doing this out of fun.

Cheers!

Ari

Chapter 1 : Get Away

I couldn't do it anymore.

I needed to get away from this place, there were too many bad memories. So with my wallet in my bag, along with all my certificates and ID, I packed up my clothes, grabbed my phone, a few other closely kept possessions, and quietly snuck out. As I gently and silently crept down the hallway in the basement, making sure to watch my step, I kept my ears open in case of any changes in the household that laid asleep above me. I slowly crawled my way up the stairs, moving my way past the incredible amount of shoes (seriously, why so many?), and slowly grabbed my lace up leather boots, flats, and running shoes, stuffing them in a partially empty bag, but carrying my flats just not putting them on yet. I stood up, very slowly wrapped my hand around my key so as to not make any sounds before taking them off the hook. As I listened for any noise, I realized that there was no loud sounds. No snoring. I froze, waiting, praying that for once in my life, my bad luck wouldn't activate now.

Heavy footsteps walked partially down the main floor hallway, as I silently hid around the corner of the stairwell, nearly not breathing, wondering whether he was going to the bathroom, the kitchen, or if he was going to head downstairs to sit on my bed creepily once again. A door opened then closed, a fan turning on and that's when I knew I could escape before he came out of the bathroom, if I was fast enough. So with a quick silence I didn't realize I could possess, I unlocked the door with a quiet 'click' and slowly closed it behind me as I stepped outside. The bathroom light was still on, and so I moved quickly across the yard and unlocked the driver side door of my 2006 Chevrolet Camaro, rushed in and started it up before driving off calmly. The moment I hit the main road however, I slammed on the gas pedal and pealed out of the neighbourhood heading towards New York City for a fresh start.

A week later

"You're hired." Marie said to me with a smile. I was at New York Methodist Hospital, applying for an LPN position in the neonatal ward. Basically, I wanted to work with new-born babies. "You can start on Monday."

"Thank you so much! I really appreciate this opportunity!" I just about gushed to her. Marie let out a laugh and shook my hand as we walked out of her office.

"No problem, see you soon." With a happy bounce in my step, I walked quickly to my new apartment that I shared with my roommate April O'Neil. She's an aspiring journalist with the Channel 6 news, aged 24, just a couple years older than me. Now that I finally have a job, I can start living my life, instead of living on my savings account, or what was left anyhow. As soon as I was out of the building, I took off towards my car which was parked just out front, hopped in, and drove home. I got out a couple blocks from the apartment and began jogging the rest of the way, no way was I going to fight with traffic, faster to jog. Eventually I made it inside, up to the apartment and burst through the door surprising April with a small scream.

"I got the job!" I shouted gleefully. April grinned excitedly with me and we quickly hugged, my body tensing at the unfamiliar action, and we quickly separated.

"I'm gunna buy us some pizza to celebrate!" And just like that, I finally felt at peace and smiled a small but genuine smile.

1 year later

February 18, 2014

Today was a rough day. Between a few of the normally over-protective mothers, and some sick babies, a set of twins died today. I was still trying to process it, to accept that there was nothing I could do. The parents, in their grief, blamed me, a couple other nurses, and the doctor. There was nothing we could do. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome was incurable. Normally we had someone come up and take the bodies down, but I felt responsible and wanted to do it. They allowed me to, considering I had a couple weeks off after I finished my shift at 7 am. I was given a bag, some blankets, and some colourful tissue paper. I wrapped the oldest twin up, gently placing him in the gift bag, wrapped up the younger twin and placed her nestled against her older twin. I arranged the wrapping to make it seem like a gift as I pulled on my lightweight leather jacket, and walked down towards the morgue. Thankfully nobody stopped me, and some of the nurses and doctors tipped their heads in silent condolences. The moment I handed the bag to the attendant, I turned around and left.

After a few hours in the car, my music cut off, replacing the song Mad Hatter by Melanie Martinez with Warriors by Imagine Dragons. Pressing the answer button on my steering wheel, I started the call.

"What up jerk?"

"Not much bitch." The voice and I laughed in our mutual sense of twisted humour. With a grin I stopped my laughing gradually.

"You ready for me to come get you I take it?"

"Yeah if you don't mind." The voice replied in heavy sarcasm. I snorted a bit and chuckled.

"Yeah I'm already half way there. Be ready in 15."

"You won't be here by then unless you break the speed limits." I smirked mischievously.

"See you in 15 Merry." And I ended the call with a laugh. Pressing on the peddle, I illegally manoeuvred around cars, blowing through lights and going at least 30 above the speed limit. Surprisingly enough, there weren't any cops around. Fortunate for me. The lights continued to phase by, my music on loud, windows down, my red curly hair out if its usual ponytail and billowing with the wind whipping around behind me and partially into my face. 15 minutes later, I like to keep my promises, I slowed down and parked a few houses down and across the street from my old home. I felt my body tense and quiver slightly in fear and anxiety as I dialled back my sister.

"Yo, I'm outside down the street. Be quick." Then I hung up. Within seconds, a tall figure was bounding towards me with a bag hooked over her shoulders. As they got closer, I saw dark blue hair (dyed obviously), straightened to what I viewed as perfection, skinny jeans tucked into convers, a loose t-shirt over top of a white tank top with a sparkling skull on it, and once she sat in the car, her bright sky blue eyes looked at me, crinkkling slightly in the corners with a smile.

"You got tall again."

"You shrunk again." I grinned at her, her mocking my slightly shorter stature. I was about 5"6, her about 5"8, and very beautiful. I reached over and hugged her, placing a gentle kiss on top of her hair.

"I've missed you too Merry."

"Same here Meli." The second we pulled apart, I put my car in gear and sped off back towards home, enjoying the singing we did as songs continued to blast and the skies darken.

When I got home 3 hours later, April was in the living room pacing and as she suddenly looked up at me, the slightly wild but excited look in her eyes told me my life was about to change again. Without any prompting, April began her tirade.

"I was at the docks on my bike, it's night, its already dark, and there's a foot clan robbery going on," I nodded slightly, worry filling me as I looked her over more thoroughly, just barely paying attention to what she was saying. "But then out of nowhere there were these guys fighting back against the foot clan, and they stopped the robbery, then they left behind this symbol that I know I've seen somewhere but I just cant remember, but there is someone fighting back against the foot clan. There is a vigilante in this city and no one knows, but I do. There's no more foam, or froth, for me."

"Foam? Froth? What do you mean? And did you see what the vigilante looked like? Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?" I fired off my questions in rapid succession. Merry quietly went and put her things in my bedroom, giving us the privacy that was needed.

"I didn't really see him, he was kind of hidden in the shadows on top of a roof that was nearby, and froth is that foam stuff on top of coffee. Its like candy for a baby according to Vern." The moment April mention Vern I rolled my eyes and nodded. Of course that idiot would come up with something like that. I noticed April start walking off, and I quickly pulled her to me for a hug. She tensed in surprise and shock that I had started the hug, and then squealed in surprise and backed away, a lovely blush on her cheeks as her bright blue eyes looked at me shocked. I grinned and wiggled my fingers towards her, while her own hands held her butt cheeks.

"That's what you get for making me worried about you." April grinned and nodded sheepishly before going to her room to continue her research before probably going to sleep. With a sigh, I went to the kitchen, grabbed the leftover pizza, and went into my room to sit in my bed, handing Merry the pizza and laying back into the pillows.

"So what was that about?" Merry asked me as she unwrapped the pizza. I groaned and got up to slip in some PJs.

"April is a reporter. But in my opinion she gets treated more like eye candy there than an actual reporter. She's been on the foot clan crimes trying to figure out who they are, what they're doing, and maybe why they're stealing genetic research ingredients." Merry hm'd and munched on her last slice of pizza. I quickly burrowed into the blankets and sighed contentedly before whispering a groggy good night and passing out.

What felt like a few hours was really more like 12, I woke up. Dragging myself out of bed I got dressed in a pair of black skinny jeans, a long corset styled tank top with a batman symbol on the front and back, and threw on my black long sleeved shirt over top. Glancing in the mirror I decided to leave my dark red hair down, the light highlighting both the blond strands and the black strands. My blue/green eyes looked dull compared to when I was young, where they used to lit up a bright sky blue making the green around the pupil stand out. Shooting a slight glare at my reflection I waltzed out and headed towards the kitchen for some Count Chocula. While eating, my sister Merry stumbled out of my room, her avenger top skewered from sleep, blue hair curled naturally and on the fritz. 'I guess she showered before hitting the hay as well.' My mind supplied me as I continued to eat.

"Morning beautiful." A grunt was what she responded with while sitting down with Reese Puffs in front of her. I cracked a grin and finished eating, leaving my bowl in the sink.

"What would you like to do today?"

"Wanna play some Portal 2?" She muttered out still half asleep. I grinned again and went to the living room to set the Xbox 360 up.

6pm - 9 hours later

My phone buzzed on my lap, only there due to my responding to a friend of mine on World of Warcraft, signifying it was 6 pm and I had promised to meet April at the subway station close by at about 8 pm for when she got off the subway. Standing up, I paused the game with a groan, stretching and popping my back as I continued to stand.

"I'm going down to the subway, you're welcome to join me or you can stay here."

"I'll join you." Merry stated excitedly, her bright blue eyes lighting up as she rushed to change. Within 5 minutes of her entering the bedroom, she walked out dressed and ready to go. Her black skinny jeans were tucked into a pair of heeled winter boots, a black tank top barely hiding a lime green bra strap, but quickly covered by her thigh length wool coat. I smiled and grabbed my own thigh length leather jacket, laced up my leather boots, grabbed my keys, and walked out the door, both of us chatting happily.

After about 20 minutes of walking, we reached the subway station. I texted April to let her know we were here, and almost immediately after locking my phone, I felt it vibrate. Pulling it out I mentally noted that it was 7, and opened up the text message I received.

'Got a ride from Vern, don't need to be met at the station.'

Groaning I slid my phone back in my pocket and turned around to leave with Merry. Before I could however, people started running out screaming as men in black clothes came running in with guns and shoving people down to the ground. Merry and I were shoved close to the construction shoot, landing on my stomach with a hiss escaping my lips, and a grunt escaping Merry's parted soft pink lips. I noticed an obnoxious yellow jacket and realized that it was April who was also down here. I sent a heated glare at her as she smiled sheepishly back at me after finding my gaze.

"What's happening?" Merry whispered while barely moving her lips. I shrugged in response, angry that my sister was in this type of situation because of me.

"We know you're out there! If you don't surrender we'll start executing hostages!" A Japanese-American woman shouted out into the station. I looked at her with an eyebrow raised, wondering just who she was yelling at, and with a quick glance towards my sister, I realized she was wondering that too. I saw movement and noticed April taking out her phone and start presumably recording with the camera. I nearly growled at her stupidity. The woman I assumed to be in charge saw the camera as well and pulled out her gun.

"You!" April looked up with a quiet gasp. "Stand up!" And the lady moved closer towards April. Just as I was about to get up and distract them, I heard a train coming followed by a shout and some excited laughing.

"All ABOARD!"

And everything happened in seconds after the shout. All I could get from the glimpses of light that there were, was green, red, orange, a dark tan colour, and purple. I stared in amazement as I watched these dudes kick the foot clan soldiers asses, leaving them tied up, and then taking off up into the construction shoot beside us. Not even thinking twice, I ran out as I grabbed and dragged Merry behind me, and rushed to the side of the building, seeing the shoot lead up to the rooftop. Running I quickly jumped and started climbing up the fire escape, with my sister right behind me, feeling a strong pull to reach the roof. I heard footsteps further behind me, and when I glanced down I saw April right behind Merry.

"Quick guys! Those dudes are on top of the roof!" I whispered frantically. We all managed to get up to the top within a few minutes, myself slightly out of breath, April nearly gasping and Merry bent over trying to get her asthma under control. I quickly passed her the inhaler, making sure she took a couple of puffs as we listened to the conversation going on just above us. We snuggled up on the last stretch of ladder, April on the left side of the ladder, Merry squished in the middle, and myself just barely hanging on the side. April peeked over more, silently took out her phone and with some support from Merry, tapped her phone expecting it to stay silent and not flash.

Her phone then clicked, a flash signalling that we were caught.

Hey again guys, just a heads up, Merry lives with their dad, which is about a 3 hours drive (speeding) outside of New York. I realize i didn't exactly clarify that, i apologize. Anyways i'm almost done the second chapter, and i should be able to post it in the next day or two!

Cheers!

-Ari