Chapter 1

Frozen

"Things are never meant to go accordingly to plan. They are meant to be messed with, even completely screwed up. But the day that something will actually work perfectly will never come, as nothing is perfect…"

-Anonymous

Anna POV

I watched as the scientists argued back and forth with the spectators. About what, I didn't know. But if I had known, I would've grabbed a gun and shot my way out of there.

"Anna, would you please step into the middle of the room?" they asked me. I nodded and got up from my seat.

I walked to the center and tried to ignore the confused glances that I was getting from the senators. "Now, senators of the United States, we present to you Anna Gunter, a teenage girl from Alabama. She is only fifteen years old and only weighs one hundred pounds. But her looks are deceiving as she actually has powers that baffle me and my colleagues. Today, she will be the subject for our most recent project, Carbonite Freezing."

Much of the audience either gasped or scoffed, while I tried to hold back a scream. Carbonite Freezing seemed like it was impossible, but trust me it's pretty possible. The only problem was that the last time someone was frozen, they died during the hibernation period.

Now I understood all of the training that I had undergone for a year. All of the sword classes and the self-defense techniques, the rationing and wilderness survival. They were going to freeze me into the future. I started calculating an escape plan in my head. Let's see… carry the one, take a right, and deliver a roundhouse kick to the guard at the gates.

The scientists must've seen the fear and deception in my eyes because they called over three or so soldiers. I sighed and knew that now was the time to run.

I ran toward the door and one of the guards pulled out a gun. I ducked as he fired a bullet and punched him in the gut. He doubled over and spit out blood. I smirked at him.

I guess that the scientists made me just a little too stronger!

The other two guards charged at me with shields. I front-flipped over them and kicked one of them in the back of the knee. He spilled over, while the other man pulled out a sword.

I rolled my eyes. Not only was I really adept at using swords, but disarming a person with one was almost too easy. I stepped toward him and he swung. I bent back over and evaded the attack. While he was pulling back, I grabbed the hilt and pulled him back.

I kneed him in the pelvis and he let out a scream. He fell to the floor and I raced toward the door. But before I left the room, I turned back and called out," Thanks for the training, losers!"

They stared after me, wondering how a teenager could defeat three of their best guards.

I ran down the hall and made a left toward the barracks. I reached one of them and opened it up. "Clark!"

My friend looked up from his book and asked," What is it, Anna?"

"We have to leave right now," I said breathlessly. He immediately understood and got up.

"Help me pack some things and we'll go," he said. Clark happened to be guard at the facility and apparently, the only nice one. We had met once when I had accidentely broke his arm during my self-defense class. From then on, we had been best friends.

I grabbed two bags off of his desk and stuffed some of his clothes and a few rations in there. Within one minute, all of his possessions were packed. I saw a corner of a book peeking out of one of his bags. "Still doing that summer reading list?" I asked.

He smiled sheepishly. He was only seventeen, the youngest student to ever attend Harvard and he was working at this facility to pay for tuition. "Come on, Anna Banana. They're probably already looking for you and they'll come here first."

I slung a strap over my shoulder and nodded. We raced out of the room and headed toward the plane hangar. Earlier in the month, my training had gotten slightly harder and we knew that it meant that they were finally going to use me as a test subject. Clark had come up with the idea of an escape plan and so we had formulated one.

We arrived at the hangar and I said," Don't you think that it's a little strange that we haven't run into any guards yet?"

He considered this for a moment. "Yes, it's a little strange, but we need to keep moving."
I nodded and we ran toward a private jet. I smirked as I saw the number. It was scientist's plane.

"What are you smiling about?" Clark asked, as we stepped aboard.

I turned toward him and said," Well, the scientists are always bragging about their private jet and now we happen to be stealing it."

Clark wagged a finger at me. "Not stealing-"

I rolled me eyes and finished," Borrowing without permission."

We set our stuff down and I walked into the cockpit. I sat down at the pilot's seat and ignited the engines. When I heard the roar, I pushed the thrust forward. The plane moved at a slow pace and I steered it toward the exit.

Then, about three squads of soldiers burst into the hangar. "Anna!"

"I know, the soldiers! Thanks for telling me, Captain Obvious!" I yelled at Clark. I heard some mumbling and cursing.

I pushed the lever a little more forward and the jet lurched. But it worked. The plane just got out of the hangar as the soldiers reached our position. Unfortunately, some of them got a little to close and burned up in the engines.

I winced in pain as I felt their energies die out. "I'm sorry," I said and pressed the auto-pilot button. I walked into the passenger area and saw Clark staring out the window with a pained expression on his face.

"You felt them die out, didn't you?" I asked him. He nodded and put his head in his hands. Clark had the same abilities as me and we had discovered this when he threw a pillow at me without touching it about two months ago.

I sat next to him and rubbed his back. He sat back and said," They were my friends."

"Well, they chose to follow the bad side, not the good one. And if they were believers then they'll be resting in peace." I stopped rubbing his back and placed my hand on the armrest.

He smiled at me and placed his hand on my hand. "You're a good friend, you know that Anna?"

I smiled back, but the moment was interrupted by a laugh in the back of the plane. "Did you really think that you could escape that easily?"

I reached for a knife as they emerged, the scientists. I growled," Did you really think that it was a good idea to try and board the plane? I mean after all, it is a cramped space and with all of these sharp, metal objects, someone could get hurt."

Their smiles faded as I threw the knife and it embedded itself in the wall next to the lead man. He turned a violent shade of red and screamed at me," You could've killed me!"

I shrugged. "Good thing I wasn't even trying to."

He said to me," You'll regret that, you maggot!"

I smirked at him. "You know, whenever you say that, you always end of with a mouthful of fist!"

"Let's just cut to chase and stop this bickering," a voice said from behind the scientists. I looked and saw Octavian, the man responsible for most of the planning at the base. "Hello, Anna Marie. It's been awhile since I last saw you."

I grit my teeth. "Nice to see you too, Simon. What the heck do you want?"

He chuckled and said," Oh, Anna. Always cutting to the chase. So much like your siblings."

My face changed into an expression of pain and anger. "DON' YOU DARE MENTION THEM!" I screamed and a knife flew at him. The doctor ducked and the weapon embedded itself into a scientist's neck. Blood squirted from the wound and the man collapsed onto the ground.

His energy died out as Simon said," Now calm down, Anna. I only need you to understand that I need you and your friend to step into the Freezing Chambers for about three years."

Clark stood up and held out a gun. "And how exactly do you plan on getting us into the Freezing Chambers?"

Suddenly, I felt a presence behind me and turned around just a slab of metal connected with my face. Everything went black as I collapsed onto the ground.

Simon POV

We arrived back at the base and I said to my colleagues," Load those two up in the Freezing Chamber. Make sure to place a lightsaber with each of them as well. I want them to be caught up with modern technology in three years."

"What about their possessions?" one of them asked.

I shrugged. "Place those with them. Just make sure that they don't wake up in the next hour or so. It takes quite a long time to warm up the Chambers."

They all nodded and walked off with the guards and the two subjects in tow.

I smiled as I thought of the uses that I would have for them in the future. I walked off toward my quarters, smiling and unaware of the future conflict on the Earth.

Yes, I have a new story and I'm not exactly sure how I came up with it! Maybe I had a dream and this happened… not sure! But I hope you guys will love it!