Hey guys! I'm back on form and posting again. This is just for Kyo Kyo rules the world (Orliluver1137) cause I know she wanted to read this which is the sequel to Survival. Now, if you haven't read Survival then I wouldn't try reading this cause there will be huge references to the last one so you kinda need to know what the hell's going on.
Yeah anything in italics is in the present tense and the rest in the past. Anyway, on with the story. Please R & R this for me.
Memories
DL sat up, it had been three months since the Hive. The nightmares still came to haunt her every night. Red and Higgy had begun to take turns sleeping in her room, waking her if necessary. Higgy got up from the sleeping bag on the floor and sat on the bed.
"Another nightmare, huh?" she asked handing DL a glass of water.
"Yeah" DL accepted the glass and took a sip.
"Same one?"
"Yup..." she put the glass back on the bedside table, "Listen, I'm gonna stay up for a bit, you go back to sleep."
Higgy cocked an eyebrow incredulously but nodded reluctantly and went back to bed. DL got up and walked to the window. She opened it and looked over the town, watching the life still stirring in the streets, even though it was two in the morning. She looked up into the starry night sky and began to think of their first mission. It had started during Year 10 at their Secondary School. They had met in Year 7 and became good friends. They had been inseparable since.
"Hi Guys!" Mel called as she walked into the form room she knew so well. There came three replies of "Hi" from the three friends as they sat behind their desks, writing notes to each other. They never stopped, even out of lessons.
Mel walked up to the desks and sat down, Spam, who had been walking behind, did the same. Mel pulled a magazine from her bag and giggled.
"Oh Red..."
"Huh?" Red looked up.
"Look what I have." She turned the magazine around to reveal a huge section on "Busted", her favourite band. Red squealed and tried to jump over the desk to grab the magazine, landing in a heap on the floor. Higgy laughed and Spam pulled her to feet. Once on her feet, Red lunged for the magazine again, but Mel held it just out of her reach.
"Oh please..." Red begged.
"Would I be that evil?" Mel asked, a grin on her face, as she handed the magazine over.
"Yes!" Higgy shouted, looking up from her latest cartoon.
Red began frantically looking through the magazine and squealed when she found the "Busted" section. Then something beeped and Mel just walked out without a word. Red thought this was odd but was too absorbed in the magazine to think anymore about it.
Mel came to the door and motioned to Spam and she followed her out. They were out there for a good ten minutes before they came back. Red glanced up as Mel walked up to her, "I need to talk to you."
"About what?"
"I'll tell you in a minute, meet me in the orchard where the fallen tree used to be."
"Can I bring Higgy and DL?"
Mel looked to Spam, who nodded. "Okay"
Before Red could ask any more questions, Mel and Spam grabbed their bags and walked out.
'That was really strange' thought Red to herself.
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"Remind me again why we're here?" DL turned to Red questioningly.
"Because Mel asked us to."
"No, she asked you to, and you dragged us along. So, why are we here?"
Red was about to answer when Mel came round the corner, Spam next to her and Morlena just behind.
"Good, you guys are here..."
"Look Mel," Higgy cut in, desperate to avoid her friends getting into an argument, "What are we doing here?"
"We need you guys to come with us."
They turned and began to walk away. Red began to follow and Higgy followed soon after, slightly wearily, but DL stayed where she was.
"Come on DL" Red took her hand and led her to follow the others towards the back of the orchard.
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"DL. DL." Higgy placed a hand on her hand, bringing her out of her memories.
"Huh? What?"
"Come on, let's go. Red's cooked us some breakfast."
DL walked down the stairs, Higgy in front. As she walked in she smelt fried bacon and eggs.
"Yum" said Higgy, running to grab a seat at the table. DL sat down and Red brought over three plates of food and some drinks, then she placed three little bottles in front of DL.
"You might wanna take them now."
"Or maybe I wouldn't because your cooking might kill me first."
Red glared at her. DL laughed as she opened the bottles, taking the tablets one at a time. Higgy had already tucked in to her breakfast.
"This is really good Red." Higgy said through a mouthful of bacon.
"Thanks" Red beamed at her friend.
DL was fiddling with her food, she'd hardly eaten anything.
"Hey DL, what's up? You've hardly touched your food."
"I'm just not hungry that's all."
Red looked worriedly at Higgy. "Come on DL, you've got to eat something."
"I don't want anything okay!"
She got up and walked up the stairs to her room, leaving a very shocked and worried looking Higgy and Red behind her.
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DL walked into her room and slammed the door. She threw herself down on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
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Morlena and Spam ducked through the gap in the fence into the woods. They were followed soon after by Mel, Higgy and Red. DL lingered for a moment then ducked under. Red smiled and they began walking. They weaved in and out of the trees until they reached the edge of the wood. There was a car waiting there. They got in it and drove off.
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A couple of minutes later, they pulled up a large apartment block in the middle of LA. They got out and followed Mel to the door. When at the door Mel took out a keycard and swiped it into the lock. It beeped and a pad slid out, Mel placed her hand on it and it whirred as it scanned. The door beeped and a robotic voice said "Welcome back 892."
The doors slid open and the three girls looked in awe at everything around them. There were thousands of huge computers, giving out millions of different messages and pieces of information. They walked up to the side of the room and up to two very smart men standing next to the wall.
"You made it...so this is the girl?" He pointed to Red and Mel nodded. "And who's this?" He pointed to DL and Higgy.
"They're her friends."
"And why did you bring them?" the second one asked, slightly angrily.
"Because there is no way you could ever split them up, let alone get her keep the secret from them." Mel retorted.
"Whoa, hold on!" Red stepped in. "What's this about a secret? What's going on!"
"Look Red, I know you've got loads of questions at the moment, but just trust me you're here for a good reason."
"Just answer me this, who exactly are you?"
"We're a branch of the CIA"
"So..." Higgy piped up, "you're like secret agents? That's so cool. Can I be one?"
Mel rolled her eyes and turned back to her 'superiors', "Shall I take them to the briefing room?"
He nodded and they walked off, soon to be run after by Red and Higgy. A couple of minutes later a very dazed looking DL walked after them.
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They reached the briefing room and the five out of the six girls sat down, while Mel sat at a computer and projector and tapped a couple of the keys. A timeline came up and Spam walked up, "This is a timeline of a very important set of people..."
"Yeah and what the hell does that have to do with me?" Red asked taking her pocket knife out from her pocket and fiddling with the blade under her nails.
"Because Red you are here." Spam pointed to the last person on the timeline.
"Wow!" Red jumped up and looked at the timeline, "Look guys, I'm special, I'm on a timeline."
Higgy laughed and Red sat back down. Spam looked slightly surprised. "Aren't you going to ask what it's for?"
"Well, I can pretty much guess."
"You can?" The three agents looked shocked.
"Slayers and Potentials" Red answered simply.
"You know!"
"Since Yr 7"
"So that's why you're always training with Higgy?"
Higgy scoffed, "and always getting her arse kicked." Red glared at her, "Yes"
"Well, you can probably guess why you're here then?"
"Not really, enlighten me."
"Our branch of the CIA deals with supernatural 'problems'."
"Like vampires and demons." Higgy put in.
"Yeah, basically."
"So let me get this straight..." DL said looking very confused, "You want Red to become an agent because she's a slayer."
"Yes"
"Cool, so do I get gadgets and guns and stuff?" Red leapt from her seat like an excited 3 year old.
Mel smiled at Morlena who went and pressed a button on the wall. The wall lifted away to reveal a room full of guns, gadgets and other weapons.
They walked up to a guy with long, dark hair.
"Hey guys." He said to the three girls, "Hi Morlena"
"Hi Aiden" she said rather shyly.
"So..." he said not taking his eyes off Morlena, "Who's this?"
He turned to them all.
"Well this is Red, DL and Higgy. Red's a slayer."
"Oh Right. Well, you'll be going out hunting tonight. So, feel free to browse and I'll tell what you can and can't take."
Red's face fell slightly at the "can't" part but her smile soon returned as she saw some of the guns they had and shiny weapons that would be in her possession if she decided to take them up on the offer.
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DL blinked as she heard a slight tapping at the door, "DL?" said a soft voice, "DL? It's me, Red, and Higgy. Can we come in?"
"Whatever." DL said slightly irritated, why couldn't they just let her have some peace?
Red and Higgy walked in and sat down on the bed next to DL. DL sat up.
"Look, what's up? You really haven't been yourself lately." Higgy questioned her friend.
"Well duh." DL said sarcastically.
Higgy looked to Red. "You can talk to us, you know that don't you?" Red tried again.
DL looked deep into her friend's eyes. "I just need some time, time to sort out everything in my head at the moment. Try and regain some of my sanity, excuse the pun." They smiled and nodded and left DL to go back to her thoughts.
Okay guys that's it. I hope you liked the first chapter. Please review this for me cause I'd love to know what everyone thinks. Thanks a lot. Slayya.
