SUMMARY:
There are 4 of us who escaped, but there are hundreds that paid because the
turning the Earth intangible to avoid the disastroid wasn't what you called
full proof. Now it's up to us 4 to tell the world what is going on because if
we don't the world is going to become one dark place, because of what "he" is
planning. Its simple we fail the world as we know it is gonna go down the
drain.
Ok so this just something I will put at the beginning and end of each story.
Hi I'm Maria Anderson and this a spin off series of Danny Phantom that I'm writing called H.U.N.T.E.D. I HIGHLY suggest read my profile and fine out about the show before reading this.
Please do not flame. My friends and I worked VERY hard on this. They helped bring the characters to life. Heck, they DID bring the characters to life. So I hope you like this.
GhostDog401 owns Maxine "Max" Johnson and Trevor Lillywhite
TurkeyHead987 owns Calla Ryan
FantasyPen21/EmberMclain13 owns Nicole "Nikki" Jean Graves and Levi Jones
MariaAnderson8998/MariaPhantom8998 owns Maria-Jane "MJ" Anderson and Andrew Peters.
Butch Hartman owns Danny Phantom
I own H.U.N.T.E.D.
EDIT 10/4/12: EmberMclain13 wanted to change her character from Leo Anderson to Levi Jones, please don't be confused with the changes. All the powers are the same, and Levi is kinda more of a bad boy rather than Leo, who was kinda a goody-two shoes etc. etc. She's also going to change her character BIO on the profile. If you are confused, blame her, not me.
Max's POV
I walked inside my cabin and lay down on the bed. Thank goodness I was the first one back. It's been a long day and I really want to get some sleep.
Oh yeah, you guys don't know what I'm talking about. Well first of I'm Max, not Maxine, just call me Max. Here's what happened. I guess it started with the Disastroid and Danny Phantom's "full proof" plan.
Well let me tell you this it wasn't full proof and it gave me all the problems I have today. You see when it passed through the Earth it was close enough that I could have touched it, if I wasn't intangible. That's when the problems started.
Gifted, they told me. Said I was lucky. Ya right, my life has been a mess ever since. The next morning I had a weird metallic taste in my mouth, like I had been sucking on pennies, and every time I touched something electronic it zapped out on me, then I became a walking battery recharging dead (electrical) objects, such as my brother's IPod and laptop. I could have lived with it, if "they" hadn't come.
It started with a knock at the door; I was 13 at the time, my mom answered and started talking to the men. I watch from our living room couch as her voice got louder and louder.
I watched as she slammed the door on whoever was at the door and I thought that was going to be that. I was wrong. Seconds after they had busted down the door and my mom was immediately pushed aside like a rag doll by two big guys,
They were dressed in black suits and looked almost like secret agents. Then the panic started, other men rushed in surrounding us, attacking us in our own home!
My brother Todd was the first to get over the shock of what had just happened and he charged at the men, I'm not sure what a 16 year old boy would have done to them, but Todd sure tried to do something. I watched as one of them grabbed him and pinned him to the ground, yelling at the other to grab me. At these words Todd started fighting even harder and was yelling for help. That's when my dad ran in he was carrying a kitchen chair and holding it over his head like a club, I might have laughed if I wasn't so busy running away from the lunatic agent already chasing me.
Finally he grabbed me and yelled to the other man, I remember fighting and kicking and even biting him at one point. Suddenly though when we were inches from the door I felt a tingly sensation form in my stomach and a strange rush of cold wash over me and I was out the man's grasp. I heard everyone around me gasp, and watched as Todd's eyes grew wide and my mom fall back onto the couch in shock.
What had I done? Why were they acting so scared?
I didn't have time to answer my questions for again I was grabbed, but the same thing happened, except this time my mom fainted and Todd and my dad stopped fighting the men. They just stood there and watched as I was dragged away out the door kicking and screaming for them to help me.
As I was being dragged away I heard the other men explaining to my mom, dad, and Todd who were now sitting on the couch. I watched as my mom began to cry, my dad's eyes filled with tears as well, and Todd's eyes just kept getting wider and wider. I tried to listen to what the men were saying, but all I caught was "powers…halfa…dangerous...Somewhere safe." Then I was out of earshot.
The next thing I knew I was getting shoved into a truck with a couple other kids, the youngest being maybe 6 or 7, and couldn't do anything as it was driven away. I looked out the back window, only my brother chased after the truck, he was yelling threats at the men, but finally my parents took him back inside. (Actually it was more like they dragged him away) I felt my eyes getting wet, Todd had been the only one to try and help me; my parents hadn't done a thing. After that I cried, I don't remember much more about that night, after a long drive we arrived at some building, everyone was quickly ushered inside.
The second we stepped through the doors a strange glowing green shield appeared around it. It freaked a bunch of the kids out and I watched in horror they banged on it, as if it was a wall, unable to get through. After they had gotten everyone under control they ushered us all on to planes, we were piled in like animals sitting almost three to a seat. I was lucky enough to get a window seat so I was able to watch what was going on.
I watched as we lifted off and flew over the ocean, after a couple of hours an island that I didn't even know existed, appeared. It would have looked like a fun place to go visit almost like a summer camp of sorts, if it wasn't for the sparking barb wire and watch towers that covered the place.
"This is so just a fancy prison," I thought as I listened to the pilot speak into a radio and the sparking stop across the wires and then start again after we were through. "Yep, definitely a prison."
After we landed we were given a uniform, which consisted of a blouse, skirt, tie, and stuff like that. If I was given a choice I would have thrown the stuff in the nearest dumpster. We were then separated into cabins; I immediately called a top bunk and laid down in it. Of course I didn't plan on staying here, but I still wanted a top bunk. Across the ceiling was written, H.O.P Halfa Organization of Protection. I snorted at that, getting plenty of weird stares, they made it sound as if we chose to come here. I wasn't sure about the others, but I sure didn't chose to come here.
That night I decided to sneak away, live in the woods surrounding the camp until further notice. That never happened, the second I touched the fence alarms went off and I got the shock of my life, literally. Sparks raced up and down my body, and I curled up in pain. That night I didn't get to sleep in my bed at the cabin, I was sent down into a small basement and put in a dark damp cell and I stayed there the rest of the night as an example of what would happen if you disobeyed orders.
I tried another time to escape, but that's a different memory one I'd rather not tell until the time comes. I've been here about a year now and even though they think they have broken me, they haven't I'm just waiting to escape, just waiting to get out of this prison.
I will get out of here one day, I just now that. Though until then, I just gotta try and make the best of it.
I was way too tired to go take a shower or even change; I just turned around and closed my eyes. I was out like a light.
My eyes fluttered open as a crack of light from the sun came through the window. I looked at the clock and saw it said 5:59AM, as much as I wanted to pull the blanket over my head and go back to sleep I instead sat up and covered my ears. I counted down as the minute hand on the clock made its way to the 12.
"3, 2, 1"
Just then as usual a loud booming voice like a thousand African drums came over the P.A. system. Even though my ears were still covered I was still able to hear the announcement, even though my ears were still covered.
"ATTENTION MEMBERS OF CABINS 1 THROUGH 6 OUT OF 10 REPORT TO THE AUDITORIUM FOR THE MORNING ASSEMBLY IMMEDIATELY."
Oh great, they only call us for assembly of one, your new here or 2 someone did something wrong. At least it'll take up the first 2 training sessions I have this morning. Ms. Crannings is the WORST trainer ever, and plus I said this place was bad enough so that's really saying something.
I forced myself out of bed and headed down to the shower room. Changed my clothes and made my way to the auditorium.
As usual I sat in the back, to avoid any mentions of my name and to avoid people calling me out. So I'm not that good at making friends. Ever since that time I tried to make friends with a girl here. I just wanna stay by myself till I get out of here. Though, that's a story I'd rather not get into right now.
I zoned out after the first 5 minutes of speech, apparently 3 new kids 'came' last night and the head of H.O.P Mr. Victor P. Hensworth. He makes everybody come just to hear the speech, only when the new people are supposed to be there. So I've heard this speech a lot, I could even recite the first 10 minutes of it if I wanted to.
So after those 2 hours of me surprisingly not falling asleep I went on with the rest of my day, which was bad (as usual) but not HORRIBLE since I didn't have Ms. Crannings for target practice.
At lunch I sat at my usual table, in the corner, by the window, all by myself. Last thing I wanted was for someone to come over by me, like I said before. I wasn't in a mood for anyone to be my friend.
I guess I better tell you why.
You see it all started a little while after I tried to escape the first time (that turned out so well, I mean everyone wants to spend time in a damp dark cell) anyways you see after that I made friends with another girl who came to H.O.P a couple months later, give or take a little, her name was Sara Jones. She seemed nice enough; she had red hair and bright green eyes. Unlike me she was more of a girly girl and preferred not to get dirty, but somehow we managed to before friends. She had the amazing power to make plants grow and revive them, almost like a ghost I had heard of from Amity Park named um Undergrowth I think, but MUCH less powerful scale. She couldn't control people's minds or anything like that, but she was still able to make the plants obey her will. That was my worst mistake ever. You're probably thinking, why is that a bad thing? Don't you want a friend? Well I'll tell you why it was a horrible, HORRIBLE mistake. She turned on me, stabbed me in the back the second I tried to trust her.
Sorry I'm getting ahead of myself, you see Sara and I instantly become best friends for whatever reason, she cheered me up when I was yelled at during training or on the brink of crying because I missed my family so much, mainly Todd. She was in my mind, at that moment, the best person in the world. Then that all changed.
It was a couple months later that me and a couple of other kids, not friends just other people with the same plan as me, allies not friends I should have kept it that way, for everyone even Sara. You see we had discovered a weak point in H.O.P's security, a way to escape. We weren't sure what we were going to do from that point, but we were sure about one thing. We all wanted out, unfortunately I thought Sara would want out too, that was my second mistake.
"Sara," I remember whispering to her in a hiss one night.
She looked up at me in confusion it was past curfew and we weren't supposed to talk, I've seen people get in serious trouble for it.
"Maxine," She whispered back. She was the only one who called me that, the only one who could call me that, without me punching their eye out. She said Max was too tom-boyish, I never got why it bugged her, but since she was my friend I let it slide.
"You know we aren't supposed to be talking, what do you want?"
I gulped and looked around, almost everyone knew that the cabins were bugged, but if you talk quietly enough you were usually okay, so I continued.
"Me and a couple other kids are planning on escaping." I explained, not noticing her eyes growing wide as I spoke. "We found a brink in the security system isn't that great!"
I watched her eyes grow wide and dart to the wall.
"Sara?" I asked concerned. "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
I watched her gulp and then finally say, "I'm sorry Maxine, it's for your own good." I watched her dive for a glowing red button on the wall, realizing too late what was going on.
"No Sara don't-" I was cut off by the blare of alarms and the cabin being burst into by at least 40 H.O.P guards, all of them held guns pointed at me. I gasped and scrambled back, turning ghost and filling my hands with electricity.
"Sara, why are you-"I didn't have time to finished, because the guards grabbed me and began to drag me away.
"S-she was planning on escaping," I watched Sara stutter under my glare not meeting my eyes. "She said, she said there were more, but she didn't say who."
"Good work Sara," the guard closest to her. "You did well to tell us."
"Thank, thank you sir," she said slowly and uncertainly.
"TRAITOR!" I yelled fighting against the men, trying to pull away.
"Maxine I—" Sara started.
"Don't you Maxine, me Sara," I hissed angrily. "You pretended to be my friend!
How could you?" I was crying now and was so confused and hurt that I didn't even realize I had turned human and cuffed by the guards.
"Maxine, I never pretended I am your friend," she tried to tell me.
But I pushed her off. "Don't call me that!" I screamed, tears rushing uncontrollably down my cheeks. "Never call me Maxine or your friend again." I felt my eyes glow yellow and in the reflection of the window swore I saw blots of lighting cross them. "You are no longer my friend, I trusted you!"
"Maxine, I I—"
"You what? Go on explain why you were doing the right thing! Give me your stupid excuse. After all you were a stupid friend."
That was when she broke down and started crying and as much as I hate to say it I enjoyed it. I enjoyed watching her suffer, but I continued to cry as they pulled me away.
They shocked the life out of me trying to get me to squeal on the other people, but I didn't. Finally they gave up and carried me back down the spiralling stairs from the last time I tried to escaped, chained me back into the cell I was in last time and locked the door and then I cried. I pulled my knees up to my chest and cried.
"Stupid," I whispered to myself. "I was stupid. She was never my friend in the first place. I was right, no friends only allies. I need to keep all my plans to myself and the others who will go down with me if they tell." It was probably hours before I stopped crying, and the sobs turned to soft hiccups.
That's when I heard the other sobs, and the other voice talking softly to herself. "Only a few more months, and I'm out of here." It said softly. "Only a couple more months and I am out of here."
"Hello?" I yelled tugging at the chains on my wrists trying to get a closer look. "Who's there?"
Instantly the voice stopped and I heard nothing except for my heavy breathing and the scattering of something, probably a rat, running across the floor. The next day when the people came to get me I asked about the other girl, they said that she didn't exist. That I must have imagined the voice, that no one else was down there. But I know there is someone else down there and even though I want to find out now, according to the voice I have to wait a couple more months to find out. I never got over Sara, I avoided her and whenever she tried to talk to me or apologize I turned and walked away. Maybe that was my problem, not talking to her after, but I didn't care. In my book the first thing for a friendship was trust and she destroyed that trust and so she destroyed our friendship. So now I don't have any friend's only allies, and I will always only have allies. Even after I'm out of this place, because you can't trust anybody when you are in my situation.
I made my way to Track practice. My last training session of the day. I walked across the side lines which was where they had the benches. As I went to line up to make my laps I accidently bumped into this girl as she fell over.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" I said.
"Just watch it next time!" She yelled as she got up and dusted herself off.
"Was the attitude necessary?" I said, kinda ticked off about how she was talking to me.
"Just listen to me when I say- "She was gonna tell me off until some guy came up behind her.
"Nikki! Calm down" He yelled
"JOHNSON! GRAVES! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!" Mr Mike screamed as he walked over to see what was going on.
I kept my mouth shut whenever stuff like this happened. Apparently that girl Nikki used the same tactic for what happened next.
"Oh, so no one wants to answer? 5 extra laps around the track NOW!" He said.
We needed no more words for what we did next. We ran around the track as we were told shooting the occasional glares and scowls at each other. 5 laps added to 5 I had to do in first place took a long time. Doing it with little Miss Attitude didn't make it any more enjoyable. After that was done I took my shower and changed in the H.O.P. PJ's. They may not look good, but at least they were comfy. I pulled the covers over my head so I wouldn't be bothered by the other girls that walked in.
That method was working great as usual until a heard a large bang. I raised the covers still half asleep to ask what the big deal was. As I opened my eyes I saw one of the staff members at H.O.P.
"LISTEN CABIN 2G MEMBERS! CABINS 3B AND 4G HAVE BURNT DOWN DUE TO A LITTLE MISHAP WITH SOMEONE'S POWERS. SHE HAS BEEN SENT DOWNSTAIRS BUT THE REST OF THE CABIN MEMBERS NEED SOMEWHERE TO SLEEP. THE GIRLS WILL GO HERE AND THE WILL GO IN 1B! NO FIGHTING!" She yelled, she the left without a word.
In case your confused about how the cabin's work. They go in pairs. 1B stands for 1 Boys and 2G stands for 2 Girls and so on for rest. To remember it know that the boys will be in odd numbers and the girls in even numbers. So it's technically one cabin but the boys and girls are separated by a wall. There is a door leading connecting them as well, but that's locked at night.
As long as no one snored or tried to be my friend I wouldn't mind this at all. Until I saw a familiar face. The girl from track practice earlier. I pretending that I didn't notice her but when I turned my head away I had a feeling that she saw me. I went back underneath the covers and tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't. I sighed.
This was gonna be a long night.