This is the story of the last day of my life. And what a way to spend it; in Westcity High being bored to death by Mr. Hebber, our Biology teacher.
Actually, it wasn't Mr. Hebber's fault. He was a pretty good teacher, it's just that I already knew everything he was teaching us about the human body systems, blood vessels, central nervous system, the blood-brain barrier,etc. Etc. I probably knew more than a freshman med student.
See, both my parents were doctors. Dad was a surgeon and Mom, a herbalist. And me? I was something of an NOC person (No Other Choice). When people can't get to a regular doctor in time, I usually end up being their last resort even though I'm only fourteen. Like that guy who passed out in the mall, or the lady in pink at the grocery store.
And with all the monsters coming out, the mayor had requested extra emergency personnel. The first monster attack happened my first day of school at Westcity High after bouncing around to multiple locations in the social service system.
To be honest, the monster attack was a pleasant break from all the newby jokes and stares I'd been getting.
It'd been a little over a month since then, and there I sat twiddling my thumbs in Biology, trying to ignore the winks some boy - I think his name is Spyder (strange name) - was giving me.
I was glad the high school seemed okay after everyone got used to me because it looked like social services was going to keep me here for an "indefinite period of time." Since the deaths of my parents I'd been moved all over the globe.
Some pencil shavings falling out of the sharpener by the teacher's desk interrupted my daydreaming. I think I was the first to notice. Then the posters started swaying slightly.
"Can anyone tell me what a nucleus looks like?" Mr. Hebber asked, getting a lot of blank stares.
"Monster!"
"Monster!"
"Um, you could say that." Mr. Hebber said.
Then the sirens went off. Red lights flashed and the classroom erupted into chaos. A voice blurred over the loudspeakers adding to the mess. The entire class ran to the windows to try and see the monster that was coming. All, that is, except for three boys including the one that had been winking at me. I watched as they slipped out of the classroom. They're a little too calm to be fleeing for their lives. I thought. I grabbed up a gas mask off of Mr. Hebber's desk and followed.
"Shields?" Ryan shouted.
"Check!" Harris yelled from his station where a bunch of buttons were lighting up like crazy.
"Weapons?" Ryan asked as he belted himself in.
"Check!" Spider gave the thumbs-up from the right.
"Mark?" Ryan asked turning around to look for his older brother.
"Yo, let's go Ryan. The monster's not going to wait around." Ryan nodded.
"Mech execute! Let's see what we're up against." Ryan jumped and landed in front of a grotesque creature. The monster was taller than a ten story building, with gator-like scales and slit pupils. It was a cross between a snake, gator, and something else unidentifiable. It had claws and fangs and at least ten arms of some sort. It looked like it was all arms.
"Fire!" Ryan shouted. Spyder hit a button and a volley of shots went off. But the tough hide of the monster wasn't even scratched. "Uh-Oh."
"Shields!" Harris shouted as the creature bore down on them and wrapped two of its limbs around the robot, pinning its arms to its sides.
"I - can't - move!" Ryan gasped.
"Hey, wait. They're letting go." Harris pointed out.
"Oh - no." Mark said as he realised the monster's plan. The arms released them and Mech-X crashed to the ground jarring everyone and everything - Ryan the worst. Three monster-arms pinned them to the ground.
"Spyder!" Ryan shouted. "Now!" A blast from the cannon arm severed two of the arms and gave them an opening to get right side up.
"The core!" Harris warned as it threatened to snap out of place. He started unstrapping himself to get to the core.
"No Harris!" Ryan warned him.
"Ryan! Look out!" Mark yelled from the railing, knowing it was already too late. Ryan's one second of distraction was all the opportunity the monster needed to rear its heads up and spray venom all over the robot, blinding the big screen.
"Harris."
"Window wipers coming up." The screen began to clear just in time for the team to watch as the monster prepared to use its body like a whip.
Time slowed down. Ryan jumped, the monster lunged, Mech-x jerked sending Harris flying into the wall, and then Ryan's world exploded into pain before going black.