Chapter 1

Storm of the Centuries.

The house of the Jameston family was alive with activity. Everyone on the street knew that Sean Jameston was a big outdoor nut, but his kids did not take to this prospect whole- heartedly. Sure they enjoyed the occasional hike, or the daily walks around the surrounding neighborhood, but an all weekend hike into the woods with no link to civilization? That was just absurd! The kids, Aaron and Rebecca Jameston, were not happy about leaving the house to go play camping in the woods for a weekend.

Aaron was a tall, quiet 16 year old male with dark brown hair and eyes. He was lengthy in the legs and he did not have much muscle. But he did carry a standard issue military knife that their father gave him on him at all times. Rebecca was a medium sized 17 year old girl with dirty blonde hair. She also had hazel eyes that were bluish- grey, depending on the lighting.

Aaron sighed as he packed a very sleek red laptop into an overly large backpack.

Oh well, he thought, he told us we could bring anything that could fit in a bag and not have to be plugged into a wall. then he looked at his power cord for a few moments.

"oh what the hell, couldn't hurt to bring it. After all, dad did say it was a three day trip there and back." he said as he stuffed it in the side pouch. Then he decided to look in the basement for some books to read so his dad wouldn't have a complete fit.

Now would be a good time to describe the house. It was a 4 story( including the basement) with 2 bedrooms, a dining room, a rather large kitchen, 3 baths with the addition this past summer, a living room, a den, a foyer, a basement , and an attic. Due to the fact that there were 3 people living in the house and only two bedrooms, Aaron had asked to be put in the attic. The addition had added more space to the dining room and living room, and had added a bathroom to the attic. Overall the house had a semi old look to it.

As Aaron was on his way down to the basement, he opened a door and scared the living shit out of his sister, Rebecca. After she had stopped screaming and laughing she hit him in the gut.

"That was for scaring me!" she shouted at him. He just laughed.. When he finished laughing, he thought a moment, then asked a question.

"Hey, I'm going down to the basement for some books, wanna come with me?" he asked with a slight smile on his face.

"No, I was headed out to the truck, would you grab a few books for me?" she replied as she shifted her bag. A smirk crept across his face.

"Well, no due to the fact that the truck has left. Dad went to town to grab a few treats for the trip. But you are welcome to leave your bag up here and come with me!" he said. A bright smile on his face. Rebecca just glared at him.

"Fine, I'll go down there with you. But I'm not gonna stay there for hours, got that?" she hissed. All he did was laugh.

"Yeah, I got that. By the way, any word from Matt?" he asked. Matt was Rebecca's boyfriend, and he had wanted to go with the family to "stretch his legs" as he put it.

"No, his phone's off, cause he's at work. Remember, he said we will have to pick him up." she replied as they made their way down to the basement.

The basement had 3 large bookcases, all corner to corner making a triangle in the center of the room. Each bookcase had a label on it. One for each person living there. There was also a small office area in one corner. That was their dad's study. They were not allowed to read any of the books or folders in his office, due to the fact that they were military documents and designs. In fact, their father reminded them of a cross between Roy Mustang and Maes Huges. Strong in the military, and a total goof yet serious when he wanted to be. Aaron went over to his bookshelf and began to rummage through his collection while Rebecca did the same with hers.

Aaron managed to find a few good books, and he stuffed them into his laptop bag. Just as Rebecca was about to ask him something, he heard the truck peel into the driveway. They looked at each other for a few moments then decided to speak.

"Sounds like dad's pissed." said Rebecca as she nonchalantly placed a book in her laptop bag.

"Yeah, but I wonder what happened?" Aaron replied as he shifted some items in his bag to make room for a semi fat book. They seemed to think a moment about the relative stupidity of asking their father what happened. But, as luck would have it, curiosity led them to make their way up stairs and ask away.

When they got upstairs to where their father was, he was pacing around the living room. When he saw his kids, he closed his eyes and sighed. When he opened them again, they were looking at him questioningly.

"Well, this trips been screwed to no end." he said with a sad tone.

"So, what happened?" Rebecca asked. Concern written all over her face.

"Well, there's a huge storm in town and on my way back I barely managed to avoid a falling tree. Then a little further down the road, at the levy, I managed to avoid a landslide." he said, his anger starting to come up again.

"Wow, so I guess we wont be leaving till the storm passes. Any chance of us keeping power?" Aaron asked.

"Yeah, the cables are all buried, so we should still get power, unless the grid itself has an outage." he replied back as he settled down on the couch.

great, thought Aaron, stuck in this house all weekend, with the possibility of no power. he sighed as he popped his neck. Then he turned to his sister.

"Well, night becca!" He said as he went to leave. Everyone grumbled their replies as he left. When he got upstairs, he got settled in for bed, but took out his laptop and played Call of Duty2 for awhile. When his frustration subsided, he powered down the laptop and went to sleep. The last thought he remembered thinking was, well at least it will be calming tonight.

Later that night, Aaron woke with a start as the storm ravaged the house. He looked at the clock to see that it was 1:32AM. He got up and threw on some clothes. After rummaging around for a flashlight, not finding one he grabbed the next best thing… his laptop bag (not the smartest thing he's ever done, but when you're half asleep, that's a foolproof plan.). He made his way downstairs, only to be met by his sister( with her laptop bag, to be used as a flash light.). It took him a moment to realize that she was there.

" I guess the storm woke you up too, huh?" Aaron asked his sister.

"Yeah, it's pissing rain out there, so I thought I'd go check the basement to see if there is any water down there." she stated, as she peered around the corner. After much fumbling and cursing, they managed to make it to the basement door. When Aaron opened the door and flipped the light switch, a light turned on with a satisfying clink. He looked at Rebecca, and nodded. They made their way down the steps, and when they passed the point of the ceiling, they saw about a foot of water on the floor. Unfortunately, Rebecca was the first to respond.

"Shit!" she shouted as she tried to push Aaron out of the way, only making things worse. When she tried to shove him he tripped and grabbed onto the nearest thing, his sister. They started to fall, and just as they were about to hit the water and floor, a blue light flashed and the house was replaced with blackness. Off in the distance he spotted white spec. as he looked at it, it drew closer.

The last thing he remembered seeing was a small room, with a desk and a very shocked man with black hair and some sort of blue military outfit. The last thing he thought was oh shit as his head collided with the floor.