So this is the rewrite of my original story remembering hurts. If you would like to know why I am rewriting it please go look at my forum because I posted the reason why there. Also, if you would like to read the original story I have it on my profile as well. Thank you very much and I hope you enjoy.
It was a crisp afternoon in Shoogazoom. The leaves were starting to fall off of the trees and pumpkin wafted through the air. Many were outside enjoying the weather because they knew winter would soon come and everyone was in the Halloween spirit. Well, everyone except for one person. Said person was cooped inside a restaurant cleaning up the place before closing time.
"Mr. Gackslapper may I please leave early? Nobody is going to come in today!" They whined over dramatically slamming their head face first on the counter. The elderly man entered from the kitchen chuckling at the scene before him.
"Jessica stop whining, we'll be closed soon and then you may go out and do as you wish." He said softly patting the top of her head.
"Don't do that! You'll mess up my braid." She pouted sitting up immediately fixing her bangs and smoothing her hair back down.
"Oh dear you look fine. Besides your hair is getting too long anyway." That much was true, even though Jessicas hair was pulled back in a braid it still reached down to her lower back. Her pout faded a dejected look on her face as she softly twirled her brunette hair.
"You know I can't cut my hair…" She mumbled the light seeming to dim from her eyes. Before he could respond she got up and grabbed some cleaning supplies walking to the front of the restaurant cleaning the windows. He sighed sadly watching her for a moment before going back into the kitchen. The young girl looked out at the street her gaze eventually drifting over to the Super Robot.
It was still a bit of a shocker seeing the Super Robot back in its place. The hyper force had been gone for so long just to destroy the skeleton king worm that when they returned everybody was awestricken. Rumors spread around the city that they had ended up failing their mission or that there was a horrible accident and the team had all perished. Obviously, they were just rumors but the city almost lost all hope when there was no word.
Jessica almost envied the leader, almost. Chiro was respected and was able to do what most couldn't. Go to space, skip school, and not have to work. But, Jessica also understood that he also had a heavy burden to carry. He had to protect the city and its people. That was one thing Jess would never be able to bring herself to do. She didn't have the heart to worry about others safety, at least for strangers.
Jessica shook herself out of her daze seeing something blur pass the window. She looked out able to catch what looked like a little kid running into an alleyway.
"Hey wait!" She dropped the cleaning products chasing after the person. When she got into the ally there was no one there. Carefully, she walked down the ally looking around the trashcans before she heard sniffling in the dumpster. Jessica hesitantly opened the lid and saw a young little boy no older than four crying softly. His hair was matted and covered in dirt and he had scratches and dirt marks on his arms and face. He was barefoot and had only a too large T-shirt, slipping off one of his shoulders. He looked up at her fear and sadness pooling in his green eyes and Jessica couldn't help but reach her hand out. He scooted as far back as he could, crying in distress.
"It's okay kid. I won't hurt you…" She hesitated seeing his slightly sunken in cheeks. "You hungry? I can make you some food if you'd like." She spoke softly with a kind smile as to show to the kid he was in no danger. His crying turned into sniffles as he nodded slowly hearing his stomach growl. With wobbly legs the little boy got up and reached out for Jess to pick him up. She hefted him up with great ease smiling softly at him walking back towards the restaurant. The wind began to blow harshly, dark thick clouds were blocking out the sun. Jessica began to feel uneasy noticing the lack of people that were outside just moments ago. She walked into the restaurant gently sitting the kid on the chair right next to the counter.
"Wait right here and I will make you something yummy to eat." Jess promised smiling at the boy. He smiled at her a little his sniffling ceasing. She walked into the kitchen noticing that the back door had been left open.
"I swear this old man is getting more senile by the day." She grumbled closing the back door locking it. When she turned around there were 2 formless standing in front of the entryway to the kitchen. They both screeched at the teen, slugging forward with large heavy clubs. Jessica looked around the room finding a pan of grease that she had yet to clean and she grabbed it flinging the contents at the forms. The two creatures screeched in pain the ooze being melted by the hot grease. Once Jessica saw an opening she ran past the formless hitting the emergency alarm underneath the cash register. Jessica looked over at the boy and saw he was not there anymore. What was there was far worse; Black ooze dripped off the body of a winged parasite the remnants of a shirt torn to pieces on the ground. Jessica threw the pan at the bug before making a break for the front doors. A loud buzz was her only warning before she was knocked to the ground. She tried to scream for help but only managed to groan in pain as the bug jabbed its stinger into her side.
Her vision started to blur her breathing slowing at an alarming rate. A burning ache began to spread across her body as the venom flowed through her bloodstream but before she blacked out into darkness. She could see movement around her and felt what must have been ooze that splattered onto her. There were voices speaking to her but she was unable to understand what they were saying and ended up falling into unconsciousness.
In the darkness there was a voice. A woman's voice, singing softly deep in the never-ending void. It caused a deep ache in Jessica's chest but she couldn't understand why. The voice didn't sound familiar; she didn't know anyone personally besides Mr. Gackslapper. At least that she could remember. Said voice started to fade and without thinking about it Jessica started running towards it.
"No! Please, come back." She choked the feeling of dread and pain spreading through her body. The ground suddenly disappeared and she began to fall. Jess looked down watching the pavement come closer at an alarming speed she closed her eyes bracing for the impact. But it never came.
Jessica opened her eyes wincing at the bright fluorescent light hovering over her head. Her side felt like it was on fire and her movements were sluggish as she weakly looked around turning her head to see she was not in an ordinary hospital room. There were test tubes and a large screen showing what had to be her vital signs and other text that she was unable to read. A loud snore drew her attention to the figure that was sitting in an uncomfortable plastic chair right next to the bed she was laying in. It was Mr. Gackslapper. She sighed in relief knowing that he had been unharmed during the attack. She tried to sit up but gasped laying back down the pain flaring intensely.
"hm?...Jessica you're awake! Oh, don't scare me like that. My poor heart can't take it." Mr. Gackslapper said as he got out of the chair relief washing over his face. He gently fluffed her pillow before helping her lay back down.
"I'm sorry dad." She smiled softly at him relaxing back into the bed. Mr. Gackslapper froze for a moment before smiling softly at her shaking his head.
"It's all right, you're safe now so everything is fine." He said gently holding her hand. Moments later they heard footsteps coming towards them.
"Ah, miss you are awake. Tell me how do you feel?" The person asked walking up towards the bed.
" Tired, sore, and my side is burning…"She said stopping seeing that the person that was talking to her was no other than Gibson. "Wait, what? Where am I?" Jessica asked confused.
"You're in the super robot. We heard the alarm that you set off and found you unconscious a bunch of formless around you. Gibson had to bring you to med bay to remove the stinger from your side and had to flush the venom out of your systems." Chiro said walking up to the bed the rest of the team behind him. Jessica was silent for a moment letting it all sink in before she spoke.
"I'm sorry if I caused any trouble but, thank you for saving me."
"You didn't cause any trouble kid. It was getting a little boring around here today anyway." Sparx chuckled shrugging his shoulders. Jessica chuckled weakly before breaking into a coughing fit.
"Hmmm, you might want to stay in the med bay for the night. Just to be sure that you are all right and that we got rid of the venom." Antauri suggested looking at Mr. Gackslapper and Jessica. Jessica was about to protest when Mr. Gackslapper gently placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I believe that's best." He said kissing Jess forehead. " Stay here and rest, I can handle the restaurant tomorrow."
"Are you sure?" She asked concern written on her face. The elderly man smiled at her nodding.
"Yes, besides I'm not that old! I use to run that restaurant all by myself before you came to work there." He smirked softly patting her head. "Now please, sleep dear." Mr. Gackslapper turned to the team nodding at them before walking out. "Thank you very much hyper force…" With that said he was gone. Chiro decided to sit in the chair next to Jessicas bed as Gibson and Antauri went to look at the monitor.
"What's your name?" He asked breaking the awkward silence.
"My name is Jessica," She said smiling softly.
"And I'm guessing you are not Mr. Gackslappers actual daughter?" Nova asked crossing her arms. Jess smiled shaking her head.
"No but he is the closest thing I have to a father…to a family really…" Her eyes down casted to her hands in her lap. After several seconds of awkward tension filling in the air half of the team decided to head to their bedchambers. The only ones left in the room were Gibson, Antauri, and Chiro.
"Sorry about that, Nova didn't mean anything rude about that we were just curious because we ha believed Mr. Gackslapper didn't have any family." Chiro said scratching the back of his head. The brunette just smiled shaking her head.
"No, it's all right honest. I mean he is not even my foster dad he just… took me in several years ago and has been the only father figure I've known." Jessica stated matter of factly trying to hold back a yawn. Chiro nodded smiling a little noticing she was starting to have a difficulty keeping her eyes open.
"Sleep, it is late and you need your rest. We can talk more tomorrow." He offered noting that Gibson and Antauri had already left to their respected rooms. "Goodnight Jessica." He said starting to leave the infirmary.
"…. Goodnight Chiro." She said tiredly falling asleep as soon as the lights were turned off.
Welp, here is the first chapter! I hope you guys enjoy it and will stick around for the next chapter. I know this chapter might seem similar to the first chapter of Remembering Hurts but I can promise you the story is vastly different. You'll definitely see it in chapter two. I don't have too much time to write so the second chapter will be out around November 26. I do apologize that you have to wait that long but that is when my thanksgiving break is. So, please tell me what you think! Have a great day!