Eh…

Fine, the ending of midnighters STUNK.

So, you know what? In a weird midnight panic, I created something out of thin air. O.O

Stop HERE if you haven't read uglies. You need to read it. Then…come here.

I do not own any of the midnighters or uglies characters, k?

And now, without further ado, I present…

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--Appearing

It was midnight.

Where it was midnight was uncertain.

The plan had been so very simple. STUPIDLY SIMPLE, as plans go.

…it was Jonathan's plan, of course.

Uh…disaster in the making, Dess realized.

Looking over the other midnighters, she picked out Rex. He was twitching horribly, eyes bulging.

They were surrounded by high buildings. Made of steel. Not any steel, either, very futuristic steel.

Rex's eyes about popped out of his head.

It had been so simple. Dess shook her head at the thought of Jonathan, arms waving, telling them how Jessica had told him that she might be able to carry them with her somewhere, and maybe, maybe, she could come out of midnight if she clutched Jonathan. How could it go wrong?

Maybe the whole 'Jessica's a new type of midnight creature' didn't quite compute. Of course, what did in Jonathan's brain?

Rex fell to his knees, hissing. Then he jumped straight back up, as if burned. Staring at the ground as if it had struck out at him, he murmured, "Metal…?"

Jessica and Jonathan held tightly onto each other, eyes as wide as Rex's and almost as panicked. Melissa watched, amused, as Rex struck up a cyco little dance, as if his feet were burning. Dess looked at the city around them with a thoughtful stance.

Turning to Jessica, Dess said, "So…where are we?" in extremely casual tones.

"I-I don't know! " Jessica stuttered, still holding Jonathan's arm as tight as she could, "I thought 'city'…and…" If possible, the arrogant little fire bringer's eyes grew wider. "What's that?!"

Dess followed Jessica's shaking finger to a frozen explosion of blue stars. "Fireworks?"

BOOM!

The midnighters watched (and heard) the fireworks finish exploding, wonder in their faces. Midnight was already over?

Jessica was still here?

Rex continued to dance.

A sudden rush of air went over their heads, above the trees in the little park they were currently in. The flying, boarding teens whooped with glee, faces alight.

What the…?

Rex made squeaking sounds. The magnets had blown his senses.

Then someone had the nerve to fall on him.

Hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

A hand went over his mouth, cutting off his bone-rattling hiss. All the others stared stupidly at the sudden appearance of the faceless figure.

"Who are you guys?" the figure asked, getting a good hold on Rex's head. The voice it used was rusted and sounded unused in a way.

"I think that question could be-"Dess started, but was stopped suddenly by the face that appeared from beneath the hood.

"I repeat. Who are you?" the creature rasped, hand returning to clasp Rex once more. However, the sudden opening was all Rex had needed.

He tore himself away from the grip of the wolf-human's hand. The thing hissed again and leaped into the air.

On the ground, Rex made the change. His neck stretched out, almost disconnecting with his body, fingers changed to claws before the eyes of the midnighters, a second hiss rose…

A hand not belonging to the wolf-human currently in front of Rex clamped over his mouth behind him, two more restraining his arms.

"As I was saying," the first figure continued, rasp heard clearly, "Who are you?" It smiled, flashing pointed teeth towards the frozen midnighters.

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This is only the intro, didn't have time to write much! Update hopefully soon!

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