Chapter One: A New Beginning
In a government facility in the deserts of the US, two scientists scribble on a notepad in a laboratory. They are standing in front of a large cylindrical tube with green liquid inside, and an unconscious boy attached to an oxygen mask and some wires. Little to their knowledge, there is a teenage girl making her way through the airshaft in the ceiling.
"You actually believe that there's some kind of genetic mutation in this kid's body?" the female scientist asked.
"There's got to be." the male replied. "He survived a fire that burned down the entire house, and doesn't even have a scratch or burn on him at all. Something…inhuman is in this boy."
The female stared at her partner, then shrugged her shoulders and looked back at her notes. "Well, either way we need to get out of here. It's getting late and we can always finish this first thing in the morning."
The two scientists walked out of the laboratory, turning off the lights, and turning on the floor sensors before leaving. For a while, all was silent. Suddenly, unseen hands were twisting the nails from the vent out, and the vent opened up as a girl put her legs out over the edge. Dressed in a skintight black outfit, she wore a black overcoat and her long black hair was tied in a bun. Her green eyes took in the surroundings, as she put on a pair of black gloves. Slowly climbing out the vent, she placed her hands along the wall, which stuck her to the wall (1). As she climbed down the wall, she got even with the tube in which the boy was asleep inside, and pink plasma slowly glowed from her index finger.
"So this is the kid," she muttered to herself. She pulled the lever next to the tube, which drained the green liquid inside. Placing the glowing finger on the glass, she cut out a circle and pulled it out. She then reached inside, and pulled the wires off the boy before throwing him over her shoulder. As she placed the glass back in its place, it slipped out her hand and hit the floor, shattering into pieces.
"Oh, that's not good." She said, leaping off the wall and hit the ground running towards the door, causing the boy to stir and wake up.
"Huh…what…where am I?" the boy asked.
"No time! We got to get out of here!" said the girl, pulling the boy, who was now on his own to feet. As they made it to the door, it sprung ajar to reveal two security guards with nightsticks ready in their hands.
"Free-!!"
Before they could finish, the girl had jumped and kicked both guards in the chest, sending them sprawling into the wall. She ran out the room and down the fall, but wheeled around and turned back when she realized the boy wasn't behind her. Returning to the door, she looked at the boy, who was standing in front of her wide-eyed.
"Come on, we have to leave!" she yelled.
Her voice seemed to snap the boy out of his trance, as he now looked at her with his earth colored eyes. "What…why are we running…who are you?" he replied.
"I'll explain late, you've got to come with me though," she said.
"I don't understand, what's going on?" the boy asked, now looking confused.
The girl closed her eyes and sighed, realizing that precious time was being wasted just standing in the lab. Before she could speak, more security guards entered the room, encircling the two with nightsticks in hand.
WHACK!!
One of the officers threw their nightstick at the boy from behind, which connected in the back of his hand, causing the boy to fall over. The girl turned to strike the guard, but before she took a step, a cold chill ran down her spine that caused her to stop in her tracks.
What is this strange thing I feel, it's like…something's growing…she thought to herself.
She looked at the boy, who was now slowing rising with his hands clenched into fists. Looking at the boy's face, she saw something that shook her to her soul.
His eyes and pupils were completely black.
The boy's hands began to glow, the same type of glow that came from the girl's hands earlier, but it was black. In a split second, he had gone from a stand still position to two inches from the guard who had hit him earlier, fist cocked behind him, and delivered a blow that broke the guard's nose and sent him sprawling to the ground. Before anyone could move, he was onto the next guard, kneeing him in the stomach and punching him in the face.
This kid, he's so fast, even I can't catch up! She thought. What is this kid?
She stood there wide-eyed, as the boy was moving at lightning quick speed across the room, beating the mess out of each guard before the others could react. When the last guard fell to the ground, the boy had finally stopped moving, and had looked over the girl, who was still standing there in shock.
"You said we have to go, right?" the boy asked
The girl snapped out of her daze, and ran out of the room and down the hall. After running down a series of hallways, the two eventually found a stairwell. She kicked down the door, only to be welcomed by more guards up the stairs. They began to go up, with guards tailing behind, until they got to the roof. The two ran to the edge and leaned over, looking down at the six flights between them and the ground.
"There's nowhere to run, just give us back the brat!" one of the guards yelled.
"Oh yeah, well you'll just have to come get me then, huh?" the boy replied.
He turned around, grabbed the girl's hand and jumped off the roof to the ground below.
"What the hell are you doing? We won't survive this!" she screamed.
The boy simply closed his eyes, and like magic black angel wings drenched in blood sprouted from his back. The boy screamed in agony as they came out, but the opened up and stopped them from hitting the ground by mere feet. In one quick flap, the two started to fly away. The girl looked back, still in awe, until the lab was out of sight.
"Well, that was more than I bargained for." She said.
With a smile on her face, she turned to look at the boy, who suddenly began to descend in altitude, before his wings disappeared and the slid into the ground. The boy collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily and clutching his chest. The girl went to help him up, and when he looked at her, she noticed that his eyes had returned to the brown that they were before.
"C'mon, hop on my back, I know the rest of the way from here," she said.
The boy simply smiled, climbed on, and closed his eyes, as the girl began to run along the cool night sky, unaware of the all of the adventure that lay before them.
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(1) - she has small suction cups on her gloves.
So that's how it all begins folks. Chapter 2 is coming soon, be sure to leave your comments/reviews.