Issues
'No one will ever know. They will never know. Not even when it hits them.'
Tai bounced the soccer ball from foot to foot. It was the day of the big game. He envisioned himself tonight kicking the final goal, right as the last second was counting down. As he was thinking about this he accidentally kicked the ball too high. It came down on top of the goal and rolled down the back. It was fall and the sky was constantly overcast. The wind whipped past Tai's hair blowing it over his face. He glanced at his watch. 4:01. Time to head home and get some homework done. Tai kicked the ball up and caught it. The wind blew some leaves up in the air. Tai headed home.
'Why do I always get the fun job of picking everyone up?' Matt thought to himself. He sped down the road in his Dad's van. The sky was quickly clouding over again. 'For once it might rain, just for the game.' He passed by an accident. Two cars were totaled why skid marks were leading off the road into the forest. He slowed at the light. The power went off. Matt quickly pulled through the intersection and headed toward Sora's house. 'Only three more stops after this.'
"Kari we're leaving in 5 minutes!" She heard her brother yell. She looked back up at T.K. "You heard him we have to go." She said. T.K. rolled off of her. He moaned. 'Why can't we stay here and they go?" T.K. Asked as Kari was pulling her shirt back on. She glanced back at him. "We can't stay because we might to something 'bad'." T.K. grabbed his pants from the chair in the corner. "Right, were 'Good children'." She chuckled at his remark. She heard footsteps coming down the hallway. T.K. quickly zipped up his pants and pulled on his shirt. As Kari's mom opened the door and peeked in. "Wrap it up we're leaving." She said. Kari looked up from her Spanish homework. "Ok" She said. As her mom closed the door they both looked at each other and laughed.
Sora walked through the turn gate. She looked around at the crowd. The stadium was empty. The few there were wrapped up in winter clothing. The wind nipped at her face; she pulled her hat tighter on her head. Izzy walked up behind her. She turned around as Matt was coming through the gate. He had dyed his hair dark blue and he had recently gotten a tattoo. Something about him scared her now. There was something about him. She snapped out of her thought as Joe sneezed next to her. "This cold air…." He complained. She looked up at the sky. The clouds were hanging low.
'This is great' Tai thought. He was sitting in the locker room listing to his coach ring off who would play first string. His name was on the list. Then his coach told them that their goalie was not going to make it to the game. He looked at Tai and then announced that Tai was to be goalie. His heart pounded faster. He always wanted to be goalie. The chanted their yell and sprinted out onto the field. The cold wind greeted them. Goosebumps erupted on his arms and legs. The announcer blared over the loudspeaker. Adrenaline pumped though his blood. The game was about to start.
Izzy grabbed a bag of popcorn from the concession stand. As he turned around the wind picked up. All of a sudden lighting hit the goal and split it in half. Izzy blinked, trying to get the light out of his eyes. He felt cold rain hit his face. Girls shrieked in the crowd. "We will continue the game inside." The announcer said. Izzy turned back toward the field. The goalie lay still under the goal.
This is what T.K. wanted. A chance for him and Kari to slip away. He looked around at the running crowd and couldn't find her. 'Damn, where is she?' He wondered. Walking back through he crowd he saw Matt coming toward him. "Matt, you seen Kari?" Matt just shook his head and walked on. The cold rain began soaking through his clothes. "T.K.!" Someone called his name out. He glanced in the direction that the voice came from. He saw Kari standing near the utility shed. Looking back at the disappearing crowd, T.K. started jogging toward the shed.
'This is great' Joe thought. He was cold, soaking wet, and now had to go and sit on uncomfortable bleachers for a game he didn't want to watch. He looked around at the small crowd. Most the people had left from the inclement weather. Now there were only about a dozen people left in the crowd. He took his seat at the top of the bleachers next to Izzy. The speakers squeaked as the announcer turned them on. He grabbed a hand full of Izzy's popcorn and munched on it. Even the popcorn tasted bad here. He looked down at the court as the players came out on the field.
Tai knew what was about to happen. The announcer would say that the game was canceled and then the game would never be started. 'This blows' Tai thought to himself. He walked toward the ball and kicked it as hard as he could. It soared through the air and smashed into the face of the announcer. "FUCK!" Blared over the speakers. Parents grabbed their children's ears as he continued. "God damn soccer players! All you fuckers, GO HOME!!! The game is canceled!!" With that he tossed down hit microphone and cursed all the way to the door.
Most of the crowd stood up as the announcer left. There was a quiet murmur of voices as people gathered their stuff. Matt looked around for the rest of the gang. Then all of a sudden the lights went out. Someone screamed and there was the sound of someone falling, then a shatter of glass. When the emergency floodlights came on he surveyed the scene. Two people were sprawled on the ground at the bottom of the stairs, not moving. He heard a scraping of metal. He looked over to the doors. The storm shutter was beginning to shut. The big metal gate was only closed when a typhoon was coming, but now it was sliding off its tracks, toward the ground. Then the lights failed. There was a loud slam and a short-lived scream.
T.K. pulled off his shirt. He was freezing. Kari was trying to get the lights to come on so they could shut the door. T.K. began to shake. "Hey T.K. Guess where the warmest part of the body is?" The light flickered to life. He saw her slim body jumping down from a stool. "I don't know" He replied. His jeans were freezing. She came walking out nude from behind a crate full of balls. She slid her hand down her body, ending on her crotch. "The crotch" She said. Then the power went out of the lights. "Oooo, dark and scary." T.K. joked. Then the door blew open. The cold air rushed in giving T.K. Goosebumps. He sat down and began pulling his pants off. "Hey Kari can you close the door?" He called out. "Why don't you?" she yelled back. He slip his pants off. A voice rang out. "Because he won't be able to." T.K jumped up but felt something rip into his back. He collapsed to his knees. He tried to scream in pain but his one lung was pierced. He felt his air squeeze out of his lungs as he looked behind him. "T.K?" Kari yelled out in a worried voice. "Get out of here…"T.K. Whispered. She must've heard it because he saw her shadow running out the door. He felt something sharp against his stomach. A knife split his stomach open pouring his contents on the floor. T.K. Squirmed in pain but as every move he made it hurt even more. He was beginning to lose consioness. "Good bye T.K." The voice said again. Now he felt a prick under his neck. A blade cut into his neck, up his throat, and into his brain. Everything went black.