Parasite Eve

Christmas..it was supposed to be one of the most magical holidays for everyone. Everyone...including me. If that's the case, then why is it a total living nightmare for me? A nightmare which forces me to work on an assignment to end the suffering of New York.

A/N: My first story, please review. It would mean a whole lot if you did. This is based of Square Enix's game, Parasite Eve, but I'm putting my own little spin to it, just so I can make it original and not end up copying the game itself. ;)

Fire...there was fire. Opening her eyes, Kelly jumped at the sight of fire and moved to a corner of her apartment to avoid fire, attempting to attack her viciously. To Kelly, this was one of the worst conditions she has ever been in. Sure, Kelly was that tough NYPD rookie police officer, who would go through just about anything. But this...this was all too much. For Kelly to confront fire... the same fire that took the lives of her sister and mother when she was a child, was depressing and heartbreaking, not to mention...horrifying. To face fire, to face possible death...it scared Kelly terribly and she tried her best to crawl her way out of her apartment.

When she attempted this, the first floor of her ceiling collapsed right in front of her. Turning around, Kelly attempted to go back in the corner and die there, perhaps. But instead, as she was going back, the rest of the first floor, not to mention house furniture, materials collapsed right on top of her. A loud cry of pain escaped from Kelly's lips as the whole world she once lived in flashed before her eyes. The fire burned through her clothes, burning her skin as Kelly could smell the sensation of burned flesh consuming the air before her. The smell, it burned through her nose, and her eyes as tears fell down Kelly's cheeks. This was the end...she didn't want it to end this way...not like this...

Immediately waking up, Kelly rose straight up from her bed screaming fearfully. Hearing this, her boyfriend, Justin Gabriel, woke up immediately and turned on the lights giving his girlfriend his full attention to comfort her after another nightmare.

"Kelly! It's okay! I'm here! It's just another nightmare." Justin said while feeling her head. "Oh god, you're sweating. I'll get you a wet rag." Justin said as he got up and went downstairs. Kelly shook her head, this has been the fifth night after having the same nightmare over and over again. She didn't care how many times she witnesses it, Kelly will always be terrified from the nightmare, why? Because she's afraid of fire...hated it too, since it took two people she once loved so much.

"Here." Justin came up with a wet rag in one hand and a glass of water in the other. "Kelly, are you alright?" Justin asked her as he stroked her blonde streaks of hair.

"I think so. I hate waking up every night from the same nightmare, Justin. Why did my mother and my sister have to die in fire? Fire..." Kelly shook her head as she fought back the tears that she thought she got rid of after numerous of times of crying.

"It's okay Kelly. It's okay. I'm here for you alright. I'm serious Kelly. I hate it when you experience the same thing that you fear most. I'm concerned, I'm worried about you Kells." Justin told her, holding Kelly close to him.

"I'll be okay, I mean, you're right. It's just a nightmare." Kelly responded. Justin shook his head. "I understand that Kelly. But it's that which scares me. The fact you wake up every night screaming, the fact that you live alone. The fact that you have this job, as NYPD rookie officer-" Justin was cut off.

"Justin, please. I need that job, it pays good money." Kelly told him. Justin shook his head again. "I don't care Kelly. You're putting your life on the line by taking this job, and I don't want to lose you babe." Justin says to her as he strokes Kelly's hair again, and pulls her into a kiss, Kelly responds in the kiss, she pulls away and smiles.

"Aww, Justin. I appreciate your concern. But I need this job, I promise you. You wont lose me...ever." Kelly assured him with a smile. Justin sighed. "Okay. Still, I don't like this job at all. You need to get a better job." Justin told her.

"I'll look into it. I promise. But as for now, we need to go back to sleep. Tomorrow is a big day!" Kelly smiled as she layed down in her bed and attempted to go back to sleep. But couldn't as she was afraid she would have the same nightmare again.

Kelly's POV

I don't want to get another job, this job is perfect for me. It pays enough money, enough to keep a roof under my head and clothes on my back, and I don't want to lose it. Don't get me wrong, I love Justin, and I would do anything to make him happy...but this was just something I can't give up. I do appreciate his concern and safety over me, but I am a big girl. I can take care of myself, especially when it comes to living alone. I wish Justin could understand that, but he insists that I move in with him. But I don't want too, at least, not yet. I want to prove to him that I can take care of myself, and since I can't do that by living alone, I took the job as an NYPD rookie police officer.

I looked beside me to see Justin still not asleep yet.

"You're not sleeping yet? Why?" I asked him. "I'm not going to sleep. I'm watching you, I'll stay up all night if I have to watch you sleep." Justin told me.

"Justin, you really don't have to." I insisted.

"But I want to." Justin insisted as well. I sighed. "Okay. Justin. Do what you want. But sometime this week, you have to get some sleep. And you have to get back to your apartment too. You can't leave your sister alone." I told him.

"She can take care of herself. She's old enough." Justin says. Anger suddenly flushed within me, this was something I can't do right now, yell at him, especially in the middle of the night.

"Yeah, just like I am old enough to take care of myself." I mumbled as I turned my back toward him, sighing in irritation.

"Kelly...Kelly I'm sorry. It's this job. It's this job that makes me want to protect you at all cost, I just DONT like it at all." Justin explained to me. "And you're right. I do have a life too, I can't protect you forever, and you can take care of yourself. I'm sorry Kelly." Justin shook his head.

I turned around to face him, and smiled at him. "It's okay. But don't get me wrong, I really do appreciate the concern. But as I said, I am a big girl. I can take care of myself when I'm living alone, okay? So don't worry about me." I told him as I leaned in to kiss him again.

"Now, get some sleep. Okay?"

Justin sighs. "Okay. Good night Kelly. I love you."

"I love you too. You know I always do."

Justin turned to wrap his arms around me as we cuddled, a few minutes later, the sound of Justin breathing in a soft rhythm, his chest moving up and down slowly, signalled that he was fast asleep. I tried to sleep myself, but when I closed my eyes, I find the dark green eyes glaring at me. I open my eyes immediately, wondering if I'm just hallucinating, but when I closed them again, they were still there, glaring at me. I have to wonder who these pair of green eyes belong to, and why they look so angry at me.

I don't know what it is, but I get a feeling that I may be seeing them again...this time wide awake, with my eyes open.

There's your first chapter. Please review. And give me your thoughts, so I can be motivated to continue this story because at first, I was debating on whether I want to write this or not. I still am, so I'll leave the choice up to you...

Keep writing it? Or delete it? You decide. Thanks a million. :)

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