The Eternal
Chapter One: Midnight Rain
The girl walked along the sidewalk, the rain pounding her petite frame. She shivered from the cold, but continued on. She was small and curvy, her eyes emerald, showing fear. She had black hair that reached down her back, bangs wet and sticking to her forehead. She wore her black hoodie over a black gray shirt and sweat pants. Her shoes were rugged black VANS, nearly turning green. All were wet, making her shiver.
This scared girl was called Ivy Conner, seventeen years old… A loner , running away from home.
Ivy had always lived in the Town of Mission City. It was full of…memories.
Ivy had always been beaten by her parents. Memories of her own mother and father's bruisings her made her cringe. She hated how her older sister would just sit there, and sometimes laugh. She was just as bad. Sometimes, she just wanted to scream, pull her hair out, and punch them.
Ivy also had a secret though. For about three years, Ivy had been cutting herself. It was the only thing she had to bring her release. Her mental ibuprofen. Seeing that blood flow out… It was like all her worries flowed out with it. At least, for a while.
Ivy had became tired of her life. Tired of brutal beatings. Tired of people asking why she always wore long sleeves in the summer. Tired of all the bullying in high school.
So she was simply running away from home. This was her chance to be free… She didn't know where to go, but she reckoned she could hitchhike somewhere far away. She just hoped the police wouldn't find her.
All she had were the clothes on her back, a backpack with all her stuff, a bottle of water, a sandwich, some money and a small gray Ipod given to her by her Uncle . On her wrist she wore a small crystal bracelet her mother gave her as a baby…before she started to hate Ivy, and in her pocket was a gleaming, silver razor, stained just a little bit.
Ivy kept her head down as she walked. A car rolled by and she froze. She realized it was just a car, but….
Ivy sighed. She was a terribly frightened. Not just because of the police finding her… There had been a terrorist attack a month ago. Her family was away then, but the thought of it happening again was frightening. What if she got caught by a terrorist and was killed or held hostage?
"Agh… I didn't think this through. But there's no turning back."
The girl kept on walking. She pulled up the sleeves of her shirt and jacket and gazed at her arms. They were covered in deep, red cuts. She shivered as tears began to well up in her eyes and her lip began to quiver. She rolled the sleeves of her shirt and jacket back up.
She continued down the road, tears mixing with the rain.
"Damn," She finally whispered, to no one. "It's so cold." She looked around for shelter for her cold and quivering self.
Ivy's gaze locked on a tall hilltop across the street, overlooking the street. A tall tree loomed over it, providing perfect shelter.
Ivy smiled. She had done something right.
She began to walk across the deserted street to the hilltop.
Little did she know what would be awaiting her.
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Barricade frowned. He HATED it here on this mudball planet! He sat behind the wide, tall tree, overlooking the other side of the city. He looked down into the mud, snarling. His partner, Frenzy, had been taken into custody by humans and he was the last Decepticon alive on Earth. To him, everything was…hopeless. And there was no way he would go over to those inferior Autobots.
Rain pounded on his bipedal form. He gave a human like sigh, looking over the city. The city were his comrades were killed.
"Damn humans," He hissed. "Infernal Autobots."
He wondered if he would be stuck on this disgusting planet forever.
He heard something, and looked around the tree. His gaze turned to a small form coming up the hill. A human!
He looked at it with disgust. It was female. She was taller than average, skinny, green eyes, long, black hair. He hissed.
He would have a little fun. Scare the little meat bag. Then kill it. If he was stuck here, he would have some fun, not just wait around like a bump on a log.
He slowly transformed, keeping quiet. He drove to the other side of the tree, waiting for her.
The human female looked lost. She would definitely come running to a police car. His form remained by the tree, still as a statue.
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Ivy trudged up the hill, gasping for air. She wasn't all that fit and didn't do this kind of thing. But she HAD to make it to the tree. To shelter from the freezing rain.
When she finally made it up, she let out a sigh of relief.
It didn't last.
She stopped in her tracks. A police car sat in the shadows. She didn't move a muscle.
After a few seconds, she walked towards it, peering inside. It was empty.
She smiled. She would go back down, in case the owner of the vehicle came back. She leaned against the tree, eyes closed. The cuts on her arms stung from the cold.
She heard a loud grinding noise and her eyes snapped open.
She almost screamed in horror.
The police car was changing. Morphing. Transforming.
Her mouth was in the shape of an O and her icy emerald eyes were wide with fear and curiosity.
She shrunk back, shaking not from the cold, but from fear.
What was it? It looked similar to a person… But it wasn't. It looked like it was made of metal. And it was gigantic!
The tall, menacing finger loomed over her. It clawed fingers were spread out, its fangs glittering, metal talons digging into the mud, and crimson optics glaring.
"BOO!" It screeched with a devious smile, snarling.
A/N: Sorry that the first chapter is short, but keep reading! They'll get way longer and better. This was more of an introduction!
