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I could only look upon all the things my friends had that I didn't as they were all in our little meeting place. Carol had new jewelry, which didn't peak my interest till I noticed they were of the expensive variety, Sam had said she got a new puppy which she happily showed pictures of to all of us, Jonathan had new videogames and one of which wasn't even released in stores yet and Haley had a new boyfriend, I swear she gets a new one each week. This isn't the first time I felt jealous of my friends, no I didn't even have parents till I turned ten, yeah that's right I'm adopted, I don't get many new things in fact I still have my backpack from the beginning of middle school and I'm a Junior this year, and I don't even have a freaking pet, not even a goldfish. Honestly, I don't want my friends to know how deep it annoys me that they get all the good things out there while I get none, so I put up an act of being all happy and lie about some new things I've gotten to make myself live up to around their standards. They believe me every time, by the way, my name's Kina, it's short for Kiyana, I'm going to be seventeen in three and a half months, my hair reaches my shoulder blades and is dyed a torques color the original color was brown in color, my eyes are a chocolate brown and my height, well it's average in female standards in my family, it's 5'4". By now I was tuning out my friends while they were going on about how lucky some of them where, Jonathan was the only one who knows about my true feelings when they go off like this so he just stays out of it like I do.
"Hey did you girls hear on the news, there are some very strange things going on around town." Jonathan spoke up, this must have been very important if he would speak up like this while the girls were going off about how cute Sam's puppy was.
"Oh yeah I did, I heard a monster was spotted appearing out of nowhere and killed three guys." Carol said going very serious.
"I heard that the monster was as big as the whole school and it was pretty ugly as well." Haley said looking at all of us not even joking about the last part that I thought was her own opinion.
"I heard as quickly as it appeared it vanished without a clue to where it even came from." Sam said being equally serious as the others.
"And I heard you've all finally lost it, I mean really monsters, vanishing without a trace, come on don't believe everything you hear and see from other people or the news unless they have solid proof." I said flatly causing all my friends to look at me like I've lost it.
"Kina must you always be a skeptic, besides it is real there are pictures of it online and a few video clips!" Carol exclaimed, while I just shrugged nonchalantly and stated, "Could be photoshoped or special effects, and yes because the rest of you would believe that the world is made of ice-cream and lollypops if I wasn't around."
"Oh please, we're not that arrogant." Haley stated while her eyes where rolling.
"Oh please, if I wasn't around to tell you that your second boyfriend only wanted you in a perverted way, you'd probably have a kid about now." I stated only to realize that my jealousy that I kept bottled was turning me arrogant and slightly come backy.
"Hey, I thought we all agreed to forget that." Haley said turning red slightly and also looking a little sad which caused me to silently curse myself.
"Sorry, just not in much of a good mood today is all." I said looking down sadly, just then Jonathan's phone started beeping and he opened it up and showed us that he had an internet news update.
"Holy crap, there are strange things happening downtown, guess you'll finally get some proof Kina." He said closing his phone and looked at us all, and then they all looked at me.
"Let me guess, I'm still the only one here that has a driver's license, huh?" I asked in a board flat tone causing everyone to nod, man I'm glad it's Spring Break otherwise we'd be skipping school… again and I'd be in more trouble with my "parents" then I already am. I'm being serious they have things that I don't have and the only thing I have that they don't is a car and a driver's license. I then sighed, "Get in the car and tell me where to go Jonathan."
*time skip*
Well it wasn't hard to find the place in the news update, people where running/leaving from this place faster than a cheetah when it chases its prey, they were also practically sweating fear as they left, at this I couldn't help but laugh.
"Hey less focus on laughing more focus on the road." Carol demanded from the back seat, where Sam and Jonathan also sat.
"Hey it's called multitasking and don't forget this is my car, so if you persist on being a back seat driver I'm just going to drive over to the side and throw you out right now!" I yelled since every time something interesting's going on and I end up driving there, Carol's always the backseat driver, and not the same as the song by the New Boyz.
"I still don't see the big deal on why you get mad about backseat drivers Kina." Haley who had called shoot gun that caused the others to all pout and stuff said.
"If you guys have your own car and driver's license then you'll all understand." I replied as I turned my car's radio on to try and lighten the mood at least a little. That's when I heard the song that was on and everyone smiled about it, it was Get the Party Started by P!nk, yes even Jonathan likes the song. Sam keeps saying he's still in the closet while the rest of us just know him better than she does.
~~scene change~~
"Alright, we're here and as you can clearly see there is nothing big or monstrous, here. Can we please go home now?" I said kind of sounding ancy, I swear if this was like one of tough's horror movies where the villain, monster or alien jump out at you and either eat you where you stand causing the others that where there to scream and fire their guns rapidly, or someone shoots you straight through the head once again causing everyone else to scream and either run or start firing rapidly I will shift the car into revers and drive the hell away.
"Wha~at no way and here I thought I'd get to see a cool monster or something." Carol said sounding disappointed completely not to mention slightly childish as well.
"Well we could all just go out, split up to cover more ground and try to find the creature ourselves or we could all just go home like Kina said." Jonathan flat out explained causing me to practically do a sweat drop and face plant at the same time, I honestly feel that this is like a horror movie come to life and I'm the expert on that, if we split up we'll have the greater chance of dying, being eaten or worst have horrible aliens bursting out of our chests and eating the others… damn my imagination's in over drive right now, and they call me a skeptic.
"Hell no we're all going after all, we didn't come all this way just to see nothing!" Haley exclaimed with Carol joining in.
"Uh excuse me but I'M the one who brought us here and will have to pay for gas for this goose chase, AGAIN!" I exclaimed because this happens a lot, whenever there's a rumor or a myth around they all insist on going and half the time forcing me to drive them.
"Oh quit your whining and let's all go look, you'll have the keys of course and we'll all meet back up at the car after about three or four hours of searching, m'kay?" Sam said smiling and the others all smiled and agreed, damn it they keep out voting me.
"Fine, but I swear if any of you are late, the people that are late will not be getting a ride home from me." I said slightly glaring at them to hide my fear, I always act tough on the outside just to hide the fact I'm scared out of my whit's or I'm actually weak, I don't really want people to pity me or worry about me. Though Jonathan and Haley always see through my act, no matter how good it is.
*time skip*
It's been an hour and the whole downtown area is like a ghost town, did I ever mention I have a fear of being alone? It's moment's like this where I start thinking about a book I read called The Embodiments of Sin, it talks about the seven sins and that in hell they were forged from the very sins they were named after, each had a human like appearance the things that gave them away where their eyes or the marks of the Oroborus, the snake that eats its own tail, symbolizing eternal life. Basically it also says if someone has a sin that over powers the others in the person then they could form a contract of sorts to the very being, however once the contract is made the sin will keep close and practically follow you till it's time for your death, not to mention it'll literally be the death of you. One of the most deadly of the seven is Envy, it's said the embodiment of Envy will kill the host of the contract after a week, hell it even kills toughs that didn't forge a contract with it just for fun. As the story started to replay through my head, I heard something behind me collide with a trash can since it seems I've wandered into an alley way, and by the sound of it, it was most likely small, but that didn't stop me from turning around rapidly out of fear, only to see something strange. I saw a small green lizard like thing… emphasis on the thing part.
"Hey little… guy I think, did you lose your owner or something?" I asked the creature and when I took a closer look it looked injured and… it seemed to glare at me slightly. I got a better look as I got closer, it had about six limbs and venomous purple eyes, and also it had small spikes going down its back not to mention its tail. As I neared it seemed to growl at me and glare even more, if looks could kill I'd be dead, like 100 times now, I also saw it had a vertical mouth with razor sharp teeth. "Whoa no need to be defensive, I just want to see if you're okay little… whatever the fuck your supposed to be. Geez who ever owns you or something must have great tastes I must say I'm a little envious of the person." I said finally getting so close and kneeling down to see it better, I also noticed then that when I said the latter in my speaking he seemed flattered or something, I honestly couldn't even tell, but I was being honest, having a creature as unique as the one before me I would feel the deadly sin of envy flow over me while others would most likely call it hideous or ugly. Huh now that I think about it I can't go one day without being envious of something or someone must be an overly usual thing for me, man if my "mother" heard this she'd ask me to go pray for hours and beg for forgiveness honestly that woman is obsessed with the lord. I noticed one of the creature's leg was looking limp, his back and side had a few scratches and a different leg looked dislocated, what was this thing doing?
"Geez this looks bad, well guess you'll be coming with me, after all I don't have anything to clear any of this up let alone patch it up." After saying that I reached for him, because I'm pretty sure it's a male, and had my palm turned toward the sky to try and gain its trust. It didn't work because five seconds later toughs razor sharp teeth where now biting into my finger.
"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKK KKKKKKK!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, my god toughs teeth feel as if they were ripping my finger into a million pieces just from that one bite. I quickly used my other hand and pulled him off and was now holding him by the tail.
"You little bastard, if you weren't so injured I'd have kicked your tiny ass." I growled in a very irritated tone only to notice the tiny creature seemingly mocking me, I swear my biggest deadly sins are wrath and envy and this little bastered is bringing out the wrath. "Look I'm about at my wits end with you so listen and listen good, I swear if you piss me off one more time I'll-"
"Well boys look here, a fine lady and it seems she found our little kill."
I stopped and looked behind me to see a group of about three people, all male, each had a gun on them but the one in the middle had what appeared to be a flamethrower. I snuck a look over to the small creature whose tail I still held and noticed he seemed to be weary of the flame.
"Alright I'll bite, what the hell did you three do to this thing, why the hell do you have all troughs weapons and lastly I'm not interested in any of you." I said asking two questions then answering the question they were to most likely ask. I saw/heard them groan at what I said, this caused me to practically sweat drop, and I swear the little green lizard thing in my hand had one at the same time as I did. Much to my displeasure they began whispering amongst themselves and I could hear something along the lines of sin, contract and something about a story, let's just say I started to get the feeling that I should get out of there and began to sneak away until, BANG! One of them fired a gun at me, hitting into my arm, man if the little lizards bite was bad, this was worst. Now here comes the adrenalin that made me run like hell.
"HEY GET BACK HERE WITH OUR KILL GIRL!" I heard one of them shout as I ran; I actually now held the green lizard in a fist now and then looked down at it angrily as I ran.
"Great people are coming to kill me because of you, great and its one thing I never wanted or needed! If I die I'll torture you in hell." I exclaimed as I ran, I cut through different alley ways in the main one I was running through and eventually lost the three pursuers and made my way back to the car where the others were already.
"Hey Kina were where you, your ten minutes late." Hailey said being the one to notice me.
"Yeah, you tell us not to be late but you go and be late all the time." Sam said causing me to slightly growl.
"Well excuse me princess one and princess two, but I was busy trying not to get SHOT by an idiot trio that was after THIS little bastered who I will now dub Baka." I growled holding out Baka for them to see who just glared and growled at me and I returned the favor.
"What the hell is it?" Carol asked looking at it but from a distance, while Sam and Hailey looked freaked out by little Baka.
"I don't know a lizard or something, but could one of you take it you know my parents don't allow pets." I said bluntly only to have all my friends look at me for a few seconds then turn away, causing my jaw to drop. "WHAT SERIOUSELY COME ON JONATHAN YOU'D BE THE ONE I'D EXPECT TO WANT HIM!"
"Sorry Kina but I mean look at it my mom would have a heart attack, and besides you two get along so well, I wouldn't want to break up your bond so easily." He replied making me feel like I was just smacked in the face.
"Fine, but if mom and dad find him I won't stop them from turning him into stew." I said putting up my usual appearance before them but still looking rather mad. "Now everyone get in the car or you're walking home." I added getting into the driver's seat like I always do and I then set Baka near the gear, the two of us glaring at each other while my friends came into the car.
~~Time Skip~~
"Well it's just you and me now… so uh you hungry Baka?" I asked the spiked green lizard thing that seemed to really dislike my name for him but nodded anyways.
"Alright I'll pick something up and eat in the park, after all I'm not expected back home till around 7:00 so I've got time to kill." I said aloud, so basically after ordering the food I drove to the park, parked the car, grabbed the food and Baka then found a place to sit and I started a big bite into a hamburger while I left some fries for the lizard. I leaned back leisurely as I ate the burger, aside from Baka's low growl I was calm, until I found the result of the lizard things growl. The three men from earlier had spotted us and started after us again.
"Shit, I still blame you Baka." I said quickly picking up said lizard and running as fast as I could to find my car and get the fuck out of there. Then a thought just hit me, why the hell do I keep dragging the damned thing with me if he's the reason for me being in this shit, then I just realized the answer to that as well I'm soft when it comes to injured animals, especially lizards.
"Oi get back here bitch!" I heard one of the men yell as I kept running I had a mantra going on in my head that was, don't look back, and keep running till you reach the car. Unfortunately I ended up in another alleyway and I had also felt a pain shoot through my leg as I fell to the ground and ended up letting Baka out of my grip in the process.
"Shit!" I exclaimed clutching my leg and saw a bullet wound there, I tried to get up but I ended up falling over again. My gaze then landed on Baka as a question filled my head, why where they after him? I heard the men come closer so I tried once again to get up and failed miserably, however I had managed to move forward slightly and I figured I wouldn't let these men take care of Baka so I picked him up. "Sorry buddy but this is for the best." I muttered to him, he seemed confused up until… I tossed him right behind a trash can, or maybe it was into but for sure he was still tossed. I thought I had heard a slight high pitched scream from the flying lizard but I passed it off as nothing.
"Why the hell did you do that huh bitch?" one of the men asked obviously seeing what I did.
"Simple, I gave Baka time to hide and a place you idiots can't find him too easily." I smirked at the expressions the three had, then once again I smirked bringing out a lie, "Besides if you guys kill me or cause me to bleed anymore my dad who's a military officer will track you all down and kill you for hurting his little girl." I noticed that the two with the guns paled at the thought but the one with the flamethrower seemed to be thinking this false information over a bit.
"I'll test that out, you two get that little monster." The one who thought it over had said and I panicked slightly, this guy had called my bluff now I'm screwed. The guy pointed the weapon of fire at me and I closed my eyes and turned my head away hopping for something good to happen or someone would save me like in the movies. I heard what sounded like a bone shattering hit come from the area I threw Baka and some screaming. I opened my eyes and turned to see a rather pissed off looking androgynous teen with palm tree like dark green hair and wearing one of the most skimpy outfits I have seen, apparently he had punched one of the guys and now his head is bleeding and seemed to have a dislocated jaw, I also noticed the palm tree kid had fingerless gloves on. I flinched when the other two started shooting but saw that the teen didn't even look like he had been shoot as he sent another bone cracking punch right into the ribs of another guy, the last guy ran for the hills leaving me alone with this guy who turned and glared at me with familiar looking amethyst eye- oh my god.
"HOW DARE YOU PETHETIC WORM THROW ME INTO A GARBAGE CAN?!" the teen yelled pointing an accusing finger at me and that left my suspicions confirmed, this teen was Baka, and I seemed to have named him right.
"Oh I'm sorry did you WANT to be shot or torched because I would bet that's what would have happened if I didn't do that!" I shouted back at him leaving the two of us in a glare/growl off. Then something about his sentence hit me, "AND WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING A PETHETIC WORM, BAKA!?"
"STOP CALLING ME BAKA YOU PEST!" Baka yelled sending another glare my way and I returned the favor.
"I'LL STOP CALLING YOU BAKA IF YOU TELL ME YOU'RE NAME AND START CALLING ME BY MY NAME!" I yelled back once again entering into a glare off with the Green haired Baka, however I felt my vision begin to go blurry probably from blood loss from the bullet wound of my leg, oh what's this, my bullet wound on my arm's opened again from the bandages coming loose, damn this is not my day is it? Well I blame Jonathan and his stupid news alert and my friends urges to investigate any myth or legend. Feeling my world start to go fuzzy and before Baka could talk I just sighed, "Look if you're going to kill me just do it, because if I keep bleeding like this I'm not going to make it without medical help anyways. Plus it'll be easier I'm not going to be able to put up much of a fight anyways." I barely muttered and the last thing I saw before my eyes finally closed was a big sadistic grin plastered on the teens face, while the last thing I heard before everything went dark was: "I can keep you alive for a while, if you make a contract with me."
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