**Let me know what you guys think! I have an idea for a new story and would love to see your feedback about this little flashback**
Nine months ago my life fell apart. I thought that everything was going so well- I was less than a year away from graduating Central City University, I was engaged to the love of my life, and we had everything set up to buy a townhouse in downtown Central City. Then there was a big explosion. . .and my entire life changed.
"I've always loved how the moon looks when it gets reflected off the water." Sage Dawson looked behind her to face her fiancé, who was sat behind her with his arms around her waist.
"Why did you think I suggested a picnic on the water?" Jason gave a soft laugh and pressed a kiss atop her head before he picked up his glass of champagne, turning his gaze to the sky. "You know," he began, "I actually think that this is the best place in all of Central City to be when that accelerator turns on. So many weirdos and nerds have probably flooded downtown."
Sage gave a laugh before she lightly hit his leg, picking up her own glass. "Hey, I may not be a physics nerd, but I'm a biology nerd to the core so you best be nice. To these people, this is the future. . .you'd be all over that place if it were a baseball arena or whatever."
"Field!" he corrected with a laugh. "And I suppose you're right, but I still say that the lake was the best idea I've ever had."
There was a loud noise followed by a very big explosion, and a giant stream of orange began to fill the sky. The water in the lake began to churn a bit from the force of the particle accelerator, and the two in the boat began to panic.
"Okay, again, not a physicist but I don't think that it was supposed to do that." Sage quickly tossed her glass in the water and stood up, rushing over to the wheel of the boat. "We need to get out of the water, Jason. I can already feel it start to ripple and that's never a good sign."
Jason stood and began to walk to the seat, but he stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the fast-approaching wave of orange energy speed toward them. "Sage, I don't think we have that much time. We…we need to get- "
Speaking turned to screaming quickly as the boat capsized.
