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Phase One: The Chase

There she was, running as fast as she could. She no longer remembers where she is exactly, just that she's in the forest. Her hair was cold, wet from the rain, and matted against her head. Her bangs flew into her eyes, but she didn't have time to move it away. Her cheeks were tear stained, but that was almost invisible, for her cheeks were red from running for so long, While the rest of her face pale and her lips blue from the coldness. Her golden orbs showed determination, frustration, confusion, fatigue, but most of all, sadness.

The rain began to fall down harder. "Just great!" She muttered under her breath. She quickly turned her head to see if they had caught up to her yet. When she looked back, she saw two men still chasing her, and gaining on her inch by inch. They don't even look tired! Why did they have to be coordinators!

Soon she thought back to how this all started…

FLASHBACK

It was one of those ordinary days. She woke up that morning, got dressed and went outside. Normally Cagalli would walk to the beach and sit there. But she felt a sudden urge to walk to the pond right next to the woods. It was a secluded area that often went unnoticed from the front entrance.

She strode to the pond. Here was a slight breeze that made her hair sway back and forth. When she arrived, she plopped herself down on a bench. Just then a car pulled up the driveway.

"Strange" Cagalli said, "I don't remember us planning on having visitors today." She was about to get up and greet them when something inside her told her to hide. So she did. Just as she was out of sight, three men jumped out of the car. All wearing dark colors. She quickly hid behind the bush again, racking her brain, to figure out why these people would be here. Then she heard it.

Click It was the click of a gun. Click, Click The other two loaded their guns as well.

Cagalli gasped! She wanted to get in the house and warn all of them but she was so scared that she couldn't move, and she knew that she wouldn't make it on time to save any of them if she tried

First she heard a shrill scream, probably from one of the maids.

She let a small tear escape as she heard a gunshot coming from the direction of her Father's window.

"Father…" she whispered under her breath.

That's when one of them looked of the window, and she saw the coldest looking green eyes she had ever seen. And then he looked in her direction.

She quickly stood up and ran away from her house, deeper and deeper into the thick, dark, forest.

She thought of her father and began to cry, but this was left unseen for the clouds grew grey and began to cry along with her.

END FLASHBACK

I can't handle this much longer! She began to pant harder, gasping for breath that her lungs and muscles badly needed. My legs are going to give up on me any second now! Just then, everything began to get dark and she began to fall. But she never touched the ground. What? Instead of feeling the hard, cold, muddy, ground, she felt something circle around her, make her spin, and then she landed on something soft.

That's when she heard it, a soft heartbeat… and she just collapsed there, feeling somewhat safe.

Hunters

"Where did she go?" said the tall, black haired man. (A/N: He was the one that saw her at the window)

"I don't know!" said the purple eyed, brown haired man. "She could have gone down any of these two paths. I'll take the first one. We have to find her before she tells anyone!"

And then they took off on opposite paths and continued searching for her. They didn't realize that she was just a few feet away from where they once stood, hiding behind a mossy, old log.

Sorry that was so short! This is more of a prologue than an actual chapter. I will update soon, that's if you all like it! Hope you enjoyed and I promise that my other chapters will be longer!

I will try to update ASAP. You have a choice. Either every weekend (if I can) I will update with short chapters or every other weekend (if I can) with longer chapters. It's partially your choice, although I prefer the latter of the two!

Also, if you have any ideas on what should happen next… just tell me!