Bitter/Sweet Lullaby
As this is fan fic, I own not a bloody thing! Nice directors/writers/crew own Signs, Katherine claims to own herself, as does Merrill (drat!) I must own SOMETHING! *slinks into review box* Enjoy
The streets were deserted; the once busy town of Buckland was now a ghost town. Bo Hess peered innocently out the dusty windows of the car, the chaos was terrible, and families had long since locked themselves inside their houses to fight the creatures or are mourning their dead.
"Daddy, where is everybody?" Bo asked quietly from the back of the car, her brother Morgan was sleeping beside her and her Uncle Merrill was staring into a coffee cup like it held the secrets of the universe. Only Graham Hess was acting remotely intelligent
"I don't know Bo" he smiled at his daughter "I'm sure we'll see them soon"
"See who?" Merrill asked his brother
"No-one Merrill" Graham looked at his brother, pale and shaking. Merrill nodded
Their journey passed without great event, the silence in the car was deafening. Merrill returned to studying his now empty cup of coffee, Graham focused on driving, Morgan slept soundly and Bo hummed herself a tune
"Oh what's going on over there?" Merrill's voice cut through the silence.
He pointed to the old house similar to their own without a crop circle. Everything that was meant to be inside the house like chairs and tables were scattered outside in a mad rush. The house itself looked completely normal apart from the fact it was on fire.
"Shit! It's Katherine Wallace's place!" Merrill signalled for Graham to stop the car
"Bo stay here, if Morgan wakes up tell him to do the same" Graham said to Bo who nodded
Graham and Merrill sprinted over to the house, Katherine Wallace was Merrill's best friend during his school years, her mousy brown hair and pale complexion was no match for her intelligence and her kindness. After his fiancé Lauren had left him, he spent the whole night at Katherine's house just crying on her shoulder. He's never forgotten her and promised to help when she was in trouble.
"Kathy!" he screamed "Where are you?!!"
He ran around the house looking for a way in, the mess was everywhere.
"Merry?"
"Kathy! Where the hell are you?"
"I'm standing behind you Superman"
Merrill turned around quickly to see his friends mildly amused eyes and smirk, her jeans were dirty, her hair was out of place (she had a thing about her hair being exactly straight) but her eyes were alive
"What happened??" He asked her "Are you ok?" "I'm simply delightful Merry! In fact I was just going to invite some alien things 'round for a cuppa, you know. since they have moved in" she replied sarcastically, Merrill broke into a wry smile
"How many?" he mumbled
"Oh 4 or 5, you know how much they hate water?"
"How the hell did you figure that one out?"
"Well there I was in a bath minding my own business when all of a sudden a great dirty big alien jumped through the window, suffice to say. I'm a quick learner"
"You took on 5 aliens on your own" Merrill looked at her, a smear of blood on her nose was all injuries visible
Katherine looked down "No. Not on my own" she quietly said, Merrill followed her gaze, his blood froze.
5 human bodies lay side by side, 3 smaller than the others. They were staring blankly into the sky; he could have sworn he'd seen one of them before..
His gut clenched.
It was her family.
(End of chapter)
Hope you enjoyed, trying to avoid Mary-Sueness! If anyone can offer me any help whatsoever please do! I really need a beta reader to help me with my story! If your interested email me snakegirl@ntlworld.com Please Review even if it is to tell me a typo or something, I would appreciate it.
By the way this is just me testing the water, if you think I should carry on with this fic please tell me if not then please tell me too ( Thank ya kindly ^_^
As this is fan fic, I own not a bloody thing! Nice directors/writers/crew own Signs, Katherine claims to own herself, as does Merrill (drat!) I must own SOMETHING! *slinks into review box* Enjoy
The streets were deserted; the once busy town of Buckland was now a ghost town. Bo Hess peered innocently out the dusty windows of the car, the chaos was terrible, and families had long since locked themselves inside their houses to fight the creatures or are mourning their dead.
"Daddy, where is everybody?" Bo asked quietly from the back of the car, her brother Morgan was sleeping beside her and her Uncle Merrill was staring into a coffee cup like it held the secrets of the universe. Only Graham Hess was acting remotely intelligent
"I don't know Bo" he smiled at his daughter "I'm sure we'll see them soon"
"See who?" Merrill asked his brother
"No-one Merrill" Graham looked at his brother, pale and shaking. Merrill nodded
Their journey passed without great event, the silence in the car was deafening. Merrill returned to studying his now empty cup of coffee, Graham focused on driving, Morgan slept soundly and Bo hummed herself a tune
"Oh what's going on over there?" Merrill's voice cut through the silence.
He pointed to the old house similar to their own without a crop circle. Everything that was meant to be inside the house like chairs and tables were scattered outside in a mad rush. The house itself looked completely normal apart from the fact it was on fire.
"Shit! It's Katherine Wallace's place!" Merrill signalled for Graham to stop the car
"Bo stay here, if Morgan wakes up tell him to do the same" Graham said to Bo who nodded
Graham and Merrill sprinted over to the house, Katherine Wallace was Merrill's best friend during his school years, her mousy brown hair and pale complexion was no match for her intelligence and her kindness. After his fiancé Lauren had left him, he spent the whole night at Katherine's house just crying on her shoulder. He's never forgotten her and promised to help when she was in trouble.
"Kathy!" he screamed "Where are you?!!"
He ran around the house looking for a way in, the mess was everywhere.
"Merry?"
"Kathy! Where the hell are you?"
"I'm standing behind you Superman"
Merrill turned around quickly to see his friends mildly amused eyes and smirk, her jeans were dirty, her hair was out of place (she had a thing about her hair being exactly straight) but her eyes were alive
"What happened??" He asked her "Are you ok?" "I'm simply delightful Merry! In fact I was just going to invite some alien things 'round for a cuppa, you know. since they have moved in" she replied sarcastically, Merrill broke into a wry smile
"How many?" he mumbled
"Oh 4 or 5, you know how much they hate water?"
"How the hell did you figure that one out?"
"Well there I was in a bath minding my own business when all of a sudden a great dirty big alien jumped through the window, suffice to say. I'm a quick learner"
"You took on 5 aliens on your own" Merrill looked at her, a smear of blood on her nose was all injuries visible
Katherine looked down "No. Not on my own" she quietly said, Merrill followed her gaze, his blood froze.
5 human bodies lay side by side, 3 smaller than the others. They were staring blankly into the sky; he could have sworn he'd seen one of them before..
His gut clenched.
It was her family.
(End of chapter)
Hope you enjoyed, trying to avoid Mary-Sueness! If anyone can offer me any help whatsoever please do! I really need a beta reader to help me with my story! If your interested email me snakegirl@ntlworld.com Please Review even if it is to tell me a typo or something, I would appreciate it.
By the way this is just me testing the water, if you think I should carry on with this fic please tell me if not then please tell me too ( Thank ya kindly ^_^