Holly was scheduling patients when she heard her name overhead paged to come down to the front desk. "That's strange," she said to herself as she got up and made her way down a back stairwell.
"What's up?" she asked, unprofessionally arriving at the desk.
"That girl and two gentlemen are here to see you," her friend Becky said, pointing outside the door at their drive around circle.
Holly looked out to see a young lady who looked a lot like her sister, a tall man with graying hair decked out in leather and a young man dressed similarly. "Can I help you?" Holly asked as she stepped out to meet them.
The young girl turned around to face Holly and her face lit up, "Holly! I knew it had to be you!" she exclaimed, grabbing Holly in a firm hug.
Holly pulled away to look at the girl, studying her every feature, "Sarah?" she asked, her voice shaky.
The girl nodded, "I'm sorry I didn't find you sooner!" she revealed.
Holly shook her head in disbelief, "Where did you go? I searched for you for years but its like you never existed," she stated, starting to feel dizzy.
Sarah nodded, "That's kinda what happened but I can fill you in on the way. We have to get out of here."
Holly furrowed her brow, "Go where?" she asked, her knees beginning to buckle.
The tall man interrupted, "She can't come. She's on the grid and she can only be a liability," he stated, his accent something Holly had never heard.
"The machine will kill her if she doesn't come," the other man said.
Holly didn't hear another word as her view faded to black.
Holly awoke to the feeling of being in a car, afraid to open her eyes. She had to see where she was and slowly opened her eyes to see she was in the back seat of a car, the young boy next to her and the older man and her sister up front. "What's going on?" Holly asked, her voice shaky.
Sarah turned back, "You fainted but Guardian saved you," she stated casually.
"Guardian?" she asked, trying to ignore the sick feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Holly, do you feel ok? You look sick," Sarah asked.
Holly nodded unable to produce words. "This is the Guardian. He saved me that night and has taken care of me ever since. He's a machine from the future and more are coming any day now to try and kill me. Kyle just showed up and he was sent back to warn us that its time but he's a human. There will be a terrible war if we can't stop the machines. If I die, the whole human race will die with me," Sarah explained, her tone somber.
Kyle nodded in her direction as Holly took it all in, "Why you?" she asked.
Sarah scrunched her nose, "Apparently, my son will lead the resistance against the machines or at least that's what Guardian's been teaching me all these years."
"Ok, but why would you bring me? He's right," Holly began, pointing in front of her, "I'm nothing but a liability and if I'm not part of the the saving the world equation then I shouldn't be here."
Guardian spoke in that strange accent again, "Your sister got all the brains but now she's here and there's nothing we can do about that. We're trying to figure out where I show up and stop me before I can get anything accomplished."
A/N: Not sure how this is going to go but I'm trying it out. Thanks for reading!