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Hope fading away.

Chapter one; The androids.

Kenia smiled at the obvious enthusiasm of her 5 year old sister, Indya.

This was the first time she had allowed Indya to accompany her into the city for groceries. She never allowed the girl to come along before, because of the danger she could get into. Indya had always wanted to go with her and since this was her fifth birthday she just couldn't say no. Besides, the androids hadn't been here for years!

Indya pulled her along through the crowd, excited about every thing she saw. She pointed out a showroom as suddenly people started screaming and the building behind them exploded, sending them flying across the street.

The people around them ran away as fast as they could, screaming and crying. Kenia jumped up and yanked Indya along with her. She new what this meant. She lifted Indya off the ground and started running.

The crying 5 year old clung on to her tightly, not quiet understanding what was happening. Kenia looked back and saw a pretty young woman with short, blond hair, walking on the pavement, laughing at the fleeing people around her.

"Juuhachi-gou." She whispered under her breath.

She almost lost her balance when a panicked man bumped into her, causing her to stagger a little.

Indya wasn't as light as she used to be and it was hard to stay in balance.

She looked for an escape route and saw the open door of an old building. She made a mad dash for it.

She rushed inside and fled through the hallway in search of a hiding place. She heard the screaming people in the streets.

Indya started wailing even harder and Kenia made a run for the door to the left, ignoring the pain of the fall from just moments ago.

She dove inside and pulled Indya behind an old counter. The little girl stopped crying and just clung to her sister.

A tear fell over Kenia 's cheek. Shit! She shouldn't have brought Indya along! She moaned softly. She should have known better.

As the sounds outside reached their ears they tensed, afraid to be heard. Kenia felt the cold sweat run down her spine.

She moved a little, getting in a more comfortable position.

After a while the sounds faded away and slowly they crawled towards the window. The streets were empty. She waited another 10 minutes and helped Indya out the window.

She followed the girl and grabbed her arm, pulling her along with her. They started running to

safety as suddenly a bright light blinded her. She felt Indya falling to the ground and blinked to clear her vision.

She pulled the girl up, she didn't respond. Suddenly she noticed the blood spot on Indya 's back growing bigger and bigger.

She turned the limp girl around and pulled her hands back as if she had burned herself.

Indya's eyes were open and stared into the world emptily. Kenia fell back and

stared at her.

She snapped her head to the side when she saw a man with some crazy cowboy outfit walking towards her with a wicked smirk on his face.

Juuhachi-gou followed him closely.

Her gaze turned towards her dead sister and to Juuana-gou again.

His openly delight about her show of confusion snapped her back into reality. She scrambled back to her feet and, half tripping over her own feet, she ran into the building across the street.



"Hey Juuhachi, we got a new prey! let's say we go after her! " The blond woman walked towards him and stood by his side.

She looked around, utterly bored.

"Why not, the other people are already gone any way.

They know they'll die so way run for the inevitable? Cowardly dogs!

There's just no fun with them lately."

She looked back and saw 17 following her. She took to the right and hid herself in yet another room, closing the door behind her softly. She leaned against the door and tried to catch her breath.

"Did you find her?" A woman's voice asked.

"no."

"Just hurry up alright, I saw a clothing store just around the corner."

"Not another one! You know I hate to watch you put on clothes for

hours!"

"It's not like watching you blast buildings all day long is all that much

fun." Juuana-gou snorted.

She heard their voices pass the door and taking a left. She opened the door softly, careful not to make any possible sound. Once seeing the deserted hallway, she ran for safety.

A beam of light pierced into the ceiling above her. With a loud crack, the ceiling came down, covering her with a pile of rubble.

She shielded her head with her arms and felt something sharp cut into her hands and arms.

She was about to get up as she felt her self being yanked up and crashing against the opposite wall. She groaned in agony as she slid down the wall.

She managed to look up and saw 18 in front of her.

A bored 18 bend over and grabbed her chin.

"Just look at yourself, you're messed up. Tell me, why do you pitiful humans always run for your fate! I just don't get it!" she said with her cold, emotionless voice.

Kenia swallowed. What was that machine getting at?

She struggled to get up and tried to reach the window.

"Here, let me help you!" 18 grabbed her and threw her to the window. With a loud crash, she landed outside with a pile of rubble around her.

She moaned as she felt the cold metal of the window frame enter her shoulder.

Not thinking about the pain, she crawled back up and tried to flee once more.

Suddenly, 18 appeared in front of her and a pain exploded in her stomach.

She grabbed her stomach and bend forward. Another pain exploded, this time in her head.

She smashed into the ground and groaned hardly audible. She lay on the ground, not moving, but feeling every inch of her body. She felt a shoe in her ribs causing her to flip over, on her back.

She looked up and noticed black spots in her vision.

She had a hard time focusing on the faces above her as well as it was

hard to breathe.

"Let's finish it, she's no fun any more." 18 stated.

"She's all yours." Replied Juuana-gou generous. 18 smiled and stepped closer.

She raised her hands above her head and a blinding light formed above them.



Next chapter; Kenia closed her eyes and knew this was the end. Suddenly, she heard

someone crashing into a building and she opened her eyes. She

noticed a tall man standing where Juuhachi-gou stood just seconds ago.

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