DISCLAIMER: i do not own unwind, or any elements from it Neal Shusterman does,
but i do own the plot and characters.
CHAPTER ONE
Genna paused, she breathed in the cool damp air and looked around. She had been on the run for hours and it was nearly dark. She was in a dirty commercial district, and at this hour very few people were out on the street. She desperately needed a place to stay. It would be dark soon and the idea of spending the night in this shady place was enough to set her trembling.
Suddenly she heard footsteps. She nervously turned to look and saw a tall man walking towards her. I'm just paranoid, she thought to herself and tried to be inconspicuous as she crossed over to other side of the street. She turned her head slightly to see if he had followed her and gasped, he was gone! Her heart pounding, she whipped around trying to see where he might've gone. But the street was deserted. She finally took a deep breath and moved on. She had walked about two blocks, when she turned a corner and there he was! She tried to stop, to turn and run, but it was too late, the tall man had already grabbed her. She knew she had to fight her way out of this, screaming would only attract attention, and thats the last thing a runaway unwind wants. She flailed about and dragged her feet. Finally she elbowed him in the nose and he loosened his grip, just for a second, but thats all she needed. Breaking loose, she turned and ran as fast as she could. He had recovered quickly and was right behind her. She ran the second fastest she ever had in her life. There! She had almost lost him. She turned the corner and... smack! Right into a brick wall. Desperately she searched about for any handholds or ways out as he prowled down the alley. Seeing their weren't any, she turned to face him. As before, her only chance was to fight him, and win. Deciding to take him by surprise, she rushed him, hoping to knock him down. It worked! Things were finally going right, but she wasn't out of this yet. She ran and ran, determined not to be caught. Finally she saw her chance, an old building covered with graffiti and trash. She raced toward it, he was too far behind, he wouldn't see were she had went if she got there fast enough. Just in time, she ducked behind a rotted piece of plywood as he rounded the corner. she held her breath and tried to quiet her racing heart as he stalked nearer and nearer to her hiding place. He stopped just a couple feet from the old board and looked around. He scowled and spat on the ground, then slunk off to find some easier prey. She waited a miserable half hour after he rounded the corner before slowly, cautiously sliding out of her hiding spot. It was dark by now and she was tired. Too scared to go anywhere else in the dark she crawled back under the old board, covered herself with leaves and fell asleep.
Men surrounded her, they cut off her escape from every direction. Her parents stood just inside the circle staring darkly at the baby they had never wanted. Her boyfriend stood a few feet in front of her shouting about how she had denied god by running away and that she would be punished for it. Suddenly everything dissolved. She stood in, in a sort of space. It was bright white, and she got the feeling that no matter which way she walked she could walk forever. She felt very peaceful. Out of the white 6 small figures approached. She knew them! It was all the friends she had lost, they had been killed no matter what any law said. She ran towards them and gathered them in a hug. Oh how she had missed them, it was horrible being the youngest of all your friends, watching them be taken away one by one, always fearing that your next. They smiled slightly as she hugged them but their eyes remained devoid of emotion. She stepped back to take in the faces she had not seen for so long. But as she did she gasped. They were coming apart. She tried to scream but it got stuck in her throat. She ran towards them where they lay, stood or sat. She grabbed the nearest body part and tried to reattach it to someone. She randomly grabbed body parts attaching them to bodies she could no longer see through the tears. It wasn't working, they had come completely apart. She sat down in front of the bodies and tried to wipe her eyes but her arms weren't working. She looked down and saw her arms on the ground, she froze in terror. SHe heard a slight noise and looked up, then immediately looked back down. All the fallen eyes had rolled into a line in front of her, those cold, impassive eyes, but still all to recognizable. She rolled over as her legs came off and began sobbing and thrashing, trying to get away from whatever invisible force that was taking her apart. Suddenly she froze, a tall man loomed over her, cackling down at her helplessness. He reached down to grab her and.
She bolted up and nearly screamed, but she managed to come to her senses before she could. "just a dream," she panted to herself in relief. She peeked out from under the old board and saw that it must be early morning. She decided she would check out the old building. So she could have a place to sleep and more importantly, hide. She searched the ground for something to use as a weapon and found a couple of jagged rocks which she put in her pocket and a third of a two by four still sturdy enough not to break easily. Armed with her club and stones she walked towards a broken window, just big enough for her to slip inside. She cleared out the rest off the glass and stared into the darkness. Come what may, she was ready.
okay, thats chapter one! tell me whatcha think, chapter two is on its way.