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The sky had torn
apart in flashes of lightening and thunder. Even as a group of teens
made their way through the muddy and torn ground, the gale pounded
relentlessly, showing no signs of letting up. The girl in the front
had a slim figure and amber hair that rested just past her shoulders,
which was tied in a ponytail. A pair of blood red sunglasses sat on
her head. She wore a pair of jeans as well as a black corduroy jacket
that seemed to have a gray hooded sweatshirt attached to it. Under
it, a red shirt was worn. Behind her, another girl followed. She was
slightly taller then the first, with black hair that reached her
shoulders. She wore the same sunglasses as the first, but her outfit
was comprised of black pants, a black jacket, and a white shirt. The
next two following were twins, both girls, each with a different
hairstyle to tell them apart. They both wore black shirts and jeans,
with a denim jacket hanging loosely off their shoulders. And the last
one, bringing up the rear, was a tall girl with red hair that hung
mid-back. She wore jeans and a navy blue hooded sweatshirt with a
white shirt underneath. The group continued to trek through the mess
before one of the twins spoke up.
"Marina, why the
hell are we doing this?" she asked the girl up front. "If we're
caught, we'll be in some serious trouble!" Marina, the girl in
front stopped walking causing the other four to stop
abruptly.
"There's been reported radiation activity here,
right?" Marina asked the twin. She nodded. "But nobody's been
investigating it, right?" She nodded again. "So, there's
obviously something here that people are avoiding…don't you want
to know what that is?" The twin didn't respond. Instead, she
looked at her sister. "Oh come on, Katrina, don't be such a
coward. You don't see Karen, Cecilia, or Lorelei complaining, do
you?" Katrina, one of the twins, immediately fell silent. Karen,
the other twin beside her shook her head as Marina started walking
again. The second girl, Cecilia looked back to the twins.
"Let's
just go…that way, we can get back more quickly…" she remarked
to them. The twins nodded and quickly picked up the pace. "Come on,
Lori!" The last girl, Lorelei, grumbled unhappily.
"I'm not
going any faster then this…get used to it…" she mumbled,
keeping the same pace she had been in. The group continued,
separating slightly. Up ahead, Marina and Cecilia were conversing
among themselves. "How was your trip to the zoo?" Marina asked
Cecilia. "Did you see any iguanas?" Cecilia chuckled.
No, and
I'll never see anything as cool as Iggy…that iguana of yours is
defiantly awesome," Cecilia remarked. "But I did get to hold a
bat." Marina made a face. "I didn't keep it, so don't look at
me like that." Marina laughed at this. Behind them, the twins were
talking about their collection.
"While we were
out yesterday, I found the biggest sunset moth. It was already dead,
so we just have to pin it," Karen told her sister cheerfully.
Katrina smiled happily and Lorelei rolled her eyes. Up ahead, the
twins and Lorelei saw Marina and Cecilia stop dead in their tracks.
They quickly caught up and saw what could only be described as a
wasteland. There were no signs of plant life anywhere in sight range
and areas of the ground were glowing, including the ground they were
standing on. Katrina took a shallow breath.
"Marina, there's
nuclear testing going here!" she said in an undertone. "We REALLY
shouldn't be here…we've already taken in too much radiation!"
The others were starting to have seconds thoughts. Even Marina backed
up, holding her head, over exposure starting to take over.
"Yeah…I'm starting to feel funny…" Cecilia remarked. Karen nodded in agreement and Lorelei said nothing. Marina turned around and Cecilia gasped. "M-m-marina? Your s-s-skin!" she stuttered. Marina looked down at he arm, her green eyes widening in terror. Areas of her skin were blackened and hard. Not to mention, now that Cecilia had said something, it was very itchy and painful. Lorelei was experiencing something similar, but her skin was turning beat red. The twins were both hunched over in pain and Cecilia was clutching her face with white knuckles. The pain was so intense that each of them passed out, but not before seeing the horror that was over taking them.
