Really! Could I not get a break? Creepy scar face dude was dead, but another crazy bad guy was already after me. I ran quickly down the street. Amy had insisted on my help picking out earrings to wear on her date tomorrow. And as soon as I had left, some guy dressed in all black with knifes in his boots was chasing me. I knew I should have kept running but I was tired of this crap and turned to face my attacker. The guy snarled at me and took a step closer. I groaned and ran back at him, hitting and kicking him. I was actually putting up a good fight.
"Your time is up, Uniter. You will perish, as will the rest of your pathetic race," The man growled. I hissed in pain as he twisted my arm, bruising it. Lovely.
"I'd rather not perish. But thanks for the offer," I retorted, kneeing him in the stomach. He pulled his knife on me and held it to my neck. Crud. I glared at him as scarily as I could with a knife drawing blood. My blood.
"Get away from her," A familiar voice yelled. I heard the footsteps but the blood pounding in my head was much, much louder.
"Alek! What are you doing here?" I cried out, watching the boy in question step into the light.
"Saving your lives. Again. You really should be more cautious. Especially at night," Alek said, not looking away from the attacker.
"Save your talking for later. Oh, right. There won't be a later," The man yelled, pushing me away and turning to fight Alek. I jumped back in and after a well aimed kick to the guy's head, he was unconscious.
"Chloe, go home. Don't stop. No matter who you think or know is following you, don't stop," Alek ordered, pulling the attacker's knife out of his hand. Not wanting to see another death I turned and sprinted home, images of Alek killing the man in my head. I ran up the walk to my house and was happy to see that my mom wasn't home yet. I quickly skipped up the stairs and into my room. I sat on the edge of my bed and ran a shaky hand through my hair. I groaned and fell into my pillows.
"Stupid Mai. The powers are cool but the life is not," I told myself. I got up and grabbed a pair of pajama pants and a plain t-shirt and trudged into my bathroom where I took a nice, long and hot shower to wash away the fighting.
Once I got out, I quickly got dressed and braided my hair. I hung up my towel and walked back into my room, grumbling the whole time. The clock read eleven o'clock and I groaned. I still had a bit of my history essay left to write. I took out my books and started writing.
The next morning I woke up with my face planted in my textbook. I had fallen asleep with a few sentences left to write. I picked up my pencil and rushed out a closing sentence before stuffing my books back in my bag and turning to my closet. I took out a pair of jeans and a plain white t-shirt. I pulled the clothes on and threw a brown cargo jacket on. I wrapped a light yellow scarf around my neck and pulled my white vans on. I let my hair down and quickly put on my makeup. I had woken up late. Again. I grabbed my bag, phone and ipod and ran down the stairs.
"Hey mom. Sorry, I'm super late. I'll eat at school!" I yelled, already out the door. I barely heard my mom's protests since I was already down the driveway. I sprinted to school, barely making it to homeroom before the bell rang. Alek smirked at me as I entered. The only available seat was in front of him. I rolled my eyes and sat down. Alek immediately started harassing me.
"Have fun last night?" He asked, his voice hard. He was angry with me.
"If you call being chased by another creep fun, then no. No, I didn't Alek," I told him. He poked me over and over until I turned to face him. He leaned closer. I arched an eyebrow, but didn't move.
"You need to be careful Chloe. You have eight lives left. It may seem like a lot, but with you? It's not," Alek said. I leaned closer.
"Alek dear, the insults are getting a little old. I'd appreciate it if you stopped," I told him.
"If I stopped-" He started before I interrupted him.
"Oh no."
"If I stopped, would you go on a date with me?" He asked.
"If I went on a date with you, would the insults, Mai related or not, stop? For good?" I questioned. He nodded. I grimaced. "Fine. I'll go out with you. It better be a good one too. I'm not in the mood for the clichéd movie dates or dinner dates or coffee dates. It better be fun."
"Oh, it will be," Alek said. The bell rang and I jumped up. I smiled sourly at Alek and rushed to my next class.
Amy cornered me in the hall outside my math class and glared at me.
"What!" I cried, finally breaking. She had been staring at me for minutes.
"What was up with you and Alek in homeroom?" She asked. I groaned. I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
"I agreed to go out with him if he'd stop with the Mai insults. And get this, they already had a new assassin on me," I told her.
"Had?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, Alek killed him. Look, I'm late for math. I'll talk to you later," I said, hurrying into my class. I smiled apologetically at my teacher and rushed to the back of the class.
Later that afternoon I finished pricing some new shipments and took them to the shelves. The door rang and I hoped it wasn't Brian. It was.
"Hey," He greeted, coming to stand behind me.
"Hey. Sorry Brian, I can't talk. Working," I said. I still felt awkward after "breaking up" with him last week. The concert was the most weird thing. It was going to take some work for this friend thing.
"So there's this thing, this weekend. And I was wondering if you would want-"
"Brian. Let me just say, friends don't go out together. I see it as an outing, but you treat it like a date. Besides, I'm busy this weekend. And I'm working," I said, ducking under him to grab another pile of sweaters.
"But Chloe," He whined. I turned to him and shook my head. "Fine. I know when I'm not wanted. I'll talk to you later." And he left. I felt so bad. Here I was, right after breaking up with Brian going on a date with Alek. I sighed and continued to restock.
By the time I was done, it was dark. I quickly locked up, and began to walk home. I heard footsteps behind me and picked up my pace.
"Chloe!" Alek's voice called. I stopped and turned. "Hey. Let me walk with you. It's not safe."
"Alright," I agreed, already walking again.
"So, Friday night. I'll swing by and pick you up at seven," He said.
"What are we doing?" I asked, eager.
"Not telling you! It's a surprise. You'll love it. I promise," He said.
"I better love it. Or I'll be pissed." I joked. I ran my shoulder into his and laughed. We continued walking and talking all the way to my house.
"So, I'll see you later," He said. I smiled.
"Thanks for walking me home." I was thankful. Alek was actually being pleasant. I hoped it lasted. At least until Friday…
Hey! So, I love this show! This story is a little different though. I'll try to follow the episodes as much as I can/want to. I want to make this my own, but still relevant to the show. Umm, I think Ben Stone as Alek is awesome. He's hot. He's British. He's everything! Ha! Well, PLEASE REVIEW! Virtual cookies to my lovely reviewers!