My first fanfic. Please R&R but be nice. Constructive criticism is welcomed. Eventually PyroOC.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for my character Hydra.
Hydra-Chapter 1
Juniper Roth opened up the mini-fridge, grabbed a bottle of water, and sat down in the break room of the Rusty Collins' Memorial Hospital. She had started interning at the hospital at the beginning of her junior year as part of her health class. She was now two months into her senior year, but had helped out so much that she had been asked to continue her job after school. By now, she knew all of the staff members and most of the patients, so the hospital felt like a second home. She uncapped the bottle of water, and had just finished drinking half of it in one gulp, when someone opened the break room door. It was Mandy.
"Hey Juni!" her best friend greeted as she took a seat in front of the other girl. "Are you drinking another bottle of water? Isn't this like your fifth one today?"
"Yeah," Juni replied. She hadn't really thought about how many bottles she had finished off until now. "I've been really parched today."
"Parched? Come on! We're at work, not in AP English. You don't have to show off your brains here!" Mandy flashed Juni one of her world famous grins to show that she was joking. "Anyways, it's nine o'clock, which means our shift is over, and I kinda need a ride home."
"Oh, yeah. Sure. Just let me grab my stuff," Juni said as she stood up and walked to the door. Five minutes later, Juni and Mandy had exited the hospital and were walking towards Juni's black mustang, when Dr. Jackson stopped them.
"Are you two heading home?" he asked.
"Yeah. Why? Is there something we should know?" Juni asked back
"Well, if you can avoid going through downtown, you'll save a lot of time." Dr. Johnson said. He saw the curiosity and excitement on the two girls' faces, so he went on. "A couple of mutant riots broke out. Nothing big, but it's still got downtown backed up pretty badly."
"Okie dokie! Thanks a lot Doc!" Dr. Jackson gave Mandy an offended look, but walked off quietly.
"What was that!" Juni asked Mandy.
"What!" Mandy asked, genuinely puzzled.
"Okie dokie? Doc? Have you forgotten that he's the one who's letting us keep these jobs?" Juni saw Mandy's blank stare and decided that it was a lost cause. "Anyway, I wonder what caused the riots downtown."
"Who cares what cause them!" Mandy had snapped out of her daze and was starting to get fired up. "The more mutant riots there are, the closer the government comes to passing that registration act, and that's fine by me! Stupid muties! Who needs them?"
Juni was shocked to say the least. She never knew Mandy had such strong views. The two girls got in the car and rode in silence. They had to take the long way to Mandy's house, and by the time Juni got home, it was after ten. When she pulled into the driveway, she expected to see her brother's car parked beside their mother's car, but it wasn't there. This worried her a little bit because he was usually home before her, but she put it out of her mind until she got inside and out of the dark. She had been afraid of the dark since she could remember, and she still couldn't stand being in it for very long. Juni quietly unlocked the front door and scurried up the stairs, careful to skip the few that squeaked so she wouldn't disturb her sleeping parent. After she put on her pajamas, Juni opened her bedroom door and was almost out the door when her cell phone rang. She turned and ran over to her bag. She already knew who the ringtone was assigned to, but she looked anyway. Juni didn't feel like talking to Mandy at the moment, so she ignored the call. She was fixing to turn around, when she felt a warm hand slip over her mouth. At first, Juni froze and didn't know what to do. She wanted to scream but nothing would come out. Then Juni remembered those self-defense classes that her mom had insisted she take, and she did the first thing that came to mind. She elbowed her captor in the stomach. She heard a colorful array of words and immediately knew who it was.
"Nic, you ass!" Juni furiously whispered at her brother. Juni and Nic were twins, and looked very similar, but instead of having blonde hair and blue eyes like Juni, he had brown hair and brown eyes. That was one reason why everyone called him the "bad twin". Juni knelt down beside her brother who had by now fallen to the ground and was rolling around in pain. "Oh God! I'm soooo sorry Nic! Are you okay?"
"Am I okay? Am I okay!" Nic gasped in reply. "You practically impaled my stomach with you elbow!"
"Well, it's your fault. You snuck up on me, remember?" Juni helped her brother off the floor. "What are you doing home so late anyway?"
"Oh, yeah, I had a date with Shelley," he replied with an innocent look on his face.
"Wait, wait, wait….you had a date with Shelley? As in sophomore Shelley? As in Mandy's sister Shelley?" Juni paused. "Don't you think she's a little young for you?"
"Only three years younger." Nic looked at Juni. "What are you accusing me of? No, you know what? Don't answer that. I don't need a lecture from you." Nic turned to leave.
"I'm not going to give you a lecture," Juni blurted out quickly. "But I'm sure mom will when she finds out." Juni said this last part slowly. She wanted to make sure Nic got her point.
Nic turned around to face Juni. "Well, mom's not going to find out."
Juni smirked. "Oh, really?"
Nic walked towards Juni until he was right in her face. "Yeah, because if she does find out, I'll tell her about that party you went to last month." Juni's smile disappeared. "You know….the one you snuck out your bedroom window for, and didn't come home until three in the morning….."
The other reason why Nic was known as the "bad twin" was because Juni never got caught. Nic left Juni's room with a smug look on his face. Juni plopped down on her bed which resulted in a loud hissing noise. Juni's cat Sal crawled out from under the bed looking very frazzled. He jumped up on the bed and laid down beside Juni, nuzzling his head in her side. The extra warmth from his body mixed with her long and hectic day exhausted Juni and before long, she had fallen into a deep sleep.
