My heart is pounding in my chest. So much for being quiet. The palace was bombed by those metallic beings while I was out hunting. I managed to escape, but my family? Not so much. I trod through the deserted city. Some souls were taken by the beings. Others were shot. Only the young and healthy were taken. Mostly young children. I ended up climbing a stalk of bamboo and sitting up there for hours. My little brother, Heyu, was taken by the beings as well. My parents, the king and queen, were shot. The only person I have left is Heyu.
As I crawl through the city, I realize that no one is here. There are still about 10 of the metal beings in the town. I crawl through homes that are barely standing and manage to find a small space where the beings can't get to me. I crawl into the space and realize that there is a presence in the room. I swivel around to face the darkness behind me. There is a lump sitting there. I prod the lump with my toe and realize it is breathing. I drag the lump into the light and notice that it's a girl my age. 14-ish? Her black-brown hair is draped by her face and she snores lightly, I try to pull her out of the wreckage but she gets hooked on a jagged slab of wood that looks like it's ready to poke someone's eye out. I tug and tug but she won't budge. I take a quick break, wiping my sweaty palms on my loose flowy pants- just as one of the metallic beings turn the corner. OH SHIZ. I tug and pull and finally, part of her bottom pant leg rips. RRRRIIIIP I jump up, half-carrying, half-dragging her towards the woods. Luckily, she doesn't weigh much and the metal beings walk super-slow. Like Matrix movie style slow. We lose the metal men and I quickly drag her into my hideout.
My hideout, made of a few branches and an old card-board box is nothing near neat. I sit down and slump myself against the box. Then, as I fight the urge to close my eyes, I give up and fall asleep.
WHHHHR WHHHHR WHHHHR
I sit up. How long was I asleep for? I peep out a slit in the wall to see that it is pitch black outside. I sweep my head to the left and move my head quickly away from the slit. There on the left side near the peeping hole is a box. And its blue. I cautiously look through the slit. Two people walk out. A young woman in a jumper and a man with a bowtie. WHAT AN ODD COUPLE. I think as they tiptoe through the night. Then I second that thought, thinking, WHAT IS THIS BOX? I slink out of the hideout and into the chilly night. As I tiptoe slowly towards the box I yank the door open and look inside. So that's what it is. A TARDIS. The last time I saw one was when Father had to have a meeting across the galaxy.
