Long time no see everyone. Now before you kill me for taking so freaking long this is the revised version of my original Changing Waters. This story has grown so much with me over the years and every revision gets a million times better. This is the best one yet and the final version. I have the completed form and will update as often as possible.
Without further adu...enjoy!
Prologue
"AAAAHHH!" Screaming rang through the metal halls, reverberating off the walls. A small girl bolted down the hall, her feet making loud slapping noises on the floor. Her hair was long and wavy, a dirty blond, her wide, frightened eyes were the color of jade. She was young, only ten years old. She disappeared around the corner.
Moments later, a second girl ran through, though unlike the first, her feet made no sound. She had pixie cut hair that was black as pitch and her eyes were a stunning sugar grey. Pure determination shone in those piercing eyes.
"ANDY MADISON GET YOUR BUTT IN HERE RIGHT NOW!" A shout rang out.
The girl stopped, grimacing at the noise. She grumbled words no ten year old should know under her breath, but walked into the kitchen three doors down.
A tall blonde girl stood there with her hands on her hips, a pan full of brown liquid bubbled on the stove. Her eyes were light grey, almost blue and her long hair blonde was pulled up in a ponytail. She was well muscled, but slim. Laying on the counter a few yards away was a big green compound bow.
The girl who had been screaming peeked out from behind the the tall girl's back. "Say again what she did Kira," the blonde said.
Kira glared at Andy. "She said she was gonna rip my lungs out."
"I regret nothing," Andy said, crossing her arms.
The blonde, whose name was Artemis Crock, rolled her eyes, sighing. "Just apologize and I won't tell Scarlet."
"Tell me what?" A voice asked.
At that moment, three more people entered, two boys and a girl. One boy was tall with wavy dirty blond hair and evergreen eyes, he had one arm around the girl, his free hand holding a lance made of ice. The other boy was a giant mass of muscle, his skin had a darker tone to it, his eyes were chocolate brown, with military cut hair of the same color.
The girl was short, probably about 5, 2", but lithe as a tiger. Her skin was darkly tanned and her hair was red as blood, reaching all the way to mid thigh as extreme as the crystal blue eyes that swept the room. A black katana was strapped to her back. She was the one who'd spoken.
Artemis and Kira explained the situation, but Andy remained silent.
Scarlet walked over to the stove, took a whiff of the brown liquid, then wrinkled her nose. "Is that even edible?" she asked.
"Are you even listening?" Artemis asked in exasperation.
She looked over. "Hmm? Oh, oh yeah. Andy apologize, Kira don't be a whiny tattletale."
The green-eyed boy laughed. "You don't have to be so flippant."
She smirked. "Of course I do Dean." She rubbed her hands together. "Now, where's that chocolate bar I saw earlier?"
Artemis groaned and Andy smirked. "You're hopeless," the blonde grumbled. She looked to the other boy. "Are you listening to them Donny?"
Donald Reese smiled and shook his head. "Arty, you're wound way to tight."
"Andy," Kira said.
Andy sighed. "Fine. Sorry, I was just kidding anyway."
Kira smiled sweetly and took her hand. "I forgive you, let's go play dolls."
"No," Andy groaned as she was dragged away.
Donny kissed Artemis. "You look frazzled."
She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Ha, last time I get hooked with babysitting duty." She looked at Scarlet. "You hear that Red? You're stuck with them from now on!"
Scarlet rolled her eyes from her position on the couch in the living room. "You wish!" She and Dean were playing a shoot 'em up video game, versus mode.
"Damn it!" Dean cursed as Scarlet sniped him.
She smirked at him, bordering on leering. "I win."
Dean leaned forward an kissed her, her eyes widened, then she punched his arm.
"Weirdo."
He grinned. "Whatever you say Red."
Artemis rolled her eyes. Donny smirked.
"If you're so worked up how about we go to the shooting range," he said, wrapping a thick arm around her shoulders. She pursed her lips, then shrugged.
"If you insist."
"Oh I do."
"Ugh, the amount of flirting in this room is nauseating," Andy said from the doorway. Scarlet laughed. "Oh Andy, you'll get it someday."
Andy wrinkled her nose. "I don't know if I want to."
Kira came in. "I do!"
"That's 'cause you're weird," Andy said.
Kira shrugged. "Who wants to be normal?" she said as a metal chain with a spiked ball flew in from another room and into her hands.
Dean laughed from the other room. "Kira, you know full well there is not a single 'normal' person in this whole base."
A truer statement there never was.
