What is up guys? CameronNinjaDragons here, and this is actually a story that I've been working on for a while now. But as one of the actual books that I've been writing. And I've decided to sorta "test the waters" and see how much you guys like it.

This is an AU where there are no ninja, and our heroes don't know each other. Meaning that Jay and Nya, my chosen candidates (because they're easiest to mess with XD), have no idea who the other one is. Now, the original story has Wess and Blue from my story "On My Own", but it has VERY different versions of those two characters. For one, Blue is actually a shy, jumpy girl, but Wess is pretty much the same.

Anywho, I'll stop my rambling and get on with the story.

Nya woke up, rubbing tiredly at her eyes. She rolled onto her side, prepared to sit up and get out of bed, only to realize something.

She wasn't in her bed.

In fact, she wasn't even home.

Her eyes snapped open as she rolled onto her back, looking up. High above her was a ceiling, metal beams supporting the roof, and with a stray chain strung through the rafters. A hook dangled at one end, and it seemed to be stained with something.

Nya sat up, taking in what was around her. She was wearing a pair of dark blue skinny jeans, hiking boots that went a few inches higher than her ankles, a light blue long-sleeved shirt, and a pale red spaghetti-strap tank-top over that. There was also a small flashlight around her neck, hanging by a thick, black chain. She noticed a backpack a few feet away from her, and crawled over to it. Nya sat on the ground, pulling it to her and wrapping her legs around it before unzipping it.

There were several bottles of water inside, as well as two apples, and more granola bars then she cared to count. She zipped the bag back up before putting it on and shakily rising to her feet.

Nya felt awful; she had a splitting headache, and wanted nothing more than to be able to go back to sleep. She felt...

"Drugged!" Nya hissed. She rubbed the back of her neck, prodding, searching for something. But then she let out a hiss, finding a small bump that sent a shot of pain through her body. Nya stumbled a little, quickly removing her hand from the bump.

She began to look around again, only this time, she saw something much different.

Nya saw a boy laying on the floor.

She quickly walked over to him, crouching down. Nya put her hand on his shoulder, gently shaking him. But he simply let out a groan, pushing her hand away. She let out a sigh, sitting down, deciding to wait until he woke up on his own.

Nya smiled slightly, looking at the boy in front of her, He had short, messy, red-orange hair, and a mass of freckles on his cheeks and over the bridge of his nose. He was wearing a grey long-sleeved shirt with a blue t-shirt over it, a pair of faded blue jeans, and grey sneakers. He was curled up around his backpack, and was holding it to his chest.

"I hope he wakes up soon," Nya mumbled. "I really don't feel like heading into this place on my own..."

Then, a loud scream echoed down one of the hallways, making Nya jump to her feet.

The boy in front of her instantly sat up, turning to Nya with fear in his blue eyes.

"Who the hell are you?!" He cried, jumping to his feet, the backpack still hugged to his chest. "And where are we?!" Nya stared at the boy, scared by his sudden outburst, and also worried that he had just alerted whatever had made that person scream like that.

"I-I'm Nya," she said after a minute, taking a deep breath to try to slow her heartbeat. "And I have no idea where we are. I just woke up a few minutes ago." She stole a glance back over her shoulder at the open door, which led into one of the pitch-black hallways. "But I really don't think we should hang around here for very long." The boy looked at her, his blue eyes still full of fear. But they now had another emotion that Nya couldn't quite place.

"Jay," he said, holding his hand out to Nya. "And I hate to say this, but you're probably right." He looked nervously at the door. "That sounded too close for comfort." Nya shook Jay's hand, nodding in agreement.

"But I don't like the look of those hallways," she said, rubbing her arms.

"Neither do I," Jay admitted.

The two had spent a few minutes going over what supplies they had, and, after a few minutes, walked towards one of the closed doors.

"Hey Nya, can you pass me that flashlight?"

"You didn't get one?"

"Not that I know of."

Nya walked up to Jay, removing the chain from around her neck and handing it to Jay. He walked over to the door, pulling a small envelope off of the front. He gestured for Nya to come closer before he opened it, gripping the light in his teeth. He held the letter with one hand, and took the flashlight out of his mouth.

Greetings contestants!

We would like to thank you for taking our little "test." You and your partner will have to find your way out of this building. It's simple, really.

But we would like to warn you; there are various monsters and other people in this building. If you get hurt, you will have to take care of it on your own, and if you die, then you have lost.

Good Luck!

Nya gulped, and Jay dropped the letter to the floor, closing his eyes.

"I-I'm sure we'll be fine," Nya said, trying to reassure herself more than Jay. "T-They just put that there to scare us, r-right?" Jay nodded, turning to Nya.

"Right," he said, starting to push the door open.

But then they heard claws hitting the tile of the hallway where the scream had come from, and it was coming towards them. It was fast.

Too fast.

"Run!" Nya yelled, opening the door and pulling Jay through after her.

So this is the first chapter of "Strangers." Let me know what you guys thought of this! Also, even though this is rated T, it's probably gonna change to M at some point. CameronNinjaDragons, signing off.