Two Broken Pieces of a Twin Heart
"Common Tyler, you're such a slow poke! I'd like to get home today!"
"Hold on Sky! You're not the one with a pulled tendon in your leg!"
"Well that shouldn't stop you from getting home…besides, it's starting to rain!"
Tyler and Sky had stayed in school later that night to finish stuff; each of them had an important assignment or practice to show up to. Sky had a music practice, and Tyler needed to finish a biology assignment.
"You tell that to my pulled leg!"
Tyler had been playing basketball earlier that week, and his team was in the finals. The opposing team however, played dirty. Along with tripping him, they got into multiple fights with their team, the New York Yappers. Though it was a rough game…they ended up winning, so it was all worth it.
"Suck it up you big baby!"
Sky and Tyler were twins. Though Sky had always insisted she was older than Tyler, the birth certificate stated that she was actually one minute younger than Tyler; Tyler was born first. Unfortunately, because of how intense the birth was, their mother died soon after they were born. The last thing she saw was her two beautiful babies, before she saw the angels coming to guide her to heaven.
Though Sky and Tyler had never met their mother, they somehow knew she was up there watching them, protecting them.
Soon after they were born, their father got into a car accident. He was coming home late from work, when he collided head on with a drunk driver. Neither lived to tell the story, leaving Tyler and Sky, all alone.
Soon after, because they had no known family (both sets of grandparents had died, and they had no aunt and uncles), they were sent to adoption houses. Though at many times, they were at risk of being separated, fate had kept them together.
They never stayed in one place too long though. Sometimes they faced physical abuse, sometimes their parents abused drugs, other times they were just ignored.
Currently, they were living with a couple who constantly bickered. The husband drank a lot, and sometimes hit Sky. Tyler protected her; though he was never big enough to win the fights, he was strong enough to hold him off for a while. They were both 15. Unlike most siblings, they cared deeply for one another, and would let nothing harm the other one. They looked out for each other.
"Hey Sky, if we take this way, it'll be a short cut!"
Tyler pointed to an ally.
"I dunno, it seems scary in there. Are you sure that's the way home?"
"Of course I'm sure! I've walked here tons of times." He lied. He'd never gone there, but his leg was so sore, he just wanted to get home. Though he wasn't sure where the ally would lead, he was sure if would be close to home. He knew approximately how close home was, he had a good sense of direction.
"Alright if you say so; but you better not be doing this just so you can rest your leg!"
"Of course not!"
They started into the ally. Sky stayed close to Tyler, not admitting that she was really scared. Once they got halfway through though, she started to ease up a bit. Nothing bad was happening; maybe Tyler was right, maybe it was safe.
However, no sooner had she though of this that the alleyway was blocked by a bunch of street thugs.
"And what do we have here?" Said a tall one with spiky hair, "A couple of little twerps. Say, isn't it past your bed time?"
"Who are you?" Asked Tyler bravely.
"That's non of your business! We'll be asking the questions here. Now, what brings you to our alleyway this evening?"
"Says who?" Sky piped up! "Your names not on it!"
"Feisty little one isn't she? Get her!"
They seized both of them.
Tyler started looking around for an exit, but instead, his view was blocked by more thugs. There must have been at least 15 of them, if not more! How were they going to get out of here? He should have just listened to Sky and taken the long way home.
"HELP!!" screamed Sky.
"Hey shut up!" One of the thugs punched her in the face and covered her mouth so she wouldn't scream anymore.
"Now what can we do with two little trespassers like you?"
"I know," said a shorter one. "We can kill the boy, and bring the girl back to base. Use her for a little entertainment, and then, get rid of her too!"
"Hey I have an idea!"
A voice from behind them said. The thugs stopped and went quiet.
"Who's there?" Asked the tall, spiky haired one. "How dare you mess with the purple dragons!"
"Like this!"
Before Tyler could even blink, the tall thug, fell to the ground; unconscious. Sky, finally frustrated with the situation bit the hand on the thug covering her mouth. He promptly let go and she ran for it.
By now, the whole ally was a chaotic blur of fighting, but somehow, through all of it, Sky was able to find Tyler, and they started running away through the ally.
"Wait kids, comeback!" Another strange voice said from behind them, but Sky and Tyler weren't about to wait for them to catch up, they just kept running.
The ally was like a maze. Ever corner they took, let to either more paths or dead ends. Finally, after getting tired from running for ten minutes, they reached another dead end. Tyler couldn't go any further, his leg hurt too much.
"Common Tyler, we gotta keep going! We gotta get out of here!"
"I can't! My leg hurts too much! Just go ahead, I'll catch up."
"Bullshit to that, no way I'm gonna leave you here."
She sat down. "I think were safe though."
Again, she spoke too soon. Suddenly, 20 masked men appeared form the shadows.
"Uh, Tyler, I don't think were alone anymore."
"Huh?"
Tyler looked up to see what Sky was talking about, and gasped with shock.
"What are they?" Sky asked standing up and moving to the wall.
"They look like Ninja's. Remember, from that Japan project I was doing a couple years ago?"
"Are they friendly?"
"It depends on the clan they work for."
By now Tyler stood up as well. He stood infront of Sky, in case they weren't friendly.
He was about to say something to them when four giant shadows stepped in between them.
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size!" One of them uttered.
And so the fight began, except this time, there was no escape.
Sky and Tyler watched wide eyed as the four being fought with the ninjas. One carried double catanas, one carried sais, one carried a bow staff, and one carried knumchucks.
Though the four warriors were outnumbered, they were highly skilled, and soon, half of the masked ninjas were defeated.
This is when Tyler and Sky saw their chance to escape. No way they were going to stick around any longer. They started running again, refusing to give up on the maze.
As they ran away, they heard the clatter of fighting behind them, and once again, that strange voice:
"Hey wait! Ugh, there they go again!"
It wasn't long though, before Tyler got tired again and they had to stop. When they were sure they were away from the danger, they sat down on the ground. Unaware, that on the roof tops, they were being watched by more masked ninjas, except these carried weapons, ready to capture them.
They carried nets with an electric current running through them, stopping anyone trying to run away. They also carried a bow an arrow. Though they did not find need for the girl, they could train the boy, he proved to be useful.
"I can't go. Go home Sky! I want you safe!" Tyler stuttered as best he could.
"No way, I'm not leaving you here!"
Suddenly they heard a noise. Sky turned her head to see an arrow had landed in the ground, right beside her.
"Common Tyler, we've got to go now!"
Tyler got up again, but no sooner was he up that he was pushed back down by netting. He struggled to get back up, but before he could stand, an electric current surged up his body, paralyzing him. He fell back to the ground, and became unconscious.
Sky tried to save him, but suddenly, an arrow shot to her leg and then her arm and she fell to the ground. Unable to move.
She looked at her unconscious brother, and cried as the masked ninjas gathered him up, and took him away.
"No, Tyler."
She tried to get up, but when she looked up, she saw another masked ninja with an arrow…pointed right at her head.
This is it she though, this is how I'm gonna die.
Suddenly, a large figure kicked away the masked ninja.
"I don't think so pal. Pick on someone your own size…like me."
Before she knew what was happening, more fighting erupted.
But she wasn't concerned about that, all she could do was close her eyes...