In my time
Ro sat on the steps to a large building. She had no memory of this place. The signs meant nothing to her. She had tears welling up bad; all she could remember was Zeta losing his grip on her arm and she falling into a warp field. She looked towards the road where huge metal vehicles raced by. She knew this was a large city but she had no clue where. Her thoughts of Zeta kept haunting her too. He had promised never to let her get hurt but here she was now getting hurt and forgotten. A large man in a black overcoat was walking toward her. She pulled herself together and walked into the crowd of people.
The man kept his distance but he was still around. She went into a store called "Macy's" It had huge rooms full of clothing and everything. She went into the back of the store and looked over herself. She wore a black short sleeve t-shirt that seemed out of date and her jeans seemed in date. She pulled her backpack over her shoulder and pulled out all the items. Two pairs of jeans, three shirts, money (useless), identity card, 2 energy bars and a knife that was it, Ro hadn't ever realized how much she had depended on Zeta.
She packed all the items up again and walked over to the counter where an old lady stood. "Excuse me, Can you tell me what day it is?" The old lade smiled, "Its November 21, 2005. Why? Shouldn't you be in school?" "Thanks a bunch, I just kind of forget the date sometimes and no school for me." Ro felt light headed and ran out of "Macy's". She looked up the build board and found the name of the city. "New York" it read. Ro tried to remember the name and then she realized that New York in her time was underground and totally demolished. The same man with the black coat was fallowing her again. She felt nervous and without looking ran across the street.
A black BMW hit its breaks but not fast enough. The last thing Ro remembered before being hit was the man in the coat yelling, "Ro watch out!" Ro's body was thrown from the windshield like a rag doll. The women in the BMW ran to Ro speaking into her cell phone. The man with the over coat picked up her body. The young lady asked, "What are you doing? She needs to get help from the hospital." "I will take her you don't have to worry!" The man grabbed her cell phone and crushed it between his hands. The young lady screamed and ran for her life. Then the man vanished into the crowd caring Ro and heading towards him apartment.
Ro woke with a horrible throb in her leg. Her eyes adjusted to the lighting and she was the black over coat of the man she had been running from. Her fear grew even more and then at the moment more then anything she wished Zeta was there. Then she saw his face looking over her. "Ro are you alright?" Ro's eyes spilled over with tears as she saw her night and shining armor. "Zeta its you!" He nodded and helped her in an upright position. She hugged him, "How are you here? Shouldn't you be back in our time?"
"Ro I fell into the portal with you! I have been looking for you for 6 months!" "Zee that isn't possible, I just got here!" "Ro something is happening to me. I feel so human here as if my computer part doesn't exist!" Ro backed away, "That's not possible Zeta! You have to be a machine. You need to protect me and if we can't get home then what?" "Ro I just don't know!" "Zee, even here were running even here! You have to save the world. You have to do so much!" Zee looked down at Ro. "I'm am becoming more human everyday soon I will have to pick the hologram of my choice. I was the older man because I thought it would be the only way to find you.
"It's your choice that you want to be. I want you to be my Zee Smith. That's what I would choose but you would only be 18. I myself will be only 16. I don't know anything about the customs of this time. Some old lady asked me about school. I would be in high school if we decided to blend in. We are going to have to become one with this time Zeta. We will have to find a way home before this world hunts us down." Zeta only nodded. Ro hobbled to the bedroom and laid down to sleep and to wait for his choice.
I hope you like this story. It's my first for the Zeta project.
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