Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Beginning Part 1
14 months earlier
Mahira's POV
"Mom, do I have to go on the trip?" I complain to my mom. Hi, I'm Mahira. I'm 16, almost 17 years old but my mom still treats me as if I'm five. That includes buying every little pink and frilly thing from the store, and I HATE pink. She even sent me to an all girls private school that "teaches you all the things a girl needs to know, from coordinating your shoes to match your accessories to dancing like a princess at a ball." Gag! I rather be out riding on my motorcycle. That is, if my mom would ever let me have one. "Motorcycles are too dangerous for my little flower." Did I mention that she loves giving me nicknames?
"But sweetie pie, I thought you liked visiting science facilities." She replies. See?
"I do like visiting regular science facilities, but we're going to a COBRA facility." I counter.
"I told you to not listen to my ridicules sister when she goes on her COBRA rants. COBRA is not trying to take over the world; they're trying to make it a better place." She retorts
"Fine, I'll go! Happy?" I snap storming off into my room. I toss my book bag down and flop on my bed. I turn my head to look at the picture besides my bed. It's of me and my aunt two years ago on Veterans Day. She took me out to see the plane formations that year without telling my mom. It was the best day ever. My aunt's Shana M. O'Hara, she's a Second Lieutenant in the army. I've never really viewed her as an aunt, more like an awesome older sister that I could be more like. Once I'm finished school, I'm heading off to the army to join her. She's the one who got me into the whole COBRA-is-trying-to-take-over-the-world mind set. Who knows, maybe this field trip won't be so bad. Maybe I can finally prove that COBRA is evil after all.
