Hi guys! Newgirl here again! Next chapter up, woo! All special and…yeah. Onto chapter 2!
Chapter 2: The end to the beginning
The school day passes uneventfully, and soon Lilia and I are heading back to our own houses. I walk up the familiar steps and gently push the green button. Nothing. I push again. Still nothing. I scowl at it until suddenly the door turns red. I step back, surprised. Mom and dad never lock the door. Why now? Curious, I lean up against it and concentrate hard. For a few moments, I only hear the sounds of my own breathing. Then my ears are filled with screaming, gunfire, and overall chaos. I recognize both my mom and dad's voice, my mom screaming hysterically and my dad yelling out something I can't understand. More gunfire and a few explosions follow, before silence. I swallow hard, too afraid to move. There isn't any other sounds following, and I don't know it that's good or bad. I hear footsteps draw closer to the door, and I instantly run and duck into the bushes a few feet from me. They aren't thick, and I can only pray they hide me. The door opens and I hold my breath, waiting. A soldier walks out. He's dressed in heavy white armor, with decorative black and orange. I know it well enough to recognize it. Cerberus! What are they doing here? In his hand is a sharp looking rifle, and his aims it and looks around. Confident no one is out, he motions to someone back in the house. I hear some shuffling and I have to cover my mouth to stop from gasping. Two other soldiers dressed in identical outfits as the first walk out, dragging my unconscious parents behind them.
A few minutes after they've walked and disappeared, another Cerberus operative walks out. His armor is the same, except he holds a sleek pistol in his hand and a body shield hangs limply at his side. This is my chance. I focus my anger into a controlled energy, like I've practiced. Slowly, I reach out with my mind, carefully trying to reach his consciousness without tipping him off beforehand. I swallow hard and keep pushing, slowly…slowly. Finally, I break through the weak mental barrier and try to feel his thoughts. I'm instantly scared and startled enough to almost break the connection. I swallow again and push through, deeper this time. I see only glimpses; enormous robotic machines, disgusting creatures resembling humans, dying asari's, scared children, a man with grey hair and electric blue eyes, a woman with red hair and freckles stabbing a Cerberus soldier before getting shot through her armor in the back. I take a deep breath and pull out of his mind. I've seen enough images, I just can't make sense of them. I'm about to let go of my hold on him, when an idea hits me. Summoning up all my energy again, I focus on the small, sleek firearm at his side, decorated with black, white, and some blue. Carefully, I use my now glowing blue hand to levitate it and bring it to me. Once it's firmly in my grasp and I'm hidden again, I let go. He stumbles forward and looks around wildly, as if he forgot where he was or what he was doing. The soldier shakes his head in a confused manner and walks out of sight. Once I can't see him anymore, I let out a sigh of relief, then sit up to examine my new "toy". I know what it is. It's a pistol. It's a weapon, a dangerous one. And right now, it's just what I need.
"Allison!" I freeze. It's Lilia! "Allison!" She cries desperately. Stay quiet or they'll kill you! I scream to her mentally. Where are you? She whimpers.
Here. I send here a clear enough image of my location, and within minutes she's hidden underneath the bushes with me. "Allison! What's going on? Why were there Cerberus soldiers at my house? One of them poked me with his gun!" Her voice rises to a near yell.
"Shh! Do you want them to find us?" I scold her. Lilia looks at me with wide, scared eyes. They slowly travel down my arm to the gun in my hand. I gently bring her face up to mine with my hand. "Lilia, listen. I don't know what's going on. I just got home and saw Cerberus dragging my parents out the door. This", I wave the pistol, "is for protection. Who knows what these people want?"
"Allison, stop it! This is dangerous! We should tell the police!" Lilia cries.
I scoff in disgust. "And tell them what? My parents are illegal Cerberus scientists on earth that have been kidnapped by their evil employers' and now I need their help to save them? They'd probably arrest me on sight and bring me in for questioning!"
"But Allison we have to! How else are we going to save them?" Lilia's voice has taken a tone of begging.
"By ourselves! Lilia please, you have to understand. I can't take this to the police. I can't. I just can't." I plead to her. " Lilia…."
"I know. I know Allison." Without another word, she leaves, heading to her house. For a moment, I can almost imagine it's after school, and nothing bad has happened. But I don't have a very good imagination.
-Sorry for not updating and short chapter. I've been very busy and writer blocked. X( So NEXT chapter will include much more content and new POV's which much mean new characters! Woo hoo! So that will take much more time to write but will hopefully be worth it. I aim to put Ch. 3 up sometime in April. :) Thanks guys!