Author's Notes: If you have read my 'ChickFlick' story very recently, you will know that I WILL BE ON HOLDAYS (yay!) from the 4th July to the 4th August (Australian time). Obviously I will not be able to update while I am away, but I will add chapters to this story as soon as I get back, I promise!
Past Lives - Chapter 2
Jessica turned off the walking machine and walked over to where her brother Nathan was lifting weights.
"Let's go have a round." She said to him. "The mats are free." Nathan rested the weights on his chest as he replied.
"Yeah, ok. We do need practice for the competition."
They walked over and faced each other on the training mats, in their fighting stances.
"I'm gonna kick your butt!" scoffed Nathan.
"Not today, bro." Almost before she had finished speaking, Jess leapt forward. They always had a good round when they trained against each other, because they were almost exactly even in strength and skill. The winner was usually based on chance. Today Jessica happened to be victorious.
"Hah!" said Nathan as they were packing up to leave, "That was a fluke. I'll beat you tomorrow!" Jessica just smiled calmly at him. She knew that got on his nerves.
As they were about to go, Nathan saw a flicker out of the corner of his eye. He turned to face the window on the opposite side of the room.
"Hey, sis... did you see that?"
"What?" she asked, turning around.
"Someone was looking in that window just then, but when I turned around they ran away." Jessica just shrugged.
"Probably just a passer-by." She said, already having dismissed the matter. "C'mon, let's go."
Nathan nodded, and forgot about it. But over the next week, leading up to the martial arts competition that he and his sister were about to enter, he kept getting the feeling that he was being watched...
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Because of their training for the competition, their schoolwork got neglected a bit. [sounds like me...:)] But it was worth it when the day finally came. Since there was a different section for boys and girls, the twins didn't have to face each other. In the lower rounds, the twins' opponents got knocked out easily, and in the higher rounds it only took a little while.
The boys final was first. Jessica opened her mouth to wish Nathan good luck, but he cut her off.
"Don't wish me luck," he said, smirking, "I won't need it." Jessica hit him playfully and shoved him out onto the fighting mats. The fight only lasted five minutes. Nathan (of course) came out victorious. The announcer handed him the trophy and held up Nathan's arm for applause. Nathan looked very smug. Catching his eye from the audience, Jessica rolled her eyes and silently mouthed:
"Oh please."
Next was the girls final. It was Jessica against a tall brunet girl. Their fight only lasted five minutes as well. Now it was Nathan's turn to be disgusted as Jessica accepted the trophy, soaking up the applause. When they were both seated in the audience again, to hear the closing speeches, they high-fived each other, and Jessica said in an uncaring voice
"Ah, another day, another victory..." Nathan just smirked in agreement.
After the speeches were over, they packed up to go home. The competition had run late and it was completely dark outside. Nathan felt a prickling on his neck, like someone was watching him. He turned around suspiciously, but there was no one there. Shrugging off his feeling, he and Jessica left to walk home. They yawned all the way.
"Geez, I'm tired!" said Jessica, stifling another huge yawn.
"Me too." Said Nathan." Hey, I know. We can cut down this alleyway, it comes out into our street."
"Ok," Agreed Jessica, "anything so I can get home quickly and collapse."
The alleyway was very dark and skinny, with high walls on either side. Piles of trash lined its edges. But the twins didn't care about its dangerous atmosphere. They knew they could take on anything that came their way. They walked with an air of confidence. But when Nathan heard a scuffling sound behind him, quiet as a whisper, he immediately quickened his pace without looking round. Jessica matched him step for step. Apart from the sounds of their footsteps, the air was dead silent. With the prompting of their instincts, they broke into a slow run at the same time. Suddenly there was a short, fat figure in front of them, blocking their way. Breathing hard, they whirled around to run back the way they had come. Jessica gasped. There was another figure, a tall skinny one. They were trapped!
In the dim light, they could see both faces grinning evilly as they closed in. The twins moved into fighting stances.
"You obviously don't know who we are." Bragged Nathan, in an attempt to stop their steady advance.
"Oh, we do!" said the tall skinny one, his grin still on his face. "We know exactly who you are. Jessica and Nathan," he said stressing their names, "Your destiny is with me. I will give you more power than some little martial arts trophy will ever give you!"
The two dark figures darted forward at the same moment. Jessica and Nathan tried to dodge, but their enemies seemed to have super-human powers. Nathan, grappling with the tall thin one, went into attack mode. His hard fist connected with the man's face. Stunned, he heard the clash of skin against metal in the air. He looked in amazement at his fist, which was throbbing with pain. The tall figure was unaffected by his punch. It wrestled Nathan's arms behind his back with an iron grip, standing calmly against his struggles, which were growing more frantic by the second.
Jessica was having an equally hard time with the fat one. 'These people... these things... they can't be human. They can't be!' She was also starting to panic. In a strong, fluid movement, the figure reached out and twisted her arms behind her back viciously. As Nathan heard her cry out in pain, anger rose sharply within him. Who were these people?! How dare they do that to his sister?! Even though he knew his sister was just as strong as him, he had always felt a strange desire to protect her.
But then, both Jessica and Nathan felt fingers dig into the nerves in their neck, and everything instantly turned into blackness before their eyes. When they awoke much later, all they could remember was the vague feeling of flying through the air incredibly fast...
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Author's Notes: Ooooh... exciting chapter! (At least I think it was). It was exciting to write, anyway. I hope you enjoyed it. Hopefully the next chapter will come out soon.
Past Lives - Chapter 2
Jessica turned off the walking machine and walked over to where her brother Nathan was lifting weights.
"Let's go have a round." She said to him. "The mats are free." Nathan rested the weights on his chest as he replied.
"Yeah, ok. We do need practice for the competition."
They walked over and faced each other on the training mats, in their fighting stances.
"I'm gonna kick your butt!" scoffed Nathan.
"Not today, bro." Almost before she had finished speaking, Jess leapt forward. They always had a good round when they trained against each other, because they were almost exactly even in strength and skill. The winner was usually based on chance. Today Jessica happened to be victorious.
"Hah!" said Nathan as they were packing up to leave, "That was a fluke. I'll beat you tomorrow!" Jessica just smiled calmly at him. She knew that got on his nerves.
As they were about to go, Nathan saw a flicker out of the corner of his eye. He turned to face the window on the opposite side of the room.
"Hey, sis... did you see that?"
"What?" she asked, turning around.
"Someone was looking in that window just then, but when I turned around they ran away." Jessica just shrugged.
"Probably just a passer-by." She said, already having dismissed the matter. "C'mon, let's go."
Nathan nodded, and forgot about it. But over the next week, leading up to the martial arts competition that he and his sister were about to enter, he kept getting the feeling that he was being watched...
* * * * *
Because of their training for the competition, their schoolwork got neglected a bit. [sounds like me...:)] But it was worth it when the day finally came. Since there was a different section for boys and girls, the twins didn't have to face each other. In the lower rounds, the twins' opponents got knocked out easily, and in the higher rounds it only took a little while.
The boys final was first. Jessica opened her mouth to wish Nathan good luck, but he cut her off.
"Don't wish me luck," he said, smirking, "I won't need it." Jessica hit him playfully and shoved him out onto the fighting mats. The fight only lasted five minutes. Nathan (of course) came out victorious. The announcer handed him the trophy and held up Nathan's arm for applause. Nathan looked very smug. Catching his eye from the audience, Jessica rolled her eyes and silently mouthed:
"Oh please."
Next was the girls final. It was Jessica against a tall brunet girl. Their fight only lasted five minutes as well. Now it was Nathan's turn to be disgusted as Jessica accepted the trophy, soaking up the applause. When they were both seated in the audience again, to hear the closing speeches, they high-fived each other, and Jessica said in an uncaring voice
"Ah, another day, another victory..." Nathan just smirked in agreement.
After the speeches were over, they packed up to go home. The competition had run late and it was completely dark outside. Nathan felt a prickling on his neck, like someone was watching him. He turned around suspiciously, but there was no one there. Shrugging off his feeling, he and Jessica left to walk home. They yawned all the way.
"Geez, I'm tired!" said Jessica, stifling another huge yawn.
"Me too." Said Nathan." Hey, I know. We can cut down this alleyway, it comes out into our street."
"Ok," Agreed Jessica, "anything so I can get home quickly and collapse."
The alleyway was very dark and skinny, with high walls on either side. Piles of trash lined its edges. But the twins didn't care about its dangerous atmosphere. They knew they could take on anything that came their way. They walked with an air of confidence. But when Nathan heard a scuffling sound behind him, quiet as a whisper, he immediately quickened his pace without looking round. Jessica matched him step for step. Apart from the sounds of their footsteps, the air was dead silent. With the prompting of their instincts, they broke into a slow run at the same time. Suddenly there was a short, fat figure in front of them, blocking their way. Breathing hard, they whirled around to run back the way they had come. Jessica gasped. There was another figure, a tall skinny one. They were trapped!
In the dim light, they could see both faces grinning evilly as they closed in. The twins moved into fighting stances.
"You obviously don't know who we are." Bragged Nathan, in an attempt to stop their steady advance.
"Oh, we do!" said the tall skinny one, his grin still on his face. "We know exactly who you are. Jessica and Nathan," he said stressing their names, "Your destiny is with me. I will give you more power than some little martial arts trophy will ever give you!"
The two dark figures darted forward at the same moment. Jessica and Nathan tried to dodge, but their enemies seemed to have super-human powers. Nathan, grappling with the tall thin one, went into attack mode. His hard fist connected with the man's face. Stunned, he heard the clash of skin against metal in the air. He looked in amazement at his fist, which was throbbing with pain. The tall figure was unaffected by his punch. It wrestled Nathan's arms behind his back with an iron grip, standing calmly against his struggles, which were growing more frantic by the second.
Jessica was having an equally hard time with the fat one. 'These people... these things... they can't be human. They can't be!' She was also starting to panic. In a strong, fluid movement, the figure reached out and twisted her arms behind her back viciously. As Nathan heard her cry out in pain, anger rose sharply within him. Who were these people?! How dare they do that to his sister?! Even though he knew his sister was just as strong as him, he had always felt a strange desire to protect her.
But then, both Jessica and Nathan felt fingers dig into the nerves in their neck, and everything instantly turned into blackness before their eyes. When they awoke much later, all they could remember was the vague feeling of flying through the air incredibly fast...
* * * * *
Author's Notes: Ooooh... exciting chapter! (At least I think it was). It was exciting to write, anyway. I hope you enjoyed it. Hopefully the next chapter will come out soon.