Rexford, Idaho
Natalie Shaw had a long stressful day at work. Al her breaks got cut except for her Lunch Break and it got cut to only ten minutes. Kathy her boss spent the whole time over Natalie's shoulder, correcting her on everything she was doing wrong, and finding some way to criticize what she was doing right. Natalie felt tired and hungry and her head was aching. She was more than thankful that the day was done. She bid farewell to her friends before checking her phone to see not only the time but to see if she had any missed calls or texts from Sean, possibly saying 'I'm sorry' or that he wanted to talk, but unfortunately there was none.
As Natalie drove she finished her last cigarette and decided it was time to stop at the store. Not only for cigarettes but some gas as well. She pulled up to the pump, grabbing her wallet as she pulled her keys out of the ignition. She filled her Gas Tank up before walking inside and up to the counter.
"Hey, Steve." Natalie said with a kind smile.
Steve had worked there for quite some time now and seeing as Natalie came on a regular basis and he was always working, she had decided it'd make things less awkward if she engaged in some poliet conversation, not to mention the man seemed very kind and caring himself. Like all he was trying to do was get by.
"Natalie." He greeted promplty, with kind blue eyes staring into hers.
She smiled pulling out her debt card. "Players, please." She smiled as Steve turned around and grabbed the cigarettes for her, before punching it into the register. "How's your day been so far?" Natalie asked, swipping her card.
"It's been good. Sold about seven lottory tickets, drank Coffee without burning my tongue and I cleaned up the mess in the mens bathroom."
Natalie looked up at Steve, raising her eye brows. "Yeah, sounds like you hit gold." Natalie joked, putting in her code.
"I didn't hit anything." Steve replied, looking at Natalie confused.
"Oh, no. Steve, I didn't mean that-that's just sort of an expression."
"Right, right." He looked down.
Natalie felt bad for the poor guy. He was so down to earth but he wasn't quite like the rest. It was almost as if he'd be raised away from civilization, he didn't often understand sarcasm or jokes, refrences to famous movies or television shows.
Natalie put her debut card back into her wallet as she picked her cigarettes up from the counter. "Well, I'll see you in a bit, Steve. Have a good night, and hey, careful with the Coffee." Natalie winked as she gave a small smile.
"I will." Steve chimned.
Natalie started her car up again, dreading going home. Before she could go to her mothers house she had to stop at her and Sean's house to pick up her folders for work in which she needed for tomorrows meeting. With a dreadful sigh she headd off to the area in which her apartment was located. It only took around 12 minutes driving there from the Gas Station. She lived in the Middle Class Area. They weren't rich enough to afford a door man, or a 24 level building , one with a marble floor, but then again they weren't poor enough where they couldn't afford a working bathroom, doors that didn't lock properly and power shortages on every third Tuesday.
Natalie took the elevator up to the third floor where her and Sean lived. She rumaged through her purse pulling out her key, only she didn't need it. The door was left open but just barely.
Natalie pushed the door open lightly, looking around the dark living room spectically before stepping in. She opened her mouth to call for Sean when another voice began talking. Immediately, Natalie dove to hide behind the couch, not recognizing the voice, and clearly wanting to know more before she jumped in.
"We need to take out the other Factions and Bartholomew says the girl is our way, Abbott. " an unrecognizable voice said.
"She's an Abbonation! It's difficult enough not to kill her but now you want to use her?!" Sean shouted.
Sean? What was he talking about? Kill her? Kill who?
"Abbott. Just convince her to come with you and then we'll take her to Bartholomew and let him take care of it. You want to go home don't you?"
"Yes."
"So just do it."
Natalie didn't hear the two of them leave, but after she sat, hunched ove behind the couch for an hour and heard nothing, she knew they must've left. Natalie didn't have a clue as to what they were talking about or who Sean was talking to and if she did then maybe she would had called the cops, but what was the point with not valid information. She had made her way to her mothers house shortly after that, almost forgetting the folder she left to go get in the first place. She climbed into bed, eager to let the warmth consume her and she quickly fell into a deep slumber.
The next morning was a rush, Natalie slept through her first alarm and Alannah took up all the hot water. Natalie tore her old bedroom apart as she looked frantically for her folder everywhere before remembering that she had left it in the car last night so she wouldn't have the exact problem she was having now. She barely had time to curl her hair nicely before slipping on black leggings that stopped at her ankles, a red long tank top and a flowy see throw white long sleeved shirt that was longer in the back than the front. She put her high heels on before running out the door with her sister.
"You havee, uh," Alannah said, her eyes brows squished together as she tapped her left temple. "Some eye liner..."
"What?!" Natalie snapped stretching up as she looked in her review mirror befoe grunting. She licked her fingers before bringing them up and rubbing on the eye liner, trying to wash it away. After a moment it left and Natalie let out a puff of air. "Thank God." She muttered, pulling away from the house.
On the way to driving Alannah to school, she managed to hit almost every red light possible. "Natalie, hurry up!" Alannah shouted. "I'm going to be late for school! And Mr. Thompson said if I'm late for one more class-!"
"Yes, yes! I'm trying!" Natalie shouted, blowing through a stop sign. "Lanie, you saw I wasn't up so why didn't you wake me?"
Alannah shrugged. "I dunno know. Thought it'd be funny, seeing you sleep in."
"Yeah well thanks to that great decision you're going to be late now was well."
"What?!" Alannah screamed. "Ugh!"
They made it to the High School in a matter of seven minutes instead of the usual fifteen. Sure that wasn't necisarily the safest but at least Alannah wasn't late for class. The second Alannah slammed the door shut, paying no attention to the Traffic laws Natalie sped out of the area rushing to work. Kathy was going to be holding a meeting to discuss what the employees were doing wrong and how we can do better and achieve, and anyone that was late to that meeting Kathy said would be fired. Now there wasn't any proof as to if that were true or not, but if Kathy wanted to there sure as hell wasn't anyting stopping her.
As Natalie drove to work the news on the radio was playing and apparently there had been a lot of random murders these past few weeks all around the country. Natalie didn't really have time to listen to the news since she was always busy with work and trying to deal with Sean. There was quite a few going on in Rexford as well.
When Natalie made it to work it was 8:07 and that gave her three minutes to scan in, get to the twelfth floor, out her stuff at her desk and make it to the meeting. She ran inside as quickly as she could with out rolling an ankle as she gripped onto her folder tightly as she pulled her Company ID out. She scanned in, running to the elevator, tempted on taking the stairs. Sure, then she wouldn't have to wait but it'd probably take even longer to climb, especially in her high heels. She waited in patiently as the dead line came closer and thank god everyone had arrived earlier otherwise the elevator would had taken longer to arrive. Natalie quickly got inside the elevator, hitting the twelfth floor, waiting inpatiently as the muisc played lightly. Once she arrived at her floor, Natalie didn't even stop at her desk, she just ran to the room. No one else as seen at their desk or roaming the floor, it was all her.
Natalie made it into the room with in the last few seconds before 8:10 and the room was silent. Everyone sat in their chairs quitely as they waited for Kathy to begin the meeting. Kathy stood at the front of the room in front of the clock, staying silent and barely even moving a muscle. Natalie took her seat hesitantly inbetween Shay and Naomi who thankfully were already there. They all exchanged wide eyed stairs before turning their attention back to their boss.
Finally, the clock hit 8:10. Kathy turned around as she picked up a dry erase marker and began writing on the board when Shelly Fraser came in, panting. "Ms. Fraser." Kathy said, with out even turning around.
Shelly flinched slightly before hesitantly saying "Ye-yes Ms. Kathy?"
"Your fired." Kathy said calmly.
"W-what?" Shelly stuttered. "But it's 8-8:10, Ms. Kathy."
Kathy turned around, gripping the marker tight, her knuckles white. "Exactly. And 8:10 is the time I said that the meeting would start. Not end, not when you should come for, but start." Ms. Kathy raised her voice threateningly as she pointed at the door, her hand shaking as she did so. "Now get the hell out of my building before I call security to remove you like you pest you are!"
"Y-yes Ms. Kathy!" Shelly quickly turned around and ran her way out the door.
Kathy then turned around again as she continued he scribbles on the wall. 'Oh my God!' Naomi mouthed to Natalie and Shay. Shay leaned back in his chair, holding his pencil as if he were going to snap it in half as he nodded.
"Now," Kathy said, turning around to face everyone. "My company has been loosing an awful lot of money lately, and you know what, I don't blame Jeffrey, no. Sure he gave away our secrets and has been punished for that sevely, but no. I blame you." She said with a kind smile. "You see, Jeffrey just spiced up the competetion and clearly you weren't ready for that! Even with the extra help our opposing companies got, you still should had won! You still should had worked your asses off and when I say work your asses off I mean it! You should had stayed in during your breaks, you shouldn't had requested those extra days off and you sure as hell should had be working instead of lolligagging! You thought the last six months have been hard? That was nothing! Now, every day until you get it right, I'm going to be here, breathing down your neck and if you so much as-" "Ms. Kathy?"
Kathy stopped talking, her right eye twitched as she was interrupted. She turned to the door where the secratary had come peaking in. "What!" Kathy snapped.
"Someone is requesting for one of your employees... Uh, Natalie Shaw."
"Well tell them that Natalie Shaw is in a meeting right now."
The secratary bit her lip. "They say it can't wait..."
"Natalie Shaw!" Kathy called.
Natalie stood up alarmed, knocking her chair over in the process, "Yes! Uh, yes Ms. Kathy?"
"You're fired."
Natalie's jaw dropped and as did many others. "W-what? Ms. Kathy, plea-"
"You're interrupting my meeting! Get out! Get out! Get out!" She shouted.
Natalie, in shock, slowly grabbed her folder off from the desk, and walked out of the meeting, her head hanging low in shame. Natalie couldn't believe that. Someone wanted to speak with her and now she was fired? Was that even aloud! It's not like Natalie did something wrong or said anything offensive! She sat quietly as she waited for the meeting to begin, but someone wanted to see her, and that was Natalie's fault, how?!
When Natalie came out of the meeting she saw exactly who it was, Sean. But he wasn't alone. "Sean?" Natalie asked. "Sean what the hell! Whatever your doing here couldn't it had waited?!" Sean reached for Natalie's wrist but she pulled back immediately. "Sean! Tell me what the hll is going on?!"
"There is no time." He said, reaching for her other wrist, only when she then pulled it away again. "There coming."
"Whose coming, Sean?" Sean finally grabbed her wrist, and squeezed it tightly as he yanked on it, pulling her close. "Ow!" She screamed, trying to pull away from him, as he raised his other hand holding two fingers together he lowered them to her head. She slapped his hand away. "Sean! Let go of me, this hurts!"
Suddenly there was lots of noise as other people came in, almost appearing out of no where. "Abbott." One of the men called. "Let the girl go."
"No, she's with Bartholomew. She's ours." Replied Sean. "Leave now or die."
Natalie let out a snort as she ripped her arm away. "Okay, Terminator."
Everyone's eyes snapped towards her and their eyes said anything but amused.
"Step away from the girl." One of the men said, as a silver blade dropped from inside his sleeve and into his hand.
"Woah, woah!" Natalie said, putting her hands up as she bgan backing up. She didn't know what to do, did she call for help, run, what? She didn't want anyone else getting hurt by screaming and catching the attention of the people inside the meeting, but at the same time maybe then one of them could call security or something.
The same blade dropped out from Sean's sleeve as he looked over to Natalie. "Come with me, now." He instructed, just as everyone else had blades in their hands and they moved all together closer to her and Sean.
Natalie turned around to go run into the meeting and lock the door, demand someone help her and call 911. But just as she turned around she gasped as someone was now blocking her path. Natalie dove to the side, rolling ehr ankle in her high heels but right now she didn't care. She ran to the desk and picked up the telephone to call for help when suddenly a man appeared and took the phone from her. She picked up the slightly heavy but slightly light computer screen and tossed it over to the man. That would surely hurt and slow him down. She wasn't really thinking about anything but she just knew that she needed to buy herself time.
When the computer screen hit the ground and smashed, the man had disapeared and reapeared behind her, grabbing her arms. Natalie let out a shriek and the door to the meeting opened as everyone looked outside to see what the crash was and what the scream was about. There were some people lying dead on the floor with a wound from the blade, as others continued to fight one another mean while some people tried to grab Natalie.
Natalie lifted up her foot as she slipped her high heel off, holding it as if it were a gun. She didn't know wha telse to do, how else to protect herself. There were random bright flashes of lights that Natalie only just now began to notice and it appeared out of the people who were being killed. "Oh my god." She said. She backed herself into a chair, and quickly wheeled it over in the way, blocking the other men and woman from getting to her as she slipped off her other high heel and began to run. She began running down the cold concret stairs eagerly, trying not to trip. As she rounded the corner she bumped into someone loosing her balance and falling except he caught her.
"Hey! Are you okay?"
"Don't go up there, no no no, don't go up there." She said in alarm. "They're coming!" Natalie quickly looked back behind herself to make sure no one was following her.
"Sammy," The man who caught her said, turning to the other man with him. "Here, watch her." The man said, pushing her twoards the guy in which Natalie was guessing was 'Sammy'.
Sammy put his arm around Natalie to keep her from falling down, as he quickly made it down the stairs, the man who caught her following behind. "Look out!" She shouted, as a woman appeared in front of them, with a silver blade the others all beared. She swung at Sammy and Natalie and Natalie certinally would had been caught in the fire if Sammy hadn't pulled her down with him.
"Dean!" Sammy shouted, pushing Natalie away as the woman went to strike for them again. The man Natalie guessed was Dean pulled a blade out from his pocket and struck the woman trying to kill them in her stomach and a white light emerged from her, much like from the others inside.
Sammy and Dean helped Natalie up before running down the concreted steps to head outside where it was safe.
So sorry if that chapter was too long, boring and then too chatoic. I hope you all could invision it as I could as well. :) So, anyone know who Steve was? As the chapters keep going on things will make more and more sense. I promise :) Such as why the Angels wan Natalie. :) Any of you have any idea's as to why they want her? :) Thank you so much for reading my story! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and enjpy many more to come! Please leave a comment/review down below saying what you think, and any corrections, suggestions or idea's you have for this story. :) Thank you so much! :)