I pulled in the driveway with two minutes to spare. Dad's truck was home, but there were no lights on in the house. As I opened the garage door I noticed that mom's car wasn't there but the van was.
I wonder where they went, I asked myself as I parked behind the van. I got out of my car and headed inside.
As I walked into the kitchen, and was taking my shoes off, I noticed mom had gotten a new oven. I couldn't help but smile. She had been talking about getting a new one for months. On the counter, opposite the oven, was a note that mom had written. I started to read it.
"Hey sweetie. Your dad and I have gone out to eat with some friends. We should be home around 8. Sorry, but it was a last minute thing. Love you. Mom."
Friends? I asked myself. What friends? I put the note back and headed towards my room.
As I walked by the living room I noticed mom had gotten new rugs. I just smiled. I guess without me at home, she has extra money to spend on whatever she wants. I thought as I reached my room. I couldn't help but laugh at the fact. As a kid I never really wanted anything. I liked reading and, usually, I would read whatever books my parents liked. We had the same taste when it came to books. Though, I preferred fiction and science fiction more, there were a few books that we all shared equal value in. Other than that, I wasn't really picky.
As I opened my door to my room I noticed mom had put up new curtains and a new bed spread. I tossed my keys onto my desk and sat down on the bed. About that time I realized it was about 4:10. Well, now what?
I yawned. I was all of a sudden sleepy, though it made since. I had been driving for four hours, then I went and spend half of the day with both grandparents. I decided to lay down and take a quick power nap. However, as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out like a light.
The next thing I remembered, I had jolted awake. I was sweating and my head hurt. I had had a strange dream. I was on a hill watching two guys fighting side by side. Each of them were using a very different, but similar fighting style. With every punch and kick they were more amazing and completely in sync with each other. Then, all of a sudden, there was a big explosion and the two guys were thrown into the hillside. Neither one of them could move. I jumped down to see if I could help them and, when I did, I was stabbed with a knife right in the back.
"That was weird…" I said to myself. I looked at my clock. It was a quarter till six. "Wow! That late already, huh?" I got out of the bed and headed to the kitchen door. I grabbed my shoes and headed to the back door. As I got to the door I put on my shoes and went outside.
The evening air was cool. It smelled like fall. The leaves were starting to fall off the trees and the grass was starting to turn colors. Dad had drained the pool and put a cover over it. Mom had the patio furniture repainted white. I walked over to one of the chairs and sat down. I looked up at the sky to see a few white clouds floating by. I closed my eyes and, unconsciously, I began to meditate. My Grandpa RJ had showed me how to meditate when I was ten. It was a great stress reliever.
For a while, time began to feel like it was slowing down. The falling leaves seemed to have stopped in midair. My body became very relaxed and, before I knew it, I was in a state of absolute meditation.
Then, out of nowhere, my meditation was broken. I heard an explosion coming form my grandparent's, who lived next door. One of Grandpa Merrick's shops had burst into flames. The one where all of his antique cars were.
I raced towards their house. I didn't know what to expect. As I ran up the trail that lead to their house I could hear my Grandma Sarah shouting for my Grandpa Merrick. As I got closer to her, and the burning building, a feather-like throwing knife flew towards me and missed by about a half inch. I saw it stick into the side of a tree, then I focused my attention on where it came from.
It was then that I saw someone in a yellow costume looking down at the ground, their hand held outwards where they had just thrown the feather-like knife. They hadn't spotted me yet. I ran, even faster now, around my Grandpa Merrick's workshop to the clearing between it and their house. I walked slowly around to see who that person was. As I looked over the side of the building I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Both my Grandpa Merrick and my Grandpa RJ were back-to-back in a fighting stance. What was even weirder was the way they were standing. They were both in a fighting pose identical to the ones the fighters in my dream were using. Standing around them were five people, all dressed in outfits. There was a red, blue, black, white, and yellow.
As I tried to get closer, I felt someone grab me.
"SHHH!!" It was my Grandma Sarah. "Listen," she said in a hushed tone. My Grandma Rachelle was standing right beside her.
I turned my attention back on my grandfathers. Now I could hear them talking.
"You know why we are here, correct?" asked the one in red. I could tell from the voice that it was a guy. Neither one of my grandfathers replied. "Just hand over the crystals and we'll be on out way."
"You have no right to wield them! They belong to my grandson!" shouted my Grandpa Merrick. He was furious.
"Fine! Then we'll just kill you, then we'll make your wife tell us where they are!" the yellow said, in a hateful manner. From the voice, I could tell that it was a girl.
"Over my dead body!" Grandpa Merrick shouted.
"That can be arranged," replied the guy in the black outfit.
"True. However, neither of our wives knows where we hid the crystals. So, they wouldn't be able to help you," my Grandpa RJ said. I could tell from the tone of his voice that he was smiling and lying.
For a long while no one said anything. Zen had come up behind me and had sat down next to me. His attention completely focused on my Grandpa Merrick. At first I didn't notice it, but slowly I began to feel a power radiating from Zen. But before I got a chance to bring this to either of my grandmother's attention, the guy in the red outfit caught my attention.
He walked forward and pulled out a small sword form his belt. He held it close to my Grandpa RJ's neck. "Watch it, Wolf Master," he warned. There was another long pause. "We'll search the whole ground and destroy everything on this property until we find it. As for you two, since you do not want to cooperate we will just kill you." And with that the guy snapped his fingers and the other four began to draw in towards my grandfathers.
The next thing I remember I tried to run towards my grandfathers in order to assist them. But I was stopped by a bright light, which was followed by the sounds of a fight. Then, everything went black.
