Well here I go again, hope you like this, please please please read and review I'd love to hear what you have to say. No flames. This chapter goes between Selene's POV and Rex's.
Disclamer is in chapter 1
Daytime Browsing and Carousing
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. An alarm goes off in a tiny room where a hand suddenly reaches out and smashes the alarm clock.
'Ugh I hate mornings' I thought to myself. 'Wait, today is the day that Rex is going to take me out to explore with his friend-I-am-to-meet!' I rush to the closet door and grab my bag with all my clothes in it. I pull out a gold sparkly t-shirt that says in black cursive letters, "Je vis pour l'amour." I had gotten it in Paris with my friend Aaron. Then I pull out an old pair of jeans with patches from all the countries I've been to sewn onto them. Then I pull out the only thing I have left from my life in Greece, a deep sea-blue bandana that I use to cover my ears, I also pull on a pair of ADIDAS sneakers. I finish getting changed and run to Rex's room and jump on his bed causing him to jump and trip falling on the floor.
My day started off with a person knocking me out of my warm bed and onto the icy floor. I look up and see Selene apologizing rapidly. "Oh, Rex I'm so so so sorry, I was really excited. I guess I don't know my own strength ey?" She grins her wolfish smile showing all the teeth. "Don't apologize Selene, leave so I can get changed and we can go. ¿De acuerdo?" She leaves, and I pull out my goggles, signature orange jacket and shirt. I open the door to see Selene standing there with a knapsack on her back. "So, ready to go?" "No, some people need to eat in the morning; I am one of those people." She tilts her head like she's trying to comprehend what I just said. "Breakfast first, hang-out next ok?" I begin to walk to the cafeteria, Selene follows me.
'Finally Rex is done with his breakfast!' I think to myself. "Ok now after breakfast is time to go hang with my friend." "Who you still won't tell me anything about." "I want it to be a surprise." I give Rex a skeptical look and turn to head out the door. I hear him forming his Rex Ride, I grin thinking how much fun it will be to go faster than I've ever gone before. "Hope on chica and enjoy the ride." He pulls his goggles over his eyes and we are off.
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"Hey Rex." I see a boy in blonde, with a green jacket, holding a basketball walk up to Rex. Even though they think I can't hear what they are saying I pick it all up smiling as the conversation runs on, "Rex you can't be serious, and why do you always fall for the unattainable hot girls?" Noah whispers to Rex and gestures to me. "Noah, she's an EVO that I rescued from Providence's control collars." Rex whispers back. I tilt my head to look innocent. Noah walks up to me he looks me up and down, "Can you play well?" he asks. "I've never picked up a basketball in my life." I answer honestly. A groan comes out of Rex as he hears Noah explain the game to me. "Ok so the point is to get the ball in the basket? What type of idiot came up with that idea?" "Why don't we just play?" Rex comes up and tosses me the ball. I dribble and make a three-pointer easily not even paying attention to were the ball was aiming. "Wha-at! How did you do that?" Noah runs up to me with an expression of mild anger and shock. "Um, I just threw the ball?" Rex runs over and pushes Noah back before he blows his top. "Dude chill, she was lucky beginners' luck you know how that stuff works." "Yea beginners luck, I swear I've never played basketball before, I used to watch my bo..." I stop remembering my promise. "Your who?" Rex asks. "Her boy friend am I correct no need to look at me like I grew a second head." Noah answers.
I stare at Noah, how did he know Selene had a boyfriend, why didn't she tell me? "Rex Noah, it's hard to explain and I'd rather not have to." Selene looks heartbroken. "You don-"Please Selene, to get rid of past pain a good solution is to talk to someone." Selene sighs. "Your right Rex. Here is the story; it's kinda long so you may want to sit down." Noah and I get as comfy as a person could get on asphalt, and Selene sat across from us.
The day started off as normal as it could when your friend is a person with wings. A boy named Aaron Shadowson knocks on her door. He's tall, slender; brunette with deep amber colored eyes. Most people if they looked at him would think he's a normal teenager, until they noticed his wings. Aaron's wings could fade to almost invisible in the sunlight, but people could still see them if he was in the dark. A girl about 14 years of age opens, now she would look normal too except for her coppery-red wolf ears, pointed teeth, and dog like eyes. "Είσαι έτοιμος" (Eísai étoimos) He asks. "Ναι, επιτρέψτε μου να αρπάξει τα πράγματά μου" (Nai , epitrépste mou na arpáxei ta prágmatá mou)* She answers. "Γρήγορα, πριν μας πάρει" (Grí̱gora , prin mas párei) "Ω Ααρών, είναι θετικό, θα δουν επιτέλους τον κόσμο!" (O̱ Aaró̱n , eínai thetikó , tha doun epitélous ton kósmo!) The girl answers as she's walking out the door. They leave the town of Athens, Greece and travel away from there. The boy and girl end up in Rome, Italy by sneaking on planes, busses and any vehicle they happened to flag down. While in Rome, Aaron buys a long, large; black trench coat to cover his wings. The girl buys a navy blue hat and a shirt that says "Roma non è stata in tour in un giorno"* "Selene, you must be careful, you don't know how many people are after us." the boy Aaron warns the girl. "Aaron stop worrying so much your acting like my mother!" the girl turns to him, and models off her new outfit. "Nice, but we need to get going before…" "Ferma EVOS, fermarsi e mettere le mani in alto!"* Aaron rips off his trench coat and grabs Selene around the waist, "Mettimi giù Aaron adesso!" the girl screams, then realizes she had spoken in another language grins. "Did you just" "Speak in fluent Italian, yes I did." "Must be part of your EVO powers." "What's an EVO, those men in white uniforms were calling us that, what were they talking about." Aaron goes mute, and gives her a weird look. "Aaron what aren't you telling me!" He sighs, "You know there was a huge explosion three years back," "Yes, but what has that got to do with me?" "The explosion released bio-mechanical machines called nanites into every living thing on Earth. Those are why you have wolf ears and I have wings." "Oh, so why did they want us to put our hands up?" "Those men hunt us, they mean to destroy every last one of us, but they will not find us I promise." He lands in a wooded area outside of Rome. They set up camp and go to sleep.
"Si interrompe o la ragazza diventa!" Selene wakes up to find herself handcuffed with Aaron fighting the men-in-white, "Aaron! NO let him go!" She screams, then realizes Aaron had cut her loose. Aaron picks up Selene and flies off. A few hours into flight, the pair encounters a ship with the MIW(Men-In-White) people, they blast Aaron's wings with some sort of tranquilizer. As he falls, he throws the girl as far away as he can manage. The girl cries, realizing this is her last sight of her boyfriend, and see Aaron disappear a few miles away from her in the woods, while she lands on soft sand…
"Well there you have it, that's the story of Aaron. After that, I traveled throughout the world gathering information on Providence. I never saw Aaron again." I say to the shocked and horrified faces of Rex and Noah. "But shouldn't you have stayed where you were?" Noah asks looking puzzled. "I couldn't, Providence had sent out troops to scavenge the woods. If Aaron did get away I have no idea where he would be." "Wait, how did you not know about the nanites and why you had wolf ears? Weren't you living in a city?" Rex asks looking suspiscious. "Yes, but in the outskirts or the slums of Athens. It was the only place that I could hide after my parents died. Aaron was my parent's friend's son so we knew each other since birth." "Oh." I get up and walk to the bench to pick up my bag. "Well no point letting that sad story ruin the day, from my observations we have at least three hours before sundown. Come on lets go explore all the sites New York has to offer." I grab Rex's and Noah's hands and pull them along.
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"Whoa that was a tiring day." "Yea, come on Selene we need to head back" Rex says waving goodbye to Noah. "Ok, thanks for showing me everything interesting around New York. It's to bad Aaron couldn't see the view from the Empire State Building, he would've loved it." I answer. I see movement across the pathway in Central Park. I see a figure in a black trench coat. My blood runs cold and I gasp. "What?" "Shush Rex, and look over to your right, tell me you see that figure." I hiss back at him pointing to the black trench coated figure. "Wait, I've seen him before." "Where?" "Back at base, he was standing outside starting straight at me, weird thing is his eyes, I could see them from the window, and he had to be at least 20 feet away." Suddenly the figure turns and begins to walk towards Rex and I. I grab Rex's hand and we begin to run.
* Are you ready, Yes, let me grab my things.
Hurry, before they get us, Oh Aaron, be positive, we finally get to see the world!
*Rome wasn't toured in a day, Stop EVOs stop right there and put your hands up! Put me down Aaron right now!
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