Well, it is official. I am at an almost complete stand still with this story. I just don't know how I want it to end. I'd have a vote, but I'm pretty sure that is against the rules. I have a few ideas worked out for the next few chapters though, so I'm not putting it on hiatus…….yet. Anyway, are they ever going to show Season4? They better before I have Xana hack them and make them show it. So, time to get this story rolling!
Xana- I still say you're insane.
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Xana's ReBirth
Chapter 4- FLASHBACK!
No data logs again, since this is a flashback chapter explaining something mentioned in chapter 3. (Cookie to anyone who can figure out what it is before reading this)
Xana's POV
As I raced across town to the factory to get the Overbike out of its hiding place, I thought back to when Jennifer and I first met. It was a strange way to meet, too.
Flashback to 2.5 years ago
9:30PM
As I walked around, testing out my new body. This town was one of the first conquered by Franz, since it was so close to the Factory. I had decided that I would stay there until the time was right, but that still left out food. So I needed a job, the second thing on my to-do list. My stomach growled at me for the third time that day. I was hungry and I was not going to eat out of a garbage can!
"Now I'm starting to see why Odd ate so much." I grumbled bitterly, kicking a can that was on the ground. Looking around, I saw that the streets were quite empty. I saw that a group of teens were walking around near an alley. I rolled my eyes and kept walking. It was strange really, for some reason, cars were quite hard to find in this town. My stomach growled again.
Only this, I growled back at it. "You can shut up now; I'm trying to find somewhere to eat." I said to myself. Looking on the other side of the street, I saw a girl carrying a large bottle of milk. She looked to be about the age I had made my body; about 12 years old.
I sighed wearily and started head back toward the factory. Perhaps there was something there I could eat. Doubt it. I looked back at the girl only, she was gone. She must live around here. But how stupid could I have been to have forgotten about those teens. My eyes widened for a bit. Franz may rule, but he cared nothing for the people he ruled. I was no doubt stronger then those goons, but I was still getting used to this body.
I turned around and looked at where the alley was. The plastic bottle of milk was on the ground and busted. I growled again, this time mad. But I knew that I would have way too much trouble with 10 people, possibly armed. So instead I summoned up as much energy as I could and ran at the wall, hoping this would work. I started to run up it, thankfully not falling! It wasn't a tall building either. It was dark and cloudy, making it even hard to see. But I had done it, I got up the wall! I wanted to laugh, but that might give away my position.
I got onto the roof and went over to the side, looking down. And there was the girl, backed into a corner while the gang had an assortment of weapons drawn. Not that I cared; I had superhuman strength and the element of surprise. I glared down at them as lightning flashed in the sky.
As thunder boomed in the sky, I leapt up a good ten feet over the edge of the building just as the closest teen started to go towards the girl with a switch knife in his hand. As I fell, I got ready to kick the guy into the ground. By the time he got close enough to strike the girl, my foot had been a foot away from his head.
As I landed, my outstretched foot smashed his face into the ground. I heard bones crunch.
"Back off!" I shouted. I didn't feel like killing currently, nor did I want to scare the girl. Glancing behind me, I saw that she had fallen and was crying.
"Hey, who the hell are you!?" One of them said, wearing a red bandanna. I realized I hadn't chosen a name for myself yet. So I thought about it and one name came to mind. Yami. Perfect since in Japanese it meant dark.
"Name's Yami, and I recommend leaving because you've already pissed me off enough." I said, glaring at the group. I kept my foot planted firmly on the guy's head.
"Hah, you can't take us all at once!" Another one said, swinging a chain. I nicknamed him Mr. Chainy. I smirked, still glaring. I felt a drop of water on my face. It was starting to rain. The girl was still cowering in the corner, but was watching me.
Mr. Chainy threw the chain at me, hoping to get it around my neck. I simply stepped to the side and grabbed the chain.
"Hey, let go!" Mr. Chainy shouted, trying to pull the chain away from me.
"If you want it back so bad, come get it from me." I said softly. At this, four of the teens rushed me, each holding a knife.
"Big mistake." I muttered, dropping the chain and side-kicking the closest one. As he fell down, I kicked him again. But this time, he fell back into his friends and they collapsed in a big heap. I saw a small pool of blood forming underneath them. Someone landed on a knife.
"Oh, you're going to pay for that one, little guy!" The leader shouted, pulling out a gun and aiming it at me. I raised an eyebrow before jumping into the air and whirl-kicking the gun right out of his hand. Again, I heard bones crack.
What the hell! How'd you do that!?" A few of them shouted at once while the leader clutched his hand.
"KILL HIM!" The leader screamed, everyone pulling out a gun, knife, or chain. They ran at me, but didn't get very far when the first one fell, my fist having been slammed into his stomach. They hadn't even seen me move.
The leader's eyes widened and he held up his hand.
"Wait. I'll give you an offer you'd be stupid to refuse." He said, looking at me.
"Oh, what's that?" I said bitterly, knowing exactly what he was going to say.
"Join our gang. We're the best in town and we can get away with anything. I'll even make you my right-hand man. What do you say?" He was scared, that's why he was trying to get me in his gang. He could tell if I didn't, he'd have a very dangerous enemy.
I stood up, pretending to think about it. They all watched me. Closing my eyes, I smirked. When I opened them, the leader was smiling.
"Very generous offer, but no. Not worth my time, plus I have things to do." I said, looking back at the girl again. She was still crying a bit, but looked like she knew that was safe now.
"Is that so? Well then, I have no choice. Kill him and bring me the girl. I want to have some fun with her." The leader ordered, pointing at me. I knew that was what he was after. The girl gasped and started crying harder. It was raining by this point.
I sighed before I jumped into the air again and whirl-kicking a good amount of them. Originally there were 15 against me. Now they had six. One of them shot at me, but to no avail. I was in the air again and knocked all of them out but the leader and the one who shot me.
I grabbed the guy's hand and crushed it. He screamed and I chopped him on his neck. Picking up the gun, I looked at the gang leader and pointed it at him.
"Leave now, and never form this gang again. None of them are dead, but if you try anything again, you will all die." I said, still pointing the gun at his head. I expected him to say something and go down with the rest of his gang, but he turned around and ran.
Once again, I sighed and pocketed the gun. I turned around to the girl and looked down at her. She was shivering and looked frightened.
"You okay?" I asked, reaching out my hand to help her up. She nodded and took my hand reluctantly.
"Come on, I'll walk you home. I don't think it would be very safe for you to go alone." I said, pulling her up. She just looked at me, still crying. But she nodded and we walked out of the avenue. I scowled. He had smashed the thing of milk and it was now running off into the sewers.
She looked down at it, and sighed.
"Well, better it then you. Right?" I said half-happily. She just nodded. It was pouring and we both were drenched. "Come on, lets go. But you have to lead, I have no idea where you live."
"Alright." She murmured, holding my hand. We started walking to her house, but I noticed that she was glancing around every-so-often. I couldn't blame her. I just hoped that Mister Gang Leader didn't come back with more people.
We were walking in silence when suddenly I somehow ran into a light pole and fell down, clutching nose. Jennifer burst out laughing.
"Did I just hit pole!?" I said angrily, amazed that I ran nose-first into a pole.
Still giggling, "Yep, and fell flat on your butt." She said.
"Haha, very funny. Let's just get you home." I said irritably. I wasn't mad at her, I was annoyed at my own foolishness. I just took down a good sized gang, but a pole was able to knock me flat on my ass!
"Alright." She said. When we finally reached it, I saw a sign above the door that said "Inn". Either they lived at an inn or they can't spell right. I hoped it was the first thing.
She was about to open the door, when it flew open on it's own. And for the second time that night, I found myself on my rear. Jennifer again burst out laughing, but this time almost fell over.
"Oh my goodness, Jennifer! Where have you been!? And who's that?" A woman in the doorway asked. I blushed from embarrassment and got up.
"W.well, I kind of got…um..attacked." Jennifer said softly, looking down.
"Oh no, are you okay!?" The lady asked, hugging the girl.
"Ye..yes, I'm f..fine. Just a bit….." She said, but was unable to find the word she was looking for.
"Frightened?" I said.
"Yeah." She sighed, hugging her mother back.
"But that still doesn't answer who he is!" She said, pointing at me.
"He..he's the reason I'm alright. He k..kind of appeared out of no where when this g..gang attacked me and took them out. All on his own." Jennifer said, stuttering a little. She was also still glancing around a bit. I rolled my eyes.
"W.what? You took out a gang all on your own!?" The lady said, her eyes widening.
"Well, yes." I said, rubbing the back of my head and grinning. The next thing I knew, the lady was hugging me and thanking me. Wow, did that creepy me out.
"Thank you so much. Why don't you stay here tonight, it's a bit wet out and you look….no scratch that, sound hungry." She said gratefully as my stomach growled at me again.
"I don't know." I said, unsure of what to do now. I had absolutely no clue what to say to that.
"Well, I'll at least take you home. If that gang comes back after you, they'll undoubtedly have more people with them." She said.
"Ummm, well. That's not really a problem but,….." I started, unsure of what would happen if I said I didn't really live in a house.
"Why not? It's not too much trouble." She said.
"Yeah, why not?" Jennifer asked.
"Well, you see…..hmmm. How do I put this lightly? I kind of live in a factory." I said sheepishly.
"You what!?" They both yelled at the same time. End result, I stuck my finger in my ear and twisted it a bit. They are loud!
"But what about your parents!?"
"Ummmm, I don't really have any." I muttered, again rubbing the back of head.
"Fine, you'll stay here." Jennifer's mother said sternly. I knew that she was not going to let me go, at least not without a fight.
"But-." I started, but she glared at me. That glare scared me.
"You're staying, and that's final. I don't think Jennifer has any problems with it, do you?" She glared sternly at me.
"Of course not. I don't mind." Jennifer said happily. Again, creepy. I just got pulled into a family and now I'm stuck in it.
I sighed. "Fine. I don't think I have choice now anyways."
"Yeaaa!" Jennifer squealed happily.
End flashback
It was one of the weirdest things that has ever happened to me, but It did help me out a bit. I'm glad I left, they've done too much for me to let them get hurt. But back to the task at hand. Reaching the factory I pulled out my upgraded version of the overbike, adequately named, the overcycle. It looked more like a motorcycle anyway. I got on it and rode off. I wanted to put as much distance between me and Jennifer. I wanted her safe.
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Well, I explained something Jennifer said in the end of the last chapter. I overall like this chapter, but the next chapter will be a bombshell. Well, anyway, I'll have chapter 5 up about a week after chapter 18 is released in my other story Code: Oblivion. But first I have another one-shot to do. See yea.