Chapter one: Accidents happen.
Most night's people stare up at the star's wondering what could be beyond the world they live in. Or what other intelligent life could be out their amongst the star's. Not any people pay attention to the fact that its a empty void that could hold horrors beyond life's imagination. Amanda Henshaw. High school freshmen. A brilliant minded girl at 16 years of age with a love of history. Has a affinity for science, Loved exploring the unknown and wonders of the world. She had a very tight grasp on astronomy and a light hearted love for comedy as a side hobby. And I forgot to mention. That Amanda Henshaw is me.
My life is ordinary. I go to school I talk amongst my friends. And I spend most weekends enjoying my time with my family. My family is another important bit of information. My mother bless her has been serving 35 years in the navy. She's getting close to retirement. My youngest sister Rachel is just starting middle school and has a very vivid imagination. I'm usually the one to take care of her since I'm old enough to basically drive. My sister is 8 and 2 months. She's maybe skipped a grade because of advance education skills.
My Dad was the genius of the family. Married my mom when she was pregnant with me. I only knew him for a few years before he suddenly vanished. He worked for a advanced technologies company I don't even remember the name of. And he was good at his work. One day they came in to find his lab in ruin signs of what appears to have been a struggle. People assumed he was kidnapped or killed. What ever the reason. We never saw him again. Our mom has been raising us on her own ever since.
I am thanks full my sister wasn't born yet at the time. She didn't have to go threw the same pain mom and I go threw every year. But I turned out alright. I focused on things to keep myself occupied. I even would take up activities with my mother when she asked of it. She has a love for golf in her weekends. I would end up going to play a game or two with her. Rachel always got upset cause she couldn't come. But doing things like that kept us from thinking about what was lost. And I just starting high school with my friends.
Something I have been excited for. It means new experience's. New possible friends and I might be able to meet a some one. I was out shopping for school cloths and maybe looking for a few things to make a statement. It's been rather rough fitting in with crowds in the past. Especially towards the end of middle school. This bully named Christina Yankton became such a pain. Her adoptive father was a high ranking official at some company I wont bother remembering. And she started acting as is every thing belonged to her or if it wasn't it was going to.
She was cruel and ran pretty much every thing in the last year. She was going to be a pain to what ever high school he went to. I was praying she wouldn't be going to mine. She's already made a impression to me that she's a princess of evil. If not the queen already. But as I said before new school new start. Mom was with Rachel at her soccer practice and I was allowed to be on my own outside the house now. Going to the store always calmed me down. I wasn't a heavy spender thou. I learned early about managing my self.
It was towards the end of the shopping trip and i'm pretty much set for my school start. I have all my cloths and a few extra accessories to spend on my self. I walked out the store to start walking home. I usually take a short walk considering I don't make a habit of sweating when I get home. But today I decided to take the longer route. It cute threw the west end parks and playgrounds. And it was a rather nice view. I was about to cross the street when my phone went off.
"Hello yes?" I figured it was my mother and I was correct. "Amy we are going to be running a little late. Your sister hurt her leg and I took her to get checked. Theirs some left over Pizza in the fridge when you get home." I was saddened that they would be late but relieved that lil Rachel was ok. "Alright mom. I'm cutting threw the parks now." I started crossing the road not realizing a truck was heading this way. I'm talking about a truck used for transporting goods not a flat bed truck.
I wasn't paying much attention. I knew I had the right away because there was a few people crossing with me. I was pretty much done hanging out the phone when suddenly every thing was turned upside down. I didn't see what had happened. I didn't even understand what happened. I noticed people gathering and I heard shouting. I noticed my arms was hurting and my foot was numb as well as the sound around me muffled a little.
I was starting to pick myself up when I heard a loud metal crunching. I turned to see a car colliding with the back of the truck. The latch flew off and some containers with what looked like biohazard symbols came off the back end. I managed to cover my face and head till the noise was subsided. I could hear people gasping and a few screaming but I wasn't fully aware why. All I did was look at the wreck to understand.
The truck had a big W on the side and the back end was basically crunched. The car that ran into it was bright red and It looked like the driver was ok. I started standing up again. the pain in my arm was still their and my foot was working just numb and tingling. A police officer that showed up noticing me getting up and came to check. She was very nice thou I never caught her name. "Are you ok. That was a very nasty crash. Looks like that truck hit you good to." I looked at her puzzled.
I looked down at my arm and saw a small red corner like mark on my forearm close to my shoulder. "I'm fine it's not broken just sore and my foot seems a little sprained but other then that I seem fine" I wasn't really hurting. I didn't know how to explain it but I was pretty much fine. Thou my sprained foot ment I wasn't going to be walking home. It was also then that I noticed my bags weren't with me. The officer noticed my look and when she saw the bags around the ground she gathered them up with some help from the crowd.
"I'll have my partner take you home you just relax." She handed me my bags after which she checked me over making sure I was ok then went to check the other people involved. Another officer came and took me to their care. After that nothing much happened. We drove to my house where my mom and Rachel where already their. The officer got down with me and took me to the front door. When my mom answered she seemed relieved.
After she was sure I was ok she talked to the officer who explained to her the situation. I had left my bags down stairs and gone up to my room. I wasn't feeling to well for some reason. I felt like I needed to lay down. "Are you going to be ok?" Rachel saw me walking up to my room and I nodded. "I'll be fine lil bean i'm just tired from the events today." I smiled and left to my room. No sooner had I closed the door did I fall onto my bed sweating. I just didn't feel right. I felt like I was walking on water the whole time.
I laid in bed trying to control my breathing. Telling myself I was ok. My first day of class was tomorrow and I just had a accident. Not a good way to start my high school education off. It was getting worse to. I wasn't able to stop from heating up and I was starting to feel like a ocean was surrounding me. The last thing I remembered before I blacked out was that My friend Taylor was going to be worried sick about me.
I didn't remember falling asleep I didn't remember the phone ringing. All I remember was the blackness. I was in a dark void. Nothing was there not even light. I was floating in nothing. There was no walls, or indications of any kind that I was in any kind of dream. But I knew it was. I could feel the pain in my arm and in my foot. Where the truck had connected with me and where my foot landed first on the ground. That was the most likely scenario here. That was the only thing I knew for certain was their.
I just laid their floating upright in silence with nothing but those feelings keeping me company. Then after what felt like minutes I could hear a faint hissing. Something was coming my way. The darkness was still there. I couldn't really see anything. "Why are you in pain?" I could hear a hissing at the end of the question. What ever it was or who ever it was could see me but I couldn't see it. I didn't respond at first because I was unsure.
"Why are you in pain?" I knew it was talking to me. It sounded puzzled as to why I could possibly be in and type of injured state. I thought back to the accident to the reason why my pain was there. And before I could answer it's question it spoke again "I see. You where hurt by a fast moving metal creature." It spoke as if it didn't even know what a care was. "A truck correct? That's what you call it. I nodded my head since I was sure it could see me.
I suddenly felt something wrapping around my whole arm and foot. It didn't feel normal it felt like some kind of webbing or liquid that quickly stiffened then faded away. "Pain should be gone by now." It seemed certain that it was. And it was right. It didn't hurt any more. It felt like the accident didn't even happen at all. "You'll be waking soon. Careful with our body. We may be able to repair the damage when we sleep but during the day you can still be in danger." When it said our body that caught my attention.
This wasn't something that was dream related this was part of me. This was a version of me. I didn't even know who they where or what to call them. I could only hear them and before and after each sentence a kind of hissing sound. I didn't understand it. I was curious as to what it was and what was going on. "Wake and be careful. They will come to ask questions. don't answer they will know." And with that they suddenly left.
I was once again left in the darkness. With more questions rather then answers. The only thought I had was that the accident really messed with me. I had no idea what was going on and I was a little concerned I may had suffered a concussion from the crash. I didn't have much time to dwell on it because pretty soon I heard a loud hissing right in my head that shook me to my core. After that I woke up to my alarm going off and my mom pounding on my door