Part 1

Part 1

Thinking About Getting A New Pet

"Hey, Alex, hi!" said a happy-go-lucky Serena. Alex moaned.

"Go away, ok? I'm not having a good day…"

"What's the problem, Alex? You sick?"

"No, you're the problem that's what! Why don't you go and bother your dumb boyfriend or something?" Alex said. Serena frowned.

"Geez! Ya must be havin' a reeeaaally bad day! What happened?"

"None of your business, ok?" Serena stepped back.

"Well, excuuuuuuuse me, Miss Moody! I was just trying to be nice and help out! I'll just be on my way!" Sticking her nose in the air, she sharply turned and walked away. After taking three steps, she turned back to Alex. "And his name is Darien, and he's not dumb!"

"Whatever…just go, ok? Looking at you is making me sick…" Serena turned red.

"Ya know, you're worse than Raye, Alex!" She stuck her tongue out at Alex, turned and walked away. Alex sneered. She wasn't having a good day. Well, she did really dislike Serena and Darien, so it wasn't everyday that she wasn't mean to them. She reached into her backpack and took out a piece of paper. Staring at it with anger, she crumbled it up and tossed it on the ground. Sticking her hands into her pockets, she walked away from her school, the Foreign Exchange Student Private Academy, which she had just been let out of, and made her way towards her home. She hated school. She hated it even more than Serena. She wished that she could just go back in time and shoot the guy who created school right now. But she knew it was for her own good, and she needed an education for the future. She sighed and looked up at the clouds. Suddenly, she heard footsteps behind her, running. She recognized those footsteps. They were the steps of her dear best friend, Sammy. She had been living with Sammy and her parents since she was five when her father died. Sammy was like a sister to her, and she knew that when she was having a bad day, Sammy could always turn her frown upside down.

"Hiya Alex! How was school?" Sammy said in a cheery voice, slowing her pace to a walk when she reached her friend's side.

"Don't ask!" Alex replied.

"Oh, you dropped this!" she said, pulling out the crumbled ball of paper. Alex's eyes widened. "What is it, Alex?" she asked, uncrumbling the wrinkled paper.

"It's nothing! Give it to me!" Alex leapt for the paper, but Sammy was always quicker, being younger than she was. She opened it up and saw the big red mark on the paper. Alex winced as Sammy gasped in horror. The surprised girl turned to her friend, who was blushing.

"Alex," she started, "have you seen this?" Alex nodded her head. Sammy looked back down at the paper in disbelief.

"But…how could you have done so bad, I mean, you studied all night for this thing!"

"I don't know, Sammy!" she said, frustrated. "I know I studied all night for that test, but when I entered the classroom, my memory went blank!" She grabbed her hair, ready to pull it out. Sammy looked at her friend.

"You read comic books again, didn't you?" Alex looked into her eyes, letting go of her hair.

"Ya can tell that easily?"

"Alex," Sammy said, handing her the paper, "knowing you, I think I'd know." She put an arm around Alex's shoulders.

"But I did study for it! I really did! Don't you believe me?"

"Just forget it! What's done is done. Now come on! Let's put this whole matter behind us and go get some ice cream. It's on me!" Alex smiled.

"Thanks, Sam," she said, tossing the paper casually over her shoulder and placing her arm around Sammy's shoulder. The two friends walked off, happily chatting, leaving the paper with the big red "D" behind.

~~~

Tokyo Street. One of the busiest roads in the city of Tokyo. The sides of the street were filled with stores, and it was probably home to all the dirty, homeless, and crazy people in Japan. Alex and Sammy were walking down the left sidewalk, heading for the ice cream shop. On their way over, they passed a pet shop full of cute little animals: cats, dogs, mice, rabbits, gerbils, hamsters, anything, you name it. This shop was called Animal Town, and it was one of the top selling pet shops in all of Tokyo. As they passed by, Sammy noticed a little black kitten with a white underside in the window. She stopped and looked at the kitten.

"Awww, how sweet! It's sooo cute! Hey there, little kitty, how ya doing?" Alex grabbed her by her shirtsleeve and tried to pull her away.

"No, Sammy, don't even think about it!"

"But Aleeeeeeeex, how can you resist a face like that?" she said, pointing at the kitten as it pawed at the glass display window, looking at Alex with pleading eyes that begged her to take it home. Alex had to agree it was a pretty cute kitten. But, she had to stay strong; she had to stay the leader.

"Not today, Sammy. You already have a cat…" After about five minutes of arguing, Sammy finally gave up, following Alex to the ice cream shop, and leaving the poor little kitten behind, watching them go…

~~~

Where am I? In the darkness of an alley, two bloodshot blue eyes were glowing, half closed with sleepiness, half-opened with fear.

What am I? The eyes darted back and forth, tracking every sound that was made in the darkness.

Who am I? What am I doing here? The thing was just full of questions. It had just appeared in this alley two hours before, with no idea of who it was or where it came from, no memory of its past…just the explosions and screaming that it constantly heard in its mind, echoing forever and ever, driving it insane. It covered its small head with its hands…no, they were not hands, but something else…what was it? Fur. It had fur. Claws. Claws for defense. Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, it had all the requirements to be counted as a creature, a living thing. But what was it? The only thing it could remember were the screams…and the explosions…and the blood…the pain, the suffering…the death. It just kept on playing back in its mind…forever, never stopping…but it had no idea of what they meant…

No…please stop…please stop now…It shook its head back and forth, trying to shake away the memories, the blank memories. What were these sounds? Had it heard them before? She, had she heard them before? That was it! It was a female, and a creature, a living, breathing creature…but what? She got up on her feet, all wet and sweaty from laying there in the dirt for hours, never moving, just waiting…waiting for IT to come…IT…what was IT? She knew she had a reason to be on this earth…but what was it? She had no memories whatsoever of her past…she had no family…no friends…only IT…but where was IT? She knew her mission, it was to find out what IT was…and destroy IT. Yes! Destroy IT! IT! The IT that was doing this to her, making her suffer, like a defenseless animal!…an animal…what that what she was? Who was IT? Why was IT doing this to her?! She was going insane!!! The screams, the pain, the suffering, the death!

Make it go away! she thought, Make it go away, now! PLEASE! SOMEONE! HELP ME!!! But no one helped her, and she couldn't make it go away herself…no one could make it go away…only IT could.

HELP MEEEEEEEE!!! She screamed, burying her head into the soft moist ground, the sounds never ending, always echoing in her head. Then, lifting her head out of the earth, her eyes shot wide open, and she looked around, panting. It was gone, the awful sounds were gone! She had done it! But how? Had she done it herself, or had IT done it for her? Who was this IT? She knew that IT was the enemy, and she had to find IT and destroy…destroy…kill IT…why?

I'm so confused…she thought sadly, making her way out of the alley and into the light. This was making no sense…the sounds…her lost memory…all she could remember was IT…the black light…the black evil…the black evil which she had to destroy…destroy…destroy…

~~~

"OH YEAH!!!" cheered Sammy, jumping back from the arcade machine. "570,455 points!" She turned to Alex, who was licking her ice cream with a casual look on her face. Putting her hands on her hips, Sammy said, "Try and beat that, Ms. Champion! Think ya can top that?" Alex laughed, handing her friend her ice cream and putting her hands on the controls.
"Is the sky blue? Just watch me." She stuck in a quarter, and the game began. A screen came up. Choose a Difficulty Level. Beginner, Intermediate, Expert. Alex moved the joystick down twice. Sammy sighed.
"You always pick expert!"
"That's because that's what I am," Alex said with a smile. The game had begun. Sammy watched as Alex began to shoot enemies all over the place. Her speed and agility were incredible. Sure, she had played this game before, but not this good. Must have been the bad mood she was in that pumped her up. Alex always loved a good challenge. Sammy kept her eyes on the score counter.
100,530 points were on the counter, and she had only just started the game. She was good, very good. Sammy knew from the start that Alex was going to beat her, but she just wanted Alex to have fun.
250,895 points. She was having a bad day, and whenever Alex had a bad day, it was up to her to cheer her up.
367,485 points. That's why she stopped at the pet shop, to see if she could get Alex a kitten. Alex needed a pet, to take care of and love. Sure, she had their cat at home, but he was more of her cat than Alex's. Besides, Alex didn't even like their cat that much. She had always wondered why not…
520, 210 points.
"Hey, look! You're almost there!" Sammy said, jumping up and down. Alex was pushing buttons here and there, vaporizing every enemy that came in her way.
"Come on, Alex!" Sammy cheered, and Alex shushed her.
"Keep quiet! I'm almost there!" she said, pushing the shoot button and moving the joystick around as fast as she could. Sammy began counting the points out loud for Alex.
"570, 425…570, 435…570, 445…" Alex began to growl at the game as the boss came onto the screen. It raised its arm and shot something off the screen, and an enemy came from behind Alex and hit her. The words GAME OVER flashed on the screen. Alex cursed, slamming her fists on the control panel. Sammy handed Alex her ice cream.
"Hey, maybe next time!"
"Yeah, I guess so…" said Alex gloomily.
"Come on, let's get going, it's almost closing time." Sammy grabbed Alex by the arm and pulled her out of the store.
"Maybe if we hurry, we can check out Animal Town!"
"Animal Town!?" Alex said, pulling her arm free from Sammy's grip.
"Animal Town? Why go there? We're not getting a pet, if that's what you're thinking."
"Aw, come on, Alex! Why not?"
"Because you already have one!" she said, turning around and walking away.
"No, that's not what I mean!" Sammy yelled, running to catch up with Alex. "What I mean is, YOU need a pet."
"What!?" Alex said in disbelief. "No thank you!"
"Come on Alex! Ya know ya need one!"
"NO! It's enough that we have to take care of your cat!"
"But you know he'd love to have a friend, ya know, another cat, not just humans, around the house!"
"Sammy, we are not getting another cat. Their too expensive, end of subject."
"But…" Sammy started, a sad look on her face.
"Besides, ya know I'm allergic to cats!" Sammy stopped walking and smiled, rolling her eyes into the back of her head.
"Yeah right, uh huh. Sure, whatever!"
"You say something?" Alex said, not bothering to turn around.
"No!" said Sammy, running toward Alex.

~~~

Closing time. The time every human in the store would go home and watch TV, eat dinner, or work on something they had to get done. It was also the time for animal to go to sleep…all animals, except for one…the creature with the blue eyes ran as fast as it could down the sidewalk, tears streaming in its eyes…where was she? Where had she come from? All the blank memories had worked up tears in her eyes, and she was on the brink of just breaking down and crying.
She needed a shoulder to cry on…a friend to be there for her…but she had none…no one…she kept on running, she had been running for hours now…she had stepped on everything possible, and her feet were beginning to bleed. The blood…she left a trail of blood behind her now…for anything to follow…her paws were sore, and she was extremely tired. The pain, the suffering she was feeling right now.
She had to find someone…she had to find someone who could help her…but who? Who would be kind enough to help her right now? She stopped running and looked at her paws…the blood…the crimson red blood that crusted to the pads on her feet…her paws…she heard something coming from her side, something big and red and fast speeding towards her. She turned to face it…the lights…the white lights…shining on her…what were they…was it time for her to go…to leave this world…the lights…the blinding lights…suddenly, something beeped, it came from the large object approaching her…a squeaking of tires as the object tried to come to a stop…the creature stared at it in amazement, then fear struck her, as she tried to get out of the way, but the front of the object was low, and it hit her…but not hard enough to kill her. She was thrown back half a foot, shocked by the impact the object inflicted upon her. She got up as fast as she could and ran, just as a man stepped out of the object, watching the creature flee away from him.
"Poor thing…hope it's all right…" he said with a sigh, getting back into the object, closing the door, and putting his foot on the gas pedal. The creature stopped running when she reached the other side of the sidewalk…panting…the pain she felt in her side…she turned to look at it, and it didn't look too bad…it was bleeding a little, but it wasn't that bad…she hoped that none of her bones were broken…she was tough, she had to admit…she was tough…but how could she, a small creature…survive such a great hit as that one? There must have been something more about her…something special she had, but did not know she had…something that IT had given her…IT…the sound…the painful memories…were coming back to her…she took a couple steps forward, then threw herself to the ground, underneath a tree.
No! Please stop! No more! Please! Please. Please…she kept repeating, until she could not repeat it any more, and passed out from all the pain…

~~~ End of Part One

AUTHOR'S NOTE: So, whatdya think of this one? I think it's better than the prologue, cuz it finally gets a little bit more interesting. I know there are some parts in here that you read and just ask yourself, "Why on earth did she put THAT in there?" Well, the truth is, I don't know…