THE POWER IN ME

PROLOGUE

The place seemed creepy when she was alone. Naomi Waters locked the door to the small library and headed for the parking lot which was out back. She shivered as a cold wind whipped her brown hair around. She buttoned up her jacket and walked faster to her car.
She was about to unlock her car when she heard footsteps nearby. She didn't dare turn around, afraid of what she might see.. She froze, " Who's there?" she called out but there was no answer.
Thinking she was imagining things, she opened the door and was about to climb into the drivers seat when a large hand clamped over her mouth and she was dragged away from her car. She tried to scream, but the sound was lost behind the hand. She kicked backwards at her attacker, managing to kick him in the shins. The attacker grunted but still kept dragging her away. Naomi dropped her purse and the attacker threw her roughly to the ground.
" Who are you?" she cried as a figure stepped into the streetlight. He was dressed in black and his face covered with a ski mask.
" It doesn't matter who I am," the attacker said, " because I'm the last thing you'll ever see." And then he held up a knife, its blade glinted cruelly in the dark. She gasped and her face went white. Whoever this man was, was going to kill her. But for what? And why? She hadn't done anything to upset anybody!
He must know about you, a voice whispered in her head, he knows what you really are. And she shuddered.
" Say goodbye," her attacker snarled before lunging down with the knife. Naomi closed her eyes, ready for the stabbing pain. But it didn't come. She opened her eyes again just in time to see the attacker fall to the ground. Naomi squinted into the darkness to see her attacker rolling around on the ground with someone.
" Who are you?" her attacker shouted, furious for being interrupted. He stood up and the other man stood up also. Naomi saw that her rescuer was larger than the attacker and wore a trench coat and fedora hat which covered his fast. He held a weapon of some kind in his hand.
" You better go now before things get ugly," her rescuer threatened but the assailant stood his ground, " Who do you think you are interrupting me like that? Don't you know this girl has to be terminated?"
" She's just a girl," her rescuer retorted before they started struggling for the attacker's knife. In the process, the attacker knocked of her rescuer's hat and the attacker gasped, " Never mind who are you. What are you?"
The rescuer just growled in response and the attacker ran off into the night.
" T-thanks," Naomi said shakily after a moment's silence. Her rescuer helped her up.
" Are you ok?" he asked abruptly.
" yeah," she massaged her shoulder, " What's your name?"
" I'm glad you're okay," the man said and with that, he took off.
Naomi shrugged and climbed into the safety of her car and drove home. Who had wanted to kill her? And who had rescued her? She was going to find out…one way or another.

" Where've you been?" Leonardo demanded his brother half an hour later. Rah had disappeared sometime after dinner, which was just like him. These days, Raph left the den without any explanation. He sure was moody these days-more than usual.
" Walking," Raph answered as he hung up his coat and hat.
" It looks to me as if you've been fighting," Leo noticed the small cut on Raph's face.
Raph sighed. You could hide nothing from Leo, " For your information I saved a girl from being attacked tonight," he explained.
Leo's face softened, " Is she okay?"
Raph nodded, " Yeah I made sure she left all right, but this guy sure wanted to kill her."
" Then why did you let him go?" Leo asked and Raph rolled his eyes. Jeez, he never did anything right. He opened his mouth to argue but Leo just sighed, " Never mind, at least the girl is safe."
" For now," Raph muttered as he stormed off to his room. He was starting to feel guilty about letting the attacker go. The attacker obviously knew the girl and could easily try and kill her again.
" Damn!" Raph growled as he went back the coat rack and donned on his disguise. He was going to find the attacker before the attacker found the girl. Or it might be his fault if the girl was killed.
How are you supposed to know what this attacker looked like? he asked himself, he had a ski mask over his face.
Raph went back to the building on Fifth Avenue and learned it was actually a library called Fifth Avenue Public Library and it was closed for the night. He decided to go in the direction the attacker headed. He couldn't be too far off.
I will find him…if it takes me all night, I'll find him! Raph vowed.