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A Familiar Face
Michelle
clung tight onto Sean as they saw William's body being taken into the ambulance
van. Sean began to cry with Michelle. They had already seen what had happened
in the greenhouse. They were all dead. Every single one of them. The only
witness there was to be was William. But now he was dead. And there was no
actual evidence of who broke in and killed William and the girls.
"I'm sorry,
dear." Said Sean hugging his wife harder and shutting his eyes tight.
Minutes
later the police and ambulance left the scene.
Elsewhere……………
"Follow me
and stay close. Okay?" I said to the small girl that flew by my side in the
dark sky.
"Okay." She
replied, "Who were those monsters at the house?"
"I…….I
don't know. Can you remember?" I said. I looked at her and she shook her head.
The two of us stop by a nearby building where we sit on the balcony, close
together. The view is so beautiful in the night's sky. And the sky feels so
windy, as if it likes me, "So, what's your name?" I asked the little girl. She
stared at me with a confused look.
"I……I don't
know. I guess I don't have one." She replied.
"Okay. I'll
give you one. " I said. I tried to think of a name for the young girl. For some
reason, I felt that she always acted like me and talked like me. I have no idea
why this thought spawns into my mind. Still, I try to think of a name. And then
it snapped me. It was the perfect name for her beauty, "Sarah." Sarah gave a
smile and hugged me. I felt that she loved it very much, and loved me for
giving it to her.
Sarah and I
stand on the balcony floor quietly. Seconds later I hear someone coming from
inside the building. I cover Sarah's mouth and tell her to stay where she is
and not move from her spot. I was going to see who was coming.
Tai walked
in the living room, after heaving heard a noise from outside. Tai wasn't as
sensitive as this before. After having witnessed Sora's death in his arms he
couldn't sleep that night. Memories of Sora never left him. They kept coming to
him, over and over again repeatedly. Tai went to the sliding door leading
outside to the balcony. He moved the curtains out of the way and quickly slid
the door open.
I jumped as
I heard the door slide open behind me. I turned around and came face to face
with a stranger. No, he wasn't a stranger. I've met him. I used to be with him.
I used to love him. But why? Who was he? Why do I feel that he knows me?
Tai gasped
as he saw Sora. A different Sora………….a purple skinned Sora.
"SORA?!?!?!?!?!?"
Tai said to Sora, "YOU'RE ALIVE!?!?!?!?!?!?!"
I fall into
a trance. The voice sends echoes into my body and mind. They have heard the
voice before. I just look at him with full shock. Sweat runs down my head, I
feel myself heating up. I do what I can only do. Run.
"SORA! COME
BACK!" I run across the balcony floor, taking Sarah's hand as I pass her and
fly off in the sky as fast as I can, closing my eyes all the way.
Tai watched
as Sora flew off in the sky. He then Kari coming outside.
"Tai, what
wrong?" Kari said concerned about Tai.
"Sora's
alive……." Tai said, "We have to tell the others."
The visions
and memories of the stranger wash away from my mind, but I wonder for how long.
"The
sisters are gone. William is dead. And we don't know what we are, Sarah." I
said to Sarah.
"Please
don't be sad." She said.
"If I could
be what William wanted me to be……if I knew what he wanted……….if I knew what we
were…….." I said.
"Can I call
you 'Mom'?" Sarah said. At first I look at her with a shocked face. But then
after thinking about all I did was smile.
"Yes,
Sarah. You can call me 'Mom'."
"I'm
hungry, Mom."
"It's
alright, Sarah. The sun will be up soon. We have to go back to the house. There
are things I must do."
The next
day……….
Morning……….
Odaiba
Airport………
"Two
tickets for Gotham City, please." I said.
"Certainly,
dear." The man looked at my eyes and gasped, "Uh…….."
"Is there
something wrong?" I asked.
"I don't to
pry or anything, but, are you wearing contacts?" he said.
"Contacts?"
I replied. The man smiled at me.
"Well,
dear, I've never seen anyone with real violet eyes before. I've heard about
them, but………."
"They
aren't common?" I asked. The man smiled again and chuckled. He looked away from
me picked up the two tickets from his desk.
"If you
don't count Liz Taylor, ha-ha. But I've never……." I immediately changed the color
of my eyes to hazel, "…….ever…….oh. I. I'm sorry. I thought. Uh. Here are your
tickets."
"Thank
you." I said.
I fastened
Sarah's seat belt as the plane took off. Outside the fingers of the trees
clutch the sky, scratch the air, drag at the wind…..anticipating. Appearance is
the simplest thing. Pigment and petal only. Red. Green. Black. Wondering what I
seek……….an end to ignorance? A remedy or counterweight to William's lost
breathing? He was so gentle. So much greenness. So much world. Hour by hour I
fall into, remember more of the humanity; its customs, its habits, its dreams.
Sarah could scarcely fly the miles. I took what I needed. The names, the
photographs. Money. Some clothes. Memories that blow about me like down in a
breeze. Three names:
Jason
Woodrue
Pamela
Isley
And
Alec
Holland
Leafless,
black against the sky, the tree fingers tug forlornly at the wind.
To be
continued……………..
You can
probably guess who Sora's gonna meet in Gotham City. But before she encounters
our dark knight, she'll also bump into a stranger. In the next chapter I won't
reveal who the stranger is, but I'm going to give you hints of who it is. One
clue I can give you now is that the character is a Vertigo character (ie from
DC Comics Vertigo). The seventh chapter will be called 'The Chain Smoker'. I'd
like to see if any of you can identify the stranger.
Maybe I was
a bit harsh when I said I wanted 30 reviews. Right now I'll only ask for about,
I dunno, 35 reviews maybe?
Please
review and let me know what you think so far.