Heres chapter one...
Stop: Part 1
"Hallie, honey, come on, or you'll be late!" Hilde yelled up the stairs.
It had been seven years since Hallie Rose Schbeiker was born. Seven years since she'd seen Duo, and she was absolutely positive he was out of her life forever. She remembered the look on his face when she'd showed up on his doorstep, two police officers at her sides, wanting him to sign the divorce papers.
A month after the divorce, Hilde had discovered that Duo had been arrested for illegal drug use, and thrown in the colony prison.
After that, Hilde and Hallie had taken the first shuttle available out of the L2 Colony, and down to Earth to live. Hilde and Hallie how lived in a comfortable, one-story condo in California.
"Coming, mom!" Hallie yelled and ran down the hall to greet her waiting mother. She wore a black tee shirt, with a cute purple skirt. Her midnight colored hair was done in two pigtails, almost reaching her waist.
She reached up and grabbed her lunch box from the counter and kissed her mother on the cheek before running out to the waiting school bus. Hilde leaned on the doorframe, watching her daughter pull away in the large yellow bus.
Before she headed inside, Hilde noticed a strange looking black Honda sitting on the side of the road, two houses down. All of it's windows were tinted so dark, Hilde might have guessed there was a celebrity inside. She stared at the dark, and suspicious looking car before finally entering her house.
"That's peculiar..." she muttered to herself, closing the front door. The mysterious black car started suddenly, and drove off in the opposite direction.
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Hide hummed a cheerful song as she walked down the narrow hallway, her basket of fresh laundry clutched in her hands. She was just sitting down to seperate and fold it, when a knock came at the door.
"Quatre!" she exclaimed, opening the door and finding him standing there.
After Hallie was born, Hilde came home to find Quatre in the hallway closet. He had a small cut above his right eye, and he was tied up, but no permanent damage was done to him. It seemed like Duo had just suprised him, gotten the information he had been looking for, tied him up, and tossed him in this closet.
"Hey Hilde! How's Hallie?" he asked, slowly stepping into the house.
"Oh she's fine, at school right now. What brings you here?"
Quatre's face suddenly became unusually serious and Hilde looked at him curiously. Quatre only became serious when something terrible had happened. Quatre reached behind him and closed the front door.
"What's wrong...?"
"Hilde, I've just heard on the news...there's been a prison break on L2."
Hilde's eyes widened slightly. "How many people got loose?"
Quatre cast his gaze to the sky-blue carpet, but quickly looked into Hilde's worried face with a reassuring look in his eyes.
"There was only one escape. A tall male, short brown hair. That's all they said to describe him, so I doubt it's him..." Quatre said the last part quickly, seeing the slightly panicked look on Hilde's face.
"Just watch out for yourself, alright?" he asked, turning to leave.
Hilde reached a hand out to stop him. "Are you sure you don't want a cup of coffee or anything?"
Quatre politely declined her offer. "Sorry, but I've got to catch the next shuttle up to L2."
Hilde nodded and let go of his arm as Quatre opened the door. She watched him step off the porch and climb into the waiting limo and drive off. A sudden chill made it's way down Hilde's back, and she looked around the quiet neighborhood, before going inside and closing the door.
As she sat down to continue with her laundry, she couldn't shake the unpleasant feeling that it was in fact Duo who had escaped from L2. Halfway through her laundry, Hilde reached over and switched on the television to the news channel. She sat watching it for a while, until a report on the L2 prison break came on.
"Officials do not know how the man escaped from the prison, but for now, we can at least give you a more detailed description of the man. He is tall, around six feet, with dark blue eyes and short brown hair..."
Hilde breathed a sigh of relief, hearing this. She almost hummed as she folded the rest of the laundry and brought it upstairs to put away.
Ten minutes later, she was dressed and ready to go to the supermarket for a while. Afterwards, she would pick up Hallie from school. As she left the house, she did not hear the announcer, still talking about the escaped man, say something about contact lenses and the cutting of hair...
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Hallie bounded down the front steps of her school, her two long midnight pigtails boucing behind her. Her lunch pail swung from side to side as she walked across the grass and onto the sidewalk at the front of the school. She looked from side to side, wondering where her mother was, and sat down on the sidewalk.
Hallie looked up as her teacher walked up to her and sat down beside her.
"Hallie, where's your mother?" she asked, putting a hand on Hallie's shoulder.
"Oh, I'm sure she'll be here, she probably just got caught up in traffic."
"Are you sure you don't want a ride home?"
"Yeah, I know she'll he here."
Hallie waved to her teacher as she walked away, and returned her attention to the street infront of her.
At least fifteen minutes passed, and the schoolyard was just about empty, everyone gone home already. Hallie still sat there on the curb, waiting patiently. She began to twirl one of her long pigtails between her fingers, and look uneasily down the road.
'Where is she?' she wondered to herself, standing up to get a good look down the other road.
She suddenly looked up as an all black Honda pulled up right infront of her. The black tinted windows lowered slowly until a man could be seen inside, looking directly at Hallie.
He had short brown hair that fell into his face. She couldn't tell what color his eyes were, because they were hidden behind black sunglasses. The strange man grinned, and popped open the passenger's door for her to climb in. Hallie looked uneasily at the man and his dark appearance and began to back away.
"I-I was told never to go anywhere with strangers," Hallie stammered.
"Don't be afraid," the man said. "I was sent here by your mother. Her car's broken down by the supermarket so she called me and asked me to come and pick you up. Now, why don't you climb in, and I'll take you home where you belong."
The man grinned, almost evily, and Hallie thought it over for a moment. What if he was lying? And her mother had said never to go with strangers, even if they said they were there to help...but he did sound very convincing...
"Alright," Hallie said.
She climbed into the passenger's side of the car, and closed the door behind her. She didn't notice, however, her favorite hair clip fall from one of her braids, and land in the gutter. The man shifted gears rather roughly, and they sped away, down the road.
"Do you know where my house is? Do you need directions?" Hallie asked, eyeing the man with suspicion.
"Of course," the man said, and a small smirk grazed his face and he drove on.
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Hilde pushed her foot down on the gas, and the car sped on, as fast as the speed limit would let her go. She had gotten held up in some incredibly bad traffic, and she knew she was about a half an hour late from picking up Hallie. Hilde glared impatiently as she got stuck at another traffic light, and made a right toward Hallie's school.
Finally, Hilde pulled up to the empty schoolyard and looked around. There was no sign of her daughter anywhere, even though Hilde specifically told her to wait on the curb at the front of the school.
She took one last look around the almost deserted lawn, and drove off around the school to the parking lot.
"Hallie?" Hilde called, stepping out of her car. "Hallie!"
Fear began to creep in toward Hilde's heart. What if something happened to her? If that happened, she would probably never forgive herself. Hilde began to walk through the school yard, searching every empty crevice or space her daughter might be hiding.
Finally, she entered the front lawn, and she sat down upon the curb. Tears of worry threatened to spill from her cheeks. She didn't know where her daughter had gone, or if she was alright.
Something lying in the gutter caught her attention and she bent to pick it up.
It was Hallie's favorite hair clip.
Hilde turned it this way and that, letting the slowly fading afternoon sun shine on it, making it sparkle. She noticed a few of her daughter's midnight colored strands still attached to the metal clip and she clutched it close to her heart.
"Hallie...where are you...?"
*End Part 1*
Stop: Part 1
"Hallie, honey, come on, or you'll be late!" Hilde yelled up the stairs.
It had been seven years since Hallie Rose Schbeiker was born. Seven years since she'd seen Duo, and she was absolutely positive he was out of her life forever. She remembered the look on his face when she'd showed up on his doorstep, two police officers at her sides, wanting him to sign the divorce papers.
A month after the divorce, Hilde had discovered that Duo had been arrested for illegal drug use, and thrown in the colony prison.
After that, Hilde and Hallie had taken the first shuttle available out of the L2 Colony, and down to Earth to live. Hilde and Hallie how lived in a comfortable, one-story condo in California.
"Coming, mom!" Hallie yelled and ran down the hall to greet her waiting mother. She wore a black tee shirt, with a cute purple skirt. Her midnight colored hair was done in two pigtails, almost reaching her waist.
She reached up and grabbed her lunch box from the counter and kissed her mother on the cheek before running out to the waiting school bus. Hilde leaned on the doorframe, watching her daughter pull away in the large yellow bus.
Before she headed inside, Hilde noticed a strange looking black Honda sitting on the side of the road, two houses down. All of it's windows were tinted so dark, Hilde might have guessed there was a celebrity inside. She stared at the dark, and suspicious looking car before finally entering her house.
"That's peculiar..." she muttered to herself, closing the front door. The mysterious black car started suddenly, and drove off in the opposite direction.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hide hummed a cheerful song as she walked down the narrow hallway, her basket of fresh laundry clutched in her hands. She was just sitting down to seperate and fold it, when a knock came at the door.
"Quatre!" she exclaimed, opening the door and finding him standing there.
After Hallie was born, Hilde came home to find Quatre in the hallway closet. He had a small cut above his right eye, and he was tied up, but no permanent damage was done to him. It seemed like Duo had just suprised him, gotten the information he had been looking for, tied him up, and tossed him in this closet.
"Hey Hilde! How's Hallie?" he asked, slowly stepping into the house.
"Oh she's fine, at school right now. What brings you here?"
Quatre's face suddenly became unusually serious and Hilde looked at him curiously. Quatre only became serious when something terrible had happened. Quatre reached behind him and closed the front door.
"What's wrong...?"
"Hilde, I've just heard on the news...there's been a prison break on L2."
Hilde's eyes widened slightly. "How many people got loose?"
Quatre cast his gaze to the sky-blue carpet, but quickly looked into Hilde's worried face with a reassuring look in his eyes.
"There was only one escape. A tall male, short brown hair. That's all they said to describe him, so I doubt it's him..." Quatre said the last part quickly, seeing the slightly panicked look on Hilde's face.
"Just watch out for yourself, alright?" he asked, turning to leave.
Hilde reached a hand out to stop him. "Are you sure you don't want a cup of coffee or anything?"
Quatre politely declined her offer. "Sorry, but I've got to catch the next shuttle up to L2."
Hilde nodded and let go of his arm as Quatre opened the door. She watched him step off the porch and climb into the waiting limo and drive off. A sudden chill made it's way down Hilde's back, and she looked around the quiet neighborhood, before going inside and closing the door.
As she sat down to continue with her laundry, she couldn't shake the unpleasant feeling that it was in fact Duo who had escaped from L2. Halfway through her laundry, Hilde reached over and switched on the television to the news channel. She sat watching it for a while, until a report on the L2 prison break came on.
"Officials do not know how the man escaped from the prison, but for now, we can at least give you a more detailed description of the man. He is tall, around six feet, with dark blue eyes and short brown hair..."
Hilde breathed a sigh of relief, hearing this. She almost hummed as she folded the rest of the laundry and brought it upstairs to put away.
Ten minutes later, she was dressed and ready to go to the supermarket for a while. Afterwards, she would pick up Hallie from school. As she left the house, she did not hear the announcer, still talking about the escaped man, say something about contact lenses and the cutting of hair...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hallie bounded down the front steps of her school, her two long midnight pigtails boucing behind her. Her lunch pail swung from side to side as she walked across the grass and onto the sidewalk at the front of the school. She looked from side to side, wondering where her mother was, and sat down on the sidewalk.
Hallie looked up as her teacher walked up to her and sat down beside her.
"Hallie, where's your mother?" she asked, putting a hand on Hallie's shoulder.
"Oh, I'm sure she'll be here, she probably just got caught up in traffic."
"Are you sure you don't want a ride home?"
"Yeah, I know she'll he here."
Hallie waved to her teacher as she walked away, and returned her attention to the street infront of her.
At least fifteen minutes passed, and the schoolyard was just about empty, everyone gone home already. Hallie still sat there on the curb, waiting patiently. She began to twirl one of her long pigtails between her fingers, and look uneasily down the road.
'Where is she?' she wondered to herself, standing up to get a good look down the other road.
She suddenly looked up as an all black Honda pulled up right infront of her. The black tinted windows lowered slowly until a man could be seen inside, looking directly at Hallie.
He had short brown hair that fell into his face. She couldn't tell what color his eyes were, because they were hidden behind black sunglasses. The strange man grinned, and popped open the passenger's door for her to climb in. Hallie looked uneasily at the man and his dark appearance and began to back away.
"I-I was told never to go anywhere with strangers," Hallie stammered.
"Don't be afraid," the man said. "I was sent here by your mother. Her car's broken down by the supermarket so she called me and asked me to come and pick you up. Now, why don't you climb in, and I'll take you home where you belong."
The man grinned, almost evily, and Hallie thought it over for a moment. What if he was lying? And her mother had said never to go with strangers, even if they said they were there to help...but he did sound very convincing...
"Alright," Hallie said.
She climbed into the passenger's side of the car, and closed the door behind her. She didn't notice, however, her favorite hair clip fall from one of her braids, and land in the gutter. The man shifted gears rather roughly, and they sped away, down the road.
"Do you know where my house is? Do you need directions?" Hallie asked, eyeing the man with suspicion.
"Of course," the man said, and a small smirk grazed his face and he drove on.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hilde pushed her foot down on the gas, and the car sped on, as fast as the speed limit would let her go. She had gotten held up in some incredibly bad traffic, and she knew she was about a half an hour late from picking up Hallie. Hilde glared impatiently as she got stuck at another traffic light, and made a right toward Hallie's school.
Finally, Hilde pulled up to the empty schoolyard and looked around. There was no sign of her daughter anywhere, even though Hilde specifically told her to wait on the curb at the front of the school.
She took one last look around the almost deserted lawn, and drove off around the school to the parking lot.
"Hallie?" Hilde called, stepping out of her car. "Hallie!"
Fear began to creep in toward Hilde's heart. What if something happened to her? If that happened, she would probably never forgive herself. Hilde began to walk through the school yard, searching every empty crevice or space her daughter might be hiding.
Finally, she entered the front lawn, and she sat down upon the curb. Tears of worry threatened to spill from her cheeks. She didn't know where her daughter had gone, or if she was alright.
Something lying in the gutter caught her attention and she bent to pick it up.
It was Hallie's favorite hair clip.
Hilde turned it this way and that, letting the slowly fading afternoon sun shine on it, making it sparkle. She noticed a few of her daughter's midnight colored strands still attached to the metal clip and she clutched it close to her heart.
"Hallie...where are you...?"
*End Part 1*
