Lick The Pavement
Chapter Four: Liz Blake
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// And I wanna
fly
I'll never come down
And live my life
And have friends around //
We Never Change - Coldplay
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The bizarre looking girl stood stunned, shivering in her tight black tank top and baggy blue jeans, her bare arms against the cold not the only thing that was causing her shudders.
Around her lay the remains of one man, now melted into a unidentifiable puddle of liquids on the floor, a result of her panicking and using her powers during the fight.
Let's back up.
Liz Blake kissed her boyfriend of five years goodbye and stepped out of the house to meet her friend Tora. They were going to meet up at the William Corbett pub and go from there to the Pulse, a nightclub they knew.
She checked herself in the mirror before stepping out.
Her eyes were dark green and lined in eyeliner, making them seem even larger and more exotic.
A spiked black collar circled her neck and the two studs in each ear gave her a toughened look, which wasn't in any way downplayed by the glorious array of colour that was her hair.
It was black, fairly big and wavy, coming down to mid-back, but it had blue highlights and was fronted with red bangs. The effect was electric.
Satisfied with her image, she stepped out and made her way to the pub.
Having met Tora at the pub and having a quick drink, she made her way with her friend to the Pulse. As they queued outside trouble stirred.
A small group of around four or five young men staggered, forcibly ejected from the club.
"Go home and sober up boys." The bouncer told them before going back inside.
They stumbled past Tora and Liz and Liz's hair must have called to them as they surrounded the two girls, laughing and teasing them.
"Hey girls, looking for a good time? Well you found it." One of them said, the stench of alcohol covering them.
Liz and Tora were uncomfortable and told the boys where to go. They were pushed down an alley before they knew what was going on.
"Fucking bitch, I'll show you…" One of them slurred at Tora, who kneed him in the balls.
He collapsed, doubled over, and they tried to run, but one of the other boys caught them by the hair and dragged them back.
"You whore, you're gonna pay for that." One of them screamed, drawing a knife.
The next few minutes were a blur to Liz.
She heard Tora gasp over a terrible wet packing noise, and saw her slump to the ground. The boy with the knife stood frozen, blood over his arm, face white.
The other members of the group fled as she shot a red substance form her hands, which covered the boy with the knife. He screamed and tried to remove it as it burnt through him, to no avail.
Soon, he had gone, melted away totally, his screams still ringing and echoing in the alley.
When the mutant police came they found Liz knelt on the floor next to Tora, hands open on her knees and face blank and staring with tears running down her shock-white face.
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Tole ya the next one would be out soon. Hope you enjoyed it.
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