Chapter 20: Unexpected visit
"Bye Mom!" I said, grabbing my lunchbox.
"Come here!"
I walk to the kitchen where my mom is packing my sister's lunch. She hugs me and smiles.
"Have a good day at school."
"I will. Love you."
"Love you too..."
I walk out the door. If I had stayed one second longer, I would have seen the single tear well up in her eye.
I walked down the street, enjoying how orange the leaves were and how crisp the fall air was. I wrapped my scarf a little tighter to conserve more warmth.
I walked a little out of my way to step on some crispy leaves that littered the street. Sice it was so early, the leaves hadn't been disturbed by passing cars yet.
I yell to my friends on the corner, already at the bus stop.
"Kelsey! Erin!"
They wave, and set their backpacks on the sidewalk so they could come and walk with me.
Just that second, a dark black van takes a sharp turn onto the street I was walking on. My friends scurry out of its way, only worrying about not getting hit. The truck was fishtailing in my direction. I hopped onto the sidewalk to avoid it, but the truck stops in front of me, and a man slowly comes out of the car with his hands up. He was wearing a white jumpsuit with some weird silver symbol on the shoulder. All my muscles were tense. Little did I know, there was an identical looking man in the bushes silently treading behind me. He takles me from behind and presses a wet cloth to my mouth and nose. I try to throw him off, but my movements were becoming slower and slower. I feel like I'm underwater. My knees give, then buckle. I close my eyes and give into the darkness that has engulfed me.
(Alexiel's POV, Alexiel is telling her history to the titans)
"I woke up, and there was this weird book under my head.... It had the eye insignia on it.... and it brought me here. And tada. Here I am."
The titans were all staring at me, open mouthed. (A manga-style sweat drop rolls down my head.)
Robin: "Whoa..... I never knew, Lexi."
Raven put her hood on.
Starfire: "Your mother figure punched you? This is a form of agression, is it not?"
Raven: "Yes, Star."
Me: "Well. I'm thouroughly embar-"
A crash from the roof shook the whole tower, making little particles of dust fall from the ceiling like snow.
"TITANS! GO!"
Cyborg put his hand on his face and slowly shook his head in mock disgust.
"Is that a reaction? 'Cuz you know that everyone else is aware there's trouble."
We all ran down the hallway that led to the roof door. When we got to the door, Robin kicked it down and got in his "ready position".
I couldn't believe what I saw next.
"Vie....."
DA, DA, DUMM.
Tomorrow's chapter will be fun! I bet you are dying in suspense, and I love it! MWAHAHA!
Bonne soir!