Summary: What if Robbie hada twin sister? What if this twin sister lived with Ray? Join Chris, Rachel, Robbie, Ray, and her friends as they try to survive aliens, rabid crowds, and their most inner emotions...based on the 2005 movie War of the Worlds directed by Steven Spielberg.
Disclaimer: In the first chapter...I dont own War of the Worlds, nor the novel, or movie...I only own Chris, Tommy, Max, Ryan, and John...Anything familiar belongs to Spielberg, and the great, but late Herbert G. Wells. bows head in respect of Wells. onto the story!
This story is dedicated to Heather, my first reviewer! Thanx Heather.
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Chapter 2: The Lightning.
Chris began to skateboard to the store. She looked around and sighed, her cheek still hurt badly, she probably should've kept the ice on it. Oh well, Lenny'll probably give me an ice pack or something she thought. She was about to turn the corner when she heard a car pull up. She turned and saw her father's mustang, with Robbie in the front seat.
"Robbie, what the hell are you doing? You don't have a license, let alone a permit; you shouldn't be in dad's car." Chris said in an amused yet serious tone.
"Yeah, well, who cares, Ray probably won't notice I'm gone."
"I doubt it Robbie, why do you hate dad so much anyway?"
"Because I just do okay, he's not much of a good father."
"Does that mean I turned out badly?"
"No, I just don't like him is all. And where are you going might I ask." Robbie said changing the subject.
"I have to go to work."
"Wanna ride?"
"Hell no, I'm not going to get in trouble."
"Daddy's girl." Robbie muttered driving off.
Chris just sighed; her brother didn't know anything at all… She kept boarding for about a minute until she came to the shop. She walked in the back door and heard Lenny shout to her to get up front.
"Coming!" She shouted putting her skateboard and helmet in her locker and grabbing her short-sleeved button-up shirt and hat from it; both of them were blue and said 'Lenny's Foods' in yellow.
"You're late" came Lenny's voice.
"I had a little accident." Chris muttered slipping on the shirt, but leaving it unbuttoned over her black Etnies shirt.
"What happened?"
"Let's just say dad got a little over-zealous with the baseball." At Lenny's questioning glance she continued, "Him and my brother Robbie were playing catch, and dad threw the ball a little hard, and Robbie missed it, so it broke the kitchen window and hit me in the cheek." She said coating the real story just a little.
"Yes, well, come on, I need you to man the store for about a half-hour, I need to go pick up my kids and take them to my wife's house." Lenny said.
"No problem Lenny."
With that Lenny exited the store leaving Chris to just hang around for a bit, she didn't expect a rush, not many people came around 9:00, which was why she was the only one on duty. She sighed and sat down in the chair next to her and began to reflect on what had happened that day so far. A while had passed before she heard a bell ring; she knew it was the bell meaning someone had entered the store. She looked up, ready to greet the person, when she saw her best friends.
"Hey Max, Ryan, John, Tommy." She said looking up. The 5 of them had been best friends for about 2 years now, though her Ryan, John, and Tommy had been friends since she moved here, about when she was 11. They had all met in elementary school, though they became friends through their love for skating when she had ran into the three at a skate park. Max on the other hand, well, she was a skater too, Max was short for Maxine, though everyone just called her Max, anyway, she was a skater, and an awesome one at that, so her and Chris had been the worst of enemies for a while, always trying to beat the other in skating, as it was a well known fact that not many girls skated. But when they finally realized they weren't going to beat each other, they settled their differences and became friends, though part of it was probably because she and John had began to go out…
"Hey Chris, sup?" Max asked unclipping her helmet. She was dressed in her normal jeans and skate tee, she had a Hurley hoodie around her waist and her skateboard in her hand.
"Not much, you?" Chris asked standing up.
"Same, listen I heard your brother was in town, that true?" Max asked with a grin.
"Yeah, but he is off-limits, and don't you already have a boyfriend?" Chris asked glancing at John.
"Yeah, but Tory wants to meet him." Max said rolling her eyes. Tory…she was one of the most popular girls in school, she hated the five of them, and the feelings were returned full force.
"Well, that little Brittany wanna-be should be told that my bro is off-limits." Chris said in an annoyed tone. Tory hated the five because they were skaters, pretty much the only ones in school actually, so to her that made them geeks, of course, they were probably more popular than her, everyone was just to scared of her to admit it…
"Okay, okay, no need to go biting my head off." Max said throwing up her hands in defense.
"Chris, what happened to your face?" Tommy asked.
"You're nice aren't you?" Ryan said…it was more of a comment than a question though.
"I was just curious…" Tommy muttered.
"Chill Ry, dad and Robbie were playing catch, and dad threw it a little too hard, and Robbie missed it, causing the ball to fly through the kitchen window and into my cheek…" Chris replied unenthusiastically.
"Oh, isn't that nice?" Max asked looking outside.
"What the hell is going on out there?" she whispered.
"I don't know, let's go check it out!" Chris said jumping over the counter and racing out the door. She walked outside and motioned for the others to come to. They came outside and looked up; there were a bunch of gray storm clouds, with lightning rolling through them. Tommy looked up, his hair blowing into the direction of the storm, it seemed only she noticed that until she saw Max's questioning glance, she gave her a discreet look and started to go back inside. Just as she was about to walk towards the door though, lightning struck in the middle of Lincoln Ave.
"What the hell!" Chris shouted as the five of them ran towards the shop door.
"What the…" Tommy said trailing off grabbing the handle.
"That hit like, 3 yards from where we were standing!" Chris shouted opening the door.
"That's okay, lightning doesn't strike the same place tw-" he was cut off as another lightning strike hit the exact same spot.
"SHIT!" Max said running into the store and ducking behind the counter. Ryan and John followed suite while Tommy and Chris hid behind the shelves.
The stared in awe as the lightning struck again, and again, and again on Lincoln Ave.
"Where's the thunder…" Tommy whispered looking up at Chris. Chris gave him a questioning glance and Tommy pulled her close to him in attempts to get her as far from the door as possible, Chris shrugged and turned to look outside, she had counted a total of 26 lightning strikes, but she wasn't sure, when it finally seemed as though it stopped, she got up from behind the shelf and walked towards the door. Tommy, who had been next to her, got up and grabbed her hand, as though to protect her. Chris looked down and blushed, turning away; she had always had a bit of a crush on Tommy. She turned and saw Max, John, and Ryan poke their heads out from behind the counter and come out. She looked up, just noticing that the lights had gone out, she looked down at her watch, that was broken too, she pulled out her phone, but it was dead…
"Weird…26 times…That is not normal, even for our standards…"Chris muttered.
"Was it terrorists?" Max questioned with a flicker of fear in her eyes. Chris just shrugged and opened the shop door, every car along the streets had stopped, she turned to the lady next to her, who had come out of a nearby shop, it was Mrs. McCally, she worked at the florists.
"Mrs. McCally, what's up?" Chris asked the frightened lady.
"I don't know Crystal, but you best be getting back inside, it doesn't seem safe…" She said walking back into the flower shop. Chris walked onto the center of Lincoln Ave. there was a huge hole where the lightning had struck…
"This is just too weird…" Chris muttered looking around. She spotted Robbie a few stores down though.
"Robbie!" She shouted, he looked up and ran to her.
"Chris, what was that?" Robbie all but shouted.
"Lightning dipstick, 26 times on Lincoln, go home and tell dad, I'll be home as soon as I figure out what's up…" Chris said.
"Are you insane? I'm not leaving you here!" Robbie shouted.
"Robbie, go! I'll be fine, I've got the guys right here, and I'm not going to keel over anytime soon…" She said pushing Robbie into the direction of their house. Robbie turned to look at her and then reluctantly started to go, he began to run back to their house, and she kept watching until he turned the corner out of site.
"Chris, maybe it was just a storm…" Ryan said quietly.
"No storm happens like that…and besides, didn't you notice that the wind was blowing towards the 'storm'?" She said not really sure if it was to be called a storm.
"No, was it?" John asked.
"Yeah, it was creepy, whatever it was, wasn't a storm." Max answered. They stood in silence for a few seconds when Chris saw her dad come running up.
"Dad! It hit just outside the shop! 26 times dad! 26 TIMES! Right in the middle of Lincoln Ave. Dad, this isn't normal! What is going on? Every single car stopped, all the lights went out, and even my watch broke!" Chris said this all very fast.
"Chris, calm down, everything is okay, I want you to go home…you and Tommy, and Ryan, and John, and Max, alright?" Ray said with a serious look on his face.
"Dad, no way, I'm so not leaving you here alone without any way to contact you!" Chris said in a stubborn tone.
"And besides," she added hastily, "I've got a book report due in three weeks about major weather phenomenon's of the 21st century…" she said trailing off. It was true, she did have a report due, it was extra credit though, and she didn't need it, she was good in school, and all 'A' student, but she needed a reason to stay, she wasn't planning on doing the report…
Ray sighed but reluctantly agreed. The six began to scrutinize the hole, by now, there was a huge crowd surrounding it, Chris and Ray pushed their way through, until they got to it.
Ray bent down to touch the rock he slowly began to touch it, but would back his hand out every few seconds. Chris watched intently as he picked up a piece and began to poke at it, a man in the crowd asked:
"Is it hot?"
"No, it's freezing." Ray whispered.
Just then a low rumbling started to sound from the ground, Ray grabbed Chris and put her behind him, as the crowd slowly began to back up.
"What is that?" Chris asked voicing everyone's thoughts.
"I don't know, but there is something down there, and it's moving." A police officer said. Slowly the ground around the hole began to crack, cracks were erupting everywhere around it, people were slowly beginning to back up, the ground began to ripple, catching Chris off guard and causing her and Tommy to fall down on the hard protruding asphalt. Tommy quickly jumped up and Chris followed suite, and the pair ran over to where Ray, Max, John, and Ryan were standing. Cracks began to go up buildings, breaking them apart, windows were breaking everywhere. Ray got caught as the asphalt rippled and a window exploded, showering him in glass as he fell down. The ground erupted in a huge explosion, it was like in slow motion, it came up as a dome, and slowly collapsed into the ground. Chris looked around to the others faces, cars began to fall into the hole, and something came out… Something huge, Tommy wrapped his arms around Chris' shoulders, as though to protect her from whatever was coming up. She looked up and saw what began to erupt from the ground, it looked like a huge machine, it was a huge machine, it had three 'legs' if you could call it that, a tripod of some sort, and it clawed its way out of the hole, and stood up. It was then that Chris knew that this wasn't going to be a normal weekend…
A/N: I could end it here, but I don't think it's long enough, so…I'll keep going…
Max's screams interrupted Chris thoughts as the tripod began to shoot a read beam out of it; it tore through things incredibly, and turned them into dust, the only thing she knew of that had that much power was…
"…A heat ray." Chris whispered. Tommy looked at her, and grabbed her hand and began to run, she grabbed her father's hand, and the three made their way down to her house, Ryan, John, and Max right behind them. The heat ray began to shoot at everything around them, people who got in its way were instantaneously turned to dust, it was a horrific site, one Chris knew that a person should never see. Chris began to dodge as the heat ray began to strike the people around her, she narrowly missed one that would've hit her shoulder, and that was when it hit her…this was a life and death situation. She began to run at full speed, she knew that there was no where to hide, but she had to try, she screamed as she saw Max get hit by the heat ray, it was like in slow motion again, Max had a horrified look on her face, and as the ray hit her in the back, she saw a flicker of pain in her eyes, before she exploded in a shower of dust. She knew she had to keep going, she had to, the other five ran through a shop, and a car slammed right through the shop window, effectively shattering it in the process. By now Chris figured she was covered in dust, as Tommy, Ryan, John, and her father were as well. She knew she had to keep going; all that she could think about were Robbie and Rachel, what if something happened to them? What if they were hurt? What if… the questions went on and on…each thought scarier than the next. She heard Tommy shout at her to duck, she obeyed and grimaced as the heat ray passed over her head, going right through the spot she had been moments before. She turned to Tommy,
"Thanks." Chris said breathlessly as they kept running, they were almost at her house. She turned the corner, and ran to their door, where she saw Rachel standing there, looking straight at her, Ray, Ryan, Tommy, and John…
a/n. yes I am ending it here, I hope you all like Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, I'm sorry if this was rushed, though I assure you, I tried my hardest to keep any mistakes out of it, I was trying to get this done before the book came out. Okay, just a little note, I probably wont update until next week, cuz im gonna spend my weekend reading, and with my friends, so I wont have a chance to write, I should have the chapter finished by Wednesday, maybe earlier, and I can have all my revisions done by Thursday, and have it uploaded either Thursday night, or Friday Morning.
Next Chapter: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
"Tommy, what if something happens to us? You guys are my friends; I can't bear the thought of losing you guys." Chris said in a serene tone.
"You're not gonna Chris, you're stuck with us for life!" Tommy, Ryan, and John said with a grin.
"Thanks guys…" She said she was about to add something more, but was cut off by a piercing whistle.
Reviews:
Darkdestiney2000: Thanks for your review, I hope you like this chapter, anyway, thanks for letting me know that the bodies come after the plane crash scene!
OverthoughT: Thanks for your review as well, I'm sorry, but everyone else says that the bodies were after the plane crash, so im going to have to go with majority. Please review again on this chapter, I cant wait to here what you think!
Rj: Thanks for your review! I'm glad that you like this story, and I totally intend to continue it, there is your update, and thank-you for your information on the plane crash scene!
Heather: Thanks for your review, you were my first reviewer, I'm glad you liked this story, and I'm glad you liked the twist on it, it is an original idea. This chapter is dedicated 2 you, my first reviewer, thanks for your info as well on the plane crash!
angel871I'm glad you like this fix, I hope you like this chapter, and there it is!
Cyndi: Thanks for your review, Thanks for the information on the bodies and the house, I deeply appreciate it; it's cool that you're writing a fix where he had a sister, and please review for this chapter as well!
ModestySparrow9: I'm glad that you like the story so far, and it's cool that you're writing a RobbieOc fic, as there are most definitely not many War of the Worlds fics around. And I know there is an H.G. Wells category, but that is normally for the book, not for the movies, and most of the War of the Worlds 2005 movie fics are in Misc. Movies, so I thought it would be better to put it here.
Thank-you everyone for your reviews, I'm ecstatic that you all like this fic, I remember logging on Wednesday morning and seeing like 4 reviews, at that time my friend had called so I was on the phone, and I like screamed when I saw that I had four…she started laughing at me of course…but she's not into the whole Fanfic thing….anyway, thank-you all for your reviews, I hope you enjoyed the second chapter!
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