Colin: Hey there sexy. Want to do me a favor?
Amanda: …what?
Colin: Don't get your hopes up. I meant the disclaimer.
Amanda…Not really.
Colin: Please (hugs her legs)
Amanda: Will it get you off me?
Colin: Maybe.
Amanda (sigh) Ok, we do not own Final Fantasy, Tales of series, or Kingdom Hearts.
"Ow! What happened? I feel like I just got hit by a semi," Colin rubbed his head as he was looking around.
He started to see things without a daze, and found that he was in an alley. How did he get there? He was on top of a green dumpster that smelled as bad Colin's older brother's socks after he would run four miles after football practice.
"Hello? Is anyone there? Where am I?" he hopped off of the dumpster and dusted himself off. He looked down at his hands and saw that he had black gloves on showing only his fingertips and his knuckles. He looked past his hands, and saw that he looked like a poser army man. He looked down at the nearby puddle and saw that he looked like someone else.
"Whoa! What happened to me? I look weird…in a good way," Colin replied.
He had short black spikes, with a red bandana across his forehead. His eyes were ice blue with a certain hardness and seriousness about them. He had a dark green tank top with a black jacket; he had a chain as a belt with brown cargo pants.
"Dude, rock on," Colin smiled as he started to turn around. He started to walk away, but tripped over what seemed like a boulder.
He fell hard, and could hardly get up. When he did, he looked at what he had tripped over, assuming it was some kind of rock, but saw that it was a double-edged sword that was twice the size of a normal human.
"Holy shit!" Colin exclaimed. He bent down expecting a challenge picking the thing up, but found it quite simple to pick up. He picked it up with one hand, and swung it across his back, across the slot in the back of his jacket. He looked around, and decided to look for the others.
Amanda woke up by the rays of the sun beating down on her skin. She squinted at the sun, glaring at her from a distance. She sat up, and a head rush betook her. She lay back down, panicking and hyperventilating, for she did not know where she was. She lay there for as long as it took for the sun to set. She began to cool off, and tried sitting up again. This time however, she did it more slowly, and more cautiously. She was successful, but did not dare try to stand up.
She looked at her long black hair, reaching down to her waist. She started to feel a cold draft, for she was only wearing a white t-shirt, with suspender short shorts, reaching down shorter than they are supposed to. The heavy long black boots could not keep out the lowering temperature, and neither could her long black cloak, connected with her black gloves.
She started to wonder if she was ever going to get out alive, but saw over the horizon a small town only about two miles from where she was. She started to head down the slope of the cliff she was standing on, when she looked at the town again, and this time it looked a lot closer than usual. Not only that, but she could hear the people talking in the town. She blinked, and started to check her hearing, and looked again. This time it returned back to normal. She shook it off, and started to walk to the desert town.
Colin started to walk toward the building that he was behind, and saw that it was called "Earl's Bar." It was surrounded by nothing but a sheriff's office, and a local store. He walked in to the crowded bar, and saw that surprisingly enough there were two open bar stools left, for everyone was watching a championship pool game. He sat down and asked the bartender, Earl, for a vodka straight no ice.
"Hmm…alcohol," Colin wondered.
The bartender gave him the drink, and turned away to watch the game. Just then, a cute black haired girl walked in, and looked around at the local bikers and then at Colin.
She walked down the aisle to the barstool three to the left of Colin. Colin grinned, and knew he had to meet her. He secretly asked Earl to give the girl a vodka with a splash of lime, no ice. He grinned, and told him not to worry.
Earl fixed up the drink a little fast, for he wanted to get back to the game, and he told the girl that it came from the guy with the black spikes three seats over. The girl, not flattered, but a little mad, frowned and turned her head down once again.
Colin, a little confused, walked over, and stood right next to the girl.
"Hey there sexy, how's it going?" Colin asked trying to hard.
The girl turned her head, and somberly said, "I have no time for you right now, go away."
Colin grinned even broader, for he loved a girl with a little…spice. He moved in a little closer, and started to move in on her shoulder.
The girl noticing this out of the corner of her eye, moved back a little, and tried not to over react. Colin didn't seem to notice, for only one thing was in his mind at the time.
He reached in and only a bit of his finger was on her shoulder by the time that she had him across the room and a smirk across her face. Colin staggered up, and had even more envy for this girl, for he loved a challenge.
"I like a girl with a bit of…endurance," Colin smirked and wanted to see if the girl understood. The girl didn't seem to notice but only stood there. Colin took out his double edge sword casually from his back sling.
"I'll make you a deal, if I win, your mine. If you win, I will leave you alone. How bout it? Deal?" Colin stuck out his hand towards the girl.
The girl stared at Colin for a second and then walked over, shook his hand and looked him in his eyes for a brief second, before he ended up on the other side of the wall. Colin anticipated this, and at least landed the fall. He ran over, anger in his eyes, for he knew what was at cost, and lifted his sword above his head. He threw the blade aimed for the girls head, but she blocked it using her some-kind-of- resistant steel gloves. Her eyes started to turn into what looked like feline eyes.
"Whoa! What are you?" Colin asked surprised.
All the girl did was smile, and threw Colin off of her into where the bartender was standing, shaking in his boots. He stood up ready for no more surprises, but saw that the girl had pulled what looked like a dagger from a ball of fire that she pulled out from no where, resting in her hand.
She did that evil smirk, ready to launch the dagger.
"Oh fuck," Colin sighed.
The girl started to pull her arm up in the air, and threw the dagger as fast as she possibly could. Colin's double edge sword seemed to react to this danger, and pulled it self up to defend its guardian. She kept throwing it, getting closer and closer to Colin, unaware that the sword was blocking them all.
"Hmm. I always wanted to know what it was like to be a Jedi. Oh wow, that was nerdy. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE WAY YOU FEEL ABOUT ME!" Colin yelled at the girl.
The girl didn't seem to notice, for only hatred was in her eyes. She wanted Colin dead, and she wanted to move on. After a while, Colin got sick of deflecting the daggers, and decided that he would give her back one of them. He reflected it back aimed at her shoulder. She stood there for one second, and fell to her knees the second, facing the other way. .
Colin, fearing what he had just done, hopped over the bar, and ran for the girl.
"Hey, are you alright. Man that looked like it hurt. Here, let's get some ice on that," Colin sympathized.
As he started to help the girl stand up, the girl laughed and said, "Nice aim," as she sliced Colin across the chest, ruining his shirt.
"Now was there really any point in ruining my favorite shirt? That was just rude," Colin jokingly said, waiting to give the girl another round.
The girl actually seemed to understand the joke, and smiled for a second, but then was once again in combat mode. She looked at him with anger in her eyes as she ran to him and started to fight back. He for once smirked, and got ready to block. But this time, it wasn't her that fought. The girl, took off her gloves, and threw them at Colin, scaring him, but not doing anything, making the girl laugh. She then took off her jacket, throwing it at Colin, this time not scaring him. But blinding him for she threw it over his head. She, what looked like she didn't even know, raised her arms slightly by her thighs, and her eyes started to shine vibrant green. The whole room started to shake, causing the bikers, backed up in a corner, to start crying. Bottles of all types started to fall, with Earl trying to catch them, but slipping on the glass, and liquids, making the room shake even more.
All of a sudden, two demon cats appeared beside her. Colin could barely see them, for Amanda threw the jacket in his eyes.
With a separate language, Amanda commanded the cats to go attack. Colin's vision started to clear, but not before the first cat attacked. His claws started to reach for Colin's face when Colin's sword reacted again. This time, not deflecting anything, but warning the cats to get off of him. The cats, acting like humans, obeyed, and Colin stood back up. He sighed, and took control of the sword once again. Once he laid his hands on the handle, the cats struck again. Colin, again, struck off guard, defended himself, swinging his sword at the cats. The cats, very agile, were able to defend very easily, making Colin swing only at air.
Colin got to get a quick glance at Amanda, who seemed to be in a deep trance, where she wasn't really paying attention. Colin caught on quickly, and realized that the cats, conscious, means that the girl wasn't. Colin was able to kick one of the cats off, and punched the girl in the face. The cats vanished away in white ash, and the girl to reclaim consciousness. The girl snapped out of it quickly, but too late, for Colin's extremity part of the sword was resting on her neck.
"You know what? Screw the deal, you're too much. Can I at least get a name?" Colin asked out of breath.
The girl, looking very angrily, blew the strand of hair out of her face, and replied, "Amanda."
Colin, wide eyed, backed away, and looked at the girl questioningly.
"Amanda, is that you? It's Colin. You know, the tall obnoxious friend? You and I knock over Danny all the time? Ring any bells?" Colin asked awkwardly.
"Colin?! Really you?" Amanda asked, embracing herself in his arms. "Oh I didn't think you guys were alive, I didn't even know where you were. Have you seen Danny?"
"Whoa, slow your roll there. I haven't seen Danny either. I just got here, wherever here is. What's with your killing spree huh? You that desperate to kill someone?" Colin asked.
"Me? Mr. Get in my pants!" Amanda exclaimed.
"Hey lay off would you! You're more attractive here. No offense. But besides, I don't think I could really help myself. It was like, it wasn't me, but the person I am inside, you know?" Colin asked all confused.
"Ya, I know what you mean. But lets get out of here, I think we are scaring the customers away," Amanda turned and saw all the bikers. "BOO!" Amanda exclaimed, causing all the bikers to run for the door.
"We will pay for the repairs!" Colin exclaimed as he left the bar. Amanda and Colin started to walk out the door, when a big explosion knocked them off their feet.
Tess slammed the door down, and threw her jacket on the floor.
"BIG BROTHER! WHERE ARE YOU?! ARE YOUR STUPID FRIENDS HERE? AMANDA BETTER NOT BE PUTTING SNAKES IN MY BED….AGAIN!" Tess screeched as she walked towards Danny's room. She walked right in, and saw that Danny wasn't there.
"FAN!" She yelled, but saw that Danny had left his Playcube 360 2 on, and the screen to the character selection screen.
"Oh, I want to play!" she yelled. She looked in the box to see if there was a final controller, plugged it in, and made her reject princess character. As she started the game, the same screen appeared, and Tess was gone.