A/N: WARNING THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS CHARACTER DEATH AND MENTIONS OF BLOOD, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Jane's P.O.V.
So many things happened in one day, so much so that... well it would be rather hard to process let alone digest.
So much of my life changed in 24 hours. Its best i start at the beginning of my tale for you to understand.
My name is Jane Palette, in my early 20's, living in Tucson Arizona, My birthday is February 3 rd though I don't celebrate birthdays, I get another year older big deal (don't be made at me because of it), the same goes for my family.
I ran a small business as a florist, Thanks to my Dad's Support and his help i was able to open my own shop when i was 18, its small but very homely with its own cute touch with the Rabbit dolls that were sold there too. It was blooming as business was smooth sailing. I had two co workers, Poppy Rose (who half Japanese and half Korean) and Kenny Client (who was born and raised here in Arizona), who were both hard workers and a pair of good friends of mine, we even go to karaoke on Thursday nights. The job paid well too for all of us.
I still live with my dad, older brother, uncle, and little sister, but I hoped to get my own apartment soon, a nice one that has no pests, damages to the place in any way, within a nice neighborhood and the price was in my range. I had finally found one after months of searching, though I wanted to wait until my Brother and his fiancee moved into our house before I moved out so they can have an extra room for their future kid.
My dad goes by David James Palette, My uncle from my mother's side of the family was Clide Roberts, my mother who has been deceased since i was 12 due to an unknown illness was Marina, my older brother's would be Jake, His fiancee's Juliana Harleen, and finally my cute as a button little sister, Jenna.
I wasn't stupid to think that nothing would go wrong, because things will go wrong if you think or even say that, I could only hope that things would be okay and if something happened i would do my best to help resolve the situation in any way.
Still if anything happens to my family I don't know what I would do. I never want to lose.
Though little did i know that the situation i was about to be involved in that day would be something that was way beyond my control and one that would change my life forever.
It happened when I was at home minding my business, around 6pm, rewatching one of my favorite shows since i was a kid, The Powerpuff girls, the original one, reenacting the nostalgia I felt the first time I saw it. My family was out of the house, My dad was working late at the car shop, my brother and soon to be sister in law were planning the final touches to their wedding and honeymoon plans, my uncle was coming home from a successful business trip in France as his plan would touch down in an hour and my sister was at a sleep over with her classmates at their preschool. I had finished work half an hour ago and was just minding the house until everyone got back though my little sister who always had her pager on her would not be back until tomorrow afternoon. It was Wednesday so that meant it was my turn to make dinner so i had a spinach and cheese casserole in the oven and a pot of veggie and beef stew cooking on the stove (don't worry i kept my eye on the food) while i was rewatching the cartoon on Hulu.
In the middle of the episode where bubbles had tried to hide the whale she brought home with her sister from their father, i actually started to think that it might get a bit loney in my new home when I move out so i was thinking of getting a pet. But which one was the only question there.
But in the middle of my train of thought and as the episode ended, my phone, Google pixel 3 (a totally brand new phone that just came out recently), rang the ring chime i set on it which was a Taylor Swift song "Love story" as i paused the show as i was brought back to reality and checked the contact number.
I didn't recognize it but decided to answer it to see what it was.
"Hello?"
"Hello Jane are you okay?"
I knew that voice! Is was Carlos Daniel, a good friend of my dad's since grade school, a police officer who is a hard worker, also like an uncle to me. I completely forgot that he and i got our phone numbers changed recently and have yet to exchange them.
But wait... His voice sounded... sad and concerned, upset even, and that question he asked me, was something wrong?
"I'm okay, why do you ask, is something wrong?"
"... Jane... I do not how to tell you this... but I... Something terrible happened just recently..."
"Uncle Carlos you're making me worried, what happened..."
"... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... They're dead...
""They're dead"? What do you mean, what are you talking ab-?"
"Your family! They were killed! All of them!!"
He exclaiming that, what he said... made my heart skip a beat before it fell into my stomach as I was overcomed by shock.
"W-w-w-What...?"
"I'm not joking. If only I was..."
His voice was now full of sorrow, he was hurting very badly.
I was filled with disbelief and horror. This can not be true ...
"That can't be true... How... how could this be?! They can't be gone! We didn't have enemies nor anything that could be ... How-?!"
"There was a criminal gang that evaded the police in Texas. Ruthless, uncaring, hungry only for the misery of others, money and valuable items. They unleash bombing attack without warning and rob the place thats near where the bombing incident they caused took place. Otherwise know as the Genocide Bombers. They blew up Your sisters preschool killing her, her classmates and the teachers in it so they could rob the jewelry store. They bombed the restaurant your brother and soon to be sister in law were at along with a few others and the staff, Killing them all so they could rob the antique shop that had just gotten so new valuable merchandise said to worth thosands of dollars, then they somehow planted a bomb on your uncle's plan causing it to crash killing him and half of the passengers who didn't make it so they could steal some plan tickets to leave the state... and then they bombed the car shop just as your dad was the last one to leave... so they can steal the from a shop that sold materials needed to make more bombs... we could not catch them in time..."
He was choking up yet he forced himself to continue, no matter how much it hurts getting his voice to not stutter. I too was choking up as tears threaten to burst any second.
"...I ... I was there by his side... Your father ... barely clinging unto life... Hurt fatality... I couldn't save him ... He told me... To take care of you... Before he..."
He could not continue as I could hear him crying so much that he forgot i was listening, that his phone was still calling me... by even so... I too could not hold back my tears any longer as my face fell into my hands as i cried, my phone now on the couch as it fell out of my hand before this..
My family... my dear family... my Strong father... my Adventurous uncle... my funny yet humble brother... my kind and lovely soon to be sister in law... and my sweet loving little sister... All gone... taken away from me ... my family... was gone...
My mind replayed the memories i had with them earlier this morning up until we parted ways to start the day, memories of my uncle being here before he went to france for the week... then all of my memories of them played in my mind, my heart hurting more and more with each one that appeared...
I was now left with no one... everyone was gone, uncle Carlos was the only one I had left... even though we were not related we were still family to the other besides Poppy and Kenny... everyone i loved, they along with all those people were killed for fortune and misery by those murderers...
I was home schooled until I reached college yet I didn't really have much friends growing up, they all moved a way years ago and haven't heard from them since.
To say I was drowning in heart breaking sorrow would be the correct definition to describe how i was feeling right then and there.
It hurt so bad I thought i would fall apart from it bit by bit.
But then without warning the sound of uncle Carlos screaming in frightening horror broke me out of my sorrowing trance as I shot into a straight sitting position as I grabbed my phone putting it on speaker.
"Uncle Carlos what's wrong?! Uncle! Answer me!"
"Now that I have my hands on you and these little pests I can now get through with my plans. And really I must say I'm satisfied that those idiots did most of my job for me, so I only have a few loose ends to tie up."
I felt a chill down my spin from hearing that voice.
That was NOT Uncle Carlos!
That voice which literally sounded monsterous sounded familiar yet i couldn't place my finger on why as I was too overwhelmed with fear and worry to focus.
"Let us go!"
'Uncle Carlos!'
Whatever it is you want you'll never get away with it you Freak!!!"
'Wait a second POPPY?!'
"When i get out of this I'm gonna pummel you into the ground!"
'KENNY?!What's going on?! Why are they-?!
"Ha! Like you could hurt me!"
The sound of electricity and Kenny screaming in pain was heard as another chill ran down my spin, my voice had abandoned me as fear pumped through my veins as i was helpless to what was happening on the other end of the line as my phone fell out of my hands again landing on the couch.
Kenny's screaming did not cease as they continued, the screaming reminded me of the victims in horror movies who screamed as they were mercilessly being put through horrible pain as they were being killed slowly but painfully.
I watch a lot of scary movies, mainly science fiction science fiction horror and slasher films, so believe me I know.
The sickening sound of choking, gurgling and couching paining as the voice morphed into a more bone chilling one until it all fell silent after a a few more moments. Then something like a bloodied body hitting the ground was heard.
'Kenny... is he..?!'
"KENNY NO!!"
"YOU MONSTER! HAVE YOU NO HEART!?"
"So says the man whose about to lose his!"
The all too familiar sickening sound of of flesh and bone being ripped and torn up was heard along with the painful shout and gasping for air as suffocation took place for moments from Uncle Carlos along with a scream of horror from Poppy was heard as the sound of a constant dripping draining liquid was audio as Uncle Carlos' voice when silent, the sound of something being squished like a ripe tomato and something hard following hard on the ground followed soon after.
'Uncle Carlos!'
"You murderer! How could you be so cruel?! HAVE YOU NO SHAME?!"
'Poppy no!'
"And Why should I care if i should be concerned that I don't care about what has happened here?"
"You're nothing but a heartless monster who has no concern about anyone but himself-!"
But that was all she was able to say before a loud, sickening and sharp sound of bone snapping was heard along with ear piercing scream was heard threatening to tear my mind in half before it died down and painful though whispered sobbing was heard.
My mind and my heart could not take it anymore as they both screamed in horror, fear, sadness, disgust, anger, shock and disbelief.
This can't be happening! it just can't! This has to be a nightmare! This can not be real!
Then the monster's voice came through the phone:
"By the time they find you it'll already be too late, and even if you survive from this your life will go down hill and no one will believe what you may say about this!"
His cold, unmerciful and mocking laugh was heard as it sent yet another child down my spin. Though the laughing only lasted for 10 seconds before his voice was heard again.
This time...
"And now my darling Miss Palette who has been so patient during this little... Mission I had here. Once I get my hands on you, You're coming with me!"
...He was talking to me! He even knew my last name!
I felt even deeper horror run through my body as I realized that this psycho was after me! He killed all those who was dear to me so there would nobody for me to go back to nor turn too.
I knew this was not something I can handle, I can't stay here, He'll find me, he might know where i live! I GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE!!
"Run... Ru-R-Run..."
Poppy! I heard her!
"JANE-CHAN RUUUUUN!!!"
I didn't need to be told twin, ditching the phone I ran to the padio door and yanked it open after unlocking it and bolted towards the brick wall which separated the house from the Alley way which was covered in grass, climbing Jasmine plants, had some trees and bushes around and gravel to step on, hardly anyone who knew about this ever went by, it can sometimes be forgotten too, though my family and I knew about it, me especially since I use to play there with my brother when i was in grade school, and later he, me and our sister would play there together playing explorers and safari.
But this time i was going to play there, its my means of escape without getting spoted.
Thanks to my years in gymnastics scaling over the wall which was an inch over my height was a piece of cake.
As soon as i was over the wall I continued to run.
I only got as far as 50 feet away from the house when sudden a pair of 2 robots appeared out of nowhere.
They look like Bokkun from Sonic X, onlt their heads were different as they were shaped like Spades, they had no belt nor mouth, their shoes with as black as the rest of their body and their eyes shaped like hiptigons and were red as blood, which with their scowl expression just screaming anything but friendly.
Then, without any warning both of the bots unleashed a ball of electricity which they aimed at each other and the balls colliding turned into one big ball which began to suck me in, whatever it was i didn't want to find out as i clung unto a tree branch attached to a pine tree as my life literally depended on it as the suction of winds grew stronger and stronger with each passing second as my legs were left flapping in the winds.
'WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?! THIS IS CRAZY!'I screamed in my mind as my grip tighten the the long branch I was clinging unto.
Meanwhile, other things were getting sucked into this whatever it is as well, like leaves and weeds and gravel, even some bigger rocks as Saw them pass by me.
That was when i saw one in particular go shooting the left robot as it hit its head hard, doing so caused it to spark and made that gliwing sphere ripple like a pond of water.
I knew it was malfunctioning, I smiled briefly as I thought that if I hung on long enough that sphere might collapse on itself and-.
'CRACK' 'SNAP'
That was when my heart skipped a beat interrupting my train of thought as I turned back to the branch I was hanging unto.
'NOT GOOD! IT'S BREAKING!' I thought in horror as it was close to snapping off the trunk entirely.
Before I could try and climb towards the trunk, the feeble branch snapped off completely as i was sent flying backwards as I screamed.
What happened next was a blur as all i could remember there was the wind, a bright flash of light and something hitting me on the heahead before everything went black.