(A/N)- OK I know I haven't updated in a long time , you can be pissed at me I'm pissed at myself as well. Also I am leaving exactly right off of where I left, and if you guys don't notice this is written a long time ago, so you can point out things that are wrong, this is an old story. Also you get to hear about her past. R'n'R!
A panicked nerd came up to the dented locker " Dear Neptune! May my precious C-3PO Replica be alright".
Ember was walking to her apartment which was most likely 3- story house. And what do you know , the guy who she serves detention is her next door neighbor! Who planned that? She sighed, "My detention partner is my next door neighborhood". There goes my chance for skipping detention. When she came inside her apartment her mom and sister where there. Her sister always wears clothes that look like fire. To represent that she's 'smoking hot'. And she has these looks of a supermodel and talks like one, which Ember thinks is for show.
Her mom on the other hand is part of places all over the world, but anyway. Her mom interrupted the silence. " I got a call from the school, what happened?".
" Well a guy called me a hippie and I lost it." Ember shrugged.
Her sister started laughing, until given a cold stare, she waltzed out of the room. Ember curled up her fist and started cursing under her breath.
" Just like your damn father. " Her mother muttered as she left the room.
Ember was just left with silence.
-Flashback-
What happened to her dad is that Ember came with him in his bag (well snuck in his bag) to the war, she never knew what war was because she was five. Later in that week she 'went' in his bag, there were on the battlefield, it was a rough ride, then a bomb hit their tank. Then, Ember fell out of the his bag.
" Ember what are you doing here?" He half screamed, half asked.
" I wanted to come." She stated bluntly.
He sighed. " Alright." He said knowing there was no way to fix this situation.
Then another bomb hit the tank, it flipped over. The team fled from the tank knowing it was overheating. Not a moment too soon, a(n) huge explosion came when they hit the ground . The ground shook under Ember's feet she was terrified. " Do you want to help your old man?" Her dad questioned.
She nodded. "Well shoot those bad guys with this big thing called the pistol. Also if you see any soldiers with strange looking ornaments shoot them with the Handgun." They did a few round shots, despite the situation they were in. She wasn't half bad.
"Like that?" She questioned here dad.
"…..Huh! Oh yeah… like that.". He tried to manage to say.
"What the hell are ya' doin' letting your little girl shoot a pistol?!" His friend Sawyer ran up to him as he went aside from Ember
"She's shooting a Handgun right now." He corrected not making eye contact.
"You know she not going to be normal after this, do y-" he squat behind his friends back.
"You don't think I know that!" He yelled at his best friend. He sighed, "I just don't want her to die in a hell hole like this, not thinking she had a chance of surviving."
A silence fell on the two. "If I don't make it, just let her see the rest of her family. Promise?"
"Yeah." An awkward moment fell over them as they both cleared their throats. "You should check up on Ember".
"Uh, yeah. I'll do that." He started making his way to her.
As soldiers started running towards them they also tried shoot them, some men fallen but never got up, Ember thought they were sleeping.
"Ember, what do you do when soldiers come near?". He tried to dodge some bullets, and also make a conversation.
Hesitating to choose which one to pick she got a detachable from a pistol that a "sleeping" soldier had, and wasted a round of bullets by shooting all the targets in the heart. She grinned at her dad, he grinned wearily back at her.
Then an enemy thrown a grenade close to where they were standing, most of their soldiers got taken with it. It was hard to see for Ember but then when the thick fog cleared she saw her dad on the ground. An enemy walked up and shot him in the arms as he tried to defend himself.
"Daddy!" She screeched from the sidelines.
He turned his head towards her. The face of a smile trying to hide the unbearable pain was scarred in her head forever . Her little body was overcome with rage and she threw a pocket knife straight into his face. He let out a scream of pain and fell back. He took in a deep breath and extracted the knife from his face, followed with a flow of blood. It wasn't enough for her. With the new strength she grabbed hold of him by his collar.
"Why?" She demanded holding back tears. "You didn't have to!"
"My people need to get back our space here on this planet, and people like you and your father are wasting it." Despite what the scene looks like, he could've easily taken her out, but he wanted those words to sink in.
Her fist collided with his nose, followed with a low snap to it. He toppled over and moaned, and occasionally yelled because he landed face first.
She heard a moaning coming from behind her; it was her dad his hands were twitching. She fumbled over the sleeping bodies and collapsed by her father.
"Ember take this…. There's a letter…." A piercing sound sliced through the air as the bomb landed on the battlefield "...under the floor… where the box is…" Her father started to cough up globs of blood. "Take, this wear it." His bloody hand landed on hers, and let the item slip into hers. His breath was starting to get fast and ragged
"Just like the ones in the movie" She thought to herself.
She realized she didn't hear her father anymore. Her eyes watered and a tear fell on her bare, dirty knee. More bombs came near but she didn't care.
"Come on!". Sawyer yelled. He paused watching Ember sit next to her dead father.
He cleared his throat. "Your mom is at the station waiting for you." He managed.
"Bring my dad." She responded.
When they reached her family was waiting there anxiously. Sawyer had her dad over his shoulder with Ember following behind. "Mom look Sawyer's here with Daddy and sissy!" Viper was about to dash to them if her mom didn't put her arm before her.
Her mom let out a faltered sigh. "...S-Sawyer?"
~.~.~.~ End Of Flashback ~.~.~.~
For her community service Ember had to pick up the garbage by sorting it out by plastic, paper, metal and all that stuff. Max and Ember didn't really say a word to each other except the occasional " Do you want the world to die?! Plastic and tin are TWO different things!".
With the intense heat beating on their heads they sweated so much. Ember's hair started getting stuck on the back of her neck, irritated she scratched her neck and broke her necklace off. She didn't realize because she worn it for a long time so it felt like nothing was there.
While Max was tending to his side of the school, he noticed a blinding light was directly in his eye. He crouched down and started crawling towards it. So this is how Cadet Kelly felt like. In fast an clumsy move Max flung his shoe to the object, only for it to hit shin. "Mother of God!" He grasped his shin and fell over on his back. What if the assassin object is waiting for me to get up and attack my face? Alright, continue crying out in pain then out of nowhere pounce on the devilish item! I'm so smart, mental high-five! When he pounced on the object he clawed for his shoe. Feel my wrath! "Wait? What?!" He realized it was a necklace. Only one thought passed through his mind: What is this made out of?! He picked up the object and forced his foot into his shoe, and started limping towards his basket.
" Does this go in the tin or aluminum bin?"
A/N: This chapter reminded me of Gunslinger Girls all of a sudden. o.O. I'm glad I gave you a nice long chapter and I hoped you enjoyed as much as I did! :D
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